| 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:
A) Lampard & Zamora
or
B) Benayoun & RVP
Would that I could. Kinda why I asked a or b!
to some extent it depends who else you have...it might be wise to have a £12.0m forward so you can switch to whoever has form and fixtures...so I wouldn't go for Lamps unless I also had a £12.0m forward
I think getting Benayoun is just blind optimism UNLESS there is some reason to think he'll get 30 games
Cool, cheers. I was thinking of going for a cheap(ish) forward combo and splashing out big for a bonus whoring, goal scoring, assist creating midfield. RVP screws that idea up, but he's hard to look past.
Any Chelsea fans out there. Will Drogs or Torres lead the line this year and is Ramires a banked on starter. Chelsea seem to have a reasonable first few games but no one suggesting either two as the the preferred striker. Any thoughts???
Torre will be the predominant striker if he hits form, we won't play 4-4-2 for the majority of games, so that leaves Drogba as more of an impact sub I would think.
Thks buddy, what bout Ramires good player and cheap for Chelsea. Will he get game time???
flip a coin
My advice now is theres a week left. You've all probably been reading posts for months, tinkering for months etc.
The time is now to make some informed decisions of who you want. Ignore what everyone else is saying, stop posting RMT's and think for yourself. If you have the same team as everyone else, your never gonna come in the top 10,000 let alone #1.
So just assess your team, check for injuries, take a few cheeky punts on who you think will do well.. thats the beauty of the game. And enjoy it!
Actually, if you have the same team as everyone else (and assuming we all captain the same player), hey presto! Everyone is number1!
then all we have to do is make no changes, and 2 million people win tickets and a free shit every month.
ohh, shame, I already have pleanty of shirts..............
It will be interesting to see which players “The Scout” picks out in their first official FPL preview article (i.e. while unlimited transfers are still available).
Form a selfish point of view – or at least the point of view of people on here – I hope they don’t hand on a plate to the masses the “hidden gems” that people on here have identified through research of pre-season games – players like Sessegnon, Moses and Benayoun.
It will also be interesting to see how much whoever is picked out increase in ownership following the article!
hang on.. I totally missed this, but Ounoha has transferred to City?! Will he get games?
Where did he he play at Sunderland?
Errr ... Onuoha IS a Citeh player who was loaned to Sunderland last season. Plays centre half and right back, and once in an emergency "in the hole".
Was always a city player - was on loan at the Mackams
He was on loan at Sunderland from City - CB who can also play full-back. Some chat about him going on loan again, can't remember where but it wasn't Sunderland.
Arsenal should have made a move for him weeks ago, but then again, when it comes to defenders Arsenal have no sense of urgency.
A. Rooney, O'Hara, Nzogbia
B. Suarez, Silva, Ethirington
C. Carroll, Silva, O Hara
Thoughts?
Afternoon Gents,
Can you give me some arguments why I should start the season with Carroll / Bent? I cannot decide between them.
I don't have any other player from Liverpool. From Villa I have Given.
Bent:
+ set pieces
+ he should be involved in most Villa's goals
- Villa are less likely to score big than Liverpool
Carroll:
- no set pieces
+ Liverpool is more likely to score a lot of goals
+ fixture proof
+ Suarez (most probably) out at the beginning of the season
Can you add more factors? Which one do you prefer?
My other strikers are RvP and Holt.
Dzeko/Balotelli and here is the reason - Swansea(H).
If they stay injury free, I can see them picking up similar points over the season, so go with the fixtures.
Hold on now are u saying Suarez is more than likely not going to be playing at the start of the seson?
This is't going to help you, but you say Carroll is 'fixture proof' when Bent scored against nearly all the big teams last year.
Bent
+on pens
+good starting fixtures
-defensive-minded manager
Carroll
+downing and adam provide good air service
-Suarez (most probably) out at the beginning of the season, i.e. less assistance.
Who would you pick as your 3 Strikers if youve got a budget of £29.5m to spend?
Benny only got 209 mins last season, can anyone enlighten me as to why? Ta.
Ok.. which pairing is better?
Taarabt & Graham
or
Sinclair & Holt
Will prob be rotating them together with Moses.
Swansea and QPR rotate reall well so i'd go for Taarabt and Grahem.
