#RogueAgainstTheMachine - A journey through FPL

‘Purple haze, all around Don't know if I'm comin' up or down’ International Break (IB) time is a welcome respite from what was a fast & furious opening four GW’s. A time for reflection, what did I do right? What did I do wrong? Where can I improve? This is the first IB of 3 prior to the perennial hectic Christmas period!!! Four more GW’s to the next IB which is sandwiched between GW8 & GW9 with the 3 rd IB sandwiched between GW12 & GW13 and the confirmation from @BenCrelin that Liverpool & West Ham have a BGW in GW18 reassures me of my strategy to hold my initial WC as long as possible. So how did my ITB strategy hold up in the opening stretch of this year’s FPL Season? Success, flop or back to the drawing board? As previously revealed my FPL starts have always been slow and last year was no different. At the same stage in 18/19 my OR was 1,583,627, TM =3 and £100.9 My goal for my ITB strategy was to halve those stats and be i...

‘ Fate, up against your will ’  Ian McCulloch ’s cryptic lyrics evokes events that will transpire for millions of FPL players in the coming weeks. The time invested in pre-season could determine your short-term tribulations but don’t despair if everything goes pear-shaped in GW1 as this can be attributed to events outside the control of your all-conquering FPL 2019/20 squad. McCulloch spoke about free will and in the same way the ability to act at one's own discretion is what makes FPL a fantastic game to play. ⚽ Data Mining ⚽ The key to a good season is getting that initial 15-man squad right, easier said than done I hear you bellow, but there are means to help select the corner stones of your squad. I will take a look at a few (Podcasts, Stats, External Sources)  that I choose along the winding path of 12 years of FPL. ⚽ Podcasts ⚽ A recent edition to my repertoire of FPL tools that I consult when trying to make rational and balanced decisions whe...

With less than 2 weeks to the 2019/20 season curtain raiser at Anfield, we ask is it time to start ramping down that tinkering with your draft & ramping up your strategy tailored to your opening play and/or season long objectives?  Ole Gunnar Solskjær  (more on him later) and I have our own details to work on prior to that opening weekend of games. No disrespect meant to OGS but I believe I have the harder task at hand J , after all I am up against millions and Ole only has 19 other Managers to compete against. These final two weeks are probably the most interesting of the season, all the permutations, the transfer additions etc but equally it is probably where the greatest level of self-doubt emerges. So if it helps here is how I manage the doubting season and make sure my decisions are rational with a long term approach. There is nothing more frustrating than investing in all that “tinkering time” only to rip it up and start again in GW3 . ⚽ RMT, hell no...