Players to watch this (2017/2018) season

Lokilo added as a 4.5 midfielder.

Very very interesting. 18 year old Belgian player that De Boer has promoted to play with the first team.

I think he started the last 2 pre season matches.

He plays as a striker or off the striker.

Green&Red

Deleted User wrote: »

Lokilo added as a 4.5 midfielder.

Very very interesting. 18 year old Belgian player that De Boer has promoted to play with the first team.

I think he started the last 2 pre season matches.

He plays as a striker or off the striker.

Started three of the four serious pre season matches, could well be worth a punt

carnie

They reckon he's a starter on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/6s1dfd/overview_preseason_at_a_glance/



What's the craic with Joselu? I see he has 4 goals in preseason but not much chatter about it

Father Hernandez

Andre Gray to Watford confirmed.

Means Walters will probably be in my team for sure now, but is Gray a decent shout at 6.5

Scored 9 goals last year, 3 assists but the whole suspension, etc probably put a spanner in the works and he may have had a good season otherwise, was highly tipped even on here prior to the season starting last year.

Scored 4 goals for Burnley in pre season and he'll be nailed on.

(LIV, bou, BRI, sou, MCI, swa) first 6 games

ElTel

For anyone considering Huddersfield, given their first 6 GWs, defender Lowe 4.5M could be their penalty taker according to FFScout in their Set Piece section.

F1ngers

ElTel wrote: »

For anyone considering Huddersfield, given their first 6 GWs, defender Lowe 4.5M could be their penalty taker according to FFScout in their Set Piece section.

Already have him as part of my Huddersfield/Brighton rotating defenders.

Scorpion Sting

F1ngers wrote: »

Already have him as part of my Huddersfield/Brighton rotating defenders.

I know I was saying a little while ago about all the pre-season fuss made over rotation but I'm now highly considering a Lowe/Suttner rotation to be able to afford a better attack and midfield.

Cheers lads for the tips. What a great community we have here.

fermanagh_man

Any Liverpool fans able to give an opinion?

Moreno seems great value at 4.5m
He's had a good pre season and some comments Klopp has made recently suggests to me he might start the season at LB

Iused2likebusts

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Any Liverpool fans able to give an opinion?

Moreno seems great value at 4.5m
He's had a good pre season and some comments Klopp has made recently suggests to me he might start the season at LB

He is shocking steer clear. If he does play there will be no clean sheets.

PVA

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

I know I was saying a little while ago about all the pre-season fuss made over rotation but I'm now highly considering a Lowe/Suttner rotation to be able to afford a better attack and midfield.

Cheers lads for the tips. What a great community we have here.

Why Suttner? I've seen a lot of Dunk and Duffy in teams, haven't seen much Suttner. Any of them wing backs

alchemist33

FFScout is now recommending Suttner over the other two. He's full back in their predicted line up so presumably they expect more attacking from him.

Cartman78

fermanagh_man wrote: »

Any Liverpool fans able to give an opinion?

Moreno seems great value at 4.5m
He's had a good pre season and some comments Klopp has made recently suggests to me he might start the season at LB

No no no no and no.

He is the most stupid footballer I've ever seen....a liability

Scorpion Sting

PVA wrote: »

Why Suttner? I've seen a lot of Dunk and Duffy in teams, haven't seen much Suttner. Any of them wing backs

He gets forward a lot and is a set-piece specialist. He scored 4 goals and got 5 assists from 31 league games last season for Ingolstadt despite them being relegated. I think he could rack up plenty of assists.

Brighton's strong home form should bode well for Suttner's chances of clean sheets also.

Mbemba (4.0) of Newcastle - FFS have him down as a starter this week. Looking like a temporary starter while Lejeune & Dummett are out injured "for a number of weeks" according to FFS.

dahat

Dónal wrote: »

Mbemba (4.0) of Newcastle - FFS have him down as a starter this week. Looking like a temporary starter while Lejeune & Dummett are out injured "for a number of weeks" according to FFS.

He is/was my non player so a clean sheet or two and I might nick a price rise off him.

Hogey007

Jese Rodriguez has been added as a 6.0 midfielder. Has started lively here against arsenal. Will be keeping an eye on him over next few games.

manual_man

Robertson was superb for Liverpool today. Great crosses in to the box and got the 3 bonus points. Considering also how awful Moreno has been lately, Robertson's chances are looking good. Wouldn't be too hopeful for a lot of clean sheets, but great attacking and bonus point potential could prove great value. Current price £4.9m

PARlance

manual_man wrote: »

Robertson was superb for Liverpool today. Great crosses in to the box and got the 3 bonus points. Considering also how awful Moreno has been lately, Robertson's chances are looking good. Wouldn't be too hopeful for a lot of clean sheets, but great attacking and bonus point potential could prove great value. Current price £4.9m

Looked great but only one real issue for me...who exactly is going to get on the end of those crosses. No real target man lessens the appeal quite a bit.

manual_man

PARlance wrote: »

Looked great but only one real issue for me...who exactly is going to get on the end of those crosses. No real target man lessens the appeal quite a bit.

