Friday, 26 July 2013

Player Selection: The Goalkeeper

It's relatively simple what you want from a goalkeeper in fantasy football, and that's clean sheets. Unless you're relying on going all 'Mystic Meg' and predicting which keeper will score a fluke from his own box. Some FiT players will go for the most expensive keepers such as the likes of Hart and Cech, and while they are guaranteed to get you decent points, they will take quite a chunk out of your £75million.

2012-13 Top scoring GKs:

(Points last season) (Final price last season)
  1. Hart: 137 8.7million
  2. Cech: 106 8.0million
  3. Reina: 103 6.3 million
  4. Begovic: 91 6.3 million
  5. Howard: 86 6.0 million
While it's obvious that choosing Hart last season would've given you the most points by far, his price may have meant missing out on some outfield players whose points would've been more valuable to you. You can also see the 3 point gap between Cech and Reina, yet choosing the Liverpool keeper would've freed up 1.7million to spend on other players.

It's advisable to choose a more mid priced keeper just to make the rest of your squad more balanced and it always helps to work backwards so your keeper choice is the last thing you do. In terms of picking your team, not death...

Reasonably priced keepers:

Stekelenburg FUL 5.3million
Krul NEW 5.3million (If fit)
Vorm SWA 5.1million
Begovic STO 5.0million
Foster WBA 5.0million

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