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We continue our series of members’ articles, which review the numbers behind the 2015/16 season, with a look at Southampton.

To get underway, we assess the Saints’ team statistics in Ronald Koeman’s final year in charge and compare them to the rest of Premier League, before analysing their first-team squad, main goal threats and creative sources in an attempt to gain insight on their prospects for the upcoming campaign.

The Saints finished in sixth position after embarking on a superb run of form that harvested seven wins and a draw in the final nine league fixtures.

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  1. Beavis
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Surely Fabregas is a better option than Tadic at 7.5?

    1. Diva
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Shhh. 😉

    2. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Both? 🙂

    3. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Siggy > both

    4. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Leaning towards a no on that one.
      Still early.

    5. Eden Hazardous
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      No. He isn't even nailed. Even if he is , he will play as a CM in a 442 or 352.

    6. JAC THE CAT
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I think Tadic is the better pick

    7. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Not in a 4-4-2.

    8. Az
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      i prefer Cazorla!

  2. Jamie_GAWA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Is the game live yet? It's saying it isn't for me

    1. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yes and I don't understand why the homepage isn't refreshing on certain devices. Might be cached. Worked fine on my mobile.

    2. Licky
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Refresh it a few times or look it up again and re-enter the site.

  3. Sess!
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    KDB...essential or not?

    1. Irish Madridista ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Far from it. I love the guy but he was exhausted in the Euros..

      1. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        He was very streaky last year too. He's not in my original draft but seen his name mentioned fair bit so thought I'd canvass opinion.

    2. Dokdok666
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      You can't captain two players at a time, so why go with two big hitters from one team?

      1. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Interesting view but goals/assists are what this game is built on, regardless whether captain a player or not.

        1. Dokdok666
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          With a price of 10.5m, he has to be a (C) candidate to be value

      2. VS10_
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Easy to switch to Sanchez/Hazard if he doesn't start well.

        1. Dokdok666
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Easier to have Haz in your initial team

    3. Ziegler1988
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Won't be highly captained, so no

    4. Cradders
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Got a feeling his second season will be far more consistent

    5. Chris_White
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Not, but still the second team in my team after Agüero.

      1. Chris_White
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        player, gah.

  4. AlCapwnUK
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Is Byram a likely starter at West Ham?

    1. tets mcgee (Ha La Land)
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      not assured as talk of giving antonio the right back spot. hes good enough that he might establish himself though.. watch for preseason clues

  5. andy_h1993
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    1.Kdb and fabregas
    2. Hazard Siggy

    Can't decide any thoughts

  6. andy85wsm
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    BREAKING: Sky sources: Manchester City make an official approach for West Ham midfielder Reece Oxford

    1. Sauzée
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Don't do it!

    2. Licky
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Straight in my team.

    3. Beavis
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Lol really digging deep for that homegrown talent.

      Also, he's a CB, not sure what Sky are talking about.

      1. CostaCoffee
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        West Ham played him CM for a few games last year

        1. Camp No No
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          No doubt is a CB in Pep's eyes.

    4. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      City?
      Horrible.
      Thought Utd were to make a move on him.
      Sad.

    5. KISSES
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Argh!!!!

  7. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    GW1 AOA team, with a GW2 WC……

    Hart / 4
    Man U 5.5 / Taylor / 4 / 4 / 4
    Martial / Silva / Tadic / Bolasie / Adomah
    Aguero © / Ibra / Gomis

    1. TheBusDriver
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Gomis, Bloasie, Adomah. Oh dear.

      1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        GW1 AOA team, with a GW2 WC……

    2. Diva
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      A lot of 4s in there.

      1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        GW1 only 😉

    3. Sess!
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Gomis is off to Marseille so you can take him straight out.

    4. Gooner97
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      10/10 IGN

      1. TheBusDriver
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        😀

      2. Sess!
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Ha ha

      3. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        I don't know what IGN means, but I guess it's a compliment 😉

    5. Cradders
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      No offence but I think that looks awful for just GW1 and for the future if you weren't to wildcard

      1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Read the first line and look at the GW1 fixtures?

        1. Cradders
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          I missed the AOA part but I'm still not keen. Bolasie even at home to West Brom I'm not a fan of. Gomis - I actually fancy Burnley's chances of survival this year. Not seen much of Adomah but Stoke are pretty known for being decent defensively at home. Taylor, again I feel Swansea will concede at the very least.

          It's just my opinion. Also what if you end up with 5 players out for one game and need to wildcard you'll have used it already.

          1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            Well, loads WC'ed GW2 last year and it worked out ok, and you get to catch all of the price rises in the biggest week transfer-wise of the season, and it is the only opportunity all season to go for a team purely for one GW - just seems like it could be fun 🙂

            1. tets mcgee (Ha La Land)
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 5 months ago

              i also might do this jarvish i think it is a good tactic. not sure about a few of the names in ur team though..

  8. Ziegler1988
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    West Ham starting XI against Slovacko: Randolph, Byram, Burke, Rice, Page, Noble(c), Feghouli, Cullen, Obiang, Samuelsen, Valencia

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      payet bandwagon de-railed

  9. Epic Fail
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    I take it Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles now play FPL...