Fair point but he's putting in some superb crosses and you'd imagine if he's first choice his teammates will get better at profiting from them over time. Managed to get the 3 bonus today despite no attacking returns. The bonus system seems to reward positive attacking play from fullbacks

Lanzini on the bench for west ham after returning from injury. Worth keeping an eye on.

shineon23

Liam Rosenior (4.0)

Came on at half time for Brighton, handy for someone looking for a second 4.0 DF who might get a few minutes here and there, to enable spending elsewhere.

manual_man

Is King playing far forward for Leicester? Thinking of getting him as an enabler. Leicester fixtures decent

ElTel

manual_man wrote: »

Is King playing far forward for Leicester? Thinking of getting him as an enabler. Leicester fixtures decent

Plays the Drinkwater position. Ndidi more the holder I think.

manual_man

manual_man wrote: »

Is King playing far forward for Leicester? Thinking of getting him as an enabler. Leicester fixtures decent

He'll play until Matty James is available again. It's not very clear when James will be back though.

I think of the two central midfielders that Ndidi gets more forward than King.

sheroman01

Two teams with dreadful form but these two players could be nice if they pick up any form:

Martina - EVE - 4.3m

Sako - CRY - 4.9m

I think Sako played up front for Palace at the weekend.

ElTel

I'm gonna put Diafra Sakho and Glen Murray forward.

I'll scout them out over the break and update.

km79

John joe shelvey
5.3 ml
A lot of set pieces
Likes a goal
Nice fixtures


But it's John joe shelvey

Shedite27

ElTel wrote: »

I'm gonna put Diafra Sakho and Glen Murray forward.

I'll scout them out over the break and update.

The goal west ham scored Saturday was all about the delivery, supplied by the sublime Matsuaka. I tipped him in preseason for the watchlist, still think he's miles better than Cresswell.

Last 3 games he's got a goal and 2 assists (goal in the league cup), and they haven't conceded while he was on the pitch.

Not one to buy now, but at 4.4 he will be gold if he gets a run with WH's decent fixtures.

Dr. Bre

Is delph at 4.5 worth a risk?

shineon23

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Is delph at 4.5 worth a risk?

No, as stated on other threads,
-He's the wrong kind of OOP player, won't get 4 points for a clean sheet
-Place under threat from Danilo, who is actually a defender.
-he'll be taking up a City place in your squad.
-he has withdrawn from the England squad

and most importantly he's Fabian Delph.

PVA

Maxim Choupo-Moting for Stoke.

The big Shalke forward took a while to get off the mark for his new club until he burst on to FPL managers radars with a brace against United - the only player to score against De Gea this season... With 24 shots (6 on target) he is one of the top midfielders in terms of efforts on goal, however his return of 2 goals + 1 assist would highlight he is either wasteful in front of goal or under-performing.

Listed as a midfielder, he looks to be playing a striker role for Stoke which is great for FPL. They play Man City this weekend which will slow down the transfers, although he could still move up to £5.7m before Saturday. From next week onwards he has a great run of fixtures (BOU wat LEI bha cry SWA).

Mooy has been an utter disaster since I brought him in after GW2 with returns of 3,2,2,3,2 since. Regardless of his performance against Swansea on Saturday, he'll be making way for Maxim Choupo-Moting (MCM anyone?)

shineon23

Cantona's Collars wrote:

Sadio Mane out for up to 6 weeks with hamstring injury. SSN.

Oxlade-Chamberlain at 5.8 may become a short term option and cheap way into Pool's attack.

I'd prefer a reshuffle with Milner (6.2) getting an OOP Run in midfield.

Both players are going on my watchlist.

AdpRo

shineon23 wrote: »

Oxlade-Chamberlain at 5.8 may become a short term option and cheap way into Pool's attack.

I'd prefer a reshuffle with Milner (6.2) getting an OOP Run in midfield.

Both players are going on my watchlist.

Highly unlikely either will start in league in my opinion.

Can Hendo Wijnaldum

Coutinho Firmino Salah

Sturridge also to come in with Coutinho dropping back would be an option.

Iused2likebusts

AdpRo wrote: »

Highly unlikely either will start in league in my opinion.

Can Hendo Wijnaldum

Coutinho Firmino Salah

Sturridge also to come in with Coutinho dropping back would be an option.

I'd say that's the front 6 for the next two league games.

shineon23

I agrree with that. But Milner should be walking into that team in some position. Moreno playing is questionable at best.

In any case they're going on my watchlist only as I wont be touching any liverpool players with Man United and Spurs in the next 2 League games.

Morzadec

Lewis Cook is 4.4 and has started the last 2 for Bournemouth.

I remember some saying that if he nails a starting place he could get some returns.

