Matchday 3 of the FIFA Club World Cup gets underway this evening, so it’s time to nail down our Scout Picks.
It’s not often that every single Fantasy manager is on the same page regarding transfer strategy but that’s pretty much the case in Matchday 3.
That’s because unlimited transfers await ahead of the round of 16, so everyone should purely be looking at one-game-only punts ahead of Monday’s deadline.
Handily, that’s exactly what the Scout Picks deals in.
We’ve included ‘Wildcard’ in the title here as some Fantasy managers will be activating that chip this week. Essentially, however, any Wildcard for Matchday 3 is a Scout Picks/Free Hit XI, as there’s no medium-term planning involved.
CLUB WORLD CUP MATCHDAY 3 SCOUT PICKS
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If the old rules were not fit for purpose, why do the new rules revert to the rules in specific circumstances? That also makes it more complicated and confusing for people. Further confusion, for me: It's not clear if 'two defensive touches' would disqualify the assist if they come from the same player. And who's to judge if a defensive intervention is a pass or not, especially if it's the first touch of a chaotic defensive situation (since two touches would seemingly already disqualify the assist)? The example they give is 'a loose pass' but that is only one example, so do they just mean 'a loose pass' only? Where are the lines between a block, an intentional deflection into a safe area, a loose clearance and a pass? And why is an assist disqualified when the defender is deemed to have attempted a pass but not a clearance? I do like the amendments for defensive errors and forced handball, though :D
»The good thing is I didn't really understand the fantasy assist rules before the change, and still probably won't understand them now, so I'm not affected:)
»That's so last season.
»He should be 6.5
»Even without recalculating bonus points, it would still be good to know which players they were. And were some of them denied fantasy assists multiple times?
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