With the Sky Sport Fantasy Football offering now up and running, we’ve published this piece for Fantasy managers looking for feedback on their newly-constructed starting XIs ahead of the upcoming season.
Please use this article for Sky RMTs and chat only.
I agree, i think Liverpools midfield is skilled enough to place him the ball for some easy finishing
This is it.
For me he's up there with the best strikers in the Premier League.
And as you quite rightly say he has the chance to be a penalty box striker, for a team who should by all accounts dominate the ball at home and versus weaker opposition.
Who is more essential?;
A) Costa
B) Ivan + £3m to use elsewhere?
Please help!
Costa for gmk one, ivan not value in this game. Use the dollar further upfield
Cheers for the reply. How about Azpi instead of Ivan?
Still on the dear side, look for nailed on defenders in mid-tableish sides that are nailed on for less than £5m. See my 1st draft below.
As there's no subs, you need those big hitters in mid/attack. For example, Aguero is only £3m more than Ivan!!!
Hes a confused poster playrunner, he is playing FPL.
Ah, I see, Thanks Dis. My advice is terrible then. GET IVAN Danstroke!!!!
Prob is I want a Chelsea defender in back four and only really gives me option of Azpi if I drop Ivan
This area is for SkyFF bud, you after FPL advice?
Ahh apologies!
RMT
Scmeichael
Souare Coates Muniesa
Mane, Cazorla, Ritchie, Henderson, Albrighton
Costa, Rooney (C)
First Draft, plans to phase in Aguero, Fabregas when fix clear, possible switch to Kane from Costa in gwk 2
Looks good
Muniesa and Coates may be an issue but pre-season should help us in terms of who's first choice etc
Yep, they're both 'wait and see' picks until the picture becomes clearer. Kaboul is a strange one, a poor defender imo being thrust into a side most of us rate as a side that willbring us clean sheets.Will he weaken Sunderland?
Best 6.0 mid?
A) Ritchie
B) sissoko
Ritchie has fixtures on his side, both gambles
I'm reluctant to go for Ritchie. I put him in the same sort of class as Peter Whittingham who I went for when Cardiff got promoted. Scores for fun in the championship and takes free kicks and corners but Cardiff just simply didn't score enough goals for him to be worthwhile.. and he was 1.4 cheaper than Ritchie. I can't see him being worth it when you've got Lens, Payet and Ayew around his price range.
RMT
Ruddy (Rudd)
Mert/ Francis/ huth (o'shea/ S.Taylor)
Hazard/ Mane/ Henderson/ Walcott (fletcher)
Kane/ Rooney/ benteke
Wrong section dude, this area is for SkyFF
Like the team though bar maybe the keeper situation
Will gamboa be a consistent starter for west brom because he is only 3.5 mil
Highly doubtful, no where near last season
I have created a Money league for FFS users this money league is £5 to join through Sky Bet and is split between the top four positions 40% to the winner.
Details are:
League name: D1sableFFS
Pin: 8117216
Password: FFS
The money put in is great but the real incentive is to win the overall best cash league prize of £5,000!!
The more of us that enter the more chance we have of grabbing it. If we were to win then i would also split this prize money between the top four positions meaning some real dosh is on offer.
Good luck!
excellent
Stuck my two teams in.
Signed up, good luck all!
@Disable are you aware of this?
The Sky game week runs from Friday to Thursday this season. The Aston Villa v Man Utd game on Friday 14th August is part of game week 2, which runs from 00:01am on Friday 14th August to 11:59pm on Thursday 20th August.
I'll be signing up to the league
Yeah posted it last page mate, obviously with future Friday games in mind. Captains Sooo tough this seaon
Disable - You were a legend for me last season. Got me in top 250 although I made many of my own mistakes. Won my private league by 200pts bagging my £300 1st prize. With your guidance I reckon we could have a good shot. Im in! Aiming for top 100 myself.
Nice! Glad to be of assistance!
Good stuff.
Alright troops,
I Lurked a lot in here last season and promised I'd be a bit more active this year.
