Having ran the rule over the Goalkeepers, the second part of our series of Member articles focussing on projected value takes a look at the defenders. With the aid of our Projections we’ve analysed the average points expected per player over the course of the upcoming campaign and, applying this to the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) player price list, have listed the top ten in terms of expected value per Fantasy pound for the season ahead…
Forget Fantasy Footy for a moment.
Comment your personal favourite team (not from an FPL perspective). Only current players though.
Friedel
Lahm Kompany Agger Alba
---- LucasLeiva --- Alonso ---
------------ Ozil ---------
---- DavidSilva ----- Torres ----- Suarez
Krul, Ivanovic, Song, Kagawa, Cavani on the bench.Open Controls
Roger Johnson
Roger Johnson - Roger Johnson - Roger Johnson - Roger Johnson
Roger Johnson - Roger Johnson - Bill Murray - Roger Johnson
Roger Johnson - Roger JohnsonOpen Controls
A much needed break from FPL discussions thank goodness!
Its a little attack minded but
Hart
Dani Alves Vidic Kompany
Fabregas Bale Seedorf
Ronaldo Van Persie Ibrahimovic MessiOpen Controls
Hart
Lahm Kompany Vidic Alba
Xavi Yaya Gerrard
Silva Rooney FalcaoOpen Controls
...............Buffon
Alves Pepe Kompany Alba
.............Busquets
.........Kagawa...Silva
Suarez.....Messi......RonaldoOpen ControlsSimilar defense, funny
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Buffon
Maicon - Thiago Silva - Vidic - Marcelo
Hulk - Alonso - Toure - Ronaldo
Messi - Ibra
Subs: Neuer - Pepe - Komps - Alves - Song - Kaka - Silva - RvPOpen Controls
Casillas
Vermaelen-vidic-kompany
schweinsteiger - xabi alonso
iniesta-silva-messi
Ronaldo
subs .. neuer- pepe-alves-ozil-fabregas-alexis sanchezOpen Controls
Manuel Neuer
Nathaniel Clyne - Benedikt Howedes - John Terry - Ashley Cole
Jose Callejon - Marvin Martin - Gylfi Sigurdsson
Theo Walcott - Didier Drogba - Daniel Sturridge
Subs: Petr Cech, Bruno Alves, Philip Lahm, Josh McEachran, Wilfried Zaha, Edinson Cavani, Fernando TorresOpen Controls
...................Mannone
Ronaldo Ronaldo Ronaldo Ronaldo
Messi Ronaldo Ronaldo Ronaldo
...........Ronaldo Ronaldo
Bench : Heskey, Heskey, HeskeyOpen Controls
Team so far
Krul (federici)
Cole Lescott Hughes (mcarntey clyne)
Cabaye silva noble hazard (guthrie)
pog aguero rooney
will have torres for rooney till gw2
is it worth goin hazard to sig and then upgrade somwhere else or just leave it
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First RMT of the season, input appreciated.
de Gea (Jaask)
ACole / Hangeland / Fabio (Cueller / Clyne)
Hazard / Mata / Yaya / Taarabt / Noble
Rooney / Tevez (Graham)
Planning on transferring out either Hazard or Mata GW2. Gives me the option to bring in Bale, Valencia, etc depending on who looks good.Open ControlsI prefer the RMT above yours except for you have better strikers
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Any thoughts on this; advice, criticism, anything.
Jaaskelainen - Begovic
Ivanovic - Lescott - Hangeland - Cuellar - Boyce
Kagawa - Hazard - Guthrie - Bale - ?
Petric - Tevez - Torres
Keepers have a 38 game rotation.
Brede, Cuellar & Boyce rotate perfectly until GW20. I'm sure i'd have wildcarded by then...
Can't decide between Pienaar, Michu, Larsson or N'Zogbia.
I could also put Taarabt there and swap Guthrie for Maloney.Open ControlsNot Maloney I meant Noble.
