The community reached out to the Scoutcast crew this week for help in battling against an emerging template led by Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah.
The Egyptian’s 50% ownership and six double-digit points returns in his last eight starts have left Fantasy Premier League managers forced to look for other options in the search for a significant green arrow.
Joe, David and Az consider some key strategies to counter the high ownership of players such as Salah, as well as Manchester United’s Paul Pogba.
Doubling up on attacking options is among suggestions made by Joe, especially as this has proved a successful tactic in seasons past.
Az instead has been looking for differential captains, with Raheem Sterling the latest to be handed the armband in an attempt to beat Salah backers.
Meanwhile, David is following the advice of 2014/15 champion Simon March in keeping the game simple. He advocates backing obvious selections who are in good form and leaving others to make risky, and perhaps calamitous, moves.
Elsewhere, the crew look back on their Gameweek 23 scores, find out about the community’s roughest and smoothest recent moves and also consider the merits of drafting in last weekend’s hat-trick hero, Wolverhampton’s cut-price midfielder Diogo Jota.
Impending blank and double Gameweeks also come under scrutiny, in particular, the merits of investing heavily in Manchester City, who are among teams set to see matches postponed due to cup commitments.
The possibility of a double Gameweek 25 makes the outcomes of this week’s League and FA Cup games crucial to David, Joe and Az’s transfer plans as they finish off with a look at Gameweek 24’s likely moves, best differentials and possible clean sheets.
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5 years, 3 months ago0 - 1 Jermain Defoe
Surely he should be able to score 40+ goals this season