Paul
Having kick-started our series of members articles focusing on each individual team over the 2015/16 season with a look at Arsenal, we now turn our attentions to Bournemouth.
First up we assess their team data, comparing the Cherries to the rest of the top-flight last term, before switching our targets to their first-team squad and assessing the main goal threats and creators over the campaign gone by, in a bid to get a view on their prospects for 2016/17.
Any news if Butland will be fit for the start of the season?
Nice one
If he's 5 mill then that's my keeper sorted
He is probably going to be one of the best picks
Rumours are Sanchez want to sign for Juventus.
If that happens, I am pretty sure Arsenal's top position will be 6.
I haven't seen anything remotely concrete that suggests Sanchez is interested in going to Juventus . Juventus are linked with every striker in the Premier League every Summer .
Its ok, they have Takuma
I still have not gotten over the failure of Yaya Sanogo he was so good on football manager 2011
Haha yep!
Chelsea new boy Bats is awesome on FM14
How many games do players participating in the Olympics miss?
Lanzini to miss at least 2
More likely 3
Antonio could be a decent pick at the start, almost certain to be deployed in attack:
Antonio Payet Feghouli
Striker
It will be:
Feghouli Payet Tore
Striker
You say he's almost certain to be played in attack, but that's not necessarily true. Bilić could easily go 3 in midfield in tougher games, and as Chelsea away is first up....
Noble, Nordtveit, Kouyaté
Payet Feghouli
FW
It's a system which will be deployed a fair bit imo. Håvard Nordtveit is the only true DM there too.
The final is on the 20th of August so they are going to miss all of preseason so almost certainly the first game and it depends on the manager and the squad after that
Ah thanks
Hazard- 10.5m
Redmond- 7m
Cazorla-8.5m
Lukaku-9.5m
From a 'reliable source'
No thank you to all of them.
Does your reliable source say when FPL will launch?
Hazard - 12m
Redmond - 5m
Cazorla - 14m
Lukaku - 2m
From a 'separate reliable sourceless source'.
Still wouldn't go near the troll
You are welcome btw . Realises voice modifier does nothing on ffs 😳
Well, that's my interest over for Hazard then.
Too much for Hazard, was hoping 9.5m
No way Hazard will be that much
Not enough talk about captaincy in here.
Fair to assume most people got CR and only me stuck with Bale? 😕
Thoughts on this team tonight? (bottomed)
Neuer
Hector Boateng Fonte Guerreiro
Payet Pogba Ozil Draxler
Griezmann Ronaldo(c)
(Hennessey R.Sanches Rami Bale)
Perfect.
If Drax starts, yes.
Otherwise stick to Renato.
Wait for lineup
Cant wait for the "look what team i can get if i dont go with Aguero" posts.
Or "look what team i can get if I downgrade Ibra to Carrick as my United cover"
😆
And the 'but I av de Brunye 4 cite cover age'
Or "look, we can still fit Aguero, Zlatan and Kane in one team and still have decent squad" posts.
Two months of tinkering followed by a seven figure rank 😎
haha so true
With all these price tag flying around; Gundogan, Mane and Mkhitaryan. Seems like a bargain.
Will Mane start though?
Yeah
Most probably. Can't see Klopp signed him to be on the bench.
Can see him being rested a lot is all, he's not the best defensively and can't see two up top with Firmino working.
At that price, almost definitely
Updates to FPL site. Must be imminent
https://twitter.com/FantasyFootyFix/status/751045044954619904
If I hear the word immitent one more time ...
Imminent* 😆
Immitent.
Now do your thing.
I reckon that it'll be on Monday, just waiting for the Euro's to finish then they'll open up for business.
or Sunday Night, just as penalties are about to start
The swines!!!!
I concur.
Friday.
That was so 35 minutes ago.
http://www.espn.in/football/story/2909024/liverpool-accept-15m-bournemouth-bid-for-jordan-ibe-source
Jordan Ibe may join Bournemouth
I like what Bournemouth are doing this off season.
Eddie Howe not messing about and definitely looking to improve his team.
yup
Ibe for £15m is football gone mad.
if cheap is a great budget pick
According to The Times Sport this is José's ideal first Utd X1
de Gea
Darmian Smalling Bailly Shaw
Pogba Schneiderlin
Mkhitaryan Rooney Martial
Ibrahimovic
Exactly as I would've thought.
As it stands of course.
Yeah I agree with that. I reckon Martial could be the one to go with until we know how Ibra and Mkhitaryan settle. Martial to be priced around 8m ?
They are wrong
Nice team.
Such a shame it won't be in the UCL.
