five tips to win the alternative competitions

five tips to win the alternative competitions

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What are the alternative leagues?

In Telegraph Fantasy Football you don’t just have prizes for finishing at the top of the Overall Leaderboard at the end of each week, month and season; we have a number of alternative leagues designed to add an extra dimension to your TFF experience.

First, we have the four public competitions open to all:

  • Facebook competition – a competition for our Facebook fan community to participate in.
  • Twitter League – a competition that our community of Twitter followers can participate in.
  • Three Lions League – a league where your team may only consist of English players.
  • Fantasy Football Hub League – a competition sponsored by our friends at Fantasy Football Hub that gives our players the best chance of winning and enjoying TFF.

Following on from that, we have our other great leaderboards with some fun angles:

  • a competition – similar to the overall standings, but each manager can only have one team in this league.
  • Golden Boot League – a competition won by the team that scores the most goals.
  • Start XI League – a competition where only your team gets points at the start of the season.
  • Wooden Spoon League – a competition where the goal is to score as few points as possible. Often the winner is in negative numbers.

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5 Strategies to Win Alternative Leagues

Pick nailed defenders with injury-free records (applies to The Golden Boot League)

It sounds strange not to focus on goals here, but since defenders’ scoring is harder to predict than attackers, using fewer transfers on defenders is key to optimizing scoring ability elsewhere. Therefore, choosing three defenders who are assured of starts and who miss few games through injury provides a basis for using the majority of the 40 available transfers for forward options.

Use your budget-heavy positions for proven English players (applies to the Three Lions League)

Your squad structure is important to this league, and ensuring your higher-rated players are English, and with a history of fantasy returns, will give you the best possible chance for Three Lions success. Your team’s backbone could read something like Aaron Ramsdale (£3.8 million), Trent Alexander-Arnold (£5.5 million), Reece James (£5.0 million), Ben Chilwell (£4.8 million ), James Maddison (£5.2 million), Bukayo Saka (£5.1 million), Jarrod Bowen (£5.2 million) and Harry Kane (£6.8 million). Avoiding non-English fantasy fanatics such as Mo Salah (£7.0m) and Kevin De Bruyne (£6.5m) can further expand fantasy budgets.

Consider at least one midfielder who receives a regular tackle bonus (applies to the base class)

Balance your starting squad by pairing explosive, expensive heavy hitters with cheaper players who earn regular points. The latter can be achieved using the tackle bonus point score in Telegraph Fantasy Football. Regular starters such as Southampton’s Oriol Romeu (£2.8m), Leicester’s Wilfred Ndidi (£2.8m) and Tottenham new recruit Yves Bissouma (£3.0m) are not traditional fantasy signings, but they will be consistent earn points by their ability to break games and free up money to use elsewhere.

Find budget-friendly options eligible for scoring in multiple formats (applies to all alternate leagues)

If you’re waiting to see how you start the season before deciding which prize competition to focus on, you can look at options that have the potential for each of the games. England’s Brighton centre-backs Lewis Dunk (£3.4m) and Adam Webster (£2.8m) play the most matches they are available for, always posing attacking threats of set pieces. Another defensive option is Newcastle’s Kieran Trippier (£3.3million) – the ex-Atletico Madrid fullback took direct free kicks after his move to St James’ Park in January. In midfield, Harvey Barnes (£4.3million) should be assured of more league appearances this season due to Leicester’s lack of European football.

A 29-goal championship talent that ticks all alternate league boxes (applies to all alternate leagues)

Bournemouth forward Dominic Solanke (4.0 million pounds) returns to the Premier League with a point to prove. Liverpool’s £19 million signing was in form in the Championship last season, but was only surpassed in the scorecards by Fulham’s Aleksandar Mitrovic (£4.3 million). Last season saw England striker Ivan Toney (£4.6 million), and the season for Patrick Bamford (£5.0 million), step up after successful Championship seasons, and 24-year-old Solanke would be the next can be in line.

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