Players to watch this (2017/2018) season

PVA

Dusan Tadic has dropped to £6.5m, will be keeping my eye on him in pre-season. If he can repeat the form of 15/16 he could really hit the ground running with Southamptons opening fixtures.

Jon Walters has already been noted in another thread, could be on pens and playing as a striker for Burnley

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (hereafter known as RLC) could be a steal at £4.5m

KevIRL

PVA wrote: »

Dusan Tadic has dropped to £6.5m, will be keeping my eye on him in pre-season. If he can repeat the form of 15/16 he could really hit the ground running with Southamptons opening fixtures.

Jon Walters has already been noted in another thread, could be on pens and playing as a striker for Burnley

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (hereafter known as RNL) could be a steal at £4.5m

RNL?

RLC Shirley?

razorblunt

Is Begovic likely to start for Bournemouth ahead of Boruc? 4.5m, is a tidy option.

Morzadec

Firmino looks like value at 8.5 when you compare him to the other striking options. Should start even with Salah joining. Could be an enabler.

Scorpion Sting

PVA wrote: »

Dusan Tadic has dropped to £6.5m, will be keeping my eye on him in pre-season. If he can repeat the form of 15/16 he could really hit the ground running with Southamptons opening fixtures.

Never again, that penalty miss still hurts.

Scorpion Sting

razorblunt wrote: »

Is Begovic likely to start for Bournemouth ahead of Boruc? 4.5m, is a tidy option.

Yep Bego will be first choice.

PVA

KevIRL wrote: »

RNL?

RLC Shirley?

Apologies, RLC. And don't call me Shirley

callaway92

razorblunt wrote: »

Is Begovic likely to start for Bournemouth ahead of Boruc? 4.5m, is a tidy option.

Would rather go for Aké in defence. 0.5 mill more, but a good goal threat.

manual_man

Solanke at 5M could become a starter for Liverpool up front, I kid ye not. I saw him a couple of times for the England U-21's (or was it U-23?) during the summer at the World Cup. Anyway they won it and Solanke was voted player of the Tournament. He's fast and strong, and can finish. I was astonished to see him at 5M. Let's hope he nails down a spot and becomes the FPL Dele Alli of a couple of seasons ago

Lucas Hood

manual_man wrote: »

Solanke at 5M could become a starter for Liverpool up front, I kid ye not. I saw him a couple of times for the England U-21's (or was it U-23?) during the summer at the World Cup. Anyway they won it and Solanke was voted player of the Tournament. He's fast and strong, and can finish. I was astonished to see him at 5M. Let's hope he nails down a spot and becomes the FPL Dele Alli of a couple of seasons ago

It was the U20s.
England won it.

Not sure where to put this but as it's player related -

Who are the must haves ? I'm finding it fairly easy to get Kane, Lukaku and Sanchez into a fairly decent team.

Those 3 seem like nailed on starters unlike others that could be considered as must haves like Kun, Jesus, Lacazette and a few others.

Surely 'must haves' have to guarantee 90 minutes every week barring injury.

lassykk

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Not sure where to put this but as it's player related -

Who are the must haves ? I'm finding it fairly easy to get Kane, Lukaku and Sanchez into a fairly decent team.

Those 3 seem like nailed on starters unlike others that could be considered as must haves like Kun, Jesus, Lacazette and a few others.

Surely 'must haves' have to guarantee 90 minutes every week barring injury.

I'm not sure who I consider to be a must have at this stage yet.

As others have noted Kane historically starts the season slowly and the Wembley factor needs to be considered

Sanchez, as we don't know where he will end up is a bit up in the air - Will be in my first draft though I'd say

Lukaku - I didn't start with Ibra last year but quickly got him in when I realised how reliant United were on him. Lukaku has trolled me more than once but I would agree he's hard to look past

I personally will be trying to shoehorn Sane into my first draft. Had an excellent end to the season, is a Pep favourite and could score well. My fear is rotation though with the depth of talent available to City (exactly your point about 90 mins guaranteed)

It's hard to say if there are any must haves in defence. I can see myself keeping faith with Heaton on the goal even at 5m but beyond that I have no firm decisions made

Yeah. For big money you need guaranteed minutes.

razorblunt

manual_man wrote: »

Solanke at 5M could become a starter for Liverpool up front, I kid ye not. I saw him a couple of times for the England U-21's (or was it U-23?) during the summer at the World Cup. Anyway they won it and Solanke was voted player of the Tournament. He's fast and strong, and can finish. I was astonished to see him at 5M. Let's hope he nails down a spot and becomes the FPL Dele Alli of a couple of seasons ago

The Liverpool thread on here seems to think he'll be into the U-23s for a while though.

lassykk

If Solanke was a guaranteed starter for 5m it would be a brilliant way into the Liverpool team. Sterling was something similar a few years ago so not beyond the realms of possibility. Won't start in my team but could find his way into it quickly enough

From looking at the people who did really well in my leagues last year most had budget defenders are premium elsewhere. I think this is a tactic I might employ this year rather than trying to balance out everywhere

Morzadec

lassykk wrote: »

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It's really unlikely Solanke will get more than a few minutes here and there this season.