I can see Bailly being priced 0.5m less and people falling for a Filipe Luis trap
Remember falling for him back in my casual days 😀
All that money and they still stuck with Darmian. 😆
He's better than Clyne...
...whoops, I thought it was 2015. 😉
😀
Damian was great in the beginning of the season...he will get back to form
Would play Valencia over Damain personally. Well no actually i would try and buy a RB, havent had a decent one since Gary Neviile. Rafael was a joke
Wouldn't be surprised to see José go for Fabinho. Plays in midfield too, he likes versatile players.
Thats a very good team. Although it will take some serious time to blend those players together
Makes sense. I'm not a massive fan of Darmian but looks pretty strong that.
Schneiderlin as coverage
That midfield will get over run
Anyone been island hopping in Greece before?
Trying to organise the honeymoon.
Santorini is good for Honeymoon and Mykonos for Partying
Problem with Santorini is the beaches aren't good.
Won't you want to sleep in a hotel on your honeymoon?
Ha, well for a bit. But we like to get out and about.
Why Greece? Why not some better destination?
Greece looks great to be fair. We have the money to go any where, but the lady really wants some top beaches. We don't really have the time to leave Europe.
Try Reunion Island
You could visit Dimitris birthplace 🙂
Oh I didnt read the last par about leaving Europe 🙁
I've booked to go to Croatia, keep hearing amazing things about the place
Maybe I will see you there 🙂
Really want to go but the beaches aren't quite up to scratch for this sort of occasion.
Sardinia. Best (and most varied) beaches in Europe.
The hay is nice too...
Noted, thank you.
I don't drive, is that an issue?
Errr, yes. Unless you pay for a boat and a skipper I guess.
You can do the whole boat thing pretty cheaply throughout Croatia and you don't have to end up in stag do destinations.
Santorini is great in a romantic sense, for a short stay (it's pricey btw). Great views, hot springs, irish bars etc.
There is a Paros-Naxos-Santorini route. Paros is generally off the tourist trail, so quite Greek, and Naxos is more on the continental tourist route than English. Naxos has some wonderful pure sand beaches (ag prokopios I love) and the town is very old/romantic. None of these are activity-ridden (waterskiing etc) however from recollection. The touristy UK islands are well known and will give you waterparks, watersports etc.
From a reliable sorcerer
Aguero 13
Zlatan 10,5
Haz 10
Sanchez 11
Ozil 9,5
Vardy 9,5
Giggs 9
Mahrez 9,5
Mihk 9
Martial 9
....
to be continued
Giggs?
BS more likely methinks
Really?
You just have to look at it
Just look at it!!!
I agree completely.
What is BS?
If Mik is £9m ...
The lady from Power Rangers?
Fair prices for the following new signings?
Zlatan
Mkhitaryan
Nolito
Batshuayi
Mane
Matty Phillips
Townsend
Which ones are you guys considering? I'm gonna go with Zlat and Townsend for sure.
10.5
9.5
8.0
8.0
8.5
6.0
6.5
(fair prices, not what I think they will be)
Considering Mkhi and Townsend.
11
9.5
8.5
8
9
6.5
7
Having Matty Phillips few season back was gold.
I'm tempted by him and Townsend to go with my likely Ibra, Aguero, De Bruyne budget crushers.
If Aguero is 13
Zlatan 12
Mkh 10
Nolito 9 (fwd)
Bats 8.5
Mane 8.5
Phillips 6
Townsend 6.5
Fair Would be:
Zlatan - 10.5
Mkhitaryan - 8.5
Nolito - 8.5
Batshuayi - 8
Mane - 8.5
Matty Phillips - 6.5
Townsend - 6.5
nail on the head I think Moin. Agree with all of these.
Thanks! but I doubt FPL would launch them with these prices
Rumours Arnoutavic, Sanchez, Sterling, Firmino are strikers in FPL
Sterling as a striker hahaha.
I'd avoid if he was listed as a defender...
Sterling a striker lol no one will buy him ever
No way Arnoutavic will be a striker
Sterling a striker - ha
Rumours that you started by looking at the players positions on the PL site?
I don't think that would work . They would have to be very consistent with it Hazard, Mane etc would have to be strikers too and they would have to add points for defensive mids .
Not true.
An interesting one:
Who will do pens in MU now?
A) Ibracadabra
B) Baldy
Zlat i reckon Rooney is poor at them and has given them up in the past
A
A fo shizzle.
Does anyone have the predicted lineup for tonight's game?
