FPL is live 2020
Welcome to FPL is live 2020/21
It’s time to set your team up, re-join leagues and get tinkering! Although it’s worth noting that the actual Premier League fixtures are still to be released and likely won’t be until after the Champions League and Europa League have completed.
For FPL the biggest change appears to be the deadline changing to 90mins before kick-off – seemingly in an attempt to combat those annoying and often false team leaks.
The Chips have remained the same as has the budget of 100mln.
The biggest changes seem to have come in player prices and in some cases, classification. Some of the more obvious changes at first glance are:
Players now classed as midfielders:
Aubameyang (Arsenal) – price 12.0mln
Greenwood (Man Utd) – price 7.5mln
Rashford (Man Utd) – price 9.5mln
Lundstram (Sheff Utd) – price 5.5mln
Players now classed as forwards:
Richarlison (Everton) – price 8.0mln
Martial (Man Utd) – price 9.0mln
Antonio (West Ham) – price 6.5mln
New players:
Midfielders:
Ziyech (Chelsea) – price 8.0mln
Forwards:
Werner (Chelsea) – price 9.5mln
Good luck with the tinkering and please post your thoughts, comments and plans on the chat below.
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If United win do they really not play GW1? Or is it just rumours
Nothing confirmed, just that it’s stated they would try and give teams at least 30 days break. In some respects I hope they do win and blank GW1, it would make things more interesting.
So can clubs opt out of taking the 30 days then? As it doesnt seem like it’s an enforced rule just something to give teams and be ‘fair’?
Yeah I’d expect teams to opt out rather than have a fixture pile up
That’s exactly what I’m thinking as I was reading a few days ago about how by the end of October players will have played up to 14 games or something stupid like that. They will have PL, CL, EL, League Cup, and Nations league.
Obviously not every player will be an international and teams will likely rotate for League cup but you will also have teams in CL/EL qualifying.
The agreement at the PL meeting was that teams would get at least 30 days off. If they stick to this, that means MC can play earliest Tue 15th Sep and MU if they lose tonight could play Wed 16th. But that only works if their scheduled opponents for GW1 aren’t involved in EFL cup round 2 (11) teams. And not TOT who will be in EL qualifying.
Interestingly, on the sky website, they have 10 teams marked as ‘no tv scheduled, and 10 teams including MC ARS and MU LEI as ‘to be confirmed’.
Read what you like into that but I’m throwing my coin on those being the matches on 15th and 16th
Would you just not just have them play eachother on the weds night to make it easier
PL don’t usually like top 4 playing each other in GW1 but if MNU win tonight that would work really well because it would probably go into the split GW18 whichever they weren’t playing
There’s a distinct lack of 4.5m mids this year. It seems the baseline price for a defensive mid has moved up to 5.0m. Game time is a real risk for the bench warming 4.5s now, there is the classic Stephens of Bri and Romeu (Sou), but pickings are thin.
You really want that 4.5 mid don’t you
We were spoiled with Cantwell last year.
Ha yep I took one look of the strikers and thought I’m never going to want three of them
Kun’s price not tempting?
It’s not bad So yeah it is I even have a way of doing it. Problem is Jesus is still around and not sure how Kun will come back from that injury.
I’m going to throw a punt at Oliver Skipp being this year’s Cantwel
Even playing in the same team!!!! He’s gone on loan for the season :rofl:
Rashford is a frustrating player.
Not watching the game so what’s he done?
Was through to the goal on counter attack with one defender to beat, ended up showing off his skills and failed to beat the defender. Also generally not looking sharp with his shots and ain’t back tracking he ball either.
Not too surprised he’s always at that!
Not watching but I’m not a massive fan of him anyway
Are we all saying that KDB, Mo and Bruno are 3 certainties that we should have In midfield ?
That’s so tough as I think Auba is a great option too
Absolutely.
They are top of my list and I don’t see that changing. I could swap to Sterling but KDB is more nailed in my opinion
KDB and Bruno yes. Salah’s a maybe. The risk of not owning Salah is mitigated by some extent by lower ownership due to Mane. I have dropped Salah in favour of a strong defense at the moment and could consider TAA if I really wanted to captain a pool player.
TAA , Robertson and VVD probably score ~200pts. Salah may get ~230-250?? That’s a lot of money for not that much more points. I would rather load up on the defenders.
I think that’s good in theory but in some weeks – the weeks where Salah is captained by many and scores a few, e.g. quite a few weeks – a manager could come quite a cropper.
I have a vague plan – and at the moment my side is still in the auto-complete mode other than a couple of cheap enablers – of starting as I did last season, with their full backs and Salah. And a sprinkling of City.
Mane currently is showing 8% and Salah 26% so having neither will be a risk
I like having three big mids. Can swap Bruno, Salah, Mane, Sterling, KDB and Auba during the season depending on form and fixtures. I’ve prob missed someone even Son at 9 ain’t bad
I do hope not.
If Man U aren’t playing in GW1 then I’ll be very happy to see Bruno in my opponents’ sides.*
I wouldn’t say anything is set in stone until we see the fixtures. E.g. Man U may have some dreadful games first up.
I’ll make a lazy assumption that either Liverpool or City will win the league and so parking Salah and KdB doesn’t seem the worst tactic.
Salah and KdB seem fairly easy picks but a school seems to be developing that prioritises Liverpool defenders. I would say: why not do both?
* maybe they will play in GW1
Kdb would be the only 100% for me. Got of lucky he isn’t 12m. Scored more then mane, mo and abu last season.
Bruno is a hard one to call. Manu are more up and down then a yoyo
Bruno just told Lindelof that he’s crap and boy he got pissed off :hippo:
2020/21 Season FAQs
When are the Premier League fixtures released?
