| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Sus |
| Up |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| Down |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C, Inj |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | C |
| Up |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Up |  Marc Guehi | CRY | A |
| Up |  van den Berg | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| Up |  Szoboszlai | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Schade | BRE | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| Up |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| Down |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| Down |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Paul Carlos Tevez takes a break. Cesc Fabregas is fit and may feature in Arsenal’s weekend friendly. Steve Kean finally signs a striker, though may see his skipper depart for North London. Alan Pardew is determined to freeze out Joey Barton and Joe Cole’s name blinks on the QPR radar. Here’s this morning’s Scribbles, folks:
Is there a reason i am the only person putting the first and second choice keepers in for Villa
Why would you do that?
Just watching Sky Sports years, 1999. My word, Wenger looked dapper back in the day, suave.
Right I am leaving it now until next friday, after the internationals and press conferences.
Given / Kenny
Cole/ Kompany/ Alcarz/ Tate/ De Laet
Lampard/ Ngzog/ Taarbat/ Sinclair/ Murphy
Carrol or Balotelli/ Bent/ Holt
With 1m to upgrade wk 2from carroll to torres/drog based on their game vs stoke
CHAMPIONES!
Sh!t the bed I'm copying this one!
OptaJoe
34 - Over the past three seasons, Arsenal have scored the same number of headed goals in the PL as Stoke City (34).
Will Ephraim be a sure starter? Based on pre season he looks much better value than Taarabt
From the QPR report back on June 5th:
Hogan Ephraim (19 starts, 9 sub apps, 3 goals, 1 assist) The former West Ham winger lost his place to loanee Wayne Routledge, suggesting that he will likely be a squad player next season. Routledge’s refusal of a three-year deal at Rangers could yet hand Ephraim opportunities if Warnock fails to recruit in this area.
So a possibiity, I'm interested in this too.
And Routledge is at Swansea now I think.
tarrabt v hoolihan v sinclair?
probably want one ONLY. Right?
Sinclair
Yes. Taarabt's situation at QPR leaves to many questions, sure he could play for a transfer since he hasn't proved anything in the EPL yet but I think Sinclair is the better and more safe option now.
I think you can take two for slots 4 and 5 in your midfield.
However only take one if you're planning a swoop for Holt/Graham up front.
And if you take 2 of them, please don't go and get crap like Ferguson as your 5th mid. If you do try this, please just go home and decompose quietly.
I noticed everyone is making the mistake of not putting Bale in there team, he showed his potential last season and this season you are going to see the ultimate player. Watch him tear apart teams!
No thanks. I'll wait till they buy a proper strike first
Overrated.
I'll only get him if Maicon joins Man City! 😀
Haha 😀 good one.
So just put him in your team and laugh at our expense.
Worried about Malouda's spot now that Vidal is coming in to Chelsea... Should I be?
He signed for Juventus less then a week ago, I highly doubt he is on the market...
http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2409841,00.html
Was thinking about Vidal from Chile.
Who did Chelsea sign? Only one I can see is this Romeu guy from Barca.
Who is Vidal then? I thought he signed for Juventus too
Vidal only coming as an in house hairdresser.
Rumours that Tyrone Mears broke his leg in training. No biggy for FPL, although he could be classed as an OOP attacking right wing back when he does play.
How do you feel about picking players from the team you support?
I'm an mcfc season ticket holder and we clearly have some great ff prospects this year. Problem is, I find if I have ff players on the pitch I am mostly cheering them on, can be sore about a game (even if we win) if I made the wrong decisions.
Also, I'm rose tinted all the way with city... Balotelli from GW1, AJ looks great at 7.5. Thinking it best I boycott City players just to remove the hassle/ worry.
Anyone else suffer like this?
i cant consider scott sinclair as hes ex bristol rovers
luckily hes the only one!
United supporter here and due to the squad that's deeper than Amy Child's private cavern and Fergie's penchant for rotation, he basically renders most of the team unpickable from an FPL perspective anyway.
So no I don't really suffer like yourself.
Yeah i regularly pick arsenal defenders, never a wise move
Whats the better option?
1. Nzog + Zamora?
or
2. Silva + Holt?
Cheers.
I prefer b. Don't know anything about Holt though. What about Silva and Andy Johnson (also 5.5).
Thats a very good idea actually, hadn't thought about that. Do you think hes (Andy Johnson) likely to start every game?
You prefer B even though you know nothing about Holtwagon? Very strange.
I pick A everytime.
Well, I did suggest an alternative and to me Silva is the No.1 player to have. Also think N'Zogbia won't be that spectacular at Villa.
Might want to revisit that one ...
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Atwq4Ph6mY6JdDVlLUNlQjZQWXdMSHBOODI2SWNmb0E&hl=en_GB&pli=1#gid=14
Just my opinion, I'm not setting it out as fact or anything. Time will tell us.
