Fantasy Football Live Match Chat Game-week 1 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15
The first deadline bell of the season has rung and it’s now time to see if all those days, weeks & even months of planning proves to be time well spent. Have you spent your money wisely? Have you gone for a strong first XI or have you spread it across your squad? And most importantly is the next FPL superstar in your squad? Of course we all know that the next FPL superstar is a small man by the name of Bojan! Whatever you did now is the time to sit back, relax and see how your chosen players fare for you in this the first game-week of a new season.
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Any advice please?
Will sit tight tonight but I’m considering Clyne in for Debuchy (Taylor to the bench) to fund Costa to Sturridge next week.
Nice team.Why the rush to lose Debuchy and Costa ?
Debuchy will be benched this week but there’s slight doubt over Taylor (personally think he’ll play) and Bruce (injury tbc).
Original plan was Debuchy out for Lovren GW4 but attacking Pool players will be better. So now seems a good time to bring in Clyne.
No real rush to bring in Sturridge for Costa before GW4/5 but price changes may force me (depending on how they perform).
Debuchy benched?! EBC, what is this crazy talk? Have i missed something mate?
chins, I reckon he means that he’ll bench Debuchy on his FPL team.
Oh i see!
Thanks Tekno, you’re probably right.
I’m going to play debuchy against Everton i think. Seeing as Davies looks like losing out to Rose, i might not have much choice.
I’d play Debuchy.Arsenal kept a clean sheet there last season and as he showed yesterday he’s always capable of an assist.
Did we? I thought we lost 3-0. I maybe confusing it with another game though.
Holy sh*t your right.My bad !! lol Twas Everton that kept the clean sheet.
Ha! Don’t blame you for forgetting. Its not one i choose to remember, its just that i remember thats when everyone said we’d lose out of 4th and then we went on a run of something like 5 straight wins with barely conceding a goal.
yeah, all seems too quick for me.. debuchy has got an assist? and costa could go and well score a hatty tomorrow.
patience is key buddy 😉
id hold onto that FT unless any injuries occur/taylor doesn’t look nailed.
After a great weekend of football ime now sitting watching King Kong and it really puzzles me. Surely instead of trying to catch a giant monkey for a show back in the city the TRex would of been more of a shock. I mean they are extinct, so the movie is abit daft in that sense.
Ever get the feeling you’re over thinking it Ant?!!
Maybe. Or the films maker has realised the TRex might of been the way to go.
*hasn’t .
Just gone through the BPS scores for defenders.
These have abnormally high scores from their matches (have deducted BPS for goals (12), assists (9), and CS (12)):
Chester (24 BPS, 48 with CS and goal)
Ferdinand (27 BPS)
Skrtel (25)
Lovren (22)
Clichy (23, 35 with CS)
Pieters (23)
Shawcross (21)
These had abnormally low BPS:
Debuchy (10, 19 with assist)
G. Johnson (8)
Manquillo (11)
Janmaat (8)
Dunne (6)
Simpson (7)
Bardsley (6)
Pocognoli (6)
In some matches, CBs have the highest BPS (Liverpool) while in some there’s a mix of both (Stoke, WBA). It’s too early to say who between FBs and CBs will get the most from BPS. It might not be so black and white that it’s mostly determined by position. It is however mostly CBs who got high scores while the majority of the low scorers are FBs.
Tekno, thanks for that mate. It is an interesting read. I wonder why Debuchy was so poor, I heard he played well.
to be honest, i think it favours just general good defence!! sorry to be so vague, but skrtel headed and tackled so much, he grabbed 2 bonus points!
My bench scored 22, who’s beating that?
20 for me. Well played Hazard!
A lowly 17 for me boys!
22 for me as well.
17 here also
Can i join in ? 2pts on the bench. :shake:
1 pt here
Tekno, Elle, get out. Get out now.
Nice management chaps!
Total of 25 for me, exact same bench as yours Hazard, even in the same order.. Spooky
oh my bad bps not added 😉 if only eh?
good managers think alike, gotta give the others a look in before we destroy all competition left right? 😉
Accumulating bench points is, like signing differential players and building team value, one of the keys to success in fpl. I’m not sure whether this was discussed in full detail here or on one of the other fpl expert sites, but basically your bench needs to be racking up at least 10 points per GW if you hope to sustain a serious campaign through the whole season. And at this point in the season, bench points are almost equivalent to actual points in predicting where you’ll finish. That said, if your bench is regularly getting more than 20 per GW you should probably review how you select your first XI.
So far this GW my bench is on 17 (mainly courtesy of Gylfi) with Duff still to play, so here’s hoping they can match your performance.
Can anyone tell me why eric dier’s ownership has increased by 44%?? can’t be all noobs surely?
Because he got a very high score for a defender, that’s why. And he’s got a tasty fixture next week. If he starts, that is.
Morning Chins, thinks for comments a while back. Picked them up this morning. Yer the time is a pisser, all I have to do is stalk your team and make sire I get as close to it as I can!
So I’m thinking Mata and Young to Sterling and Siggy (I need the 0.5 from the Sterling move for the Siggy move). Mata may well come back but making sure I gain the price increases. All of you that have them already, pat yourselves on the back and pass some sympathy on to us that don’t!
Both decent moves long term alex. Shame about the hit already, but better now before prices go up.
Despite the fixtures favouring Mata next week, i just think Sterling is the sort of player who could get 10+ points against anyone. Good luck with it!
Cheers chins. It’s done! Is that the first 4ph on here??
First i’ve seen mate. Doubt it’ll be the last though.
I’m sure a few won’t be able to wait on Siggy with his price going up 0.3 (maybe) this week. Not all will need a hit to do it but a lot might.
Chins; ah well lad, go with your gut! So what part of the states you moved to? What motivated it? I hope your not in the area with all the rioting? Although I’m sure you’d be in smack back in the middle of it!
Alex, i’m not sure what you’re implying mate! I am a peace loving creature.
We’ve moved to The Dallas / Fort Worth area of Texas. Motivation for the move? Mainly portion size!
Nah, more of a life style change. The wife is from here and we wanted to bring up the kids here and it was so hard to afford a decent house where we were living in the UK. You get loads more for your money out here. The weather is great and in theory at least, the job market is good too.
Early days though. Ask me again in a year!
What took you out to NZ?
Bumped into Debbie yet?
Chins same as a you; portion size. Nah a lifestyle change. Met a kiwi chic and we are married now. It’s a good balance as she has a English mum and we come and go as much as money allows! Are we allowed to take about such non football related articles on here? We may get boo-ed off!