| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B |
| Up |  Sanchez | CHE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Pickford | EVE | A |
| No Change |  Roefs | SUN | C |
| No Change |  Henderson | CRY | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Verbruggen | BHA | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Gabriel Magalhães | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Chalobah | CHE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | A, £ |
| No Change |  Lacroix | CRY | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Tarkowski | EVE | A |
| No Change |  Cash | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Senesi | BOU | C |
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | B |
| No Change |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| Down |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Fernández | CHE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Rogers | AVL | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Semenyo | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A, Inj |
| No Change |  Wirtz | LIV | A |
| No Change |  Wilson | FUL | B |
| Up |  Ndiaye | EVE | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Down |  Mitoma | BHA | B, Vs |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | C |
| No Change |  Watkins | AVL | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A |
| Down |  Ekitiké | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Calvert-Lewin | LEE | B, VsX |
| No Change |  Bowen | WHU | C |
Paul Today’s Members article sees the top ten defenders in terms of value come under the spotlight. What’s noticeable with regard to our projected points per Fantasy pound is only one of our top ten defenders ranks higher than any of yesterday’s top ten goalkeepers- with “Save” points boosting the goalkeeper tallies, it highlights the importance of picking the correct goalkeeper pairing in order to get the most out of your budget…
still pondering whether to start w/downing or cahill?
or walcott for that matter.
Here's my third draft please RMT and advice welcome:
Given, Ruddy
Simspon, Orr, Rafael, Gibbs, Baines
O'hara, Lampard, VDV, Albrighton, Moses
Suarez, Sammon, Bent
You really need a big hitter up front imo as a captain option and great and all as suarez is in fpl i wold be more comfortable with rvp or rooney, carroll would probably be a better bet too imo as he is more likely to tip away and get nice points regularly
Would love to get rooney in but the extra 2m wipes out the rest of the team
I know the feeling...what i would say is it is good to have a big hitter alternative to lamps as a captain alternative eg rooney at home against norwich...or rvp against whoever...
Probably bad news for those keen on 4.5 Nathan Dyer...
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,11731_7063180,00.html
Hey lads,
Please RMT my FIRST DRAFT
I already have question marks especially over my bench
Al Habsi (Ruddy)
Luiz Hughes Kompany (R.Taylor Baker)
VDV Sinclair NZogbia Malouda Barton
RVP Suarez (Ranger)
Any comments will be much appreciated!
Given the usual start of season injuries, new managers, uncertain selections and tactics dont be forced into an early season wc...the first couple of games is just the start. Select nailed on starters and adjust afterwards i would say. Having said that i will of course wc by gw2;-)
Who thinks QPR will beat Bolton on de opening day of de season thought plz:)
Score draw for me. Think QPR will struggle over course of season, not enough strength. Have been keeping a close eye on Pratley for Bolton, been playing mins and scoring, gd attacking midfield player. Not proven in Prem but i think worthy of bench atleast?!
Lol but look at Boltons away form QPR should do de job I think and Bolton don't have any great players wat ar ur views on petrov this season ?
Pick two from Lamps, Kuyt or VDV!
anybody got that link with rotation comparisons - ty
ok, how's this? i think i'm starting to feel pretty settled for now, baring any late moves in the transfer market that may make me rethink this.
begovic, given
rafael, kompany, enrique/o'shea/johnson?, de laet, briggs
silva, malouda, taarabt, o'hara, nzog
rooney, zamora, ba
You are of course correct frank is not worth 12 m but he does give a nice rotation captain with rvp. Just a suggestion.
i've never had fat frank in my team and have vowed to never do such a thing ha! rvp is good rotation w/rooney imo. i would have some arsenal but too much is uncertain and they're unsettled right now. that along w/tough fixtures makes me want to wait and see first.
nothing bad stands out, but id wait to see if rafael will be 1st choice and to see if enrique stays with newcastle
enrique will surely leave after that rant on twitter. also briggs was just thrown in there, but another 4.0/4.5 defender could easily replace.