Current team for Sky is a bit of a 'hedging my bets for the first few GW' set up, but should be pretty easy to adapt quickly once the seasons underway:
Boruc
Prodl, Martin, Morgan
Mata, Hazard, Silva, Ozil, Payet
Rodriguez, gomis
1 mil in the bank just now
usual cheap defence, 3 full backs though to capitalise on assists/tackle bonus
Midfield I've started with the priciest mid in each of the the big 4 (liable to change one or two based on pre-season) and Payet for my budget pick, I'm not that familiar with him but from what I've seen and heard he looks outrageous value at 6.2m
2 upper mid priced strikers that I think have a good chance to do well this season - planning to bring aguero in GW 4 for one of them, will mean a downgrade of one of my big midfield 4 to a 7 - 8 mil player too but I'm hoping Walcott or Depay will have had a storming start to make the decision simple.
Thoughts? Advice on Payet would be much appreciated, any suggestions on who you might look at changing would be much appreciated too!
U have a clear plan and it looks good, transfers are inevitable early doors but also essential to get it right quickly and you look to have the adaptability to do that. I'm currently set on Payer too, like you I think he looks great value. Let's just hope he's good 🙂
Cheap strikers are a tad concerning but last season showed they can perform.
Cheers,
Hoping to build on last year, ran pretty well for most of the season then started to falter later on as I'd made a few too many drunken transfers around christmas time! Finished just outside the top 100 and won a bit of money with 4th on Sky's £10 league.
If I avoid transfers after the pub hopefully I can finish inside the 100 this year!
you need better strikers.
not sure mata is nailed on
Aguero will definitely be coming in for Watford, I've got a feeling RodrigueZ and Gomis will both have decent season's this year but plan to swap out whoever of the 2 isn't on full steam out by GW 4.
Surely Mata will be nailed? He was a powerhouse before last season and seemed to be stepping up again at the tail end last year? On pens and hailed by Van Gaal as his best outfield player last season too?
was he hailed as his best outfield player? got a link?
He was in and out last season. Now Depay is in the mix too.
On double checking I misquoted slightly there :/, he said "I think Juan Mata is always one of my better players" .. http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2015/06/27/sleeper-juan-mata-2/
33 appearances (27 starts) though and was nailed on towards the tail end of the season in the right wing berth. Depay's more of a left sided player I thought?
Long term I reckon I'll probably switch him out for the cheaper Depay once he's settled and firing on all cylinders.
Hi guys, only just seen this is here. Not a Sky Virgin, but did awful in my first season as I kept missing the transfer deadlines. Anyway, how's this?
Adrian
PvA - Prodl - Souare
Hazard - Silva - Henderson - Zaha - Ritchie
Rooney - Kane
defence-puntish,could come off but might not-not sure of the nature of PVAs current injury,the other 2 are potential
solid midfield
reliable forwards
Thanks 32
ok-what do you think
Hart
Bassong Francis Dawson
Haz Silva Ritchie Abdi
Kun Wilson Costa
Hart's too expensive for my liking and don't know anything about Francis, Ruichie, Abdi, and Wilson.
3-5-2 is the optimum formation, even with heap forwards, so maybe jiggle around a bit.
Thoughts please...
Cech, Boruc
Ivanovic, Clyne, Mertesacker, Ryan Bennett, Mariappa
Walcott, Sterling, Mane, Depay, Ritchie
Aguero, Deeney, Jerome
Try in the main article. This one is for the Sky game.
Looks good to me but doubts over Bennett and Mariappa game time.
Frontline looks weak.
Boruc;
Matthews / Holebas / Taylor
Hazard / Milner / Ramsey /Schweinsteiger / Clasie
Rooney / Wilson
Boruc & Matthews ex-Celtic players so a bit of biasism there. Milner looks good for bonuses as well as Schwein and Clasie.
1.2m left in bank, overall thoughts? Where can I improve. Some advice on cheap Mids and STs would be helpful
Looks solid, but keep an eye on preseason for Matthews nailed-on-ness.
In midfield if possible for just one of Schwein or Clasie.
disable will have some article son midfielders and forwards, so keep your eye out for those.
Quick question about points
Vardy got more than Giroud, and he only scored 5 goals (12 assists) whereas Giroud got 14 goals. I know Giroud didn't play the full season but that's quite striking. Especially because Lei have some really good fixtures to start with.
The West Brom defence got 16 cleansheets last season, 2nd most in the league however their defenders didn't do particularly well. Lescott played 3000 mins, 1 goal 2 assists and 15 cleansheets but only got 114 points. Fonte got 141 points, with 0 attacking and 15 cs as well.
