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15 August 2014 1745 comments
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As we revealed earlier this week, we’re supporting Mondogoal, a brand new daily and weekly Fantasy Football game, over the forthcoming season.

Mondogoal covers the Premier League and all the major top flight leagues – Serie A, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Major League Soccer (MLS). You can play games for each one, or even global contests that span across all the leagues. You can also enter contests Champions League and the Europa League to scratch your Fantasy Football itch in midweek.

The game has also just gone mobile, with the brand new site now available to allow tinkering on the move.

Having published an announce article and strategy guide on Mondogoal, it’s now time to focus on the Gameweek ahead. After pouring over the player price list to hunt for potential bargains alongside our heavy hitters, we get down to business and offer our picks over the first round of fixtures of the 2014/15 campaign.

Saturday’s Picks

Old Trafford hosts the opening kick-off of the season and Wayne Rooney (15.4m) has to be a factor in any Mondogoal manager’s thinking ahead of the meet with Swansea. The United skipper threaten goals, plus earns points from shots on target and passes completed: no other striker fetched more Mondogoal points from successful passes last term.

With the United teamsheet available before the deadline for our Mondogoal lineup, we’ll get the chance to consider Ashley Young (6.3m). He’s been reinvented in a wing-back role in Louis van Gaal’s 3-4-1-2 and offers assist potential and could also pick up points from fouls won, with the Swan’s likely to be flapping under pressure.

Elsewhere on Saturday, it’s difficult to ignore Arsenal’s attacking riches against Crystal Palace at the Emirates. Aaron Ramsey (14.7m) and Alexis Sanchez (13.9m) are the headline acts, but there are clear bargains to be had at the back. Callum Chambers is set to start in central defence and can be acquired for just 4.9m, while Mathieu Debuchy (7.2m) will make his Gunners league debut and is set to torment in tandem with Sanchez down the right.

QPR get their season underway against Hull City at Loftus Road on Saturday and, in Junior Hoilett, offer us a midfielder available for just 5.0 million, who may just be pushed up in attack in Harry Redknapp’s 3-5-2. Hoilett is a tricky customer who likes to pull the trigger and take men on – both crucial ingredients when it comes to Mondogoal points scoring.

Finally, we’re tipping Spurs to upset rivals West Ham in their own backyard. Christian Eriksen (13.6m) looks a shoo-in and will be a regular Mondogoal target this season – the Dane grabs regular points from completed passes and also collected 23 shots on target last term, matching team-mate, Emmanuel Adebayor. A Spurs clean sheet could also be on the cards against a blunt Hammers attack and we like the look of Kyle Naughton (6.6m) as another budget option at the back.

Sunday & Monday’s Picks

Raheem Sterling (9.2m) is the standout Mondogoal prospect amongst the Liverpool lineup as they host a Southampton side, weakened by the summer sales. No midfielder scored more goals from open play in 2014 – but we also expect to see Sterling benefit from fouls won, with Southampton struggling to shackle his pace and trickery. It’s also worth noting that Philippe Coutinho (10.4m) earned more Mondogoal points-per-minute than Sterling last season. The Brazilian is another worthy target from the clash with the Saints, while at the back, new signing Dejan Lovren (6.3m) also looks strong Mondogoal value.

Manchester City’s trip to Newcastle provides an early test for Manuel Pellegrini’s champions but, in Stevan Jovetic (10.7m), they’ve a goalscorer in stunning form to steer them to three points. The Montenegrin has struck five times in pre-season and is another striker who will gather points from completed passes. Despite limited opportunities, Jovetic’s Mondogoal minutes-per-points stat was right up there with the likes of Luis Suarez and Sergio Aguero based on last season’s statistics.

Chelsea’s trip to Burnley on Monday night is expected to be one-way traffic and it’s not surprising that there are few bargains on offer. Diego Costa (10.5) has to be considered for our frontlines after four pre-season goals, while Andre Schürrle (9.6) is perhaps the left-field pick to consider. The World Cup winner may not get the full game at Turf Moor but had a goal attempt every 24 minutes last season – more frequent than any other Chelsea player.

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

  1. UKG
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    What are people doing with Palace players then, not worried with Pulis leaving?

