how do you deal with squad rotation in the top six teams?
would you apply a tiebreaker when considering two similar players towarda a team that is not in europe compared to a team in europe come october?
Like most poker questions, it depends.
Who are you talking about?
In general, don't pick players that get rotated. Ivanovic/Terry/Hazard played every minute of every game. Rooney will play every game, more or less. Most players from lesser teams/promoted teams won't be rotated.
Virtually all Man City players will be risky, rotation wise. Someone like Oscar is in and out. Walcott and Giroud are playing for 1 place. I'm not saying never have these players, but be wary and don't have too many.
is there any work yet on the correct statategies and weeks to play all your subs? extra captain points etc?
The Triple Captain + Play Alll your Bench will be best used in a double gameweek somewhere late in the season. I guess they are worth 10-15 points each. All decent players will play it at the same time on the same players. The captain one will be played on Aguero in a DGW or Hazard in a DGW. It'll be irrelevant.
The Alll OUt Attack, meh. I'd value this chip at ~2 points. It could actually cost you points! I'd use it some week when you have injuries suspensions in defence. I may never use it and not care!
ok will ask some stupid questions
you are paying £7m for a top defender from say Arsenal/Chelsea that in previous years would be 150-175 points worth if they stay fit
by having one of these, if not two, you are compromising quality point scoring somewhere else in the team
do people tend to over-pick these top defenders when they don't need to? you can player select by spotting parsimonious defences (southampton last year), pick £5m defenders and save yourself a few million for the front seven?
If you knew before the season that Terry @ £7m would score 177 points and play every game, like he did last season, you'd put him in without another thought.
In general you don't want to be wasting transfers on defenders. If you can get a 'fire and forget' defender you can play every week, that's great. Whether you want two x £7m defenders is a asset distribution question.
It depends!
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