New Signings – Fantasy Premier League 2015/16. Cech, Sinclair, Clyne, Falcao
It’s been a while since we last talked, my friends. Too long. I hope you have found the MLS (and our FF247 Fantasy League) to be suitable entertainment during the summer. Or perhaps you fancy cricket and are watching our very own Tekno light up the fantasy cricket world? Or maybe you are doing both. If so, you are likely a fantasy addict and worry not: there are support groups for that kind of thing. On this website we call them the comment section.
And as much as I dislike having to follow the much-talented and ever-eloquent Gallant Pioneer and the effervescent inittowinit, I will attempt to do so nonetheless. Here are a few more transfers we think you should know about:
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[/three_fourth]Petr Cech
Arsenal
Age: 33
Position: Wearer of Funny Hats (also plays Goalkeeper)
Signed From: Chelsea
Fee: £10m
Petr Cech really needs no introduction. Three times named Best Goalkeeper of the UEFA Champions League; three times the winner of the Premier League’s Golden Glove Award. In his 11 seasons with Chelsea he won four Premier League titles, four FA Cups, three League Cups, one Europa League title and one Champions League title.
His arrival has been met with mixed reactions amongst Arsenal fans. While there is no doubting the Czech’s talent, how much does he improve the goalkeeping position at The Emirates and is it worth ending the Arsenal career of David Ospina or Wojciech Szczesny (or both?)? Arsene Wenger has already announced Cech his starter for the upcoming season, which means one of the two is likely to depart the club. Will it be Szczesny, a player in whom the club have invested years, or Ospina, who did all that was asked of him en route to helping the club to its best finish in four seasons and a second consecutive FA Cup victory?
Fantasy outlook: Depending on his price, we think Cech will be popular with fantasy owners. Despite limited opportunities last season, fans will remember the 220 clean sheets he kept while tending goal for Chelsea. Tucking him in behind a defence that ended last year in great form, we think Cech’s transition into the squad should be a smooth one.
Fun fact you will only get at Fantasy Football 247: Cech was born a triplet and enjoys playing the drums.
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[/three_fourth]Scott Sinclair
Aston Villa
Age: 24
Position: Midfield
Signed From: Manchester City
Fee: Undisclosed
Anyone else remember Scott Sinclair? The talented winger scored 19 goals in the 2010-11 season helping secure Swansea City’s return to top flight English football. He followed that up with eight goals and four assists in Swansea’s 2011-12 campaign, and those numbers don’t adequately spell out his importance to the Swansea attack that year.
And then came Manchester City. Lured by a massive wage packet, Sinclair signed a four-year deal with City and promptly found himself on the bench. After playing just 13 league games for City, Sinclair has been given a new lease on life after securing a move to an Aston Villa team that is quietly having a very good offseason.
Fantasy outlook: Having spent the 2nd half of last season on loan at Villa Sinclair should step straight into the starting line-up and provide better service to Christian Benteke than he’s used to. Coupled with his ability to cut inside and get off a quick shot, we think there’s no reason why Sinclair can’t meet or exceed the numbers he put up at Swansea.
Fun fact you will only get at Fantasy Football 247: his brother Martin, who has cerebral palsy, was selected in Great Britain’s Cerebral Palsy football team for the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
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[/three_fourth]Nathaniel Clyne
Liverpool
Age: 24
Position: Defender
Signed From: Southampton
Fee: £12.5m
What an incredible piece of business by Liverpool. They obtained a young English-born player, in a position of need, for a great price. What is shocking about this transfer is that more clubs weren’t interested and that Southampton was willing to let him go on the cheap.
After arriving from Crystal Palace, Clyne quickly claimed the right-back job at Southampton as his own. Over three years, he played 94 times and helped keep 29 clean sheets. Last season alone he helped Southampton keep 13 clean sheets in the 35 league games he played and chipped in with two goals. He’s consistently been ranked among the top right-backs in the Premier League.
