Power Forwards, Power Bottoms - Gameweek 7 Preview

This week we're trying to get to the bottom of what's up up top. 

Further down we'll update you on buy lows and sell highs.

If you stay 'til the end you'll begin to get to the bottom of why we saved the best until last. 

So... Check it out. Smirky winky face. 

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We currently have the most splendiferous crop of elite forwards at our disposal since Fantasy Football began. In no particular order, the Power Forwards are:

HurriKane

Aguerooooooo

Lukakucakes

Moratatatatata

The argument for having three of them is strong, the only way of having all four is to set up two teams... 

...but there is one striker whose success this year has gone relatively unnoticed - Fourth in the points table with four more points than Kane is:

James 

Richard

V

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Jamie V ardy (8.5) -- Leicester | BOU (A)

Because Leicester rarely thunderspank teams in the way that Spurs, Chelsea, United or City do, Vardy's goals come on a drip feed of about 1 per game, no assists, rather than in a clusterfuck of amazeballs like Kane's or Agueros. This makes him a less appealing captain option but given you will almost certainly have one of the big four to skipper, this is less of an issue.

Also, the scoring differential between strikers and midfielders thus far has been surprisingly slim. 

Because of the bump for clean sheets and an extra point for a goal, Eriksen's 2 goals and 3 assists has him just 10 points behind Aguero, with a whopping 6 goals and 3 assists. At 82.90% of the cost, he is therefore producing 80.77% of the points. The difference isn't therefore as great as you might imagine, unlike when you take your tinder date to the footy. 

Salah, Silva and Mhyktirhiraian have scored similar point tallies to Eriksen, which make them much better value per pound than Kane so far, and in the same bracket as the other three superstrikers. 

So is one reasonably priced Vardy and a better midfield the answer? Well, his upcoming fixtures are the absolute Blarney Stones:

So if you're considering a t'riffic trifecta up top, don't neglect the balls Vardy.  He could be your route to a balanced but consistently high-scoring attack. 

Kevin De Bruyne (10.0) -- Man City | CHE (A)

Another blank for KDB will be the final nail in his fantasy coffin for many managers. 

There'll be all that "point to prove" narrative malark this weekend as he faces his old club but realistically it's just hard to see him doing much direct damage from the pivot. 

With Silva available at 8.4 and Aguero becoming semi-essential, the Belgian may be wiped from the face of the fantasy planet by next weekend. 

Omar Niasse (5.0) -- Everton

The above section on the value of good midfielders should not be misinterpreted - good strikers are good. And often worth the cash. 

Budget enablers are also great - but not ones who don't play. Niasse may be flavour of the week after two goals but a few months ago Koeman hadn't even assigned him a locker or training kit. The notion that he's going to be Goodison's gift after one impressive 35 minute showing is deluded. 

Everton's attack is meek anyway, and whilst Niasse injects a bit of pace, he's pretty fucking far from Lukakucakes. He's also somewhere indiscernible in a four man pecking order involving big money signing Sandro, young hopeful and erstwhile mainstay Calvert-Lewin and club hero(ish) Wazza Razza. 

Simply put: Niasse is nonsense. 

Somewhere in the dictionary next to the definition of "knee jerk" is a Fantasy Football manager looking at one good performance from a City midfielder in his first start for 5 games and declaring him a viable option going forward. 

Yes, inSane's goal was deft and delectable. Yes, we all want a bit of that City coverage. No, you shouldn't go losing your nards over two good performances when the odds of him starting next week are close to zero. 

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