Fantasy Premier League 2015-16 Pre-Season Round up
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Hello. Happy Summer everyone and welcome to your Pre-Season Article. The article is intended as a ‘work-in-progress’ and a workspace where we can keep each other up to date with all the latest line-up and substitution news for all twenty of this season’s Premier League teams ahead of our final selection of our fantasy squads.
We should also record the scoreline particulars including the all-important scorers, assisters and ‘nearly men’. Any salient information such as a defender on penalty kicks duties, a midfielder playing striker or Asmir Begovic playing some part in a Chelsea match to let him think he has a chance of playing this season, can be found here.
Of course, if you are lucky enough to witness any of the action, your opinion is valued too so let us know who impresses and doesn’t impress during these games.
Now you may have noticed the cunning use of “your”, “we”, and “each other” above. This is not a one-man band, because I’m useless musically and I’m not on at all hours (as much as I would like to be), so please do get involved – get the line-ups ‘up’ and the opinions flowing.
The Fixtures
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Arsenal
15th July
Singapore XI v Arsenal
18th July
Everton v Arsenal
25th July
Arsenal v Lyon
26th July
Arsenal v Wolfsburg
Community Shield
2nd August
Chelsea v Arsenal
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Aston Villa
11th July
Fulham v Aston Villa
17th July
SC Braga v Aston Villa
21st July
Swindon Town v Aston Villa
25th July
Walsall v Aston Villa
28th July
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Aston Villa
1st August
Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa
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Bournemouth
14th July
Philadelphia Union 1-4 Bournemouth
18th July
Exeter City v Bournemouth
25th July
Nantes v Bournemouth
28th July
Yeovil Town v Bournemouth
31st July
Bournemouth v Cardiff City
1st August
Hoffenheim v Bournemouth
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Chelsea
22nd July
New York Red Bulls v Chelsea
25th July
Paris St Germain v Chelsea
28th July
Barcelona v Chelsea
5th August
Chelsea v Fiorentina
Community Shield
2nd August
Chelsea v Arsenal
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Crystal Palace
11th July
Barnet v Crystal Palace
18th July
Union Berlin v Crystal Palace
1st August
Fulham v Crystal Palace
3rd August
Dagenham & Redbridge v Crystal Palace
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Everton
11th July
Swindon Town v Everton
15th July
Stoke City v Everton
18th July
Everton v Arsenal
26th July
Heart of Midlothian v Everton
28th July
Dundee v Everton
1st August
Leeds United v Everton
2nd August
Everton v Villarreal (Testimonial Match)
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Leicester City
21st July
Lincoln City v Leicester City
25th July
Mansfield Town v Leicester City
28th July
Burton Albion v Leicester City
29th July
Rotherham United v Leicester City
1st August
Birmingham City v Leicester City
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Liverpool
14th July
Thailand XI v Liverpool
17th July
Brisbane Roar v Liverpool
20th July
Adelaide United v Liverpool
24th July
Malaysia XI v Liverpool
1st August
HJK Helsinki v Liverpool
2nd August
Swindon Town v Liverpool
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Manchester City
15th July
Adelaide United v Manchester City
18th July
Melbourne City v Manchester City
21st July
Roma v Manchester City
24th July
Manchester City v Real Madrid
27th July
Vietnam v Manchester City
1st August
Stuttgart v Manchester City
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Manchester United
17th July
Club America v Manchester United
21st July
San Jose Earthquakes v Manchester United
25th July
Barcelona v Manchester United
29th July
Paris St Germain v Manchester United
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Newcastle United
10th July
Gateshead v Newcastle United
14th July
Atlas v Newcastle United
18th July
Sacramento Republic v Newcastle United
21st July
Portland Timbers ‘2’ v Newcastle United
26th July
Sheffield United v Newcastle United
29th July
York City v Newcastle United
1st August
Newcastle United v Borussia Moenchengladbach
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Norwich City
11th July
Gorleston v Norwich City
14th July
Hithcin Town v Norwich City
17th July
Cambridge United v Norwich City
18th July
Maccabi Haifa v Norwich City
25th July
Augsburg v Norwich City
28th July
Norwich City v West Ham United
1st August
Norwich City v Brentford
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Southampton
8th July
Leipzig v Southampton
11th July
Valencia v Southampton
Red Bull Salzburg v Southampton
18th July
Groningen v Southampton
21st July
Quick ‘20 v Southampton
23rd July
Feyenoord v Southampton
2nd August
Southampton v Espanyol
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Stoke City
15th July
Stoke City v Everton
18th July
Singapore XI v Stoke City
22nd July
Wrexham v Stoke City
25th July
Brentford v Stoke City
1st August
Cologne v Stoke City
2nd August
