Tips for the Sun's Dream Team Latecomers £30k league.
Starting Gameweek 4, that's the weekend after international break.
Right, to begin with,
it's totally changed from last season. No unexpected Daley Blind "Star Man" every
game, or Rooney randomly getting "Star Man" against Villa when he admitted he'd had a
shocker. This season the ratings are done by whoscored.com.
First tip, get to their site and see who were the top rated players from
last season and who's done well at the start of this season. Look at
who got the most Man of the Match awards and the top average rated
overall players. For instance, you will be surprised to see that Man City's top
rated player last season was Nicolás Otamendi. I'm not saying I will pick
Otamendi but it's worth noting. That's a good indication of who you
want. No point in having a player who doesn't get the right ratings.
You
get the basic 5 points for a clean sheet, 2 for an assist and 5 for a
goal regardless of position (no extra points for a defender scoring). Also with
the clean sheets it doesn't matter if your player plays 1 minute or 90
if he's on the pitch he'll get points as if he's played the full match.
Likewise when Arsenal were 4-3 down to Liverpool and if they had
brought on Kieron Gibbs for the last few seconds he would have scored -3 as
it's minus a point for every goal conceded after the first. But it's the
ratings of 7.0+ for additional 3 points and the whoscored.com Star Man gets an additional 5. There are no points for a player starting a game.
Of course, you really want to aim for goals and assists. I always thought there wasn't much
point in having a defensive midfielder, who doesn't score or assist
but Moussa Dembélé despite only getting three goals and one assist was
Spurs top rated player from last season with a higher rating than Harry
Kane and Christian Eriksen. So I might rethink that but I would
still go for goal scoring midfielders, i.e. Hazard, de Bruyne, Mahrez types.
You also want clean sheets and top keepers who won't concede many. But a cheaper option from a mid table side who make a fair few saves can also work like Heurelho Gomes of Watford. He actually had a higher average rating than David de Gea over the season. You also have to remember that every game counts. So a Europa league tie against some part timers could be a points fest. Same with domestic cup games.
Also
this season you have three transfers per month so you can look ahead
and if Manchester City play Hull, Burnley and Sunderland you can fill
you boots and put in Sergio Aguero and Kevin De Bruyne. Whereas if
Arsenal play Chelsea, Manchester United and Barcelona you might not want
Mesut Ozil and Oliver Giroud plus if you can get two games a week out
of someone then make the transfer. But you have to remember that game weeks start on a Monday so if you have Diego Costa and Chelsea
play Monday night then he is locked out after that game until the
following Monday. Any player who's team have played cannot be
transferred even if they didn't play.
Prices
also rise and fall so if the cheap diamond you selected goes on a good
run your mates will be paying more for him and you'll have benefited
from picking him early.
I'd
also scan the player list for the under priced players and other
players who will do well as someone else at the club is injured or the
player priced cheaply at one club has moved to another. So Luke Shaw for
example at £2.5m is a must have. I also think John Stones at £3m is
under-priced. If Nolito carries on the point scoring form he's started
the season on he'll be a must have at £3.5m.
Finally, I would recommend scanning the fixtures and see who has extra non-league games.
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