Scout Report – Ivan Ramis
Filed under: Scout Reports - Posted by: Paul
Roberto Martinez dipped into the summer transfer market for the second time earlier this week by acquiring Ivan Ramis from Real Mallorca for an undisclosed fee. The 27-year-old centre-half follows Fraser Fyvie to the DW Stadium after knocking back the advances of West Ham and arrives at Wigan on a three-year contract:
The deal represents something of a coup for the Latics. Earlier in the week, the La Liga outfit had posted an article on their official website confirming they had agreed terms with the Hammers and the player was set for a medical but, according to Wigan chairman Dave Whelan, his manager is the man to thank for the about-turn:
It’s down to the influence of Roberto. The player doesn’t speak English and didn’t want to go to West Ham, who had already agreed a deal. But Roberto asked me to go out to Mallorca where I met their chairman and with the club in receivership, they accepted my offer and then I went to see the player.
The Statistics
Ramis began his career as a 17-year old in the Mallorca youth system back in 2001, where he scored three goals in 50 appearances before stepping up to the senior side in the 2004-05 season. Initially struggling to nail down a first-team role, he was farmed out to Real Valladolid in 2005-06, making 30 appearances for the second division side before returning to his parent club for the following campaign.
The centre-half continued to feature irregularly for the La Liga outfit before finally nailing down a regular spot in the first XI in 2009-10 and, while he has notched five times in the past couple of seasons, Ramis’ tendency to accrue cautions has been his stand-out statistic, with 16 bookings in his last two campaigns in the Spanish top-flight. Over his time at the club, he also attracted interest from Celtic and Sevilla and has represented his country at Under 19, 21 and 23 levels. Ramis featured a total of 164 times for Mallorca, finding the net on nine occasions.
The Prospects
A change of tactics after the mid-point of last season not only brought about a revival in Wigan’s fortunes, it has clearly affected Martinez’s thinking when it comes to player acquisitions this summer. The Latics started the previous campaign with a conventional back-four but the switch to a 3-4-2-1, with three centre-halves preferred at the back, means Martinez needs cover in the defensive area.
Bearing in mind Gary Caldwell and Maynor Figueroa missed just two league games between them all season, it’s likely that Ramis is vying with Antolin Alcaraz for that third spot at the back – his compatriot Piscu is also available, though failed to make much impact and featured just five times for the Latics in 2011/12. Ramis not only offers a real physical presence and strong aerial ability, his distribution from deep could also see him forge a way into Martinez’s first-team plans for the upcoming campaign.
In terms of expected cost across the Fantasy games, a Fantasy Premier League (FPL) starting price of 4.5 seems likely for Ramis- Figueroa has also been handed this initial valuation, however, and is certainly more nailed-on at the start of the new campaign. We can anticipate a cost of around the 5.0 mark Sky Sports game, considering the likes of Caldwell and Figueroa at 5.5 and 5.2 respectively.
When it comes to investing in a backline that returned just eight clean sheets last time round, however, Emmerson Boyce offers a far better solution than his defensive team mates. Granted, he is slightly more expensive than the majority of his Martinez’s defenders – 5.0 in FPL and 5.5 in the Sky Sports game – but his out-of-position role on the right of Wigan’s four-man midfield boosts his appeal considerably more and is likely to deter many Fantasy managers from investing in Ramis.
When assessing their prospects for the start of the season, it’s worth remembering that Wigan’s exploits towards the tail end of last term were arguably the finest example of looking at form over fixtures. While many wrote them off and expected them to drop into the Championship, the Latics racked up seven wins in their last nine, including triumphs over Newcastle, Arsenal, United and Liverpool, with Martinez’s new system going from strength to strength as the campaign came to a close.
The big question is whether Wigan will start where they left off. Certainly, home clashes with Stoke and Fulham in the first six Gameweeks will hold no fear, while a trip to Southampton could well be prosperous. With Chelsea, United and a visit to Sunderland also on their opening agenda, though, many Fantasy managers will be somewhat reluctant to go overboard in snapping up Wigan’s mid-price options, despite that stunning end to the previous season.
