*Musings*
FPL - Let me tell.

The game and the community growing by the day.
Used to be a little village with cobbled streets and hay.
Gone big time now – a multi-ethnic-metropolitan-city. We’ve even got our own rock cult piggy (@pig_fpl).

(cont)
Back in the day we had two buildings that crossed five floors.
Nothing more guarded than the top secret FPL Tower doors.
Complex pricing algorithms. Calculations that were WILD.
No changes, no exceptions, unless of course, Mark Sutherns dialled (@FFScout_Mark).

(cont)
Back then, FPL was played by only a few.
Players were raw and played with instinct, had no refined view.
Sat next to the ‘man in the stands’ who handed out bonus points back then.
Was Mark who thought I’ll just build a website instead of scribbles with a pen.

(cont)
An academy of like mindeds, the scout was born. Once you enter, you’re hooked. I warn.
The forums were bursting with ideas, writing monster FPL hits.
Classics ranging from ‘ticker me not’ to ‘When to hit me baby one more time’, this album did bits.

(cont)
This was a decade ago. We only had one scout station back then.
Fantasy tinsel town has gone big. Radio Stations? One thousand and ten.
Now we’ve got rock and roll (@FMLFPL ), all time classics (@PlanetFPLPod) & even contemporary jazz (@WGTA_FPL ).

(cont)
FPL radio got more flavors than Haagen Dazs.
We don’t just have academies of FPL. We’ve got schools, colleges and even institutions now.
Opening up dime a dozen, wait till you see Andy’s ocean view villa (@LetsTalk_FPL ), you’re gonna go wow!

(cont)
250,000 strong theatre he’s got that goes full every stream.
Man even has security in place so that he can disappear last minute without anyone copying his wildcard team.
We’ve got all kinds of players here. You get points for clicking buttons, no need to fear.

(cont)
But I urge caution, make sure you click on ‘tweet’ AFTER you've read your content twice.
Because if you don’t you got xG FC on loop singing ‘Small sample size! Small sample size!’.

(cont)
You can still be a rebel and listen to heavy metal with a loud base.
Just wear a Jesse Lingard t-shirt and throw it in their face.
FPL’s got a place for all. You don’t need to be institutionalized to play this game.

(cont)
You’ll get frustrated week after week but I promise you’ll get those 5 minutes of fame.
It doesn’t matter if you’re optimizing your rank or clicks. It’s all bait.
Come Sunday, we go onto @LiveFPLnet and we all wait.

(cont)
Red or Green. There’s no in between.
Fixture or form? I’m so torn.
Upside Chasing. Player bracing.
That goal killed my rank. I’ve got more in the tank.
Clean sheet wipeout? I’ll go to bed. Lights out.

(cont)
BPS. Finding green arrows on my GPS.
Paying attention to EO. What kinda player do you want to be yo?
At the end of the day, it’s me you got to beat.
Still not a sport. Just a game.
Admit all. Played on the street.

Fin.
Do not ask me how I got here. Ta.

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