Strategy Clinic

        Every week, we’ll go over our suggestions from last week, and determine if they were a good or bad pick based on position and points. To describe in detail the ranking system, here is the metric: bust = 3 or fewer points (or did not play), average = 4-5 points, good = 6-8 points, great = …

By: The Fantasy Physician Picking Defenders based on evidence Hope that MLS break that gave us an FMLS proves restorative.  Deep breath and let’s go! Back on the topic of picking defenders.  Why?  Because it’s not easy. In round 14’s article, we looked hard at this question focusing on how hard it is to find clean sheets and how that …

By: The Fantasy Therapist Welcome back, I hope navigating the last few weird weeks hasn’t been too painful. DGWs, extra small GWs and international absences have made this midseason stretch a challenging one. Now that we’re officially more than halfway through the season and with another unconventional week coming up in Week 17 (Thursday and Friday games plus more international …

By: The Fantasy Therapist Welcome back. This week, we’re going to talk about risk. Risk is a common theme in these articles because a lot of the strategies we discuss are subjective choices that depend on your style of play. Should I risk a bold move for a potentially higher reward, or play it safe? The more risk you’re willing …

By: The Fantasy Physician Picking defenders and goalkeepers just feels “hit-or-miss” or maybe more accurately “miss-and-only-sometimes-hit.” In our last round  – our first big double-game week – I deployed a keeperoo , going from Andrew Rick of Philadelphia to CJ Dos Santos of San Diego FC. That started poorly, when the hapless Galaxy struck twice early on Philadelphia but ended …

  By: The Fantasy Therapist Welcome back to Part 2 of our guide to building a double-game week (or DGW) team. In Part 1, I discussed how scores are counted in a DGW, targeting matchups, and managing rotation. In this installment, I’ll cover how to approach picking players at the different positions, how to account for the dreaded yellow card …

  By: The Fantasy Therapist Welcome back. We’re about one-third of the way through the season, and hopefully by now you’re feeling comfortable with building an FMLS team. We’ve covered a lot of basic strategies and resources over the past eleven weeks, and now it’s time to start looking ahead and putting those strategies to work for the first double-game …

By: The Fantasy Physician With ten weeks of Fantasy Strategy Clinic articles under your belt, you are starting to get the hang of this game. Look for good matchups. Find the strong players with high floors and ceilings on the teams with those good matchups. List out the players in the positions you are interested in. Get a lineup together. …

By: The Fantasy Physician Time for your scheduled follow-up!  Back in Round 6, we introduced the idea that players in FMLS have a floor – a base score made up mostly of bonus points– and a ceiling – i.e. a capacity to reach a higher score if the right things happen: clean sheets, assists, and goals. Nothing is certain about players’ …

By: The Fantasy Therapist Welcome back, how are you feeling after 8 game weeks? There have been some weird results this year, some surprises, and lots of chaos. It can be tough to manage sometimes, and one of the ways many managers like to deal with FMLS’ particular brand of chaos is by using external resources to help inform their …