Our next Members article looking at the idea of “value” sees Forwards come under the microscope. With a fresh revision of players last weekend in light of factors such as transfers and pre-season tactics, we’ve tweaked the Projected totals to give you an up-to-date reflection on our thinking. While many of our top ten value forwards are lower-priced options that perhaps may be more suited to rotation, the kind opening prices afforded to the likes of Luis Suarez and Peter Odemwingie propels a couple of FPL big-hitters firmly into our thoughts.
Wes Hoolahan or Chris Brunt?
Open ControlsAnybody here tried Tramadol before? Forget drowsy, I'm outright high! 🙂
Open ControlsTramadol is great, used it a lot for slipped disc probs, take two pills and even though you can feel the pain you just don't care about it. (It's an opiate and equivalent to about 10% Morphine)
I feel like Peter Gibbons from Office Space after he's hypnotised when I'm on it (if that means anything to anyone ;))Open ControlsJust watched Office Space for the first time the other day, now I get the jokes in family guy 🙂
I'm gonna need you to errr..........get that done for meOpen Controls🙂 It's a great film, ending a little rushed but even the director said he wanted to totally redo the final third but the studio wouldn't let him 🙁
Michael Bolton? 😀
Which reminds me, this is awesome too -
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Absolutely, the pain's still there, but who cares!
Clearly not going to be a productive day 😉Open Controls
RMT
Given, Kenny
Luiz, Hughes, Kompany, Orr, Simpson
Silva, Moses, Kalou, N'Zogbia, Taarabt
Drogba, Bent, Holt
Got 3.0 mil in the bank and plan to get RVP in for drogba GW4. i just cant ignore chelseas run. as for kalou, he is a points machine when he plays as he plays very a attacking role and i can see his first few weeks being hugeOpen ControlsTrouble with Kalou is he's rarely a starter and can sometimes come on for 5/10 minutes meaning that your sub doesnt come in for him.
My brother had him in his team last year and he was a machine alright- a 1pt machineOpen Controls
Given De Vries …(gamble on De Vries maybe but he should be wolves No1)
A.cole kompany bramble simpson wilkinson
Malouda Silva barton petrov Moses
Rvp Suarez Zamora
The Only Issue I think is Petrov….
Any comment on the team anyone??Open ControlsWhy barton? he wont be at newcastle..prob be at top 6 club rotation risk etc...literally cant think of a single reason to have him in your team?
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Given Al-habsi
A.cole Kompany Bramble Simpson Orr
Maluoda Silva/Nzogbia Moses Sinclair Sessagon
Rvp Suarez Holt
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Open ControlsGo for a steady clean sheet to start. Not sure if thats easy to call though!
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I haven't seen old Damien Duff in a RMT for a long while.
I went through the match reports for Fulham's preseason games and allocated points according to FPL rules (didn't do bonus) and Duffers outscored Zamora 27 points to 24. And he's 0.5m cheaper.Open ControlsDuff is looking good pre-season but then he's been a little inconsistent over the years. Decided I'm sticking to a solid team this year - pre-season has screwed me over too many times! 😀
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He scored 3.8 points per game for the whole of last season but 5.3 ppg in the second half of last season. Will he continue this good form? Preseason suggests he will and remember these are competitive Europa league games, not friendlies.
I agree that you want to take as few risks as possible but it is very difficult/impossible to make a team without taking a few and without knowing how teams will line up.Open Controls
he was really good halfway through the season last year, but then got a bit of a niggling injury which made it hard to decide to get rid of him.. with their europa league schedule i'd be wary too
Open ControlsOf course, but as a purely Zamora v Duff debate I don't think it is as one sided as the RMTs on here suggest.
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here's the current shape (and the more astute may notice i've COMPLETELY abandoned my 6-7m midfield strategy!):
given/foster (10m)
rj/clichy/staylor/bardsley/warnock (25.5m)
nani/silva/nzog/sess/downing (42m)
bothroyd/suarez/zamora (22.5m)
thoughts?
many thanks!Open ControlsPersonally I would rather have 1 Liverpool 1 Chelsea in my front 8 rather than 2 Liverpool.