OK so have spent the past few hours playing around with various players and here is my selection - will more than likely change but would appreciate some thoughts
Al Habsi
Kelly, A Cole, Rafael
VDV, N'Zog, Benayoun, Jarvis
Ba, Bent, Suarez
Subs: Given, Tchoyi, Shawcross, Drury
I remember from Championship Manager days that Drury took a lot of set pieces, would only consider for home games mind!!
anyone have a link for the Toon tonight
Given/Ruddy
Rafael - Kompany - Hughes (Simpson,Orr)
N'Zogbia - Taarabt - Lampard - Moses (Sessegnon)
Rooney - Zamora - Bent
I like..
wait and see if kelly and benayoun will be 1st choice
barton...set pieces
Here's a puzzler, for the princely sum of 22m which is better:
A) RVP & Young
or
B) Rooney & Walcott
?
Two surefire forwards, and two tantalising midfielders...
Adding weight to Young's potential is the fact he was by far the most fouled against player in the league last season. With his own set piece ability, not to mention Rooney, Berbatov, Nani and Giggs, and the new rules giving assists for winning goal-scoring direct free kick opportunities, Young could be a monster this season.
Plus the fact that as a new signee the demand is to see him perform!
although he is not likely to play as many minutes this season?
Need a premiership player name that sounds like Steward.
any ideas?
thoughts on cech ruddy combination? i had al habsi and given but cech is 'guaranteed' clean sheets.
Cech probably has to be a consideration. And Ruddy is the only playing 4m keeper, I think. You'll always play Cech though.
pretty much yeh... i was just thinking about how cech has consistently scored over 130 and to buy a midfielder who consistently does that its going to be 8 or 9 instead of 7. I had ash cole but i switched to a cheaper defence with Cech keeper. what are your thoughts?
Well, like I say it's worthy of good consideration.
Cech is the most guaranteed route into the Chelsea defence, and also a safe keeper pick every week.
However...
Picking two cheap keepers that rotate well isn't just about saving the moolah.
It also enables you to pick easier fixtures, pick up save points and make up quite a lot of the relative points lost from not having Cech/Hart/VDS. And it also gives you an added dimension of picking cheaper options, who are in form, playing behind strong defences, good value, etc.
And then you can pick Bosingwa when he starts bombing down the wing every game 😉 And start picking up Chelsea CS points that way 😀
so spending 11 on keepers instead of 9.5? i rather use that extra 1.5 somewhere else on my team rather than on a keeper.
yeh but eric, a combination of al habsi and given is more of a risk in bringing points. How many goals do expect chelsea to concede from their early fixtures?
that's why i have begovic to rotate, solid. and honestly i really don't know, so unpredictable right now as we have nothing to really go on in terms of form.
best 9.5 or less mf to start? silva?
Yeah. Assuming you have N'Zogbia already.
Possibly Yaya...
Nasri could be in contention if he stays.
And Walcott has real potential.
ya, staying away from arsenal to start though. yes have nzog, but would take silva over yaya - still amazes me seeing him in that attacking role, looks so awkward and clumsy there.
surprised more don't have rodallega for a cheap forward to start given wigan's fixtures.
Just too many better forward options for the 3 spots available.
for a cheapie? only other two cheap ones i'd consider are zamora and ba. i wanna see holt prove himself in the prem first before i pick him up.
Over 40% of teams have opted for Suarez already...
great so his price will rise after the first week when he's not even playing for sure.
haha thats one of the reasons im inclined to jump on the bandwagon... it will be interesting to see how much kun will be when he signs.
i'm reluctant to invest in city's attack, they're too defensive even with all of that fire power. if tevez leaves i'd hold off as i think he'd be around 9.5-10 and you can get suarez/chicharito for that on teams both looking to score goals.
The opposite, no? When/if he doesn't play, many of those 40% will sell him, dropping his price ... just in time for us to pick him up when he does start - at a cheaper price!
mwuhahahahahaha
Or maybe not.
technically the more people that have a player at the beginning the harder it is for a price to go up.
its more likely that the player will go down in price, and if suarez is benched for the first game i can see a mass exodus and his price dropping to 9.4/9.3 for GW2.
alternative is he starts, scores and the other 60% want him in and he will go up..
