Tuesday Tactical Takeaway: Gameweek 5
Welcome to the Tuesday Tactical Takeaway, where we take a weekly look across the Fantrax EPL Draft landscape and ask the important questions: what went wrong, what went right, who is quietly cooking, and who should probably be taking a long, hard look at their squad.
We’ll dig into the moves, performances, trends and general nonsense that shaped the week and, most importantly, figure out what actually matters going forward. Sometimes a development changes the entire
draft landscape; sometimes it changes absolutely nothing; Our job is to try to work out which is which.
The Key Performance Indicators
To kick things off, we’ll take a look at 3–5 of the biggest talking points from the weekend - the performances, trends, tactical wrinkles, and developments that caught our attention and could have a meaningful impact on the Fantrax EPL Draft landscape. Some will prove important; some will prove to be nothing more than a brief statistical curiosity.
Bees Flick Aside Chelsea
The Bees claimed West London Saturday, beating Chelsea on their ground for the first time since 1938. Despite being without Nathan Collins and Sepp Van Den Berg, Brentford held that Chelsea offense, who was also missing Joao Pedro, scoreless, which I'd wager would've won quite a bit in the betting market of your choosing. Jaidon Anthony started in the place of Dango again, but was effective this time, scoring a goal and ending with 15.25 FPts, so expect that frustrating wrinkle to continue for those who drafted Dango. Igor finally scored and celebrated by going tarps off, earning the yellow card in the process, which I'm sure managers loved to see. This could be the catalyst you need in order to finally sell him, though, so I'd still count that as a win.
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