New recruits to the Premier League from both promoted sides and abroad were among the issues considered this week by our community writers and hot topic posters. Rotation strategies once again come under discussion and we also found out about some of our community’s Fantasy football family rivalries.
The Community Articles
Goalkeepers came under the spotlight of Kompany Man in his look at why West Brom’s Ben Foster and Boaz Myhill may just be 2015/16’s most important goalkeepers for Fantasy managers. Those looking to use West Brom’s defensive assets within their squad are also advised to read Teddy’s look at next season’s best rotation pairs.
RuthNZ completed his epic team review series this week, with Aston Villa and Leicester and Newcastle and Sunderland bringing this informative collection to an end, while Bowstring the Trout has been taking a look at Crystal Palace’s incredible turnaround in fortunes under Alan Pardew.
Don’t forget, if you’ve got some analysis, scout reports or features brewing, be sure to visit our community section to submit your article.
The Hottest Topics
Giggs Boson has been looking at the promoted sides’ prospects of success, with his analysis of their clean sheets potential as they make the step up to top-flight football. The Serjeant also dropped by within this discussion to offer some further information on the prospects of shut-outs for Norwich, Watford and Bournemouth.
Defenders and goalkeepers from promoted sides are likely to be within the budget price bracket and therefore prime candidates for a rotation strategy. But with Petr Cech’s likely move to Arsenal and price hikes likely for former budget favourites such as Costel Pantillimon we asked could the end the cheap rotating keeper strategy be coming?
Other potential value players for rotation could be the wave of new recruits into the Premier League from abroad this summer. Here we look back on some of the community’s favourite additions to the Premier League, and some of those who failed to make the grade.
There was further fixture-based discussion this week around defender selection in Ludo‘s look at the Premier League’s toughest fixtures, Couti and the Below5th‘s research into the managers most likely to keep clean sheets and Twisted Saltergater‘s update to his clean sheet ticker.
Meanwhile, reliable old stagers, who are proven performers most week, were discussed in Lucy’s look at fixture proof defenders.
Elsewhere, Anorak revealed his a love hate relationship with Ultimate Fantasy Premier League, and his desire to see it back next season.
Relationships of the family variety can also be put to the test when partners, sons, daughters and siblings take each other on in Fantasy Football. Wakey and Lucy are amongst our community members to tell us about how their family competitions pan out.
The Members Tables
Chenku has taken the simple approach to organising his latest table on the best attackers last season by sorting by the number of goals scored. But his interesting table has more to it than that essential statistic, with assists, chance creation and goal conversion rates also taken into account.
If you’re a member and are yet to get to grips with the custom statistics tables, you can view this movie for an explanation of how they work. Also, remember to tag them so that people can find the tables with ease.
