| 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 |
Paul Carlos Tevez takes a break. Cesc Fabregas is fit and may feature in Arsenal’s weekend friendly. Steve Kean finally signs a striker, though may see his skipper depart for North London. Alan Pardew is determined to freeze out Joey Barton and Joe Cole’s name blinks on the QPR radar. Here’s this morning’s Scribbles, folks:
Anyone feeling Lescott over Kompany on the basis of http://premierleaguefantasy.blogspot.com/
How much is this team? Correct value
Given, (Ruddy)
Kompany, Baines, Hughes, (Alcaraz) (Simpson)
Silva ,Watson, Sinclair, Taarabat, (Ferguson),
Bent, RVP, Suarez
Apologies, as software at work will not let me access fpl site! 😕
Just a thought. Everyone is going on about Baines being on penalties, but as Saha is fit (at least for now) isn't he the number one penalty taker at Everton?
Yep.
I doubt it now. Baines has said he'd step up to the plate happily, though if Arteta comes back and takes over he'd be fine with it.
But if it ain't broke, don't fix it, right? He's good at set pieces.
Hmmm, I'm not convinced. From memory Saha has always been the first choice taker when available. Although him being back will give Baines more assist potential from free-kicks and corners I think (Saha is pretty good in the air), so swings and roundabouts.
I know he was first choice penalty taker at Utd, ahead of Ronaldo when both were at the club.
Please-Please Please RMT
Given-Ruddy
O'shea-Enrique-Luis-Olsson( Orr)
Moses-VDV-Downing-Silva-( Sinclair)
Saurez-Rooney- ( Holt )
Be critical Please
RMT please guys
Given (Ruddy)
Komp Clichy Enrique (Simpson Wilkinson)
N'Zog Malouda Silva(vc) Moses (Sinclair)
Suarez Roon(c)Holt
In DF some risks I know like doubling up on City. Wilkinson will play most games and I think Stokes DF is quite mean(sometimes). Simpson purely cos he plays and is 4.0. But if Enrique moves to Pool (R Johnson if not) my starting 3 are very strong, from decent teams and certain starters (YES even Clichy!)
My MF is my favourite part. Malouda & Silva obvious ins to Chel & Citys easy early fixtures plus are capt choices. N'Zog should do well with great fixtures too. Moses and Sinclair cheap with good scoring potential can rotate well (will of course chart their progress week by week and be ready to change).
ATT is great apart from Holt. At least he'll play, take pens and grab the odd goal. I think Roon and Suarez will be the top scorers on the game and my usual capt choices dep on who has the best fixtures.
Most importantly Ive left 0.5 to play with. It leaves options open like Clichy>Luiz/Bosingwa; Sinclair>Sess Simpson>Alcaraz or if Suarez definitely wont start the season Suarez>Carroll
Clichy is not first choice left back
otherwise good team.. risk to double on defence it has paid off only SOME GWs for me
I disagree on Clichy. I've said before on here I had Kolarov last season who was doing great for me until he did something to p*** off Mancini cos he was often dropped at the back end of last season in favour of RB Zabaleta. Then 1st chance he got he signed Arsenals 1st choice LB. See a pattern here?
Duno what he did wrong but it seems Kolarov is 2nd choice now
Kolarov did great for you last season?!
I agree with the rest though, Clichy is nailed on.
I agee with SJW, for me Clichy is NOT going first choice lb. I think it will depend on who city are playing. Kolarov might drop out for the real tough games but his attacking potential will be utilised v the weaker teams.
He did very well v inter milan in pre season (only city game I saw) and as with a lot of foreign players he could conceivably improve dramatically this season after having a season to settle in.
So if you're going to rotate Moses and Sinclair, that means you'll be playing Holt almost every gameweek.
Good luck with that.
cech
ivanovic luiz terry cole
ramires lampard
beneyun
anelka drogba malouda
torres and sturridge will come on from the bench
Not quite, AVB is a big fan of his fellow Portuguese compatriot Bosingwa, who has gotten a lot of games under his belt in pre-season! If they play 4-3-3 like he did at Porto, he will want Bosingwa's pace down the right flank!
Back four will be: Bosingwa, Tery, Ivanovic, Cole
Sub: Luiz and will prob sell Alex
Don't entirely agree Jono
Bosingwa has seen alot of game time but is that because Alex and Luiz haven't played and Ivanovic is at centre back?
