General FPL Chat 2015/16

manual_man · 22-06-2015 10:28pm

CSF wrote: »

Was looking at those odds, found it strange that they only had English clubs in the market.

maybe he's instructed his agent he only wants to play in the PL. Saints def's are likely to be pricey this time round in fpl, if Alder isn't with them any more, and Clyne set to leave too, i may well steer clear starting off

Paully D wrote: »

Cech to Arsenal is done per the Mail and others, £11m the reported fee.

Top signing for Arsenal. Will absolutely have Arsenal def cover GW1

Bleating Lamb · 22-06-2015 10:37pm

First time to check in this year...even though tis only June....,said it to the missus and she sighed and said 'its happy for ye men'...:)

Backstreet Moyes · 23-06-2015 6:29pm

As a United fan hopefully at decent prices.

Herrera scored 6 league goals this season the majority in the second half of the season when made first choice. He is very clinical when he gets a chance. Depending on signings he should be first choice and hopefully around 6.5.

Smalling was brilliant last season and is first choice for United next season he also had a purple patch scoring a few goals in a row and scored 4 league goals last season. If he comes in around 5.5 he could be decent value.

Henderson's return for Liverpool was very good last season also and he should be on penalties and probably free kicks next season and hopefully around 7.0 he could be value.

FutureGuy · 23-06-2015 11:00pm

Nuts102 wrote: »

As a United fan hopefully at decent prices.

Herrera scored 6 league goals this season the majority in the second half of the season when made first choice. He is very clinical when he gets a chance. Depending on signings he should be first choice and hopefully around 6.5.

Smalling was brilliant last season and is first choice for United next season he also had a purple patch scoring a few goals in a row and scored 4 league goals last season. If he comes in around 5.5 he could be decent value.

Henderson's return for Liverpool was very good last season also and he should be on penalties and probably free kicks next season and hopefully around 7.0 he could be value.

I think Henderson will be 8.0-8.5. They'll have factored in the above.

FHFC · 23-06-2015 11:32pm

Nice article from www.fantasyfootballgeek, a good little blog site I've mentioned before and was the first decent FPL resource I found this time two years ago.

http://www.fantasyfootballgeek.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-strategy-review/

A good overview on the basic principles of strategy approaches to the FPL game if you're a newbie, or even an oldie. Agree with most of his points, although I'm partial to a hit and am a confirmed team value hound. But I'll be playing my captain much more conservatively this year, some daft punts last season.....Balotelli, Jovetic, fupping Adebayor.!!! Not to mention the biggest most useless Italian of questionable parentage...uuggghh.

Mr.Prodston · 23-06-2015 11:40pm

FHFC wrote: »

But I'll be playing my captain much more conservatively this year, some daft punts last season.....Balotelli, Jovetic, fupping Adebayor.!!! Not to mention the biggest most useless Italian of questionable parentage...uuggghh.

Ahem.

Has PVA not stuck in your mind? :cool:

FHFC · 23-06-2015 11:48pm

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Ahem.

Has PVA not stuck in your mind? :cool:

Was happy to leave you to go solo on that one.

Our Jovetic collaboration didn't bode well.

Pelle and Adebayor stick in my mind much more and did a hell of a lot more damage than not captaining PVA!

Ziegler1988 · 24-06-2015 12:21am

FPL Discovery has some reviews of the season up if anyone wants to go deep inside the stats. The one guy that didn't own Kane at all is an Arsenal supporter that has a rule not to pick Spurs. Just imagine where he would be if he did and how badly he got stung during Bale's heyday :pac:

CSF · 24-06-2015 12:49am

Such a stupid way to play the game.

spock. · 24-06-2015 8:15am

Firmino signs for Liverpool.

Hopefully he is down as a midfielder as he could become a good OOP option then. I've been watching him in the Copa and he's looked dangerous.

NoviGlitzko · 24-06-2015 12:11pm

Firmino will be in my team if he's a midfielder also. With Gerrard gone the 3 danger men for 'Pool are Coutinho, Firmino, & Sturridge. With Coutinho's normal stats I'd definitely give Firmino a chance.

Anyone have a timeframe for when the game reboots for the coming season?

GLaDOS · 24-06-2015 12:14pm

Will see what sort of value Firmino comes in at. Don't have full confidence in Liverpool starting well and as we know these sigbings can sometimes take a while to get running.

Paully D · 24-06-2015 12:29pm

Interesting stat I noticed looking at the points leaders from last season as an example:

- only 2 of the top 15 goalkeepers were new to the Premier League (Heaton and Forster)

- only 1 of the top 15 defenders were new to the Premier League (Cresswell)

- only 3 of the top 30 midfielders were new to the Premier League (Sanchez, Mane and Tadic)

- however, 12 of the top 30 strikers were new to the Premier League (Austin, Costa, Pelle, Ings, Ulloa, Diouf, Vardy, Ayoze, Sakho, Valencia, Barnes and Falcao)

Obviously one season is nowhere near enough, but would there be anywhere else I can find the top points scorers from previous seasons to identify if there is a trend? Based on the above, it seems if you're going to take a chance on a new signing playing in the Premier League for the first time - up front is where to do it for fantasy football purposes.