As has been said he's been bought for the under 23s. He might get a run out in the League Cup but he'd even be lucky to get minutes there.

He's currently behind Firmino, Sturridge, Origi and Ings in that order for one central striking spot.

You won't even see him on the bench barring a severe injury crisis imo

Jaggo

I am looking out for Iwobi this season.
Walcott seems to be dropping down the pecking order according to some on the Arsenal fan forum and with Chamberlain potentially leaving Iwobi has a chance.

I know that Ian Brady has spoken of the high esteem that the Arsenal academy coaches have for Iwobi. At 5.5 he is nicely priced too.
(PS. just saw Iwobi set up lacazette for his goal in Arsenals first preseason match)

Jaggo

Jaggo wrote: »

I am looking out for Iwobe this season.
Walcott seems to be dropping down the pecking order according to some on the Arsenal fan forum and with Chamberlain potentially leaving Iwobi has a chance.

I know that Ian Brady has spoken of the high esteem that the Arsenal academy coaches have for Iwobe. At 5.5 he is nicely priced too.

I'd be shocked if they were letting him anywhere near the academy players.

Jaggo

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I'd be shocked if they were letting him anywhere near the academy players.

Ha, whoops, should be Liam brady. An absolute killer of a mistake there. I won't correct it; allow others to laugh at it.

razorblunt

Cresswell at £5m might be a handy one. Scored poorly last year, can't remember if he was injured or not but he looks to have played ~100minutes less than the previous 2 seasons when he was easily north of 100 points.


Looking at United and City's buys, Lindelof is 5.5, Krasinicec(sp?) is 6.0, not sure how they're justifying that. I've gone for Lindelof for now but I know that 5.5 will probably change a dozen times over the next 4 weeks.

Schindler at Brighton is worth a gander, 4.5. I'd imagine he'd be on alot of people's Lists.

patmac

Jaggo wrote: »

Ha, whoops, should be Liam brady. An absolute killer of a mistake there. I won't correct it; allow others to laugh at it.

Yeah I was wondering how anyone called Brady could christen their child Ian.

Father Hernandez

PVA wrote: »

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (hereafter known as RLC) could be a steal at £4.5m

I'll be honest that I don't know a whole lot about RLC but is he the best option for a 4.5 mid?

I have him in my first draft going solely off boards.ie but I had Tom Carroll last year for a while and he did alright for me if not setting the world alight.

Preferably I'd like a 4.5 who won't lose value (Capoue did well for me last year)

Is he a DM or is he likely to get in the mix of goals & assists?

Useless fun fact of the day: He's half brothers with Carl Cort & Leon Cort :rolleyes:

Father Hernandez

Father Hernandez wrote: »

I'll be honest that I don't know a whole lot about RLC but is he the best option for a 4.5 mid?

I have him in my first draft going solely off boards.ie but I had Tom Carroll last year for a while and he did alright for me if not setting the world alight.

Preferably I'd like a 4.5 who won't lose value (Capoue did well for me last year)

Is he a DM or is he likely to get in the mix of goals & assists?

Useless fun fact of the day: He's half brothers with Carl Cort & Leon Cort :rolleyes:

He's attacking. If not off the striker then fairly close. He's not a holding or defensive midfielder.

Carroll would have made my team this year even at 5.5m (especially if Siggy left) so I'm now thinking of rolling with Carroll and RLC.

But to answer your question - I'd go with Carroll over RLC.

DJIMI TRARORE

Father Hernandez wrote:

Useless fun fact of the day: He's half brothers with Carl Cort & Leon Cort

Twin sisters called Tennis and Badminton as well!!!

sheroman01

Lots of GKs to ponder:

Elliot at 4.0m could be unreal, IF Darlow is sold and no big name comes in.

Fabianski at 4.5m is a very nice surprise, he gets lots of save pts as far as I recall.

You also have Begovic and Foster at 4.5m.

I think Courtois is interesting, at 5.5m he could be a cheap way into Chelsea's defence.

razorblunt

DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »

Twin sisters called Tennis and Badminton as well!!!

All from the same Dad, Dayn.

ElTel

Jordan Ayew 5M Swansea forward could work as an enabler in a 3-5-2, 4-4-2 especially 'till first WC.

km79

Sergio Romero by the end of august ........

AnneFrank

Lukaku, pogba, pickford, klassen

ElTel

sheroman01 wrote: »

Lots of GKs to ponder:

Elliot at 4.0m could be unreal, IF Darlow is sold and no big name comes in.