No, I take your point - I'm a big fan ... but he is slightly less productive than I first supposed ... 🙂
Doosra what exactly is this monstrous spreadsheet?
It is a rough comparison between the nett scores of players under the old system, minus their bonus, and the estimated EA scores of last year, under the new system. Throws up some surprising outcomes ..
It is divided into an overall list of 100 players, and then sections for forwards, midfielders(including defensive midfielders), defenders and goalkeepers ...
I'd say 1 definitely for the first three GWs. Both Nzog and Zamora have nice fixtures.
Silva is a great prospect but a lot of options going forward for city. Holt is an unknown quanityt in premiership. Option 1 is the banker imo.
both are injured
First timer on fpl done metro up until now and managed to finish 20th overall last year but don't think I've quiete got my head around how fpl works please let me know what's wrong with this team and why, thanks
Al habsi, Baines, Huth, hangeland, nzogbia, y toure, Dempsey, Walters, aguero, bent, rodellega (foster, Orr, de laet, watson) was thinking about making room for bale but would have to lose foster, Huth and Watson?
Hi Jamins
You'll have better luck getting responses if you give your team in the format:
GK GK
DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF
MID MID etc...
FWIW I think you have several questionable selections in there.
I would have replied,but couldn't think of anything constructive to say,The team looks OK a few different players (just what everyone wants). Nothing much to contribute that wouldn't turn his team into the same as everyone elses.
Your subs might be a bit crap, remember its nice to be able to sub someone from your first 11 off, especially if they play man utd away for example.
I think the consensus here would be that 3 deluxe defenders is too much for the FPL game. I'd agree. Esp as Huth/Hangy are prob .5 overpriced based on last years scores imo.
Otherwise, striker force looks excellent to me provided you don't mind reading the phrase "Tevez saga" over and over as you search for news/rumor.
My guess is Yaya won't get forward as much due to the crowded, currently un-injured frontline. Dempsey's value decreases based on Duff's ability to get on goal (better this preseason).
Anybody else plumping for both Lamps and Malouda in midfield? Leaves me light up top but as neither Rooney or RVP have great fixtures in this this time it gives me two very good chances of big scores in GW2+3.
Front 8 of
Lamps Malouda Silva Moses Sess
Bent Holt Zamora
Tasty
It's an interesting strategy. I haven't looked at it myself as I feel either/or will be enough.
However I reckon it will do a lot of damage elsewhere to your team's budget and it may stop you from bagging a City attacker.
Are City's fixtures really all that after GW1? Still undecided. Need to see them in the Charity Shield to get a feel for who I want.
Well the whole plan hinges around Enrique making it to Merseyside for the kick-off but yes I'd have Silva as well. Not convinced about a striker. Got Bent for Villa coverage and may wildcard GW3 when the internationals kick-off if it's going badly.
Well, it's a plan ...
but then you'll need to reshuffle your team to free up funds for RVP and Rooney up front - doesn't stack up for me
Well I'm not sure RVP has ever played for Holland and not got injured so he may not be a problem come week 4. As for Rooney, they're fixtures aren't great so we'll see.
I think Man UTD have great fixtures... 2 home games and away at west brom
surely thats 9 points in the bag...
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not.
Even if United do pick up 9 points I imagine it will be 0-2, 2-1, 1-0 or there about. Going to be closeish games so less points to be distributed through the team.
I think thats overkill imo
One main flaw in having both and being "light up top" is that when you want to upgrade your strike force it will require at least 2 transfers opposed to 1 transfer if you start with a big gun.
Tactically i think it is fair better to have a high value player in each position (excl GK) to enable the freedom to transfer anyone in as form starts to materialize.
Adebarndoor and Diarra are heading to spurs so it seems. Two good transfers if it happens. Just when Ade couldn't be hated anymore by the gooners. He's such a hero 😛
From an FPL perspective I'm a tad annoyed Ade isn't listed as 5th choice city striker so we'd get him for 6.5 or so.
Which would be the best combination for the first 7 weeks?
Carroll & O'Hara
or
RVP & N.Dyer
I already have Downing as liverpool cover too?
Thoughts appriciated.
RVP and Dyer
Dyer is cheap as chips but he managed a fair amount of assists last season.. most likely to be getting 2 points a game though but you cant not have RVP
this is for 'Arsenal FTFW'
Lampard is the highest scoring FPL of all time
First choice every time
The guy that won FPL last year didnt have Lampard if I remember correctly.. hes on FFS so he can correct me
last season he was injured. I think he won it or came second for the 3 or 4 years before that. Ronaldo beat him but not by much
I dont think you understand.. the 200 or so possible points for Lampard has to be outweighed with his 12.0 value.. if you can only afford a 5.5 or 6.0 midfielder as a result who is only getting less than 100 odd points you will lose out to two players just for example say it was VDV and Yaya Toure who both score 150 points = 300
Result is Lampard is only good when you have amazing cheapos playing alongside him
but its not a straightforward equation as you have to factor the captaincy choice into it
i wont have lamps all season as 12m is too much when he has tough fixtures and isnt a captain choice same as i wont have rvp first 3 gwks, but the weeks when you will consider him as captain hes worth it imo
VDV is a great buy if he remains fit
Yaya was great value last season at 4.5 I think but 8 mil is possibly overpriced. Especially if he plays a more defensive role.
