HOW TO PLAY FPL - Fantasy Premier League Guide | BEGINNERS GUIDE — Transcript
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- 0:00welcome back for another video today's
- 0:03video is a complete walkthrough on how
- 0:04to play fantasy premier league the video
- 0:06is time stamped for rounds if there's a
- 0:08particular section you'd like to jump to
- 0:10then feel free to hop around this
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- 0:17so what is fpl fpl is a game that casts
- 0:20you in the role of a fantasy manager of
- 0:21premier league players you pick your own
- 0:23squad of 15 players who score points for
- 0:25your team based on their performance in
- 0:27matches points gained for things like
- 0:29goals assists and clean sheets and
- 0:31points lost for things like yellow cards
- 0:32red cards and missed penalties if you've
- 0:34not signed up on the site yet pause the
- 0:36video and do that first once signed up
- 0:38you'll be asked to select your team and
- 0:40you'll notice all players have got their
- 0:41scores from last season by them or if
- 0:43you sign up once the season's already
- 0:44started then it'll show their points
- 0:46total for the season so far
- 0:48you have 15 players to pick and a budget
- 0:50of 100 mil you don't have to spend all
- 0:52your budget but it's generally a good
- 0:53idea as you'd imagine the better the
- 0:55player the more they cost you'll notice
- 0:57that you have slots for two goalkeepers
- 0:59five defenders five midfielders and
- 1:01three forwards you're also limited to
- 1:02selecting a maximum of three players per
- 1:04football club
- 1:05player prices will move up and down in
- 1:070.1 mil increments based on their
- 1:09transfers during the season for example
- 1:11a play in red hook form will be heavily
- 1:13transferred in by other managers which
- 1:14subsequently causes their price to rise
- 1:17you can sell your players for profit for
- 1:18every 0.2 mill that a player rises you
- 1:20can sell them for 0.1 mil profit for
- 1:23example if you own a 6 mil defender and
- 1:25he rises to six point two mil you can
- 1:26sell them for six point one mil
- 1:28each game maker entitled to one free
- 1:30transfer which you can use to replace a
- 1:32player of your choosing as long as it's
- 1:33within the budget
- 1:35if you don't need to spend a free
- 1:36transfer you can roll it over to the
- 1:37next week giving you two to spend you
- 1:40are only allowed two bank transfers
- 1:41maximum which is important to bear in
- 1:43mind you can make more transfers than
- 1:45you have available however for each
- 1:46transfer over your allowance you will be
- 1:48deducted four points from your total
- 1:49score this is typically not worth it but
- 1:52there are examples of when this can be
- 1:53worth it which we will touch on
- 1:55on the fpl site and app there is a
- 1:57fixtures tab which displays all the
- 1:58matches for the upcoming game weeks the
- 2:00fixture difficulty rating tabs useful
- 2:02for spotting a team with a good run of
- 2:03fixtures ahead each gaming there is a
- 2:05deadline to finalize your team which is
- 2:07always 1.5 hours before the first match
- 2:09of the game week make sure you've made
- 2:11your transfers picture starting team and
- 2:12bench and your captain before then
- 2:14when you pick your team each gameweek
- 2:16you must select the captain and vice
- 2:17captain your captain scores you double
- 2:19points
- 2:20picking the right captions therefore
- 2:22vitally important if your captain does
- 2:24not play then your vice captain gets the
- 2:25double points instead
- 2:27it's also important to put your bench in
- 2:29the right order you'll notice that
- 2:30they're numbered one two and three
- 2:32if any of you're starting 11 don't play
- 2:34then the first player on your bench
- 2:35replaces them and so on
- 2:37there are a multitude of formations you
- 2:39can play for example you could play five
- 2:40four one four four two three five two
- 2:43every season the best source of points
- 2:45can vary and there isn't one particular
- 2:46best formation
- 2:48no much players to buy can be tricky
- 2:50there is a series on this channel that
- 2:51focuses on which players have the top
- 2:53predicted points each game week which is
- 2:55a very valuable metric
- 2:56fpl also has some built-in metrics such
- 2:58as points per match form and the ict
- 3:00index which has influenced creativity
- 3:02and threat another important aspect of
- 3:05the game is the chibs there are four
- 3:07chips in total the wild card bench boost
- 3:09free hit and triple captain you get a
- 3:11wild card for each half of the season
- 3:13and the other three chips you only get
- 3:14one of the wild card is the most
- 3:16powerful chip as it allows you to change
- 3:18your entire team completely for free the
- 3:20bench boost allows you to score all the
- 3:21points on your bench for one game week
- 3:23three hits similar to the wild card and
- 3:25that you can make unlimited transfers
- 3:27however once the gameweek is over your
- 3:28team reverts back to how it was the week
- 3:30before
- 3:31the triple captain gives you triple
- 3:32points from your captain rather than
- 3:34double as the name suggests
- 3:36we won't go too deeply into the chip
- 3:38strategy but there are generally best
- 3:39times to use them as a high level
- 3:41overview the wild card's best used when
- 3:43your team's in very poor shape which you
- 3:44can't fix with a transfer hit or two
- 3:47during the season teams will play
- 3:48another cup competitions besides the
- 3:50premier league and as they advance
- 3:51further in these cups it can sometimes
- 3:53cause a fixture clash which causes a
- 3:55premier league fixture to be postponed
- 3:56this creates what's called a blank
- 3:58gameweek and fpl for that team and their
- 4:00opponent which gets rescheduled to
- 4:01another game meet causing a double game
- 4:03week therefore the blank and double
- 4:04gamix are an important aspect of the
- 4:06game too and typically don't come until
- 4:08the second half of the season it's often
- 4:10sensible to save your wild card until
- 4:11the double gamings roll around as you
- 4:13can imagine a team that plays twice has
- 4:15potential to score huge points for you
- 4:17regarding the rest of the chips and
- 4:18ideal usage the bench boost is typically
- 4:20best used directly in the double game
- 4:22weeks these come much later in the
- 4:23season and you'll know all about them if
- 4:25you're following this channel the triple
- 4:26captain is also best used in the double
- 4:28game league as you get two rolls of the
- 4:29dice your player to score you triple
- 4:31points players have scored as high as 32
- 4:33and 31 points in double games which
- 4:35emphasizes its potential the free hit
- 4:38chip has utility in both blanks and
- 4:39double game leagues if there's a black
- 4:41gamer with only a few matches on you
- 4:42don't want to butcher your team for one
- 4:44week just to fill the team alternatively
- 4:46a free hit does also let you maximize
- 4:48your potential in a double game week as
- 4:50you could field 11 players who play
- 4:51twice for up to 22 fixtures if you're
- 4:54only playing very casually you don't
- 4:55need to put too much stock into doubles
- 4:56and blanks but it can be the difference
- 4:58between beating your mates in the mini
- 4:59league
- 5:00fpl also has a bonus point system or bps
- 5:03whereby the three best performing
- 5:05players in each match will receive
- 5:06additional bonus points three points are
- 5:08awarded to the best performer two to
- 5:10second best and one to third if you tap
- 5:12a player's points each gaming could get
- 5:14full breakdown of their score and if
- 5:15you're lucky they'll have picked up some
- 5:17bonus points too
- 5:18if you'd like to set a mini league up
- 5:19this is done on the leagues and cups tab
- 5:21alternatively can join a public league
- 5:23too there's classic leads which are just
- 5:25highest points wins and is head-to-head
- 5:27where you're facing your opponent each
- 5:28week and whoever scores the highest wins
- 5:31i hope you found today's video useful if
- 5:33you did please drop it a like and
- 5:35subscribe for more fpl content this
- 5:36season
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