We are counting two days till the start of the new season of the Premier League, and we are in the final phase of making the best of our team selections, so here are some advices from Our Pro Pundit Krste Tancevski, who would like to help you pick the best possible team at Fantasy Premier League.
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- Pick players who are going to play
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Pick players who are going to play now that sounds like a really obvious sort of pit bit of advice, but what I mean by that is that at the start of the season, especially you’ve got some players who are coming off international duty or there, they’ve not quite had a full pre-season, and they might be great picks in a few game weeks, but right now, at the start of the year, they shouldn’t really be in your team because they might spend a lot of time on the bench. For example, someone like Ollie Watkins (FWD, 9.0m) probably not going to get as much game time as I would have liked he might, but it’s a little bit risky, and what you don’t want is to have the lineups come out in the first game week of the season and four or five of your players are on the bench.
- Try to have a 4-6 week plan
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My next bit of advice is to try to have a four- to six-week plan; don’t pick players and think these are the players I’m going to want for the full season because it’s going to change pretty quick. A huge amount of managers actually wildcard in the first six weeks of the season.
Target the best, be patient, and don’t make panic moves.
- Pick players who are fairly high-owned
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Just look at these highly owned players who could score a lot of points and just maybe get them in your team to start with. Now it’s a bit of a controversial take I wouldn’t do it for your whole team, but I would just look at these potential high-scoring players that are over 50% owned, like Alexander Isak (FWD, 8.5m), and I probably would just have Isak in my team. I think he’s a good player, but even if I didn’t, I’d be tempted to get him in my team just because he is very highly owned and the risk of falling behind at the start of the season is greater not having him in where I would be careful.
- Be realistic with your expectations for mid-priced or low-priced players
You surely cannot expect a 4.5-5.0 mil defender or midfielder to gain a point and get a CS (score or assist) every game.
Those are players to fulfill the spot with that price, and the very points you will get are just rewards, and you must see like that.
By the end of the discussion, there are 90 percent of the bench in your squad.
- Use both the eye test AND stats
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For a lot of Fantasy Premier League managers, the main reason to put a player in is a statistic, XG or XA, but personally, for me, it is an eye test.
The strength, the movements, to be in the right place, the vision, etc. are the main reasons for me and what I look like as a manager.
Just for example, I got Darwin Nunez last year, he has the highest XGI but has no finishing, has not prepared well for those games, and the result in the end, we know it all.