Anyone else think Chelsea's new signing could have an impact on Benayoun's chances? While a defensive midfielder is fantasy kryptonite he'll be taking the role Lampard has been slated to be in, meaning Lampard is gonna have to fit somewhere and Benayoun's spot seems a good place...
Also, what's happened to Ramirez?? Seemed to be playing well but disappeared lately.
fabregas wasn't injured he was sulking!
oops sorry, thought i was writing lying for the daily mirror for a second.
😆 So true!
If he stays, it will shake up a few teams on here eh!
You'd think so but the distraction of RVP surely negates all but some of Fabregas' allure.
Still, it's become quite obvious that no one has a clue where to spend big in midfield. Fabs might offer some security in that respect...
Wouldn't for me. RVP and only RVP
Can you realistically see someone having RVP and Fabregas and having a good overall squad. If you had to pick 1 or the other, who would you go for?
That's what i mean, if Fabregas stays, then RVP > Rooney all day long.
Did you see his face in the Mail picture yesterday>? Like someone had stolen all his ninja turtles and snapped off shredders head.
bebop ftw. rocksteady always held him back
Who else is hoping Spurs can land Samba?
No, im hoping Arsenal can.
Arry
no
I am. I think at 5.5m, in that Spurs defence, partnering Dawson, with his goal-scoring ability he would be a mighty FPL player.
Don't get me wrong, he probably wouldn't make my GW1 team due to Spurs' fixtures but he would be on my shortlist to bring in.
Who's to say if he would go straight in?
Gallas is a better player...
RMT pls
Given (Ruddy)
Kompany Cashley Hill ( Simpson, Tate)
Taarabt, Nzog, Meireles, Silva (Fox)
Rooney, RVP, Holt
Is anyone here a programmer by trade? Just wondering how much code you're expected to write in one day.
Depends on a lot of things i would say like what language you are using and how complex the thing you are developing
. Since i got into Python i can do a lot more mainly because i can copy other peoples code. There is so much out there that you can take something and edit rather than starting from scratch.
Hi Soop,
I suppose it depends on how the business runs. Where I work I dont actually get given a set amount of lines to write. Generally I am part of a project that is divided up into work loads and we end up with a deadline date. Basically if you hit that your fine. Doesnt matter how much or little code you write just as long as you hit your deadlines.
In my team at the moment I have got two City defenders (Kompany and Clichy and two Chelsea defenders Cole and Ivanovic)
The rest of my team isnt thaty bad to be honest, and the ONLY reason I have double up on the defence for those two teams is they both have a lot of easy games at the start so could poss rake up point in the first few weeks.
Then for example sell Ivanovic for say Gibbs, and also get someone like Walcott from week 4? any thoughts?
My team is
Given / Al-Habsi (Al-habsi to play in week one due to easier fixture)
Clichy, Terry, Kompany, Ivanovic, Wilkinson
Ferguson, Moses, N'Zogbia, Silva, Sinclair
Zamora, Bent and Drogba (he is another risk I know but could pay off)
Thoughts guys
Lay off the meds.
Doubts surrounding Ivanovic and Drogba, too much of gamble getting both.
Midfield is a little lightweigth.
I should just make this clear to all people leaving RMTs. If you have Ferguson, your team is sh1t.
I was just looking at the same thing.
In all honesty, I think we can say it's fairly likely chelsea and city defenders will get a clean sheet on a given gameweek. I'd say about a 40% chance based on last year, rising for good fixtures.
For the price (same as a low priced mid) I think they're more likely to get you the points. You could go crazy and stick 3 chelsea defenders in. Imagine that, 5 defenders with a good chance of getting you at least 30 points....
Just joined FFS so first time poster. I've been reading some very interesting posts and have gained some wonderful insight into the world of FF.
Not sure if this has been covered or not but I'd be interested in some opinions on the following:
Silva and Malouda vs Lampard and Toure
My team so far is:
Given (Ruddy)
Kompany, A.Cole, Hughes, (Orr, Simpson)
Sess, N'Zogbia, Moses, _____, _____
Rooney/Van Persie, Rodallega, Zamora
I want Chelsea and Man City attacking cover, too.
Thanks in advance.