    1. Gazza2000
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Sold Ward

    2. SMELL MY CHEESE YOU MOTHER
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      You have obviously not been here in the last 24 hr

    3. Cars and Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Got rid

  2. badker
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    have you the link to the rotation speadsheet? who clubs rotate well

      1. badker
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        cheers

  3. Manani
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    clyne or davies(TOT)

    also which 9.5m (or less) pair rotates best for defence

    1. Winston.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Clyne, until we find out whether Bavies is nailed on or not...

  4. Lord Flashheart
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Saw the worst team name today:

    Gazza chambers.

    Was changed quickly after

  5. AGUEROOOOO!!!!!
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Which big teams do you have no players from starting in gameweek 1?
    No City, Pool or Spurs for me

    1. gravless
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Pool & Spurs

      1. Somalion
        • 16 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        ^Samesies.

  6. Boz
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Finally happy and logging off. I'll just leave this here:

    Foster (Krul)
    Cahill PvA Moore (Clyne, Naylor)
    Ramsey Sterling Siggy Mata (Grealish)
    Costa Rooney Dzeko

    1. Manani
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      any reason why not mannone kurl?

      1. Boz
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Is Mannone nailed-on? I wasn't going to risk with Pantamillion

      2. _nod
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        It's not a great rotation.

      3. Boz
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Plus i have PvA

  7. FPLPiggy
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    eriksen + clyne

    or

    sterling + 4.5?

    1. _nod
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      S + Chester

  8. Fifa las vegas
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Right

    1) DdG (Elliot), Coloccini + 1mil ITB

    Or

    2)Krul (Elliot), Rafael/jones + 1mill ITB

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Could get another 4.5 keeper to rotate with krul, therefore leaving .5 ITB?

      But who rotates well with Krul (excluding Sunderland)

      1. XhakaCan
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Foster

    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Help!?

      1. bring back diop
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        1 imo

  9. Nabs Kebabs
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    CAPTAINS IN THOMASS' IPL FFS COMP

    you need to check mail and submit teams to him.

    *if anyone in the comp sees a captain on here let him know that he needs to submit his team

  10. XhakaCan
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    The captain poll won't come up for me, how much is Rooney winning by?

    1. gravless
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      a landslide.

      ( loving the fact too )

      1. XhakaCan
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Good stuff 🙂

  11. _nod
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Is this madness?

    Begovic

    Terry / Cahill / Chester
    Ramsey / Mata / Young / Davis
    Sturridge / Rooney / Diego Costa

    Gilks / El Ahmadi / Bartley / Duff

    1. tadtman
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Ok, this is my final team I think, RMT!

      DDG (Gilks)
      Cahill Bruce Chambers (Collocini, Wisdom)
      Hazard Ramsey Mata Sterling (Wanyama)
      Rooney (C) Costa Naismith

      I think Naismith might have a good wk1 but will drop afterwards. Any suggestions?

    2. Mr Smith
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Can't wait for the inevitable Fab blank/Hazard hattrick on Monday night and subsequent carnage on here.

      Fab owner here 😆

  12. Zeeco
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Mata or Erickson?

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Mata

    2. _nod
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Mata

  13. Luigi
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Best 4.5 def who rotates with Clyne in terms of hard/easy fixtures?

    1. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Rio

    2. Boz
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Rio

  14. Optimus.
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Bojan or Sturridge money no object?

    1. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Bojselli

    2. Acquafresca
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      😀

    3. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      😀

    4. Aston Villa-Boas
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      lol?

  15. Chris_White
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Fabregas and Jones

    or

    Hazard and Williamson

    1. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      A

    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      First

  16. bring back diop
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Will adrian start for west ham
    Did he play preseason
    Did jaks play any games

    1. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Adrian I think, but don't know why

  17. MountainBeach
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    A) Courtois, Jones and Barkley
    B) Dave, O'Shea and Nasri

    1. bring back diop
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      A

  18. Bartowski
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Who is the player you're most concerned about not having this weekend?

    I think it's Sterling for me...

