Fantasy Football Live Match Chat Gameweek 1 – Fantasy Premier League 2015/16
GW1 is live! What better way to kick off the season than with a lunch time match up with 4th place implications written all over it. United will look to secure an early 3 point advantage over perennial Europa League participators, but non-contenders to win, Spurs. At 3pm we have 4 games on the menu. Recently promoted Bournemouth carry the hopes and dreams of many FPL investors as they take on Sherwood and the Benteke-less eleven. In another game that features a recently promoted side, Watford travel to Goodison Park where Everton will be playing for the only 3 points they stand a chance of winning until Christmas. In an early relegation battle we see the Foxes welcome the Black Kitties from Sunderland. If that wasn’t enough of a preview of the probable bottom of the table this season in the 3pm games, we add the also promoted Canaries to the fray, who play host to the Liverpool dream killers, Crystal Palace. In the last game of the day, Chelsea will look to continue taking the manhood away from Swansea as they look to humiliate the Swans with another pasting similar to those of last season.
On Sunday we have three fixtures. Arsenal will look to impress and have all Gooners excited and proclaiming them Champions after week one. Saints (the Liverpool B team) will travel to Newcastle and hope to make their mother club proud, with an away win. Speaking of mother, Liverpool will travel to Stoke where they look to exorcise their demons and by that I mean the memory of Glen Johnson.
The game-week finishes off with the Baggies looking to stop the vaunted City attack with a taller, wider custom made bus. Can’t wait to see the twitterverse explode about Sterling and proclaim the investment on him a complete failure or success based on one half.
Don’t forget to also share any experiences if you are participating in any or several of the fanteam.com leagues. Remember scores update in real time, so don’t be shy and let us know how much you are in line to win.
Saturday in full…
Man Utd. v Spurs 12:45pm
Bournemouth v Aston Villa3pm
Everton v Watford 3pm
Leicester v Sunderland 3pm
Norwich v Crystal Palace 3pm
Chelsea v Swansea 5:30pm
Sunday sees three fixtures…
Arsenal v West Ham 1:30pm
Newcastle v Southampton 1:30pm
Stoke v Liverpool 4pm
Monday also has a fixture…
West Brom v Man City 8pm
Keep track of all the action, the goals, the talking points, right here at FF247 Live Match Chat, an interactive chat which encourages you to keep involved and share your thoughts and emotions as the matches take place.
Good luck to absolutely everyone for GW1 from all at FF247!
OriginalRambo
MOTD2 FPL Watch:
– Arsenal vs West Ham:
Arsenal: Frustration for Bellerin owners as well as those with Wally in their teams as he seems to be part of a highly rotatable team throughout the season and that’s before you even consider Sanchez! Overall very disappointing from the Gunners.
West Ham: Reece Oxford at 4m did himself no harm this afternoon and may be worth the punt for the next two games! Payet looks a very exciting prospect too, at the centre of most attacks as well as being on set pieces which makes him even more valuable!
– Newcastle vs Saints:
Newcastle: Defensively you could never trust the Toon. Up top Cisse or Wijnaldum could prove worthy if you can get a decent rotation with them.
Saints: Cedric, Mane & Pelle all look like good investments over the next few game weeks for the Saints. Cedric the best potential defensive points getter at 5m, Mane the heart of everything with Pelle the focal point. Tadic at 1m less than Mane could also provide value as he is on their set pieces although he is more prone to rotation I’d imagine.
– Stoke vs Liverpool:
Stoke: Didn’t offer much in attack and very Stokey in defensive with Munisea perhaps offering the best value for the next few weeks.
Liverpool: Joe Gomez could be a steal for as long as he keeps his place! Coutinho could be just a bit pricey but Milner looks the best value of the Pool mids at 7m with a lot going through him.
Early morning FPL read for you early risers!
inittowinit
Great stuff Rambo, thanks. This will be a ‘featured / Hot comments’ post tomorrow – once we turn it on properly.
Mito21 @TheLegendMito21
ooooh, hold on.
Wilson deserved better luck and probably should have got I least one goal.
Defoe scored one and missed two better opportunities than the ones he scored.
Albrighton, Mahrez and Vardy were a complete nightmare for Sunderland. Albrighton had a majority of the set pieces but Mahrez had some also.
Wijnaldun from Newcastle looked good and had some set pieces, particularly indirect free kicks.
Brady took all set pieces for Norwich.
Damn! that will never be featured
Andy
Vardy could have shot himself in the foot after the racist video has emerged, it’s not quite to the scale of the last Leicester video but to have an Asian owner and get caught having a go at Asians probably sing the greatest idea.
I don’t see him getting sacked but it’ll be interesting to see how this one is handled.
OriginalRambo
Really? Cheers Init! Just something I enjoy doing, writing (sh*t, no doubt) about football.
inittowinit
Yeah, would have been already but the IT dept went to bed! #lazybastard
The Gallant Pioneer (@mitchellcraig81)
Rambo
Just watching it now.
Thanks for these opinions. They are very good reads. Bellerin was apparently injured today so makes you wonder whether he may still be first choice. Too risky in any event for me I think.
