So heres the 2nd part on the Telegraph fantasy football potential bargains. Ive put the link at the bottom of the site to the first part (paste it in to your browswer if it doesnt work as a link)
Ive repeated the context below of this article for people who havent read the 2 articles in order. Remember these tips can change in their importance as transfers happen. Don’t worry though in the week before the opening game I will review all teams, including potential bargains, so this can be updated
Heres the conteaxt again then:
With quality over all the premier league this season and the likes of Rooney and Aguero looking near must haves in our Telegraph Fantasy Football team, finding value elsewhere is going to be essential. Here’s the first of a series of articles identifying value in a player (ie a potential bargain) after looking through all teams in the Telegraph Fantasy Football format.
I’m doing them in the best fixture order in my article “fantasy premier league – analysing the opening 6 rounds of fixtures”. See at bottom of page. For those who need a reminder of the rules see my article “Telegraph Fantasy Football Summary and key points”. Again the link is at the bottom of the page
Generally players will be value for the following reasons:
(1) Injuries to another player or a transfer of another player from the club has given them unexpected game time
(2) Telegraph Fantasy Football believes they may not be first choice for their position
(3) They have transferred in from a lower ranked team.
With no reserves and limited transfers in the Telegraph Fantasy Football format its vital that value is weighed up against the risk of the player not playing. Therefore, value players in your team should be thought about carefully and I wouldn’t start with 8 but a well chosen sprinkle may be necessary.
Rest assured we at fantasy football geek will be keeping an eye out in pre-season for their prospects. By the way for this article I will ignore out of position players as I will be doing a separate piece on these players. Out of position is a player who plays, say, as a forward but is classified as a midfielder in the Telegraph Fantasy Football game.
Here goes then. Remember it goes from best opening 6 fixtures to the worst. Part 2 here will concentrate on the 10 teams with the worst opening 6 games
Fulham
Clint Dempsey – Midfielder (£4.3m)
I’m sorry am I missing something here? How can someone who scored 17 goals from midfield with 6 assists added on and was last years top scoring midfield player have 9 people more expensive than him? It makes no sense? Not a great fixture start but he just cant be ignored at this price. There’s obviously rumours about a move to Liverpool which will move him from being a big fish in a small pond to the reverse. Liverpool are also 19th in my rank of opening 6 fixtures with an horrendous opening 6 fixtures which doesn’t help. Any transfers mean risk but how can you ignore a guy of his quality at this price.
Wigan
Norwich
Manchester City
Reading
J Kebe – Midfield (£2.9m)
Pogrebnyak – Striker (£5.0m)
QPR
Fabio – Defender (£3.0m)
Adel Taarbt – Midfield (£3.5m)
Let an army of followers down with a appalling shooting and temper tantrums last year and his price reflects that. Its just that he seemed to be getting a grip on the premier league towards the end of the season with 2 goals and 6 assists in his last 3 games and if its that form we see rather than the early season form then he could be a real bargain
D Cisse – striker (£5.2m)
Arsenal
Stoke
Robert Huth – Defender (£3.3m)
Liverpool
Aquilani and J Cole – Midfield (£2.8m and £2.9m)
With Liverpools terrible fixtures to start there’s no need to put these 2 in your line up unless theres a clear steer they will start but keep an eye on them as they are both at ridiculously low levels for a Brendan Rodgers coached Liverpool team. We’ll be keeping an eye on the friendly list to see how they shape up for possible selection. The reason I’m putting them on the bargain monitor list is that they both have the potential to contribute to Brendan Rodgers possession football more so than say Downing.
Fabio Borini – Striker (£5.3m)
With Andy Carrol certain to depart this is a real bargain possibility for a Liverppol striker. See my article on him below for an in depth analysis on him. Suarez as a comparison is £6.6m. A real bargain.
