Heres the 2nd fantasy premier league Q and A with some good questions plus team rating
FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE QUESTION BARCLAYS FPL
please rate my team:
Cech (Green)
Hangleland Pierce Williams (Maccartney) (Tierney)
Nani Hazard(VC) Dempsey Michu (Cork)
Torres(C) Graham Aguero
Just a few comments re this team otherwise like it
The problem on the fantasy premier league GK front is that if youre going to put Cech in your team you would want to save the £0.5m and put in a benchwarmer at minimum price or go the other way and put 2 £4.5m players. With the extra money for Green you could go for Hart instead (injury permitting). Problem now is going for Cech from day 1 means unless you have cover you’ll have no GK in GW3 but that cover is wasted money in my view.
I prefer Rangel to Williams as I believe he will get better attacking returns. The last couple of Swansea pre-season games have made me question paying £5.0m for a Swansea defender and I wont be going there
Everything else looks good my only comment is no Spurs players and are you thinking of getting rooney in for torres GW2?
Hazard was not clever in the Community Shield but its hard to see Mata playing both games after such a busy Summer
QUESTION BARCLAYS FPL
Krul, Green
N.Taylor, R.Ferdinand, Coloccini, Clichy, Tomkins
Hazard, Valencia, Sinclair, Guthrie, Noble
Aguero, Jelavic, Wellbeck
Serious Feedback is highly appreciated. I have been fiddling around since the website re-opened. I am planning to leave Guthrie & Noble as subs for most of the season and only play Neil Taylor for his home games.
I’m really not sure about Wellbeck, thought about replacing him with Rooney and swap Jelavic with Lukaku but I will still be short 1.5M
As for the first team, i would rather go DeGea and a benchwarmer than the same money for Krul and Green. to me its that or £9m for 2 £4.5’s. the best fit is green and davis
I prefer rangel to Taylor same price but i think this year rangel will get the returns his underlying attacking stats promised
Just need to check the Ferdinand injury position
Coloccini – Im not a huge Newcastle defence fan in fantasy premier league. I would look for someone from Sunderland who have better fixtures
Clichy – The community shield and 3-5-2-casts doubt on Clichy. May need an upgrade to lescott for certainty or if no funds then zabaleta as the safer bet especially with the current Richards injury news
Collins cast doubts over Tomkins and Reid. I would go for Demel or McCartney as safer and cheaper options
You should also downgrade to a £4.0m defender. See my cheapest playing reserves article for ideas
My comments above for Hazard apply. I would keep him for now though
Just need to be careful as he played RB in the last game. Rafael should step in though. Valencia is a bit too assist based for me but should produce from GW2-4
QUESTION BARCLAYS FPL
Is santi carzola worth it at 9.0m?
Yes he definitely is. This is a quality international player who in La Liga scored 9 goals with 5 assists in a Malaga team last year that at times struggled with its strikers. The good thing is that such is the difficulty of Arsenals fixtures that theres no need to put him in the team at the moment when there are better alternatives fixture wise such as bale/VDV, Hazard/Mata and Kagawa/Young/Nani. He is a versatile player who can play wide or centrally. The best outcome will be if he plays in the central position of a midfield 3 behind RVP.
QUESTION BARCLAYS FPL
Do you think clichy will play as a starter this year cause apparently he’s being benched for the cs and I’m getting nervous. And will hazard play as he’s my current captain choice.
He was benched for the CS. Ive put the link at the bottom of the page to my community shield review. it seems that with 3-5-2 being tried and Kolarov playing on the left that Clichy is a definite risk not to start. In this instance lescott is the safest option at an extra £6.5m without going for the most expensive option at £7.5m of Kompany. However if you cant afford Lescott then ZAbaleta with Richards injured for a month is probably safer and would play even if they revert to 4-4-2
Hazard will play and although RDM made eased in words I think he will play both given the position of the rest of the squad. Im undecided at the moment on my captain choice but it will either be Hazard or Torres
QUESTION BARCLAYS FPL
Are there any players you think wont start the first game because of the international friendlies that would have done otherwise, particularly interested in Torres and Valencia.
Heres a few of the players in the friendly squads. Its difficult to say how they will be affected until you see how much ga,e time each is involved and whether they return fit or not. Torres and Valencia are both in their squads. Torres plays in Puerto Rico which is some travelling but lack of alternatives and a Sunday game makes me think he will play and play both games. Valencia plays in America and the alternatives of Young and Nani mean he could be rested but I dont think so. Ultimately SAF will want his defensive straight away to Everton. Probably the most likely to be rotated are those players who play on the Saturday in fantasy premier league. These are:
| Arsenal |  | v |  | Sunderland | |
| 18 Aug 15:00 | Fulham |  | v |  | Norwich |
| 18 Aug 15:00 | QPR |  | v |  | Swansea |
| 18 Aug 15:00 | Reading |  | v |  | Stoke City |
| 18 Aug 15:00 | West Brom |  | v |  | Liverpool |
| 18 Aug 15:00 | West Ham |  | v |  | Aston Villa |
Players in the squads:
Carzola Silva and Torres are in the squad. Mata left out.
Podolski left out of German Squad
Colocinni, Zabaleta and Aguero are in the squad to play Germany. Tevez isnt.
Krul Vorm Heitinga VDV De Jong RVP
Mignolet Kompany Vertonghen Vermaelen Dembele Fellaini Hazard Lukaku
Kagawa
Valencia
Meireles Nani
Clichy Evra Koscielny Giroud
Dempsey NOT playing Suarez NOT playing
Taarabt Chamakh
Boaz Myhill (West Bromwich Albion), James Collins (West Ham), Chris Gunter (Reading), Neil Taylor (Swansea), Ashley Williams (Swansea); Joe Allen (LIverpool), Jack Collison (West Ham) Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal); Gareth Bale (Tottenham), Simon Church (Reading), Steve Morison (Norwich), Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading).
Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK John Ruddy
DF Phil Jagielka 1 Everton
DF Gary Cahill Chelsea
DF Leighton Baines Everton
DF Kyle Walker 2 Tottenham Hotspur
DF Ryan Bertrand Chelsea
DF Steven Caulker Tottenham Hotspur
MF Frank Lampard Chelsea
MF James Milner Manchester City
MF Ashley Young Manchester United
MF Michael Carrick Manchester United
MF Adam Johnson Manchester City
MF Jack Rodwell Manchester City
MF Tom Cleverley Manchester United
MF Jake Livermore Tottenham Hotspur
FW Jermain Defoe Tottenham Hotspur
FW Theo Walcott Arsenal
FW Andy Carroll
the players I think that are most at risk are those playing on the saturday and/or those who are rotatable due to a similar player in the squad
These I think are
Colocinni can be rested
Koscielny can be rested
Silva (easy game first up and plays in Puerto Rico for Spain)
Kagawa plays in japan. Difficult first game.
Robson Kanu cheapie plays for wales and easily rotatable with 2 games.
however best to assess when everyones back. Hope that helps
Do you know of any other leagues that are free to enter but offer prizes
No I would be in it if I could find one!
first Q & A – http://www.fantasyfootballgeek.co.uk/fantasy-premier-league-your-questions-answered/
Also article on Community Shield
http://www.fantasyfootballgeek.co.uk/barclays-fantasy-premier-league-the-community-shield/