    1. TheBusDriver
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Who's Ray Charles?

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        New French u21 striker at Arsenal.

        1. TheBusDriver
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Are u sure he's french?

    2. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      😎

      FPL must be open, Epic's appeared.....

    3. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Starting the high roller league soon?

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Most probably. I'll sort something on the weekend, unless I'm drunk, so next week it is then.

        Drop me an email if you want to be kept in the loop

        epic.fail.ffs@mail.com

        1. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          🙂 Alcohol getting banned next weekmthen I assume...

          I'll do that later today.
          Thx.

        2. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Is that gmail by the way? Or just mail?

  10. TheBusDriver
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    When will TM start spamming his leagues? omg

  11. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    bottomed 🙁

    1 keeper to play every week

    who do you get assuming you have no specific plans on a wc week?

    a) Foster
    b) Heaton
    c) Courtois
    d) Cech
    e) Butland
    f) other

    1. CostaCoffee
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      C or A if you want to go cheap

    2. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      C

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Over Courtois?

        A is a lot cheaper

  12. Gooner97
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    SSN HQ reporter Paul Gilmour has spoken via FaceTime to Pogba's agent Mino Raiola, who wanted to prove he is not in Manchester for transfer talks, as reported by national newspapers this morning. He is in Empoli in Italy, and says Pogba will remain on holiday until August 6.

    Raiola also said Juve want to renew Pogba's contract, and refused to address speculation linking Man Utd with a bid for his player. He also refused to say whether Pogba had agreed personal terms with United, as previously reported by Italian papers.

    1. Frank Black
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      He also said that he was bringing Balotelli to Besiktas and, after Besiktas denied, he lied and said that an "impostor" pretended to be him, although in Italy it been proved that there was no impostor. Raiola is a notorious clown, a buffoon.

  13. Jordan.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    its been ruined takes forever to make a team ,im out ,new interface is terrible.

    1. Hect.OR 98th
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      It'll seem normal in a week. Then when they change it again in two years' time, you'll be lamenting the expiry of the "great" interface you use now. Human nature.

      1. Nabs Kebabs
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        usually yes but this interface is genuinely awful.

    2. Gazpilicueta
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      whats so bad about it? its fine....

    3. Yoyo Toure
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      It seems the same guys who are behind the Euro'16 fantasy have done the FPL new site. Terrible interface.

  14. Milner4eva
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    SOU fixtures in gw 1, 3, 5:

    WAT, SUN, SWA

    anyone looking at VVD as part of a rotation for those weeks?

    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      You don't rotate VVD

      1. Milner4eva
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        (mun), (ars) in GWs 2 and 4, think that a rotation could be worth it

        1. Cradders
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 5 months ago

          Saints kept 2 clean sheets against us last season

          1. JK - Cønt ⭐
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            9 years, 5 months ago

            and one at OT

            but Saints are a wait and see

    2. Cradders
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I wish I could afford him in defence but I've got United and Chelsea as my pricier defenders

    3. Ziegler1988
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      You don't rotate a 5.5m defender with goal threat

    4. tets mcgee (Ha La Land)
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      season keeper for me.

  15. Slurpy
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Heaton Foster

    Cedric Shaw Souare Friend Baines

    Siggy Townsend Tadic Martial(or MK) Gradel

    Aguero Costa Gray

    Thoughts?

    1. Swan - Villa Proud
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Solid. Who will you get if Costa leaves?

  16. Aladdin Sané
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Hi guys,

    Great to see FPL is (finally) back!

    I know there are plenty of fixture trackers out there, although I'm not exactly sure as to their level of detail. I've put one together taking into consideration the first 9 GWs and come up with a coefficient of sorts for each team. The only subjective element is how I've graded the difficulty of each fixture, which is shown in the sheet. It's not perfect (and apologies in advance for the rudimentary Excel skills), but I thought I'd share anyway.

    (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4-b7iVh0zNJZ2xKUTZzN0t2Qkk/view?pref=2&pli=1)

    Thoughts/comments appreciated!

    1. TheBusDriver
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Thanks. Bookmared.

  17. Jamie_GAWA
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    When did the game go live...what time?

    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      About 10:30 - 11am UK time today

    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Not long after 10 it looks like.

    3. Az
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      in the 10 minutes I went out for a walk.

  18. Elijah's Wood
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    1) Coleman or Baines?

    2) KDB + Fabregas or Hazard + Ayew/Lamela/£7.5m (KDB seemed very tired at the end of the Euros, whereas Hazard looked on the up)

    3) Azpi or Terry/Cahill (save £0.5m) - Does Conte like roaming fullbacks?

    1. GoonerByron
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Baines

      Hazard + Tadic

      Terry (Until Zouma is fit)

      1. Elijah's Wood
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks Byron! Im planning on WC GW4 so Terry would free up a nice bit of cash

  19. Pariße
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    New grav test

  20. Gooner97
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Arsenal's Summer:
    Rumoured to sign: Higuain, Lacazette & Draxler.

