Everton vs. Burnley, 2017/18 - Systems vs. Players

Everton vs. Burnley was fantastic case study of the differences between assembling a quality squad with significant overlay compared to maintaining a tried and tested method, where nuances in formation only will affect playstyle. Ignoring the final 0-1 scoreline, this blog post will serve as a tactical breakdown (after watching the full match) of both teams' approaches, leading to FPL implications made in the author's opinion.

4-3-3, the Case for Wingbacks

There comes a time when a shift in strategy looms and it is not due to the game changing drastically alone. With a combination of the introduction of 3-man defenses and FPL Towers only affording us 6 players from a Top-6 team this season, a rather creative approach to the game has surfaced as a contender to the orthodox 3-4-3/3-5-2 that has been the staple of the game for the last decade.

This post serves as a potential "momentous" marker which will hopefully, be the most accurate turning point of history as the Premier League (and all FPL enthusiasts) watch the game introduce the "new" 6.5m midfielder - the Wingback.

Resource Update

This post/page will be constantly updated based on new resources found on the web. Anyone that comes across interesting articles regarding new tactical findings can comment and will be added if they are relevant.

Any obsolete articles will be removed immediately, or at least archived somewhere :)

The Big Picture

While this blog has been created to track my Fantasy Selection system development, I'm probably thinking of permalinking several pages that will constantly be updated to be referred to later. Pages like Projections vs. Results and The Big Picture itself should probably have a separate page as well me thinks. Will attempt to pull this off and see how I can constantly update things.