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August 5 at 4:19 am
benzieyeah says:
What is Readings defence going to look like this season? Who is nailed on? Any at 4.0?
August 5 at 4:24 am
mottttaaaa says:
gunter at 4.0 looks good
August 5 at 4:28 am
Chuck Norris says:
Take your pick out of Gunter, Gorkss and Mariappa.
I think Gunter is the most nailed on.
August 5 at 4:44 am
benzieyeah says:
Cheers guys, think I might actually go for Federici in goal now instead
August 5 at 4:20 am
mottttaaaa says:
who are better players then noble/maloney around that price range??
August 5 at 4:25 am
Holy see says:
For 5, nada baby. & for that price, you should do as well as you can. Guthrie may turn out to be a bargain, time will tell. Bloody time, a cruel master.
August 5 at 4:31 am
mottttaaaa says:
nada baby? lol
August 5 at 4:28 am
Chuck Norris says:
A. Sess/Kagawa + Ade (or Tevez)
B. Larsson + Aguero
August 5 at 4:31 am
mottttaaaa says:
B
August 5 at 4:31 am
Chuck Norris says:
Any reason why?
August 5 at 4:35 am
mottttaaaa says:
kun is nailed on for city and usaully gets involved with scoring, he players most up front and has played well in friendlies
kagawa not sure how his going to go this year it will take to time for him to adapt to the premier league
larsson has good fixtures in the first 6 apart from arsenal first week and he can have good scoring involvement
August 5 at 4:38 am
Chuck Norris says:
Cheers.
Ade’s fixture is juicy at his price though (if he moves to Tottenham)
August 5 at 4:36 am
aflickering says:
kagawa + tevez
August 5 at 4:43 am
Chuck Norris says:
That is probably the riskiest combination but could come off.
August 5 at 4:36 am
jinswick says:
Thoughts on this lot?
Federici (Friedel)
Ivanovic, A Hughes, McCartney, (Rangel), (Cuellar)
Lampard, Bale, Yaya, Noble, (Pienaar)
Torres, Aguero, Petric
Bank 2.0m for Torres -> Rooney in GW2
August 5 at 4:37 am
Billy Gilmore says:
No Aguero and Tevez?
August 5 at 4:40 am
jinswick says:
See below – deciding between these 2 options at the mo. Yaya far more secure and seemingly getting forward more these days. Tevez is more explosive though.
August 5 at 4:43 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Leave Petric in there. I’d downgrade Yaya to a 6.5m mid and use the cash to upgrade McCartney.
August 5 at 4:37 am
jinswick says:
Alternatively, do Yaya & Petric -> Maloney & Tevez
August 5 at 4:42 am
Sanguinista says:
Looks very solid. Pretty similar to my team except for my choice of goalies & scott sinclair instead of pienaar
August 5 at 4:43 am
jinswick says:
Sorry, ignore this. Absolute garbage.
August 5 at 4:55 am
Jack(off) - Arsenal: The Markus Liebherr Memorial Cup winners of 2012. says:
2.0M in the bank…?
August 5 at 5:00 am
Billy Gilmore says:
I thought it looked a little strong…
August 5 at 4:37 am
Di Canioooohhh says:
Surely the whole ‘pack your team with Chelsea players early doors’ philosophy is a good calculated risk. My initial GW1 team play a total of 16 games between them. Also, Chelsea have a home game GW2 so the ones who remain have another good chance at points. Just got to make sure Rooney and Bale are in by GW3. Currently looking like this …
Fed, Friedel
A. Cole, Lescott, Cuellar, Demel, Gunter
Hazard, Silva, Taarabt, aloney, Guthrie
Torres, Aguero, Petric
One decision I can’t decide is Gunter or Demel for GW1 (currently with Demel)?