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I feel at some point Aguero/RVP/Rooney will be needed so dont plan till GW20Open ControlsOnly defense is planned until then 😉
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Larsson
Michu
Pienaar
NZog
but personal preference comes into it as Michu and Pienaar could both do potentially better than Larsson he is just more "sensible" 😉Open ControlsI'm not sure because Larsson has Free Kicks and Sunderland looked great under O'Neill. But, if Lambert has Villa playing as good attacking football as Norwich then Bent, N'Zogbia & agbonlahor would be steals..
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Gervinho's forehead
My team is v.similar with a few changes
Friedel - Federici : Spurs cover and cheap option
A Cole - Clichy - Hughes - Cuellar - Demel : Same defence/same reasons
Hazard - Silva - Kagawa - Michu - Noble : I like the idea of Michu banging 10+ goals/fancy hazard more
Torres - Tevez - Petric : Same reasons except I may back Torres for the seasonOpen Controls
Your team is almost all the hot new names to the prem. many punts.
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Cech or Federici for GW1? Will a better chance of clean sheets for Cech be worth enough to counter the price difference/saves?
Open ControlsI doubt you have both in your team and I think its wiser to plan a goalkeeper combo more for season long than for a DGW as you dont really want to be wasting transfers there when the potential bargains become obvious
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A Rafael + Dawson
B Clichy + CuellarOpen ControlsSo many users i don't know... It's 2:45am where i am! Does anyone want give advise on my defence:
Jussi | Ruddy
Terry Hangeland Fonte Rangel Gunter
Hazard Siggy Pienaar McClean Noble
Rooney Aguero Graham
I'm not sure about (Hangeland Fonte) (Rangel Gunter) ...Open ControlsYour clock is a minute ahead
Open ControlsAlso why are you making changes at such a crazy hour? I like that team but think Terry to Ivano and Hangeland upgrade will be a good idea for the two big hitters
Open ControlsI couldn't sleep, so i thought i'd do some browsing... which inevitably led me here 😉 I want Terry so i can get Baines/Vidic week two. I'm happy with the rest of my team really. I'm wonder whether 4.5m/4.5m might be better than 5.0m/4.0m. That would allow me to get Federici as well.
Open ControlsI like that plan apart from Baines
I dont see how 4.5x2 vs 5.0/4.0 makes a difference when they both add up to 9.0
but with 5.0 you can get a newcastle def and they had a great record last seasonOpen Controls
Do the defenders you currently have rotate well?
Open ControlsDid anyone notice how rotation didnt work very well for the last 2 seasons it was a bit hit and miss other than swansea
sunderland for example last season conceded a lot of goals at home if I remember and at some point everyone had brown or bramble in their RMTs and quickly shipped them out and thus spoiled the carefully calculated rotationOpen ControlsThey do, but because there is a 1m price difference i'm going to have have a 5m defender on the bench often and the 4m is unlikely to get a CS. If i had two 4.5s i have a chance of a CS every week. I'm probably just splitting hairs!
Open Controls4.5 x2 rather than the potential agony of having a 5.0 on the bench with a good point score
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You cant really see the right foot... maybe move the man slightly to the left?
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Whats the better front 8?
A) Silva, Bale, Hazard, Mata, Noble
Aguero, Holt, Pogrebnyak
OR
B) Silva, Bale, Hazard, Noble, Britton
Aguero, Torres, Holt
I know there is only two differences but its just to show you the players going with them.
Thanks 🙂Open ControlsB
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I need some help with my team... Big money at stake
Szczensy -Jaaskelainen
Kelly (Fulam),shawcross, walker, lescott, Cahill
Yaya,bale,Sinclair, Rodwell,Taylor (west ham)
Rooney jelavic pogrebynyak
Any advice or thoughts would be greatOpen Controls
A) Friedel,Hazard,Cisse
Or
B) Schwazer,Dempsey,Torres
(After The DGW, E.G. Long Term)Open Controls
@Gervinho's Forehead
------Casillas-------
Alves----Kompany---Agger----Alba
Maxi------Xavi---------Iniesta
Deulofeu/Suarez----Messi------Villa/Pedro
Hart, Silva, Yaya, LahmOpen Controls
So is it BAE, Walker, Eunice Kaboul, and Dawson in the back 4 for Spurs? Me likes the spuds initial fixtures
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No it's
Walker----------Vertonghen----------Kaboul/Dawson----------BAEOpen ControlsCheers, forgot about the new lad! So much for my evil master plan of getting a cheap Spurs defender. Though if Dawson is the captain one would think he'd be nailed on?
