fantasy premier league best forwards over £7m – GW1 “ones to watch”

Here’s our round up of the fantasy premier league best forwards over £7m.  There’s a table of stats as well as some narrative on the prospects plus the first 6 fixtures

fantasy premier league best forwards over £7m – GW1 “ones to watch”

Firstly the shocking thing is that there’s only 5.  Yes only 5.  So I’m going to start with the list of people I didn’t put in there and the reasons why:

No Aguero – as seems very likely will miss GW1

No Costa – have I mentioned how sick of the hamstring saga I am  already

No Giroud – so much uncertainty over the Walcott striker position.  Thats even before the Benzema stuff

No Sturridge – out to October

No Bony  – may only play a couple of games if Aguero returns as a lone striker

No Remy or Falcao – the reverse affect of the Costa saga

To be honest given the Lukaku slight hamstring worry and the Benteke match fitness doubts for GW1 it could have been just 3!

Anyway here’s the 5:

Minute per FPL points:  This is how many minutes it took to get an FPL point in 14/15.  The lower the better

Consistency:  the % of games that a player returned a goal or assist in 14/15. Sub appearances are counted

10+ point %  The % of games 10 FPL points or more are scored in 14/15

SP/Pens:  An indicator whether the player has significant set piece involvement or penalty duties

Fixt ease:  The rank of their fixtures easiness. Copy and paste my article below into a new tab:

fantasy premier league 2015/16 gameweek 1 – fixture ease schedule

Rooney

Ignore the stats from 14/15.  The Manchester United striker played in midfield most of last season and his stats reflect that.  At the moment he will be leading the line in front of an exceptionally creative midfield.  He’s a proven premier league performer and a proven captain option.    That’s even before you get to his ownership making him a ranking risk not to have him in your team.  Only the last couple of fixtures don’t scream goals.  A big name striker signing pushing him to a number 10 seems the only risk

Spurs (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Newcastle (H)
Swansea (A)
Liverpool (H)
Southampton (A)

Benteke

Only played 1 game in pre-season for Liverpool so some risk that he wont start GW1 but the next 3 home games definitely look good even if the away games are rubbish.  Great finish to the season when Sherwood joined  so again the stats of last season have to be treated with caution.  Could be some adjustment required especially as Liverpool play a less direct game than Sherwoods Villa but those home games and the price are hard to resist.

Stoke (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Arsenal (A)
West Ham (H)
Man Utd (A)
Norwich (H)

Kane

Great record last season for the Spurs striker.  It’s all about whether he can replicate that this season.  Certainly the fixtures after the initial Man Utd game aren’t too bad.  High ownership as well

Man Utd (A)
Stoke (H)
Leicester (A)
Everton (H)
Sunderland (A)
Crystal Palace (H)

Pelle

Great first fixtures.  He was also incredibly unlucky in my view not to score more last season.  However that inability to finish will haunt him.

Newcastle (A)
Everton (H)
Watford (A)
Norwich (H)
West Brom (A)
Man Utd (H)

Lukaku

Expected to be fit but not absolutely sure given some slight hamstring issues.  Good first fixure but they generally are tough over the first 6. A pretty inconsistent returner who also didn’t score big.  Add to that generally tricky fixtures and it becomes a gamble.

Watford (H)
Southampton (A)
Man City (H)
Spurs (A)
Chelsea (H)
Swansea (A)

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