Fantasy Football League 2015-16

[Lord Camomile]

Off the top of my head, Kane, Wilson and, um... ah fuck it, one other! I'm not convinced Kane will have another season like last, and almost certainly won't be the same value, but as has been noted elsewhere the Premier League strikers are a bit hit and miss at the moment.

Fuck it, did I go for Rooney in the end. No, no... Giroud, I think!

 

[Steel Icarus]

Sounds familiar.

Who do people have up front?

I'm on Kane, Rooney and Deeney.

Looked at Aguero but too much effort to fit in. Could be my downfall.

Deeney, eh. Hadn't considered him. He's had 3 good seasons in the champ, Wiki tells me. He gets half as many in the prem he'll be good value, the only other player I can see at that price worth a punt is Brown Ideye at West Brom who's had a great pre-season and might well benefit from already played in the prem for a season.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ah, no, threw out Grioud to make way for another Arsenal player, so it's Pelle up front with Wilson and Kane

 

[Steel Icarus]

Kane, Beneteke, Berahino for me. 50 goals there, hopefully.

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'm not convinced by any of the three lines

Oh, wait, I thought we only had until 11am! We've got another 45 minutes?! Fuck it, that's enough to change the team three times over

 

[Lord Camomile]

Next question, who's yer captain?

At the moment, Cazorla. He might not even be in the team come 11:45 though

 

[marty21]

I've gone for Rooney as captain , have a feeling he will have a great start

 

[Steel Icarus]

Rooney will be great. Needed to spend less there to get Walcott though, which is my big gamble I think

 

[Lord Camomile]

I just jettisoned Eriksen for Fabregas. Why? I can't tell you.

Not out of secrecy, simply because I honestly don't know the reason.

 

[big eejit]

Deeney, eh. Hadn't considered him. He's had 3 good seasons in the champ, Wiki tells me. He gets half as many in the prem he'll be good value, the only other player I can see at that price worth a punt is Brown Ideye at West Brom who's had a great pre-season and might well benefit from already played in the prem for a season.

My wife's a Watford fan so I've seen quite a lot of Deeney. I think he'll be unfazed by the Prem and might do well.

My captain is Hazard but wondering if it should be Rooney. Chelsea likely to play it tighter than Utd.

 

[Steel Icarus]

Fab will get assists. Not goals, though, not where Mourinho plays him. Not a bad choice but there are better options. Too late now though

 

[Steel Icarus]

Player to keep an eye on: Joe Gomez. Really cheap - 4.5 - and may cement a place in a Liverpool team who SURELY can't be worse defensively than last season. Deffo worth transferring in if it's clear he's in the team.

I wavered at the last second between Mertesacker and Clyne. Stuck with the latter cos assists are more likely. This of course guarantees a goal from the BFG this weekend.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Fab will get assists. Not goals, though, not where Mourinho plays him. Not a bad choice but there are better options. Too late now though

 

[Steel Icarus]

I had him most of last season, he was fine, you'll get loads of points, don't worry ffs

what's his price by the way?

 

[Lord Camomile]

9m.

I had 0.5 spare and Eirksen was 8.5m...

He had a good start to last season but the points dried up a bit.

 

[Steel Icarus]

I spent 9 on Walcott, 8.5 on Depay. Both risks to some degree; Walcott's injury-prone and a bit hit-and-miss but looks like he's going to start up front when he DOES start, and Depay scored loads of goals last season, takes free kicks, is a terrific finisher, has some swagger, BUT it's his first season here, he's still pretty young, has to get to know his team-mates, etc. Hazard will no doubt get lots of goals and assists and is a penno taker, and my other midfielder is Bolassie who is just brilliant to watch, he's made of rubber and Palace are alright going forward. So we'll see how that all goes. I've got Darmian, Ivanovic and Clyne in defence and Kane, Benteke and Berahinho up front. Oh, and Cortois in goal. Can't really see any weak links - as long as everyone stays fit.

 

[rekil]

Next question, who's yer captain?

At the moment, Cazorla. He might not even be in the team come 11:45 though

Same as last year. Alternating between Sanchez and Hazard.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Bugger, had rather been relying on B'mouth having a boost from their first game in the Prem against an uninspired Villa side for some cheap points. So far they've just been cheap

 

[Steel Icarus]

Marathon not a sprint. Marathon not a sprint. Marathon not a sprint.

 

[Lord Camomile]

What in the hell are Arsenal doing conceding at home to West Ham?! This is not the kind of outcome I built my team around

 

[Lord Camomile]

I'm pretty sure Arsene Wenger isn't as angry at his players as I am

This whole game is bloody ridiculous!

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Lord Camomile]

Out of Ivanovic, Koscielny and Clyne, I did not think it would be the Liverpool man that would be the only one to come out of this weekend with a clean sheet. He was, of course, on my bench

Fingers crossed Kompany et al can keep the ball out of their net against WBA tomorrow...

 

[Steel Icarus]

At some points in the last week I've had Vardy and Ayew in my team, lol

Marathon not a sprint. No knee-jerk substitutions. (Although Gomez might be worth it)

 

[big eejit]

Looks like Utd and Liverpool defenders being bought in the light of Chelsea and Arsenal's piss poor performances.

Mahrez also popular obv.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Got my eye on a couple of strikers, though will have to wait until I've got two free transfers to make the swaps.

 

[marty21]

What in the hell are Arsenal doing conceding at home to West Ham?! This is not the kind of outcome I built my team around

My start has been Arsenal like

 

[passenger]

not a bad start did one on those options at the top
thought they where for every week must read rules first

 

[unrepentant85]

Bottom of the table

This is why I always end up using my wildcard by the end of August

 

[marty21]

Pulled off an unlikely win in the H2H with 25 points