Author: @Cjacksondraft

The Waiver Wire Standard – GW7: Featuring Everton and Manchester United Stars

Game Week 6 is in the books, and yet some of the highest performers are still under-owned in Draft Fantasy. Here are a few of the most intriguing players that might still be available in your standard scoring league. Oumar Niasse, FWD, Everton No two ways about it, this year’s new look Everton squad has been struggling for goals. Sandro Ramirez isn’t a central striker, and neither is an aging and embattled Wayne Rooney. When Oumar Niasse came on against Bournemouth, it was almost as if the answer was staring Ronald Koeman in the face the whole time: play...

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The Waiver Wire Standard – GW6: Featuring Crystal Palace and Swansea stars

The Waiver Wire article has to dig deep this week in the absence of many breakthrough performances, and many previous selections becoming higher owned. However, there are some good players still available who are looking to return to their former glory. Davinson Sánchez, DEF, Tottenham Sánchez (7% owned) has made a great start to his life at Spurs. In the Premier League, he went the distance playing all 90 minutes as part of a back three while earning clean sheets against Everton and Swansea. The 21-year old Colombian even had a strong performance in the mid-week Champions League win...

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The Waiver Wire Standard – GW5: Featuring Brighton and Arsenal stars

The Waiver Wire article just about writes itself this week with all the strong performances – let’s look at some of the players who are widely available. Pascal Groß, MID, Brighton Groß (1% owned) exploded on Saturday against West Brom to the tune of two goals and an assist, thereby playing a role in Brighton’s first three Premier League goals. That’s more than a dozen points in a single game, 11 more games like that and he’ll have a proper “gross.” This is certainly no knock on teammate Davy Pröpper (1%), who had two goals for the Netherlands the...

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Is Davide Zappacosta Chelsea’s next Marcos Alonso?

Antonio Conte is a very particular manager, and he wants his Chelsea players to be in synch with his playing philosophy. His three-at-the-back formation last season made a star out of Marcos Alonso who played so far up the pitch he could often have mistaken for an out-and-out winger instead of a defender. With Chelsea leading the league in clean sheets and Alonso leading all defenders in goals scored, he was the 7th highest scorer overall on a points-per-game basis – top defender by some distance. For Draft Fantasy managers who took a gamble on Alonso on the waiver...

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Five players you may have forgotten amongst all the transfer drama, feat. Chelsea and Newcastle stars

Most of the rumoured transfers failed to materialize this week, thus forcing Draft Fantasy managers to reevaluate the players available to them. Here are five players to target in your Draft Fantasy league that have might have been overlooked or forgotten with all the transfer deadline drama… Chris Wood, FWD, Burnley The former Leeds striker has only played for Burnley for about 30 minutes, but he already has a goal to his name – a dramatic stoppage-time equalizer from a sublime Robbie Brady pass that rescued a point against Spurs. Not a bad way to reintroduce himself to Draft...

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Zlatan is coming! When will the 35-year-old return to Premier League action?

Zlatan Ibrahimović is not the strongest pickup this week, which is a strange thing to write. But, because he is Zlatan, he deserves nothing less than his own stand-alone article, so here it is. Renato Sanches, Grzegorz Krychowiak, rumours of Thomas Lemar… spare a thought for Zlatan! The re-signed Manchester United forward is not expected to feature until after the New Year and is no longer a guaranteed starter, but there may not be another player in the world, ever, with his aura. He is truly one-of-a kind. There can only ever be just one Zlatan, and Jose Mourinho...

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Wishing that I was Jesé’s Fantasy Owner? Not Just Yet

Stoke City’s latest Champions League winner, following in the footsteps of Ibrahim Afellay, Xerdan Shaqiri (16%), and others, is former Real-Madridista and on-loan Paris Saint-Germain man Jesé Rodríguez Ruiz. You can just call him Jesé, for short. And remember the name, because Jesé was the hero in Stoke’s 1-0 win over Arsenal. The forward delivered a clinical finish past Petr Cech from Saido Berahino’s  (7% owned) offering to secure the win before being subbed off, presumably for fitness reasons. Jesé has only just signed for Stoke this week, which means that he is 100% available on the waiver wire...

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The Waiver Wire Standard: Gameweek 3 featuring players from Huddersfield, West Ham, Leicester, Liverpool, and Swansea

Hopefully you’ve secured a good position in your league table during the first two weeks of the season. If so, you’ve afforded yourself the luxury of bolstering your squad from the margins, or else you need to find some new starters, and fast. In any case, there is no better time to introduce the Draft Fantasy weekly waiver wire article. Given all the variation across leagues, scoring, and manager needs, we’re going to lay some ground rules: Five player picks each week Will cover at least one Defender, Mid, and Forward Must be underowned Recommended for standard scoring 1....

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The Story of a Man Named Brady (for Burnley)

Robbie Brady, MID It’s been over a year since Robbie Brady scored to give Ireland a memorable win over Italy in Euro 2016. His well-taken goal that Summer was in many ways, his world introduction to the story of a man named Brady. As Brady begins his first full season at Burnley, having signed last Winter from Norwich in a return to Premiere League Football, fantasy managers should expect more magic from the Irishman. Call it much more than a hunch. Having played 90 minutes in the opener, a 3-2 win against Champions Chelsea, Brady’s creative play from midfield...

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How do you choose to keep score in Draft Fantasy Football?

Draft Fantasy Football is the best site around for customised scoring. You can stick the standard scoring that FPL players are most familiar with, and for the upcoming season, they’ve added a number of new options: The Kanté rule: 1 point for every combination of 4 tackles and/or interceptions in a match 2 point for every 4 recoveries a player makes in a match Bonus points: 3, 2 and 1 points given respectively to three highest scorers across a wide range of match statistics (more info here) Draft Fantasy Football is the only site that allows each league to...

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