I have seen today that he is prepared to cut his holidays short so he's available to start the season, so may not be the case. Remember also, before the Copa America started he had a 7 game match ban for biting someone when playing for Ajax so no excuses for being 'burnt out'!!
Nice fella, that Suarez.
I watched an interview today with Darren Burgess, Liverpool's head fitness/conditioning coach and he says Suarez will be back at the club 8 days before the season's start. He also hints it would be difficult convincing Kenny that Suarez would NOT be able to play.
Given how many preseason games every single team is playing, the Copa America is not a big deal.
A player like Suarez should't suffer too much from failing to adapt to the way his team plays by missing some warm-up games. Especially not off the back of a sterling performance in Argentina...
13m for 2 mid lamps/barton/mccarthy in place.
i know its lazy - ty
tarrabat, albrighton, sinclair, mosses, nzog
pick 2
Ben Foster has apparently tonight agreed to join us on loan, will turn permanent next summer if Birmingham fail to get promoted. Deal will be made official in the next 24 hours Really can't see them coming back up, reports locally tonight that they are facing administration.
CLASS SIGNING!
Us???
Admin could open door for Liverpool to get into Europa Lge????
who is us?
i loved ben foster last year in FF, but at west brom, no way am i having him...unless he's 4.0 of course..
He should be 4.5 really, just because it is Ben Foster he will still be playing in a team who kept just two clean sheets last season where as Blues must of kept around 8-9? He will probably be 5.0 though, he did finish last season priced at 5.3 I think.
Don't people know who Odemwingie plays for? lol
Reported on BRMB, which is basically the main radio station in Birmingham who surprisingly enough follow Birmingham City more than any other club. Press conference tomorrow at 12:30 I think too at Blues, apparently they are basically having to get players off the wage bill to pay the bills.
avatar a little small and it could have been Simpson of Newcastle 🙂
WBA will still leak goals as defence still not been strengthened
I already have Given-Myhill. AVL-WBA fixtures rotate brilliantly. I'm bound to get Foster when this is confirmed. Hope to god he's 4.5 or less...
I'm sure we will though, and it will improve after a summer of working with Hodgson. Our lack of clean sheets was overhyped a little last season, there were quite a number of games where we just conceded the 1 goal which would often be Carson's fault, he is a liability and Myhill isn't any better at all.
Anyone have any good names for a kitten?
Think it's an oldie from Baddiel/Skinner, but I always liked Chairman Meow.
Haha!
I like Dave. Apparently everyone knows a cat called Dave
pussy
Don't fancy shouting that on the street though
kolarov?
I'd be less embarrassed shouting PUSSY!
chicharito
Nathan Dyer. RW and Swansea fans player of the season at 4.5mil.
Also, Hart was 6 saves from having most saves in the prem, this plus 18 clean sheets, must make him a wiser choice over an injury prone given which hasnt played in a year
of course hart is going to get more points than given, but there is a 2mill gulf in price and you need to decide if you could use that cash elsewhere more wisely.
Given hasnt played for a year because he was dropped for hart and is considered to be the most consistent keeper in the premiership of all time - he may be a but scratchy early doors, but you dont lose class.
i really want hart but keep falling back to given to keep my other 10 how i like them
Dyer is a classic FFS recipe for disaster. Think Boselli/Ebanks-Blake.
If you're going for promoted players, they have to be assured of starts and something more. i.e. penalty takers. i.e. Taarabt, Sinclair, Holt. No confidence, no certainty in anyone else.
best 4m keeper def starting??
Anybody come up with some cheap goalkeeper combo's for this season that rotate well.
RMT please:
Al Habsi, Ruddy
Ivanovic, Baines, Orr, Simpson, Kompany
Sessegnon, N'Zog, Sinclair, VDV, Moses
RVP, Doyle, Suarez
