Month: August 2017

Who are the three Chelsea players to guarantee you Fantasy League success?

Successful teams are always a great place to look for your best early round picks in Draft Fantasy Football. With players getting on the scoresheet as well as creating goals and keeping clean sheets, a winning side is a big help to getting a great score for any player. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? That makes Chelsea an obvious port of call as last season’s champions. This time around, you can expect them to be competing again and here are three of the top choices from the Blues...

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Why Chelsea’s creative forward is worth taking a gamble on this season

For Draft Fantasy Football managers, Chelsea players are likely to be at the top of the list of priorities as we approach the start of the 2017/18 Premier League campaign. After an excellent showing from the Blues last term, for many, Belgian winger Eden Hazard would have been at the forefront of most player’s thinking come draft day. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? However, despite a joyous 2016/17 campaign, in which the Stamford Bridge outfit were crowned Premier League champions for the second time since Hazard’s arrival, the...

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Leighton Baines: Solid option, or one to avoid for Everton this season?

This will be a controversial point, as Everton‘s Leighton Baines has been a Fantasy Football darling for years, but it is difficult to see the value in him this season. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? That could change after a few weeks depending on how he fits into the new Toffees team being moulded by Ronald Koeman. It is likely that they will have a top-six defence in the league, which means that clean sheet points should be earned over the course of the season. The major problems...

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James Milner: What does the season ahead look like for Liverpool’s experienced utility man?

It was a welcome change when it was announced that Liverpool‘s James Milner had been converted to a defender in this year’s game of Draft Fantasy Football as he would have finished as the fourth best in the position last season. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? The Reds didn’t have the best defence, but they did manage to keep 12 clean sheets. Their style of play is going to be forward-thinking and their focus will be on scoring more than the opposition. It would, therefore, be unwise to take a...

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Could Manchester City’s Kyle Walker establish himself as the Premier League’s top defender this season?

After completing a mega money move to Manchester City, England international Kyle Walker will be high on a lot of manager’s list of targets on Fantasy Football draft day. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? The former Tottenham defender is regarded as one of the finest attacking full-backs in the Premier League, which was backed up by his total of six assists in the game during the 20116/17 campaign. At the Etihad Stadium, under the tutelage of Pep Guardiola, he will be given the license to roam forward and...

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Why this 26-year-old is Tottenham’s most under-rated option ahead of the new season

Since arriving from Southampton during last summer’s transfer window there’s little doubt that Tottenham midfielder Victor Wanyama is one of the best roaming midfielders in the Premier League. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? His partnership with Mousa Dembele at the heart of the Spurs midfield has been one of the main reasons as to why they’ve challenged so closely for the title in recent years, carrying huge discipline. Although Wanyama has been undeniably impressive on the pitch, the nature of his holding role hasn’t exactly made him the...

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Top scorers: Avoid this Chelsea star, but make Tottenham’s 24-year-old a priority pick?

One of the first moves in Draft Fantasy Football is often to go for a high scoring striker to bolster your points tally in attack. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? Here, we take a look at the top ten scorers up-front last season to tip you off as to who could be worth a first or second round pick for your side… Harry Kane – 191 points The man who should be a priority for your first round pick. Select Kane and you know you will get goals....

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Kyle Walker – Made for Pep and Manchester City

As soon the 2016-17 Premier League season ended, Manchester City and Pep Guardiola started releasing players. They just couldn’t wait any longer. Out went Clichy, Sagna, Zabaleta and Zabaleta. These were players who had served the Citizens quite well. And these were players who played as full backs. You do not release 4 full backs without having able replacements lined up. One of them is Kyle Walker. Not many players divide opinion as Walker does. Here we look at how much a step up Walker is when compared to the people who were occupying his position at City for...

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Stick or Twist: Is this Liverpool midfielder a ‘Top 10’ contender in 2017/18?

Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum has proven himself to be a worthy Draft Fantasy Football option during his two-year spell in England, with both Newcastle United and now the Reds, and he will be on many people’s radar heading into the new campaign. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? Last season, he scored 195 points to finish as the 9th best midfielder in the game, level with impressive Chelsea winger Pedro. His contribution of six goals and nine assists is steady, but he is one to benefit massively from the ‘Kante Rule’. It...

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Stick or Twist: Is this Swansea midfielder a ‘Top 10’ contender in 2017/18?

At Swansea City, Gylfi Sigurdsson is a quality Draft Fantasy Football option. Not only is the Welsh outfit’s team built around him, he also takes set pieces, which leads to an increased points total come the end of the season. Draft Fantasy is LIVE! Sign up and prove your worth! Have you got what it takes? Last season, he managed to collect 201 points in the game. This saw him finish as the only midfielder in the top ten not registered to a top six club and 6th overall in his position. Nonetheless, as is usually the case with a...

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