Porto v Stoke City
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Sunderland
9th July
Darlington v Sunderland
14th July
Sacramento Republic v Sunderland
17th July
Pachuca v Sunderland
22nd July
Toronto v Sunderland
29th July
Doncaster Rovers v Sunderland
1st August
Hannover v Sunderland
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Swansea City
15th July
Borussia Moenchengladbach v Swansea City
18th July
1860 Munich v Swansea City
24th July
Reading v Swansea City
25th July
Nottingham Forest v Swansea City
1st August
Swansea City v Deportivo La Coruna
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Tottenham Hotspur
29th July
MLS All-Stars v Tottenham Hotspur
4th August
Real Madrid v Tottenham Hotpsur
5th August
Tottenham Hotspur v Milan or Bayern Munich
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Watford
8th July
St Albans City v Watford
11th July
Wimbledon v Watford
15th July
Verl v Watford
17th July
Eintracht Braunschweig v Watford
19th July
Paderborn v Watford
25th July
Dundee v Watford
28th July
Cardiff City v Watford
1st August
Watford v Sevilla
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West Bromwich Albion
8th July
Red Bull Salzburg v West Bromwich Albion
17th July
Charleston Battery v West Bromwich Albion
19th July
Richmond Kickers v West Bromwich Albion
25th July
Swindon Town v West Bromwich Albion
28th July
Walsall v West Bromwich Albion
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West Ham United
11th July
Peterborough United v West Ham United
18th July
Southend United v West Ham United
21st July
Colchester United v West Ham United
25th July
Charlton Athletic v West Ham United
28th July
Norwich City v West Ham United
2nd August
West Ham United v Werder Bremen
Europa League
2nd July
West Ham United v Lusitanos
9th July
Lusitanos v West Ham United
16th July
West Ham United v Birkirkara
23rd July
Birkirkara v West Ham United
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Hi All:
I am new to this site…last year was a awsome…mostly due to tips and direction I got here…this is my first draft…any comment or advise will be appreciated..thanks
Welcome to the site shabbyd.
A few things to note;
– Morgan is unlikely to start the season as he’s been on international duty all summer Maybe Huth instead?
– You might have inveted a little too much in defence. I assume you’ll play Darmian & Azpi every game, therefore I’m not sure if you need two 5.0m defenders. Maybe downgrade PvA to O’Shea and Alderweireld to another 4.5m defender. This give you 1.0m to spend elsewhere.
– Your mifdield is very strong but that has led to you having two cheap & unproven strikers. Personally I would look to downgrade either Milner or Chadli and maybe upgrade one of the cheap strikers.
Thanks Kop!! New version is already in process…;)
Pretty spectacular midfield but the forward line is really weak. You need to move some funds up top and get a regular goalscorer to go along with Rooney.
I think I will go with Benteke along with Rooney…only concern is when its time to bring Kun in I have to downgrade him or one of my mid…that will depend on how the season starts…thanks for the tip.
ShabbyD.
Welcome.
Please don’t leave.
That is all.
Evening Lads, we had a conversation earlier about Rooney playing upfront and I just thought I’d say I just read an article saying LVG may bring in a surprise attacker signing. This could make Rooney sit back a bit more. Just thought I’d let anyone know that was thinking of Rooney as a lone striker.
Evening Matt. Even if they do bring in another top quality striker, Rooney would most likely play #10 and I’d still fancy him to do the business from there.
Didn’t he play #10 last season? He didn’t have the best of seasons last year was inconsistent in my opinion got a load of points at one stage and then went long periods with 1 or 2 points.
He played in midfield for large chunks of last season!
Seriously though… Yeah he wasn’t the best but they were struggling as a team and adapting to new methods and also new personnel. 12 months on I expect that to be a different story. A settled and loved Rooney who knows he’s the main man (think back to anytime he felt threatened – he chucked his toys out and wanted to leave) is a good Rooney.
Ye that’s true I think United will be a stronger unit this year and I’m sure Rooney will get better I just don’t know about trusting him so much from the outset.
The “surprise” forward could well be Pedro. That wouldn’t affect Rooney at all. I cant think of anyone else that it could be.
Naismith. Now that’s surprise you
Hibbert can come as part of a BOGOF deal.
Haha, i doubt we could get our mitts on Roberto’s favorites 😉
Any thoughts on who the “train-wreck” team will be for this year? I am guessing Aston Villa.
Ye that’s who I’m going for too.
Watford most likely.
Definitely Villa for me too. Them and WHU are in trouble i think.
Southampton have to fall off a cliff sooner or later, no way can they keep on sustaining this type of form whilst losing half of their defenders each and every season, add Europe to the mix now and I think they’ll regress a lot on the last two seasons, Villa do look like a club in car crash mode.
Yep they are gone!!
