New Fantasy Premier League Transfers 2017/18 West Ham
Hello and welcome to New Fantasy Premier League Transfers 2017/18 West Ham. West Ham struggled for the most part last season and at one stage looked like they may get dragged into the relegation mire, with boss Bilic under severe scrutiny. Both he and them weathered the storm though and came out with a fairly respectable 11th place finish and they even managed to beat Spurs in their Cup Final. They’ve made a few relatively small but maybe shrewd moves in the transfer window so far, most notably bringing in Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Marko Arnautovic and Javier Hernandez. I shall take a brief look at all four and their relative FPL prospects. I should preface it all by saying that I really don’t rate at least 2 of them as players though, so the bias police beware! I’ll also preface it with a mention of their opening fixtures. They play the first 3 away from home due to the World Athletic Championships being held at their ground. The stadium ‘gift’ that just keeps on giving then… As a group of opening fixtures though they aren’t actually that bad. Away at Man United first game isn’t ideal and probably promises little in terms of either attack or defence points if we are being brutally honest but beyond that they visit Saints, Newcastle and West Brom, face Huddersfield at home amongst that lot and then have their aforementioned ‘Cup Final’ early this time with Spurs at home in GW6. Yeah it’s not the best but also could be worse. Onto the new signings…
Joe Hart
Position: Goalkeeper (in theory)
FPL Price: £4.5m
“We didn’t expect so many mistakes from Joe Hart”… That was the damning verdict from the Torino president himself. Probably didn’t watch the Euros prior to loaning him then did you Mr Cairo?! He did concede that Hart “did some good things too”. Bless. Look, I’ll be honest here – I like Hart as a person, he seems like a really good lad and he’s always been honest in his interviews – be that about himself most recently or even back in his good old City days when he occasionally ripped into the team. As a keeper though I think he’s damaged goods. The Euros was horrendous for him, it was the last thing he needed with Pep just incoming and seeing his supposed number 1 exposed, and he’s never really recovered since. Pep was brutal and ruthless in both his assessment and subsequent disposing of him. Less so in buying two clowns to replace him but that’s another story!
Can he recover though? He’s joining a team who conceded 64 goals last season – only 5 teams conceded more and 2 of those got relegated. They only kept a clean sheet in 26% of their games so it could well be a case of chasing save points with Hart really. Which brings me back to the Euros again funnily enough, not his strongest suit anymore…!
At a surprisingly budget friendly £4.5m though he could well be a rotation option if you can find the right partner for him…
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Pablo Zabaleta
Position: Defender
FPL Price: £5.0m
I won’t go on about Pablo too much as you should all be familiar with him from his many years at Man City. If you somehow aren’t then basically he’s a much liked attacking full-back who will grab the odd goal and probably a few assists along the way, maybe less so now that he is at West Ham as opposed to a very attacking unit like City. He’s also £0.5m more than Hart so if you feel the need for a West Ham defender then that difference probably won’t be worth the stretch. Oh, and he’s about 55 years old now…
Marko Arnautovic
Position: Midfielder
FPL Price: £7.0m
Does anyone else have that player who they always meant to own but never quite got around to it? And then every time they did anything it felt like a small dagger in the back! That’s what Arnie is to me. It’s a very small and very infrequent dagger fortunately but it still niggles! I liked Arnie when he first came into our FPL lives back in 2013 and he had a hand in 14 goals in 30 games that season so the dagger was fairly consistent at first! He was dirt cheap back then too, I’m not sure exactly how cheap but £5.0m springs to mind. He was still relatively cheap 2 seasons ago when he managed 11 goals and 6 assists, probably £6.0m at that point. Fast forward a few years and he’s now a solid mid-priced midfielder at £7.0m so that ‘value’ pick has gone. The trouble with the move to West Ham is that any set-piece threat may have gone too, as they are already full of such specialists, but that will have to be monitored. Take him back a million or so and I’d be sort of interested, but at his current price he has too many alternatives to be considered for me, and that’s just within his own team, never mind amongst the rest of the teams!
Javier Hernandez
Position: Forward
FPL Price: £7.0m
“Ex-Real Madrid superstar signs for West Ham”
There’s so much wrong with this quote that I don’t even know where to begin!
“Like a puppy with a beach ball”
So let’s start with this one instead! It was a random comment, not even on an article, not even in relation to Chicharito himself. And yet it became a bit of a tag line as a certain Steven Naismith grew a cult following on here. I quote it now as I have the same feeling about the pair in relation to their first touch! Now granted, I haven’t seen that much of Javier since he left these shores a few years back so maybe he’s honed his skills and is now a more rounded player. I can only hope so for West Ham’s sake otherwise they are putting a lot of faith in a football CV that really defies belief when you see the actual player behind it. I can understand him ending up at Man United as he scored a shed load of goals at Guadalajara and looked like the perfect poacher. When he got there though he looked like a fish out of water whenever asked to do anything outside of the six yard box! Quite how Real Madrid then decided he was good enough for them is beyond me.
