The matter in summary: • Jonas Sand Låbakk won the Fantasy Premier League last season among 11 million players.• Låbakk believes the key to success is to put emotions aside when choosing players for his Fantasy team.• Alexander Isak, Eberechi Eze, Pedro Porro, Bruno Fernandes and Erling Braut Haaland are players Låbakk recommends having on the team.• Franco Roche, who has the Fantasy Council podcast and has written the book Fantasyvettreglene, recommends choosing a tribe of seven or eight safe players and playing with two or three positions.• Thore Haugstad, writer for news, thinks Alexander Isak is a good buy, but is more skeptical about Haaland because of the price.• Låbakk mostly bases himself on data when he plays, and uses algorithms that take different expected statistics. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. The extremely popular fantasy football game is based on reality. Millions of participants worldwide play against each other. Now it’s Fantasy fever and the last push to get the team ready for the first round. Won the whole thing Last season, Jonas Sand Låbakk thanked 11 million players in the Fantasy Premier League. – It’s pretty crazy, and a lot of fun. It has probably sunk in a little more now, that is. But it took time, says the 21-year-old. Jonas Sand Låbakk from Bærum has been interested in football all his life, and follows both Norwegian and English football. Photo: Privat Among other things, he won a stay in Great Britain with two VIP tickets to two Premier League matches. He will use these to watch his favorite team Liverpool play at Anfield against Chelsea, and away against Arsenal at the Emirates. – Those were exactly the matches I wanted also after the match program was released. Putting emotions aside – So, what is the key to success? – It is not always easy to answer. But Fantasy is also a game against your own emotions. You also fight a little against yourself, says last year’s winner. Even if you have a player on your favorite team, it is not necessarily the best thing to select that player on your own FPL team. – It’s a bit about trying to put emotions aside, even if that’s easier said than done. Briefly explained, the football game works like this: Each participant starts with a pot of money and buys 15 real players from the English top division, the Premier League. Here you get points for the players you own based on how they perform in the real matches that are played. Goals, assists and no late goals are rewarded with points, while own goals, red cards and penalty kicks are among the things that are punished. During the season you sell and buy players, and the point is to predict which players are going to give you points. Millions of participants worldwide play against each other. He must have these on the team There are not many players who stand out as a must have on the team, according to Låbakk. But there are many players that he thinks are smart to have. – Alexander Isak, for example. He’s probably quite a clink in my team. And then I still haven’t had a team without Eberechi Eze. Pedro Porro, Bruno Fernandes and Erling Braut Haaland are also other players who will be on the 21-year-old’s team. Eberechi Eze, Erling Braut Haaland and Alexander Isak are important players in Jonas Sand Låbakk’s team. Illustration: NTB He is unsure about the rest, and says that he will probably make the decision at the last minute. Choices that may appear as boring choices, since many people have them, are boring for a reason, says Låbakk. – One should not try to stand out too much either, is a tip he gives. Give your tips, advice or thoughts in the comment field at the bottom of the case. Choosing the safe ones Franco Roche has the podcast Fantasyrådet and has written the book Fantasyvettreglene. He agrees with what Låbakk says. Playing boring is often a good thing to do. Made for Franco Roche, with reservations. Some small changes may come, he says. – Choose a tribe of seven or eight players who are safe, but perhaps boring. Then you’d rather play with two or three positions, is Roche’s tip. After clear choices like our compatriot Haaland and Isak on the team, it is more subjective who you choose, believes Roche. Another podcaster is the Norwegian Torkel Wahl-Olsen from “Gull og Grønne piler”. He is ranked as the 12th best FPL manager in recent history by LiveFPL on X/Twitter. Torkel Wahl-Olsen has the podcast “Gold and Green Arrows” together with Jon L. Thomsen Photo: Private – If I know myself correctly, I don’t think I will ever be completely confident in the team that I put in for round one. For him, Isak and Haaland are also safe players on the team, as with many others. Thore Haugstad is a writer and covers the Premier League for news. He is ready for the season to kick off and has set up the team on Fantasy. Thore Haugstad, news’s football writer. – I’m quite boring when it comes to fantasy, so I really only take the ones that several others take, says Haugstad. He thinks Alexander Isak is a good buy, but a little more skeptical about Haaland. – Not sure about Haaland actually because he is so expensive. When Phil Foden gets started, it is possible that I might take Foden and use him as a City player, I will also use the money for Haaland on something else. Goalkeeper Dean Henderson £4.5mRoche: – Most people go for a cheap keeper that they just leave, and that’s what I’ve done. Then the question is how far one thinks with that goalkeeper. Then I chose Henderson because I think he has the best matches in a short-term perspective. Mark