New Signings – Fantasy Premier League 2016/17. Man City
Just what the heck happened to this lot last season is anyone’s guess. The writing was supposedly on the wall after the first five fixtures; a rock solid defence and goal scoring madness up front lead many to believe the league title would be heading back to Manchester but it wasn’t to be. Untimely injuries certainly played a part. However, even with the City stars all fit the wheels proceeded to fall off in dramatic fashion, prompting the removal of Maunel Pelligrini. If ever there was a way to shift fortunes of a club, appointing Pep Guardiola is it. A proven manager at the highest level, Pep demands 110% from every player, 100% of the time and with the rich talent in the City squad plus the new arrivals, it seems as though City will be right up there challenging once again. Stalwarts Kompany, Aguero and Silva, with budding superstar Kevin De Bruyne thrown in there for good measure, make up a fantastic core for the noisy neighbours. Just how these players fit into Pep’s style remains to be seen but on the face of it, they fit just right. Perfectly, almost. Just the two summer signings so far then but both are of a high calibre and will only add to the beast that City promise to be. No obscure names here, no punts, just top drawer acquisitions. They are as follows…
For Man City’s’s pre-season games, line-ups and general musings here is their link on the Pre-season hub we have created Man City Pre-season info
Ilkay Gündogan – Midfield Playmaker (£5.5m)
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A name we all know from that sensational Borussia Dortmund team of a few years back. Ilkay was and is a highly skilled midfield player capable of producing defensively as well as chipping in with goals and assists, which is exactly what City need now that the towering figure of Yaya Toure has seemingly tailed off after an incredible burst of form. At a reported £21mln, the signing of Ilkay seems like an unbelievable bargain considering the monstrous fees being payed these days and once he can stay healthy, that bargain will become more and more apparent as his career progresses. An excellent engine in the middle, he chipped in with 15 goals during his injury laden spell at Dortmund, a figure we would expect to rise as he progresses and hopefully stays injury free. Whilst unlikely to “do a Mahrez” and set the fantasy world alight, the German schemers influence on possession alone should see City become an even bigger threat this year and his keen eye for a killer pass should see the wide men unleashed behind the opposing full backs regularly, and we all know what means…. gulp. All in all, a fantastic signing but we’ll need to see a sharp upturn in fitness and an increase in goal / assist output before we even consider him ahead of the likes of Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and the new guy, who we’ll get onto now in just a sec. Any changes in the scoring system to suit defensive types could see Ilkay become more prominent in the fantasy world so keep an eye out for new additions to the scoring.
Fantasy Prospect; Injury worries and a wealth of star midfielders at City don’t do him any favors. 6/10
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Nolito – Winger / Striker (£9.0m)
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Now we’re talking, a genuine class act attacker that could well be a must have if priced well. Beginning his career at Ecija, whoever the hell they are, Nolito shone from the off scoring 18 goals in 76 appearances over the space of two seasons. Not bad, not bad at all. His exploits were noticed by all the top Spanish teams, who kept a close eye on the budding youngster and it was Barcelona who took the plunge, although it was the B-Team where he seen most of his game time for the Catalan giants. 106 appearances and 29 goals later, Barca promoted Nolito to the first team setup where he was predictably no match for the stars in that team at the time and featured a miserable 5 times before jumping ship in search of first team footie elsewhere. The right move. A short but successful spell at Benfica ignited interest once again and it was the mighty Granada who brought the skillful winger back to Spain. That didn’t last too long either! Just 17 appearances to be exact before Celta Vigo snapped him up and gave him the base, in Spain, he craved to develop his talents, and boy did he not waste any time in doing so. 39 goals, umpteen assists and a heap of top drawer performances in a total of 103 outings for the Celts lead to his rightful inclusion in the national squad, and team. Nolito has 13 caps thus far, scoring an impressive 5 times, all coming this year the last of which was at the recent European Championship’s vs Turkey. Nolito should fit right in with Pep’s style of play and form a formidable three behind Aguero with De Bruyne and Silva and he will likely be the cheapest option of the bunch. All boxes ticked.
Fantasy prospect; 9/10
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Fixture Tracker – the first 6 games
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Hi Guys,
Any thoughts or feedback on my team would be much appreciated, I’m thinking I have to have Ibra and Kun, I’ve tried to balance my team out as best possible given this. Thanks in advance
Hey there rvp1 I thk the 1st 11 are great but having two 4m players on the bench plus an injured GK is not good if I where you I would look at down grading KDB for a 9.5m option there are a few & up grade your bench you will be better off in the lg run 😉
cheers Silvers, that may be a good shout mate
evening all, which team do people prefer out of these 2 and are there any changes to make either better, cheers
foster heaton
friend shaw baines pieters smith
hazard mahrez deulofeu fischer hojberg
zlatan aguero gray
or
foster heaton
friend shaw baines mccauley morgan
hazard mahrez deulofeu mkhitaryan hojberg
aguero gray austin
Idk your defence looks weak but so does everyone else’s, maybe I’m missing something.
second one looks better overall, just I personally wouldn’t pick Austin unless he has done something recently? I havent followed pre-season very much.
I know Austin is only 6.5 but if you could stretch to 7mil to get either Kelechi Iheanhco or Rashford that would be pretty sick. Both have a lot of potential, both suffer rotation risks. Considering you have Aguero there then I would go for Rashford, but I think Kelechi is going to feature and produce more. Pep even asked him not to go to the Olympics so he is available for season start
I prefer first one. Though don’t know anything about fischer
Have you guys had a look at what you could afford if you didn’t have Zlatan or Aguero in your team.
DDG, Boruc
Pareds, Morgan, Evans, Ayala, Valencia
Hazard, Mahrez, Firmino, Siggurdson or Lamela, Hojberg
Iheanhco, Lukaku, Costa
This isn’t my team but just example of what you could have, pretty tempting…
Would rather have Kun and a budget forward like Deneey or Gray, than have Costa and Lukaku. The reason being Costa is always a minute away from Red card and Lukaku has very erratic performances. This is esp so for a long-term team, though I can still get Lukaku and Costa on board when they are on form for the risk of owning them is minimal
yea, im not putting either in until I see their form. Both obviously could be in any team if they on top form. But yea have a look see what you can make without the two big hitters. I just drafted a sick team, without either of them. Just if I have the balls to do it or not
The two should be the first ones on the watch list…
Gents,
Any ideas why my link to my premier league team and history has gone?
Did you remember to replace the url with your new team ID? I’d forgotten to do that myself until I saw this post haha!
Evening all, hope all is going smoothly trying to put your squads together. Well how about getting together with someone on site and setting up a doubles team ? Send me a mail at :- elleffcee@fantasyfootball247.co.uk
Please use the same mail address to join the Regulars League peeps.
Evening Elle you have forgot to mention the remaining champions oh that would be Silvers & Matt 😉
Oh, in the doubles, Matt + Silvers are the reigning champions. So, just to shut Silvers up, get a team together with another site user and knock them off their perch. I would love a doubles team to do that. :big-lol:
NIN and I are in again, still sore about losing it last season!
Throw us a mail Webs.
Elle I sent you an e-mail a couple of days ago for for the code,but not sure if you got it as I haven’t heard anything ?
Code for the regulars league that is…
If i ain’t replied i ain’t got it. Send over another mail Brooky.
Elle, check your spam folder on that one mate. It’s a bugger for throwing stuff in there for no good reason.
That’s a fab idea. Who wants a partner?
Me, how you fixed. :p