Next up in our summer series of members’ articles, we move to focus on one of the key sources of Fantasy talent – Tottenham Hotspur.
We start by analysing their performance on a team level, assessing last season’s data in order to spot trends and areas improvement. Following that, we drill down into the player data, pinpointing the key individuals.
For this article, we also focus on two specific points of interest for Fantasy managers – assessing the Dele Alli versus Christian Eriksen conundrum, while weighing up the allure of Harry Kane as a “fire and forget” captaincy option.
It’s fair to say that Mauricio Pochettino’s side showed their mettle last season after a disastrous end to 2015/16 saw them pick up two points in the final four fixtures and tumble out of the title race.
Spurs improved their points haul from 70 to 86 and also scored far more goals than beforehand – a total of 86 was far superior to 69 in the previous campaign and more than any team in the top-flight.
6 years, 8 months agoThis is how you counter attack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13uDn-XiOyE
It's a lethal tool to have in your locker. These are United goal-conversion stats last season:
Goal-conversion (Overall): 9.1%
Goal-conversion (On the counter): 36.4%
Number of counter-attacks: 11
As you can see, shots taken from a counter-attack are far more likely to result in a goal. Leicester 15/16, and Chelsea 16/17 were both incredibly effective at counter-attacking, so it's no surprise they won the league in those seasons. Chelsea, in comparison, had 24 counter-attacks last season, scoring 29.2% of them.
With Ibra and Rooney gone we should expect more counter attacks this season - especially with a CB capable of terrific long-balls in Lindelof.
We should also expect both those percentages to rise, given the personnel recruited - particularly Lukaku.