Here’s the GW6 fantasy premier league “ones to watch”. This is a menu of fantasy premier league players to pick from for your team with factors stating why. (values as at Thursday 27/9)
I’ve also put the removals in strikethrough to show you who has come off from last week. The new fantasy premier league players and reasons why are added in italics to make it easier to follow. Below each position if applicable is a “bubbling under” category for monitoring certain fantasy premier league players before they are added to the “ones to watch” list. Remember these are fantasy premier league players in would have in my team. At the bottom is a key if you want a bit more detail on the factors listed
GOALKEEPER
Hart – £7.0m quality defence will come right. The underlying defensive stats are still good. Fixtures come right after Arsenal
Foster – £5.1m quality. CS. Should be clean sheets and save points here. Good fixtures incl home to RDG next
£4.5m ish budget with game time security. Pair up for Home and Away rotation
Ruddy
Jaaskelainen
Begovic
McCarthy – £4.0m Reading. Federici injured with no return date
Bubbling under
Guzan – £4.5m can anybody be first choice with Lambert in charge. Seems to have nailed it but that’s just when you end up on the bench in Lambert world. Monitor a couple more games
Mannone -£4.5m Arsenal. Short term 3rd choice keeper in first place due to injury. W Szczesny game week 8
DEFENCE
Rafael – £5.7m – value. attack
Ivanovic – £7.0m attack value. Fixtures are getting worse though. Jury still out on Chelsea defence but hold for now. Dont buy but not a definite sell yet.
Jagielka – £6.1m fixtures. If youve got the cash for Baines you’ll get the returns
Hangeland £5.0m – value fixtures sleeping giant.
Jenkinson – £4.9m value. Plus better defence from Arsenal. Difficult fixtures and should lose position when Sagna back in GW7 but good until then. Don’t buy but don’t sell until Sagna effect realised
Gibbs – £5.7m CS. The best certain game time value in the Arsenal defence. Hold off until after City A and Chelsea H
McAuley – £5.3m – fixtures. Attack. Probably the most secure game time wise with Popov joining as competition for Ridgewell
Budget £4.0m ish
Clyne – Saints attack. fixtures.
Fonte – saints
Demel – £4.2m west ham
Gorkks – £3.9m Reading. fixtures
Nelsen – QPR £3.9m fixtures. budget. A short term batch of good fixtures coming. Seems to have held his place. Has the potential to nick a goal.
Bubbling under
Johnson – £6.4m. Good attacking stats. Fixtures slightly improving after United at Home. Need to monitor whether Rodgers has improved the defence
MIDFIELD
Hazard – £10.3m – Dont buy but not necessarily a sell just yet. Poor fixtures.
Bale – £9.3m – Quality. fixtures now against him. Dont buy but monitor for whether he has the quality to ride the bad fixtures out
Lampard – £8.9m – Quality. Never write him off, even in 4-2-3-1 11 goals last year. pens. Sorry lamps I believe in you but poor fixtures and rotation means youve got to go for now
Michu – £7.4m – fixtures. form. Return him when the fixtures improve
Pienaar – £6.7m – fixtures. form
Fellaini – £7.2m form. fixtures. played in an advanced position again. Good underlying stats too
Nolan – £6.2m some really good fixtures. Bit dearer than I’d like but plays in such an advanced position you would think he will score. Fixtures will soon start to turn. Dont sell just yet but dont buy
Morrison – £6.0m fixtures. Not producing just at the moment but the best of the WBA midfielders with a goal threat. Most advanced position wise as well.
Cazorla – £9.3m quality. form. Most advanced midfielder for Arsenal. Chelsea H next but after that fixtures improved. Shoots far too much outside the box and a bit assist based but I wouldnt criticise you if he was in your team.
Lallana – £6.0m – fixtures have improved. Good underlying stats
Gervinho – £7.3m – form. Playing as a striker. fixtures improve after Chelsea H
Budget £4.5m ish
Guthrie – £4.4m Reading – Fixtures. Best choice with Kacaniklic and Sterling
Britton – £4.4m Swansea – monitor as place under threat from Ki. Lost his place last week.
Whitehead – £4.5m Stoke YC risk. Lost place to Adam
Cattermole – £4.5m Sunderland YC risk. 3 match ban
Schneiderlin – £4.5m Saints
Sterling – £4.6m a risk with Assaidi being purchased but with form shown maybe worth it
Kacaniklic – £4.7m 2 assists last week should secure his place above Richardson. Best choice with Guthrie
El Ahmadi – £4.5m.
Puncheon – £4.4m. game time risk with Do Prado but seems to have held his place
Bubbling under
Sigurdsson – £8.6m form. The Dempsey affect means not for now
Snodgrass. – £5.9m – form. good underlying stats. fixtures not great moved right side instead of behind striker
Ben Arfa. – £7.9m Quality. form. I would wait for fixtures to improve but go for home to Norwich if youre a big fan
Hoilett – fixtures. £6.0m. A little expensive. QPR have some good fixtures coming and showed good form last week. would be a punt this week home to West Ham but maybe worth risk
Dempsey – £9.3m. quality. Doesnt have fixtures with him and game time uncertain. Has the ability to be fixture proof but stats need monitoring
FORWARDS
Tevez £9.9m – quality. form. Game week showed him and Aguero still bext partnership. I wouldnt buy but dont sell with fixtures coming up
RVP – £13.5m – QUALITY. Rotation is the main risk
Jelavic – £8.4m – fixtures quality. NOW FIT
Berbatov – £7.3m quality. form.
Lambert – £6.2m form. Fixtures. value
Defoe – £7.7m – Form. quality I wouldn’t have seen him as a lone striker but showed real quality against Reading and QPR. Adebayor injury and form will see him start.
Ba – £7.9m form. fixtures aren’t great but has shown real quality. Has the ability to score against any opposition. Just monitor the noise with the club to ensure no game time risk
Podolski. – £8.6m Form. quality. I would wait until Chelsea H are over but no doubting his form
Aguero – £11.0m. QUALITY fixtures. Role seems assured
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. However Pogrebnyak at £4.9m is the best option if you really must.
Bubbling under
Suarez – £9.4m if he could shoot he would be lethal. Needs more monitoring and better fixtures
Lukaku – £6.5m Watch him to see if he can get starts. He is some player. Fixtures are good just needs a chance. Started first game and showed worth. Need to see if starts again but maybe worth a punt for Villa A
KEY
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
Form – current form
hope that stimulates some thought for your fantasy premier league team. Heres the link to the latest fantasy premier league fixtures article if you want to look at that again
http://www.fantasyfootballgeek.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-fixture-ease-schedule-gw6/