OriginalRambo
Yeah I reckon he had the RB spot for the start of the season but may have lost it due to his late injury although after today you’d never know play there next game, maybe Chambers could nail it down?…
Thanks for the kind words GP!
inittowinit
He’ll be first choice once fit. He just had a minor issue today.
FudgyBadger
How is this looking for GW2?
Made no transfers to my original side.
Should I swap Yoshida and Ivan or go with Swansea+Soton defence and really try and get lucky?
The Gallant Pioneer (@mitchellcraig81)
Badger
Play Ivanovic instead of Yoshida and save transfer.
FudgyBadger
I think that’s the smartest option, I will bench Yoshida and yes I don’t intend to use my transfer as I am bringing in Aguero GW3!
MadHatter
Evening all, not a great week on all accounts …. gotta love this game!
How’s week 2 looking? Might just take a punt on Oxford over Dave – Like my home teams!
FudgyBadger
I reckon Coutinho captain could really pay off, he will be allowed a lot more space against Bournemouth which means even more shots.
You should have a comfortable week with that team although I could see Defoe blanking against Norwich!
The Gallant Pioneer (@mitchellcraig81)
Hatter
You could have it called right there but there is a nag that something isn’t right though benching a Chelsea defender.
MadHatter
Yeah just not feeling the clean sheet in either game really. I’ll probably bottle it and go for Dave in the end! 😉
SwissChocks
Warning about Defoe being a lone frontman. I was looking for clues on defensive rotation or culling and found this: http://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/sunderland-afc/dick-advocaat-will-change-sunderland-s-system-if-there-s-no-striker-signing-1-7400963
jamesimmo
Hey peeps. How are we? What a cracking start we’ve had… I’m flying high on 25 + Sterling.
What’s actually concerning is that my highest scorer was Rooney with 5 points – which probably means no price rises – last season many of us had Siggy to kick our TV gains off in style!
Ivan over Azpi has hurt me.
PeterPan
James so much as hurt me….
Im thinking the cheaper guys who scored well are all going to sore in prices quickly…
Im an idiot who got a little pissed last night and did Courtios out for Cech (thinking he might drop) well lets now say after seeing today Im hoping Wenger gives them some Fergie treatment…
jamesimmo
So there’s no site to predict price-rises yet eh? Arsenal have been brilliant, defensively, until today – when it matters typically – so I wouldn’t worry about Cech. He’ll get more than his fare share of cleansheets. You’d think!
Price rises seem to be slow… Mahrez will surely go up tonight but I’m not going to make any panic-moves just yet.
milothesuperdog
Sitting fairly kooshty on 43 with Sterling to play. So pretty much top of all my mini leagues. Can only go south though eh.
Other than fpl though, brilliant games. Upsets left right and centre …
jamesimmo
Excellent stuff milo! Could you link your team?
milothesuperdog
I can try haha
milothesuperdog
Does it work?
Mito21 @TheLegendMito21
Yeah Milo you got it
chins
Milo. Cracking start! Really happy for you mate.
milothesuperdog
Ah! Cheers lads. Long way to go yet obviously. But i’ll take the psychological advantage over my opponents 😉
What’s everyone’s thinking over the next week or so?
Mito21 @TheLegendMito21
@Milo, thinking about deleting my team.
chins
I picked my squad for the first 5 weeks, so intend to save FTs and see where I’m at during the international break.
Either that or I’ll have a few beers midweek and play my wildcard.
Or… I’ll pick a new team and start from gwk2. At keast that way I’d save my WC and only be 20 points down.
SAFs_hairdryer
Great start. Could have been even better looking at you bench!
PeterPan
Surprised Courtois hasnt dropped in price yet…
FudgyBadger
Has anyone change in price yet?
bundeena bunnies
he may be “protected”
milothesuperdog
I’m quite drunk and want to talk football.
Tell you what, my saviour so far is going with Mahrez. What a player he could be, both in real life and fpl. Gonna keep him.
So what do folk reckon, was the 4-2 Leicester being great going forward or Sunderland being so awful at the back? Or both?
Also, was working during Man Utd vs Spurs. Verdict? Usually trust the Guardian’s report, but seemed pretty vague this time…
Mito21 @TheLegendMito21
@Milo, Leicester steamrolled them. Mahrez, Vardy and Albrighton really were outstanding. Sunderland was not great at all in the back. Cattermole gave a dumb penalty away. Leicester scored on two headers. Vardy and Mahrez beating the Sunderland backline in the air. FFS
Kaboul handed a goal over with some terrible defending.
Think Leicester deserve credit, but they certainly had a lot of help from Sunderland.
United and Spurs was a bad game in general. Think United had one shot on target. It is really not worth talking about, it makes me sleepy.
FudgyBadger
Spurs were the better side for me, created better chances and were wrongfully flagged offside when Dembele went through. Kane and Eriksen had great link up and looked deadly together but were just lacking in the finishing department.
Darmian bossed the right side and rarely let Spurs through, he was also making high runs and pressing the Spurs defence so he would be my one to look out for this season as a fullback who will create goals.