Fantasy Advice – Selecting freetakers

Tomas Corrigan’s free taking earned him big fantasy scores last year

Freetakers are the players that you should look out for on your fantasy team, but they are going to average more scores than the rest of the team.

Yet not all teams have set free-takers. They will have players who kick from the left, and others that kick from the right.

At the same time, you can’t just fill your forward line with place-ball kickers, because a free-taker in division one may not get as many chances as that of a free taker in division three.

Here’s a breakdown of the freetakers from each county, by last year’s records, and also from this year’s McKenna Cup.

Antrim

Tomas McCann (2016), Brian Neeson (2016), Ryan Murray (2017 McKenna Cup)

Armagh

Stefan Campbell (2016), Ethan Rafferty (2016, 2017 McKenna cup), Niall Grimley (McKenna Cup 2017), Rory Grugan (McKenna Cup 2017), Jamie Clarke (2017 McKenna Cup)

Cavan

Raymond Galligan (2016), Seanie Johnston (2016, 2017 McKenna Cup) Martin Reilly (Penalties, 2016)

Derry

James Kielt (2016, 2017 Mckenna cup), Ryan Bell (2016), Mark Lynch (2016, 2017 McKenna Cup), Benny Heron (2017 McKenna Cup)

Donegal

Paddy McBrearty (2016), Michael Murphy (2016)

Down

Darragh O’Hanlon (2016), Donal O’Hare (2016), Paul Devlin (2016), Alan Davidson (McKenna Cup 2017)

Fermanagh

Tomas Corrigan (2016), Sean Quigley (2016), Eoin McManus (2017 McKenna Cup)

Monaghan

Rory Beggan (2016) , Conor McCarthy (2016), Conor McManus (2016), Shane Carey (2017 McKenna Cup)

Tyrone

Ronan O’Neill (2016, 2017 McKenna Cup), Connor McAliskey (2016), Darren McCurry (2016), Lee Brennan (2017 McKenna Cup), Ronan McHugh (2017 McKenna Cup)