re: TD Premier League Season Long Thread

I was honestly shocked when Mata was chosen over Hazard and Soldado went over Rooney. I do not give a shite how the good player is in real life, but obviously there is some correlation. I target the guys who rack up goals and assists. As far as defenders go, I want guys from projected quality team and Stoke (big 4 + Tots + Everton + Stoke) and guys who go forward.

I think my biggest "secret" is to target penalty takers. That is worth like a minimum of a free 25 points over the course of the year. It is why I was so high on Rooney.

I think the one thing that knowledgeable soccer fans have trouble with is separating the real from the fantasy. For example, the technical picks were lauded (Kagawa, Navas, etc), but they may not always produce since completing 200 passes and recycling possession does jack shite for fantasy. Of course, I made plenty of mistakes as well (most notably Demba Ba in the fifth), but sometimes a little less knowledge of the game almost helps in a simplistic scoring system.