What do we think boys?
August 5 at 4:38 am
jinswick says:
I think if you’re going to get Gunter you HAVE to play him for a DGW. Personally, I wouldn’t want to double up on REA defence, as you’re either stuck with it for a while, or it uses up a valuable transfer.
August 5 at 4:43 am
KarlosII says:
I heard you second time
August 5 at 5:16 am
The Shuffling says:
Same draft with me, but I choose Noble over Maloney.
August 5 at 4:39 am
Di Canioooohhh says:
Surely the whole ‘pack your team with Chelsea players early doors’ philosophy is a good calculated risk. My initial GW1 team play a total of 16 games between them. Also, Chelsea have a home game GW2 so the ones who remain have another good chance at points. Just got to make sure Rooney and Bale are in by GW3. Currently looking like this …
Fed, Fried
Cole, Lescott, Cuellar, Demel, Gunter
Hazard, Silva, Taarabt, aloney, Guthrie
Torres, Aguero, Petric
One decision I can’t decide is Gunter or Demel for GW1 (currently with Demel)?
What do we think boys?
August 5 at 4:39 am
Billy Gilmore says:
We heard you the first time
August 5 at 4:42 am
KarlosII says:
Why do people seem to be avoiding Fabio recently and opting for 4.5′s like Hughes or Cuellar? Am I missing an injury or something? Or just better choice?
August 5 at 4:45 am
mottttaaaa says:
fulham and sunderland have more chance of clean sheets then qpr do .. thats what i would think
August 5 at 4:48 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Sunderland, yes. Fulham in a rotation, no imo.
August 5 at 4:45 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Fabio is a great pick and is in my team.
August 5 at 5:07 am
KarlosII says:
me too, stuck on, he’s OOP too on the wing and in the same team as Taraabt. He’ll do well.
August 5 at 5:33 am
Hubert says:
+1
August 5 at 4:42 am
jamlove says:
This is for King Eric, em my internet went down so I couldn’t reply, calling me names seems a bit much and I fixed the link. Thanks.
August 5 at 4:42 am
KarlosII says:
lol
August 5 at 4:44 am
mottttaaaa says:
maloney and guthrie
noble and guthrie
maloney and noble
what you think and why??
August 5 at 4:46 am
KarlosII says:
why all the guthrie fuss? He” only get you 50 pts a season anyway? I actually thnik the new Villa 4.5 boy or even Sterling will get you more pts for a 4.5 MF
August 5 at 4:47 am
mottttaaaa says:
im not sure either im just looking at that price and a lot of people are saying his a bargain
i might look into that
August 5 at 4:49 am
KarlosII says:
he doesnt score much, or assist much, he’s a utility player for me, low scoring. Yes he’ll play and get you 2 or 3 each week, but for the additional .5 maloney is far better value.
August 5 at 5:35 am
Hubert says:
DGW? Most likely 4 points minimum, likely better than the other 4.5 options IMO.
August 5 at 4:46 am
KarlosII says:
C. easy choice for me, but I’m avoiding 2 cheap M F’s but noble on pens and maloney OOP makes them top choices.
August 5 at 4:46 am
benzieyeah says:
Maloney and Noble
August 5 at 4:48 am
mottttaaaa says:
al ahmadi?
August 5 at 4:54 am
KarlosII says:
yeah. and the clever bet for me at 4.5 would be Marveaux for NEW. If i needed a 4.5 it’d be him.
August 5 at 5:01 am
evilfuk says:
ixnay on the hombre: track 2
August 5 at 5:06 am
KarlosII says:
meannig of life? 42?
August 5 at 4:58 am
Seabreeze says:
Nobody think Orbertan might be worth getting for NEW? Anyone have a good guess at how much game time he’ll get?
August 5 at 5:06 am
KarlosII says:
N O P E
August 5 at 5:06 am
jamlove says:
na, the big bald eijit head on him will just annoy ya.