Flekken £ 4.5mWahl-Olsen: – Want to spend as little money as possible on the goalkeeper. Then I can say Mark Flekken for 4.5 million. He was a popular choice last year for periods, but the goalkeeper place is a bit of a lottery, so.Jordan Pickford £ 5mHaugstad: – He plays in a team that defends quite deep, and that gets a lot of shots at him. the team got very good at defending last season, and Sean Dyche’s teams often have a goalkeeper who scores a lot of points. Defense Pedro Porro £5.5mLow-back: – He plays offensively as a full-back for Spurs. He had the highest XGI (expected goal involvements) among defenders. I think he can continue to have a good season as long as Tottenham can tidy up their defense a bit.Trent Alexander-Arnold £7mGabriel £6mWahl-Olsen: – One of Arsenal’s two centre-backs, I’m sure you must have. But whether it’s Gabriel or Saliba, it’s a bit hip as happ. I have Gabriel. I think he’s a bit more dangerous. A little rougher in the box. Midfielder Bruno Fernandes £8.5mLow ground: – He is the most central player for Manchester United. Starts all matches and often plays 90 minutes. The vast majority of Manchester United’s attacks also go through him. On top of it all, he is known to take United’s penalties as well. Eberechi Eze £ 7mLowback: – I still haven’t made a team without Eze at Crystal Palace. But there are many who go without him. But I like him. Costs 7 million. Starts every match. Taking the penalties to Crystal Palace. (At the time of writing, there are a number of transfer rumors surrounding Eze. In the event of a transfer, Låbakk takes a different approach to Eze). Martin Ødegaard £8.5mRoche: – We think Arsenal and Liverpool will score goals, but it is a bit uncertain who will will be involved. I can say Ødegaard, for example, but it’s a bit more like sticking your finger in the air and taking a chance that he will be involved in what Arsenal will score. Bukayo Saka £10mLåbakk: – Not going to say that he is one of Arsenal’s best players, because it could easily be Ødegaard. But he has very good XGI (expected goal involvements) on the right wing. The numbers therefore support him as a good choice. Attack Erling Braut Haaland £15mLowback: – He has a very good game against Ipswich in round two, which I simply do not dare to go without. In addition, he is being owned by more and more players. Roche: – You have to choose those who ultimately score goals and have assists, and Haaland will do that from the start. Wahl-Olsen: – Even though Haaland is a record holder , then I think he is quite hungry. I am also terrified of not having him. Alexander Isak £ 8.5mLåbakk: – He is owned by the vast majority in the entire game. He has good matches at the start of the season, and he is also a very good player. Roche: – Will score goals. If you want to be on the first page of the handbook for how to do well, then you should choose players who you think score goals or have assists. Wahl-Olsen: – He was good last year. He hasn’t had any championships either, so he should be well-rested and in good shape. He scored 21 goals last year. Haugstad: – Isak is very cheap. Wilson, with whom he competes for the place, is injured in the first games. So I think he will be a huge success. Will beat father-in-law Playing “boring” is not advice Henrik Riis Willassen from Larvik follows this year. He chooses to go without Haaland and Mohamed Salah. – Two out of two years my father-in-law has beaten me. So this year I have to beat him, but then I have to do something a little different. Because it is common to take the big guys, but it didn’t work well. Henrik Riis Willassen hopes to win over his father-in-law this year, after two years of losing. Willassen is most pleased to have Trent Alexander-Arnold, Liverpool’s right-back, in his team. – He will do it for me this year. Now I’m a Liverpool supporter, that’s why. Kristoffer Bergskås Pettersen from Porsgrunn spends a lot of time putting the teams together. – It is extra fun to follow the Premier League. Even if you don’t root for all the teams, you root for some of the players. Kristoffer Bergskås Pettersen is happy with his team, but admits that he will probably change it at the last minute. Photo: Stian Wåsjø Simonsen / news He does not dare to admit how much time he has spent on the football game, but acknowledges that a few hours have passed. – I have changed the team probably twenty times. And it will probably be a few more times before I can say I’m done. I guess I have time for a few more hours. His ambition is to beat the rest of the guys in his group of friends. Does not believe in victory this year again Sand Låbakk bases himself mostly on data when he plays, and uses algorithms that take different expected statistics. – It has worked for me the times I have been unsure, or the times I simply don’t know. Last year’s Fantasy-League winner has motivation to do well this season as well. But he doesn’t think he has to show the whole world that he can win again. He doesn’t think that will happen either. – It’s a bit unbelievable to win once. So you can only imagine the probability of two. Even if he feels that he has completed the game to some extent, he will do everything. – I will spend the same amount of time, if not more. So we’ll see where it takes me. Hello! Welcome to dialogue at news. Since you are logged in to other news services, you do not have to log in again here, but we need your consent to our terms of use for online dialogue Published 16.08.2024, at 12.32 p.m
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