Is it the match rating of 7+ that causes these?
Defenders get -1 for every goal conceded, so maybe that's why Lescott's points are lower?
Hopefully someone more in tune with what's going on can answer both questions.
-1 for 2 goals.
Not in the Sky game:
Goalkeepers & Defenders OnlyClean sheet +5 points (75+ minutes)
Goal against -1 point
Vardy = 5 goals (25), 10 assists (30), 6 Motm (30), 5 yellows (-5), 26 starts (52), 8 sub apps (8) = 140
Giroud = 14 goals (70), 3 assists (9), 3 Motm (15), 5 yellows (-5), 1 red (-3), 21 starts (42), 6 sub apps (6) = 134
Lescott = 1 goal (5), 2 assists (6), 1 Motm (5), 1 tackling bonus (2), 3 yellows (-3), 34 starts (68), 15 clean sheets (75) 44 goals conceded (-44) = 114
Fonte = 0 goals (0), 1 assist (3), 1 Motm (5), 5 passing bonus (10) 4 tackling bonus (8) 5 yellows (-5), 37 starts (74), 14 clean sheets (70) dont have stats on how many goals he conceded but -1 for each makes = 141
Thanks, much appreciated. Yeah those Motm's are very important. Vardy got 6 last year? Wow.
Reminds me of old FPL bonuses. Lampard would get 3 bonus points for just playing 5 minutes, Adam always got 3 bonus points too. I'll have to look for Motm darlings. I think Milner will be one.
75 mins cut off for a cleanie in Sky btw.
sub at 74 and its sad times
Is it better to go with two high priced strikers (Rooney/aguero) or two lower priced strikers (Defoe/ Sakho) to work more on midfield or do a mixture of both (Rooney/Defoe)
I asked Sky about the Friday night kickoff being in GW2 and this was their response:
The Sky game week runs from Friday to Thursday this season. The Aston Villa v Man Utd game on Friday 14th August is part of game week 2, which runs from 00:01am on Friday 14th August to 11:59pm on Thursday 20th August. You can make one captaincy change in game week 1 from Saturday 8th August to Thursday 13th August and one captaincy change in game week 2, which runs from Friday 14th August to Thursday 20th August.
Sorry if this has already been mentioned but it was news to me.
Aaaand I've just realised The Casual has mentioned it above. Sorry mate!
Please RMT,
Pantilimon
Yoshida/Coates/Morgan
Hazard/Silva/Mane/Abdi/Payet
Rooney/Aguero.
0.6mil left in the bank.
Love it! Only two worries are Yoshida (new CB signing likely) and no Arsenal.
Any advice on my first draft would be much appreciated....
Pantilimon
Terry - Francis - Coates
Depay - Hazard - Ritchie - Abdi - Chadli
Aguro - Rooney
Nice team and nice balance. Can't see any weakness's.
hi guys,
This is only my second post ever, although I have been a member now for 3 seasons but I regularly look in and read posts for advice on team selections and trends.
I've been playing the sky game for about 7 years and last year recorded my highest finish coming in around 1300 place, although I did finish in the top 50 for the last Euros (so was very disappointed when sky didn't have a World Cup version last year!). I also won manager of the week last season (using my third team) in the one off Spurs v QPR game. My prize a nice iPad and sky fantasy football club scarf.
I've joined the money league which I'm really looking forward to as I've never played for money before; adds a really good edge to it all!
my team after the first pass looks like this;
Pantimillon
Lescott, jenkinson, van aanholt
De pay, hazard, cazorla, Ritchie, Abdi
Rooney, Costa
I have enough in the bank to bring in Ageuro for either Rooney or Costa. I have gone with the convention of saving on my gk and defenders, however, I have normally gone with either Baines or Ivanovic and in particular last season Terry and had some success. But I'm struggling to find a cheaper striker who will give the funds to replace Lescott for one. I will probably use one transfer early to bring in Ageuro and then when until game week 5 before using a block of transfers to set my team up. For me it's important in the sky game to keep transfers in reserve. I managed to keep 10 back for the last 10 game weeks last season and shot up the leader board from outside the top 10000 to just outside of the top 1000. I will adopt a similar long term strategy this season but push slightly earlier as I would like to target the top 500.
It love this team FG.
Good team, Van Aanholt is also in my team.
