Friday, 16 September 2011

So what is Differential?

You can pick your fantasy.premierleague.com team, make transfers and view points while out and about.... plus some more bits

Selection

You can make transfers/substitutions/captain choices for the next gameweek all in one go. Your watchlist is sync'd with FPL. There is a deadline countdown so that you don't forget to change your team.

Players

A listing of every FPL player, with complete season history back to 2006/07 (and detailed match stats for last season). Various extra stats are calculated for each player based on their match performance (eg goals per 90 minutes, points-per-game when played 60 minutes or more, team goals whilst o pitch). Players can be compared based on each stat. You can also see how many rivals own each player.

There are a few graphical displays of player data: the points 'worm', season history/upcoming fixtures ticker, and season graph.

Live Updates

Live updated points of for every player on matchdays, plus for all of your minileague rivals (including auto-subs, vice-captain etc without waiting until the end of the gameweek), so that you can compare actual scores - also tells you how many players each squad has left to play.

Minileagues

Players that you select as 'rivals' are gather together so that you can see one live-updated league table throughout the gameweek. You can view a graph of each rivals season against your own, and a vidiprinter of events for each squad.

Notifications

Android status bar notifcations on events such as goals/assists, price changes, rival transfers (all configurable. Points/scores, player prices, etc are updated in the background (also configurable) so that you can receive updates while doing other things. There is also a homescreen widget showing your current score and latest event.

Upcoming fixture/score ratings

To be used as a rough guide only... "traffic light" tickets for player and teams, for fixture difficulty, attacking/defensive potential and predicted points.

Vidiprinter

A filterable list of events: Goals/Assists/etc, Bonus Point awards, Transfers, Price Changes, Player News.

Teams

Team ratings and stats (home/away breakdowns, clean sheet stats). There is a also a goalkeeper rotation helper to assist your choice of keepers.

Resources

Direct links from each player to google/twitter searches, and official twitter accounts for some. Also a set of useful fantasy football links for your mobile browser.

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