sky sports fantasy football – my 2nd draft team – radical changes

Regular visitor to the site drunken womble gave me some excellent feedback about the potential for the sky sports fantasy football bonus points regarding passing and tackling (I know Im supposed to be giving the advice! but Im always open to challenge or suggestions about my ideas and this with some research was spot on).  So heres my new sky sports fantasy football team complete with radical formation change

Hart, Joe

Defence

 

Zabaleta, Pablo

0pts

£5.6m

As before Im comforted by the fact that hes one of the better possession and tackling fullbacks which will hopefully be a beneficiary so no need to change.  same price as Stephen Warnock or Emerson Boyce

Rafael

0pts

£6.6m

AS before, Rafael as before again good passer , tackling not so much.  Fully priced as same price as Kaboul or Agger but banking on Utd replicating cleansheets from last year.  However points per game last year were 4.5 compared to kaboul 2.7 and Agger 3.3 so if he can hold his spot..

Fabio

0pts

£4.3m

new addition – like his brother another good passer but hes the filler to be honest

van der Vaart, Rafael

0pts

£8.0m

as before – he can do it all! only problem will be the MOM hogger Gareth Bale.  the stats arent that compelling and the good fixtures are crucial.  PPG was 4.4 better than YYT (although he will be a big benficiary of passing bonus)and Gerrad at 4.2 but not better than Young and Valencia 4.7 each.

Arteta, Mikel

0pts

£6.2m

first radical change, cheaper than Brunt or Etherington.  In a possession team averages well over 60 passes per game so should get the 2 points more than every other  week which in itself will add 40 points to his total getting him near to the likes of Crouch’s score of last year of 150 points but hes £8.8m. it would also be better than VDVs total of 4.4 per game although I havent adjusted VDVs scores.

Leiva, Lucas

0pts

£4.6m

no one at this price as an alternative will even play.  same price as the likes of essien Anderson and Diarra.  The Rodgers effect will see significant bonus points as liverpool dominate possession against poorer sides

Allen, Joe

0pts

£5.8m

the so called Xavi of the premier league.  regularly made over 100 passes and averaged well over 60.   if you assume he made an additional 40 points then he would average over 4 points per gamefar better than his price tag

Hazard, Eden

0pts

£7.7m

As before

Forwards

Torres, Fernando

0pts

£9.5m

As before plus captain then flip to Rooney

Aguero, Sergio

As before

So there is an element of a gamble to it to adjust the squad but I’ve tried to ad to the principle of form players with the best fixtures and good captain choices. I’ve just tried to add 3 players to take in to account the effect of the new rules.