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Fantasy Football - Gameweek 5

Fantasy Football - Gameweek 5

The Team

Gameweek 4 finished with 38 points for the Premier Skills team on the Premier League's official Fantasy Football game. You chose the team and decided to go with Zlatan Ibrahimovic (10 points) as your captain, in a 2-5-3 formation. We had this formation because we decided to use a power play last week.You voted for all-out attack, which gave us the opportunity to play all our midfielders and forwards. Every week, you choose the teamselect the captain (double points) and nominate players to sell and buy. In the Premier Skills League, we are in mid-table place with 182 points. Congratulations to Caligula managed by Andra Tetuko Airan from Indonesia who is currently top of the Premier Skills League with 223 points. How is your team doing?

This was our starting XI for Gameweek 4:

The Votes

This week, we're not going to make any transfers, but we need your help to choose the 11 players that should be in the team and this week's captain. Which one should we choose? Listen to the recording and make your choice in the vote below.

The Debate

We want you to tell us who you think should be in the Premier Skills English Fantasy Football team and squad. We also want to hear about your Fantasy Football team and the players you've chosen. So, leave a comment below and say which players you think we should sell and which players we should buy plus any other questions or comments you have about Fantasy Football. Take a look at the transfer list on the Fantasy Football website to help you make your decision.

You can join the Premier Skills Fantasy Football League at any time! To do this, you need to register on the Premier League website, choose your team and enter the Premier Skills League using this Private league code: 155156-51385

Rich decided to put Eden Hazard in the Premier Skills Fantasy Football team. He only scored two points. Does Rich know what he's doing?

If you need more information, check out our how to play Fantasy Football article! 

If you find the podcast difficult to understand, you can read the transcript as you listen.
Read the transcript

Rich: Rich here. Welcome to our fantasy football discussion points. Jack and I are here to talk about the Premier Skills Fantasy Football team and the players that you think are right for the team.

Jack: 38 points in Gameweek 4 for the Premier Skills team. This was better than last week but we still need your help to improve the team? Let’s take a look at the good, the bad and the ugly!

Rich: First the good - Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne got us 13 points this week - the most he has scored this season. Southampton’s Dusan Tadic got his first assist of the season and Zlatan scored again. Premier Skills users chose him as captain so he got us 10 points.

Jack: We also used one of our power plays - our Premier Skills community chose to play all out attack.

Rich: This was a great idea because we only needed to play two defenders and they only scored two points and the three defenders not playing only scored one point between them!

Jack: What about the bad?

Rich: Riyad Mahrez failed to perform again. He only scored 2 points and has scored only 13 points all season. Maybe it’s time to drop him from the team?

Jack: Maybe it is. I keep choosing him as my captain which has been a bit of a disaster! What about the ugly?

Rich: Well the ugly is all my fault really. Last week we asked you to replace Sergio Aguero and on the advice from one of our followers on the Premier Skills Facebook page we chose Manchester Utd’s Marcus Rashford.

Jack: Not a terrible choice?

Rich: No, not at all. But this left us with lots of extra money so I decided to buy an extra midfielder.

Jack: Who did we get?

Rich: We swapped Liverpool’s Emre Can with Chelsea’s Eden Hazard.

Jack: He’s great. He should score lots of points.

Rich: He should but he didn’t last weekend. Rashford and Hazard only got 2 points between them and it cost four points to make the transfers!

Jack: Oh dear! Let’s tell the listeners about making too many transfers.

Rich: Yes, good idea. In the game, you get one free transfer every week and if you don’t make a transfer, the following week you get two free transfers. The problems start if you want to make more transfers.

Jack: For an extra transfer it deducts 4 points from your total score. I think from now on Rich, we should leave the transfers to the experts - our Premier Skills community.

Rich: I think that’s a good idea. So what about the Premier Skills League?

Jack: We have a new leader. Andra Tetuko from Indonesia has gone back to the top. His team, Caligula, has 223 points.

Rich: The Premier Skills team is in mid-table on 182 and I’m also in mid-table. What about you Jack?

