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6 August 2016 2058 comments
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Harry Kane is at the double as Spurs thrash Inter. Burnleyโ€™s Andre Gray scores yet again, Arsenal put eight past their Norwegian opponents, whilst West Ham enjoy a winning house-warming party.

Spurs 6 Inter Milan 1

Harry Kane hit the ground running with a brace on his return to a Spurs side bolstered by a number of internationals back from their summer break.

The England striker scored an early penalty earned by the impressive Kyle Walker and doubled his tally from an Erik Lamela assist in the second half.

Owned by 10% of FPL managers, the Argentinian midfielder was influential throughout, scoring from a Kane assist and setting up Academy striker Shayon Harrison to complete the drubbing.

In between, new signing Vincent Janssen assisted a Dele Alli goal before the roles were reversed to make it 5-1.

Coach Mauricio Pochettino also gave Toby Alderweireld and Danny Rose their first starts of the summer, while Hugo Lloris and Ben Davies made their return to the squad on the bench.

Intriguingly, Kane and Janssen were afforded 17 minutes up front together before the formerโ€™s withdrawal just after the hour-mark – this saw the England international drop deeper into the central support role, allowing the new boy to lead the line.

After the match, Kane was confident they have the potential to strike up a partnership up front:

“Heโ€™s a great player. He likes to hold the ball up and bring others into the game. Iโ€™m sure we will play together this season. You can see heโ€™s very strong, heโ€™s got a good finish when heโ€™s given the chance. Heโ€™s a great addition to the squad, as both signings have been.”

Spurs XI: Vorm (Lloris 46), Walker (Trippier 46), Alderweireld, Carter-Vickers, Rose (Davies 46); Mason (Winks 46), Dier (Amos 85); Lamela (Edwards 81), Alli (Harrison 76), Eriksen (Janssen 46); Kane (Carroll 62).

Arsenal 8 Viking FK 0

Four goals in ten second half minutes underlined Arsenal’s superiority against Norwegian opponents who faded badly.

Santi Cazorla missed an early penalty but played the full 90 minutes as captain of a young side, with neither Alexis Sanchez nor Aaron Ramsey featuring at all.

The Spaniard made amends when his corner was headed by Mohamed Elneny into the path of Joel Campbell, who made no mistake from a yard out.

Cazorla doubled the lead after the break, Campbell provided Theo Walcott with his first goal of pre-season shortly afterwards and an own goal soon followed as things turned ugly for Viking.

Alex Iwobi set up Campbell for his second before scoring two of his own, with assists from Cazorla and Jeff Reine-Adelaide, before Chuba Akpom rounded off the rout late on.

Gabriel returned from a bout of tonsilitis to stake his claim for a centre-half spot, while David Ospina was again preferred to Petr Cech in goal.

With a rather more meaningful fixture to come tomorrow against Man City, Arsene Wenger is likely to field a considerably stronger side โ€“ the Gunners boss has already confirmed that Sanchez will feature.

Wenger also gave Fantasy managers an early heads-up on his Gameweek 1 options by admitting that next Sundayโ€™s encounter against Liverpool โ€œwill come too earlyโ€ for Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil following their late return to training due to Euro 2016.

The Gunners boss also took time to single out Cazorla โ€“ a player that only last week he had suggested could miss the start of the season due to a lack of fitness:

โ€œItโ€™s the first time heโ€™s played 90 minutes for a long, long time because heโ€™s basically been out since November. He played the last game of the season and 90 minutes today. Letโ€™s see how he recovers from that. Of course we need him back in good shape. Heโ€™s a pleasure to watch, especially when itโ€™s a demonstration like tonight. Heโ€™s one of the few players that you donโ€™t know whether theyโ€™re right or left footed. Itโ€™s good that he came through well. We have no injuries tonight so thatโ€™s positive.โ€

Arsenal XI: Ospina, Debuchy (Bellerin 70), Oxlade-Chamberlain (Iwobi 45), Gibbs (Monreal 70), Elneny (Zelalem 70), Gabriel (Holding 45), Campbell (Akpom 70), Cazorla, Walcott (Willock 70), Bielik, Coquelin (Reine-Adelaide 45).

Burnley 1 Real Sociedad 1

Yet another Andre Gray goal โ€“ his ninth in six summer matches โ€“ earned Burnley a draw from an encounter manager Sean Dyche saw as something of a template for the season ahead.