Anyway, he since left there and went to Bayer Leverkusen and did what he does best which is score goals. He got 28 goals in 54 games for them. I can’t comment on whether his general play has improved but that won’t be what he will be judged on in FPL terms next season, it’ll be goals and assists and he should be able to provide a good few goals at least and may well be great value given that he has been more than reasonably priced at just £7.0m. Or maybe it’s just that FPL towers remember him how I do!
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The Fixture Tracker…
Hello friends..RMT please. Third draft. I think I’d hold on to Vardy and Mane as a punt. Is Defoe going to be a sure starter? If not, then I may downgrade him to a cheaper player and upgrade my def with a playing third. How does the team look overall?
Suggestions please guys
Constantine, personally wouldn’t start with Vardy given Leicesters starting fixtures, i would maybe look to get a cheaper striker in J Rod, Gayle, Austin etc and then upgrade Milo in midfield to either Ince or Ritchie as they are both hopefully on free kicks and penalties aswell.
I wouldn’t be comfortable with having no playing defenders as back up. Dunk could be good if you get him to rotate with another 4.5m defender which would mean you would upgrade one of your 4m defenders from the cash left over from a changing to a cheaper striker than Vardy.
Just my thoughts. Good luck whatever you decide.
Maybe RLC out for Carroll aswell until its obvious if he will start each game.
Hey Constantine not sure about your attack a lot of points are picked up by your Cap now then who are the most explosive points players in ff Kun , Sanchez , Kane & Haz . Luk might get in there this season but I thk you need two of any of those in my opinion You need to dwngrd one in your MF & you need another 4.5m def for one on bench looks good though;)
Wlle.. Thanks a lot for the codes mate. Joined both the leagues. Cheers
Mitrovic, Atsu and Ritchie scored. Is Atsu going to start every game for the Magpies??
Doubt it, I would have him in as he looked great when he played last season but I think he’ll start the season from the bench and might work his way into the team.
Hey Rosco going to run with Ritchie you taking any from your club
+1.Rosco, who do you reckon will score the highest for your team??
Ritchie is in my team as we speak!
I was going to give them a wide birth but decided at 6.0 he was the best option and I know him better than say Ince!
That said I’m about to post a question that may see his spot in jeopardy!
Think Ritchie has the best chance but if Gayle can stay fit and we don’t bring in another forward he could do well too.
I’ll also be keeping an eye on Murphy and Aaron’s ( if he stays for!)
So if you had a choice of Ritchie or Gayle which one would you take?
Ritchie is the safer bet Smash, his spot is guaranteed regardless of who comes in. Gayle could do well but I think Ritchie will be more consistent and that’s why I’m going with him over Gayle for now.
Cheers Rosco
Mkhi scores. Contender for Pogba’s slot in my team. Is he upfront, does anyone know?
Close call AT I have Pogba but could easily swap to Mkhi
Very close. Even harder with Mkhi getting more minutes (it seems) but Magic releasing Pogba.
If Mkhi played every week I’d take him but there is so much competition on the flanks at United and that’s the position Mourinho always likes to rotate
That’s the thing.
Hey guys, so my team is close to being decided, Kane is the safe option as if he doesn’t perform it’s easier to drop him than to get him in.
However… I think Man U fixtures and Mkhitaryan’s pre season form is tempting, I also thinks Bats could get the nod up front for Chelsea’s… so which team looks better!?
Second team for me. First has a lot of risks and what ifs for me. Yoshida will he still be in team by end of window, Mkhi will be rotated and not sure about double United. Bats could pay off but could easily go the other way as well. Morata will take his place at some point
Cheers smash! I can always bring Bats in if he plays, will probably WC pre GW4 so this is probably the safest approach to the first few weeks and gives me decent Cappo choices GW 1-3!
2nd one for me, like you say always easier to get rid of Kane then try and get him in.
Yeah I know this is the wise move!
Rosco
Team 2 but the back up defenders could be trimmed by 0.5-1M if I’m being picky.
Caught Milburn earlier, so you also think Elliott will be starting the season as No. 1?
Yeah I think I know in my head to play it safe! Might drop to a 4.0 and upgrade Someone else but will decide on that next week as I’ll likely play Trips and Bert every week!
Elliot will be number 1 if we don’t bring in a new keeper for sure!
Ta much mate :thumbup:
Quick question:
1. Alonso and Ince/Ritchie
or
2. Kompany/Luiz and Pogba
Alonso is so expensive and trying to justify keeping him in my team.
Bmac,
If and its a massive if, Kompany can stay fit then option 2 for me.
I’ve a similar problem regarding alonso. I’m thinking Luiz as if alonso doesn’t score or assist early on his price will drop fast
Alonso and either of those midfielders isn’t too shabby however I feel Pogba will probably outscore both Ince and Ritchie by considerably more than what Alonso will outscore Kompany and Luiz. So keeping in mind City’s opening fixtures I would have a fit Kompany and Pogba I think.
Ok thanks guys, thats the way i was looking at it GP over a period of time you would expect Kompany (if fit) and Pogba together to outscore Alonso and Ince/ Ritchie.
One problem solved il await the next one to arise shortly haha!