FPL launch 2016/17 – New Rules and Player Pricelist
Finally it is live! FPL is back, life as we know it will not be the same for the next 10 months! At first glance there seems little change to last season – budget and squad size is naturally the same and the four chips remain in place, including the two wildcards – one to be used in the first half of the season, the other to be used in the second half of the season. The first may not be carried over – so use it or lose it. The only change seems to be in the calculation of bonus points – a breakdown of which can be found under the Rules tab.
With less than a month to go before the start of the season, managers will be busily playing with different formations and strategies, so to help you on your way, let’s take a very brief look at some of the highlights of the price list for the players.
Players Price List – initial reaction
The most expensive player (as per usual!) is Sergio Aguero who again costs 13mln, while the success last season of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez sees their prices rocket to eliminate their bargain status! Nolito and Anthony Martial being listed as midfielders may attract decent support. Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes in at 11.5mln to make him the second most expensive player while Diego Costa costs just 9.5mln, making him cheaper than Harry Kane, Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Vardy. Daley Blind are Chris Brunt are now listed as defenders, while Eric Dier is now listed as a midfielder.
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New player prices – some of the new players to the Premiership
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 11.5mln
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 9.5mln
Michy Batshuayi 9.0mln
Nolito 9.0mln
Eric Bailly 5.5mln
And some selected old favourites:
Sergio Aguero 13.0mln
Harry Kane 11.0mln
Daniel Sturridge 10.0mln
Jamie Vardy 10.0mln
Diego Costa 9.5mln
Olivier Giroud 9.0mln
Wayne Rooney 9.0mln
Alexis Sanchez 11.0mln
Kevin de Bruyne 10.5mln
Eden Hazard 10.0mln
Dimitri Payet 9.5mln
Riyad Mahrez 9.5mln
Anthony Martial 9.5mln
Mesut Ozil 9.5mln
Firmino 8.5mln
You will all have your own views and may spot the glaring bargain that I have missed. So please share your thoughts below on both the new changes to the game (the chips) and also your thoughts on the prices and maybe you’ve even begun to draft your initial squad.
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FPL launch 2016/17 – New Rules and Player Pricelist. This article was written by Cookie
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Nin, if you need any info on vaping just ask, been doing that for 3 years! Congrats on making the switch!
Anyhoo, back to football, as a Luton fan i have a lot of faith in Gray! He has massive potential … but … do Burnley?
Answers on a postcard!
Haha, cheers mate i’ll keep that in mind! A friend of mine has been vaping for a few years too so i’ve been hassling him to no end
I jumped in at the deep end and went straight for a sub-ohm vaporizer. It’s proving to be rather tedious but i’ll get there eventually.
No idea who this Gray chappy is but i’ll not start with a Burnley striker.
All the cloud chasers go down the Sub Ohm route mate … don’t follow! I’ve been there and spent a lot of money doing so! You can do it much better and much cheaper if you avoid the masses! Email me if you get tired of chugging through juice like it’s going out of fashion and pissing off the public with your ridiculous clouds 😉
Gray is one to watch … i have been for many a year and he’s straight in my team … just hope he gets the service!
I love those chunky tasty clouds
Well, i did up until i burnt out my wicks from taking long drags. Woops! New coil wire and wick arrive in the morning so the darn public had better watch out because there’s monstrous clouds coming their way! Thanks though, i do appreciate that and will take you up on it if i need advice :thumbup:
Gonna have to do some research on this Gray dude so. Must admit, it’s been a long time since i payed any sort of attention to the Championship or lower leagues in general. From my brief glance earlier i’m liking the look of Valdes at 4.5m at Boro. No idea if they’re defensively sound or not but he is a good GK. Odd that United took him on there for a bit but he is good nonetheless.
Well we cant have it all.
I tried to build from the back with shrewd investements and a balanced team and all that but it ended either In negative budget or too many average players. Too many Snodgrasses (which could prove a shrewd investment btw) If you get the picture.
So I slightly changed the approach. To this, subject to preseason form, injuries, new signings, etc: Ibra and Miki are in. Period. Aguero and KDB and Otamendi too. Period. Bellerin and Williams are in. Period. That’s 7 out of 11 pretty much nailed on for now. The rest are 4 half decent and 4 bench fodder! Any early either constructive or destructive comments? All are very welcome!
I do like a gw1 squad with a bench full of bellends
Yeah no point on spending too much with those guys for now. They can turn into the 4.0/4.5 gems when they show themsleves!
Considering the prices this year, it’s not a bad idea! Risky as we know, but maybe needs must.
I actually really like this approach and I’ll probably follow something similar
After a long awaiting throughout the summer finally it’s back….yes you heard it right… FPL is finally back.
Just checked the FPL site today and I cant see any changes to the rules…….. ping me if I am missing one.
Hope to kick start the season with a bang.
Woah woah woah… forget FPL for a minute…. what’s this defiling of Never Mind The Bollocks in your grav? Who is responsible for such an atrocity!!??!!?? :rant:
Could I get some thoughts on my team lads (and lasses)?
rglover
A strong squad without Aguero. I like it. I think they all should start for their clubs but still a long way to go this pre-season. Keep an eye out for all the teams etc.
I have Townsend due to Palace having a decent run to start and for that same reason I’m considering Lukaku if he remains at Everton.
Nice squad mate.
Cheers, I really did want Aguero but it’s so difficult to squeeze him in and keep a balanced side!!
Get in! Now weekends have a lot more meaning to them! Good to have fantasy back, I’m offshore at the moment, home at the weekend to study! Had my highest place finish last year here’s hoping for better!
Morning jol.
Exciting eh? Where are you stationed?
Work all over the world, but am just off Liverpool at the moment! 5 weeks down only 1 at home then away again!!
Well done Jol, what did you finish?
Think it was in too 20,000 but can’t check at the moment, but just kno it was my best finish! The only way is up!
Morning all any one have any idea how City back 4 will line up ????
Morning Silvers,
Pretty impossible to be 100% at the mo with so long to go before GW1 and the rumours re Stones. I would say that Otamendi and Sagna are the most likely at this stage, but I’d emphasise much could change. There is of course Hart, until Pep realises how bad he is.
+1
I can see a new GK in there soon, January if not this summer.
Morning gents.
Cheers GP & Cookie