Jack: I’m still near the bottom but I had my best week. Arsenal defender Koscielny got me a goal and Watford’s Ighalo got me 11 points. I’m moving up the league table!

Rich: So, this week, we have very little time to make decisions. Gameweek 5 kicks off on Friday with Chelsea against Liverpool.

Jack: So, we won’t make any transfers this week. This means that next week we will have two free transfers to play with our team a little.

Rich: All you have to do is pick the team for this week from our Premier Skills squad and choose the captain. Are we going to continue with Zlatan or go with Eden Hazard. You decide in our votes below!

Jack: Remember! We want to hear from you! How did your team do last weekend? What changes are you going to make? Are you happy with your team?

Rich: We’ve got this week’s matches on the side of the page to help you.

Jack: And, use the comments section to discuss the Premier Skills team. Which players do you think we should move out of the squad and which players should we buy?

Rich: Remember, you can register your own team on the fantasy football website and join the Premier Skills League at any time. I’ve added the link and the code you need at the bottom of the page.

Form

Gameweek 5 - Pick the Team

This week, we need you to look at the 15 players that are currently in the Premier Skills Fantasy Football squad and select the eleven that you think should be in the team this week. Remember to look at the fixtures on the right. If the opposition is weaker or if a player is at home he often scores more points! When you've finished, choose the player that you think should be captain this week. The captain scores double points for the team.

Next, week we will be making two transfers so tell us you think we should buy and who we should sell in the comments section below.

Don't forget to tell us how your Fantasy Football team is doing!

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Comments

assemjuve's picture
assemjuve
10/07/2017
PS
3705
points

I think Ibra as a captain is a great choise.


assemjuve's picture
assemjuve
10/07/2017 21:39
Palestinian Territory
Liverpool
3705

I think Ibra as a captain is a great choise.

davilillons
16/09/2016
ES
951
points

I also had to Mahrez and I sent two weeks ago however this week he's scored two goals in Champions League. I hope I got that right.
I'm not very pleased with my team. All the players who was playing well when I sign them , they play worse. I haven't luck


davilillons
16/09/2016 18:43
Spain
Arsenal
951

I also had to Mahrez and I sent two weeks ago however this week he's scored two goals in Champions League. I hope I got that right.
I'm not very pleased with my team. All the players who was playing well when I sign them , they play worse. I haven't luck

Rich's picture
Rich
16/09/2016
ES
594
points

It can be very difficult to pick the right players at the right times!


Rich's picture
Rich
16/09/2016 20:58
Spain
Liverpool
594

It can be very difficult to pick the right players at the right times!

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
16/09/2016
GH
4768
points

I agree with the tranfer of mahrez from the team he has a shadow of himself last season.


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
16/09/2016 09:17
Ghana
Manchester United
4768

I agree with the tranfer of mahrez from the team he has a shadow of himself last season.

Leaderboard

Top Scorers
RankNameScore
1mobeckham6510
2Alex_from_Ukraine6278
3hsn5525
4wsanta5086
5kwesimanifest4768
6Liubomyr4408
7elghoul3988
8assemjuve3705
9aragorn19863557
10Gergő Nagy3396
Country ranking
RankNameScore
1Colombia71478
2Ukraine33300
3Spain28277
4Serbia27289
5Brazil23896
6Albania20578
7Vietnam19939
8Turkey19810
9Macedonia19074
10Bosnia and Herzegovina16333
Club ranking
RankNameScore
1Manchester United141846
2Liverpool110282
3Chelsea88559
4Arsenal85660
5Manchester City56951
6Tottenham Hotspur19169
7Newcastle United10457
8West Ham United7454
9AFC Bournemouth4454
10Crystal Palace4240

Level

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Goals

Knowledge: Choose the best team.

Skills: Listening.

Discuss: Who should we pick?

Glossary

Gameweek 5 Fixtures

Friday 16th September

Chelsea v Liverpool

Saturday 17th September

Hull Arsenal

Leicester Burnley

Man City  Bournemouth

West Brom West Ham

Everton Middlesbrough

Sunday 18th September

Watford Man Utd

Crystal Palace Stoke

Southampton Swansea

Tottenham Sunderland