Sky Sports fantasy football 22/23

manual_man · 06-07-2022 11:41pm #1

Game launching on Friday. This season will see just 1 overhaul during the break for the World Cup - and 50 season transfers instead of the usual 40. Player prices leaked early you can check them out here https://twitter.com/dbright_14/status/1544721521674944513 - Salah 11.7 and Son 11.4 both now midfielders. KDB 11.3. Kane 11.6, Haaland 11.5. Cancelo most expensive defender at 11.0 😮

Mod edit:

Boards league code: 8476352

Dearg81 · 08-07-2022 3:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058253423/sky-sports-fantasy-football-22-23

I dont like Son and Salah as mids, the rest sounds good to me.

claw · 11-07-2022 9:05am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119309514#Comment_119309514

Haven't looked at it yet but I don't mind Salah and Son as midfielders. It means we will have a lot more variance in teams, at least in midfield and attack anyway and if KDB and Bruno start off well we won't be able to have everyone. I kept an eye on twitter last season for a change and there was a lot of moaning about template teams, particularly from the "experts". No excuses this season.

Think they have made the game easier with 50 transfers and 1 overhaul.

thunderdog · 14-07-2022 1:20pm

Had a go at drafting a team. Currently looking at

Henderson

Cancelo TAA T.Silva Romero

Salah Son Billing Yates

Jesus Wilson

Formation wise I’ll probably stick with the 4-4-2 to start just for the flexibility if I need to hop on another forward.

Happy with Son and Salah in midfield. I think Billing is good value. Not sure on Yates-he’s just there for the moment as a placeholder.

Jesus and Wilson also good value up front I think. Will see how Jesus gets on at Arsenal.

I think sky have priced the players quite well this season. Not that easy to fit a lot of the big hitters in, quite a few decisions to be made at the back.

claw · 14-07-2022 2:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119336423#Comment_119336423

Think I am going to stick to what I normally do and veer between 4-4-2 and 5-3-2 if possible. I didn't have much luck with my midfielders in the 2nd half of last season, I can see it being with the strikers this season now Son and Salah are midfielders. Think I will be putting in Haaland anyway at the start as his ownership is already through the roof!

claw · 14-07-2022 2:25pm

The Boards League pin is 8476352 for any new people wanting to play.

Timberrrrrrrr · 17-07-2022 5:45pm

Whoop whoop 😁

manual_man · 17-07-2022 11:18pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119336801#Comment_119336801

Sorry yep i'd intended to post that 😄

What are our thoughts thus far? A little bit harder to pick a team this season i think. But i think they've done a pretty good job of the pricing. More of a decision to be made between premium defenders and premium attackers this time round. Not sure what to make of them ditching the 3 bonus points for motm. I think they could have just changed it to be less controversial! Though now that it's gone it benefits defenders over attackers more since attackers would have been awarded motm more often.

claw · 18-07-2022 1:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119351379#Comment_119351379

I would rather they had kept MOTM to be honest. It's just that some of the awards last season were ridiculous. Pope seemed to get one every match!

As it stands I have 2 premium defenders and I can switch between 2 premium midfielders/attackers. I imagine everyone will end up with 4 in the end.

Hopefully we get a Covid free season. I think that has been a contributor to the template situation we got last season. We ended up with so many matches rearranged, we were kind of forced to get players in for matches we wouldn't normally had to cover single captaincy days. And we all seemed to go for the same player most of the time!

Dearg81 · 18-07-2022 2:22pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119353624#Comment_119353624

Yea I haven't enjoyed any of the fantasy games during Covid due to the messy fixture list. It will be nice to have a normal season again.

manual_man · 19-07-2022 12:06am

Zinchenko to Arsenal seems to be a done deal. Bargain at 8m assuming he's a regular. We'll have lineups Vs Palace before we finalize our teams at least.

manual_man · 28-07-2022 7:36pm

Don't forget to join the Boards league whoever wants to - you can enter both your teams ✌️

thunderdog · 30-07-2022 10:11pm

Which enablers are you on? I have gibbs-white in at the moment at 6.6

Also considering dasilva and yates as other options

2nd Row Donkey · 31-07-2022 9:12am

Where's the code?