Shaque attack · 24-06-2015 1:17pm

I would be interested to see some stats on that too.

The theory goes along with my own thoughts as well - I think strikers new to the league can benefit from the fact that defenders mightn't know alot about them and they have the element of surprise on their side. I also think this works to the disadvantage of new defenders.

Scorpion Sting · 24-06-2015 6:08pm

Paully D wrote: »

- however, 12 of the top 30 strikers were new to the Premier League (Austin, Costa, Pelle, Ings, Ulloa, Diouf, Vardy, Ayoze, Sakho, Valencia, Barnes and Falcao)

Diouf wasn't new to the league. He played with Man United and Blackburn previously.

Iused2likebusts · 24-06-2015 6:36pm

Paully D wrote: »

Interesting stat I noticed looking at the points leaders from last season as an example:

- only 2 of the top 15 goalkeepers were new to the Premier League (Heaton and Forster)

- only 1 of the top 15 defenders were new to the Premier League (Cresswell)

- only 3 of the top 30 midfielders were new to the Premier League (Sanchez, Mane and Tadic)

- however, 12 of the top 30 strikers were new to the Premier League (Austin, Costa, Pelle, Ings, Ulloa, Diouf, Vardy, Ayoze, Sakho, Valencia, Barnes and Falcao)

Obviously one season is nowhere near enough, but would there be anywhere else I can find the top points scorers from previous seasons to identify if there is a trend? Based on the above, it seems if you're going to take a chance on a new signing playing in the Premier League for the first time - up front is where to do it for fantasy football purposes.

I think this would always be the case due to the way the scoring works in the game. Most teams only play 1 striker so a newly promoted striker if he plays the majority of games and gets 5 or 6 goals will hit 100 pts quite easily. There isn't a huge selection of strikers to pick from we did a draft and your scraping the barrell a bit if you got one of the last picks for striker. We had to pick 1 GK 2 def 2 mid 1 striker there was 20 of us. Then for a def when you consider a c.s will get 4 defs from the 1 team 4 pts each it's going to be next to impossible for a newly promoted team to have a def with one of the highest scores. I'd see it as no real surprise that austin ings would comfortably be in the top 20 scoring strikers and would expect much the same from newly promoted strikers each year.

Swiper the fox · 24-06-2015 7:29pm

Danny Graham isn't new to the league but I expect him to be the new Sergio Aguero, top 30 me arse.:mad:

And he's working his hole off in the off season
http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/24/could-danny-graham-have-what-it-takes-to-shine-with-sunderland-5253181/

Lemlin will be wishing he could have 11 Danny Grahams next year.

F1ngers · 26-06-2015 3:32pm

West Ham sign Dimitri Payet.

Payet made more successful through balls than any player in Europe’s top five leagues last season, bar Barcelona star Lionel Messi, and chalked up a phenomenal 17 assists in 36 league appearances for Marseille.

With seven goals to his name too,

http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/June/26-June/Dimitri-Payet-signs!

jimmii · 26-06-2015 3:47pm

F1ngers wrote: »

West Ham sign Dimitri Payet.
http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2015/June/26-June/Dimitri-Payet-signs!

Was he the major signing that David Gold told people not to go bed for at 1am this morning!

F1ngers · 26-06-2015 4:04pm

jimmii wrote: »

Was he the major signing that David Gold told people not to go bed for at 1am this morning!

No idea.
But if we can get a striker to latch onto his through balls, we should stave off relegation for another year.

Alfred Borden · 26-06-2015 4:13pm

Remy is being touted for West Ham. Will definitely have him if he ends up there.

jimmii · 26-06-2015 4:21pm

F1ngers wrote: »

No idea.
But if we can get a striker to latch onto his through balls, we should stave off relegation for another year.

If he can link up well with Sakho that could work. Remy would be a great signing for West Ham.

Maybe they can find the miracle cure for Carroll!

2nd Row Donkey · 28-06-2015 11:37pm

Wondering if England's dire performances at the u21's recently is going to impact on the form of some of their players ... mainly Ings and more importantly Kane...

... given the fact that he is now very much a known entity unlike the majority of last season, the poor form at the summer tournament, the additional games/less rest this summer, a slightly stuttering end to last season and the huge jump in price means he's not a very attractive option in the first few weeks for me.