Obviously only to be considered for bench fodder, but with two FTs and my starting XI looking in pretty good shape I'm considering a straight swap for King so as not to waste a transfer.

Anyone know if his latest two starts are as a result of an injury or has he forced his way into the team?

1.5 shots and 1.5 key passes per game so far, which is pretty handy for a 4.4 mid

ElTel

Morzadec wrote: »

Lewis Cook is 4.4 and has started the last 2 for Bournemouth.

I remember some saying that if he nails a starting place he could get some returns.

Obviously only to be considered for bench fodder, but with two FTs and my starting XI looking in pretty good shape I'm considering a straight swap for King so as not to waste a transfer.

Anyone know if his latest two starts are as a result of an injury or has he forced his way into the team?

1.5 shots and 1.5 key passes per game so far, which is pretty handy for a 4.4 mid

I can't say tbh. Have a look at the team news on FFS. Nathan Dyer looks the only alternative at 4.4M.

You could consider Richie to Atsu to release funds if you don't go for Kun. You probably wont play him after IB against United.

Morzadec

ElTel wrote: »

I can't say tbh. Have a look at the team news on FFS. Nathan Dyer looks the only alternative at 4.4M.

You could consider Richie to Atsu to release funds if you don't go for Kun. You probably wont play him after IB against United.

Ritchie to Atsu is definitely one I'm considering, looks like Ritchie has moved back from the front three into a midfield two so is not too attractive a proposition.

I'm intrigued to know how you know I have him though! :P

ElTel

Morzadec wrote: »

Ritchie to Atsu is definitely one I'm considering, looks like Ritchie has moved back from the front three into a midfield two so is not too attractive a proposition.

I'm intrigued to know how you know I have him though! :P

Your top of the LFC Superthread Boards league.

I'm 10th and only 42pts behind you.

Morzadec

ElTel wrote: »

Your top of the LFC Superthread Boards league.

I'm 10th and only 42pts behind you.

Ah right!

Should be skeptical about the motives behind your advice then :pac:

ElTel

ElTel wrote: »

I'm gonna put Diafra Sakho and Glen Murray forward.

I'll scout them out over the break and update.

Picked the wrong one of course!

Morzadec

Hazard was excellent yesterday. Still overpriced when you look what you can get for 8.5 - 9.0, but the guy obviously has serious returns over the years, worth keeping an eye on as he looks he's playing at his best at the moment

Morzadec

Joe Gomez is serious value imo.

Liverpool have only conceded 1 goal at home - generally teams come with zero attacking intent so the XG against Liverpool at Anfield in these matches is I believe amongst the lowest in the league.

At 4.5 you can afford to have a defender just for home games, although he'd probably be a decent option in some away games as well.

Prefer him to Moreno for two reasons:

1. Less likely to be rotated. Moreno has been nailed on as of late, but he's been playing every game and he might require rotating at some point, whereas Gomez and TAA seem to have settled into a PL / CL rotation pattern.

2. Gomez plays deep enough and gets a lot of easy passes (the type of passes which get you bonus points as you complete a lot of easy passes). Would've picked up a bonus point yesterday had it not been for the penalty save boosting Lossl's BPS.

Moreno gets forward a lot but I'm not sure if he is actually much of a genuine assist / goal threat as his crossing / shooting / decision making is actually pretty poor.

thewools

What happens when clyne returns though?

Morzadec

thewools wrote: »

What happens when clyne returns though?

Very unclear when that will be, but definitely not in the short term.

There's no mention of an upcoming date for Clyne to be back and he was not named in Liverpool's CL squad, so my guess would be not until the new year

Morzadec

Chilwell(4.3) and Simpson (4.5) appear to be lining up in wing back roles in a 3-4-2-1 for Leicester.

Their upcoming fixtures are pretty poor, but if this becomes Puel's go to formation they could both provide attacking and defensive returns at a very cheap price. Puel's teams tend to be solid at the back.

Chilwellin particular is interesting for possible bench fodder at that price if he's going to nail down a place.

Ones to keep an eye on rather than act on though with the upcoming fixtures and uncertainty about how much Puel will rotate

Scorpion Sting

Morzadec wrote: »

Chilwell(4.3) and Simpson (4.5) appear to be lining up in wing back roles in a 3-4-2-1 for Leicester.

It's a 4-4-1-1 actually.

Morzadec

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

It's a 4-4-1-1 actually.

Yup that's what BBC seem to be saying after initially lining them up as 3-4-2-1.

That would be even better news for Chilwell who I assume was playing outright as a Left mid in that game (with Fuchs as playing LB)?

Scorpion Sting

Morzadec wrote: »

Yup that's what BBC seem to be saying after initially lining them up as 3-4-2-1.

That would be even better news for Chilwell who I assume was playing outright as a Left mid in that game (with Fuchs as playing LB)?

Yep, Chilwell was left mid.

km79

Gray was excellent