Fabianski at 4.5m is a very nice surprise, he gets lots of save pts as far as I recall.

You also have Begovic and Foster at 4.5m.

I think Courtois is interesting, at 5.5m he could be a cheap way into Chelsea's defence.

Swansea have 2 GK listed only for 8.5M total.
BHA CPL,HUD,NEW and WBA are the others atm.

Last year we only had BUR and SUN as options for 8.5M in that slot although Burnley had 3 GKs to pick from.

sheroman01

Palace have a rake of midfielders. Will RLC even get much gametime?

km79

Chicharito having west ham medical

km79

km79 wrote: »

Chicharito having west ham medical

Whaaaaaaaaat ?

What a striker.

8.0m ? (Not real price I mean FPL price )

km79

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Whaaaaaaaaat ?

What a striker.

8.0m ? (Not real price I mean FPL price )

His real price isn't much more
Can't believe some of the top 6 are not snapping him up .......

sheroman01

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Whaaaaaaaaat ?

What a striker.

8.0m ? (Not real price I mean FPL price )

He shouldn't be any more than this really, but you never know. 7.5m would be my guess. And he will go straight into my team. Rom-Kane-Chic will be the common template I would say!

Father Hernandez

km79 wrote: »

Chicharito having west ham medical

Deleted User wrote: »

Whaaaaaaaaat ?

What a striker.

8.0m ? (Not real price I mean FPL price )

He could be an absolute steal at that price.

West Ham have done very well this summer, Zabaleta, Hart and potentially Chicarito & Arnie could be big big signings for them, could be the top team outside of the top 6

SlickRic

Chicharito could be brilliant. 7.5 and he's a no brainer. I'd say he'll be 8.0.

Plus he'll enable you to add an elite player elsewhere.

Lucas Hood

Steve Mounié 6m Huddersfield

Scored 14 goals in Ligue 1 last season.

Shedite27

As the resident west ham fan, I'm avoiding them like the plague at the moment. Drew 0-0 in a friendly yesterday, after which Bilic said the team aren't even scoring in training!

GLaDOS

Shedite27 wrote: »

As the resident west ham fan, I'm avoiding them like the plague at the moment. Drew 0-0 in a friendly yesterday, after which Bilic said the team aren't even scoring in training!

Starting with 3 away games as well

km79

Shedite27 wrote: »

As the resident west ham fan, I'm avoiding them like the plague at the moment. Drew 0-0 in a friendly yesterday, after which Bilic said the team aren't even scoring in training!

He also played in Confed cup and doesn't look super trim at the moment !
An option after a few weeks hopefully

Green&Red

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Steve Mounié 5m Huddersfield

Scored 14 goals in Ligue 1 last season.

6m

extra gravy

Think starting off with Defoe and monitoring Chicarito might be the best bet.

mectavba

sheroman01 wrote: »

Palace have a rake of midfielders. Will RLC even get much gametime?

I read somewhere that Puncheon has been made captain. I think it is a genuine concern that he will not necessarily be a regular starter...hopefully closer to starting day will be easier to gauge. Palace have a nice opening fixture too.

Father Hernandez

Seen this on Reddit from a Bournemouth fan so it may be of use to solving the 4.5 midfielder conundrum

Lewis Cook (4.5 mid) got 2 assists in 4 appearances last season. Only started towards the end of the season but he's looked incredibly promising and his cutting through balls to the attacking players are fantastic. Not 100% nailed because of competition from Gosling but it's looking increasingly likely he'll start for us.

He has been a Football Manager Wonderkid if that's anything to go by :pac:
And he was captain in the U-20 FIFA World Cup for England which they won, scoring 1 goal and providing 1 assist in 6 games he played in

carnie

There's a lot of chatter about Phil Fodden for City after last night match against United.

Some very high praise coming from Pep

"I don’t have words - I would like to have the right words to describe what I saw," said Guardiola of Foden's display in Houston.

"You are the lucky guys who saw the first game, for the first team for Manchester City, of this guy.

"It’s a long time since I saw something like this. His performance was another level. He’s 17 years old, he’s a City player, he grew up in the academy, he loves the club, he’s a City fan and for us he’s a gift.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/07/21/another-level-phil-foden-can-homegrown-star-manchester-city/

razorblunt

Is Chilwell likely to break into the starting XI for Leicester this year?

normanoffside

razorblunt wrote: »

Is Chilwell likely to break into the starting XI for Leicester this year?

Any whiff of this and he is in my team...

Shanotheslayer

Had a quick glance through and didn't see name mentioned.

Kieran Dowell for Everton. Has played pre seasons friendlies and scored two crackers. Plays as a playmaker and was very good for the U23.

I just checked and he's not even in the FF Everton team >< 4.5-5M I'm guessing if so.

km79

Lingard starts again for united

Bleating Lamb

km79 wrote: »

Lingard starts again for united

He is a Jose favourite.