Open ControlsCan someone tell me why ppl still have suarez...is it not certain he misses the first 2 weeks????
Open ControlsA good team if the two big hitters that are doubts (nani & suarez) start GW1. I'd maybe try to look at Malouda for Nani. Malouda looks to be a safer option in terms of both fixtures and rotation risk.
I like Downing in your team. I think he'll do well and it's a little different.
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Morning guys,considering larson,do u think he's a good punt this season?
Open ControlsDid well last night. Consistent low hundreds points scorer. Solid but unlikely to be explosive.
Open ControlsGood,I'm looking for a steady Eddie,is he still on set plays etc
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I think he could be. Sounds like he played well against Hartlepool the other day too.
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First post for me. RMT if you can be bothered!
Given Al habsi
Kompany Hughes Cole Baines Simpson
Sessegson Bale Ethers Henry Wilshere
Rooney Bent Zamora
Seems a reasonable mix with pen takers and rotation plans
Steady combo in midfield but aware of injuries.Open ControlsMidfield is probably my least favourite bit. Bale and Ethers have tough fixtures, Wilshere is a two point merchant and Henry is a waste of space FF wise.
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Open ControlsYeah still tinkering with mf agree with that. Lookin at silva or yaya maybe and wanted luiz at back but need to wait til gw2. I will spend another several nites in pain! Ta
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Seems a lot spent in DF at the expense of MF. Nice balanced ATT though.
Taraabt/Sinclair have the potential to outscore Wilshere, Ehers has terrible early fixtures. Henry- No thanksOpen ControlsIm still not sure that the promoted players will cut the mustard. It will be taarbat I guess if I had to bin ethers. Ta
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Given ruddy
Enrique Komp Hughes (gabbidon Simpson)
Silva Maluoda Moses Taabart (Brunt)
Zamora Rooney Bent
.5 mil to spend plenty of captain options and good rotatin...am i missing something?Open ControlsRobin Van.
Destroyer of the decimated and demoralising Toon.
Either swap Rooney->RVP or find the funds to swap Bent -> RVPOpen Controls*demoralised
Open Controlshow on earth do i "find the funds" being 2 million without destroying my team>
Open Controlssorry 1.5
Open ControlsWell not from your defense as that is cheap enough. Maybe Zamora->Holt or sacrifice Silva. TBH I would go Rooney->RVP but lots of people on here would say Rooney is best.
Open ControlsWell you sell one or two players and buy slightly cheaper ones.
Of the options, though, I would switch Rooney to RVP. Over the early games, Bent has every chance of outscoring RooneyOpen Controls
The Roo will cut up WBA bad LOL
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+1 rooney to RVP
Or forget RVP and do Rooney to Carrol and use the 2 mil to upgrade brunt to n'zogbia?Open Controls
I like it. Could you not think of anyone better than Gabbidon though?
Open Controlsno not really at 4 mil...open to suggestions,,btw i think gab is more nailed on than orr this season for rangers
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Open ControlsNot sure brunt has had good pre season. Must be better option at that price?
Open Controlsyeah but none i feel have good rotation..and also who has had a good preseaon? brunt is everything to WBA. Will be there highest scorer imo. like i could drop brunt to n dyer and have 2 mill to speand but i think i have the best mid priced midfielders...suggestions would help
see the problem is im happy with my team! lolOpen ControlsThis may change slightly with Dorrans coming back from injury
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What are people's thoughts onthr Sunderland defence?
They have a decent run of fixtures but there's very little to pick between Bardsley bramble and oshea, in fact I've seen plenty of rmts featuring these with no clear consensus. My personal slant is to Bardsley as I see him getting more attacking pointsOpen ControlsYeah more likely to score but Bramble attracts BP believe it or not
Open ControlsYeah I think for me it's a toss up between Bardsley and O'Shea. O'Shea would seem more likely to start every game (and maybe the odd BP?) whereas Bardsley is more likely to score/assist. Kieran Richardson is throwing a spanner in the works playing left back in pre-season though with Bardsley at right back...
