💀 Fantasy Football auction: mistakes to avoid at all costs 🧙‍ | OneFootball

Winning at the Fanta auction is primarily about avoiding mistakes: you need a clear spending plan, cool-headedness when a target is missed, and realism about prices and yields.

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Don't be distracted by the summer hype, last season's numbers, or nostalgia for "your" players: context, starting positions, and the balance of the departments (including goalkeepers) matter.

💰 Budget distribution to be respected

Knowing how much, how, and where to spend at the auction is fundamental, if not vital, to avoid going in "attempts". Below, credit plus or minus based on the opportunities the auction leaves you, a distribution on 500 credits for an auction without a modifier.

And if there is a modifier? The percentages change heavily: the budget for defenders is recalibrated to 90 credits and is taken from the midfield or attack, especially this year when there are few "certainties" and many pairs in the offensive department.

🎯 Don't exceed the budget for a "target"

Everyone has their own favorites: although fundamental, the emotional aspect should not be the driving force in your auction. A very common mistake is to exceed the credits for a single target by a lot: the risk? To have "that" player but then have to redesign the strategy.

Obviously, the more numerous the Fanta is, the more this mistake is to be avoided: in a league with 8 participants you can find good starters at the end of the auction, from 10 upwards it becomes more complex. So you have to be cool... or face the consequences.

📊 Don't rely solely on last season

Whether it went well or badly, the goal is to reset the previous season. Players who made you win or dream should be treated like all the others: if last year you made a "coup", this year you won't be able to take it for a few credits. So, analyze its value objectively.

Again, the risk always goes in the same direction: overpaying players and blowing up strategies.

🔥 Beware of summer hype

Friendlies and the first games are indicative to understand a potential trend but should be taken with a grain of salt. Those who do very well are paid more, those you thought could be starters and you see on the sidelines are not necessarily out of the loop.

The advice is therefore to weigh both the new hierarchies and the new arrivals: even if it is a favorite from abroad, you must first understand where and how he will play in the new reality. In this sense here is a guide on the new ones.

🏆 Too many from the same team in the same department

Being a fan of a particular team can lead to a problem: taking too many players from the same club in the same department, especially in attack. The reason is logical: unless a club scores a lot every day, the team's goals will be divided among more players.

Also, the time for big matches will come for these players: occasions when their votes may be lower at the same time. The only exception: pairs, since they are counted "ideally" as a single slot to line up.

👯‍♀️ Don't fill up with pairs

Taking a pair per department can make sense, if you think that coach can greatly enhance that role: for example Gasperini's forward, Sarri's or Baroni's wingers.

In a single department, however, it is not advisable to take too many pairs, because in this way you will run into the same problem mentioned above: you will have little variety and the calendar could start to go against you.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇮🇹 here.