Here’s a list of the players I’m considering for barclays fantasy premier league GW1 with a couple of words as to why. The intention is to refresh this every game week. Ill also rate the captain choices. They aren’t in order, its more like a menu if you like, rather than a ordered list. Im going to try and only pick one player per club for each position. Remember this is not just for the next game it looks about 6 games ahead and follows my overall fantasy premier league philosophy of looking for teams and players with groups of easy fixtures coming ahead but remembering the quality almost fantasy premier league fixture proof players and the need to plan ahead for your captain choices
Firstly heres the key for the comments:
quality – an elite player for his position
value – a player at a value that is less than the returns I expect
fixtures – a player facing good fixtures over the next 6 games
budget – filler at the minimum price the position allows. Should play
sleeping giant – a player with past form who may have had a quiet season last year but has the potential for far greater returns than his value
YC – card magnet
DGW – has 2 games in the specified game week
pre-season – has pre-season form
pens – should take penalties
short term – will only play for a few games
ive also put the changes since the last post in strikethrough and new wording in italics to make it easier to follow
GOALKEEPER
Hart – £7.0m quality – seems like he will play
De Gea – £6.0m quality value
Cech – £6.5m DGW1 fixtures
All £4.5m and budget
Ruddy
Jaaskelainen
Green
Federici
Davis
£4.0m best back up even though wont play – cerny im now convinced by henderson of West Ham as the back up due to bogdan unsurping him jaas last year and Jaas being 37
DEFENCE
Zabaleta-£6.0m – value best value city def Richards injury has added to this
Rafael – £5.5m – value GW1 risk but no RB competition. hint from SAF he will play
Ivanovic – £6.5m DGW1 attack value
Hibbert £5.5m – fixtures and value
Hangeland £5.0m – value sleeping giant
Budget £4.0m
Stevens – Villa maybe a threat from lichaj also rotation risk from Lambert
Clyne – Saints attack
fonte – saints
Nelsen – QPR – Boswinga gives an issue over Onouha as a possible CB
Demel – west ham
Gorkks – Reading
tierney – norwich garrido signing makes this too risky although should play GW1
R bennett – although risk from ward when returns next week
MIDFIELD
Mata/Hazard – £9.5m – DGW1. Quality. fixtures both have positives and negatives. Hazard is more of a goal scorer so hes my choice. now opted for Mata. mainly due to him being centrally behind Torres.
Bale /VDV – £9.5m/£9.0m – Quality. fixtures. Im leaning towards Bale. bale is my choice
Young /Kagawa – £8.5m – Quality. GW2 on fixtures. both game time risk. leaning towards Kagawa
Lampard – £9.0m – DGW – Can you ever write him off, even in 4-2-3-1? 11 goals last year. pens
Nzogbia – £6.5m – fixtures sleeping giant
Michu – £6.5m – fixtures pre-season (15 la liga goals last season)
Noble – £5.0m – fixtures pens
Pienaar/Osman £6.5m – fixtures. Osman more shooting based. pienaar more assists. cant decide!
Dempsey – £9.5m – quality been written off before now not playing due to being “on strike”
Budget at £4.5m
Guthrie – Reading – best choice
Britton – Swansea
Whitehead – stoke
Cattermole – sunderland YC risk
Diakite – QPR YC risk
Marveaux – newcastle – short term
Schneiderlin – Saints
FORWARDS
Aguero/ Tevez £11.5m/£9.0m – quality. How much more debate can we have? Im leaning towards Tevez.
Rooney £12.0m – quality. pens
RVP – £13.0m – QUALITY – I havent got him in at the moment due to all the speculation. Not even sure he will play?
Torres – £10m – DGW only. fixtures – captain
Defoe – £7.5m – fixtures value (only if Adebayor doesnt sign)
Jelavic – £8.5m – fixtures quality
Bent – £8.5m fixtures sleeping giant
Petric – £6.0m pre-season
Graham – £6.0m pre-season fixtures
Cisse QPR – £6.5m quality. has underlying stats which rival the best
I’m not putting a budget section for strikers. I just think the position is too important and theres too much quality to put a filler in.
hope that stimulates some thought. heres the link to the fixtures article if you want to look at that again
http://www.fantasyfootballgeek.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-analysing-the-opening-fixtures/