August 5 at 4:45 am
benzieyeah says:
One more question for tonight… who would you guys pick based on first few GWs, Graham or Petric?
August 5 at 4:47 am
KarlosII says:
Petric.
August 5 at 4:46 am
KarlosII says:
although I’m actually tempted for the first time ever to get them both, AND even Lambert (or Boselli?!) I think they represent huge value.
August 5 at 4:47 am
benzieyeah says:
Reasons? I have Graham atm but am undecided
August 5 at 4:52 am
KarlosII says:
Reasons? preseason (and historically) Petric has been outstanding, Boselli is now firing, Lambert is a goal machine (although untried at this level) and Graham is the focus of an attacking team and a proven goal scorer. Whereas Aguero will rotate, Rooney will be off form after another Euro, and Torres… well for me Torres and Tevez represent the best bets, as perhaps does the new LIV guy Borini. I’m willing to bet that Lambert, Petric and Graham (plus the value they free up for an unbelievable MF) are better value that Aguerro, Rooney and Torres.
August 5 at 4:53 am
KarlosII says:
I mean, these 3 cost 18 mil. thats one and a half Rooneys.
August 5 at 4:54 am
jamlove says:
I like your team name.
August 5 at 4:56 am
KarlosII says:
ha ha, cheers
August 5 at 4:56 am
KarlosII says:
I like your past season history
What kind of team are you looking at starting with this time round?
August 5 at 5:04 am
jamlove says:
I’ve just logged in to fantasy football today, I’ve no idea of all the new lads so I’m in the dark at the moment, didn’t even know Chelsea had a double game week til 20mins ago, you had a good year last year yourself. de Gea looks like good value if he gets his place, I usually do two cheap goal keepers but might change that up this year. That’s about all I’ve coe up with so far, yourself?
August 5 at 4:46 am
Elvenmunky says:
FED (DDG)
A.COLE – CLICHY – WILLIAMS (FONTE, MCARTNEY)
SILVA – MATA (C) – PIENNAR – GUTHRIE (NOBLE)
TORRES – POG – KUN
2 mil in bank for Roo in GW2
Any suggestions?
August 5 at 4:51 am
jamlove says:
chelski or broke ha?
August 5 at 4:53 am
KarlosII says:
whats with the Guthrie madness?
August 5 at 4:52 am
Chuck Norris says:
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August 5 at 4:57 am
jamlove says:
thanks, it works I can confirm
August 5 at 4:58 am
jamlove says:
I think the advert was for adult friend finder, I’m off to find me a friend to have sex with.
August 5 at 5:06 am
Chuck Norris says:
Are there any sexy singles near you?
Sucks that the add does pop up, I think it throws people off.
August 5 at 4:55 am
Mid-Table Obscurity says:
Most clean sheets this season out of stoke/sunderland/fulham:
1. Sunderland
2. Stoke
3. Fulham
Everyone agree?
August 5 at 4:56 am
KarlosII says:
Hmm, nut sure, poss SUN, FUL, STO
August 5 at 5:39 am
Hubert says:
3,1,2
August 5 at 4:59 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Morning!
August 5 at 5:01 am
Seabreeze says:
Morning!
August 5 at 5:02 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Morning!
ILF hasn’t been on since the game yet I don’t think.
August 5 at 5:05 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Oh God! Must be still out drinking.
August 5 at 5:08 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Yeah prob!
I searched for him in this article and the last one and nothing!
August 5 at 5:03 am
KarlosII says:
Morning
August 5 at 5:05 am
KarlosII says:
People seem to be steering away from Michu and Fabio? any reason, or just untried?
August 5 at 5:05 am
mottttaaaa says:
fabio cause he plays for qpr basiclaly
August 5 at 5:07 am
KarlosII says:
but he’s OOP AND brazillian….
August 5 at 5:09 am
jamlove says:
oh will he be played oop? that’s even better.
August 5 at 5:10 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Not OOP!