You need at least 1 x 12 mil player for captain choices inmho
I think any one can be a captain... Carroll was 5.5 for me and he was getting great scores as captain
Theres 2 factors that need considering. 1 captaincy options. An expensive player usually provides this and is definitely a requirement.
The other thing is that you need the highest scoring players really (or at least for the stretches of games where they will score heavily) - regardless of price, as this is where the most points lie. Points per million is great, but bottom line is you need the players that bring in the big points.
You're going on about so much it sounds more like you're trying to convinve yourself.
Nah.
his price scares me every time
I like my team...
Given
Baines Richards Gibbs
Sessegnon Moses Taarabt Malouda
Van Persie Zamora Rooney
Guess what. So does most of this site by the look of all the RMTs.
Thats good for you... you dont suffer the team line up doubts that most have on a daily basis.
Your bench must be utterly shite with that strikeforce and if moses is your starting midfielder I dread to think what the reserve one is
three risky midfielders there in the form of Sess, Moses and Taarabt. I'd look to go for one or two of those and back up with a more established midfielder to complete the trio.
Personally not going near Arsenal defence - they ship to many cheap goals and that hasn't stopped in pre-season (not to mention unfavourable early fixtures). Richards not guaranteed a start at City. The rest look good to me!
A) Enrique (If at 'pool) and Carroll
or
B) Gibbs and Suarez
A
Is Luke Young likely to start a wb for Villa does anyone know?
Young > Warnock?
Who is the better prospect was what I was getting at? I've always kind of liked the cut of Young's gib....
He was awful for me last season
Well Warnock's a card magnet. He's also more attacking than Young. I quite fancy Young too though. They have Ciaran Clark who can play in Warnock's place.
However no other proper competition at RB for Young i dont think.
Somehow the whole N'Zog uncertainity has messed my team up a little more. Players and their fitness levels. Makes playing this game more nerve wracking than the med school im in. FML.
Need two decent/cheap defenders <£5mill. Who would you guys recommend out of this list?
R. Johnson
Briggs
A. Hughes
Jose Enrique
Also in midfield I can get one of these two, any recommendations?
N'Zogbia
Silva
Too much uncertainity surrounding Enrique at the moment, makes him a gamble. I'd go A Hughes and R Johnson to spread the risk away from doubling up on fulham.
And then go for Silva - you can always downgrade to Nzog later once we see what his fitness level is like
Enrique if he goes to Pool. IF not Hughes and Johnson. Avoid Briggs at least at the start.
Why can you only get one of N'Zog and Silva?
One is 7.5m and the other is 9.5m. They shouldn't be counted in the same bracket imo but a lot of people seem to be posting one or the others.
Right, This is my final team for the beginning of the season. Seriously lads, be scared:
Robinson (Given)
Kompany - Samba - A.Cole
Downing - Ephraim - Silva - Moses (Sessegnon)
Rooney - Bent- Holt
£1 mill to spare BOOOOOOM
Dj Campbell confirmed as signed by QPR.
He's going to be 6.5 or so I would think?
The way they are going? 7.5, mate.
Hi Guys
Another pain in the ass but can you RMT please cheers
Given (Kenny)
Hangeland A.cole Samba (Foley, Simpson)
Silva Bale O’Hara Kuyt (Reo Coker)
Zamora Aguero Rodallega
Thanks
Bale is a hit and miss so worth 8.0??
He might be ...
To be honest ........ shite 😀 . Hangeland too expensive and very few defenders have followed up a big season with another check this out http://premierleaguefantasy.blogspot.com/ . Midfield is light, Bale far too erratic. Aguero not proven in premiership - I would wait and see. Rodallega good fixtures but no N'zog to provide - not convinced. I think back to the drawing board.
Impressive Tackle, how was Duke Special the other night?
not if enrique signs for pool
Any arsenal fans here?
We bought 1 player, I love fabs but I wish he'd just leave. Nasri annoyed me because he wanted to leave. At least gibbs is a good player. I hope we don't stick to the same formation, it gets boring watching crosses with one man in the box.
bah..
Aaron Ramsey, the man to watch out for this season imo....seems hungry for the jersey which will be key. Mightn't be a prospect in the early GW's though. Still punting him however.
