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morata didnt start tonight. id go elsewhere

wilshere is a waste. go for forsberg from sweden

Good advice,
but could you explain your rationale behind this? "Make sure your second goalkeeper option is the stronger one."

Good post

After all that logic you have Wilshere in your team ha

Thanks for posting. There is some sound advice in here but some of it is fuzzy logic. For example the point on goalkeepers...

The maximum you can hope to get from a goalkeeper is a clean sheet. If your first keeper gets the clean sheet you keep it, if not you swap. If either keeper gets a clean sheet (or if both do) you have achieved what you set out to - if neither keep a clean sheet, you don't. The order they play is completely irrelevant (provided they don't play on the same day).

Really good team, but I dont like the Wilshere, Morata picks, and not really feelin' Fabregas, but for 7.0 I guess he's worth a try. Not sure if Gomez is expected to start, but if so he could be a decent replacement for Morata I guess.

Hector->Howedes in order to get something other than Wilshere?

Does anyone have some stats to prove whether the 'GW3 - a rotation risk' is a myth or a tendency?

Good post and I agree with most of this. However, I don't think having strongest players last is necessarily a good thing as if you are in the fortunate position of having attacking players who have all performed well then it forces you to remove one as you definitely wouldn't not play Ronaldo. It also gives you a tougher twist or stick choice for captaincy.

"In the group stage, the last player you rotate in should be the strongest player available"

That doesn't mean Ronaldo should be in your team. What's the point in saving your best player for last, when he sucks so much value out of the rest of your squad? I'd rather have multiple expensive and strong captaincy candidates, than bank on Ronaldo coming in and have to put the armband on a cheap player (Wilshere?!) before that.

And if this game rewards punts more than FPL does, that means it punishes punts more than FPL does. Trying to be too clever in the first few weeks could leave you with a mountain to climb when there are only four rounds left.

Stanciu over Wilshere for as long as the sun is in the sky!

Madness not to own and captain Giroud for the opening match too. And no Muller. Wow.. Just wow!

Sorry man time to start again.

"France and Spain are favorites, so should be heavily represented in fantasy teams."

Dubious. Their players should be selected on the basis of value, same as any other player. If Giroud was €11m I wouldn't want him. If he was €6m I certainly would want him. As he is €8.5m I have to decide whether he suits my squad better than Kane or Morata (for example). He doesn't get a spot simply because he's French.

We have a wildcard before the R16. Time enough to concentrate on the teams we think will go far then.

"In the group stage, the last player you rotate in should be the strongest player available, since this is the one player you absolutely cannot rotate out."

Also dubious. What you have written is a reasonable strategy but not the only one. You could also have a player of less high potential in that slot and hope not to need them.

"Fortunately, this year the likely highest scorer is also playing on the final matchday, so should be in everyone's team (Ronaldo)."

I absolutely disagree, firstly that he's the likely highest scorer and secondly that he should be in everyone's team. He's certainly not getting into mine.

"It's best not to rotate in any defenders on the final matchday, since their scoring is less predictable."

Why is it any less predictable than a midfielder of similar cost who is also quite likely just to get appearance points?

"It's best to WC after GW2 because GW3 will see the most rotation and you'll want a full roster of players. Only consider a wildcard after GW1 if your team is a mess through suspensions, injuries, and rotations."

Wildcarding after the R16 is also a very reasonable strategy.

"Try to have a good captaincy option for every matchday."

Not a priority as long as you have 3 good contenders. In fact, the opportunity to make a wildcard captain pick or two early on in the round (which is afforded by the ability to move the armband if they fail) is too good to be missed. You could get a big advantage that way.

"Make sure your second goalkeeper option is the stronger one."

I don't see why. You just want a clean sheet and/or a good save score. If the first one doesn't get it you try the 2nd.

"When selecting players to rotate out, five points is usually stick, three is twist, four is uncertain."

Disagreed again. This game is a sprint, like a FPL season beginning in GW33. If you want to win it you will probably need to "twist" on higher scores than 5. Obviously depending on who the replacement would be. But the game requires to be played with risk if you are trying to win it.

Great post