Reports are mixed on Rami and Umitti . Otherwise unchanged
Draxler and Gotze start for Germany
Thanks
Neuer
Hector Howedes Boateng Kim
Kroos Schwini Ozil Draxler Müller Gotze in the front 6
Neur
Hector Höwedes Boateng Kimmich
Kroos Can/Scwein
Götze Özil Drax
Muller
Lloris
Sagna Rami/Umiti Kosc Evra
Matuidi Kante Pogba
Payet Griez
Giroud
My predictions
You think French are gonna turn their back to Germans?
I believe it will be a tight fight in the first 60 min but that germany will win the last 30 and hence qualify.
🙂
Much appreciated!
French journo on ts just said same lineup as Iceland game so no Kante or Rami
Please list Nolito as mid, please.
Rotation risk.
After all this hype pogba will probably not even end up at United:(
He once did.
Mark Rogers @markrogers1
Not long now until you're able to sign in and create your 1st #FPL draft. #waitinggame
juuuhuuu!!!
Daniel?
Rumours the 1st 10 people to join FPL this year have an unlimited budget
Its like that every year
But than you have to click on confirm button
Dude.
Still wouldn't help you 😛
Frankly I am disappointed . This is the kind of behaviour I expect from me 🙂 .
Better off not starting rumours 😉
I learn from the worst 😛
I would still lose!
Any Tech knowledgeable lads here?
Looking for a Tablet/Laptop, a nice portable device basically to buy. Mainly for College/Uni. Budget is anything around £500, don't mind if it's cheaper of course. Really like the Surface Pro series atm, I think that's the way to go but not sure. Help would be much appreciated!
I've been with my Surface Pro 3 now for a year and i LOVE IT!
I would never be considering another one.
Nice! 🙂 Thanks
No worries.
The way it links up with my xbox, onedrive, onenote and so on is sooo smooth 😀
Great 🙂
Chiming in from a SP3 myself, its pretty much perfect. Normally I get jaded by new tech pretty quickly but this is the biz.
Yeah, I get jaded in by new tech fast too!
Lovely 🙂 I think the Surface Pro 3/4 is the way to go then. Thanks 🙂
Depends what you want it for
Would recommend a Chromebook if it's just for web searching with multiple tabs open and typing documents, etc. Very fast and reliable.
I use the Asus C100 flip (can convert into a tablet as well as ordinary laptop). Good price, but I do find the internet card in it isn't as good as I was hoping for 😕
Cheers Bowstring! 🙂
I've looked into the Chromebooks but they're not for me, find them quite limited. I'll take a look at the ASUS C100 Flip though. 🙂
Yeah they're quite limited I agree
Would really recommend if it's possible to try and increase the budget and by a Macbook Pro, don't think the Surface Pro is greaat value. With Apple you get a discount as a student too. Apple Macbook's literally so much better than any other laptop i've had in the past. Student at uni as well btw.
Hmm, that's an interesting perspective. I've always been a Windows guy and have never even properly tried Mac OS so I'll need to do some research on that. Will take a look at the Macbooks (Pro especially). Thanks mate 🙂
girlfriend has a surface pro 3 - loves it.
Lovely 😀
Google "techradar best laptops 2016"
Good list there with full reviews
Will do. Thanks mate 🙂
I recently bought an Acer Aspire F-15 and it seems to be working well . It is not particularly expensive too
Thanks A.W.
Will have a look at the Aspire F-15 also 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1-5H0Z1-4c De Gea at City's training.
Imminent
They'll probably troll us
Launch the game and let us pick players without any pricing, then use the popularity of players to price them accordingly
I'm behind this. Popularity is crucial. I % ownership over price all the time.
*go on
Need a differential captain for tonight. Lloris, Sagna, Koscielny, Hector or Draxler?
Am going with Draxler
A lot will have captained Ronaldo so your Griezemans and Payets may yet be differential as captains
United playing in the Charity Shield will be great for insight into Mourinho's preferred team
I imagine it will be fairly predictable
This
More interested in their back 4 than anything else. Will be looking to pick up a cheaper option than Smalling.
It will be the same type of football Chelsea played . It won't be exciting but it will be effective .
#WalcottGate 😀
'Not long'
It wouldn't shock me if this was one long troll you set up and there really is no Mark Rodgers 🙂
Don't talk about my dad like that.
On a completely different note his is quite funny
fpl vinegar strokes...
Did you watch The League or just pick this up from elsewhere?
i did but it's an old old term.
picked up from Viz in early 90's, like "jesters shoes" and "blumkin"
the league was occasionally genius though
I'm a little young for Early 90's stuff.;)
Some of the League stuff I use with friends on a daily basis, pretty hilarious.
some great insults on there.
just ensure you don't get Andre'd! 😉
Reckon Luke Shaw a good player to get, along with CPL defender like Scott Dann