F1ngers · 31-07-2022 10:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119410546#Comment_119410546

8476352, was in post 6.

Have edited op.

Dearg81 · 04-08-2022 12:04am

I'm only picking my team now but struggling a bit. Is there any good bargains other than Gibbs White? I don't even know who Yates and dasilva are as I haven't been following much football since end of the season.

manual_man · 04-08-2022 1:17am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119426198#Comment_119426198

He's my cheap enabler midfielder starting out. Him or Palhinha (probably good for tackles bonus) are the 2 most talked about by the Twitter Sky FF community. It's doubtful whether Gibbs-White will be in my team long-term, but hopefully he can pick up some points early doors anyway. Seems worth a shot as someone who's played as part of a front 3 preseason and with Wolves pretty good opening fixtures.

claw · 04-08-2022 9:19am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119426319#Comment_119426319

Trying very hard not to follow what the herd are doing. I think I have my team worked out and a plan of action. A lot more freedom to make transfers this season early doors since a) I doubt we will have the Covid cancellations we had last season and b) 10 extra transfers. 10 extra transfers is a lot better than a 2nd overhaul. I plan on being very proactive with transfers this season.

manual_man · 04-08-2022 11:18am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119426767#Comment_119426767

I'll be covered for captaincies up to but not including the Leicester - Man U game. Not really thinking about making many transfers initially, but of course that may change. Looking forward to it starting now hopefully there's no surprises with team news.

claw · 04-08-2022 11:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119427315#Comment_119427315

I think this season I will try to avoid covering captaincies for the sake of it. We will know nearer the time obviously but anything could happen in that Leicester-United match. And it's not as if either team have great matches on the Sunday after it.

I am looking forward to the season too now, nice to have a break after last season. It dragged on a bit!

thunderdog · 04-08-2022 1:58pm

Original plan was to stick with one of Kane/Son instead of Haaland for the first few gameweeks (have Cancelo) but with the extra transfers this season I thinks it’s worthwhile going with the Kane-Haaland switchers for the first month.

For me it’s more the fear of getting left behind if both Kane and Haaland bang on their respective game days

manual_man · 04-08-2022 2:15pm

What's our thoughts on Saliba? Super tempting at 7.4 - he's looked good in pre-season but i wonder how nailed he'll be with Tierney and Tomiyasu back

thunderdog · 04-08-2022 3:47pm

Yeah I think I’m avoiding him despite his apparent good value. I’m just sticking with guaranteed regular starters

Dearg81 · 04-08-2022 4:15pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119426767#Comment_119426767

I'm definitely not following the herd as I haven't seen one team yet on twitter. I also have 2 Irish lads in my team so I know I'm screwed :-)

Dearg81 · 04-08-2022 4:28pm

I've done Bazunu, Collins, Sancho, Guimares to Ward, Saliba, Son and Saint-Max so it looks better now with Son as captain on day 2.

thunderdog · 04-08-2022 5:36pm

I’m in the not convinced camp on Ward for the sky game. No guarantee he will still be first choice GK when you need him for the single match game day v United.

DJIMI TRARORE · 04-08-2022 9:46pm

For any newcomers,pick a captain for Fri, Sat,+,Sun,it usually makes a big difference to have every match day covered

claw · 05-08-2022 2:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119429036#Comment_119429036

Be careful with Ward in case Leicester sign another goalkeeper. Great price though!

claw · 05-08-2022 2:23pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119428190#Comment_119428190

That is my plan too. We have a bit more flexibility to do 4 for 2's and 3 for 1's this season. I would have loved another 10 transfers last season rather than the overhaul. Worth nothing that City have a 2 for 0 over Liverpool aswell at the start.

claw · 06-08-2022 2:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119429313#Comment_119429313

Are you not in the boards league this season?

Dearg81 · 07-08-2022 8:37pm

Good start for my 2nd team on 93 points, up there with the usual suspects. Great start from Hackers on 114.

Sky Sports fantasy football 22/23

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