Already trailing 1-0, Burnley had to make do with minimal possession in the second half, defending manfully until Gray pinched a late equaliser with a fine solo effort.

Dyche was certainly glad of the goal โ€“ and the way the match panned out:

“It’s good because some teams in the Premier League will play like that and you’re going to have spells without the ball. It’s how well you deal with those spells.”

Gray’s superb pre-season has now tempted just over 11% of FPL managers, even though he will have to face Liverpool, Chelsea, Leicester and Arsenal in the first eight Gameweeks.

Dyche fielded the strongest side available to him against Sociedad, with new signing Johann Berg Gudmundsson making his first appearance in front of the Burnley fans. The Icelandic international was afforded the right wing role, with Scott Arfield on the left, as George Boyd dropped to the bench.

The loan signing of Liverpool full-back Jon Flanagan came too late for him to feature, while injuries also deprived Dyche of Stephen Ward and Ashley Barnes.

Burnley XI: Heaton; Lafferty, Mee, Keane, Lowton; Gudmundsson (Boyd 61), Marney (Ulvestad 83), Jones, Arfield; Gray, Vokes (Jutkiewicz 83).

Sunderland 1 Borussia Dortmund 1

Sunderland finished their six-match pre-season schedule unbeaten after earning a respectable draw against the Bundesliga big-hitters.

The Black Cats went behind early on but eventually pegged Dortmund back when Lamine Kone headed home a Jeremain Lens free-kick in the second half. Priced at 4.5 in FPL, the centre-half reminded us of the eye for goal that saw him score twice in 15 league outings after arriving in the 2015/16 winter transfer window.

Last nightโ€™s encounter was notable more for the number of key absentees than events on the pitch.

Injury had already deprived David Moyes of Jermain Defoe, Jan Kirchhoff, Sebastian Larsson and Billy Jones, while the absence of trialist Charles N’Zogbia suggests that his time at Sunderland is coming to an end.

Another trialist, Steven Pienaar, didn’t travel either, although the former Everton man is expected to continue training with the Black Cats.

After the stalemate, assistant manager Paul Bracewell issued an injury update as the Wearsiders prepare for their Gameweek 1 trip to Man City in seven daysโ€™ time:

“Weโ€™re hoping Billy will be fit for the start of the season. We left him and one or two others behind in the UK, but with a view to them joining back in on Monday, all being well. Jan is working over the weekend and we are hoping he will be back in. Billy as well. But we wonโ€™t know until Monday whether they have had any reactions from the work they have been doing. Again, Jermain has been working over the weekend and hopefully he will be back working with us next week. Sebโ€™s picked up an injury and he is being assessed, so by Monday we will have a better picture.”

Moyes could at least call on the services of fit-again Patrick van Aanholt and Jack Rodwell, and he used John Oโ€™Shea in a holding role normally assigned to Kirchhoff, who is valued at 4.5 and designated as a midfielder in this year’s Fantasy Premier League game.

The Black Cats manager boosted his options at the back after making Chelsea defender Papy Djilobodji his first signing, with the club splashing out ยฃ8 million on the centre-half last night.

Sunderland XI: Mannone (Pickford 46), Oโ€™Shea, Kone, Kaboul, Van Aanholt, Cattermole (Greenwood 84), Rodwell (Gooch 78), Watmore (Asoro 67), Lens (Honeyman 72), Khazri (J Robson 46), Borini (Embleton 84).

West Ham 3 NK Domzale 0

Cheikhou Kouyate’s brace, from Sam Byram and Andy Carroll assists, steered West Ham into the final Europa League qualifying round.

Sofiane Feghouli, who has impressed throughout the summer, added a third when Mark Noble sent him through as the Hammers celebrated their London Stadium debut in style.

Coach Slaven Bilic was without Euro 2016 stars Dimitri Payet, James Collins and Angelo Ogbonna as well as injured duo Aaron Cresswell and Manuel Lanzini, and he gave Reece Oxford a full 90 minutes in midfield despite the teenager being consistently linked with moves away from the Hammers.

Once again, Michail Antonio lined up at right-back, with Byram stationed on the opposite side of defence to cover for the stricken Cresswell.

After the 3-0 win, the Croatian talked up his goal scorers, with Feghouli, in particular, coming in for praise after netting his second of pre-season:

“Cheikhou has a great engine and determination and quality and those large, long strides make the pitch look small when heโ€™s covering it. Heโ€™s a great asset. Sometimes when he plays deeper it limits his movement up front. Heโ€™s a top player and heโ€™s getting in good shape. Sofiane Feghouli is a special kind of player and thatโ€™s why weโ€™re happy to get him. He scored a great goal and could have got more. He works hard for the team. He still isnโ€™t in his best shape, which is normal for this stage, and when he does, weโ€™re expecting great things from him”.

