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Pre-Season Guide Updated

25 July 2011 775 comments
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Chelsea find their feet and rack up the goals, with Frank Lampard -significantly playing on the right of the central midfield three- opening the scoring in a 4-0 romp.

New boy Darren Pratley stakes his claim for a mid-price starting berth in the Bolton midfield with his second goal in three games for Owen Coyle’s side. Victor Moses warms to the N’Zogbia wing role. Mario Balotelli enrages Roberto Mancini with an impudent back-heel when clean through on goal and is substituted straight away.

With just three weeks to go, we’re beginning to get some handy pointers with would-be first choice players now starting to earn more pitch time and formations perhaps resembling those on show on August 13.

Our pre-season guide has been fleshed out with all the latest results, with our team news notes now filling up with insight on form and lineup trends.

Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. jamie20
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    right.here's my provisional team. All suggestions, criticisms and advice welcome...

    schwarzer/given

    hangeland/simpson/rafael/de laet/shittu

    taraabt/vdv/sessegnon/n'zogbia/A.young

    rodallega/rooney/zamora

    My initial thoughts are my defence is pretty weak? What do you think lads??

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    1. mr messi
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      I wouldn't go for Young. Utd's midfield is too uncertain. Defence is quite weak.

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      1. jamie20
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 9 months ago

        i'm a season ticket holder at united. I was thinkin the same thing cos S.A.F has said no-one is going to play all of the games but tony valencia is back at carrington gettnig treatment for his ankle injury and isnt going to be ready for the start of the campaign. young is a nailed on starter v west brom.

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  2. Jimjam
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    1. O'Hara or Sinclair for mid-priced midfielder?

    2. Zamora or Ba for third striker?

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    1. benjamin100
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      1)i think it depends if you have any other players from those teams - i'd go for different players to get coverage

      2) zamora easy

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  3. Yossi
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    Do people reckon Briggs will start for Fulham or is Hughes a better option???

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  4. Alex
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    Given (De Vries)

    Rafael, Luiz, Kompany (Hughes, Simpson)

    VDV [vc], Taarabt, Yaya Toure, Wilshere (Sessegnon)

    Suarez [c], Zamora, Hernandez

    - Thoughts?

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    1. Michael
      • 16 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      I see r.v.p as essential till he gets injured, your possible captain choices leave alot to be desired for and you have too many rotation risks eg hernandez , rafeal , luiz

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      1. Alex
        • 14 Years
        14 years, 9 months ago

        What's wrong with Suarez/VDV captain choices? Both score lots and provide many assists. VDV on set pieces too.

        Rafael will surely be Utd's first choice RB. Hernandez may be a rotation risk but he still managed to score a heap of pts last year. I think Andre V-B will play Luiz a lot, what with the Portuguese connection etc.

        RVP costs too much IMO.

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        1. Alex
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 9 months ago

          I've just taken out Wilshere and replaced him with Sinclair. That freed up an extra 0.5 which I used to replace Hughes with Samba. Samba as a sub will be excellent back-up to my defensive 3 should one of them be rotated.

          Sessegnon is now in my starting midfield because he has potentially easier fixtures than Sinclair. Sinclair should be a decent addition because, coupled with his set-piece duties, he scores regularly for the Swans.

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  5. vova
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    LOST LAST PAGE

    baines/9.0 mid
    OR
    lescott/malouda (have kompany)

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    1. Jimjam
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      If you have Kompany, I'd go with Baines and a 9.0 mid

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      1. vova
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 9 months ago

        yes i have kompany, but who can i get for 9.0 mid???

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        1. Jimjam
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          14 years, 9 months ago

          Downing, Valencia, N'Zogbia.

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    2. Alex
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      Do you have to go for either?

      I wouldn't go for two defenders of the same club personally. But then I think that Baines is over-valued at 8.0. Maybe go for someone like A. Cole (7.5) and upgrade the 9.0 mid to Nasri?