Ivanovic is a very good full back and you cant be so sure that he won't start.
Bosingwa has more pace, and almost played every game in AVB's last season their under Mourinho. I think the thinking is that he will be more effective down the right in a 4-3-3.
AVB seems to prefer Ivanovic in is more favoured central position. Luiz was very shaky in defence, great at scoring goals though...
I've been following this a lot during pre-season, I think the Portuguese factor will play a role and that he will def start the first game!
I always assumed it was Scolari who signed Bosingwa? I doubt I'm wrong on this.
Who thinks about this strategy:
Week 1: Silva + Bent/Carroll
Week 2: Silva + Suarez
Week 3: VDV + Suarez?
Waste of valuable trasfrs I think.
As in, unnecessary transfers?
week 1: of shit not a good score and i have 2 players that ddnt start
week 2: its the start of teh season so a 4 pt hit isnt as penalizing as it is a long term investment
week 3: i think ill use my wildcard...
Ok a new question....
Given/Ruddy or other rotating 4.0 combo and have N'Zogbia in midfield
or
Al Habsi/ De Vries (who might not start for wolves) rotating and have Taya Youre in midfield
? I have no other Man City attackers
What role will Yayo be playing this year?
Any reason to think that Malouda shouldnt start?
I think Kalou/Sturridge will come off the bench
Cant decide whether it's worth the extra 1.5m for the security of Lampard's starts and penalties...?
He should start. Sturridge is suspended as well.
no one considering Agger? I think he's gonna have a great start for liverpool
Just because he scored twice in a preaseason?
Because he does this whenever he wants:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hSNYwMyY-E
And because Skrtel is injured
Check out Sergio Busquets Wikipedia entry before it's removed:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Busquets
Hilarious!!
😯
🙁 Must have gone already - or I'm being thick ...
LOOL
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Busquets
Quickkk
What did it ssay??
He also plays for the Spain Nt in the same position. He is known for his versatility, he can play as a defensive midfeilder, centre back, centre midfeilder, diver, but is famously known for his shameless face clutching. This guy will do anything to get the upper hand. Manager Pep Guardiola has nicked named him 'Devious'.
That wouldn't have been you, would it, Demi? 😉
Who will be taking pens for City with Tevez not about?
The secretary?
*sniggers*
Super Mario and then I think Barry? Not sure about Aguero.
Probably Balotelli, then Barry, then Milner...
Cheers. I may well go with the Balo/Silva combo for GW1. Try and give the new season an explosive (in a good way) start.
NZogbia or Downing?
Suarez or Carroll
Suarez 344499 % most popular player by far
Caroll 58790%
Does this mean Suarez price will shoot up in GW1 and I will not be able to swap for him?
Hopefully, he won't play and it will shoot down.
Nope, his price will shoot up if lots of people buy him after the start of GW1 - % ownership has no bearing on price rises (it does have an effect on price falls, though).
No, it will more likely go down when he doesn't play and everyone dumps him! 😉
Simpson, De Laet or Gabbidon? Who would you rate as the best 4mil defender to start the season with?
If i was Dzeko or Balotelli, i would be furious if Tevez walks straight back into the first team if he comes back. I've been defending his reasons for wanting to leave but it is getting ridiculous now.
football is a business not a church - i agree it would be pretty bad but thats the way it is.
Oh ... I don't know about that ... 😉
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1KZKZs-2YM
+1, but he spent most of last season moaning that he wanted to leave because he misses his kids / hates Manchester / hates Mancini / hates some of the City directors* - he was still 1st choice when fit.
*delete as applicable
Evening Chronicle claims Newcastle United could be ready to make a move for Manchester United's squad man Gabriel Obertan.
HA! It just gets better.
Probably switch this loads but thoughts would be appreciated. Not sure about MARIO or Luiz??
De'Gea - (Kenny)
Hughes - Luiz - Kompany - (Simpson) - (Alcaraz)
N'Zogbia - Ben Arfa - Valencia - O'Hara - (Moses)
Carrol - Balotelli - Rooney
Been toying with the idea of playing a team with only 3 game weeks in mind, then pre-planning a wildcard hit after GW3 in the inter national break. Lets face it, most do it then to jump on all the missed bandwagons and bail out on failed picks (ie. Petrov, Boselli last season)
Here's a team I came up with quickly with this mindset.