August 5 at 5:12 am
jamlove says:
was the exclamation mark because you’re emphasising your delight with this news or because he’ll not be oop? I get confused by 2 word sentences.
August 5 at 5:12 am
Billy Gilmore says:
He’s not gonna be OOP.
August 5 at 5:13 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
He CANNOT be OOP.
August 5 at 5:14 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Well he can!
August 5 at 5:14 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
I stand corrected.
August 5 at 5:16 am
jamlove says:
yeah! a fantasy football scout exclusive Fabio is OOP at QPR nailed on striker never mind midfielder. Yeah!
August 5 at 5:18 am
KarlosII says:
+1
August 5 at 5:10 am
Billy Gilmore says:
I doubt he’ll be OOP but QPR are solid at home and will be much improved this season imo.
August 5 at 5:15 am
KarlosII says:
he was OOP at United, why wouldnt he at QPR?!
August 5 at 5:16 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
He was OOP for one FA Cup match against Arsenal. That’s it!
August 5 at 5:19 am
KarlosII says:
er… no. He’s had 21 appearances for United and played in 6 different positions.
August 5 at 5:16 am
Billy Gilmore says:
For one, I don’t think SAF sent him on loan to learn how to play in a position other than defence. Also he’s not better than any of the QPR wide players so won’t get a place before them.
August 5 at 5:08 am
KarlosII says:
could I ask, what your tactics were last year and how its possible to come 2 and a half millionth?
August 5 at 5:09 am
jamlove says:
August 5 at 5:07 am
Billy Gilmore says:
I’m steering clear of Michu because he’s untried, but for defenders it doesn’t really matter.
August 5 at 5:07 am
jamlove says:
I have Fabio at the moment, he’ll play and could be useful in a cheap three rotation deal, still QPR hmmmm
August 5 at 5:08 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Michu: I’m not totally convinced by him yet. Yes, he scored 15 goals last season, but interestingly he had only 3 assists. For a player playing in the hole, that is very poor indeed. He seems to me like another one of those selfish players. On top of that £6.5m is a tad high when you can have Sinclair with penos for £7.0m.
Fabio: Not totally convinced he’s nailed on. Traore could still challenge him for the LB spot. There’s no way he can play in midfield.
August 5 at 5:09 am
KarlosII says:
who fabio? he’ll be left mid before mid season.
August 5 at 5:12 am
Billy Gilmore says:
He’s got no chance of getting into midfield imo.
August 5 at 5:12 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Even after they signed Hoilett?
August 5 at 5:15 am
KarlosII says:
wait and see, i’ve see a lot of Fabio and SAF rates him very highly. He’ll be in MF before long, left or right. Hoilett will be higher up or on the other wing rotating. Tarrabt in the middle, it’ll be a good team before long that one.
August 5 at 5:18 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Erm .. Ok.
August 5 at 5:26 am
Billy Gilmore says:
+1
August 5 at 5:06 am
mottttaaaa says:
RMT please
jaas bego/federici (not sure)
cole hangeland gunter cuellar ridgewell
bale demp larrson noble maloney
auguero torres graham
3.0 left leaving 2.0 to get rooney
thoughts and maybe some changes through the defensee would be nice
August 5 at 5:11 am
KarlosII says:
nice. I think Gorkss is a better net than Gunter otherwise thats a good team with a good bench, not to be underestimated.
August 5 at 5:14 am
mottttaaaa says:
why gorks over gunter?
August 5 at 5:16 am
KarlosII says:
better history, more goals. no more than that.
August 5 at 5:18 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Might not start. Gunter is much more nailed on.
August 5 at 5:20 am
KarlosII says:
cool, cheers. I’m no expert there!
August 5 at 5:23 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Yeah neither. Specialist who is a Reading fan said that Gorkss could still start with Pearce but they just bought a CB for substantial money so I’m not entirely convinced. Gunter is RB I believe but is injured atm.
