By: The Fantasy Therapist With four game weeks gone, how are you feeling? The last couple of weeks have been a little… wild, to say the least. FMLS has thrown just about every crazy thing that could happen in fantasy at us, sometimes all at once – missed penalties, freak injuries, wacky own goals, disastrous reffing decisions, boneheaded plays – …
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Fantasy Strategy Clinic Round 4: Core Bench Concepts
By: The Fantasy Physician What is the Bench for? If you’re a new fantasy manager, you should already be familiar with the substitution rule: the highest scoring player from the bench is inserted into the lineup if a player on the field does not play, so long as the resulting lineup is a legal one. When learning that, an ambitious …
Read More »Fantasy Strategy Clinic: Round 3 How to Build your Budget
Welcome back! How are you feeling with two game weeks in the books? Everybody knows the heavy hitting players to choose in FMLS, but are you starting to get a sense of some value players in the game? Early weeks can be stressful when it comes to budget. It’s not always possible to grab every player you want without hitting …
Read More »Fantasy Strategy Clinic: Round 2 Dead Legs Matter
Round 2 Big Question – How can dead legs help me? How are you recovering from Game Week 1? Fired up and ready to go for Game Week 2? Or are you feeling a little tired and round down? Players from MLS teams playing in the CONCACAF Champions Cup (CCC) are certainly going to be stretched to their physical limits …
Read More »Fantasy Strategy Clinic: Round 1 We Care – You Win!
Game Week 1: What is This Game and What is the Fantasy Strategy Clinic? What is MLS Fantasy? In 2024 over 84 million Americans played some fantasy sport. That’s a whopping one in four people! 11.2 million people played the 2024-2025 Fantasy Premier League game at last count. By contrast, at the end of 2024 just over 20,000 …
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