Bargain spotting:

Arsenal- The Arsenal defence. All priced at 5.5. Think Koscielny could be the way to go here.

Aston Villa - Helenius. Could be their Benteke replacement at 5.5. Has looked good in pre season.

Cardiff - Bellamy as a 5.5 mid stands out here. Should be nailed on when fit and on set pieces/penalties(at times).

Chelsea- Lukaku at 8m, Hazard at 9.5m look decent, the former depending on other transfer activity. Others to note are Azpi and Terry at 6m

Crystal Palace- Gayle at 5m if is pretty decent for a promoted striker that is 1st choice. Remains to be seen whether he will be though. Another is Williams the mid at 4.5m, who's pretty versatile too.

Everton- Coleman as a def at 5m. Yes please! Alcaraz at 4.5m too if Martinez goes with 3 at the back. Don't see any value anywhere else apart from Mirallas who's been changed to a mid at 7.5. Could be very good if he stays fit.

Fulham- Like the prices of Berbatov at 7.5 here. I thought he would be 8. Nailed on again and on penalties still. Stekelenberg at 5m is potentially great too if Fulham improve on last year's defence.

Hull- Brady is the choice here. 5m, very attacking, set pieces. Seems to be nailed on. Downside is he may play full back in a back 4 on the odd occasion, but at 5m, can't really go wrong i don't think.

Liverpool- Sturridge at 9m. Nailed on, atleast until Suarez's ban is over. Another is the Liverpool goalkeeper at 5.5m. May get an idea of who 1st choice is when the season starts.

Manchester City- Nastasic at 5.5 appeals to me here. Very promising defender, cheapest out of all their first choice players. Quite like Silva at 9m if he finds his 1st season form. 9.5 would put me off as he'd need to add more goals, but 9m is good, especially with the new bonus system which i feel will suit him.

Manchester United- De Gea at 6m. First choice, cheaper than last season, should improve on the cleansheets. Also expect Evra to be nailed on at 6.5m if we don't buy another LB. Kagawa/Valencia at 8/7.5 are very decent shouts too. Not to start with but they could become bargains with injuries and players sold. Won't be touching RvP at 14m. Effectively priced out of the game imo.

Newcastle- Like the look of YMBiwa at 4.5 if he nails down a spot. Ben Arfa at 7m too, with set pieces, being nailed on, no Europa League and possibly pens too.

Norwich- Turner as a 4.5m, 1st choice CB with goal threat. Out of the attack, only Snodgrass appeals and he's a reasonable shout at 6.5m

Southampton- The whole defence at 4.5 may be good value. Ramirez/Lallana at 6m the only other notable players for me.

Stoke- Nothing.

Sunderland- Again, struggling to find anyone noteworthy here. I suppose whoever nails down the GK spot could be good at 4.5m.

Swansea- Hernandez at 6m and Bony at 8m. Latter is a tad expensive so a wait and see but will justify the price tag overall. Wait and see after their tough opening fixtures.

Tottenham- Kaboul at 5m looks good if he as expected becomes 1st choice with Vertonghen in the middle. Walker at 6m also tempting.

West Brom- Foster at 5m, Morrison at 6m and Anelka at 5.5m. Remains to be seen how nailed on the latter player will be though.

West Ham- Carroll at 7.5m if he stays fit could be the 3rd striker of choice this season. Nolan at 7m seems abit steep to me, but could be good value if him and Carroll get lots of starts together. Can't see another player that appeals.

Hope this helps.

Just having a look at prices, and I've spotted a few players who've probably been priced fairly - but could really come into our reckoning if they're transfered or nail down a starting berth .

Nicklas Helenius - 5.5 striker - If Benteke leaves, this guy will be straight into my team when Villas fixtures soften.. looks like a great little player and we'll have a few games to suss him out before hand.

Andreas Cornelius - 5.5 striker - will start for Cardiff. Much the same as Helenius, the fixtures are tough from the start so we get a look t him before considering.

