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Game Week 6 Punts

Welcome to the GW6 edition of Player Punts! I hope all of you had a better fantasy week than I did. And now to hurry up and forget about it, there are some great value players that are not only undervalued, but extremely low ownership percentage. This week’s punt picks are going to be full of DGW players because if …

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Stats Summary – Week 5: All About That Pace

Pace of play is a huge area of focus for me as a coach. It is an area that can define teams on both sides of the ball. We know that LA tend to have longer build-ups than, say, Vancouver. We know that both New York teams are trying to win the ball back as quickly as possible. But how …

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MLSFI S2 Ep10: Review Of Round 5 And Preview Of DGW 6

Reid, Jay, and Guy are joined by Andrew and Tim (from Soccer Captains) to chat about the first decent Double Game Week of the season. We’ll touch on the best players to target, the Diaz problem, and is it finally time to drop Gio and/or Villa? You’ll have to listen to find out. Enjoy Links to items discussed Patreon Website …

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Boss’ Breakdown – Round 5

Round 5 has just finished and with a quick turnaround before Round 6 (Deadline Apr 13 8:30pm EDT), here are the FMLS takeaways from all the matches over the past weekend! Philadelphia Union (2) – (1) Orlando City SC MOTM – Kaka ($10.8) 7pts Although it wasn’t a double digit haul, Kaka’s 7 points with out a goal/assist is the …

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Predictions and Power Rankings for 2016 Round 6

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The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in Chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. Since soccer can end in a draw, I’m using a modified version of this formula that tries to predict the chance that a team will come away from a match …

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MLSFB 2016 Form Difficulty Charts – Round 6

Here are the Form Difficulty Charts for Round 6 of the 2016 MLS Fantasy season and form breakdown for Home and Away games from 2015 plus the first games of 2016. If you’re not familiar with these charts, I’ll explain below. One early warning, since these charts are based on team form, the accuracy may be off some until more games have been …

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MLS Fantasy Boss 2016 Round 5 Team

You’ve read all the advice from the MLS Experts, you’ve chatted with other managers here at MLS Fantasy Boss, and you lurked around /r/FantasyMLS to get a heads up on all new developments. Now it’s time to sit back and relax and enjoy! As the dust settled from the LONG DGW that was Round 4, my team ended up with …

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11th Hour Transfer Tips – 2016 Round 5

  We’re not far from the 2016 Round 5 kickoff. So if you still need to adjust your roster, now is the time to do it. To help with this, I have assembled a collection of tips from around the web that I hope people will find useful in your 11th Hour. MLS Fantasy Boss Posts: Round 5 Form Difficulty …

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Predictions and Power Rankings for 2016 Round 5

predictions

The following predictions are based on the ELO ranking system. This system was first used in Chess to calculate the skill level of players and predict the most likely winner. Since soccer can end in a draw, I’m using a modified version of this formula that tries to predict the chance that a team will come away from a match …

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Fresh Faces Round 4

The first DGW of the 2016 MLS season resulted in some fairly high point returns even though 9 of 12 games failed to generate more than two goals. The attacking production, however, wasn’t all that bad. Kaka returned, with a fire in his eyes, as Orlando thrashed Portland and Dallas’s Diaz and Barrios produced a convincing 3-0 win at DC. …

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