So, we’re now one Gameweek into the new season and it couldn’t have gone much better with a schedule packed full of goals – 34 of them in all, to be precise.
That in turn led to some huge Fantasy Premier League (FPL) scores, but as focus now shifts to Gameweek 2, here are some observations from the opening weekend that I found interesting and my transfer/team plans for the weekend.
KINGS OF THE CROSSES
Everton took to the wings against Southampton on Saturday afternoon, sending in crosses from all angles.
Lucas Digne (£5.5m) and Andros Townsend (£5.5m) supplied most of them, with the aim of getting the ball into the box as quickly as possible in an attempt to capitalise on Dominic Calvert-Lewin‘s (£8.0m) power in the air.
Everton’s final-third passes (successful in green) v Southampton
Calvert-Lewin’s total of five shots in the box (including three headers) wasn’t beaten by any other forward in Gameweek 1, which bodes well for his prospects ahead of a kind run of fixtures against Leeds United (a), Brighton and Hove Albion (a), Burnley (h), Aston Villa (a) and Norwich City (h).
2 years, 8 months agoI was thinking about the much vaunted fixture swing from gw7 onwards. I had set up a gw7 ish team to see could I get it without a WC etc.
Obviously the gw7 WC is the straightforward alternative.
However, on further reflection I have realised that there is another alternative. WC earlier gw4 (half set up for gw7) and with a lot of cash in the bank to work into a gw7 team using the free transfers.
Just an example
Schmeichel (Gunnarson)
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Tierney - Digne - Hoever (Azpilicueta - Livramento)
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Townsend - Sarr - Rafinha - Salah - Greenwood
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Jimenez - Antonio (Cucho)
Believe it or that team has 8.5m in the bank and looks very good on paper from gw4 onwards. Allows cash to go Double Chelsea defence gw7 or big up top.