About this time last season I wrote a blog post about the best three-way rotating budget defenders
for the forthcoming season based on the fixture favourability. The
basic premise was to plan to have two premium defenders and then the
final defensive slot in a 3-4-3 / 3-5-2 formation taken by a rotating
cast of three budget (£4.5m or lower) defenders from mid-lower table
sides. The post proved to be popular and the analysis did help me with
player selection at the start of the season, so I have decided to do the
analysis again for the 2017/18 season.
Methodology
My task is to find the best combination of fixtures for three clubs
from whom I can pick three regular starting defenders for a low price:
£4.5m each, or £13.5m in total. A favourable fixture will be determined
as:
- A home game
- Against a weak opposition to increase the probability of a clean sheet...
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Written by Peter Blake
Written by Peter Blake
