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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    I don't know, I think Sunderland will do very well defensively, and I think McShane will be the stewalt of that defence. Not only that, but whenever he plays, he's likely to get bonus points, he rarely if ever gets injured, and he chips in with a fair few goals every year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    Sizzler wrote:
    SofaKing wrote:
    On the team page swap out a defender and sub in a forward, and voila....you should have a 3-4-3.


    My own line-up reeks of Goals and Assists from all over the pitch :)

    Howard
    Lescott-Neville-Finnan
    Lampard-Richardson-Milner-Taylor-Gamst Pederson
    Viduka-Bent

    Bench: Niemi, Evans, Ben Haim, Lita

    Best of luck those chasing 2nd ;)
    You better hope your MF's are scoring each week as your front two wont be playing every week.

    Owen - Martins are 1st choice for the newcs and Berba and Robbie are 1st choice for Spurs Id imagine :p
    Ahaa, but you need to remember its Allardyce in charge who likes to play a big strong target man dead centre flanked by two fsat attackers, so I think Viduka will feature a lot.

    I concede that Bent may not always get his game, so I may still change that, but that's whys its important to have your whole midfield capable of getting goals and assists in case one is subbed in for a non-playing striker.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,688 ✭✭✭Nailz


    I forgot my name and my password! And the e-mail address I registered doesn't work anymore!! What am I going to do?!?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    It can only be one of two things, either you've spellt your email address wrong, or you used a different one altogether.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,093 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    Given
    Carvalho
    Ferdinand
    Dunne
    Carragher

    Ronaldo
    Fabregas
    Alonso

    Van Persie
    Nugent
    Tevez


    Not too sure about Alonso, will he be playing most games, Liverpool have loads of midfield options.
    Nugent too is a bit of a worry, i think he should do well there in theory but i have a feeling he might not find form, saw him in pre season friendly and he was poor. Lita might be an option....
    Feel free to mock and advise :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    Feel free to mock and advise :)
    You should ditch Alonso and go for a cheaper attacking midfielder who will get more points. Look to the likes of Milner, Richardson, McSheffrey, Maloney, Pienaar, Malbranque, Hunt.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,093 ✭✭✭Carcharodon


    SofaKing wrote:
    You should ditch Alonso and go for a cheaper attacking midfielder who will get more points. Look to the likes of Milner, Richardson, McSheffrey, Maloney, Pienaar, Malbranque, Hunt.

    Yea, I had McSheffrey but not sure if he will be as good in the Premiership.
    Big fan of Malbranque but not sure how he figures in Jols plans, quality player if he finds a run of form.
    I just dont like Richardson, will probably do ok but I just cant do it...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    For what its worth heres Sizzler's guide to Fantasy Football for the season;)

    1) Try and pick 2-3 players with a hefty price tag, e.g. Rooney, Drogba etc. If any of these lads fail to do well in the first few months or get injured or suspended you can drop them in favour of a cheaper alternative and bring them back in when they are doing the biz. If you dont have pricey players in from the start the odds are you will never be able to afford to get them in at a later stage as you will have to make too many team changes to accomadate them, thus losing points in the process.

    2) Forget team allegiance ! Don't stack your team with lads from your fav team and equally dont eliminate yor arch enemies from your line up just because of who they play for ! Have to be selfish in fantasy land !

    3) Don't pick too many players who havent played in the premiership, very easy to go and pick Torres, Babel, Nani, Malouda, Pizarro, Da Silva etc etc. Stick to the lads who are tried and tested and drop in or two of the new lads and hope they click. Shevchenko anybody ?

    4) No point picking good players because of their individual ability, look further than that. Whats the likelyhood of their team doing OK this season? Will they keep clean sheets, get assists, score the odd goal? Hargreaves, Mascherano, Makelele all quality players at what they do, but they are never going to rack up a shedload of points for your team. You would be better off with someone like Barton (when fit) or Arteta, cheaper and more likely to score goals / assists.

    5) Check out your teams first 10 fixtures and see what their likelyhood is at getting wins / keeping clean sheets. Remember once August 11th comes its going to be difficult to make wholesale changes. The wildcard is obviously available but you should try and hold off till Jan to use that one.(see below)

    6) African nations cup, come Jan a lot of top quality players will be gone from for at least 2-3 weeks, Essien, Drogba,Martins,Zakora,Yakubu etc. Need to strike a balance here, if you are happy to have Essien and Drogba in till Xmas then great, but bare in mind other players stock will have risen in the first few months so they will be costly to swap out, odds are you will struggle to afford to bring all your African players back in (if you have 3 or 4 of them).

    7) South American players. Post Copa America the odds are the majority of these lads will be given the first few games off, or at the very least they will be eased back into action, Gilberto,Anderson, Pizarro etc.

    8) Are you picking players that will defo start each week? Spurs / Pool / Utd / Arsenal and Chelsea teams are going to be a nightmare to predict this season, most notably in the MF area and even more so up front! Providing Utd sign Tevez I'd say out of that group of teams Utd's forward line will probably be the only team that you can predict who will play up top every week. Liverpool/Chelsea and Spurs will be lucky dip :eek:

    9) Don't underestimate the value of decent defenders ! If your forwards arent scoring or assisting you are going to end up with a paltry 2 points for a 90 min appearance...make that 1 point if they get booked :( A clean sheet and a star performance from a defender can get you 8 pts so keep an eye on the good defensive teams and slip in a player who is likely to head in a few corners over the season :)

    10) USE YOUR WEEKLY TRANSFER! Keep an eye on what games are coming up each week, the big teams could be playing relegation fodder and an opportunity could arise to get a few extra points somewhere in the team. Equally there will be times during the season where some teams could play twice in a week, time to transfer those lads in to increase your chances of some extra points :D

    11) Use your captain wisely ! Change him every week ! There will always be opportunities to do well depending on opposition!