August 5 at 5:09 am
Brian says:
Morning Gents.
De Gea, Fed
Lescott, Clichy, Hughes, Cuellar, Clyne
Lampard, Valencia, Pianaar, McClean, Guthrie,
RVP, Tevez, Graham
0.5 in bank for Lamps—-> Bale GW2. RVP sitting in there till he gets a move out of country or something, ha. Rooney seems the likely candidate to fill that slot.
August 5 at 5:13 am
jamlove says:
I like it
and I shall copy some of it.
August 5 at 5:25 am
Brian says:
Cheers
August 5 at 5:16 am
elniñorules: You may suck, but you can still score. says:
Brilliant. Finally an RMT with RVP! Here you go:
1) Amazing balance.
2) I like Tevez over Aguero, esp when you consider Kun’s got a friendly on the 15th of Aug.
3) I’d downgrade McClean to Noble & upgrade Graham to Bent. Swa & Whm attacking fixtures are too good value to ignore. Pienaar > Sinclair/Michu.
4) Nothing to say about your defence (as solid as it gets).
August 5 at 5:24 am
Brian says:
Cheers ^^. RVP floats my boat..
Regarding Bent, the lad is 8.5 this year, and Graham is 6.0, so out of reach whichever way I swing the maths. Unless RVP sods off and I have to get Rooney in, in which case it would happily work out..
August 5 at 5:22 am
KarlosII says:
2 man city DEF?
August 5 at 5:27 am
Brian says:
Doubling up on the best defence in the league, who also have nice fixtures..
August 5 at 5:36 am
Billy Ketsu says:
That’s a really good team.
August 5 at 5:38 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
+1.
2 big hitters in each department. Very well balanced indeed. All bases covered too.
If RVP stays, I might have to copy that team
August 5 at 5:39 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Only issue I see is Graham –> Boselli
August 5 at 5:42 am
Brian says:
Cheers lad. Oh shucks, think I better squeeze in Boselli, Moses, Torres and any other ill fated FFS bandwagons I can think of! Bye Tevez, RVP and Lampard..hello Boselli, moses and torres…:)
August 5 at 5:42 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Much better
August 5 at 5:43 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Don’t forget Downing. #bargain
August 5 at 5:46 am
Brian says:
Bitta N’zogbia in there from last year as well maybe. Was in everyone’s teams. Taarabt might make the bench if he is lucky.
August 5 at 5:10 am
elniñorules: You may suck, but you can still score. says:
Good morning! This is Sebastian Shaw.
#DoesntGetBetter
August 5 at 5:12 am
KarlosII says:
wtf?
August 5 at 5:19 am
elniñorules: You may suck, but you can still score. says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related
August 5 at 5:22 am
Billy Ketsu says:
I don’t usually enjoy these comic book movie adaptations but I really enjoyed that one. Kevin Bacon was great as the villian, delivered his lines with lip-smacking relish.
August 5 at 5:19 am
Billy Ketsu says:
Afternoon all
What a nightmare, eh. What a blinking nightmare.
August 5 at 5:23 am
KarlosII says:
?
August 5 at 5:24 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Hello, Billy!
What happened?
August 5 at 5:26 am
Billy Ketsu says:
Hey guys – nothing bad, not for me anyway. I just can’t decide what to do with my team, that’s all.
August 5 at 5:28 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Oh is that all
August 5 at 5:32 am
Billy Ketsu says:
Don’t sound so disappointed there Billy!
August 5 at 5:34 am
Billy Gilmore says:
All will be clear in a week
August 5 at 5:31 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Ah, that is all. Me neither.
After yesterday’s results, I’m seriously having doubts about tripling on Chelsea!
August 5 at 5:31 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Torres –> Boselli?
August 5 at 5:35 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Best. move. ever.
Wigan against a leaky Chelsea defence – Boselli(c)
August 5 at 5:37 am
Billy Gilmore says:
How are we going to start the Boselli(c) bandwagon?
