FPL launch 2016/17 – New Rules and Player Pricelist
Finally it is live! FPL is back, life as we know it will not be the same for the next 10 months! At first glance there seems little change to last season – budget and squad size is naturally the same and the four chips remain in place, including the two wildcards – one to be used in the first half of the season, the other to be used in the second half of the season. The first may not be carried over – so use it or lose it. The only change seems to be in the calculation of bonus points – a breakdown of which can be found under the Rules tab.
With less than a month to go before the start of the season, managers will be busily playing with different formations and strategies, so to help you on your way, let’s take a very brief look at some of the highlights of the price list for the players.
Players Price List – initial reaction
The most expensive player (as per usual!) is Sergio Aguero who again costs 13mln, while the success last season of Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez sees their prices rocket to eliminate their bargain status! Nolito and Anthony Martial being listed as midfielders may attract decent support. Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes in at 11.5mln to make him the second most expensive player while Diego Costa costs just 9.5mln, making him cheaper than Harry Kane, Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Vardy. Daley Blind are Chris Brunt are now listed as defenders, while Eric Dier is now listed as a midfielder.
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New player prices – some of the new players to the Premiership
Zlatan Ibrahimovic 11.5mln
Henrikh Mkhitaryan 9.5mln
Michy Batshuayi 9.0mln
Nolito 9.0mln
Eric Bailly 5.5mln
And some selected old favourites:
Sergio Aguero 13.0mln
Harry Kane 11.0mln
Daniel Sturridge 10.0mln
Jamie Vardy 10.0mln
Diego Costa 9.5mln
Olivier Giroud 9.0mln
Wayne Rooney 9.0mln
Alexis Sanchez 11.0mln
Kevin de Bruyne 10.5mln
Eden Hazard 10.0mln
Dimitri Payet 9.5mln
Riyad Mahrez 9.5mln
Anthony Martial 9.5mln
Mesut Ozil 9.5mln
Firmino 8.5mln
You will all have your own views and may spot the glaring bargain that I have missed. So please share your thoughts below on both the new changes to the game (the chips) and also your thoughts on the prices and maybe you’ve even begun to draft your initial squad.
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For some reason I can not get to Karlis post how weird 😉
I suspect Karlis probably blocked you. 😉
Compromise is the word have a look @ this team tell me what you thk 😉
What I forgot to say is I will start with Gomis over Luk I know he’s crap just a gamble which mean I will have KDB for two games in place of Erik.
Hi Silvers.
Bafteimbi Gomis of Swansea? He’ll be back in France shortly mate.
Looks a nicely rounded side. I’d prefer either Bolasie or Townsend before Cabaye I think.
Hey GP thanks I know I will change things just trying to get opinions on players Cabaye takes the pens & free kicks I need to put KDB back , I thk City & KDB will have a good season although if Pogba goes to UTD I would fancy them for the league.
Hey Silvers. Only seeing this now but I like this team mate. Only thing I would change is Sagna. I don’t think Pep likes the fact both his wingbacks are in their 30s so he could be sold. Plus at 6 Mil there are better options I feel.
Mattx did you get an email back from fpl
Hey no1 they emailed me back today asking for a screenshot of the message that comes up so I sent it back to then and they haven’t replied yet.
Ok mattx let me know what that say
Yeah of course mate
Anyone have any initial thoughts on this?
Milburn,
I really liek it mate. My only criticism would be Amat, who is unlikely to play and Bailly needs monitoring to see if he will start – I guess the best indication on that will be the Community Shield vs Leicester. Think I’s start with Courtois over Cech given that Kos may not be there for GW1.
Brilliant mate thanks.
Yeah Amat is just a 4mill filler until a 4mill starter shows himself or extra funds become available when the bargains appear.
I’ve seen a few ppl advising to keep an eye on Bailly, you’ll know better than most but surely yous aren’t paying 30mill for him to sit on the bench?
What’s up with Kos? I’m massively behind the current team news atm to be honest
Milburn,
Kos and Girooo are being given an extended break after the Euros. re Bailly, he will play in time, whether he is thrown straight in I’m not sure – he could be. As I say check the Community Shield – or just get Shaw for the same price.
+1 on the Shaw suggestion. He is nailed on at LB I think.
Also, have in mind that Smalling will miss GW1 due to suspension, so do not judge too quickly on Bailly.
One of the best I’ve seen but personally I would have McAuley over Evans (fullback over centre-back) but that’s being picky.
Also, I think the upgrade from Silva to Payet for just £0.5m is substantial so if possible maybe try and fit that in! But good job, very nice start!
Cheers mate I’ll have a look at that, and welcome to the site. Everyone here’s brilliant, including Raz.
As a side note I would have liked ya more if ya did choose to support newcastle but it’s probably an intelligent decision from your point of view ha.
Milburn,
What do you make of Wijnaldum joining Liverpool? Personally I don’t see where he’s going to play.
I’ve seen some suggest he could play as one of two in the pivot rule. I don’t think he can play in that position. What do you reckon?
‘Including Raz’ lmao
Thanks! Hoping the toon go up this year. Should be possible with Benitez, looks like he’s made some good signings!
Mate in a decent team like yours he’ll be a cracking player. He was at times for us but it became apparent that when we were losing his head went down. He was obviously used to playing in a winning team in Holland and then coming to a struggling team like us didn’t sit well with his mentality.
That said the talent is there in abundance, but I do agree you have huge competition for places in midfield so it’ll be interesting to see what klopp does. He played RW, LW, No.10, and CM for us so he’s also versatile. I honestly if he starts for you I think he’ll bang in the goals
Hopefully he settles in quickly.
Mattx I think they may have fixed the problem I am able to log in you might wanna try yours.
Nope still can’t mate you’re lucky
hey peeps,
Anyone planning on southampton forwards?….. I guess they are budget as well as proven FPL wise.
Kaumil, possibly, I’m very much keeping an eye on them
preseason – but aware they’ll have Europa League soon as well.