Antonio Alcaraz - 4.5 defender - if he nails down a starting place, 4.5 is a decent price for an Everton defender, especially if they can maintain the defensive form from the end of last season

Bonus Points

A new Bonus Points System (BPS) has been created which utilises a range of statistics to create a BPS score for every player. The three best performing players in each match will be awarded bonus points. 3 points will be awarded to the highest scoring player, 2 to the second best and 1 to the third.

Examples of how bonus point ties will be resolved are as follows:

If there is a tie for first place, Players 1 & 2 will receive 3 points each and Player 3 will receive 1 point.
If there is a tie for second place, Player 1 will receive 3 points and Players 2 and 3 will receive 2 points each.
If there is a tie for third place, Player 1 will receive 3 points, Player 2 will receive 2 points and Players 3 & 4 will receive 1 point each.
How is the BPS score calculated?

Players score BPS points based on the following statistics (one point for each unless otherwise stated):

Playing in a game
Playing over 60 minutes
Scoring goals
Goalkeepers and defenders (4 points)
Midfielders (6 points)
Fowards (8 points)
Assists (3 points)
Goalkeepers and defenders keeping a clean sheet (4 points)
Saving a penalty (5 points)
For every 3 saves
For every 3 open play crosses
Creating a big chance (a chance where the receiving player should score)
For every 8 clearances, blocks and interceptions (total)
For every 8 recoveries
Providing key passes
Making 3 tackles
Scoring the goal that wins a match
Pass Completion (after making at least 30 passes)
70% completion (1 point)
80% completion (2 points)
90% completion (3 points)
Players lose BPS points based on the following statistics (one point for each unless otherwise stated):

Conceding a penalty
Missing a penalty (-2 points)
For every 2 goals conceded by goalkeepers and defenders
Yellow cards
Red cards (-3 points)
Own goals (-2 points)
Missing a big chance
Making an error which leads to a goal
Every 2 errors leading to an attempt at goal
Being tackled 3 times
Conceding 2 fouls
Being caught offside 3 times
Missing the target with 3 shots
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Thoughts?

Great to see the cleared cross assist eliminated. A total nonsense bravo fpl.

Ed must be having a fun time atm 😆

Will get my spreadsheet updated asap (tonight), for anyone who was using that data 🙂

Eeek Bale/RVP combo about 1.5 more expensive than we all needed!

Get in!

Anyone think with the new bap system players like Cazorla, Mata and Silva will flourish?

Does Arteta at 7.0 tickle anyone's fancy?

I thought I'd give you guys a little run down on how I see Fulham players in FPL. These could be affected if Shad Khan decides spends a bit of money.

GK + DEF
5.0 across the board apart from Amorebieta would suggest he might be a decent pick. To be honest I'd still avoid him, 15mins into his first ever game last night he left some Costa Rican with a black eye and a bloody face, he's the ultimate card magnet it would appear. Given the prices of other defenders in FPL there isn't great value here.

MID
Kacaniklic at £5.0 is the standout for me. He was rotated a lot last season but showed his potential. I'd expect him to be a regular starter for us next season now that Duff is showing his age slightly. Kasami at 4.5 would be a risk but perhaps one for later in the season. Was impressive last night but he plays 'in the hole' where Ruiz plays so it would require an injury for him to become a viable option.

ATT
Berbatov is £7.5 which is cheaper than I thought he'd be. 100% nailed on, with penalties in the bag and he's capable of explosive scores and the focal point of our attack. I think we'll see him in quite a few teams. Then there's Ruiz at £6.0. I was really hoping he would be a midfielder this year because he plays the same sort of role as Michu does for Swansea and could have been a great option. At his price and classification as it is I don't really see him being a great option given that the likes of Kone, RVW and Aspas are just 1.0 more.

Oh goody, back to the dark ages of assist jurisprudence.

I went through all of Berbatov's games last year on ESPN, and found some semi-interesting stats. Might not be 100% as it was lazy research but if I'm right then...

When Berbatov started up front - 20 games, 13 goals, 2 assists

When he started behind the main striker (Rodallega/Petric) - 12 games, 2 goals, 1 assist

At 7.5 he's mighty tempting...anyone want to have a crack at Fulham's likely front 6?

BARGAIN PLAYERS: Most bargains can be found from Arsenal and Fulham.

