Strikers are expensive, they always have been, and generally, investing a lot money in them, hasn't been a smart move while playing fantasy premier league. Except... Last season, somehing really weird happened...You just couldn't succeed without having the now so hot forwards Rooney or Drogba in your team. Perhaps you even had to have them both in some gameweeks.
So, what to expect from the coming season of 2010/2011? Are the forwards going to keep making goals like they did last season? Will the be ones like Tevez and Bent who, while pretty affordable, score two goals in one game ALL THE TIME. Who knows. But these are some attributes you want from your strikers.
Striker should have a Consistent playtime.
You don't want to pay a lot of money for a player who doesn't make the starting formation. Players very rarely score if given 5-15 minutes of playtime per match.
Striker should play for a Winning team.
A forward can be as talented as none before, but if he plays for a team that can't feed him the scoring opportunites he needs...He won't score many goals.Striker should have Little risk of injury.
While every player can suffer an injury one time or another, some are more prone to loosing matches due to an injury than others.
And then, remember. Forwards are a little like goalkeepers, when they do good, they get more confidence. And confidence is good. So if a striker starts scoring goals like never before, jump in to that bandwagon as early as you can.
The last question is of course, who are these great goalscoring strikers to have in your Premier Fantasy League team? Aside from the no brainers Rooney and Drogba, I say Tevez (Manchester City) and Saha (Everton) What do you think?