    Ended up signing: Takuma Asano & Rob Holding.

    1. Frank Black
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Forgetting Xhaka?

    2. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Standard. I'm sure Wenger has some more injury-prone attacking midfielders in the pipeline

    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      don't believe the nonsense rumours ever

      arsenal ain't even interested in almost any of those players but yet when it doesn't happen people blame the club for not getting it done.

      1. Give The Todd Some Love
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Not being interested is even more criminal.

    4. Licky
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Morata was rumoured too.

      1. Licky
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Maybe Icardi is an option?

    5. Pariße
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Xhaka is a great signing, we mustn't forget about him (he was the most expensive European signing so far), but we still desperately need a striker, Wenger can't seriously play Sanogo up front for Liverpool.

  21. Frank Black
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Really want a United DF but don't know where to go, i mean i'd like to have Shaw but he's going to need some time to recover so i think i'm going to have to wait for Fabinho or whoever Josè signs on the right.

    1. VS10_
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Don't see a problem with Shaw. He has already played on the pre-season and will get many more games before GW1.

    2. Elijah's Wood
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Shaw should be up to playing 90mins before the start of the season

    3. Simon69
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Shaw will play.

  22. Judeksi
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    arghhh, the new site setup doesn't look handy, searching for players is more difficult now IMO 🙁

    1. willl
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      You can search by name...

      1. VS10_
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        This would require people to actually be able to spell player names 🙂

    2. Hect.OR 98th
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      yeah, I don't like it on first appearances. Unwieldy. It'll grow on us all. Hopefully the app will make FPL management through a desktop obsolete.

    3. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Is it not easier by having an actual search bar?

  23. Deece
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Afternoon all, good to finally have FPL back. Who / where to downgrade to sort out this joke of a bench?

    Courtois
    Shaw Evans Friend
    KDB Haz Ozil (or Payet or Mkhi) Sig
    Kun Gray Long (or Carrol or Bera)

    Pickford Fletcher Paredes Wilson

  24. Diva
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Palace need more goalkeepers.

    1. Hooky
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      And less strikers

  25. Lateriser 12
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Hows Groundhog day? Good watch?

    1. JK - Cønt ⭐
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Amazing film

    2. Az
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah its alright.
      Ive seen it a lot of times.
      Every day in fact...

    3. JAC THE CAT
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      You've never seen it? It's a classic!

    4. Diva
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Fantastic film.

    5. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      A bit repetitive....

    6. Frank Black
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Another one for you: After Hours, one of Scorsese's best films.

    7. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      ???

      It's brilliant. Good clean fun.

  26. SpaceCadet
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Redmond or Townsend?

    1. JAC THE CAT
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Townsend

  27. The Gambler.
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone kind enough to share a fixture ticker?

    1. Wirtzle Gummidge
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Members area.

    2. Sverdet
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Invest in a membership. Totally worth it if you play cashgames or minileagues

  28. wowBOBwow
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    I'm pretty new to all this so can someone explain to me...

    Why would you pay 10-13m for Aguero/Zlatan/KDB types who may score 200ish when you can get guys like Baines, Terry, Shaw who can get 140ish for 5.5m and mids like Tadic, Siggy, Barkley who can get 150-180 for 7.5m?

    I don't see how these top dollar players are worth the money but then it seems like the teams who excel at this game usually have a good handful of them in their teams.

    1. Diva
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Their consistency makes them good captaincy option.

      1. Diva
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        That's the theory anyway, but you need to pick carefully.

    2. Milner4eva
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      because they are reliable captain options

    3. Cradders
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Aguero is a must! Plus if you have one of the big guns and a £4.5m defender that scores 60-80 (Morgan returned well over 100 last season) it's worth it

      1. Cradders
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Plus you would captain Aguero over Tadic

    4. wowBOBwow
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yes makes sense about the captaincy options I suppose.

      But still don't see why you would pay top dollar for more than 2 big hitters

  29. Gooner97
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    Temperatures hitting the 90s today, except for in Liverpool, where they're still stuck in the 80s..

    1. Respect My Authoritah
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Brilliant

    2. Jafooli
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      😆

    3. A.T
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      I don't get it?

    4. Cpt Crunch Scott talent
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      🙂

    5. KISSES
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Very good.

  30. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 5 months ago

    is there a chance Fabs is on pens for Chelsea?

    1. Super Frank8
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Hazard all day

    2. Elijah's Wood
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Theres a chance Fab may not even start, think Hazard still has pens

    3. Gooner97
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Fab will get the assist

    4. Respect My Authoritah
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Some. Doubt it though.

      Not sure what to do with him. Seems too good value to ignore, but then it throws up Siggy and Tadic as alternatives

      1. JK - Cønt ⭐
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 5 months ago

        Are you the Foster/Jako pairing

        I'm a 1 keeper every week type of guy

    5. Frank Black
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Hazard is always going to be top dog, he's one of the best penalty shooters in the world. Fabregas is a great option regardless, though, especially at 7.5M.

    6. d1sable
      • Has Moderation Rights
      9 years, 5 months ago

      Yes. Nobody knows yet.