- At 5.5 Szcesney is a bargain. Arsenal had the 3rd best defensive record last season - consistently getting home (and away) clean sheets against most clubs outside the top 6.

-Same goes for Koscielny.

-Wilshere is just 6.5!!!! He should be able to play so that should be a great option.

- Stekelenburg is just 5.0 - a great keeper at a club that is improving its defense further.

-Amorbieta is an excellent defender - 4.5 is sooooooooooo cheap and underpriced!

-Berbatov at 7.5 is an absolute steal.

Hello, good news travels fast, FPL is back LIVE again and I am also back.

Been a relatively long summer so far, been out of the loop FPL wise so will have to research alot of the older articles especially on the promoted teams. The roundup of best articles is a nice touch and very useful. Homecrowd is a change, hopefully for the best although the real test will be how it works on matchdays.

Spent the afternoon playing around with my kit and now going to get down to the nitty gritty and drafting my first team 😀

Need to sign back up as a member, anything good on there at the moment? I know it's pre-season so no real stats, anything to entice me to sign up right this moment?

Anyway the fun begins again, tinkering and lots of it. I know this post will probably be ignored now with the 100's of RMT posts but I thought I would post anyhow.

Dzeko at £7.5m and Lukaku at £8.0 could be bargains if both Citeh and Chelsea don't spend this summer.

Some really good value in the promoted teams:

At Palace:

Parr (4m) - seems to be nailed on at left back. I don't fancy many clean sheets, but reckon he'll rack up a fair few assists.

Williams (4.5m) - may replace Zaha on the wing, good bet for a substitute midfielder.

Gayle (5m) - only had just over half a season at the Posh last year, but could be the surprise package of the promoted teams. Holloway's teams get goals, and he'll get ample supply from their midfield. Could be a real bargain.

At Cardiff:

Marshall (4.5m) and Hudson (4.5m) - Cardiff's defence is well set up for the Premier League, they've a strong, well organised unit.

Bellamy (5.5m) - and classified as a midfielder. Most of their attacks go through him (or Kim).

At Hull:

Brady (5m) - plays more as a wing-back, but gets forward loads and is their major outlet. Another good fifth midfielder option, I reckon.

Regarding people's link, is there something in that works that will take us straight to their FPL link? It's kind of annoying having to click on their profile, and then FPL.

First Draft RMT.

Boruc
Clyne, Azpilicueta, Mertesacker
Pienaar, Hazard, Walcott, Bale, Brady
Rooney, Aspas

Robles, Rat, Cornelius, Chester

Confused as to why people are choosing Hull defenders when Palace only lost 2 games at home, each coming at each end of the season.

If you're a believer in cheap keepers, but not so much in H/A rotation, then Mannone + Boruc looks alright;

FUL SUN cpl WHM wba CPL SWA swa FUL(NEW) stk (hul) HUL stk avl AVL TOT whm NOR car car AVL

Up until January, which is probably planning way too far ahead anyway.

9.0m

Will be hard to judge CS potential until they've played a few games but Hull and Palace rotation for 8m looks very good

TOT, NOR, SUN, CAR, SWA, WHM, AVL, FUL, ARS, SUN, EVE, CPL, LIV/nor, WHM, CAR, STO, NEW, MUN/avl, FUL, NOR takes it up to GW20

GWs 1, 9, 13 and 18 are the only ones that look problematic and the latter two of those offer decent away games.

Noticing a lot of interest in Aspas on here.
Why?
1 top flight season to his name at 25.
Not yet sure if he starts.
Not yet proven in prem.

Seriously?

Sterling at 5.5 is a much more tempting prospect than Coutinho at 9 at the moment.

massive fail, got impatient waiting for ID 123456 so went for 13579, was a second too late and got 13581, stuck with it all year now

Needs more Higuain.

Has anyone noticed that in the FPL transfers page you can switch between EA PPI and the new BAPS system to see who was the best last year and this year. Shows who is likely to benefit under the new system.

I am stunned that the most expensive Man U mid is 8.0! there is clearly going to be a bargain there as soon as the season gets underway..

Finish the sentence. "The first name on my team sheet after looking at the prices was ..."