Cech - (De Vries)
A.Cole - Kompany - Enrique (Orr - Simpson)
Silva - N'Zogbia - Sessegnon - Moses (Ferguson)
Drogba - Bent - Suarez
The idea is to catch an early break on the competition. (Bench players don't matter, because they'll only be there for 3 weeks and won't be played)
Its the most sensible option really, but it should stil have some semblance of balance to it.
I will probably do the same
I think NZog and Bent is overkill for three gw's though
Good choice on 'keeper, cole combo, could pay off big time??
I think sunderland will be poor, there's better than sessegnon - sinclair plays up front and has good fixtures, and on set pieces
By the way - although his articles are obviously stupendous - does anyone think we should free Sir Paulos? I mean, his output is epic - must mean he's being kept in a dark room somewhere ... ? 😀
I love this site...somebody makes a suggestion about a player starting/on pens etc. then two pages later that name starts appearing in teams, then in all teams..
Suddenly with the Balotelli love!!
Twinkered Team... advice please
Given (Ruddy)
Kompany Cashley Hill ( Simpson, Tate)
Taarabt, Nzog, Meireles, Silva (Fox)
Rooney, RVP, Holt
meireles may not play but he should. If suarez doesn't play meireles will
Lawrenson did his bext liverpool XI which was
kelly skrtel agger johnson (i think)
lucas adam
gerrard suarez downing
carroll
I mean it's a definite nailed on team, but he wouldn't have meireles as first choice which seems odd
RMT lads – give advice please
given – ruddy
a. cole – hughes – kompany – orr – jose enrique
sinclair – yaya toure – bale – n’zogbia – moses
rooney – carroll – zamora
also… hard to decide: choose or suggest…
A) hughes + sinclair
B) alcaraz + taraabt
B for certain. But dont like Bale's fixtures are poo and at 8 he is too pricey.
What formation are you planning to use? If you are going with 3 at the back then I would downgrade Hughes or Enrique (if he stays at Newcastle).
Yaya is likely to be more defensive this year and Bale has some pretty tough fixtures. I would downgrade one of them and bring in Silva.
So, Sergio Aguero... how are people expecting him to do? I've noticed Man City's fixtures could offer him the chance to bag a lot of goals early in the season. Are we expecting him to start most games? If so I think he could bag as many as 10 goals in the first 14 games alone. Of course he could take longer to settle than I'm anticipating and he may not play every game but I think he could get of too a flying start with these fixtures.
Here are the first 14 fixtures for Man City and where I predict he could get on the scoresheet.
Swansea (H) 2
Bolton (A) 1
Tottenham (A) 0
Wigan (H) 1
Fulham (A) 0
Everton (H) 1
Blackburn (A) 0
Aston Villa (H) 1
Man Utd (A) 0
Wolves (H) 1
QPR (A) 1
Newcastle (H) 1
Liverpool (A) 0
Norwich (H) 1
Are you the oracle??
Could you work out how many CS's warnock will get me too?
Possibly the most useless post of the month so far!!
I'm not proclaiming to be an oracle or anthing. This is just a very rough way of predicting how things will go for him if he starts those games. I know that it's highly unlikely to be accurate and he may not start all of the games, but I think it's a good idea to make these kind of predictions in order to compare the strikers you pick.
I agree one hundred per cent, but I think that shot vs Everton will hit the post and get bumbled in by Tayo Youre. So you might want to take this important factor into consideration. Still, Aguero will get the assist (though it will take one or two camera angles to be sure that he does get his toe on the low whipped in cross).
Lol!
So, back to the point. My point wasn't in which particular games he would score, that was just my way of making a prediction.
I wanted to know what people's ideas are for how many of the first 14 games he will start and a prediction for how many goals he will score.
I'm guessing he'll start 12 out of the first 14 and score 8.
I think he will have to share pitch time with Balotelli and I can see him being eased in for the first month or two. I don't think he has had much of a pre-season or anything yet either so you can be sure mancini will not rush him. Look for potential game time similar to silva when he signed imo
His goal against Bolton shouldnt count as it hit a beach ball first!
Rate my generic team please
Given/Al Hasbi
A Cole, Kompany, Hughes (Orr, Simpson)
Malouda, Osman, N Zogbia, Moses/O'hara
Roony, Saurez, Rodalegga
Possibly RVP instead of Roony. Yet to decide.
7.5/10 on the generic scale
Bp's for Osman
