| 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:
stoke back four this season wilkinson starter at left back or is he too much of a risk?
I will have him as bench fodder instead of QPR's Orr.
Hey, regarding defence: The best defenders weren't far off the best midfielders, and were generally about 2m cheaper.
surely that's better value?
It should enable you to have the points equivilent of a strong midfield, an average defence, but with 3 top strikers that you can captain and sub out depending on fixtures/form for captaincy.
Obviously it kind of limits your captaincy to stikers.
It takes a brave man to follow that but I know people have scored v well doing that
The thing is... Who will score more?
Holt and Silva + Malouda and Zamora?
Or RVP and ... say Dyer + Rooney and moses?
I convinced myself I wanted Malouda and Silva. But I really don't want to not have RVP and Rooney, especially if they start well and go up.
the midfielders last season were very good from the poorer teams. I don't know if that can hold out. I think ashley young has a very good chance of getting big scores.
A cheap midfield looks ok this season. barton (if newc), taarabt @qpr, sinclair, nzog, o'hara, maybe moses, downing is quite cheap, wilshere or ramsey may start doing well (doubt it), brunt
The problem is that you don't always know where the clean sheets are coming from.
A good defence last year might be an average performing one this season.
Midfielders are more likely to score, assist and get bonuses hence the reason why investment tends to go their way.
You don't know where a clean sheet is coming from... correct. But equally you don't know where a goal or assist is coming from either. some players will over perform and some will underperform... the only real difference is defenders fail collectively in a team but that doesn't effect predictability anyway.
At the start of the season most players are priced according to their stats from last season to a reasonable extent
I agree to a certain extent that a £6m defender at a top four team could return more than a £6.5m midfielder but whilst you can find some good £4.5m or perhaps £4m defenders it is not so easy to find those priced midfielders. This forces you to spend more in midfield to get any sort of decent players. You might have Moses at £5m, no-one else looks worth it (at the moment), perhaps Barton or Sinclair at £6m and then a few players at £6.5m.
what are your thoughts on playing 2 midfielders from the same team?
Malouda and fatty for instance
That's fine. I did it with Bale and VdV, and in different combinations, Fabs, Nasri and Wallcott last year.
it doesn't work very well. i tried with arsenal - fabs and walcott. the premiership now is too hard to predict in my opinion.
arsenal lost to newcastle 1-0, and rvp took the points in other games. It seemed a shrewd move but it ended up 2,2 5,2 7,2 2,2
choosing the best players on the teams that win is where the points are. The opening fixture i have downing carroll.
"N’Zog is a doubt for the opener"
Source?
Also I'm right in thinking Watson @ Wigan is on pens despite the Moses love on this site? 😕
I'm aware of Moses pre season btw.
Afternoon chaps. Sorry to post another team up on here, but I've reached deadlock on any changes to make. At the mo, it's looking like:
Given Ruddy
ACole Komps Bramble Simps Orr
Malouda Silva Duff O'Hara Moses
RVP Bent Holt
The way I'm seeing things:
a) Charity Shield will hopefully clear up the City forwards situation a bit - still not sure on Silva at 9.5
b) would prefer Zamora in there, but Duff seems a decent way into Fulham attacking points
c) Liverpool's pre-season is putting me off investment, but getting Carroll in for Bent and having N'Zog is another option
d) no Everton coverage is annoying - I doubt buy into this 'they always start the season badly,' could easily be different this time
Any thoughts?
wilkinson instead of orr. particularly coz paddy kenny is attractive as a no2 keeper. But 4m, defenders are simpson, orr or wilkinson. Right? Do we think there are other candidates? (surely not Tamas?!!)
Yeah their team hasn't changed much since last day of last season so i think they will do ok. i think they will get something from the spurs game.
sunderland will 'start slowly'. maybe not, they have got a bit better to be fair. kieran richardson is good but i'm not overly convinced they will start strongly like last year
Vanilla.
