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.
Think Tadic was injured more than just benched tbh. TADIC & RITCHIE for me, fact he's the penalty taker helps.
Think I'd be more concerned about Atsu's game time than Tadic. Atsu has only started one of the three pre-season games so far, but a cracking price if he's a regular starter...
Anyone happen to have a downloaded lost of players and prices in the SS game?
Oh ok, they're here: https://fantasyfootball.skysports.com/statistics/ (dur)
Anyone considering Schneiderlin? His TBs and PBs mean he's basically guaranteed at least 4 points per start. Is he nailed on though? I fear him, Schweinsteiger and Carrick could be rotated to keep them all fresh given they're back in the CL.
Almost 6 points a game if he continues his current stats trend.
Like you im heavily considering and he could get goals too if he box to boxes it
will wait and see though in all likeliness to see if hes nailed
RMT, can't decide on cazorla or Ramsey, and if Targett will start
Howard
Vertonghen, Jenkinson, Naughton, Targett
Depay, Cazorla, Ritchie, Cazorla, Toure, Fabregas
Rooney
Just the one Cazorla 😉
Vertonghen is an odd pick. Very few go 4 at the back in Sky.
Targett won't play when Bertrand is back and he posted on social media that his recovery is going better than expected.
Elsewhere it looks good. Just not a fan of 4-5-1. 3-5-2 is much better.
New to sky game having look at rules.
Is maybe 3-5-2 with Milner
Better than
3-4-3 with deeney
Depends how the season pans out, but in general midfielders represent better value than forwards in the sky game
yeah Thot that i prefere 3-4-3 in fantasy
But looks like 3-5-2 could be way forward in sky
Front 7
Hazard/ramsey/tadic/Milner/payet
Bentake/rooney
Looks very tasty.
I think over the course of the season Milner will get more points and be more consistent. Deeney could easily go on a stretch of 2, 2, 7, 2, 2, 2 and that would get my fingers very itchy seeing that sort of return from a strikers position.
Schmeichel
Angella, Morgan, PvA
Hazard, Fab, Ramsey, Payet
Rooney, Wilson, Sakho
.3 in the bank
Don't think Angella will play, other than that looks fine assuming you have a plan to bring Aguero in when he's back and firing.
Panto
Elphick, PVA, Holebas
Hazard, Fabregas, Cazorla, Milner, Clasie
Rooney, Deeney
Fab looks decent if he plays No 10 this year
Clasie for TB & PB
Aguero to come in for Rooney after a couple of weeks
Thoughts? Where can I improve? (0.7m in bank)
With 0.7 itb you could upgrade Holebas to a more mid-table defender. Jenkinson for example.
Rmt pls
Courtois
Invanovic / clyne/ font
hazard / walters / sterling / depay
Kane / deeney / benteke
That isn't even possible.
Lol yes It is with a few 4.0-4.5 options
This is a Sky RMT article not FPL.
Abdi seems to no longer be an option given the signings of Jurado and Berghuis. In the 4-2-3-1 Deeney is a lock up front and Ighalo as one of the 3 AMs. Capoue and probably Behrami at CDM so that leaves 2 spots between Abdi, Anya, Vydra, Berghuis and Jurado.
That's unfortunate I was hoping a lot of people would fall in to the Abdi trap. His price is blinding you.
On the Monday, West Brom play Man City. Can I wait until the teams news then make a transfer? I get points for my new player?
Yeah you can make transfers up until kick off
RMT
Adrian
Elphick Angella R.Martin
Hazard Cazorla Schnederlain Milner Payet
Rooney Costa
0.9 ITB
Nice team.. Pretty similar to one I came up with but the lack of Man City might be an issue, although that will be covered when AGUERO is fit. Defence is cheap ñ cheerful but I would be tempted to improve on Angella, not a guaranteed starter, keep 0.2 in the bank for AGUERO and improve the defence think you have a very decent team.
