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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*WEST HAM UNITED*
Birkirkara 1-0 West Ham United (Europa League)
[Agg 1-1. West Ham United win 5-4 on penalties]
Team
Adrian
O’Brien Tomkins Collins Cresswell
Kouyate Noble
Nolan (Poyet 59) Jarvis (Samuelsen 120) Amalfitano (Maiga 60)
Zarate
Being taken to penalties by a Maltese team.. Pathetic. They’re in big trouble this year, for me.
Agreed. I’ve got Sakho in my current draft, but that may need to change!
Yep, get rid before he infects the rest of your squad! Seriously though, check out Bilic’s managerial record, it’s woeful. He’s gone by March, no doubt about it.
NIN, did he do something to you in a past life?! I’ve never seen you so passionate about anyone and so convinced they will fail! To be fair you’ve said it ever since about an hour after the appointment! I disagreed then and I’ll respectfully disagree now. I reckon they’ll be top 10 easily. If not then it’ll be fun regardless because he’s a personality if nothing else. Really like the guy and hope he succeeds. And then replaces Martinez. Preferably by September
It just boggles the mind mate. I cant for the life of me understand why Sam gets sacked and replaced by Bilic. The fans may be blowing bubbles, but Gold is blowing smoke up their arses.
Seriously, smell is the last card I would expect you to use. Apart from the cat litter they don’t stink. And well, dogs have a terrible body odor. Seriously, I don’t know what type of dog you have but all houses I ever visited that had a dog ,had some smelly rug full of Dogg droolings.
Terrible argument.
Christ almighty, i make a joke about a fucking cat and you’re losing your shit. Thankfully i didn’t air my opinions on monkeys.
Pissing around like you, chill. The keyboard is annoying the shit out of me though. Must fix it or maybe just throw my nexus7 out of the window.
NiN
Its early yet and in fairness to them they had no Jenkinson, Ogbonna, Payet or Sakho (suspension) and Tomkins was sent off midway through the first half. I wouldn’t cast them out just yet.
What about the other 10 (Zarate gets excluded, for obvious reasons) Premier League quality players on the pitch? They should be walking past this opposition, early or not. For me, there’s no excuse for dribbling past this lot at home via a 90th minute goal from a CB, then being dragged to penalties by them.
Jeez NIN, calm down! 😉
I am glad he didn’t watch CFC yesterday playing a bunch of bad 16 year olds. Otherwise he be chastising anyone who had CFC players on their FPL team. 😉
Did Slaven Bilic shoot your dog or something equally horrible?
Oh my gawd!! Sorry, NiN, I didn’t know. Poor dog
My trusty pooch is in good health
I hope Slaven never gets anywhere near her either, she’d instantly get relegated to a cat :hippo:
STFU NIN! Cats are superior to dogs. Thus an upgrade. Man, a dog can’t even survive in the wild anymore, that’s how domestic we made them.
Uh-Oh
https://youtu.be/XVCtkzIXYzQ
Raz I’m I’m the cat camp with you. Slightly biased as I’m actually allergic to dog hair but even so they’re self sufficient and don’t –
– make the house smell of dirty dogs
– need walking constantly
– therefore not necessitating picking up dog poo every few steps
Cats win, end of. Unnecessary but true fact – Bilic has 24 cats
Cats don’t do anything http://imgur.com/gallery/JsdG0O7
And litter trays don’t stink? :shake:
Init, your not actually allergic to dog hair, its something to do with the dogs skin. I’ll find out exactly what it is tomorrow morning when the Mrs gets up, i ain’t waking her now at all. :shake:
Elle, last time I checked, your Mrs wasn’t my Dr. I’m allergic to dog hair. Not dog skin. Dog hair. Trust me. I’m allergic to dog hair.
Hang on now Init, Elle’s on the case! Love it.
NIN, nobody with a cat and sense has a litter tray. They’re for when they are kittens or when you are on a short holiday. Any cat out of nappies doesn’t use a litter tray. I’ve not seen a cat poo for 10 years. They go do it someone else’s garden and bury it.
This thread has come a long way, hasn’t it? Hahaha.
Here,just pulling ya leg mate. In all honesty both animals have pros and cons.
As for the Clyne post. Cats don’t do silly tricks for humans. Dogs are very submissive, cats do what the f they want. Most dog owners would make awesome Muslims for that reason. :p
Fair enough, good point. They still smell though.
Post from there should be here. Warp it.
Dogs are pack animals who hunt by wearing their prey down with chasing it, a dogs odor is a way it forges pack bonds and assists recognition (look, we’re all covered in each others feces and we all smell the same, we must be friends). Cats are ambush predators who hunt by sneaking up on their prey and jumping out on them, as a result cats have evolved to be fastidiously clean and minimize their odor as much as possible so as to not give away their presence.
Ack. This shit makes me sound like a dog hater. Not the case, all animals are cool, not all owners are through. 😉
The smell thing was just a terrible example since cats really don’t smel.
Now enough of this, freaking tablet has chosen the wrong keyboard, can’t type like this.
Where my dogs at?
Woof? Pretty gutted as just seen this. Was hoping they’d have rejoined by now, it’s been a few weeks.
Oh here it is.
Morning
Which two rotating 4.5M keepers?
Also, should I get a dog or a cat?
Morning GP
You can rotate keepers?!!!!
Rival teams usually get rotated Home and Away in perfect tandem, so on that basis can you not have a dog and a cat as your rotating keepers?
I don’t like cats! Can I rotate two dogs instead?
They’d both be at home at the same time, mate. If anything, you’d be better off having two cats. You don’t need much room to swing a cat, so rotating two shouldn’t be to demanding.
Barking up the wrong tree there Kop.
This is all very confusing. I might just get a goldfish!
Then the goldfish be like “let meowt of this fishbowl”
who let the dogs out?
Very helpful guys, thanks.
Knew if I came here I’d get the answers I needed.
Feline a lot better now 😉
problem solved
yellow
Brilliant. No mess to clean up !
Morning all,
How’s my draft team looking?
Collie
German shepherd, leonberger, mastif
Jack Russell, poodle, terrier, pit bull,
Doberman, Rottweiler, English sheepdog
Subs; shitzu, Dalmatian, Labrador,
Cheers
Hammers how much left in the bank for clean up?
Get that entered into woofBet hammers.
Lol. Too much wit for a Friday morning
Having the pit bull in midfield is a good choice because he’ll get BPS for dribbling.
I also like the poodle’s chances of getting goals now that he’s playing in the false K-9 position.
Yeah like the pit bull there. Gives the midfield a bit of bite.
Not sure if Charlie Adam will do well this season.
Morning All,
Please RMT below, been working on it for AGES now!!!!
Haha
This how you lined up this time last year Migs?
Hello GP!
but I remember I did have Bojan!! This was mid time during the season
no unfortunately couldn’t find one from then
Florin Gardos has picked up an injury last night ruling him out for up to 7 months. If Southampton don’t sign another centre back before the start of the season, but something tells me they will, then Maya Yoshida at 4.5 looks to be a starter with Fonte.
I’d imagine Cedric and Bertrand as full backs with Targett covering Bertrand if necessary.
*MANCHESTER CITY*
Real Madrid 4-1 Manchester City
Scorer
Yaya Toure (penalty)
Won via handball offence.
Team
Hart
Sagna Denayer Humphreys Kolarov
Toure (Zuculini 66) Fernando
Nasri (Lopes 65) Delph (Navas 19 (Roberts 82)) Silva (Iheanacho 66)
Sterling (Dzeko 66)