Dinamo Tbilisi v KR Reykjavik:
A bet I really like today is Dinamo Tbilisi -1 (Euro Handicap). Everything seems to be in favour of Dinamo here. Reykjavik have reportedly brought a very small squad with them and left some of their best players at home (most noticable absentees are Baldvinsson and Finnbogason) add to that they were heavily beaten in first leg and the high temperatures that the Icelandic team won’t be used to playing in (it will be more than twice as hot playing tonight as the temperature at home). I can’t see past an easy win here for Dinamo against an understrength and unmotivated Reykjavik.
My pick Dinamo Tbilisi -1 Euro Handicap
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hi everyone -
probably like everyone else i am struggling with the midefield. Good cheapish options in taarabt and ohara and sessegnon. But difficult to have conviction on a "name" - lampard, fab, nani etc.
what do we think on malouda v benayoun?
I think - start with Malouda for now and then bring in Benny if he looks certain to start or after GW1.
i am going with lampard - other than last season due to injury, he is fantasy football gold.
The idea that he will play a more defensive role and therefore is not such a good buy is rubbish -he always gets up there at the important moments in the game
maybe i am biased as a Chelsea supporter
Surely the below team is 0.5 over? 😕
It's saying 0.0 in bank!
Given, (Ruddy)
Kompany, Baines, Hughes, (Alcaraz) (Simpson)
Silva, Sinclair, Taarabat, Watson (Ferguson),
Bent, RVP, Carroll
My mistake - Kompany is 6m not 6.5m 😉
So how likely is N'Zogbia to start GW1 and why wouldn't he start?
Mcleish was saying that he is behind the others in fitness and has him on a special regime...the speculation is that he may not be ready to start at fulham, but may get a bench role. this is just speculation though...if he is ready he will play, but it's enough of a question mark to reconsider starting him.
Yeah I think I'm leave him out for GW1 and gonna stick Taarabt in to see how he fairs against Bolton. This leaves me £2 mill in the bank to bring N'Zogbia back in for GW2 going forward.
daft question i am sure, but where are people getting the EA index scores and stats from?
thanks
Do people know that their links to last years game do not work anymore?
appartently no
For those who are predicting the Moses bandwagon to fall flat on its old testament face can you please enlighten me as to who is a better midfield choice for 5m or less. I really would like to know...as I can't see any better.
i concur. unless u want ferguson who will just sit on your bench.
Neville(a) or de Jong(h)
I can't believe I'm even considering Neville...to think its come to this. I think i prefer the risk of Moses than the guarenteed 2pts-3pts of Phil Neville.
De Jong's yellow cards actually make him ok for the start....he is poison come December when the bans kick in.
If he does fail all we will hear next year is "Remember Moses, look how that turned out!"
He's £5m for chuffs sake. He might fail, not really a big deal.
I've actually just plumped for Crofts. He's a Swagger Jagger if ever I saw one.
I must confess I have never heard of him. What made you pick him over the Mosesiah?
Anti Ipswich recommended him as the best value Norwich midfielder. He has a decent goals record in the Championship (gets-into-the-box type player) and is absolutely nailed on.
Mostly I just see Moses doing sod all and getting dropped. Why are we assuming he'll be the main points scorer when they have McCarthy and Watson as more established attackers? For all we know Jordi Sodding Gomez will take his place.
Having said that I may go for him, its just that he's being massively massively over-hyped.
is briggs a good buy n e one. Hes 4 million and has been playing left mid when hes a defender preseason. Or will he go when dempsey gets back? im lost
Not for sure, but likely ...
Think I've finally got it:
Given (Kenny)
Hangeland, Collins, Cole A (Briggs)(Simpson)
Taarabt, Albrighton, Dempsey, Malouda, Watson
Drogba, Suarez (Graham)
Which would you pick?
A) Jose Enrique and N'Zogbia
B) Tate(Swansea) and Downing
A
Why do I have Rodellega in my team? He's pants, he almost made wigan go down last season he was that bad. He missed so many chances and he's turd.
Fixture whore I am
As you said... fixtures. And also we know from the season before last he can do ok with a bit of confidence... a new season can bring that sometimes!