Fantasy outlook: while he won’t start out priced at just £5.0 like last year, Clyne is one to consider for your team. A solid overall defender who, surrounded with a more talented team, will likely be given greater freedom by Brendan Rodgers to push higher up the pitch. Even if he posts at £6.0m we think he’s great value.
Fun fact you will only get at Fantasy Football 247: Clyne is reportedly named after noted Swiss musician Nathanial Hornblower.*
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[/three_fourth]Radamel Falcao
Chelsea
Age: 29
Position: Forward
Signed From: On loan from AS Monaco
Fee: Undisclosed
There was a time when El Tigre needed no introduction. Having scored 41 goals in 51 games with Porto and 52 goals in 68 games with Atletico Madrid, the talented Colombian striker was well-known by footy fans worldwide. Then came the transfer to AS Monaco, and loan spell to Manchester United, which resulted in just 17 goals in 51 appearances for the two teams.
Chelsea fans and fantasy owners are wondering which Falcao they’ve gotten on loan. Can the enigmatic striker rediscover the form that saw him torture Spanish defences while at Atletico, or will he continue to struggle adapting to the English game?
Fantasy outlook: Falcao, on his day, is class. It can be argued Falcao was played out of position at United or that Van Gaal didn’t get the best out of the player. At Chelsea he will be surrounded by a squad far superior than the one he had at United. It will be interesting to see how and where Jose Mourinho elects to play him.
Fun fact you will only get at Fantasy Football 247: with his arrival at Chelsea, Falcao joins former Atletico team-mates Thibaut Courtois, Filipe Luis and Diego Costa. OK, not fun enough for you? Try this: George King, one of his great-grandfathers, emigrated from the North Yorkshire village of Burn in 1932 to work as an accountant for the United Fruit Company in Colombia.
Right, that’s all for now my friends. Until next time. Cheers!
*this is most likely not true and possibly fabricated by me.
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Finding it very difficult to set a team so ill ask what you lot think of this team for now but it will definitely change especially with Cabaye looking like coming in I think he could be a good buy.
If ime honest i dont like it. Matic is to defensive and there question marks around Walcott. Also the defence is pretty weak.
What are the question marks over Walcott, Ant?
Where and if he plays. Arsensl have Ozil, Sanchez, Cazorla, Ramsey, Ox Chamberlain, and Walcott. Just dont know whats going on.
Walcott started upfront for the last few games of last season mate.
True, but Walcott is indispensable to Arsenal imo and always has been starting if he isn’t injured
Nzonzi joins Sevilla for £7 mil so he’ll be going from FPL now
Ye to be honest I don’t like the team too much either I just needed to put something up as I was driving myself crazy. What do you think of this team then?
May as well get Deeney in for Agbonlahor. Wouldn’t like the idea of a £5m striker in my starting eleven unless he is flying and I’m already mid-season
Ye that is true. Might aswell do that. So do you think this team is better then the last one?
Yes! Trying to get a midfield of Depay, Silva, Haz, Walcott and Ritchie myself. Very tricky hahah
I’m thinking it may be impossible to be honest I think getting 4 of them is ok but it’s hard to get the fifth
Hi Matt, question marks over rotation with Cech. Given his price you may as well throw Courtois in.
For me I’d steer clear of Matic; with the team you have created you’ll be opting for a 3-5-2 every week, unless Vardy starts with a bang, and Matic will do naff all for your points!
Personally have Benteke and Aguero at the moment. Want to keep both but feel like Benteke may have to be lost to fund my other lines.
@AT, thinking Ospina will leave. Which means only Szczesny will be around. If Szczesny could not get in the rotation with Ospina last season, I doubt he will rotate with Cech.
thanks Mito, was unaware of the transfer speculation surrounding Ospina. Cech would definitely be number 1 over Szczesny then.
I thought Wenger came out and said Cech will be no.1? Ye I don’t like Matic in either just couldn’t find another. I’m thinking Benteke will need to go aswell he’s just a bit too expensive
Matt, Benteke could still be our starting striker.
