The new Premiership season starts today, and with it the Daily Telegraph Fantasy Football. After winning the SEH superleague last season I need a good start.
For the start of the season, my team is:
| Player | Team | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Reina | Liverpool | 3.6m |
| J Terry | Chelsea | 5.0m |
| N Valente | Everton | 3.1m |
| A Gardner | Tottenham | 3.1 |
| J A Riise | Liverpool | 4.6m |
| S Gerrard | Liverpool | 5.0m |
| S Davis | Portsmouth | 2.8m |
| I Campo | Bolton | 2.8m |
| T Henry | Arsenal | 9.0m |
| A Cole | Man City | 5.1m |
| R van Persie | Arsenal | 5.6m |
| Total | 49.7m |
Gardner’s already out with an injury, so that’s a good start. Otherwise there are a few players I’m not so sure about, including van Persie for Arsenal, Valente for Everton, and most of my midfield except Gerrard.
I think Liverpool are going to have a very good run this season, though, but it’s hard to pick a striker when they don’t really have a single clear choice. Especially now with the news of signing Dirk Kuyt.
Arsenal should be scoring goals but how consistent they are is yet to be seen – they seem to be having another season of upsets already with Cole and Campbell seemingly both upsetting things.
I don’t see Frank Lampard having as good a season as the previous two alongside Ballack; I think Ballack will take goals away, and we also saw in the World Cup how Lampard doesn’t seem to play so well sharing the up-front position. So this is my first season starting without Lampard in the team, which could be a risk.