We hear from one of the most successful Fantasy Premier League (FPL) managers in the world ahead of Gameweek 12: the Fantasy Football Scout Hall of Fame number seven, Jon Ballantyne.
Jon has remarkably finished inside the top 1,000 in each of his last three seasons, having posted a further three top 20k overall ranks across his five other campaigns playing FPL.
Since reaching the dizzying heights of 3,740th in Gameweek 7, I’ve dropped back to 68k as we go into Gameweek 12 – still a position I’m very grateful to be in with over two-thirds of the season left.
In the run-up to Christmas, we observe some dramatic fixture swings for certain teams, which presents an excellent opportunity to target key players. Below I’ll share my initial transfer plans with the logic behind them and some further thoughts as we look ahead. I hope you enjoy it!
2 years, 10 months ago
Just one premium??
I have been fighting with the Son vs Ronaldo vs Kane debate but what if I get none of them and instead just keep Salah as the one premium and spread the funds across the team.
This allows for a premium defence, 2 £7-8 mids and 2 £8m forwards. Plus the likes of Gallagher/ESR, etc.
This would give a powerful bench during the busy festive season too
Pretty tempting. Biggest risk is getting back to a premium if one starts really firing.
As one of the triple premium holders (and getting burned) I'm growing to the idea