Villa, Watford, West Ham and Southampton on that list then even though I am not entirely convinced S’hampton belong on that list. I would venture to say that should Everton lose young Stones, Everton are probably in a more precarious position?
Evening all!!
How are we all today?
Is anyone paying to use fantasy football fix this season, if so what package are you going for?
I went for the pro guide Mitro
Hi Kop – that’s what I was leaning towards aswell! Does it look good?
It does Mitro. In fairness to the lads at Fix, everything they do is very professional and works well.
As Init has just pointed out, all our users get a 20% discount by clicking on the ad on our homepage.
Kop, i hope you didn’t just accept the 20% discount without shopping around first?!
#SoMoneySupermarket
Funny that! There’s a advert on the home page with a 20% discount for our site users.
I might aswell go for it
For all users Init? Or just the regulars?
Although to be fair, i don’t think Elle knows the difference…..
:hippo:
:big-lol:
Is it off limits unless we pay?
Kop said he’d pay and then share all the info with us.
Chins – I like it
Deal!
Thats why i can’t get on their site. Oh well back to total fpl for me. :shake:
elle, is that site still running? I assumed it would have dwindled off by now..
Hi NIN – Think you can still use the GW live tool and that – it is a great website – obviously not as good as this one though!
(fingers crossed that gets me a FF247 mug)
Good luck with that Mitro. I’ve been begging / dropping hints for over a year now and i still don’t have a mug.
Possibly linked the fact that Kop is in charge of the office mail room.
Yep I have tried it a few times! It appears we are not in the circle of trust!!
Yip, good luck Mitro lad. Rich has even asked for my address and i’m still waiting.
Rich told me to go and rob one, so i will when i visit Inits house. :thumbup:
Can you grab me one aswell mate?
That will do me so!
Mitro, Inits probably got a box full, i’ll get the lot.
I don’t have them, Rich does. He rubs them daily I believe. It’s his main involvement in the site and makes him feel connected
NIN, my understanding is that certain aspects of the site will be free. I’ve just emailed them to find out for sure.
Nice one Kop :thumbup:
No worries mate.
NIN, here’s the answer from the guys at Fix…
The fantasyfootballfix.com guide has exclusive content, features, and early site access to all fix features.
When the season kicks off, fix will still have free features, but the guide will remain exclusive and fix will continue to update and add to the guide as the season progresses, which won’t be available to anyone else.
Fix strives to invent new FPL tools, and the guide can look forward to some exclusive innovations which won’t be available on the main site.
Thanks Kop, good man yourself. I assume that means that game-week live and the price change will remain as is.
I’d reckon so NIN
Guys can I ask about this Ultimate FPL? Is it worth doing I didn’t do it last year and I’m not too sure about doing that aswell as my regular team.
Hi Matt, I gave a detailed answer about this to someone the other day as I played it last season. Good luck finding that though! In short – it was ok but I’m not bothering again. Probably tells you all you need to know!
Ye that does tell me everything. I didn’t think it would be worthwhile Cheers Init.
MattX,
I played it two years ago, and would play still but I can’t as i’ve moved abroad.
I loved the bigger squad and the gambler in me loved all the swapping in and out of players – Do i stick with a guy from Saturday on 5 points or swap him out for a Sunday player who could score big. – Great fun.
The downside though is that because it’s gamedays and not gameweeks, it’s easy to miss a deadline and miss out of big points.
It became as much a challenge of time management as it was fantasy football skill.
If you have the time / commitment, then i saw go for it.
say go for it. Not saw. But you knew that….
Sounded better the other way.
Haha ye. When you say moved abroad what do you mean, if you don’t mind me asking as I’m in Ireland?? I’m going into my first year of Uni so I’m not sure if I’d do it this year could have a lot going on just dont know.
MattX, he is a Yank now.
MattX.
What Meato said.
Ah ok very nice.
What uni you off to Matt?
Hoping to go to Maynooth, but won’t know till the 12th of August.
Nice one. Maynooth is a great spot.
Ye it’s just such a comfortable place and everyone seems really friendly.
Evening all hey MattX you still about you have mail
Just got you back mate.
Hey MattX got back Sun great wknd lots of catching up to do
That’s great. Get any winners at Cartmel? Yeah few preseason games with some good performances by some new boys.
Well done for logging in on your e-mail account?! 😉
Hey Init if I told you I have recked my IPhone you probably won’t be surprised so it’s a pain getting on my emails , got phone water logged doesn’t work now have to wait to upgrade in Sept new IPhone 7 wonder how lg that will take to reck 😉
Yes had 5 winners biggest was Dystanias Reevenge I thk 18-1 really good win & great day .
Ohh that’s a great price. I’m pretty sure I seen that name up on Sky sports over the weekend and was think of backing but opted out last min.