Fantasy Premier League 2020/2021

[VLC86]

19 hours ago, Mike Oxlong said:

 

Just me then? 😂😂😂😂

[VLC86]

1 hour ago, Mike Oxlong said:

I’m sure that wasn’t really a whoosh ! 

That’s done me.

[brucey]

19 minutes ago, Costock_Fox said:

Just me then? 😂😂😂😂

No not just you

 

Just seen far too many Matip and Koch team name puns already. 

 

Edited 7 September 2020 by brucey

[VLC86]

2 hours ago, Nuneatonfox in Manchester said:

Considered Castagne but 5.5 seems pricey, has anyone else gone for him?

Yeah. The reason why is he will play some games further forward so more chance of goals/assists.

[brucey]

55 minutes ago, Lcfc82 said:

I’ve just got salah from Liverpool, I think you have got to go with at least 1 from them. If there anything like last season there players will be big scorers.

I've got Robertson as my only Liverpool player atm. 

 

TAA had an injury most of preseason and has played 10 mins so far. Salah hasn't been great in preseason either, being outshone by Mane, and his point totals have dropped year on year.. 

[Bert]

Have a private league running £10 per team winner takes all of anyone is interested 

[RumbleFox]

My knees are jerking all over the place. Thinking of changing my whole team up again. X 

[RumbleFox]

Have changed it up.....

[Xen]

5 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

Have changed it up.....

Looks good. I've changed mine up as well, and seems like we've gone for a similar GK/DEF and premium mids, just differing on the backup mids and strikers.

 

Was undecided on Doherty so figured I'd save the cash and go for Davies to start with. Extra funds let me get Tierney in as well which should be good for a couple GWs at least. Salah > Mané just as a differential. Will switch out Davis for Brewster if he gets a PL loan, but otherwise I think I'm reasonably content with that...

[The Bear]

First draft. Tyreek Mitchell is a bargain £4.0m and has been starting at LB in all of Palace's pre-season games as PVA is still injured. He'll replace Martial for GW1. 

 

 

[StanSP]

Will deffo get changed by Saturday

[Guest Sharpe's Fox]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Will deffo get changed by Saturday

I hope so. For your sake.

[Jimothy]

[RumbleFox]

15 hours ago, Xen said:

Looks good. I've changed mine up as well, and seems like we've gone for a similar GK/DEF and premium mids, just differing on the backup mids and strikers.

 

Was undecided on Doherty so figured I'd save the cash and go for Davies to start with. Extra funds let me get Tierney in as well which should be good for a couple GWs at least. Salah > Mané just as a differential. Will switch out Davis for Brewster if he gets a PL loan, but otherwise I think I'm reasonably content with that...

Looks really good. We’re quite similar I suppose. I have completely changed my thinking and ditched the premium strikers haha. I think I’ll stick with this for now, although knowing me I may change everything 17 times before kick off. X 

[Xen]

52 minutes ago, RumbleFox said:

Looks really good. We’re quite similar I suppose. I have completely changed my thinking and ditched the premium strikers haha. I think I’ll stick with this for now, although knowing me I may change everything 17 times before kick off. X 

Thanks. My biggest 'worry' is not having Werner in case he pops off, especially as Chelsea have some really good fixtures early doors. Without dropping Vardy, though, its hard to fit him in. 

 

Mitro + Son > 6.0 + Werner is my thinking at the moment, just need to find the best 6.0 that I don't already have. Feels like a very 'template' swap, though.  

[The Bear]

I always loathe to have more than one starter on the bench. Just seems like a waste of money until the Bench Boost comes around. 

Edited 9 September 2020 by The Bear

[RobHawk]

I've made the decision to exclude all those missing gw1 from my starting team. There's enough quality elsewhere to have a good team without them. 

 

I'll then look to use a wildcard once the transfer window closes

[RobHawk]

Still time for a tinker but here we are so far...

[StanSP]

I'm surprised at the lack of Man City players in teams? 

 

I've changed mine (as expected!). 

