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[mgarbowski]

I didn't have any subs this week but last year it took me a while to figure out that the order of the subs on the bench matters. The auto sub goes from left to right and the first player to give you a valid lineup will be subbed.

5-4-1 and 4-5-1 are both valid formations so the autosub will create that formation from a 4-4-2 depending on how your bench is set up.

I thought this was going to be the year I didn't have a lousy start to the season. Nope.

This is of course correct and I had a brain lock this morning. I even set up my subs last week in the preferred order, then forgot all about it this morning.

 

[Keith Putnam]

OUCH! Do you mind telling who the 6 were that didn't get off the bench? I'm guessing Poku for one?

My non-players were Seitz (which was fine because Bush came in at GK and gave me 5 points), Kah, Ellis, Sandoval, Poku and Hollingshead, which left me short one midfielder. I have a lot of wrangling to do with only two free transfers.

 

[mgarbowski]

My non-players were Seitz (which was fine because Bush came in at GK and gave me 5 points), Kah, Ellis, Sandoval, Poku and Hollingshead, which left me short one midfielder. I have a lot of wrangling to do with only two free transfers.

I would definitely trade Poku because it seems clear he won't start. The others are less certain to me, but you might learn more from team-centric sources. Kah surprises me.

 

[Keith Putnam]

I would definitely trade Poku because it seems clear he won't start. The others are less certain to me, but you might learn more from team-centric sources. Kah surprises me.

Agreed about Poku, though I may keep him as a bench player through at least Toronto just to see what happens. My biggest problem is being much less familiar with the rotations of most MLS teams than I am with most Premier League teams, so I have to hit the books.

 

[SoupInNYC]

I think they put in your highest scoring sub, as long as it doesn't violate the minimum player requirements at each position. So if you only played 3 defenders, another defender has to sub in, but if you played 4, then they'll pick a higher scoring bench mid or forward. I had the same thing happen. I played a 4-3-3 and when Lloyd DNP'd it put in Tchani as a mid for 5 points. My sub defender was Polster who got a 3.

I looked at the rules, its not the highest scoring sub, but the one with the highest priority. So it is important to put your subs in a particular order. But you are correct on the position requirements.

For example, I had 2 midfielders not play at all (Nocerino and Alashe). My bench order was Johansen, Amirikwa, Polster, Vincent, Sjoberg and I played a 3-4-3.

Nocerino and Alashe got 0 minutes in the midfield. Since I used all forward and GK spots I could, Polster came off the bench for one of my mids and then Brandon Vincent came on for the other and my formation switched to a 4-3-3. Note that Vincent provided me 2 points, whereas my other defender Sjoberg would have given me 3.

 

[joe]

Had zero idea you could re-order subs.

Does anyone play fantasy EPL or other Euro league? Trying to figure out if it's fantasy soccer in general that's completely byzantine, or just fantasy MLS.

(Edit grammar)

 

[mgarbowski]

I looked at the rules, its not the highest scoring sub, but the one with the highest priority. So it is important to put your subs in a particular order. But you are correct on the position requirements.

For example, I had 2 midfielders not play at all (Nocerino and Alashe). My bench order was Johansen, Amirikwa, Polster, Vincent, Sjoberg and I played a 3-4-3.

Nocerino and Alashe got 0 minutes in the midfield. Since I used all forward and GK spots I could, Polster came off the bench for one of my mids and then Brandon Vincent came on for the other and my formation switched to a 4-3-3. Note that Vincent provided me 2 points, whereas my other defender Sjoberg would have given me 3.

Correct. It's exactly as Sabo wrote shortly after I erred.

 

[Keith Putnam]

Had zero idea you could re-order subs.

Does anyone play fantasy EPL or other Euro league? Trying to figure out if it's fantasy soccer in general that's completely byzantine, or just fantasy MLS.

(Edit grammar)

I play Fantasy EPL and the Fantasy MLS rules and structure are similar, except: In FPL you can only have 3 players on your squad from the same team; subs are automatic only (bench order does matter); FMLS has more ways for a player to score points; you only get 1 free transfer per gameweek in FPL; FPL has "chips" you can play for point multipliers. So far I think those are the only differences.

 

[joe]

I play Fantasy EPL and the Fantasy MLS rules and structure are similar, except: In FPL you can only have 3 players on your squad from the same team; subs are automatic only (bench order does matter); FMLS has more ways for a player to score points; you only get 1 free transfer per gameweek in FPL; FPL has "chips" you can play for point multipliers. So far I think those are the only differences.

So fantasy soccer in general then.

 

[Gotham Gator]

That feeling when you realize you started Kaka and he didn't play...

 

[mgarbowski]

Yeah those undisclosed injuries can drive you nuts in fantasy.

 

[danger]

Wound up slightly above game-wide average with 68 points

I ended up with only 57, oof. I didn't expect to be at the top, but thought I'd at least be middle of the pack with my roster. Think it's a combination of trying MLS version of fantasy for the first time (still learning how best to accumulate mid-field points/bonuses) and some players not getting the minutes I expected (e.g. Kekuta Manneh only getting 30 min, despite pre-season headlines like "Manneh aims to lead scoring charts for Whitecaps")

 

[NYCFC_Dan]

Closing this up guys. Let's have weekly threads for discussion purposes.