FPL launch 2017/18 – Rules Changes and Player Price list
Welcome to FPL launch 2017/18 – Rules Changes and Player Price list. And finally we’re back to normality… No more wondering how to fill those days in the office, pretending to be working on that big project but secretly with an FPL tab or ten open at the bottom. We can finally start tinkering again as the game for the 2017/18 has been launched and the player prices along with it. Let the GW1 RMT’s commence in earnest!
Whether you are new to the game or a relative veteran let’s get some of the basics out of the way –
To either register as a new user or simply renew your team you need to click here… FPL 2017/18
If you have played previously then that will simply allow you to re-register. You will be issued with a new ‘FPL ID’ number though – if you usually link your team to your username on FF247 then you will have to update that link here or you will be showing somebody else’s team. Click on the link and then follow the instructions entitled ‘How do I link my ‘display name’ to my fantasy team?’.
New Rules
After two seasons spent trying to figure out what on earth to do with the All Out Attack chip we can finally forget that one as it’s been replaced with the ‘Free Hit’ chip. We won’t labour the point as we are sure it will be discussed in depth below but basically it means that you can change your entire squad for one week and then it will revert to what it was previously the week after that – particularly useful for such occurrences as a blank (ish) GW or indeed a double one. It adds a layer of strategy to the game, one which will be debated long and hard as to when it will be best to use it.
FPL themselves released this article to explain it fully.
New player prices – some of the new players to the Premiership or those who have changed teams that may interest you:
Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) – 10.5m
Jermain Defoe (Bournemouth) – 8.0m
Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea) – 6.0m
Sandro Ramirez (Everton) – 7.5m
Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – 9.0m
Bernardo Silva (Man City) – 8.0m
Romelu Lukaku (Man Utd) – 11.5m
And some selected old favourites:
Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) – 12.0m
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) – 10.5m
Seamus Coleman (Everton) – 6.5m
Sadio Mane (Liverpool) – 9.5m
Sergio Aguero (Man City) – 11.5m
Antonio Valencia (Man Utd) – 6.5m
Harry Kane (Spurs) – 12.5m
Gylfi Sigurdsson (Swansea) – 8.5m
You will all have your own views and may spot the glaring bargain that we 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.
Start posting RMT’s by all means. It’s a long and arduous process so the earlier you start the better! There will be many doing the same so sharing thoughts and ideas on either players, formations or tactics is always welcomed.
For our part we will start posting our pre-season articles on a regular basis now. We will have rundowns on the promoted teams, new signing articles and also coverage of the pre-season games as we build toward GW1 of yet another new season.
Thanks for reading: FPL launch 2017/18 – Rules Changes and Player Price list
Fixture Tracker
Tom Ince scores for Huddersfield Town just 9 minutes after coming on for his debut, ooo.
Affirming what we know – he’s great against inferior opposition.
Be interesting to see who’s the most popular out if him Ritchie and knockheart. All prices at 6m
I’m leaning towards Knockaert at the moment. Was Ritchie on pens for Bournemouth when he flopped? I can’t remember.
Not sure mate. I’d take a wild stab it was Daniels or Wilson
is Can good value at that price?
Same as Snodgrass.
We like you, you answer your own questions
When you put it like that though then probably not. He’s a CDM as opposed to say Snoddy who (if he plays!) is an attacking winger on set pieces.
Slightly embarrassed that I even bothered putting something together given so much will change, but here you go!
Aside from the lack of Newcastle players that looks a sound draft Cookie.
Is Ramsey guaranteed?
Dunno mate, don’t really care at this stage
I’ll answer when you care.
Exactly what I was thinking Cookie, but it’d be wrong to not make one on the first day possible 😉
Exactly AT! Now I can relax and put my feet up!
Don’t be embarrassed Cookie, it’s a decent little start there #patsonhead
let’s face it, what we think now will change so much between now & GW1. And then the fun begins – and by GW3 we’ll realise we have it all wrong and the wildcards come out
Yours might
I like how he tries to cover his FPL failures by trying to paint them as normal.
After reading your statement I was expecting a lot worse. Not bad for a first draft. With these prices should expect to see a lot of different teams
How condescending, understandable, but condescending. 😉
Probably why no response. I just read it back and yeah it was a bit
I didn’t think it went far enough
Yeah me neither, I am little closer to forgiving Smash about forcing the whole site to buy Stones last season.
Well 2.2% well informed people have Stones in their team this season
Sorry, would have been a more appropriate response. 😉
You’ve cracked it Cookie. No need to log in again.
Happy days! Back to le Tour, Wimbledon and then MLS then!
No interest in Wimbledon until Federer is on court again.
Konta tomorrow mate!
Is she the girl born in Australia to Hungarian parents? 😉
Yeah – good mates with Andy Townsend and Tony Cascarino apparently 😉
Hey, we have to find them from somewhere! What’s your excuse?
There was nothing left in Scotland
You can keep Murray now.
Killing 5 mins waiting for the Boss (init) to discuss some new features on the site…
Bargain slots will need some research, but what do you all think so far?
Clear your cache and log in again and hope that team has been deleted. 😉
We all be lucky if one of those Championship mids delivers and we get it right, much less 3. Pick one and hope for the best, don’t pick 3.
Rich, unwittingly, has shown us on day 1 how hard it will be to incorporate 3 premium strikers….and that’s ignoring Kun!!
Ha, I love it when you get all techy Mito
Laca can be Kun or Jesus, Cookie. Would need 0.5 to get Kun tho. Also, may go Pogba over Lukaku to free up cash for a stronger midfield…. plenty of time to research/change all my plans anyway :thumbup:
Right *big hand clap*
When’s the deadline?
You love Hennessey & Tadic, GP!!
Yup!
He should be forced to carry Tadic forever.
That should be his ball and chain.
He’s been ditched already.
I sobered up. Eventually.
I thought Salah doesn’t have a WP?
Does anyone know what formation the new Southampton boss likes using? Keep forgetting that boring Puel has gone.
Actually scrap that we will find out soon enough I’ll see how Austin is in pre season
Probably heavy