August 5 at 5:39 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Ssshh. Not a bandwagon.
We want it to be a differential.
August 5 at 5:43 am
Brian says:
Deadzoners will walk away with the league this year. Maverick moves like this all round.
August 5 at 5:25 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Eh? What’s wrong Billy?
August 5 at 5:42 am
ManofKent says:
Morning all.
August 5 at 5:42 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Morning MoK!
August 5 at 5:44 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Morning MoK!
August 5 at 5:45 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Duplicate comment detected
August 5 at 5:45 am
ManofKent says:
Latest version…
Freidel/Federici
Lescott, Cole, Fabio, Fonte, Tierney
Siggy, Pienarr, Ramires, Noble, Guthrie
Aguero, Tevez, Rooney
Still deciding on the Torres to Rooney option…
August 5 at 5:51 am
Brian says:
Not a big fan of Ramires tbh. Only other gripes would be Siggy (where does he fit in spurs?) and Tierney. The forwards strat is clearly where you have invested though, only thing I can really say on that is it’s inevitable that they can’t all maintain top form. But you got three top captain choices who look likely to break the 200 point mark.
August 5 at 5:57 am
ManofKent says:
If Marin gets gametime I’d prefer him over Ramires. I might even go without Chelsea mid cover after the DGW – there’s a few 6.5 – 7 options. I think Siggy will probably oust Lennon.
August 5 at 5:52 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Aguero & Tevez – interesting.
Other that that looks fairly generic and solid.
August 5 at 6:10 am
Willis_Hide says:
Midfield is shite.
August 5 at 5:46 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Thoughts on Bannan, guys? £5.0m and looks to be corners and FKs ahead of N’Zogbia.
Worth a punt?
August 5 at 5:47 am
Billy Gilmore says:
It doesn’t look like PL likes N’Zogbia too much does it?
August 5 at 5:48 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Yeah!
August 5 at 5:47 am
ManofKent says:
Could be – it’s the Lambert rotation that puts me off
August 5 at 5:49 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
True. Gardner will get the odd game I suppose.
August 5 at 5:53 am
AA says:
Is he likely to start ? I like Ireland at 0.5m more . Bent had been talking him up and now Lambert feels he’s a key player . Easy fixtures until gw11 , will play in the hole . What’s not to like ? I prefer him over Maloney .
August 5 at 5:56 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
I think Bannan will start fairly regularly. He was captain too yesterday.
But yeah, ireland is the more exciting option.
August 5 at 5:58 am
AA says:
Oh Captain ? Interesting .
August 5 at 5:46 am
mikewhite says:
Fed (Foster)
Shawcross Coloccini Warnock Koscielny Hangeland
JSPark Hazard(c) Larsson (sig, pienaar)
Torres Tevez(v) (graham)
2.0 for Torres->Rooney
So many holes… trying to be balanced though :\ any suggestions?
August 5 at 5:49 am
ManofKent says:
Interesting mid-price defence options. I quite like Fed/foster as a cheap defence pairing
August 5 at 5:52 am
mikewhite says:
yeah, i am worried about the lack of big hitters in defense, but still they’re all starters with decent home clean sheet rates right?
August 5 at 5:53 am
ManofKent says:
Yes could work out okay
August 5 at 5:55 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Warnock may not even play. Switch to Clark if you want a Villa defender.
August 5 at 5:58 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Not that you would. Shawcross –> Wilson.
August 5 at 5:50 am
mikewhite says:
btw does anyone have a clear idea for who’s going to start in attack for swansea?
August 5 at 5:52 am
Billy Gilmore says:
–––––Britton––Allen/De Guzmen
Dyer/Routeledge–––Michu–––Sinclair
–––––––––––Graham
August 5 at 5:52 am
ManofKent says:
I think they’ll be looking to sign a new striker, which makes me nervous about graham
August 5 at 5:56 am
mikewhite says:
so you think larsson-Michu and graham-bosseli?