I thought that deal was going nowhere. I’d reconsider if it happened though
MattX – RMT’ing already? Sssaaake
In a months time this selection could be the ticket but it’s impossible to say. As i said to TMW on the last page, maybe balance it out, funds wise, before getting too bogged down with individual players. I see Matic is 5m. I’m sure you could squeeze an extra 0.5m from somewhere to get someone who attacks more often.
Personally, i’m not tinkering at all for a while yet. More getting the fixtures down and keeping an eye on preseason when that starts, and also the transfer market. Oh, and rotations of course but that will be a lot easier when FFF kicks off.
Ye I know I was couldn’t settle on anything so just stuck this up but I think I’ll just stay with this team for a while and watch the preseason and transfer window then change again.
Might even just delete all the players and press autocomplete then leave it for a while.
Now you’re talking 😉
Anyone spot any good, cheap third strikers to be used in a 3-5-2 formation?
Deeney.
Teks – I’m going to run through the player list in full later this evening and post a “budget friendly” list -maybe 2 or 3 for each position- on the forum. Haven’t had a chance to go through it all yet but i will later :thumbup:
Hey NIN did you see my ? below cheers mate
I’m £3m over so will be eagerly awaiting that, thanks NIN!
Want SIlva, Haz and Aguero, struggling greatly!
Sounds great NIN, cheers
That will be a big help nin
NIN what are your thought on Coleman quite tough fixtures to start would you start with him
No Silvers, i’ll be avoiding Everton to start with. Oct 31st could well be time to get him in, or maybe Lukaku, but until then Everton are in the dog house, fixture wise.
Afternoon all, a bit tricky picking a squad this season with all the high prices of top players.
Right i am starting a new classic league this season for regular posters on the site, there will also be a cup competition aswell. So, can you e-mail me please giving your regular site name, your real name and the name of your fantasy football team, so when people ask me who someone is i can tell them, cheers.
E-mail address is :- Elleffcee@fantasyfootball247.co.uk
For those who have already e-mailed me, the code has been sent back to you. Cheers.
Hey elle just seen the Email cheers mate. My team name will stay the same
Just posted to you up above.
Could i join?.
Certainly Ant. Its for all the people who post on this site, drop us a mail. :thumbup:
Great stuff elle, just got the email there and will reg now in a few minootens
We need Raz in, who is going to supply the cabaret if hes not in ?
If Raz doesn’t join, then i’m out of there
Ain’t no reg’s league without the Raz fella!
Have you put any thought into the possibility of the league getting into the top FPL leagues thingy? It’s usually FFS, FISO and TFPL. A regs FF247 league might just get in there, you never know 😉
The way they do that, it virtually makes it impossible. You need big numbers so you can luck out and get 5 teams that can carry the flag for the league.
Ah okay so, i didn’t realize that’s the way it worked. Pretty hard to get in there so.
Just emailed elle.
Received your email. Will join shortly
Just sent email Elle.
Anyone actually managed to create a well balanced team with at least two of Hazard, Aguero, and Sanchez, or any other player above 10.0?
Not me, i started with Kun, Haz, Sanchez, Silva, Depay, Aspi + Kos, nowt left for the rest of the squad. :shake:
I have a fairly well balanced team with 6 players costing minimum 8.5 and defenders/keepers from Chelsea, Arsenal, and Southampton, but I still need to free up 4.5 to be able to upgrade one of my strikers to Aguero. Reckon two of Yaya, Depay, and Walcott will have to go and maybe Kos.
NO 😉
Nope
Depends if you thinks this is balanced or not:-
Courtois
Coleman Williams morgan
Ramsay, Depay, Hazard, Ritchie
Deeny, Kun, Lukaku
Myhill, Olsson, Mings, Anya
Dont particularly like it, but it’ll do as a starting point!
Yeah I managed to fit Aguero and Hazard in there with Deeney as 3rd striker too in a 3-4-3 formation. Would say my team is pretty well balanced except Deeney and Ritchie as the weak points.
Heh heh, there’s a good team name for someone who’s trying to think one…
Mings the Merciless
Aguero, Hazard and Sanchez – seems like at max you can only have 2 of these and personally that means no Sanchez.