Gone for goalscoring midfielders and high-perfoming/reliable strikers. Cheaped out on the defence and goalkeepers are relatively cheap anyway. 

[RobHawk]

52 minutes ago, RobHawk said:

Still time for a tinker but here we are so far...

Add a bit of thinking behind this...

 

I've gone with ramsdale as main keeper, had a good year last year and sheff it's were defensively strong. Ryan is a strong back up too. Happy with my keepers.

 

Defensively Trent was a no brainer, after that it was a bout price with justin, walkers-peters and Mitchell just being great value. Azpilicuata was a case of having more money left over and trying to get another premium defender but I'm not sold on any Chelsea player ATM to be honest so this is one to change.

 

Auba and Salah are obvious again. I'm a huge kdb fan but can swap either if these out for him if I wish. Saka and soucek seemed great prices based on the end of last season and the lad from Fulham seems a decent bench warmer.

 

Against my better judgement I've gone for kane. Like someone else said above he's one I usually avoid, but avoiding Manchester players meant I needed to think a little differently and spurs start the season should guarantee him some goals. 

 

Brewster literally is a cheap punt hoping he moves in the window as at that price he'd be a bargain at a lesser prem club. But there is scope to improve on him for someone like mitrovic and replacing azpa with another bargain defender if I feel the need closer to the weekend.

 

Then I got vards who I had to choose, but worry it's my heart leading my head.

 

With disjointed pre season across the board, the ridiculous international break and 4 teams missing in gameweek one ive found it the hardest start to fpl season yet so

[Xen]

15 minutes ago, StanSP said:

I'm surprised at the lack of Man City players in teams? 

 

I've changed mine (as expected!). 

Gone for goalscoring midfielders and high-perfoming/reliable strikers. Cheaped out on the defence and goalkeepers are relatively cheap anyway. 

Blank GW1, (relatively) tough fixture GW2 and Pep's rotation means they're not quite as desirable, especially when there are so many good players with decent fixtures in the meantime. I've already planned to go Auba > KdB after GW2, or maybe even Mane>Kdb GW1 and Auba>Mane GW2 to avoid KdBs price rises.

 

I'll probably restructure and bring in a few more Man Utd/Man C players when I wildcard around GW8 or so

[RumbleFox]

I’ve tinkered again. Gone Alli instead of Son as even though I hate him Jose loves him and looks like he’ll be playing behind Kane. It allowed me to upgrade a 4.5m mid to ASM which I think gives me more balance. X 

[Nalis]

My thinking....

 

Defence - Think I'll keep Justin as sub even when Ricardo comes back as we'll rotate the squad a bit this season. Want to bring Chilly in for Dave when he's back from injury.

 

Midfield - Have a feeling Salah wont be as clinical this year (and couldnt afford him) so took a risk on Havertz who will play further up the pitch than your average midfielder. Was going to go for Soucek but he was brought in originally as a DM so think his purple goalscoring patch at the restart might be a flash in the pan to a certain degree. Want to shoehorn Greenwood in at 7.5 at some stage to unite the shaggers in arms so might have to use a 4.0 defender or 4.5 midfield to provide the neccesary funds.

 

Up front - taking a risk on Rodrigo and think Jiminez (no Europe) and Kane (no injuries) will shine.

 

As mentioned in previous threads I reckon covid disruption might mean more starters suddenly becoming unavailable so hoping to keep 4 starters on the bench as far as possible.

 

I'll probably be completely wrong of course, all good fun though!

Edited 10 September 2020 by Nalis

[Xen]

Quick reminder that if you're looking for an additional challenge, I've got a league set up over at GoalScorerChallenge

Super easy, just pick one player each gameweek (including internationals and cup games) from a premier league side and you'll earn a point for every goal they score. The catch? You can only pick each player once so it gets tricky once you start running out of the big hitters.

 

Free to enter, £500 prize to the winner and only takes a couple seconds to do each week.

 

League code: 3a38bcdd

[The Bear]

I've tried to include as many midfielders who are actually strikers. Auba and Rashford are the main ones this year.