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I think Kaboul will get the lion's share of gametime over Dawson, but I suppose it's down to the manager's thoughts.
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Open ControlsCheers mates, sounds like I should just stay well away from them both if I don't want the rotation frustration, or maybe switch after a few gameweeks of seeing who is in. BAE was so good to me last year maybe I just need to find the cash for that lad!
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Is Gallas still there?
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I'm going around in circles here... Please choose one:
1. Silva
2. Aguero
3. TevezOpen ControlsAguero, better pick imo, and easier to change to one of the others if necessary.
Open Controlsaguero is too deadly to miss, big totals in individual gameweeks compared to consistently average scores from the other two
Open ControlsYou would be better off with a foot than an elbow
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Open ControlsJust remember Tevez used to score 24 goals a season while Aguero were having headache somewhere in Spain
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Too many people forget this.
When fit and in favour Tevez was the man.
There's no reason why HE won't take time and points off Aguero.Open ControlsCheers Chill, but I watched their pre season game here in Malaysia against our national team and I have to say that Tevez tend to be behind Aguero, for like, 65% of the time, seems like a bad sign...
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This is my favorite team-
——Casillas——-
Alves—-Lombaerts—Agger—-Alba
Maxi——Xavi———Iniesta
Deulofeu/Suarez—-Messi——Villa/Pedro
Hart, Shirokov, Dzagoev, Silva, LahmOpen ControlsILF, Give your Email Address please.
Open ControlsAnd Desertbug you too. 😉
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Desperado? Good stuff, ILF! Always knew you had killer looks.
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Hello all,
I'm back for a second year of insanity. Good to see some familiar DZ faces.Open Controls
RMT Please
Friedel Federici
Baines Lescott Hangeland Fabio Fonte
Bale Kagawa Gerrard Noble Gibson
Tevez Torres PetricOpen ControlsGoing to see some zero weeks up front when Tevez sitting for Aguero/Balotelli and when Torres is sulking/pouting/whatever. Maybe he has shaken that off, but I'd want to see it before I believed it. Kagawa overpriced (for me), given the amount of competition for the ball in the MUN midfield.
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rate my midfield:\
Hazard Michu Taarbat Noble YayaOpen ControlsYaya should be transferred out from that lot
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RMT please!
De Gea - Federici
Lescott - S.Taylor - Fabio - Demel - Clyne
Hazard - Bale - Park - Noble - Frei
Rooney - Torres - TevezOpen Controls6/10
Park & Frei brought down your team's ratingOpen Controls
a). Aguero, Rooney and Petric
or
b). Tevez, Rooney and JelavicOpen ControlsA
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Jaaskelainen & Williams
or
Vorm & McCartney
Both add to 9.5Open ControlsJussi hasn't nailed down a starting spot.
Vorm is expensive.
No to both.Open Controls
ireland and Nzog.. hmmm
Open Controls@Vlaar, Desertbug, Elnino, ILf, Manani
If you're interested in joining DZ leagues, reply with your email address.Open Controlsmalcolmdias2003@yahoo.co.in
I'm assumin i'm Vlaar 🙂Open ControlsYep
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Valar*
Open ControlsI'll get an email set up Maxi. I only have my work one atm which filters just about everything out. 🙂
Open ControlsOkay.
Don't forget to give it to me 😉Open Controls
Surfer Rosa not living up to the great name. A bit boring compared to previous incarnation.Ditched Hazard and Rafael to, hopefully, strengthen and definitely have a more nailed-on defence. Please advise.
Federici
Coloccini, Fabio, Cole
Michu, Valencia, Toure, Bale
Tevez, Petric, Torres
Mignolet, Pienaar, Clark, KaboulOpen Controls