    12) Try and pick up a bargain or two :D Easier said than done but Reading was a prime example last year and theres bound to be a sprinkling of players this season in the lower price brackets who are going to do well.

    Finally, you need luck and lots of it !

    I'm sure theres other tactics and strategies I've omitted but hey I cant claim to ever have won the thing but I tried to follow the above last season and I did OK :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    PHB wrote:
    I don't know, I think Sunderland will do very well defensively, and I think McShane will be the stewalt of that defence. Not only that, but whenever he plays, he's likely to get bonus points, he rarely if ever gets injured, and he chips in with a fair few goals every year.
    Ok, I'll stick him on my watchlist. I have Baines & Rosenior in at the moment who are my 2 x 4.5m defenders. I've been trying to get Shorey in for a while and if I throw in McShane for either Baines or Rosenior, I could afford him.

    McShane & Shorey is prob a better combination than the 2 I have above. Interesting...!!!!!!!!!

    Who'd be a manager????


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,732 ✭✭✭Reganio 2


    I made 4 changes to my team and it is quite simply put...AMAZING. Probably won't win it but hell it will be good in my eyes.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,836 ✭✭✭Vokes


    That's a nice guide, Sizzler. Fair play.

    I reckon your steps #2 and #4 are ones that a lot of newbies fall down on a lot.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,010 ✭✭✭besty


    Nice one Sizzler.

    I just completely overhauled my team. It looks good on paper but I've gambled a bit with my forward line. I've tried to load my defence with quality to churn points out week in week out then put flair in midfield and what I think will be a consistent forward line.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,430 ✭✭✭Sizzler


    Cheers lads. Hopefully some people get a bit of use out of it :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,203 ✭✭✭Attractive Nun


    2 changes to Eleven Hungry Men:

    Van Persie in for Torres
    Parker in for Ireland

    Don't trust Torres and what was I thinking with a player from Man City?!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,589 ✭✭✭✭Necronomicon


    Nice guide Sizzler. I'd just add that you should pick players who take set pieces, particularly penalties; Gareth Barry, Arteta, Ronaldo etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,404 ✭✭✭✭~Rebel~


    For the Rebel Army, I've gone for;

    Cech

    Geremi
    Carragher
    Lescott
    Finnan

    Ronaldo (c)
    Reo-Coker (worth it for his low low price)
    Fabregas
    Bently

    Tevez (subject to move!)
    Van Persie

    Kirkland, Forsell (1st sub), Boyce and Teale.

    Plenty of scope there for winnings..tempted to swap out Carra for Carvalho, undecided as yet. terry is just that extra .5 i dont wanna spend. Carra got so many points last season tho, nearly always guaranteed bonus as well, and Finnan is just a legend.

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    I'm thinking of ditching Taylor from Newcastle...they haven't really strengthened their defence at all this summer and no matter how good Big Sam might think he is, he still needs a few decent defenders. Seems to be a rift at Newcastle at the moment with him


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    So I've got 8m to spend....

    I've got Doyle up front as one of my 2 main strikers, with 0.5m in the bank.

    Should I keep him or look elsewhere?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,404 ✭✭✭✭~Rebel~


    Lex Luthor wrote:
    I'm thinking of ditching Taylor from Newcastle...they haven't really strengthened their defence at all this summer and no matter how good Big Sam might think he is, he still needs a few decent defenders. Seems to be a rift at Newcastle at the moment with him


    Im tipping Geremi for great things this season. He's not too expensive and is down as a defender, even though he'll probably play at least some aprt of the season in midfield so you get the benefit of defence points and at times midfielders likelyhood for goals/assists. Even at RB, id say he'll still get a fair amount of assists and goals as it is! For the price newky are worth it, even with just whats there at the moment i think they'll be a lot tighter at the back then in recent years just because of Sams influence, and i very much doubt they're done in the transfer market as far as the defence is concerned.

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    Where is the tactics button? FFS, Iwant to go from 442 to 433 and I can't find the damn thing.

    Anyone?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,606 ✭✭✭✭Mitch Connor


    seansouth wrote:
    Where is the tactics button? FFS, Iwant to go from 442 to 433 and I can't find the damn thing.

    Anyone?
    remove a midfielder, put in a striker, it will automatically go 433.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    seansouth wrote:
    Where is the tactics button? FFS, Iwant to go from 442 to 433 and I can't find the damn thing.

    Anyone?
    There's no tactics button, you just take out a striker and replace him with a a midfielder/defender and then the formation changes automatically.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    :o

    Heh, thanks lads.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Can I get an invite puhleese?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,625 ✭✭✭✭BaZmO*


    Yeah sure, why not!

    ****YOU ARE OFFICIALLY INVITED!****


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 41,926 ✭✭✭✭_blank_


    BaZmO* wrote:
    Yeah sure, why not!

    ****YOU ARE OFFICIALLY INVITED!****


    :)

    Zapp, just follow these instructions and you'll be in the game

    Go to http://fantasy.premierleague.com/

    and enter your team. then to join this league your will need the following details:
    1997-1042


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Coola boola didnt see that code in the first 4 posts on the first page nor on the last page, Damn this chronic laziness.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,203 ✭✭✭✭Lex Luthor


    I just checked my account and it looks like I am signed up for 2 boards leagues

    One is called
    Boards.ie
    and the other is called
    boards.ie

    Not sure how I managed that but the one with the capital 'B' has a lot more joined. Any idea what the difference is and which one is the league most people are using?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,010 ✭✭✭besty


    I'm also in both. I presume one is last years that has been renewed by the admin or something?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,800 ✭✭✭county


    can they be merged,seems a bit silly having two boards leagues


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