I'm considering him. Got to be a safer bet than the likes of holt
Think im there again.
please rate me.
Give, Guzan
Vidic, Kompany, Huth, Bardsley, De Laet
VDV, NZogbia, Benayoun, Wilshere, Sinclair
Rooney, Holt, Zamora
I think its pretty strong
VDV injury doubt
N'Zogbia may miss first game
Benayoun will be rotated and won't get many starts
Wilshere is cheap and for a reason (terrible FPL player)
Hey guys, I've said this many times before but this is the last RMT I'm going to do.
Given (Foster)
Baines, A Cole, Kompany (Orr) (S Taylor)
Moses, Taarabt, Tchoyi, Dempsey (Sessegnon)
Aguero, Bent, Zamora
What do you guys think, my 2 main worries are Aguero not being very good for his price and also Tchoyi not being used as a striker.
Any help would be great.
I see a lot of people choosing Holt over Helguson. Any reason why?
the signings of bothroyd and dj campbell will put helguson under massive threat
A. Murphy and Wilkinson or
B. Watson and Alcaraz?
Given, (Ruddy)
Kompany, Baines, Hughes, (Alcaraz) (Simpson)
Silva, Sinclair, Taarabat, Watson (Ferguson),
Bent, RVP, Carroll
On the basis that Valencia is likely to get more game time than Arshavin... RVP and Valencia.
think you're right. I think Young is also going to see a lot pitch time especially with his versatility. Plus ir Berba leaves, that may open up the slot for Young to play in the hole behind Rooney too.
I think it's a dangerous game selecting any of United's wingers due to rotation though I believe Valencia will be the most favoured. Arshavin I doubt will get many minutes... I think Walcott and Gervinho will have big seasons.
Valencia...
Arshavin...
This money is better spent elsewhere but if I had to choose I'd go with Rooney and Arshavin because at least they are currently fit.
the first one. that's mainly down to arshavin having gervinho and nasri as competition right now
Who do you guys reckon will be comeback player of the year?
I have a sneaking suspicion it will be Agger?
Anyone brave enough to say Woodgate??
What'd you think to this team gents? getting pretty close to a team i'm happy with. Made a few changes because I had far too many promoted team players (5) (asking for trouble).
Given
Kompany Luiz Alcaraz
N'Zogbia Lampard Taarabt Silva
Holt RVP(C) Zamora
Ruddy O'Hara Wilkinson Simpson
lampard has consumes a lot of your budget. May be wise to spread this around the team more?
alcaraz is pants.
i think you need a big no2 striker also. zamora is a punt (albeit a good one for your 3rd striker)
lampard is the most consistent FPL scorer in the last 3 years and hes the only gauranteed attacking player for a team that have 2 easy home games in their first 3
first name down for me
get rid after gwk3 for an arsenal midfielder if you want the cash
Is Ephraim likely to start for QPR? He has been on form pre season.
Has Taarabt played much pre season?
Cabaye is listed as the 1st choice penalty taker for Newcastle. Can I ask if there is a source behind this?
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Anyone see any major risks with the following players:
Brunt, Dempsey, Moses, Albrighton, Taarabt
Rooney, Zamora, RvP
Moses and Taarabt look to be the major risks for me here
solid
Know all teams are getting a bit similar these days but would appreciate any thoughts.
Given (Ruddy)
Baines Kompany Kelly Ivanovic (Briggs)
Nani Modric Sessegnon Nzogbia (Dyer)
RVP(c) Rodallega (Ameobi)
Thanks!
How come?
Baines is a pretty solid choice given he is on pens as well..
saha will probably hog the pernalties. i feel you overpay for the attacking potential of baines vs distin.
just my opinion, so feel free to ignore.
modric looks expensive to me given his fpl point scoring. dyer just gets injured, so i would avoid. i like rodallega and his fixtures are good. But i have no conviction that wigan can do it. Ameobi - no idea. I think having one of ameobi and rod is cool - but would suggest a good second tier striker to go with rvp.
the best advice is not to listen to people on this site though!!