Ziegler1988 · 29-06-2015 4:07pm

Cech to Arsenal is official. The Arsenal defender prices will be interesting

Paully D · 30-06-2015 12:46am

It's getting closer!

jimmii · 30-06-2015 5:38am

Paully D wrote: »

It's getting closer!

That's been going on for a while now. Not long to wait though hopefully!

GLaDOS · 30-06-2015 12:22pm

It's usually around the 2nd week of July, be surprised if it was any earlier this year.

F1ngers · 30-06-2015 12:26pm

ScienceNerd wrote: »

It's usually around the 2nd week of July, be surprised if it was any earlier this year.

Season starts a week earlier, so might open up a week earlier too.

dahat · 30-06-2015 5:50pm

Be watching Jack Butland with Begovic retiring to Chelsea.

Lucas Hood · 30-06-2015 5:52pm

dahat wrote: »

Be watching Jack Butland with Begovic retiring to Chelsea.

Yeah hopefully he joins after game is started might keep Butlands price lower.

spock. · 30-06-2015 8:58pm

Pearson sacked by Leicester.

jimmii · 30-06-2015 10:21pm

spock. wrote: »

Pearson sacked by Leicester.

And probably favourite to be next permanent manager after last time! Crazy decision.

Paully D · 01-07-2015 1:51pm

Sky Sports are reporting Shaqiri to Stoke for £12m. First player on my watchlist this season if it happens.

Mr.Prodston · 01-07-2015 2:23pm

Paully D wrote: »

Sky Sports are reporting Shaqiri to Stoke for £12m. First player on my watchlist this season if it happens.

Bloody hell that'd be some move for Stoke. I'd expect Siggy-esque returns with added explosive capabilities.

Anymore than 7.5 at an absolute push wouldn't really be viable unless he hit the ground running though.

Lemlin · 01-07-2015 4:47pm

dahat wrote: »

Be watching Jack Butland with Begovic retiring to Chelsea.

Ridiculous move for Begovic. He's only 28, he'll be entering the prime of his career.

CSF · 01-07-2015 5:21pm

Shaqiri hasn't done well for a while now. He'll be over priced relative to his value based on that not being well-documented IMO.

Lemlin · 01-07-2015 5:26pm

CSF wrote: »

Shaqiri hasn't done well for a while now. He'll be over priced relative to his value based on that not being well-documented IMO.

He's the typical type of player that Hughes will turn around though e.g. McCarthy, Bellamy, Santa Cruz, Bojan, Arnie....

For a season at least!

shano_88 · 01-07-2015 7:18pm

Payet at West Ham is definitely someone to keep an eye on.

jimmii · 01-07-2015 7:20pm

shano_88 wrote: »

Payet at West Ham is definitely someone to keep an eye on.

Yeh for sure looks decent. Hopefully FPL have missed it and thought that West Ham have gone down the crazy route of signing us Poyet as a player and he is priced at 4m. Fingers crossed!!!

F1ngers · 02-07-2015 9:51pm

Player list has been released:
http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/players.html

CSF · 02-07-2015 10:22pm

F1ngers wrote: »

Player list has been released:
http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/players.html

I was expecting prices beside them

manual_man · 02-07-2015 10:27pm

Jose Holebas signs for Watford, Greek int'l full back pretty attacking could be a nice cheapie option

2nd Row Donkey · 02-07-2015 11:28pm

A lot of players released by their clubs are still on the list.

Also, Gomes is the #1 at Watford. When did that happen. I can see myself coming in drunk one night and transferring him in for a -4

spock. · 02-07-2015 11:33pm

F1ngers wrote:

Player list has been released:

Sanchez and Walcott both listed as 'forwards'
Does this mean they will be forwards for this season's FPL?

jimmii · 02-07-2015 11:34pm

F1ngers wrote: »

Player list has been released:
http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/players.html

Get in!

jimmii · 02-07-2015 11:34pm

CSF wrote: »

I was expecting prices beside them

Ahhh disappointed now.

03-07-2015 1:31am

spock. wrote: »

Sanchez and Walcott both listed as 'forwards'
Does this mean they will be forwards for this season's FPL?

Schlupp down as midfielder too. Wonder if that'll carry through. Any other OOP players?

Paully D · 03-07-2015 8:59am

Dónal wrote: »

Any other OOP players?

Wickham and Defoe down as strikers. They played as full backs most of last season! :pac:

extra gravy · 03-07-2015 1:44pm

manual_man wrote: »

Jose Holebas signs for Watford, Greek int'l full back pretty attacking could be a nice cheapie option

That might be in doubt, he says he was never consulted about it and hasn't signed any contract yet http://www.football-italia.net/68626/holebas-%E2%80%98roma-never-asked-me%E2%80%99

jimmii · 03-07-2015 1:53pm

Looking forward to some Friday Night Premier League! The more deadlines we can see team sheets for ahead of time the better!

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