Fantasy Football Tips

Promoted Teams analysis – Fulham In the final part of our trilogy on the newly promoted teams, we turn our attention to the winners of last season’s Championship: Fulham. To call them ‘winners’ doesn’t do them justice – the way in which they triumphed was stunning. They were simply head and shoulders – and then some – above their rivals and were unrivalled in nearly every department. They boasted the best attacking record in the league – 106 goals, 27 wins, 99 big chances, 16 shots a game, three 7-0 victories…the list goes on and on. They were good – very good! London’s oldest professional club, Fulham first played in the Premier League in the 2001/02 season having been away from the top flight since 1968. Since the ea...[Read More]

Promoted Teams analysis – Nottingham Forest Welcome to the second part of our look at the promoted teams for the coming season. Following Bournemouth, the only way is north really, so let’s head to Robin Hood country. Nottingham Forest (or Notts Forest) are back in the Premier League after 23 years away. The last time they played a PL match The Backstreet Boys were top of the charts (with ‘I Want It That Way’, fact fans). Harking back even further (pre-Premier League), they remain one of only two UK clubs (the other being Liverpool) to win the European Cup twice in a row (1979 & 1980). Their nicknames include ‘The Garibaldi’, ‘The Reds’ and ‘The Tricky Trees’. They ply their trade at the City Ground in front of a maximum crow...[Read More]

Promoted Teams analysis – Bournemouth Another season beckons, and with that comes a trio of new clubs to ride the storm. They have reached this hallowed league through grit, determination, and goals galore. Realistically, one of them (or all of them?!) will probably return to the Championship once GW38 has been played. As part of our build-up to another thrilling season, let’s look at each promoted club in turn and see what fantasy gems we can unearth. Let’s begin at the top of the pile, alphabetically speaking, with AFC Bournemouth. Having finished second in the 2021/22 Sky Bet Championship season they gained automatic promotion back to the Premier League, after two seasons away. The Vitality Stadium (AKA Dean Court) is their home ground which also happens to be the PL&#...[Read More]

Reading can rebuild after narrowly avoiding the drop It’s been a strange year for Reading fans in the Championship. Next season will mark a decade since they were last relegated from the Premier League and in all honesty, they’ve never really convinced anyone that they could genuinely orchestrate a plot back to the top flight, condemned to Championship mediocrity after another underwhelming season. In a way, Reading fans would have craved their usual nine months treading water in mid-table after this year almost saw them relegated to League One. The Royals had flattered to deceive at the start of the campaign, failing to replace Michael Olise, who joined Crystal Palace in what look to be a steal now, but while the Berkshire outfit were far from promotion favourites in the football odds tod...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Tips DGW36 Welcome to Fantasy Football Tips DGW36 We, ladies and gentlemen, are at the business end of the season! We head into the next gameweek and it’s a big ‘un. A double gameweek for nearly everyone and we only have three to go including this one so as I introduce to you a run down of the fancied players per position from our brilliant band of writers, I forewarn you to ensure you have a plan in place for your remaining chips. Remember, you can use only one a week and time is running out. Let’s go find out who are the sure-fire point winners, the differentials and the best bets amongst the dark horses. Goalkeepers – by Smash Kasper Schmeichel (4.9) Leicester City ‘keeper Kasper Schmeichel (4.9m) is the only safe route into Brendan Rodgers...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Inside The Mind Of An FPL Player Gameweek 33 Once more we delve into the personal lives FPL minds of our wonderful team of writers… So, what exactly is this all about? Well, in essence, you should know by now, quite frankly! With a DGW looming we have looked to a few of our older hands to tell us what their plans are, which is especially helpful given that they all have different Chips left to use and so therefore different stategies to consider. SWIRLY – TEAM LINK GW32 points: 60 Total Points: 2010 Overall Rank: 242,986 Rank Change: Red arrow – 6k Free transfers: 1 Money In the bank: £0.4m Chips: Just the bench boost left! GW32 Review The good: My captain returned! Good old Harry Kane. This season, it’s always been a gamble to take the armband anyw...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Tips Gameweek 31 Welcome to Fantasy Football Tips Gameweek 31 Goalkeepers Nick Pope at 5.4 is my top pick here. Burnley play City (A) and Everton (H) in GW31, they travel to Norwich in GW32 and then have another double in GW33 with West Ham away and Saints at home. They even have another double GW to reschedule. There could be some clean sheets here but there should also be plenty of saves and Pope is a magnet for those bonus points. Kasper Schmeichel (4.8) is the most nailed Leicester defensive asset. The defence is now pretty much all fully fit with Evans, Fofana, Castagne and Justin all returning to training so it might suddenly prove difficult to pick a Leicester defender so why not just go with the keeper. Two clean sheets in their last four games and with Evans and F...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Inside The Mind Of An FPL Player Gameweek 28 We asked our team of writers to provide us with an article looking at their plans ahead, and quite frankly we were met with a stony silence! Which just about sums up the current predicament / mindset of many an FPL player. It’s just so hard to judge or fathom at the moment. Even as we speak, we sort of know what the next couple of DGW’s look like, but we are still being ‘threatened’ with a Chelsea DGW in 28, which would perhaps throw another spanner in the works(?)* *checks to see if you get points for chances missed… they’d be gold. Just as we were about to walk away with our tail between our legs one lone hero emerged from the darkness. He had a big ‘X’ on his chest. So we shot a...[Read More]

Fantasy Football Tips Gameweek 26 Welcome to Fantasy Football Tips Gameweek 26 Another midweek fixture means yet another small opportunity for us to come and speak to you about FPL. By way of explanation we have decided that a Captains article isn’t really worth our breath this week as surely only the brave will be plonking that anywhere other than on Salah this week. The only real debate there is whether it accompanied by the TC chip. And most will probably do that too. Instead we have decided to bring you a Player Tips article with a view to DGW26 only. No long term planning in this one, just a simple look at what’s immediately in front on us. Usual format, split by position, and brought to you by Matt, Loud Atlas and Init. Goalkeepers and Defenders I’ll start with the most obvious and l...[Read More]