[shadowcomplex]

Can anyone suggest some new players who could be bargains this year and whom from the promoted teams should we look out for

[HJOlympian]

Promoted Players
Southampton - Billy Sharpe (F) / Rickie Lambert (F) / Jay Rodriguez (F) / Adam Lallana (M)
Reading -Adam La Fondre (F) & Adam Federicci (GK)
West Ham - Ricardo Vaz Te (F)

Potential Bargains
Aston Villa - Enda Stevens (D) / Karmin El Ahmadi (M) / Brett Holman (F)
Fulham - Kerim Frei (M) & Mladen Petric (F)
Man Utd - Shinji Kagawa (M / F)

There could be more, depending on a lot of transfer rumours coming confirmed signings

[FatRat]

Ian Harte

[OneColdHand]

Originally Posted by HJOlympian

Aston Villa - Enda Stevens (D) / Karmin El Ahmadi (M) / Brett Holman (F)

I don't know about El Ahmadi, but he's a defensive midfielder. I can't see him being much of a bargain unless theres rule changes.

[manual_man]

Originally Posted by FatRat

Ian Harte

definitely, if he plays. will he though? he's going on 35...

[grohlisagod]

The Liverpool defence could be excellent next season.

Solid already and if Rodgers can instill his passing style I don't see them conceding many chances. Won't cost more than 6m either.

We'll have a chance to check them out too because the opening fixtures are horrid.

[POKERKING]

Ian Harte at reading is a great shout. Mcanuff there aswell is good, Le fondre doesnt start as mentioned above so i would avoid him.

At west ham, James Tomkins after the olympics if hes a base defender is a good shout, hes very dangerous from set pieces. kevin Nolan always reliable too for goals from midfield but will depend on price

At Southampton, Lambert is best shout takes free kicks penos and is a great finisher. minid you said same about Tarabet last season!

Wont know the rest till the prices are released but its a start

[Dempsey]

Ian Harte will be this season's Stephen Ward!

[Formation]

Would van persie at city be a better fantasy prospect than van persie at arsenal?

[shadowcomplex]

Originally Posted by Formation

Would van persie at city be a better fantasy prospect than van persie at arsenal?

No because

A. He won't be the main man because of rotation and the goals would be dished around anyway even if he played the majority of games

B. He usually gets an injury every season

C. Last seasons form was unbelieveable

[manual_man]

Originally Posted by Formation

Would van persie at city be a better fantasy prospect than van persie at arsenal?

hard to say, but i think Van Persie will be sold abroad

[carlcon]

Would RVP be better this season with City than he would be this season with Arsenal? Absolutely. If he was to go there, rotation wouldn't be too much of a problem for a player of his quality/stature.

But if you're looking to compare a potential City position this season to him with Arsenal last season, then you're probably expecting too much. Last season was pretty phenomenal, especially since he avoided injury, which can't be guarenteed a second season in a row.

[Maire2009]

Originally Posted by carlcon

Would RVP be better this season with City than he would be this season with Arsenal? Absolutely. If he was to go there, rotation wouldn't be too much of a problem for a player of his quality/stature.

But if you're looking to compare a potential City position this season to him with Arsenal last season, then you're probably expecting too much. Last season was pretty phenomenal, especially since he avoided injury, which can't be guarenteed a second season in a row.

He won't do as well goal-wise if he goes to City, won't even come close to getting 20 never mind the number he banged in for Arsenal last season. Arsenal completely set-up for him last season - it was operation "get the ball to van Persie" - he won't have that at City, just like he doesn't have it at Holland. Aguero, Tevez, Silva aren't going to give van Persie the ball as freely as Walcott, Gervinho, Arteta, Song where - they were looking for him.

As an Arsenal fan, I hope he fails miserably wherever he goes

Speaking of whom, what about Podolski for next season? Should be a starter and has a good record of assists and goals, even in a struggling Koln team last season.

[Formation]

Really struggling to think where decent cheap defenders are going to come from bar swansea and newcastle and far more difficult to tailor it to the first 10 games of the season.

[carlcon]

Originally Posted by Formation

Really struggling to think where decent cheap defenders are going to come from bar swansea and newcastle and far more difficult to tailor it to the first 10 games of the season.

I'd be very surprised if "those" defenders from last season are cheap again this season. With one team finishing mid-table, and another almost fighting for a Champions League spot, both their values will fly up. Especially since so many of their defenders scored so many points.

If you're looking for that same kind of 4-4.5m price, my guess is we'll have to look elsewhere. The promoted teams will be fairly cheap, but the one we'll all be looking at first (Harte) is likely to be overpriced, IMO.