Thread by @BigManBakar

The Preview: Euros – Final

Hi everyone, welcome to The Preview. Chasing a mini league lead or looking to gain ground on your rival? I present to you the final thread of the Euros:

#Euro2020 #EuroFantasy

*In collaboration with @drafthound – my content partner

It's #Euro2020 final day!

@Drafthound has you covered for all of your #EuroFantasy needs ahead of #ITAENG 🆚

✅ Player rankings
✅ Predicted line-ups
✅ Individual #ITA and #ENG odds

Make sure you check it out, before finalizing your team 🙌

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What is the best way to gain ground if trailing?

Your transfers from here on in should depend on the position you find yourself in your mini leagues. Should you find yourself in a situation where you are chasing rank, then depending on whatever your rival's team looks...

... like, load up on the other team and use the allocated quota of a maximum eight players from one team. Pick the best three players from the other team to ensure that you don't go too gung-ho so that minimal damage is done. In my opinion, the three most explosive players...

... from either team are Luke Shaw, Raheem Sterling, Harry Kane, Lorenzo Insigne, Federico Chiesa and Ciro Immobile so make sure you have them covered. Quadrupling on a defence where your rival only has one or two players could pay big dividends. With bonus points not being...

... a factor at all, it is hard to gain big ground in a single matchday, particularly with just two teams playing. That means that some educated risks and calculated gambles need to be taken. With variance between teams at this stage of the tournament minimal, it is imperative...

... to get the captain pick right as that could be the one place you can make up ground on your rivals. Given his ownership, Kane is going to be the most captained player so go different in order to differentiate from your rivals. If the points difference between your team...

... and his team is too big, then perhaps look at captaining a player that he doesn’t own as a last throw of the dice.

What is the best way to consolidate rank?

With a smaller pool of players to pick from, it is going to be incredibly hard to get ahead of the pack so consolidating rank at this stage is likely to be a far easier strategy. If you are happy with your overall rank and doing...

... reasonably well in your mini leagues, then the safe play is to hedge your bets picking a safe combination from both sides. As the majority of your players will be playing against each other, you can ensure that you get points through one source or another. Picking the...

... England front three and the Italy front three along with a combination of Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire (mentioning him because of the potential upside he has due to his goal threat) and perhaps one or two Italian defenders will ensure that you end up with a risk-averse squad...

... The bookies are slightly in favor of an England clean sheet this week, so perhaps this could swing your decision between picking between Jordan Pickford and Gianluigi Donnarumma. Captain the obvious pick – Harry Kane. According to the odds available at @drafthound, Kane...

... is the most likely player to score in the final and is coming on the back of four big chance involvements against Denmark where he was unlucky not to register more than four points. It's a final and he only needs one goal to become...

... the joint highest goal scorer of the tournament so it's safe to say that he will be highly motivated.

A big thank you to my friend @fplwaleed who has been helping me with my work during the Euros and will also be contributing to my threads for FPL next season! Make sure to follow him to show your support!

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