Fantasy football tips: Dream Team Weekender is the perfect Premier League game for you
Keeping up with a lengthy Premier League season can be a tough task for some Dream Team managers.
If you happen to be a manager, like Jose Mourinho, who favours playing the short game with their teams, then we have the perfect alternative for you.
Dream Team Weekender is back again and better than ever, with a prize of £5,000 up for grabs to the manager who can pick the best team over the weekend.
Paul Pogba could be a huge hit in Weekender this season
Different to our Dream Team season game, Weekender lives in a footballing universe of its own.
So, listen up ladies and gents, as well give you the definitive guide on Dream Team weekender and how to be a winner in Game Week 2.
Weekender is really simple and best of all, it’s completely FREE to enter. Happy days.
The concept involves you picking SEVEN players from the Premier League’s Saturday and Sunday matches, with this changing on a weekly basis.
You even get a glimpse into the life of Pep Guardiola, as you’re not restrained by a transfer budget AND there’s no limit to the number of players you can pick from one club.
Relationship goals
If your team get the most points from the weekend, then £5,000 is yours. It’s really that simple.
If you happen to be unsuccessful, then you’ve only got to wait till the following weekend to have another go at snapping up that prize money.
1 Get your team in as EARLY as possible
Fergie time
We can’t stress how important this is.
It’s always good to be early in life, well, in most things anyway…
Being prompt when it comes to submitting your Weekender side could be the difference between you winning the jackpot, and going home empty-handed.
‘Why?’ you ask, well, with no alternative to decide who should win if there are teams level on points, the winner is decided by the manager who submitted his team the earliest.
You take a risk by submitting your team early, but it could come with great rewards.
Cut throat, we know, but all is fair in love and weekender.
Don’t hang around for too long, or else
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2 Study the Game Week 2 fixtures and look for players in formRuben Neves, Jan Vertonghen and Benjamin Mendy, no, it’s not the lineup of the next big boyband.
Those are three names who you should definitely consider for your Weekender team for Game Week 2.
The Frenchman racked up two assists in Game Week 1
We all know the famous saying “form is temporary, class is permanent.”
That might be true over the course of a season, however in Weekender, form is very much the order of the day.
Unfortunately you can’t pick Game Week 1 hit Sadio Mane, as Liverpool aren’t in action until Monday, when they face Crystal Palace.
That also rules out Mo Salah.
3 Be bold and pick a wildcardYou only have to look at the top performing team from Game Week 1 of Weekender to understand the value of a wildcard.
Sometimes it actually pays off to be a football hipster and go against the grain.
The top performers from Game Week 1 was mostly a bunch of unfashionable misfits…
Questionable team on paper
Roberto Pereyra, Callum Wilson and Alex McCarthy… who would have backed any of that lot? Exactly.
Neves was priced up at just £3m on Dream Team and got himself a place in the best performing team.
A big price tag doesn’t always mean big points.
4 Pick a defensive unit from the same clubThere’s only one formation available in Weekender, the classic, 1-2-2-2 lineup.
Eat your heart out, Pep.
We know the temptation to pick a couple of goalscoring defenders at the back is there, but we’d advise you to go for a goalkeeper and defensive duo from the same club.
Hear us out.
You can’t pick the whole team, unfortunately, so the defenders will have to do
The chances of one club keeping a clean sheet is obviously much higher than multiple clubs doing so, therefore, put all your defensive eggs in one basket.
Should all your goalkeeper and defenders secure you clean sheets, you can basically already smell the prize money.
A full-house of clean sheets is the perfect base of points to build on before your attacking players (hopefully) bag all the goals and assists.
Hands on hips it’s that easy
For Game Week 2, we would recommend picking Ederson in goal, with Kyle Walker and Bejamin Mendy in front.
The Citizens face Huddersfield at the Etihad, buoyed by their opening day victory away at Arsenal.
Easy win and a clean sheet, right?
5 Get out of the zone of having a budgetRun wild and be free, as there’s no financial restraints in Weekender!
It’s important to be ambitious, but as we’ve advised, resist the temptation to just fill your squad with City players.
Assess each fixture in detail and make smart inclusions.
Don’t be afraid however to pick the top players when the time is right.
You’ve got his full backing
Now you’re suitably prepared for the 48-hours long roller coaster that is Dream Team weekender, get out there and submit your team for Game Week 2!
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