    1. MountainBeach
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Fabregas or Hazard

    2. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Sturridge

    3. Mr_Partridge
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Sturridge, I have Sterling

    4. Aston Villa-Boas
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      mataaaaa

    5. Acquafresca
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Sturr

    6. Optimus.
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Mata,I have all the others 🙂

    7. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Sturridge/Costa

      1. Chris_White
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        +1

        1. Fifa las vegas
          • 13 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          You have neither as well? I don't feel too bad when I'm not alone

          1. Bartowski
            • 15 Years
            11 years, 6 months ago

            I have neither as well

    8. gravless
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      I shouldn't be worried but you never know.

      Costa

    9. _nod
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Hazard, and in a weird way Bojan

      1. Bartowski
        • 15 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        That's just peer pressure...

    10. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Lamela/Giroud

    11. Overlordleo
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Hazard and Sturridge.

  19. royals forever
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    So I stick with Naughton or go with Vlaar instead

    Any ideas would be welcomed

    TIA

    and thanks for all your help in the past few weeks answering my posts

    1. Aston Villa-Boas
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      not to keen on either tbh

    2. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Stick with naught on. What makes you want to change?

  20. Aston Villa-Boas
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Any Americans out there in FFS land? If so feel free to join my USA Premier league...

  21. BlueOne
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Anybody else with no Man City cover?

    1. royals forever
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Yes me

    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Here

    3. Mr_Partridge
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      \o

    4. Aston Villa-Boas
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      me

  22. Wouter
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Would people swap Sturridge to Dzeko, so that I can upgrade Silva to Hazard and have some money to upgrade defence?

    1. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Giroud might be better.

      1. Cars and Mané
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Don't agree. Dzekos goals per minute are awesome. And he'll play while negredo is out. Girouds goals per minute are average

    2. Fifa las vegas
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Probably

    3. Cars and Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Yes.

  23. mattressman
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Luis/Vert/Yoshida/Wisdom/Bartley - I think I could use some advice on this defence. Keepers are DDG/Gilks. Would love to keep Vert tough. Any ideas for improvement?

    1. Somalion
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      I say downgrade Luis and pump the money into upgrading Wisdom and Bartley.

      Yoshida -> Naylor/Ferdinand.

  24. MountainBeach
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    I've got 3 Utd players and 3 Chelsea players...is that too much?
    Also, I've both Luis and Courtois. Is that okay?

    1. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Don't see the point on spending £6m on a keeper.

      1. MountainBeach
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Two 4.5s then, who?

        1. Aston Villa-Boas
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          go with krelliot or DDG only, the only 2 standout options imo

    2. AIRMILES
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Is Luis defo to play first match? It may be Azpil. Which Utd players do you have? Young, Mata, Rooney?

      1. MountainBeach
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Jones, Mata and Rooney

  25. Winston.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    A. Clyne and Chambers
    B. Debuchy and Duff

    Which one ? Thanks !

    1. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Chambers will get one game max so the latter.

      1. AIRMILES
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        Agreed

  26. karankachiefs
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    So do people think having cahill or terry is a toss up?

    1. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      I don't

      1. Aston Villa-Boas
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 6 months ago

        who do you have then?

        1. The Machine
          • 12 Years
          11 years, 6 months ago

          Terry. Clearly proved last season he has more bap potential. Attacking wise they're on par

          1. Aston Villa-Boas
            • 12 Years
            11 years, 6 months ago

            but will terry be rested more? I feel like he might

            1. AIRMILES
              • 14 Years
              11 years, 6 months ago

              He only missed four PL games last season, and didn't feature in the world cup. I doubt he'll be benched early on in the season, but after several weeks he may be a risk.

  27. Free Ian Goodison
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    6.0 to spend on a FWD and don't fancy Bojan. Who should I got for out of Ings, Austin, Nugent or Crouch?

    1. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Fletcher

    2. AIRMILES
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      Berahino

  28. Tommytour
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Do we expect Giroud to start?

    1. The Machine
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      I don't

    2. gravless
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      quietly confident

  29. jaco
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    Debuchy and Jovetic

    Or

    5m and Giroud?

  30. Fantasy Gold
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 6 months ago

    I've had DDG in goal from the first day but now I'm starting to get itchy feet.

    Reasons for keeping/dropping him?

    1. Aston Villa-Boas
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      5.5 for a keeper might be a little much, but with his fixtures early I think he's worth it

    2. Somalion
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 6 months ago

      I think at 5.5 he could be a steal. LVG will get CSs out of United.