Will Thomas is among Fantasy Football’s rare polymaths, with the ability to excel in two different formats, Fantasy Premier League and Sky Fantasy Football.
In FPL he has five top 10,000 finishes including overall ranks of 753 and 82, while on Sky he has breached the top 100 on four occasions.
But as Will explains in our latest Meet the Manager video interview, juggling two different formats can have its pitfalls as well as its advantages.
He chats to me about his strategies for success and how to achieve a top finish. We also look back on his 2017/18 campaign, in which hedging his picks across two formats cost him dearly in FPL.
In addition, he reveals how Sky’s patient approach, due to limited transfers, as well as its focus on fixtures with multiple captaincy selections allowed, has helped Will to excel across most of his FPL career.
Will’s views on the current season also prove illuminating, including why managers need to take advantage of an unusually high number of budget gems this term.
He also reveals why he is shunning Harry Kane and is instead pinning his hopes for success on another, far cheaper, striker.
With a current FPL rank of 26,711, he looks to be already on his way to another strong season.
The chat with Will is available to view on Youtube here and in the embedded video below.
The first Meet the Manager video, featuring Triggerlips can be viewed here, while the second, featuring Philman, can be seen here.
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5 years, 7 months agoMorning all 🙂
Dreadful fixtures for my squad this wk... 5-3-2 ahoy! Thinking I’ll WC over Intl. break and freshen things up.
Patricio
Alonso Robertson Mendy* Pereira AWB
Salah Hazard Fraser
Aguero Mitrovic
(Foster Ings H.Costa Kenedy)
A. Mendy > Trippier
B. Mendy Kun > TAA/Kane(c) (-4)
C. Salah Ings > Lamela Kane (-4)
D. Mendy Ings > TAA Arnautovic (-4)
E. Mendy Costa > Doherty Maddison (-4)
F. Something else? 1FT 0.5 ITB
G. Just Wildcard already 😆
(TAA in this wk might postpone a WC GW9, but doesn’t aid my terrible fixture set this wk!)