Fantasy launched just a few days ago and the response has been brilliant. Thousands of you have already built your squads and are going head to head across Fantasy, and you have sent us a huge amount of feedback along the way.
The game was built around what you told us you wanted, and that does not stop now it is live. We are already working through your feedback, and here is what is coming over the next few weeks.
For next week
Last season stats for BWSL & BWSL2
We know a lot of you want last season's numbers to help with your Fantasy planning. We are adding last season stats for every player, covering:
Total season points
Average points per appearance
Appearances
Goals
Assists
Clean sheets
Status: In progress, landing next week.
Easter Egg: Transferring out Chloe Kelly?
We have seen the reports. If a certain face keeps appearing on every transfer you make, no, Chloe Kelly has not signed for every club in the league. There may not be a better late-season pickup than Chloe Kelly, but in case you fancied bringing in someone else, we are on it.
Status: In progress, fix landing next week.
By season start
New features
Next fixtures per player, visible directly in the Manage Squad view.
Matchweek Statistics, giving Fantasy players a breakdown of how their team performed across each statistics category.
Status: In progress, targeting season start.
Injuries, suspensions and international duty
We have heard your feedback on the availability of injury, suspension and international duty information. We have made a significant investment this season, both in data coverage and through our partnership with OPTA, and have secured full parity across both BWSL and BWSL2 for the first time. Injury feeds will update 5, 2 and 1 day out from each matchweek. We have also invested in OPTA’S provisional line-ups for next season. These can occasionally contain errors, but should help with your Fantasy planning.
Status: Live for the new season. As this is the first time we have done this at this scale, there may be a bit of a learning curve early on, but we and OPTA have the people and processes in place to get it right.
Also based on your feedback
Player lists: some players are currently missing as they are not yet in confirmed squads, this is down to waiting for final registration approval and OPTA to then update their feeds. Updating as squads are confirmed.
Player photos: some are missing due to club media days. Targeting completion by season start.
Team names: currently limited to 20 characters. We are extending this.
Fixture Difficulty Rating: too hard to follow, with fixtures too evenly rated. We are working with OPTA to make the underlying data more digestible, and will update the UI to match.
Deleting leagues: the ability to delete a league after it has been set up. Work in progress.
Team name updates: please note that changing your team name currently takes up to 24 hours to reflect across your leagues.
Looking beyond season start
Scouting points
Bonus points for spotting the under-picked gems nobody else has on their radar.
Status: Under review. We want to get the season underway first and see how the current scoring performs, then look at whether an additional scoring mechanic makes sense from Leg 2 onwards. Before we commit to anything, we want to be sure it is something the game needs, and that it can be done fairly.
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