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      1. vova
        • 15 Years
        14 years, 9 months ago

        i have ACole... I like baines because to me he is like a midfielder, he is on set pieces (potentially on pens too) he is likely to outscore 8.0 mids

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        1. Alex
          • 14 Years
          14 years, 9 months ago

          But will he get many bonus pts this year? Maybe better to spread the money around players from more successful clubs.

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  6. Michael
    • 16 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    R.M.T

    kenny ( given)

    clichy , kompany , hughes ( bardsley , simpson )

    malouda , barton , albrighton , taarabt ( osman )

    rodellega , r.v.p , suarez

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    1. benjamin100
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      osman? really?

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  7. RASPUTIN - the foking bom t…
    • 15 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    Is.....

    Bedknobs and boomsticks - Christina - Demi - RBJ (lol)- daniel/leinad and MMW still posting on this site - If so make yourself heard..

    to be fair there are loads of other guys who were great closed season posters you i am missing a little bit...

    some new posters have been ace too though like..

    Food for thought here.... its great everyone posting - traffic for FFS is good - but rather than just post RMTs why dont people comment on other peoples RMTs and get discussions going (if you have one hold back for a few minutes, comment on other RMTs and share the love..
    I often post possible teams/ post what i have settled for as a means of getting people involved - sharing views e.t.c..(like in the closed season)

    IF people keep RMT-ing we will just end with a list of names with no real meaning

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    1. Xabi
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      its pre-season, RMTs are going to be rife as that is all people have to talk about to be honest.

      i get your point though, way too many people posting a RMT and not contributing anything else than that and its the same people answering questions.

      such is life though i guess..

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  8. Da kid
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    Brand spanking new to this so please help me out..

    Bosingwa - do you think he will be the first choice RB at Chelsea

    Gibbs - Will he be the starting LB at Arsenal

    Kompany vs Clichy - Who would you go with

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  9. Rob
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    RMT please,

    Given, AL Habsi.
    Baines, Jones, Kompany, O'Shea, Briggs.
    Sinclair, Bale, Yaya Toure, Nzogbia, Ephraim.
    Van Persie, Suarez, Ba.

    Not sure if Jones will start for ManU, and Nzog might need a few weeks to settle in at Villa. I'm considering swapping RVP for Rooney too.

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    1. Alex
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      I think Baines is overpriced for a defender, perhaps downgrade him and replace Phil Jones (a definite rotation risk).

      Midfield looks good bar Ephraim.

      Nice front 3. I'd keep RVP if you can afford him. Perhaps you might wanna downgrade him to, say, Gervinho or Berbatov so you can then use excess funds to upgrade Ephraim?

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  10. Ntchampionees
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    Given (Al-Makalabay)
    Huth, A.Cole, Hangeland. (Wilkinson, Simpson)
    Nani(c), Lampard, Taarabt, Barton, Sinclair.
    Van Persie, Holt. (Graham)

    3-5-2

    What do you guys think? Scrimped too much on forwards maybe? Any advice appreciated

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    1. Ntchampionees
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      Should I swap Huth or Hangeland for Kompany maybe?

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    2. Xabi
      • 15 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      Al-Makalabay has been released and wont play 1 min in prem.

      Huth is great, fixtures arent though, kompany is the obvious swap

      Nani (c) is brave, will he even start with young and valencia around?

      Holt and Graham up top is risky, ideally need to at least have one of those at Rodellaga/zamora level IMO

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  11. billnats
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    Given (Ruddy)
    Kompany, Rafael, Jagielka (Simpson, Orr)
    Wilshere, Downing, N'Zogbia, Malouda (Tiote)
    Suarez, Zamora, Rooney

    Feedback appreciated?
    Also Rooney or RVP?
    and Is Malouda going to play every game?

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  12. mattyd
    • 14 Years
    14 years, 9 months ago

    I dont know alot about EPL, from Australia and its my first go, team needs help:
    Given (Rudd)
    Samba Hangeland Kompany (Simpson Orr)
    VDV Nzogbia Sessegnon Bale (Barton)
    Dzeko Ba RVP (c)

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    1. mattyd
      • 14 Years
      14 years, 9 months ago

      Actually change Ba to Holt and Dzeko to Suarez

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