August 5 at 5:59 am
ManofKent says:
You’d have to pay me to take Boselli
August 5 at 6:02 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
LOL!
August 5 at 6:12 am
Canadian Football says:
Chelsea looked brutal today……I am begining to doubt them in GW1. Will wait on community shield to decide.
August 5 at 5:56 am
wimiw says:
rooney and yaya
or
aguero & kagawa
August 5 at 5:58 am
Billy Gilmore says:
B
August 5 at 5:58 am
aflickering says:
B
August 5 at 5:59 am
ManofKent says:
I’d go B
August 5 at 6:01 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
B for me too.
August 5 at 6:04 am
The Shadow says:
B
August 5 at 6:10 am
Willis_Hide says:
A.
August 5 at 6:06 am
mikewhite says:
fraizer campbell anyone?
August 5 at 6:08 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Nope!
August 5 at 6:09 am
Carroll to the rescue says:
Choose one please:
Larsson, Piennar or Taraabt?
August 5 at 6:10 am
mikewhite says:
Pienaar
August 5 at 6:10 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Larsson.
August 5 at 6:11 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Larsson
August 5 at 6:12 am
Desertbug says:
Pienaar, (but I might be biased…
August 5 at 6:12 am
ManofKent says:
Pienaar
August 5 at 6:14 am
GreennRed says:
Pienaar
August 5 at 6:15 am
Willis_Hide says:
Larsson.
August 5 at 6:12 am
Gaz Downright says:
Which 3 goes down?
August 5 at 6:11 am
Gaz Downright says:
Swansea will be one of them imo.
August 5 at 6:12 am
Desertbug says:
Reading, QPR and ?maybe this is the year Wigan’s magic runs out?
August 5 at 6:12 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Southampton, Reading and Norwich.
August 5 at 6:14 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
Norwich, Wigan, West Ham.
August 5 at 6:22 am
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Doos will kill you
August 5 at 6:24 am
Billy Gilmore says:
Just as well there’s a new page before he comes on.
August 5 at 6:26 am
Nitin Nagaraja says:
He knows they’ll get relegated too.
August 5 at 6:16 am
ManofKent says:
Reading look the weakest of the three promoted
August 5 at 6:17 am
GreennRed says:
Stoke,West Ham, QPR.
August 5 at 6:18 am
Hubert says:
Norwich, Southampton, West Ham
August 5 at 6:23 am
Maximerized-You'll Be Sorely Missed - Feel Free To Join These FPL Leagues @ 401-764 & 401-854. Contact Me For Deadzone Leagues. Indian Posters Join These Leagues- 401-53820 & 401-53838 says:
Wigan, Wigan, Wigan
August 5 at 6:44 am
Billy Ketsu says:
West Ham, Reading, Southampton / Norwich. West Ham were dire two years ago and weren’t even third best in the Championship last year – don’t see anything but relegation for them. Reading and Sunderland are more interesting but I still think they’ll struggle after the initial adrenaline runs out around Xmas.
August 5 at 6:16 am
mottttaaaa says:
arsenal defenders or not?
August 5 at 6:17 am
ManofKent says:
Not for a few gameweeks and even then I’m not sure they’ll be worth the price
August 5 at 6:16 am
The Shuffling says:
Did Clichy, Lescott, and Silva play in friendly with Wolfsburg yesterday? I didn’t see them in starting team.
Btw, I haven’t seen much RMTs with Silva. Is there any concern with him?
August 5 at 6:18 am
Gaz Downright says:
basically all RMTs are just a variation of 20 different players, I wouldn’t read much into it.
August 5 at 6:19 am
ManofKent says:
I think Silva’s price is the problem
August 5 at 6:19 am
Billy Gilmore says:
People would rather have Aguero for Citeh cover. Silva + Aguero is too expensive.
August 5 at 6:51 am
The Shuffling says:
Thanks all. If it’s just price, I think I still want him..