In terms of off the pitch activity, Swansea’s Andre Ayew is reportedly edging towards a move to the Hammers, particularly as the Swans have just signed Spanish striker Fernando Llorente.

One player who won’t be leaving is Diafra Sakho. The forward was due to move to West Brom for a club record fee, but the deal fell through after a back injury meant the Senegal international is almost certain to miss the start of the season.

West Ham XI: Randolph, Antonio, Reid, Oxford, Byram, Feghouli (Quina 88), Nordtveit, Noble, Kouyate (Obiang 78), Valencia, Carroll (Fletcher 90).

  1. Jay_
      9 years, 7 months ago

      3rd playing defender spot... Would you rather;

      A: 2 x 4.5s rotating (Souare and Kone) CPL & SUN dream gw1-8 rotation.

      B: 1 x 5.0 and a 4.0 (Funes and Smith) Funes in a Koeman defence playing every week with great fixtures after gw1.

      1. LAMB TEA
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        rotation is useless anyway, i go B

      2. Jigger & Pony
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Depends. If your 5th defender is 4.0, I would go with A.

      3. Hurricane Gilbert
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        b

    • Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      The Ev: Stekelenburg, Baines, Stones, Coleman, Funes Mori, Barkley, Gana, Barry, Deulofeu, Lukaku, Mirallas.

      1. Parm
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        subs: Joel, Jagielka, Oviedo, Holgate, Galloway, McCarthy, Davies, Kone, Lennon, Tarashaj.

      2. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        What is gana on Parm?

        1. Parm
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Idrissa Gana Gueye

      3. โ˜…Kunthemanโ˜…
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        4-3-3?

        1. Parm
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Should be, Barkley as the more advanced in a midfield three.

        2. A.T
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          4231 I reckon.

    • Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Swans: Fabianski, Naughton, Amat, van der Hoorn, Kingsley, Britton (C), Cork, Fer, Dyer, Routledge, Llorente.

      1. Parm
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Subs: Nordfeldt, Rodon, Rangel, Fulton, Montero, Barrow, Bia Bi, McBurnie.

      2. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Is Amat van der Hoorn any good?

      3. Chandler Bing
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Still no Siggy then

      4. Jazz!
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Siggy not in the squad for Swansea's last friendly ๐Ÿ˜•

      5. pokern1nja09
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Hmm no Fernandez

    • Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Watford: Gomes (GK); Cathcart, Prödl, Britos; Anya, Watson, Guedioura, Capoue, Holebas; Deeney (c), Ighalo.

      1. Parm
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        subs: Pantilimon (GK), Arlauskis (GK), Nyom, Zúñiga, Kabasele, Hoban, Suárez, Doucouré, Behrami, Amrabat, Success, Sinclair, Vydra.

    • bullet640
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      A- Heaton and Foster
      B- Butland and Pickford
      C- Butland and Jakupovic

      Thinking is A rotates perfectly, but both potentially shaky defences so upgrading one to Butland and downgrading the other to either Pickford or jakupovic may be a better option.
      Are Pickford and Jakupovic both nailed? at 4.0 would be difficult to ignore for a keeper
      any advice/ opinions appreciated!

      1. Goonerbrotherz
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Honestly, i like going for just foster and jaku.
        i dont like this gk rotation .. such 4.5 gk's get a lot of points from saves, id rather use the extra .5 elsewhere

        either that or just go for hart/cech/de gea/court full season as they are likely to pick up the most clean sheets

        1. bullet640
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          yeh i see where your coming from, though it is always nice to see your keeper playing a relatively easy team with a strong chance of picking up a cleanie! Not sure my budget can afford a premium keeper, unless i do some serious tinkering this week haha!

    • Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Hull: Jakupoviฤ‡, Elmohamady, Robertson, Davies, Huddlestone, Livermore, Meyler, Snodgrass, Clucas, Diomande, Hernández

      1. Parm
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        subs: Kuciak, Tymon, Clackstone, Barkworth, Olley, Ter Horst, Bowen, Hinchliffe

      2. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Is that the first choice XI?

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          That is the Only Choice XI.

          Rest are injured I think.