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RMT Please:
Given Ruddy
Luiz Kompany Hughes Rafael Orr
Benayoun Downing Silva O'Hara Tchoyi
Torres Suarez ZamoraOpen ControlsI see many people picking Benayoun, has he been playing heavily in the pre season?
mulling over a few decisions right..
Cant decide whether to go with Banies or just get Everton coverage elsewhere in the from of Osman/Saha or Cahill
Does anyone have news on Danny Grahams fitness??
I can't decide whether Silva is essential? the fixturs don't look overly great but he appears the most reliable way into the City side
At the minute i'm set on about 9 or 10 players..Open Controls"Hose B" Enrique? Nailed on at left back for LIV if the transfer goes through?
Open Controlshttp://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/transfer-news/Liverpool-Newcastle-Jose-Enrique-5million-article780294.html
Dunno if you can call that a good source or not?Open ControlsYou can't.
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Nailed...kelly? no hose b
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Folks - help please. I appear to have got stuck with Wilshere in my midfield! I put him in as a holding player to save my changes and thought I'd swap him for someone else when I came back to the PC. But now I can't find anyone at 6.5 I'd rather have. Although I know I don't want him!
(I already have Barton and Sess)Open Controlsget rid of barton...will be a bit part player at a bigger team this season,,,if he goes to syoke keep him in set piece dream. duff not bad shout... ohara.. and ramsey if fab goes
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plenty of options, albrighton or ireland for a punt?
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Any Mackems on here care to hazard a uess as to Sunderlands first choice back 4?
Bardsley Brown Bramble O'Shea?Open Controls*guess
Open Controlsmorning lads. enrique is in my squad now. in fact it has inspired a brilliant strategy. forgive me if its been mentioned before...
the perfect defence:
Luiz, Kompany, Jose Enrique, Bramble, Simpson
the logic:
most weeks you start the 3 from the big clubs. even with luiz being a rotation risk, you have the perfectly rotating newcastle/sunderland combo on your bench. all at an affordable price. yes it means im parting with baines, but this is a potentially long term solution allowing me to dedicate more transfers to the attack, where bringing in the players in form is so crucial.
I call it, "the Foolproof Fuzzy Fantastic"Open Controlsenrique plays for a 'big club'.... lol
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It's a pretty good DF for the money. Similar to mine though I have Clichy instead of Luiz (but .5 in the bank) until I know who will start for Chelsea. I'm hoping that I will be able to go Clichy>Bosingwa in GW2/3 and free up another .5. Wishful thinking I know.
Why is everyone so convinced Enrique will go to pool? Just because of his twitter rant?Open ControlsI have
Bosingwa, Kompany, Bardsley/Enrique, Briggs, Simpson
tempted to play with the configuration and rotation options though quite happy with the rest of my team so reluctant to downgrade a striker.Open ControlsYeah good plan. If Enrique goes to Liverpool *everyone* will have him.
Open ControlsWhy? He has 3 good fixtures in 8.
Open ControlsHis value, where he to be a starter at a team like Liverpool, is too much of a bargain.
At Liverpool he will easily outscore his rivals in the 5m bracket i.e. Bardsley, Hughes, R. Johnson etc.Open ControlsI'll bet you £1m fantasy pounds he won't be thetop scoring £5m defender at GW8.
Open Controlsi will double the bet that used in the right way he will do as well in ppg in weeks started on my team.
Open ControlsHow much would Enrique have been if he had been a Liverpool player at the start of the game? £6m? So you have surely got a bargain player.
Open ControlsHe isn't a 'Pool player yet and their defensive frailties lie more at CB so Kenny might be looking at other players.
Open ControlsOver the season he's a bargain, but those first lot of fixtures are very dodgey.
Of course he'll do well if you only play him in the good fixtures, but at 5m he's getting to the point where you don't want to rotate him that much. The big upside I see is that of those 3 good fixtures, you would expect a couple of clean sheets (4.66 ppg when you play him), but its finding players to rotate around him and what you can do with the extra cash.Open Controls
He plays for Liverpool and is (imo) a quality footballer.