The full fixture schedule, detailing all Premier League matches, will be released no later than Friday, August 21. The new campaign will start on Saturday, September 12 and will end on Sunday, May 23 – making the Premier League season five weeks shorter than normal.
Will there be a winter break?
No. A winter break was implemented last season and the Football Association said it would “greatly benefit club and country” ahead of Euro 2020.
This season, the closest Premier League clubs will get to a winter break is the 18th round of matches being split across two midweeks – Wednesday, January 13 and Wednesday, January 20.
Game week 18 will also be interrupted by game week 19 on Saturday, January 19 because of the Premier League’s broadcast deal. So not much of a break at all…
Are there any free dates left in the calendar?
The Premier League schedule offers four free midweeks during the second half of the season. If a team reaches the FA Cup final, they would require all four of these dates to be used as the fourth round, quarter-final, semi-final and final are all on Premier League weekends. As ESPN’s Dale Johnson pointed out yesterday, if a team reached both domestic cup finals and went far in Europe, they would actually run out of dates to play games.
This will all put a big strain on squads, with more injuries inevitable. Expect to see more youth players involved as a result. One option to reduce the strain on players would have been to continue with the five-sub rule but teams voted against it, believing it mainly benefited bigger clubs.
What changes will be made to the FA Cup?
There will be no replays in order to “ease pressure” on the schedule and, unlike normal when FA Cup weekends are kept free, only the third and fifth round of the competition do not clash with Premier League game weeks.
Prize money will also change, decreasing from £3.6 million to £1.8 million, meaning that clubs will earn half as much for reaching the next round as the 2019-20 season.
And what about the final?
The FA Cup final, once the most important game in English football, will take place on Saturday, May 15 – the same day as the Premier League’s penultimate game week.
When does the Carabao Cup start?
The first round of the Carabao Cup is likely to take place on Saturday, August 29, which is the same day as the Community Shield between Liverpool and Arsenal at Wembley. Round one fixtures had been scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 5 but are likely to change because of the first international window.
The final of the Carabao Cup takes place at the same stadium on Saturday, February 27, which causes yet another clash, this time with Premier League game week 26.
How is the Carabao Cup different to previous seasons?
The first four rounds are scheduled to take place during September, while the traditional two-legged semi-finals have been replaced by a single tie.
As normal, Premier League sides will enter the Carabao Cup at either round two or three, depending on their 2019-20 league position.
Can’t it just be scrapped?
Many fans have called for the Carabao Cup to be cancelled. The tournament is an important source of income for lower league clubs, however, especially at a time when they are making no money through gate receipts.
Removing the tournament from the schedule altogether is unlikely to free up too much space for Premier League teams, given the first four rounds are all due to take place in September.
How will European football be different?
All qualifying ties for the Champions League and Europa League will be single-leg matches. However, home and away matches will return for the Champions League play-off round, due to be played at the end of September.
Both tournaments are likely to be dramatically altered if the COVID-19 pandemic worsens.
UEFA has announced that if a member country enforces travel restrictions which prevent a tie from taking place, the host team must forfeit the match. If both teams’ governments ban travel, UEFA can disqualify both clubs from the tournament.
What does UEFA think of fixture clashes?
It already appears inevitable that there will be clashes between English football and European weeks. UEFA has long demanded “exclusivity” for Champions League and Europa League matches and reserves the right to reduce the solidarity payment it gives to English football through the Football Association, although this would be an extreme course of action.
How does the Club World Cup fit into this?
The little-loved tournament is scheduled to be hosted by Qatar in December 2020 but no official dates have been announced by FIFA and it is a possibility the tournament will not run due to COVID-19. No English club can now qualify.
Which teams are most impacted by the hectic schedule?
Manchester City and Manchester United, who are both involved in the latter stages of European competitions, will be given a delayed start to the 2020-21 season. This is likely to cause further fixture congestion down the line.
Tottenham Hotspur make for another interesting case study. Spurs start their campaign to qualify for the Europa League on 17 September with further matches scheduled for 24 September and 1 October.
However, the seven Premier League clubs who qualified for European competition will enter the Carabao Cup in the third round, scheduled for the week commencing 21 September, with the EFL confirming to The Athletic that there is no possibility of moving those matches.
That means José Mourinho’s side could be scheduled to play in two tournaments in different countries in the same midweek.
What’s happening to international football?
There are three week-long international breaks scheduled in September, October and November for UEFA Nations League matches. The Nations League finals, scheduled to take place next June, will now be held in either September or October, after Euro 2020.
World Cup qualifying begins during the fourth and final international break of the season, in March.
How long will players have to prepare for Euro 2020?
The 2020-21 club season ends on Saturday, May 29 with the Champions League final in Istanbul. Euro 2020 meanwhile gets underway in Rome with Italy vs Turkey on Friday, June 11 — just 13 days later.
England were scheduled to play both Austria and Romania ahead of the tournament, although such warm-ups will now be very difficult to schedule.
… and will fans be able to attend any of these matches!?
It remains to be seen. The FA had hoped to use the Community Shield match between Liverpool and Arsenal on Saturday, August 29 as a test event for fans’ return to stadiums, only to veto the idea.
Fans may even struggle to watch matches on TV. The Athletic reported last month that the Premier League will return to its normal UK broadcast model next season, after allowing every match to be screened live after the restart.
Credit: The Athletic, 14th August 2020
Thanks.
Interesting points re Spurs.
I’ve been thinking about Kane mainly because nobody else seems to have been and maybe he’ll have a really low ownership*.
* I know he’ll have a very high ownership
Cheers GP
Cheers GP.
Ta GP! Very helpful!