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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Okay, if this was the first GW, would I be good with this team?
Ruddy
Cedric-Merte-Azpi
Mane – Wally – Hazard – Albrighton
JRod – Rooney – Costa
Bench (weak): Hennessey – Bassong – Hoban – Barry
Would like to get rid of Hazard but people are against it.
I am not necessarily against it. If it betters your overall team, go for it. You could drop him for some City cover and invest elsewhere. He is expensive for a reason, but he is not an absolute must either.
Last season he startd slow, I had Fabs and I think Fabs outscored him the first few weeks.
My current draft looks 50 percetn different from last weeks, maybe more. HAHAHA.
Haz actually has a history of starting slow for what it’s worth, I’m buying into Fab so that I can have more money pumped into my defenders and rotation options.
@Andy, he has certainly started a bit slow the last two seasons. First 6 games last season he scored 28 points in the next 6 (GW7-12) after that he scored 39. The season before that he only scored 15 and then proceeded to score 46 in the immediate 6 weeks after that. The exception is his first season where he scored 42 in his first 6 games and followed that up with 34 in the next 6.
He seems to get very consistentabout 7 GWs in or so but a bit of a slow starter like you said.
Good to know, I’ve only got his goal ratio to hand which is poor for the opening weeks (for Haz), his assists must still be fairly decent though judging by them stats.
Yeah Andy I remember his debut week 3 years ago. He had a monster haul of assists. It was something ridiculous like 5 in the first 2 games. It was a DGW against Reading and I forget the 2nd team.
Personally, i wouldn’t start the season with those subs. There’s potentially three non-starters there so way too risky for me. Team looks solid though.
Tnx mate, you’re right. Was just a draft. My first drafts all started with Iva-Depay-Haz-Kun. 😉
Would want at least one City attacker Raz. Also, I don’t think you need both Mane and JRod.
True that. I’ll see what I can do. 😉
If I do JRod to Deeney I can upgrade Mane to Sterling and tighten the defense.
Awwww f that, this is giving me a headache. I’ll do this another time. :p
Hahahah, my response to tinkering every day
It’s fun to do but it’s frecking useless since only time can tell what choice we will eventually make. A lot can and will chance in the upcoming weeks. Vlaar being out for 3 to 4 months being the perfect example, if that were to happen to lets say Hazard, Kun. A lot of things could happen.
RMT –
Ruddy – Rudd
Koscielny – Williams – O’Shea – Mings – Huth
Hazard – Depay – Chadli – Ritchie – Wanyama
Aguero – Costa – Deeney
If Kun starts from the go which most of us doubt, I think this is a solid squad. Ruddy can be improved and 2 Bournemouth players in the attacking area seem a bit much, but money is tight, so understandable.
Thoughts on this rabble please.
Elleffcee – I’d go Caz to Ramsey and Hendo to Chadli. Cedric to a 4.5 and Turner to a 4.5? Apart from that, I like.
Maybe Wilson to Deeney, also.
Fancy Wilson for gw1 at home to Villa, who are in a mess.
Fair enough, I’d at least monitor Deeney, then.
Think Cedric will be staying as my Soton coverage. On pre-season, so far, Caz looks the part. Turner could be any 4.0mill who starts.
Oh Hendo could be Milner, haven’t decided yet, both looking sharp at the moment.
Turner won’t start. Didn’t start in the championship.
As i’ve said Turner will be a 4.0mill player that starts come D-Day.
I think we might be struggling to find one for the start this year Elle, either way I might still take one just to fiddle in to the 100 m budget.
Looks good to me elle. It doesn’t look like a 4m defender will be available to us so that’s one that will have to be altered. Cross that bridge when you get to it, i suppose.
This looks awfully familiar. Elle are you pimping our doubles team around?!
Morning guys
plz RMT, team A or B.
Sorry team B is now posted
A, for me. I’m not a fan of the Jenkinson pick though, nor the Baker one. I’d probably bin them two + Francis and get a rotation pair in and then a backup defender who works okay with the rotation.
I really like the Rooney pick for now as I’m not sure on whether or not Man Utd will be bringing in another forward, you’d have to think that they will but when could be key as they might just leave it till very late in the transfer windows.
Matt Ritchie of Bournemouth looks overpriced at 6 for a newly promoted team, I’m surprised at that price tag for a player who has never played EPL football.
You could drop Pants to Guzan and upgrade Baker to O’shea to have the same defensive coverage from both SAFC and AVFC but with a more nailed on starting combo although I’m unsure to the rotation aspect of it all. (I don’t think Baker is nailed on yet.)
Gash
Thx guys.
reason why I picked Jenkenson and Francis is bcuz West Ham and Bou rotate very well for the first 6-8 games.
How about if cresswell instead of Jenkenson and cook instead or Francis?
Ritchie is the man for Bou, and takes set pieces. Who would you suggest to replace him with though?
I don’t think I’d be overly confident of having to play a Bournemouth mid week in and week out as my fourth mid, I’d maybe take one as a fifth at a lesser price (Surman 4.5) as a punt, I’m not sure just yet how many goals they’ll be able score.
Ok, you might be right. I’ll look for other alternative.. thanks for the help.
Sorry team B is now posted
Please RMT
so far this is what I got.
—- , —-
Azpi, Cedric, —, —, —
Theo, —-, —-, —-, —-
—–, —–, —–
Looks like my team ^^. so i like it
That’s a great team Mito I haven’t seen too many like it
Good to go. I like the — pick, could be a great GW1 differential as opposed to the more popular —- :thumbup:
Thanks! I usually like my keepers and mids —- and my defenders and forwards —
Interesting, i’m more of a —- man myself, but i see your point. What’s up with Azpi though? — is way better!
Azpi is Spanish, Cedric has a cool name and Theo is well Theo. Try and punch holes in that logic.
You just can’t punch holes in that mate it’s like punching a Klitschko.
No Kun. :shake: