| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Sus |
| Up |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| Down |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C, Inj |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | C |
| Up |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Up |  Marc Guehi | CRY | A |
| Up |  van den Berg | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| Up |  Szoboszlai | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Schade | BRE | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| Up |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| Down |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| Down |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Mark The Beta Test on the new site that opened to Members last night is now closed after the first phase of testing.
We got a fantastic amount of feedback following the first phase and have a good list to work through before we go live again for another pass. We will also be optimising the servers and tweaking various aspects of the site before we open it up to Members once again.
We will keep you posted. Thanks again for the feedback from those who took part in last night’s test.
Sorry if this has been asked already but who will be on pens if Tevez leaves? and also does anyone know if Aguero takes pens for Athletico?
Gary Barry has a pretty good record. Think he has scored more prem league pens than anyone. Balotelli will probably get them though to avoid him throwing his toys out the pram
Forlan takes then for atheltico and i would guess balotelli would take them if hes on the pitch and maybe barry if hes not.
Surely City bought Dzeko to cover Tevez leaving already. They need less players, not more. Imagine how much more profitable they will be without him (about 10 mil a season), plus the 40 for the sale. They should bank it
I think Aguero is almost a definite to end up there if Tev does indeed leave but as a noob I expect him to be in and out of the team much the same as dzeko, silva and Balo were in their first seasons.
Aguero wants to play in Spain. Maybe he's saying that to strengthen his negotiating stance in England, but I've heard statements by Athletico's chairman saying he would never sell Aguero to Real. Out side of them I don't think too many other La Liga teams could afford him.
Dzeko to replace Tevez?! Come on now, is this a joke?
Thats a bit of a silly argument. This is the final summer where big money can be splashed out and when you lose your best player you need to try and replace him as well as possible. Dzeko was purchased for the long term and imo didnt do well at all last season and clearly isnt ready to jump into tevez's shoes any time soon!
Stop it.
If Balo is on them then he really does become a much more attractive proposition plus we saw last season how influential Silva was in Tevez's absence so we could have two city attacking players tempting us. Very interesting (chin stroke)....
At your own peril, Balo is a chemical imbalance, and will never stay on the pitch for more than 3 games staight (not even considering the injuries he'll take on). My guess is that Silva may be the alternate or very likely even Milner...who may just be a very nice pick up. And I used to hate the guy.
Even if Balotelli is on Pens, it doesn't make him a good pick. City still play with one forward and with Dzeko and probably Aguero, he'll be a rotation risk. Especially as they are now in the CL.
Everyone seems to either be on the Aguero/Balo bandwagon for City.. no-one considering Yaya? Surely after last season (espesh the F.A Cup) and Tevez's impending departure, he'll be seen as one of their main men?
Mancini hardly dropped him at all last season and he'll still be relatively cheap Fantasy wise. Thoughts?!
Silva over Yaya for me.
Both will be influential this season. And I'd happily pay £7m for a reliable (i.e gametime) City cover. Too many doubts over Balo and Dzeko, and if Aguero signs his Fantasy price will be so bloated.
I remember another striker who came from Athletico and score 190+ in his first season after coming in around the 10m mark. I can see Aguero coming in around the same price but whether he gets the game time to make the same impact is questionable to say the least.
Both good, it may come down to price, Balotelli will not let anyone else take pens.
I won't even be tempted by Aguerro (or Balo for that matter). It usually takes a while for a player from the Spanish league to fit into the EPL - especially a young player like Aguero. I don't think he'll get anywhere near the FPL returns that Tevez did, who was involved in an absurd % of City's goals. I think that City's goals will be quite spread out this year. For City coverage I would prefer a midfielder, e.g. Silva, Yaya or Nasri (if he goes) although I wouldn't be surprised to start without a City attacking player.
As for strikers, there are too many other options that are much safer than Kun...Rooney, Torres, RVP, Bent, Odem.
If Sturridge goes on loan to Newcastle he would be a good cheap / mid priced option as well.
Yes sometimes it does take a while for them to fit in, but on the other hand - Torres came from Athletico Madrid to Liverpool at the same age as aguero is now with a simular goalscoring record at Athletico as aguero has now and scored 24 goals in his first season.
Yaya is definitely an option on spot-kick duties.
Silva lining can only get better!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/14186000.stm
Thats one goalkeeper picked, now to see who rotates well...
Begovic ...
hell be 5.5m i think which is too much for a gk to rotate imo
Villa/Stoke GK rotation?
Or go Hart with cheapest GK listed to stay on bench?
but who is stoke no1?
yeah this is what i was looking at as well...
WBA I think. I believe hodgson will put some steel in the back four.
You may laugh me off the stage!
I'd be very surprised if Hodgson did NOT improve them defensively, but I think I'll need to see proof first before investing. What was it... 2 or 3 clean sheets last season?
What was it after he signed on? Im sure there was a bit of analysis saying theyre shoring up defensively. Maybe I dreamed it though. That goal they conceded in pre season damages confidence.
I've look at the stoke rotation with villa, some nasty clashes there, albeit quite good otherwise.
Agreed, but then, I guess no pairing is perfect.
The big thing for me is, the Stoke/Villa combo is going to be expensive. Not as expensive as Hart and a 4m bench fodder, but not far off imo. Of course, it depends on Given entering the game on MCY's price or AVL's price.
There are other combos to consider as well. I haven't delved into it too much yet, but the following pairs match up home and away for at least 30 or so matches of the season;
Norwich / Aston Villa
Norwich / Fulham
Stoke / Blackburn
Sunderland / QPR
Swansea / Newcastle
West Brom / Aston Villa
West Brom / Fulham
Wolves / Stoke
Think Fulham as far as I remember have good rotation for first 10 GWs at least
Depending on prices I think Given/another or Hart + cheapie are going to be the two most popular options this year.
agree
from gwk12 ill be rotating blackburn/stoke but before then im toying with the idea of qpr/swans keepers and 3 expensive def's (baines kompany g.johnson)
hope the keepers get a few save points n rely on the def's to pick up the cleanies
An awful lot is going to depend on prices and if we think some cheap options will do the job.Last year was exceptional for the number of good cheap big point scorers. Anyone seen as many before?
Foster and Robinson were unique in that it was clear right from the get-go that they were strong £4.5m options. There will be no-one like that this year.
Would be nice if FPL goes live before Given moves. Will shave 0.5-1.0 off his price i would say.
so wigan have the best fixtures at the start of the season:
if nzog is out, who is worth bringing? moses?
Rodallega to RVP wk4?
Re Boselli: The poison chalice for me. Every fibre in my body is telling me not to touch him with a bargepole, but the fixtures and (potential) pre season form completely stack up. I question whether this is one of the choices where I rely on FFS instead of my instinct and it doesnt pay off.
RVP or Torres to start the season?
RVP will be the very first t-shirt click in my squad, without question.
"Brother, where are thou"
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,11096_7045912,00.html
Agree this is getting ridiculous..
Interesting quote:
The Premier League has always been a carousel of talent that only stops off at the top four, but it's getting worse. Since the dawn of time players have wanted to better themselves but with clubs of the stature of Tottenham and Arsenal in danger of becoming stepping stones to better things there is a genuine fear that the divide between the mega-monied and mere mortals is becoming wider than ever.
Where are the players with the minerals to believe it is their talent that can make a good club great? If Fabregas and Samir Nasri really are two of the best midfielders in the world then surely in tandem, along with the likes of Robin van Persie, they should be looking to mould a side around their collective abilities rather than perennially hankering after moves to clubs already at the peak of their powers. Is there really that much satisfaction that can be gleaned from moving to Barcelona and making the best club side in the world half a per cent better? I'm not so sure
Couldn't agree more with the finish to that second paragraph... surely turning a great club into the best club in the league is more satisying than moving to the best club and trying to keep it there.
I won’t even be tempted by Aguerro (or Balo for that matter). It usually takes a while for a player from the Spanish league to fit into the EPL – especially a young player like Aguero. I don’t think he’ll get anywhere near the FPL returns that Tevez did, who was involved in an absurd % of City’s goals. I think that City’s goals will be quite spread out this year. For City coverage I would prefer a midfielder, e.g. Silva, Yaya or Nasri (if he goes) although I wouldn’t be surprised to start without a City attacking player.
As for strikers, there are too many other options that are much safer than Kun…Rooney, Torres, RVP, Bent, Odem.
If Sturridge goes on loan to Newcastle he would be a good cheap / mid priced option as well.
Just an observation; with no City attacker, who will you captain in week 1?
Just on for secs guys, any news on when the sites opening or we still clueless?
a couple of secs* lol
Secs eh? I think you came to the wrong place, it's a bit of a sausage fest in here.
haha, cheers mate.
master doesn't like having to wait.
master is growing impatient.
master has started dreaming about the player list and picking his team.
master has starting writing on the bathroom wall in excrement his team plans.
master has started to take all the Fs Ps and Ls out of his alphabetti spaghetti and left them to dry up and die a slow painful deal.
master is going mental
Good afternoon everyone.
poke
Anyone else think Stoke will beat Chelsea in the first weekend?
😆
Anything can happen in the Premiership going by last season! It's hard to tell yet maybe after some more pre season games, but I would think Chelsea will get out of the traps early and win their first 3 games easily, will have to see what kind of unit Sunderland are with their new signings.
depends on chelsea back four. if terry alex and iva then unlikely, but if bos and luiz, then it is possible. plus stoke made a bad start last season, because their game is mostly combativity and that takes some weeks inside the season to reach it.
The forum member who put money on notorious slow-starters SV Mattersburg beating Wiener Neustadt in the Austrian Bundesliga on Saturday might want to look away now. This is the hilarious first goal that Mattersburg conceded after only 81 seconds:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqOtayUx5Uo
Ouch. And the second goal conceded by Mattersburg was just as embarrassing (at around 3:25 in this clip):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmVKMXAjLSM
Loving the striker trying to nick it off him too. Cheeky b*stard.
Yeah, I hope the goalie was credited with that goal.
This is why I don't like posting my views, there is always some bitter person who will pick a bad choice out.
There's always one O Fen, the rest of us still love ya....
Couldn't change that bet btw, coz i did it on my Missus' account
*whispers...well an account i set up in her name
Thanks iCon 😆
I wouldn't worry about it too much it could go either way I just thought it was a good price for IFK win!
Jesus, man, chill out, there's nothing you can do about flukes like that. It was an unusual goal, that's all - and yes, it was awarded to the Wiener Neustadt keeper. I don't bet at all, so how can I be "bitter"?
I don't see why you had to mention the bit at the start was just mean spirited I felt.
Sorry if you took it that way, but believe me, the intention was exactly the opposite - I was warning you to look away because I thought it would be exasperating to see a bet fall apart because of two unpredictable flukes like that.
Alright sorry for jumping the gun PB 🙂
Depending on prices, I have highlighted the following potential bargains:
GK
Westwood, Given, Kenny
DF
Walker, FabioRiise/Briggs, S Taylor
MF
Albrighton, Faurlin, Watson, Ramsey, Sinclair, Ben Arfa, Hoillett, Benayoun
F
Demba Ba, Sturridge, Doyle, Holt, Sinclair, Rodalegga/BOSELLI!!
Thoughts everyone? Regarding must haves, mine are Given, Kompany, Silva, RVP
Agree Kompany and RVP must-haves, but would add VDV to that.
May be a choice between Silva and VDV
More goal scoring potetial with VDV imo, but Silva a worthy choice.
Tottenham have a terrible start to the season, won't be touching him until around GW10, starting with Silva, price permitting.
There aren't mnay clubs that have a good start to the season tbh.
+1
I think the key to your squad is to pick your must-haves first and then put whoever you can fit into your team.
no o'hara..
Good call..
I'm looking forward to seeing where FPL positions Hoillet and Sinclair. Midfield will have them both strongly on my radar depending on fixtures. Riise too if he's a regular starter.
Agreed, am hoping both will be listed as M, nothing better than an out of position player!!
de vries,krul,hoolahan,bodde,pennant,o'hara n sessengnon as well 😉
I think sessengnon will have a big season this year.
I would add Mulumbu to the list. I think he could be a good buy.
So how much will Given cost at villa on FPL? would love to see him at 5, and rotate him with Kenny at QPR.
Gameweeks 1-9 Villa/QPR
ful/BOL
BLA/eve
WOL/wig
eve/NEW
NEW/wol
qpr/VILLA
WIG/ful
mcy/BLN
WBA/CHE
Hackgate.. 🙂 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFufrqhp0eE
They've missed a trick when casting Rebekah Brooks. Footage of her arrest at the weekend already exists:
http://babysimpson.co.uk/info/arrests/8f20_sideshowbob.jpg
Hey Soop are u out there?
yeah, now and again. Watching True Grit in the front room
I posted a reply on the other page, hope it helps, don't worry we are here for u. That's the community for .
so with Man City's stadium deal is being investigated i'm wondering what other genius ways they'll come up with to 'cheat' the financial fair play system and try and generate ridiculous amounts internally.
how about a 'mystery fan' (pure co-incidence that he's from UAE) comes to every home match and says he loves man city so much that he refuses to pay just the ticket price to watch his team, instead he pays £1mil for his ticket every match.
quite a bit of effort coming to manchester every week, so how about the club shop opens up on ebay and again by pure co-incidence a man from UAE bids £50mil for the new man city away kit, and then his richer brother who actually has the money bids £51mil.
That is not very likely
I think it was a joke 🙄
My reply, your reply or his reply... 🙂
Can anyone tell me what the Brazilian record transfer fee paid for a player is? I can't find it on google!
Man City are must be trying to manipulate their financial statements with this transfer of Tevez. No way can a Brazilian team afford or be willing to pay the full €50m for a player.
They're receiving money from a dodgey source, either a drug baron or a sheikh.
lets get to the bottom of this
Most big transfers in Brazil are funded by companies or investors. They have also increased their sponsorship revenues hugely recently.
Lets not go down the jonny foreigner countries can't possibly be able to compete financially road. As part of 'Bric' Brazil is emerging rapidly in all areas.
I think it's likely that Man City will try and push the fair play rules as far as they can.
Who can really say what the market value for a stadium naming is anyway?
I think they may be more sophisticated than putting an away kit on eBay though. 😉
I doubt very much they'll be the only team to do it either....
Very true.
I think the stadium deal represents fair value for both sides. Compare it to the recent Qatari foundation deal with Barca.
Hopefully the Ethihad deal works for them, it would be great if they took business off the likes of BA as they offer a far superior service and experience in every respect.
just think of the paypal fees...
So, what's the matter with this? Are we at the point where we'll let nefarious entities (FA, FIFA etc) run leagues like slave owners or the NCAA with college basketball players?
So what if Lebron James decides tomorrow that he wants to ascend the thugs of Millwall to the EPL? I do understand the essence of fairplay, if it were applied the way it is in Germany than it would be fine, but they are starting with regulation that has no nuance to catch a donor that is willing to piss money away to the point they are losing on the deal. All of the policing mechanisms are suited to trace and track documented money transfers, documented to suit the donor, and generally used to catch the recipient.
Portsmouth Bubblejet if your such an authority on Austrian Football can I ask your view on the game in Erste Liga. Was thinking about LASK Linz win because the bookies have it priced as if they are an away team, but am I right in saying they share the same stadium as BW Linz?
Gotta be laying LASK at the current prices.
Why would you lay them they are priced generously for win @ 5/6
"BW Linz have won six of their last six home matches, including a 3-1 victory over Red Bull Salzburg, a team who beat the mighty Lyon 2 weeks ago. Conversely, LASK Linz have only won one of their last six away matches, only mustering up three goals in the process."
Mainly because of this ^^^^^
The league is only 2 games old, LASK were relegated last season from Bundesliga. And it is not an away game like I stated they share the same stadium. I don't know anything about Austrian football just seems like they are pricing LASK as an away team when they are at home.
Same, i know zero about Austrian football. But when someone makes LASK their lay of the day i'm automatically wary about backing them to win!!
Well going by PB post below the reason someone made them a lay of the day is because of the hatred the game will have which makes perfect sense, I'm going to stick with my guns and go for a small stake on "away" win 🙂
Well the reason he made them lay of the day is because of the reasons i posted above. It was a straight cut and paste. He made no mention of the rivalry between the two. Guess that's just even more reason to avoid it.
http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2011/07/18/beta-test-phase-one-closed/comment-page-2/#comment-1725832
Anyway, had a look at the MLB action for today yet? Anything take your fancy? I'm just about to have a look now.
Rangers on a tear at the moment!
I have had them backed in 2 of the last 3 wins, had Red Sox last night as well.
I'm liking Red Sox again to beat the Orioles although they won a game finally.
Phillies look good but short enough odds and I like the White Sox as well.
He says above he's not a gambler and in fairness think he was just pointing out the flukeyness of both goals which kind of proves the point that your bet should have come good (bit like the US last night, still don't know how they didn't win that). Anyways, lunch over, back to work for me...hi ho, hi ho......
LASK are the clear favourites - they were relegated from the Bundesliga last season and have a stronger squad and more financial support. Newly-promoted Blau-Weiss Linz will be lucky to stay up this season, and, if this were a normal game, would be the rank outsiders.