I agree. Good team, keep 0.2m in the bank. Try to upgrade defence
How in the f do you have .9m in the bank when everyone is either .5 or .0
RMT
Pantil
Elphic / Naughton / Amavi
Hazard / Cazorla / Payet / Mane / Aarons
Rooney / Costa
0.5m Bank
Brilliant team ( because its similar to mine) 😉
RMT please
Speroni / Butland
Azpilicueta / Koscielny / Huth / O'Shea / Francis
Hazard / Sterling / Wallcot / Henderson / Wanyama
Rooney / Benteke / Deeney
0.0ITB.
I dont really like that double up on Liverpool. Should I downgrade goalie, and upgrade Benteke to Giroud ?
Angella + avami or elphick + billie jones? (Iv aredy got sunderland gk and pva)
You should cross off Billy Jones, he's rotating with Matthews and he could be second choice
Hes been first choice throughout preseason bt yes my worry is hel lose his place once the season starts
Neither are good tbh. Angella and Jones won't play enough.
Yes thats my worry, however i aint got much money remaining and unsure what todo. Al keep elphick and now i need a defender 4.7 or below any suggestions pal?? If theres no1 decent for that price imight just get naughton instead but this will mean i will have to downgrade on silva
Russell Martin should play. Played every game for Norwich last year and is the captain. Dependant on if they sign another CB though. Decent opening fixtures for Norwich too.
I dont want 2 promoted team defenders however. So il probs just get in avami/naugton and downgrade to one of my mdf.
Prodl from Watford
RMT please
This is my team
Fabianski
Whitaker Konchesky Hutton Mertesacker
Hazard Silva Young Sterling
Giroud Vardy
Not heavy enough in the forwards. Giroud could have his game time threatened by Walcott. You'd be better dropping Merte for a mid range mid and upgrading Giroud to Rooney with a view to making him Aguero when the time suits.
Keeper is a bit suspect too. The West Ham and Sunderland keepers will get roughly the same pts as Fabianski and they're mmore generously priced.
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Nice, I'll get involved with that league.
I'm new to the sky game and not used to the games interface.
Would anyone possibly have a player list that includes last seasons points, ideally with a breakdown of how they were accrued?
In fact even this years player list with prices would be useful.
Cheers in advance
This years player list with prices is available on the stats tab on the sky website.
Cheers, i guess FPL spoil us by showing last years points totals.
anyone know what the norwich defence would be?
Looking likke Whittaker, Martin, Bassong and Olsson atm.
Possibly wisdom now?
@disable
have you published a fixture (C) swap guide anywhere or will be just on the weekly articles?
RMT
Panti
Amavi naughton elphick
Hazard Ozil Milner mane Jurado
Rooney Costa
I understand nobody is really sure whether Jurado is nailed on yet but I think out of the attacking mids he is has got the best chance of starting.
Decent team. Not a great fan of Elphick as he's got little attacking threat and don't see loads of bournemouth cleanies. If Jurado starts then he's a great enabler.
RMT Been back to the drawing board and fancy 4-3-3 now with this team.....players in ( ) are subs
forster (sot)
taylor (swa) jenkinson (whm) morgan (lei) bassong (nor)
hazard - (fabregas) (che) cazorla - (Walcott) ars silva - (sterling)
deeney (wat) aguero (mcy) (sanchez) (ars) Wilson (bou)
You have subs?
no just payers to swap in and out sorry for that!
Anyone got any thoughts on this?
Myhill
PVA Naughton Francis
Haz Caz Ramsey Ritchie Abdi
Rooney Benteke 1.6 in the bank to get Aguero later.
Main worries are whether to get Walcott as one of two arsenal mids and abdi not being nailed. Struggling to come up with a midfield without him. Best so far is
Haz Caz Ritchie Mane Arnoutovic
Anyone think that is better?
Thanks
Any norwich player nailed ?
So as I understand it, I can have 3x players (c) getting double points in one G/W !