          1. Mílanista
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Lenihan doesn't make the only choice XI ๐Ÿ™

            1. Nico.
              • 12 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Been looking thru Hull forums. I don't think they even know he exists

              1. Mílanista
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                Lol, cheers

              2. Jafooli
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 7 months ago

                ๐Ÿ˜€

      3. Jigger & Pony
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        No Lenihan

    • Assist me a river
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      RMT please;
      Foster
      Baines - Friend - Shaw
      Mkhitaryan - Haz - Ali - Feghouli
      Gray - Aguero - Lukaku

      Bench: Aina, Capoue, Smith

      1. Goonerbrotherz
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        like your def picks
        not sure about ali and feghouli. have a look at puncheon - great fixtures and cheap, plays AM
        lukaka not sure how he ll start the season.

    • MoeZe3bi
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Take a minute and RMT please!

      DDG (Jakuu)

      Shaw-Coleman-Gabriel-Azpi-Pieters

      Eriksen-Lamela-Ayew-Feghouli (Fletcher)

      Ibra-Aguero-Long

      1. MoeZe3bi
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Nothing in the bank!

        1. Jimmers
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Ayew and Feghouli both WHam so I'd switch out one

      2. Goonerbrotherz
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        ayew looks to be moving.
        dont like the long pick
        too much money if defence!
        eriksen AND lamela seems overkill on tottenham ๐Ÿ™‚

      3. rnrd
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Defense is great
        I don't like the double up of Spurs Mids to be honest. Neither the double up of WHU
        you NEED to keep at least 0.5 itb otherwise you will have a very tought time to catch the bandwagons up

      4. LAMB TEA
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        if ur target points is def, then this is brilliant. otherwise, this is shitt

    • Ronnies
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Is azpil worth the 0.5m over terry ?
      Do we think terry is nailed ?

      1. Jimmers
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Azpi is nailed and a bap magnet

    • le flem
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      does nobody on this site rate walcott as an option?

      1. #23
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Looked sharp, nobody got the guts after last year

        1. le flem
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          hmm. interesting. could even start as forward.

      2. Jimmers
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Not after last season. Career seems to have stalled.

      3. LangerznMash
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        He is in my starting XI , but I am wildcarding early so minimal risk for me.

      4. Goonerbrotherz
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        might not start. chamberlain/ox/iwobi/campbell/ramsey all fighting for one RW spot

      5. rnrd
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Walcott and FPL just don't match up

    • Parm
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Palace: Hennessey; Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souaré; Jedinak, Puncheon, Townsend, Zaha, Bolasie, Wickham.

      1. Parm
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        subs: Speroni, Kelly, Wynter, Kroll, Phillips, Dreher, Boateng, Lee, Kaikai, Williams, Anderson.

      2. Jafooli
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        No Benteke :Shock:

      3. twoplustwo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers Parm, Souare has been in and out of my team as I'm worried about starts

        1. Nico.
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          This is the first time he's been available

      4. Chandler Bing
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Where are you getting the info from?

    • VS10_
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Paredes hasn't played a minute in Watford's pre-season and is not in the squad today so just get rid of him if you have him. When people realize he isn't going to play after the start of the season he'll be the first 4.0 defender to drop in price.

      1. Jigger & Pony
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        +100

    • twoplustwo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Might go AOA with this; it's such a toilet chip that I doubt I'll get many better chances than the below -

      Simpson (Hul)
      Shaw (Bou)

      Bojan (Mid)
      Mahrez (Hul)
      Tadic (Wat)
      Lamela (Eve)
      Martial (Bou)

      Gray (Swa)
      Aguero (Sun)
      Lukaku (Tot)

      Evans/Friend/4.0 drop to the bench

    • exammy
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      RMT Please
      Jakupovic Foster
      Baines Shaw Friend Azpilicueta Koné
      Mahrez Hazard Ramírez Tadic Capoue
      Wilson Agüero Rooney

      1. Goonerbrotherz
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        why ramirez? pick some attacking mids ..
        love the team otherwise ๐Ÿ™‚ why not hav a 4.0 in defence

        1. exammy
          • 15 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          I'm not sure I cam have more than a 5.5m in that spot and still hav ea team i like!

      2. rnrd
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        It will take a couple of months at least to Ramirez to get fitness back imo

    • Bøwstring The Carp
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Swansea starting team: Fabianski, Naughton, Amat, van der Hoorn, Kingsley, Britton (C), Cork, Fer, Dyer, Routledge, Llorente.

