The flat-track bully can be the scourge of Fantasy managers. A hat-trick at home followed by several blank Gameweeks and then, just as you lose patience and get-rid, along comes another huge goal return and the inevitable 3 Bonus Points.
Take, for example, Dimitar Berbatov. Transferred in by over 200K managers last season on the back of a three goal, 17 point Fantasy Premier League (FPL) haul at home to Liverpool in Gameweek five, the Bulgarian’s next seven appearances harvested just 19 points. By the time Berbatov ran out at Old Trafford at home to Blackburn in Gameweek fifteen, 379K managers had sold him since the match against Roy Hodgson’s side.
Much to the regret of his sellers, Berbatov, of course, then proceeded to hit five past Rovers, picking up 25 FPL points for a day’s work. The following game week? He was dropped.
By the season end, Berbatov had accumulated 176 FPL points, which offered up an average of 5.5 per game. That’s not a true reflection of his season, however; too many times the Bulgarian produced little to nothing in 2010/11, with 15 of his 21 FPL goals coming in just five games.
The question is, then, how often did he return this 5.5 average over the course of his 32 appearances for Man United?
Our aim is to look at the idea of Fantasy consistency- those players who week -in, week-out can be counted on to offer solid returns for your Fantasy team. We turn our attention to the top-scoring players in each classification to examine just how reliable some of them turned out to be in 2010/11. Up first in our analysis are goalkeepers.