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After Saturday I change (c) for Sundays game and then transfer out that (c) for a player who will take over the double (c) points on Monday. correct?
Seriously good planning with your transfers in this scenario is key in my book. I don't think many understand this loophole correctly.
Correct. Anyone good at the game knows it.
You can't win without the Knowledge. Ask a London Cabby.
Maybe even 4 captains in week 2!
Absolutely. The tricky thing with this is getting your last (c) choice correct so he will be involved in the 1st days play (sat) in the following G/W.
Otherwise you are going to lose a double pointer if you have to facilitate a (c) change before the start of the new G/W.
I think setting aside 60-70 % of your transfers on this tactic may suffice and your remaining transfers can be used for injuries etc.
How would you get four in week 2?
I get three in week 1, but how do you convert this to four in week 2?
It's quite straightforward really, when you remember that you can transfer your (c) out and the player coming in would inherit the (c) on default and score double points accordingly.
The trouble with this plan in G/W 2 is that the last G/W match on Sunday involves Liverpool against Bournemouth. And only Bournemouth have a game on the first day of the following G/W as Liverpool play on the last day in the G/W (Monday).....If you fancied Bournemouth to do well against Liv and Hammers the following G/W then that would be perfect.
You would not ideally want to use too many transfers to take advantage of these (c)double pointers. Plan out weeks that can accommodate this strategy by having a strong (c) on the last day in the G/W who also plays the first matches in the following G/W.
Any truth to the Berbatov to Villa story????
Could be a steal!!
7m fpl?
Feedback welcome please on the following
Cech, Morgan, Font, Van aanholt, Hazard, Sterling, Silva, Ritchie, Depay, Rooney, Kane
First draft:
Guzan
Prodol Haidara Soaure
Hazard Silva Walcott Mane Ritchie
Rooney Pelle
Enough cash in the bank to do Silva to Aguero as soon as he starts games.
Trying to get as much money spent on the front 7 as possible.
Am open to suggestions 🙂
I'd be concerned about Guzan, he's not played a single minute of pre season...
Is Haidara nailed?
Best team I've seen!
Shame it costs 81.5m
Rate my team
Butland
Jenkinson Ward Konchesky
Hazard Cazorla Silva Sigurdsson Abdi
Aguero Rooney
Some debate whether Abdi will feature. Was mentioned in the press that Konchesky was surplus to requirements at Leicester so I'd be on the lookout for a replacement defender...
in my experience of playing sky last year, may be worth taking hits at the back for a couple of low priced players that play rarely - but at least you aren't having points deducted at the possibility of some teams getting smashed.
More money for up top where the real points grabbers lie. Admittedly consistent points from the back can also mount up, its a tough shout I'm not sure myself what to do yet
I'll keep Abdi as he's the most likely to play from players in his price bracket and allows me to have all the expensive players. Konchesky is also so cheap so it'll be tough to find someone, but I'll look
Replaced Konchesky with Haidara. Back from injury now and could play a fair bit
RMT Please:
Adrian
Elphick, Martin, Fonte
Hazard, Henderson, Mahrez, Mane, Redmond
Kane, Sahko
2.6 banked
Good team imo, not too keen on redmond or mahrez as there are much better options elsewhere imo. Would try and upgrade sakho and one of martin or elphick
Any sugestions around replacements of Redmond/Mahrez or the defence?
Erm personally I prefer ritchie/lens to mahrez and payet is only 0.2 more. Ibe and de jong are also options.
In fact have already changed it again:
Adrian
Rose, Martin, Fonte
Hazard, Henderson, Mahrez, Mane, Brunt
Kane, Sahko
.1 in the bank
Like that much better mate, not too keen on spurs defence but I suppose that's opinionated. Brunt could play lb so perhaps someone like ward-prowse, ibe, kouyate, clasie etc..?
8 years, 10 months agoWhat do you think is the better option
A) mane and atsu
B) tadic and Ritchie
I'm unsure whether tadic is going to get the game time because he was benched quite a few games last year.