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Interview time! Four key FPL questions answered. Part 1.
Interview time! Four key FPL questions answered. Part 1. With still over three weeks to go until the start of the season I admit to having had a small play with my team, but struggling to get the likes of Hazard, Costa, RvP, Sanchez and Yaya all in without having ten other numpties in my squad. I want 15 options for my squad, not a bench full of the cheapest nobodies who, even if they do play, will contribute nothing. This is driving me mad, the constant tinkering, the hours of changing formation and personnel every day only to end up with something that is worse than what I started with. Does...[Read More]
Promoted team analysis – Leicester
Promoted team analysis – Leicester Today we continue with our series of articles examining the three teams promoted to the Premier League from the Championship with today’s focus being on the champions Leicester City. Last Season First in Championship 102 points Won: 31 Drew: nine Lost: six Scored: 84 (second highest in the league) Conceded: 43 (third lowest in the league) Previous Season in the Premier League 2003-04 Season (18th relegated) After an 11 season break from the top flight, the Foxes are back! And in some fashion. Leicester City were the clear Championship winners las...[Read More]
Promoted team analysis – Burnley
Promoted team analysis – Burnley Last season Runners-up in the Championship 93 points (highest Runners-up score since current Championship formation) Won 26 games Drew 15 Lost 5 Scored 72 Conceded 37 (lowest in the championship) Previous season in Premier League: 2009-10 season – 18th (relegated) Burnley returned to the Premier League following their runners up spot in the Championship gaining an impressive 93 points. The Clarets last stay in the Premier League was in 2009/10 season when they famously beat Manchester United at Turf Moor, sadly soon after manager Owen Coyle moved to Bolto...[Read More]
The Pre-season Friendly Hub
The Pre-season Friendly Hub Pre-season friendlies have begun. The time of year where you sit down to watch a game and then it is ruined in the second half by subs being made every two minutes of the second half. You forget who is playing where and generally drift away to write an article about it! This happened yesterday – Preston North End v Liverpool had 43 substitutions and so as my interest waned, I checked out all the Premier League teams and how their pre-season either shaped up or had begun. From a fantasy point of view, it is worth while keeping an eye on these matches regardless of ho...[Read More]
Promoted team analysis – QPR
Promoted team analysis – QPR Today we begin a series of articles examining the three teams promoted to the Premier League from the Championship. Leicester won the league and automatic promotion quite emphatically in the end with 102 points which was 9 ahead of Burnley in second who also now join them in the top division. In contrast QPR were 22 points off the leaders but still managed to gain promotion via the play-offs courtesy of a Bobby Zamora Wembley winner. Surely such a point gap would suggest that that QPR will be the least well equipped to survive in the big league? Let’s f...[Read More]
Fantasy FPL 2014/15 Transfer round up Part 4
Fantasy FPL 2014/15 Transfer round up Part 4 Today we cast our eyes over four new imports to the Premier League all of whom come with a decent pedigree and will be hoping to make a name for themselves this season. Chelsea have moved to secure a new left back to replace the departed Cashley, Liverpool have signed another… yes you guessed it… attacking midfielder, Newcastle have gone and signed … yes you guessed it… a Frenchman and West Ham have signed a nutter. Let’s take a look see…
Fantasy FPL Fixtures – the first 6 weeks
Fantasy FPL Fixtures – the first 6 weeks Welcome back! The good people at FPL towers teased us a little yesterday by releasing a player list and they did not disappoint by then launching the game we love in it’s entirety a few hours later. And so we have about a month to pick, re-pick, swear, curse and laugh at our at our teams until the deadline. Having seen many a gallant attempt at a feasible team yesterday we felt that the main thing missing, and the one thing that would be of the most immediate help to managers, was a quick fixtures overview for the first few weeks. As ever we...[Read More]
Fantasy FPL 2014/15 Transfer round up Part 3
Fantasy FPL 2014/15 Transfer round up Part 3 Having covered some of the more high profile signings in the last two articles today we look at some of the lesser known but none the less potentially important ones. It’s often the guys we know less about that can make a huge difference one way or the other to your early fantasy squads. They are usually priced kindly and should you get one or two right from the off then they can be fantastic value for money. Think Michu two seasons ago. Think Ramsey in the last one although we all knew him well we just didn’t all anticipate the step up ...[Read More]