      Subs: Nordfeldt, Rodon, Rangel, Fulton, Montero, Barrow, Bia Bi, McBurnie.

      -------------------------------------------------------------------
      Crystal Palace starting team: Hennessey; Ward, Dann, Delaney, Souare; Jedinak, Puncheon; Townsend, Zaha, Bolasie; Wickham

      Subs: Speroni, Wynter, Kelly, Croll, Phillips, Dreher, Boateng, Lee, Kaikai, Williams, Anderson

      -------------------------------------------------------------------
      Everton starting team: Stekelenburg; Baines, Stones, Coleman, Funes Mori; Gana, Barry; Barkley, Deulofeu, Mirallas; Lukaku

      Subs: Joel, Jagielka, Oviedo, Holgate, Galloway, McCarthy, Davies, Kone, Lennon, Tarashaj.

      -------------------------------------------------------------------
      Watford starting team: Gomes; Cathcart, Prödl, Britos; Anya, Watson, Guedioura, Capoue, Holebas; Deeney (c), Ighalo

      Subs: Pantilimon, Arlauskis, Nyom, Zúñiga, Kabasele, Hoban, Suárez, Doucouré, Behrami, Amrabat, Success, Sinclair, Vydra.

      -------------------------------------------------------------------
      Hull starting team: Jakupoviฤ‡, Elmohamady, Robertson, Davies, Huddlestone, Livermore, Meyler, Snodgrass, Clucas, Diomande, Hernández

      Subs: Kuciak, Tymon, Clackstone, Barkworth, Olley, Ter Horst, Bowen, Hinchliffe

      1. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers Parm

        1. Jafooli
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          ๐Ÿ˜†

          FPL is back ๐Ÿ˜›

      2. Ayew Serious
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Premier league starting already?

        1. Bøwstring The Carp
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          In training to beat Demi to the lineups

      3. Nabs Kebabs
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers

        No pre season mins for Siggy. ๐Ÿ™

      4. Hobolicious
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Why is Mandanda not playing any games for Palace?

    • Cilly Bonnolly
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Care to rate my team if you've got a minute gents? Feel like my midfield's kinda light but I'm not sure if it's possible to have Aguero and Ibrahimovic without sacrificing somewhere.

      Cech, Jakupovic
      Alderweireld, Bellerin, Souaré, Evans, N. Taylor
      Mahrez, Tadic, Cabaye, Kouyaté, Højbjerg
      Aguero, Ibrahimovic, Gray

      1. twoplustwo
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        That's a poor midfield but not surprising with your defensive choices

        1. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah I know. Wondering whether to sacrifice one of Alderweireld or Bellerin to upgrade a midfielder. Both of them crucified me at points last season when I didn't have them though.

      2. Mílanista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Very expensive defence

        1. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Who would you downgrade?

          1. Mílanista
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Toby, Bellerin and Cech. Definitely the Arsenal two with their early fixtures

      3. Hinchcliffe Thumper
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Downgrade Alder and spend in midfield.

      4. Goonerbrotherz
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        nice team. with that kind of def and att cant help sacrificing in midfield. but u can be confident of cech alder n belle racking up the points.

      5. le flem
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        quite like some of the midfiled and defence picks, 8.5/10

      6. rnrd
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        I think it's well balanced. No problem with spending too much in defense in the first 5 GW imo.

        I think it lacks chelsea however. They are going to be as tight as possible this year with Kanté + conte

        1. Cilly Bonnolly
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Was tempted by Oscar actually. Would love Hazard but no way I can afford him unless I get rid of Mahrez.

      7. Mini Mane Mo
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Downgrade Ibra and upgrade ur mids

      8. Cilly Bonnolly
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Thanks guys. Food for thought and all that s**t.

    • Venom Snake
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Souare nailed on then?

      1. Ayew Serious
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        I can't see why not

      2. Jazz!
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Always was.

    • TheGodFather14
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Guys RMT
      Degea Pickford
      Bellerin Shaw Fuchs Parades Campbell
      Mahrez Hazard Tadic Erickson Fletcher
      Kane Gray Austin

    • Hurricane Gilbert
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Which combo?
      A) Redmond + Musa
      B) Lamela + Long/Austin

      1. Jamie_GAWA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        B is more nailed

    • AverageJoe
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Is Ayew leaving good or bad for Siggy owners?

      1. VS10_
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Siggy not playing at all before the start of the season is more of a worry for me.