It's true Liverpool have some tough away games but at 5m it's not the end of the world if you bench him.Open ControlsGw2 Bramble (NEW)
Gw4 Enrique (stk)
Gw5 Bramble (STK)
GW7 Bramble (WBA)
GW8 admittedly not attractive, but pools fixtures improve immediately after, i can handle those fixtures.Open ControlsIt's not just about the fixtures it's about the value for me. While LIV aren't fixture proof they are playing markedly less football than the other Big clubs. Whilst other budget options from MANU, CHE, ARS, MCY, etc are in Europe picking up injuries and fatigue players like Hose B will be slowly harvesting points and value. Sell him in march and get in a top player from a team knocked out of europe if necessary but he may just be a great investment with his goal threat and place in a better quality team than Toon.
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Lol @ the Foolproof Fuzzy Fantastic.
Sounds like a viable plan. Baines is in my team at the minute and I have no plans to take him out but good luck with your plan.Open Controlsok foolproof is a stretch, but im a sucker for alliteration.
its all about minimizing necessary transfers, this plan might blow up before september but it has potential!!!Open Controls
Evening guys (and girls??)
With no new developments untill the start of the season I’m pretty sure I’m going to choose between:
A)
Given (Rudy)
Baines-Kompany-Bramble-Briggs-Taylor S
N’Zogbia-Moses-Malouda-Sinclair-Silva
Van Persie-Zamora-Hoilett
0,5m left
B)
Given (Rudy)
Baines-Kompany-Bramble-Briggs-Simpson
Dyer-Moses-Malouda-Sinclair-Silva
Van Persie-Zamora-Bent
Which comes down to:
A)Taylor S – N’Zogbia – Hoilett – 0,5m
B)Simpson – Dyer – Bent
My preference goes to B but I really like the option to transfer Zamora for Odemwingidingie without problems.
I will have 1-2 weeks to see how the promoted guys are doing. Maybe after 1-2 weeks Bent will be transfered out for Suarez.
Thoughts & suggestions? Too many rotation risks in the cheap department? Any descent replacement for Dyer?
Thx.Open ControlsThat would be: morning guys (and girls??)
This post got lost in the twilight zone of the late night posters last night.Open Controls
Hi guys, just wondered if anyone could help me?
There was a link to another FPL fantasy site that did a rundown of every team and the players to pick/not pick, anybody know what the site is?
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Right, here's my thinking ...
Kenny (Given)
Kompany A.Cole Jose Enrique (Simpson Bramble)
Silva Sessegnon Benayoun Moses (Sinclair)
Carroll(C) RVP Zamora
0.5 in the bank
Clearly the big risk is Benayoun but he's been getting game time pre-season and if the Modric move doesn't happen I think he's a decent shout for a regular starting berth (in which case 7.0 will be an absolute steal).
If Modric does go, then I would probably upgrade to him with little impact on the rest of the line up.
Thoughts?Open ControlsLooking good apart from the Benayoun situation that you mentioned. Carroll to Suarez as soon as Kenny decides he's ready to play.
I'm going Rooney over RVP but I am wearing some heavily tinted glasses and I certainly wont criticise anyone for including RVP in their teamOpen ControlsLooks very nice. But I wouldn't captain Carroll. Liverpool has too many players to divide the points.
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Are the stats put together by anyone with a statistics qualification or background in that field? Just asking before buying.
Open ControlsNo I don't think so if you mean the member's area.
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David Luiz, whats going on there is he injured? I have been reviewing Chelsea's pre-season form and he hasnt seemed to have featured. Can anyone shed any light on this?
CheersOpen ControlsHe was at the Copa America with Brazil. All the Copa players have missed pre-season for their teams.
I expect (though dont know) he's ack training now and will feature in Chelseas next friendlyOpen Controls
Hi Guys any tips for a first timer heres my team
Given/Kenny
Shawcross, Rafael, Samba, Kompany
Downing, Albrighton, Taarabt/Sinclair
Carroll, Suarez, Rvp
Ferguson and Gibbs on the benchOpen ControlsHmmm. How is 8m for a mid who scored 5 goals last year and 11 assists?
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cryptic clues?...new level im off to bed ( 1 am where i am)
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