Look too at players’ susceptibility to get injured.
It’s all well and good saying to yourself that you’ll have Aguero at any cost, but what if another manager has the same idea and the two of you end up bidding yourselves up to a ridiculous level? Determine pre-set levels at which a player no longer represents value for money. You should think not just about who you want but also at what price. Or where they are in the process of packing their cases for their dream move to Real Madrid. I don’t think I’ve ever attended an auction where we haven’t ended up laughing at some poor sap who has just paid good money for a player who injured themselves last week and will miss the first half of the season.
However, prep before the auction is crucial. I realise that if you’re reading this, it’s probably because you’re someone who already takes their fantasy football relatively seriously, and doubtless I’m teaching my granny to suck eggs. Here are my tips for a successful auction: Do your prep With the auction, whilst you can propose any player you wish when it comes to your turn, you only win that player if you’re the highest bidder when the bidding ends. With a draft, you don’t have to pay for a player so if it’s your turn and that player hasn’t gone, you get him.
A number of seasons back, most of my fellow managers thought I’d sneezed when I picked up Michu for free, and then had to watch on with regret as he had that incredible first season…… Isn’t it the same as the draft game? And even then, you know that everyone will swoop to get that player in their team for the following week, so the joy is relatively short-lived. It’s something which is pretty rare in FPL unless you’ve taken a complete flyer on a player and are the only person to own them. Let me ask you this: how much genuine joy do you get out of seeing Aguero, who you’ve captained, score a hattrick, knowing that every single one of your mates/league members (and probably 95% of the wider FPL community) also has Aguero and has captained him too? Imagine a scenario where you’re the only manager in your league who has Aguero. Your squad is unique to you no two managers can have the same players.
Quite simply, it’s the purest form of fantasy football and, dare I say it, the most fun. I already play FPL so why would I want to do this?
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