Silva and Malouda definitely
good team lad, what about Lamps and Silva and the downgrade Z'Zog to a 6mil mid?
I've thought about it but can't decide on a 6mil mid.
I like to have proven players first and foremost and some of the early fixtures rule out a few of the 6mil mids. Guess I've got to take a punt on someone though.
Thanks.
So you don't think Malouda is a rotation risk?
Week 1 is a total lottery and preseason form counts for now't. I always use my wildcard in week two 🙂
just go with proven players in your team, i always stear clear of gambles early on in the season
Hey Tosey! Is that you? Is your lucrative Ferries League around this year?!
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Nice one, yesot - many thanks! 😀
Does anyone have a link to a printable player list for FPL, as software at my work will not let me access site?
Please?
Look along the bottom, it's now near the end ... 🙂
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Atwq4Ph6mY6JdDVlLUNlQjZQWXdMSHBOODI2SWNmb0E&hl=en_GB&pli=1#gid=14
😯 Blimey! 😀
http://fantasy.premierleague.com/player-list/ thats the link to the list on the site, if that doesn't work I could paste it into a google docs page.
Works, brilliant, thanks :-)!
Quick question.
Are Ashley Young & Balotteli likely to both play full games at the start of the season. What are peoples predictions on these two?
What do you think? The first column are outs the right column are ins==>
Given de Gea
Barton Cahill
Cleverley Modric
Aguero Suarez
Rooney Sturridge
If you are having just one Chelsea player. I think it has to be a defender.
With Chelsea's fixtures, 2 players are essential for me. Defender and Malouda currently, if i could change Malouda for Benayoun it would be amazing.
I'm struggling with defence. I have 9.0 for two defenders and already have Kompany, Baines, Huth.
I would have O'shea but i'm not convinced he'll only miss the fisrt game. I'm thinking Bardsley, Rangel and De laet are not too daft?
Any ideas / critism / abuse most welcome.
I like that combo llamaZA - i might just go with it. Thanks.
Thanks SpeedyPro. I've heard from others that Huth is overpriced. I don't see it myself but i'm probably wrong.
I'm struggling to accept the downgrade from Huth so i may well go will De Laet - he's getting good write ups at the mo. Cheers.
is clichy a guaranteed starter?
No, but if Kolorov disappears he'll probably be first choice left back. I'm currently trying to decide between him and Huth - and getting nowhere fast.
Any thoughts???
Given
Raphael, Kompany, Baines
Sessegnon, Albrighton, Benayoun, N'zogbia
RVP, Rooney, Odemwingie
Potntially Barton for albrighton, also want to try and get silva but who should I sacrifice for him?!!
Rafael is a BIG risk, at least the 3 first GWs, cuz Man. Utd is most definitely to concede some goals against, Arsenal & Tottenham, but they only have 1 on the road though..
But keep Rooney, Change out Given to like Schwarzer or something, a 5m goalie, and change Rafael for either; Enrique (Liverpool), Warnock/L.Young.
My 2 cents
What's everyone's thoughts on transfers?
Last year I felt my weakness was too many 4pt hits to chase fixtures and I probably ended up worse off.
This year my plan is to not touch my defence or goalkeepers til I wildcard in Jan (barring serious injuries) and then just make an average of 1 transfer a week, often saving the transfer til the following week and making 2 changes for more options.
Thoughts?
Bruno, this is a great subject. last season I did far too many transfers and had my worst season ever!
I agree with your sentiment. 4 pt hits are no good, especially when the player you just sold scores a hatrick!
"This year my plan is to not touch my defence or goalkeepers til I wildcard"...I think this is a fine plan
as well as that don't get sucked into spending too much in defence...leave money for expensive attacking players...as much as possible try to limit your transfers to them so you have great captains, in good form with good fixtures
if you follow this plan you will need some dirt-cheap players...try to make sure they are nailed-on starters so you don't waste transfers on them
Arsenal - The only team with two 12.0 players 8)
Not for long if Barca have anything to say about it 😛
They have a lot to say about it but they won't do anything about it.
I wonder which team has the most expensive FPL first XI?
In a 4-4-2, Utd's most expensive XI would cost 91m in FPL.
Those who have Barton in there teams, Have you kept him for now or swapped him out?
