barclays fantasy premier league – the “I’m considering them” player list GW1 – updated 18/8/2012

Player Rankings

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/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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