        1. Jazz!
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          This.

          1. VS10_
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            I don't think I'm going to risk starting with him, which is a shame with those early fixtures.

    • Jamie_GAWA
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Repost again..

      A)Coleman+Ibe
      B)Evans+Lamela

      Currently got no Spurs

      1. popcoin
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        B

      2. v12w12
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        B

    • Jazz!
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      So no Fernandez, Neil Taylor or Siggy in Swansea's last pre season friendly. Do we still expect them to start v Burnley?

      1. Jamie_GAWA
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Do they have anymore pre season games?

        1. Jazz!
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Nope

          1. Jamie_GAWA
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Going out of my team then I think

    • On the Watchlist
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 7 months ago

      Hi, thoughts on my team?

      Mandanda, Valdes
      Valencia, Baines, Evans, Kone, Pieters
      Feghouli, Payet, Mahrez, Tadic, Hazard
      Ibra, Gray, Wilson

      Other options:
      1) Pieters > Souare
      2) Feghouli > Kouyate (unsure if Feghouli will start every week, feel like Kouyate could score a few with more license to go forward)
      3) Baines > Souare and Feghouli > Townsend (what I had before this afternoon but felt too unbalanced)
      4) Payet downgraded to Townsend, Kouyate or Ayew if he looks like starting week in week out and spend cash elsewhere.

      Any thoughts appreciated ๐Ÿ™‚

      Thanks!

      1. TheGodFather14
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 7 months ago

        Good team but you might wanna take the defense up a notch

        1. On the Watchlist
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Thanks for the feedback - tempted to swap baines for a more assured clean sheet team at this stage till we see what Everton are like under Koeman, have a feeling it could take a while before their leaky defence is fixed. But Baines potential in an advanced position along with set piece potential, it's hard to look past him. Little worried about my GK's but at the same time I usually go for a high price keeper then there's always 1 or 2 cheap keepers that end up scoring more overall with save points so hoping one of them will prove to be that keeper ๐Ÿ™‚

    • RubberDucky
        9 years, 7 months ago

        According to the RMT stats table this is one of my lowest scoring drafts.

        But anyway could you please RMT as I think im getting close to my final draft.

        Jaku / Foster

        Friend / Williams / Shaw / Souare / Smith

        Hazard / Mahrez / Tadic / Bolasie / Clayton

        Aguero / Kane / Rondon

        Thank-you

        1. Goonerbrotherz
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          gk - same as mine ๐Ÿ™‚
          Defence light on top 4 teams
          Midfield great picks
          forward great picks ๐Ÿ™‚

          like your kane - rondon idea, also the mahrez-tadic-bolasie trio ..

          dont like your defence thought! 8/10

          1. RubberDucky
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Thanks, can I have it all tho?

              The defence does give me rotation options.

              I could gamble and get another big hitter in there at the expense of rotation.

        2. mranonymous
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Lamela nailed though?

        3. sh3zz
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Please RMT

          Valdes (Jakupovic)
          Baines Van Dijk Shaw (Smith / Peredes )
          Siggy Tadic Fabregas Eriksen ( Downing )
          Lukaku Zlatan Vardy

          Ideas on improvement ???

        4. le flem
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          pick a 3 man midfield for 22m that doesn't include hazard

          1. Squires FC
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Mahrez lamela fischer

          2. Mini Mane Mo
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Firmino/Lamela/Townsend

        5. Squires FC
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Please rmt, much appreciated & happy to reciprocate...

          Courtois
          Shaw morgan pieters
          Hazard alli firmino townsend
          Aguero lukaku gray

          Pickford leko evans friend

          0.0 itb

          Cheers

        6. TheGodFather14
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Gus RMT
          Degea Pickford
          Bellerin Shaw Fuchs Parades Campbell
          Mahrez Hazard Tadic Erickson Fletcher
          Kane Gray Austin/Long
          3-4-3

          1. Squires FC
            • 12 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            Forwards too weak

            1. TheGodFather14
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 7 months ago

              Who should I go for?

          2. TheGodFather14
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 7 months ago

            GUYS
            GUYS
            Please RMT
            De gea Pickford
            Bellerin Shaw Fuchs Parades Campbell
            Hazard Tadic Erickson Mahrez Fletcher
            Kane Gray Austin/Long
            Comments will be appreciated ๐Ÿ™‚

        7. popcoin
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 7 months ago

          Ozil out.

          Who in?