Newbie here, played the Sky game for a couple of seasons but spanked my transfers too early... RMT
.......................Adrian
.......Rangel.....Martin......Coates
Tadic....Hazard....Milner....Ramsey...Payet
...............Rooney.....Costa
Rangel will be lucky to start 5 games all season chief.
Looks really good. You will have to monitor those defenders though. Coates is a question mark too
Who is most nailed on out of, Ramsey, Cazorla and ozil
Most nailed probably Ozil
Thanks for the heads up on Rangel, I think Ramsey will be first name down in Arsenal's midfield
Rmt
Boruc
Jenkinson Konchesky Ogbonna
Hazard Silva Atsu Mane Firminio
Rodriguez Costa
I like it, a few punts but could work out. Konchesky the main worry, doubt he will play.
Thanks what would you say about Redmond?
Could be good value but with only four goals last season in the Championship (i think) i would want more!
Atsu is talent but still need to see if place nailed on
Hi Disable, or any others, please RMT - thanks
Pantilimon,
Fonte, Lescott, Wes Morgan,
Payet, Mane, Bolasie, Abdi, Hazard,
Aguero, Kane
Very solid.
Love the defence
Midfield flair options, will be all or nothing from them i would expect
Fwds again obviously good
Butland
Jenkinson, O'shea, Taylor, Targett
Depay, Cazorla, Toure, Fabregas, Henderon
Rooney.
Hi Disable, any chance you could post the details of your £5 league again? Seem to have lost it.
Ok, found it now.
RE, this:
"The money put in is great but the real incentive is to win the overall best cash league prize of £5,000!!
The more of us that enter the more chance we have of grabbing it. If we were to win then i would also split this prize money between the top four positions meaning some real dosh is on offer."
Please could you clarify what the split would be if the league won the £5k? Given the prize is determined by the scores from the top 5 teams, it would seem unfair to split between the top 4. Anyway, if you could come back with some numbers I'll enter my teams, cheers!
Ok top 5 it is, hadn't really thought about it yet.
Will use this split for money if we come top 3
1st 40%
2nd 22%
3rd 16%
4th 12%
5th 10%
Currently 21 people in it so £105 quid for just our league
Cool I'm in. Cheers for running. Best of luck.
Sounds good chief, thanks for running.
This Abdi boy.. is he any good or is it just his price that makes him appealing?
I would also like to know this!
The Watford fans rave about him. I don't have any stats though, sorry. There is also a lot of transfer movement from Watford, so some non Watford fans think he may not be nailed on.
im new to sky, what is the best formation 3-5-2 or 3-4-3?
3-5-2 for me
Either depending on who's hot at the time. I got a top 100 finish last year playing primarily a 3-4-3 but that was because Harry Kane as 3rd striker was so cheap. Given the addition of so many viable mids this year (Payet, Depay, Milner, Firmino etc) 3-5-2 is looking to be the better of the 2 for now.
Stekelenberg
Terry, Soares, Angella
Hazard, Arter, Walcott, Howson, Eriksen
Aguero, Wilson(bou)
If aguero doesn't start season then Benteke
RMT please
Hi Disable, any chance you can RMT as it is a matter of family honour.
Pantilimon,
Fonte, Lescott, Wes Morgan,
Abdi, Bolasie, Hazard, Mane, Payet,
Aguero, Kane
Many thanks
Rottentroll
Did the one above bud.
Your family has no chance 😛
Thanks mate, best of luck for you too.
Countinho / Walcott / Ramsey / Mata / Cazorla / Yaya
Who would you pick? (2)
Yaya and Cazola.
I'd question Ramsey/Walcott/Mata game time.
What about my team above?
Decent! Not sure on Abdi though. I have no idea what he is like. Is it a proper bargain or just a very good cheapy? Also, you've already got Mane so id try improve on Bolasie. He's been good but forms been very on and off.
Thanks, I will look at options for Bolasie.
Best of luck for the season.
8 years, 10 months agoI actually think Benteke will be a success for Liverpool.
This theory that he's a long ball battering ram?...
For Belgium when selected he spearheads a strike force with some of the world's finest flair players behind me.
His goal return for Villa is roughly one goal every two games.
For Villa he spent most of his time chasing to win the ball back or holding it up because they are that terrible they can't get out of their own half.
And generally saving their bacon week in week out despite playing in a team with a pile of nothing players.