But it's going to be a real grudge game - and not just because it's a derby. BW Linz are the follow-on club from FC (formerly VÖEST) Linz who were disbanded in 1997 when the two clubs merged against the will of both sets of supporters, only for the new club to keep the colours and name of LASK. Blau-Weiss had to start again at the bottom of the pyramid with a lot of grass roots support and this is the first time that the two teams have met in the league since. They don't like each other, to put it mildly.
So, against this backdrop, form could easily fly out the window, I reckon, and I wouldn't put any money on the outcome.
Thanks for the info PB.
As nerdy as this might sound it feels good to finally get some studying done after a few weeks of cba. I really need to get into gear! 😀
I have been avoiding ESPN for a couple of years but I am about to concede defeat. Does anyone know if when you upgrade from sky sports to espn whether you can do it monthly or is there a minimum 1yr tie in? Cheers for any help.
Monthly. You can cancel whenever you like but you may be tied into an additional month depending on the date of your billing and the day that you cancel.
Cheers for that. Arsenal fan not happy about missing first game of season.
I've got ESPN but not really by choice. It came with my TV package. I'd rather have Sky Sports but it does the job. All I watch on it are the premier league and DTM, both in HD.
A. RMT anyone? 😉
Hart, (cheapest keeper priced)
Baines/Cole (whoever cheaper), Riise, Shittu (QPR), J Collins, cheapest Stoke defender likely to start
Lamps, Silva (capt GW1), O’Hara, Albrighton, Buzsaky
Bent, RVP, Suarez
B. Torres or RVP to start the season?
Since you got Lamps it makes sense to have RVP not Torres. I think RVP is my number one forward pick if he is not injured and Lamps the number one Chelsea attacker although depends on the difference in price between Malouda and Lampard which imo will be less than last season.
It may be Yosi in the mix, that's who I'm going with...until he gets hurt. If he's cheap enough I may get him and Fat Frank.
RVP at the moment, despite tougher fixtures. Torres/Chelsea striker dependent on pre-season.
Yeah, I think it's worth putting up with RVP's fixtures for the first 3, just to make sure you have him for the golden run that follows it. In my opinion you want to be aiming to use the gameweek 4 transfer to bring in ANOTHER Arsenal attacker, probably whichever of the midfielders has made the biggest impact.
If you plan to get RVP in Gameweek 4 and there's an injury in your team Gameweek 3, that will have been a very aviodable points hit that you have to take. The dangers of overplanning. Plus last year, as others have pointd out, he scored pretty well in the three fixtures that open this season.
RvP is pretty much fixture proof, surely?
Won't fit in, you'd be left with almost exactly £0K for your cheap keeper and defender.
The front-line alone is going to be almost a third of your budget.
I plan on going for a forward line worth almost a third of my own budget. I just think that Rooney, RVP, Bent, and maybe Aguero will be the people to back early on.
It will mean saving up a transfer before week 3 though, to increase the liquidity of my team.
Ben Arfa/N'Zog instead of Silva?
I'm still uncomfortable on Lampard's prominence in the Chelsea side for next season under the new boss... 😕
My awesome Telegraph team:
Given
Baines - Riise - Walker*
Lampard - NZog - Sinclair - Sessegnon
Torres - RVP - Bent
*If he goes on loan somewhere
I am feeling very confident about this team! What d'ya think?
Cheers MJ6987, similar to mine. 😉
1. You think Walker will be a regular starter for Spurs?
2. With all Sunderland's signings, not sure how they will line up and gel early on, but will keep an eye on Sessegnon.
3. Could not afford N'Zog. so went with O'Hara.
RMT (Telegraph)
Given
Baines, J Collins, Riise
Lamps, Albrighton, Sinclair, O'Hara
RVP, Bent, Suarez
Value 50m
Looking for some tips here...If Taarabt leaves QPR who is the next best midfielder to think about? I imagine Taarabt did most set-piece duties too so who then is next in line for all of that?
Buzsaky at QPR to hog all set pieces if Taarabt leaves!?
Loving the new logo on the Beta site, very professional looking, FFS is really growing up!
Reminds me of the silhouette from Despicable Me 😛
How much do people reckon Aguero would be at City ? Surely not more than 10.0 i'd imagine ?
Possibly but I was just thinking, I dont ever remember a new player coming into the premiership at over 10. Torres was 10 when he went to Pool and he was coming over with a similar goalscoring record and reputation.
How many people do you think will have got bored of waiting for FPL to open and will play another game instead?
Not necessarily the hardcore players but the casual's that only play 1 game?
