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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*BOURNEMOUTH*
Hoffenheim 0-0 Bournemouth
Team
Boruc
Smith (Muleba 88) Elphick Cook Mings (Costa 68)
Ritchie Gosling MacDonald (Butcher 87) Stanislas (Quigley 83)
King (Wakefield 80) Wilson (Green 80)
*EVERTON*
Leeds United 2-0 Everton
Team
Joel
Robinson Pennington Browning Jones
McCarthy (Cleverley 46) Oviedo
Dowell Barkley (Mirallas 76) Naismith (Ledson 76)
Kone (McAleny 46)
*NEWCASTLE UNITED*
Newcastle United 0-1 Borussia Moenchengladbach
Team
Krul
Janmaat (Mbemba 61) Williamson Taylor Haïdara
Anita (de Jong 75) Colback
Sissoko (Perez 82) Obertan (Aarons 61) Wijnaldum
Cissé (Mitrovic 61)
*NORWICH CITY*
Norwich City 2-1 Brentford
Scorers
Wesley Hoolahan
Assisted by Jonny Howson
Cameron Jerome
Assisted by Andre Wisdom
Team
Ruddy
Whittaker (Wisdom 62) Martin Bassong Brady
Howson Mulumbu (R Bennett 80)
Dorrans (Tettey 73) Johnson (Jerome 62) Hoolahan (Redmond 62)
Grabban (Andreu 73)
*ASTON VILLA*
Nottingham Forest 3-3 Aston Villa
Scorer
Scott Sinclair (3)
Assisted by Jordan Amavi – Assisted by Joe Cole – Unassisted
Team
Bunn
Richards (Sanchez 46) Crespo (Hutton 34) Clark (Baker 46) Amavi
Westwood Gueye (Cole 46)
Bacuna (Robinson 70) Sinclair (Kinsella 70) Ayew
Kozak (Veretout 46)
Is Joe Cole still active? :say-what:
Looks like your boys could have used him today. :hippo:
*SUNDERLAND*
Hannover 0-1 Sunderland
Scorer
Jermaine Lens – Unassisted
Team
Pantilimon
Jones Coates Kaboul (O’Shea 57) van Aanholt
Cattermole (Giaccherini 57) Rodwell
Larsson Lens Johnson
Defoe
Is O’Shea in danger of losing his starting spot? I thought he was captain.
Matt
Signing two new defenders for the central positions means there is a certain amount of rick but I think he will start with Coates. Brown and Kaboul as back-up.
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@Matt, I wouldn’t say he is a sure thing.
I believe Kaboul was handed the arm band in one of the recent friendlies (O Shea wasnt on the pitch at the time)
Right Cheers lads.
I was thinking just what GP said that it’ll be a central pairing of O’Shea and Coates with Kaboul and Brown as back up. Would it be safer to bring in Coates or are the Sunderland CBs too much of a rotation risk and I should just bring someone else in?
MattX
I like Matthews personally. A decent forward thinking full back who we know the manager has signed so in theory he should be favoured to Jones. PVA is more expensive if I remember correctly?
Matthews?? That’s not the Matthews that plays/played for Celtic??
Ye would like PVA but he’s 5 mil so too dear.