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            <p class="p1"><em><span class="s1">Former <a href="https://cms.fantasyfootballhub.co.uk/sky-fantasy-football/"><span class="s2">Sky Sports Fantasy Football</span></a> champion <a href="https://twitter.com/dancox82">Dan Cox</a> brings us his latest diary, documenting the highs and lows of his Fantasy Football season.</span></em></p>
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<h3 class="p1"><b>Fixture Focus</b></h3>
<p>On Friday last week, the first two rounds of Premier League fixtures were announced. But after a break of three months how do you get back into the swing of things? And how do you navigate the sheer amount of game days ahead? Luckily 2017 <strong>Sky Champion</strong> and regular top 100 finisher Dan Cox is on hand to help.</p>
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<h3>Daily Captains</h3>
<p class="p3">The most important thing for me in Sky Fantasy is the daily captains. This is why day by day fixtures really need to be studied and taken into consideration; ideally you want a captain for each match day.</p>
<p class="p3">Just focusing on the fixtures from June 17th to July 2nd throws up a few issues, and that’s just three rounds of fixtures for most teams which still leaves six games for each team. If like me you are short on transfers I think we are going to be in for a rough ride. I was really hoping that we would get the full fixture list until the end of the season, rather than just two weeks, so this is going to make things even trickier if we continue to get them on a two weekly basis.</p>
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<h3 class="p3">Single Game Days</h3>
<p class="p3">There are five single match days, with four running consecutively. Those four could be a bit of a problem, they are as follows :</p>
<p class="p3"><strong>Saturday 27th June:</strong> Aston Villa v Wolves</p>
<p class="p3"><strong>Sunday 28th June:</strong> Watford v Southampton</p>
<p class="p3"><strong>Monday 29th June:</strong> Crystal Palace v Burnley</p>
<p class="p3"><strong>Tuesday 30th June:</strong> Brighton v Manchester United</p>
<p class="p3">I would imagine that most people would have <strong>Jack Grealish</strong> or a <strong>Wolves player</strong> so that should be fine. <strong>Grealish</strong> is in 38.1% of the top 1000 teams, and <strong>Raul Jimenez</strong> is similarly owned on 34.5%. Watford v Southampton may cause a problem although I’m actually spoilt for choice as I have <strong>Danny Ings</strong> and <strong>Ismaila Sarr</strong>, in 21.7% and 8.9% of the top <strong>1000</strong> teams respectively.</p>
<p class="p3">Monday 29th June will be an issue for lots of teams as I can’t see too many people owning either a <strong>Burnley</strong> or <strong>Crystal Palace</strong> player. Is this a game you're looking to cover or may just choose to skip? I certainly think many will skip it. The last of the four in a row is Brighton v Manchester United and a fair amount of sides already contain <strong>Bruno Fernandes</strong> (56% owned) and this figure could rise ahead of that game, especially given his form before the pandemic.</p>
<p class="p3">The first of the single game days is Manchester City at home to Burnley and luckily we can see the team sheets before selecting captains or making transfers. Guardiola’s much mentioned rotation is going to be even worse with five substitutes to play with. The only positive I can take is that if you have <strong>Aguero or Jesus</strong> then I’d feel pretty confident that either would see a bit of game time in each match.</p>
<p class="p3">The only problem, as always, is the opening day back. Without seeing the 8pm Manchester City team sheet are you brave enough to captain <strong>Sergio Aguero</strong> or the like? You could play it safe and go for an Aston Villa or Sheffield United player in the 6pm kick off as at least you’ll know the line up but there is your risk v reward scenario. I have <strong>Sergio Aguero</strong> and unless I hear he’s not featuring I will captain him. Even if he doesn’t start, he has a pretty good chance of coming on and everyone knows he can easily get a brace in the final 10-15 minutes particularly against a likely tiring Arsenal defence.</p>
<p>Most of the other days don’t seem to be too difficult to navigate. Following my planning I could certainly get through the fixtures we know, and only be missing one days captaincy.</p>
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