Below each position if applicable is a “bubbling under” category for monitoring certain players before they are added to the “ones to watch” list. Remember these are Sky Sports fantasy football  players in would have in my team. At the bottom is a key if you want a bit more detail on the factors listed

So you can work out whats going from last week on Ive put the players moving out in strike through and italics for players being added.

GOALKEEPER

Hart   £6.0m  – quality

Howard  £5.3m – mid range option

Foster  £4.7m – mid range option

Al Habsi – £4.1 budget

Begovic    £4.1 budget

Jaaskelainen £3.8m budget fixtures

Comment – Hart still seems the best bet here despite the poor start.  With negative points for goals in Sky Sports fantasy football youve got to try for quality.

DEFENCE

Rafael   £6.6m –  attack.  CS.   Not  particularly good value and game time risk but clean sheets and attacking stats should make up

Jagielka   £5.9m – fixtures. CS.   Best value certain to play Everton defender

Jenkinson  £3.8m  – value. Tough fixtures but better defence from Arsenal. Will probably lose position when Sagna back but good until then

Gallas – £5.3m fixtures value.  Game time risk but great value and Kaboul injured

Ridgewell – £5.2m fixtures.  attack.  value.  WBA are showing strong defence and with fixtures good Ridgewell gives you clean sheet potential plus goals

Gibbs – £6.8m   – CS  – the improved Arsenal defence demands coverage although you’ve  got City away and Chelsea home to think about.  Gibbs is the best long term value bet here.

Ivanovic – £7.2m – attack.  In a world where RDM has really fixed the defence and Ivanovic keeps on scoring then he’s a keeper even when the fixtures turn to rubbish which they are in the process of doing.  I’m not far off believing it

Again the negative points for goals conceded in Sky Sports fantasy football means that you do need a side capable of clean sheets.  Ive gone for top 6ish sides with good fixtures above

However if youre going for or need a budget option big Sams negative approach will hopefully bring clean sheets.  Demel at £3.6m is the most secure game time wise and  Reid at £4.0m, although more of a game time risk, offers better attacking potential

Bubbling under:

Kightly – £4.5m  A winger classified as a defender.  Not the fantastic news it would be in the barclays format as you lose points when you concede but worth looking at when their fixtures improve.

MIDFIELD

Hazard   £7.7m – Quality. form.

Michu  £5.5m – value form.

Pienaar   £6.0m – fixtures. form value

Fellaini  £6.1m form. fixtures. Played in an advanced position again. Good underlying stats too.    Jelavic injury secures the advanced position for a couple more weeks.

Nolan  £4.9m form.  fixtures.

Guthrie  £4.3m – budget

Diaby  £4.4m – budget. form

Cazorla   £6.7m value.   City away and Chelsea at home and then fixtures get better. Also has good pass stats for that bonus

Lallana  £6.0m – fixtures have improved starting home to Villa.  Good underlying stats

Puncheon £4.0m  budget.  An attacking threat for Saints and good value. Only question is Do Prado game time risk.  monitor as fixtures about to get better

Sterling £4.3m budget.  Looking like he will hold his place with Cole and Assaidi coming back to fitness as both played in the Europa league.

Kacaniklic – £4.6m 2 assists last week should secure his place above Richardson.  Best choice with Guthrie in the budget non passing stats

Passing and tackle bonus midfielders

This is a new aspect  of Sky Sports fantasy football and offers a cheap way in to regular points.  You should have at least 1 if not 2 of these players for regular points and at least 1 cheap 1.

Diarra   £4.6m- no goal potential and plays deep but has tackle and pass stats injury

Noble £4.7m – fixtures. pen  who would have thought someone in Big Sams team would have bonus pass potential but true it is.  Also takes pens

Joe Allen – £5.8m – the pass master in the possession masters team.  Too expensive better options elsewhere

Arteta – £6.2m   – Passes, tackles gets assists.  When the fixtures improve he will be a major asset.

YYT – £8.1m – The Rolls Royce option.  Has held his own but unfortunately wont get tackle points but will be a MOTM magnet and gets assists and the odd screamer.  I personally question whether hes worth the cash without a regular goal output.  Would be gold if he becomes the most advanced midfielder but doesnt get in to the box enough for this price.

Bubbling under:

Gera better options pursuing passing bonus

FORWARDS

Tevez   £9.4m  quality. form.

RVP   £10.0m   QUALITY no game time risk with Rooney injury

Adebayor  £8.6m fixtures.  value.  hopefully should start away to Reading in GW4

Jelavic  £8.1m – fixtures quality

Vaz Te  £6.2m  – budget.  fixtures

Lambert  £6.8m – value.  Better fixtures are on the way.  A threat from set pieces and with Pen duties hes another option if you dont want to spend big.

Berbatov  £7.5m  quality.  fixtures.form.

 Defoe  £7.8m – fixtures.  Form.  quality I wouldn’t have seen him as a lone striker but showed real quality against Reading.  Adebayor injury and form will see him start.

Podolski   £8.5m Form. quality.  I would wait until City A and Chelsea H are over but no doubting his form

Bubbling under:

Lukaku £6.2m  quality. budget.  Watch him to see if he can get starts. He is some player. fixtures are good just needs a chance

Rodallega  £6.7m – fixtures.  budget.  Has the potential if selected.  Need to monitor whether he starts this weekend.

Aguero – £9.9.m.  QUALITY fixtures improving just monitor starts and role

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 Sky Sports fantasy football 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-gw5/