Here’s part 2 of our round up of pre-season so far. We’ve covered 10 teams in this article. We look for each clubs FPL players of interest and also the possible GW1 lineups as well as give you the first 6 fixtures for each club. There’s been mixed amount of games and coverage for some teams so ability to judge players is varied.
fantasy premier league pre-season part 2 – what we’ve learnt so far
Newcastle
Newcastle have played 4 games so far. New manager has pretty consistently being playing 4-2-3-1
FPL players of interest
£4.0m def Steven Taylor – has started to feature but alot of competition at CB
£4.5m mid Obertan – looks unlikely to cement a place
£6.5m De Jong – Been playing behind the striker
£7.0m mid Wijnaldum – just started to feature
£6.5m fwd Cisse – Scored in the opening game and could take pens
Potential GW1 lineup
Krul – Janmaat Haidara/Dummett, Williamson/Taylor/Lascelles, Colocinni if fit – Colback Anita/Tiote – De Jong Wijnaldum Sissoko – Cisse
First 6 fixtures
Southampton (H)
Swansea (A)
Man Utd (A)
Arsenal (H)
West Ham (A)
Watford (H)
Norwich
Played the first difficult game against Maccabi Haifa after 3 games against lower league opposition
FPL players of interest
£4.0m defs Turner and R Bennet – neither look like making the lineup at the moment
£4.5m mids Mulumbu and Andreu – Andreu has been in great form scoring 3 goals
£5.5m mid Redmond – just made his first appearance
£5.0m mid Hoolahan
Potential GW1 lineup
Ruddy – Whittaker Martin Bassong ?, Redmond Mulumbu Tettey/Howson Johnson/Dorrans – Hoolahan/Andreu – Jerome
First 6 fixtures
Crystal Palace (H)
Sunderland (A)
Stoke (H)
Southampton (A)
Bournemouth (H)
Liverpool (A)
Southampton
6 games played and a 3rd qualifying Europa League game should reveal the GW1 lineup
FPL players of interest
£8.0m mid Mane
£7.0m mid Tadic – assisted against Feyenoord
£8.0m fwd Pelle – 4 goals scored in pre-season
Potential GW1 lineup
Steklenburg- Cedric Targett Yoshida Fonte – Wanyama Clasie – Tadic Mane Davis/JWP – Pelle
First 6 fixtures
Newcastle (A)
Everton (H)
Watford (A)
Norwich (H)
West Brom (A)
Man Utd (H)
Spurs
Only 1 game played so difficult to draw and conclusions
FPL players of interest
£8.5m mid Eriksen
£7.0m mid Chadli
£9.5m fwd Kane – didn’t start the first game after U21 Tournament
Potential GW1 lineup
LLoris – Trippier/Walker, Rose, Alderweireld, Vertonghen – Bentaleb Mason – Eriksen Chadli Lamela/Townsend – Kane
First 6 fixtures
Man Utd (A)
Stoke (H)
Leicester (A)
Everton (H)
Sunderland (A)
Crystal Palace (H)
Stoke City
A side with a decent sized squad which will be hard to predict the line of.
FPL players of interest
£6.0m Adam
£5.0m Odemwingie – must have a reasonable prospect of starting
£6.5m Diouf
Potential GW1 lineup
Butland – Cameron/Johnson/Bardsley, Shawcross, Wollscheid/Muniesa – Van Ginkel Whelan/Sidwell – Adam, Arnautovic/Odemwingie/Walters – Diouf/Joselu
First 6 fixtures
Liverpool (H)
Spurs (A)
Norwich (A)
West Brom (H)
Arsenal (A)
Leicester (H)
Sunderland
4 games played against mixed opposition
FPL players of interest
£6.5m mid Lens – yet to play
Potential GW1 lineup
Pantilimon – Jones/Matthews, O’Shea/Coates/Kaboul PVA – Larsson Cattermole – Wickham Lens Johnson/Giacchereni/Defoe – Defoe/Fletcher
First 6 fixtures
Leicester (A)
Norwich (H)
Swansea (H)
Aston Villa (A)
Spurs (H)
Bournemouth (A)
Swansea City
3 reasonable fixtures played so far
FPL players of interest
£7.5m mid Siggy
£7.0m fwd Gomis – scored 1 goal so far
Potential GW1 lineup
Fabianski – Naughton Tabanou/Taylor Williams Fernandez – Cork Shelvy/Ki – Montero/Ayew Siggy Dyer/Routledge – Gomis
First 6 fixtures
Chelsea (A)
Newcastle (H)
Sunderland (A)
Man Utd (H)
Watford (A)
Everton (H)
Watford
4 games against pretty ordinary opposition in the main
FPL players of interest
£4.5m mid Anya
£5.5m fwd Deeney
Potential GW1 lineup
Gomes – Nyom, Holebas, Prodl, Cathcart – Capoue Behrami Watson Abdi Vydra/Ighalo – Deeney
First 6 fixtures
Everton (A)
West Brom (H)
Southampton (H)
Man City (A)
Swansea (H)
Newcastle (A)
WBA
4 pre-season games against ordinary opposition
FPL players of interest
£4.5m def Olsson – great value has to have some chance of starting
£6.5m fwd Berahino – Scored in the game against Charleston
Potential GW1 lineup
Myhill – Dawson ? Olsson/McAuley, Lescott – McLean Fletcher Yacob/McManaman/Berahino Brunt Morrison – Berahino/Ideye/Anichebe
West Ham
Have played in the Europa League which given ideas of lineup
FPL players of interest
£4.5m def Collins – alot of competition at CB unlikely to start
£7.5m mid Payet – 2 goals against Southend. Didn’t feature against Birkirkara
£6.5m fwd Sakho – scored in the Europa League before being sent off
Potential GW1 lineup
Adrian – Jenkinson Cresswell Reid Tomkins/Ogbanna – Kouyate Noble – Nolan, Amalfitano/Jarvis, Payet – Sakho
Arsenal (A)
Leicester (H)
Bournemouth (H)
Liverpool (A)
Newcastle (H)
Man City (A)
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