5 Last-Minute Fantasy Premier League Tips 2019/20
Five ways to get the best out of your 2019/20 Fantasy Football campaign.
Tonight sees the 2019/20 Premier League season kick off as Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool welcome Daniel Farke's newly-promoted Norwich City to Anfield.
But more importantly, this means that it's all systems go for the latest season of Fantasy Football action.
Over the next nine months, Fantasy managers will be pulling their hair out as they try and mastermind a ginormous points haul from week to week - usually for the sole purpose of being to give the proverbial middle finger to their mates.
There's nothing quite like that smug feeling of knowing you've got that unheralded player who's just nabbed a hat-trick while your clueless mates are all still going hard on the 'Mesut Ozil will be quality this year, I'm telling you!' train.
Of course, being shrewd and sensible - and, let's face it, a tad lucky - in the transfer market is always vital to a good Fantasy Football campaign. But success isn't just about getting tips on which players to buy.
On that front, then, we've got you covered as here we're offering up five tips on how to get the very best out of your Fantasy Football team as the new campaign is about to kick off with a bang.
5. Avoid Expensive Squad Players
The prime example of this is Manchester City's Gabriel Jesus.
Anybody who has seen the Brazilian forward play will be aware that he's clinical in front of goal and always makes the most of his playing time. The problem is, at £9.5 million, can you really afford to spend nearly 1/10th of your transfer budget on somebody who is largely going to be a squad player used as an alternative when Sergio Aguero needs a rest or has an injury?
To put this into perspective, 22 other striker options scored more Fantasy points than Jesus - and the majority of those players were in the £6 million - £7.5 million bracket.
It's all well and good being tempted by one of the glamour names at one of the Premier League's bigger teams, but for you Fantasy Football team you need to be investing your budget wisely. And that means you can't afford to be paying out heavy fees for players who aren't going to be starting at least 80% of the team's games.