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Should we choose Riyad Mahrez for our fantasy football team?

Discussion: Midfielders

Discussion: Midfielders

The Team

We are building a Fantasy Football team on Premier League.com for Premier Skills English and we need your help. We need your knowledge of the Premier League as we try to create a team that can rise to the top of the Fantasy Football League table. At the moment, we have three strikers in our team but by the start of the Premier League season we need a squad of 15 players.

This week, we want you to choose the five midfielders that we should have in our team. The challenge is selecting the right players without spending too much money.

The Language

We want you to tell us who you think should be in the Premier Skills English Fantasy Football team. So leave a comment below and say who you think we should pick and why. To help you, we have put together some useful language about midfielders. Have a look at the page and then come back and share your ideas in the comments section. If you agree or disagree with another user, you can reply to them. If you disagree, please be polite. 

The Debate

Which midfielders should play in the Premier Skills English Fantasy Football team?

Should we go for Alexis Sanchez at Arsenal, Kevin De Bruyne at Manchester City or Riyad Mahrez at Leicester City?

Remember, in Fantasy Football, you need to think about the money we have in the bank, too. We've already spent £31 million on our strikers. Maybe we should look for a bargain or two, some players that will cost less but will perform well!

Finally, if you want to join the Premier Skills Fantasy Football League, 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

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

If the listening was a bit difficult, you can listen again and read the transcript at the same time.
Read the transcript and listen at the same time.

Jack: Last week, we started building our Premier Skills Fantasy Football team. We started with the three strikers we need in our squad.

Rich: Yes, we had lots of comments on the forwards discussion page. There was a lot of love for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. Alex from Ukraine, and Ye Yint Maung from Myanmar both want to see him in our team.

Jack: OK, who else? I mean,  we need three.

Rich: Hassan Raja from Pakistan thinks Aguero’s consistency should get him in the team.

Jack: Yes, he’s very consistent. He scores regularly.

Rich: then it got more difficult. Ibrahimovic and Aguero are very expensive so we don’t want to spend all our money on strikers or we won’t have any money for the rest of the team.

Jack: Rema from Serbia thinks that surprise selections are important. We probably need someone who is a bit cheaper.

Rich:  Aragorn1986 from Montenegro thinks that Danny Ings and Marcus Rashford might be good cheaper buys.

Jack: But Kwesimanifest from Ghana says it's important to know that a player will be playing and picked for the starting 11 each week. We can’t be sure that Ings and Rashford will play.

Rich: That’s true. Some of you think Vardy and Lukaku would be good picks but three expensive strikers might be too much.

Jack: So, we’re looking for a cheap striker, who will play and score goals.

Rich: Davillions from Spain thinks Alvaro Negredo at Middlesbrough is a good buy and I agree with him. He will play every week and costs only £6.5 million.

Jack: OK, so that’s Manchester United’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic who costs £11.5 Million, Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero who costs £13 million and Middlesbrough’s Alvaro Negredo who costs £6.5 million.

Rich: That’s £31 million already. We’ll have to buy some cheaper midfielders!

Jack: And that brings us to this week’s discussion. We need to choose five midfielders for the Premier Skills Fantasy Football team. 

Rich: We need a couple of great players and we also need to find a bargain or two.

Jack: A bargain is a player who will score lots of points but is not too expensive!

Rich: Let us know which midfielders we should pick in the comments at the bottom of this page!

Jack: And remember to register your own team on the fantasy football website and join the Premier Skills League. I’ve added the link and the code you need on this page, too.

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Ahmed Adam Mamado's picture
Ahmed Adam Mamado
17/04/2017
SD
2903
points

Drinkwater, Gareth Barry, Ozil, and Erikson


Ahmed Adam Mamado's picture
Ahmed Adam Mamado
17/04/2017 07:29
Sudan
Liverpool
2903

Drinkwater, Gareth Barry, Ozil, and Erikson

VladimirPanov's picture
VladimirPanov
10/08/2016
RU
16
points

DeBruyne , Mahrez, D.Payet, Lamela


VladimirPanov's picture
VladimirPanov
10/08/2016 14:01
Russia
Manchester City
16

DeBruyne , Mahrez, D.Payet, Lamela

davilillons
04/08/2016
ES
951
points

I think that good options can be: Cesc Fabregas like bok-to-bok midfielder, Santi Cazorla like creative midfielder, Alexis Sanchez of goalscoring midfielder and two bargain player like Eric Dier that cost $5,5million and Cleverley who cost $5´5 million also. Correct me


davilillons
04/08/2016 19:03
Spain
Arsenal
951

I think that good options can be: Cesc Fabregas like bok-to-bok midfielder, Santi Cazorla like creative midfielder, Alexis Sanchez of goalscoring midfielder and two bargain player like Eric Dier that cost $5,5million and Cleverley who cost $5´5 million also. Correct me

Hassan_raja447
01/08/2016
PK
837
points

I've completed my team and joined the league.
Fimino and Coutinho are good midfielders who are not much expensive.


Hassan_raja447
01/08/2016 02:02
Pakistan
Liverpool
837

I've completed my team and joined the league.
Fimino and Coutinho are good midfielders who are not much expensive.

Alex_from_Ukraine's picture
Alex_from_Ukraine
30/07/2016
UA
6577
points

We should go for Alexis Sanchez at Arsenal, Coutinho at Liverpool and Riyad Mahrez at Leicester City, I think.


Alex_from_Ukraine's picture
Alex_from_Ukraine
30/07/2016 05:37
Ukraine
Liverpool
6577

We should go for Alexis Sanchez at Arsenal, Coutinho at Liverpool and Riyad Mahrez at Leicester City, I think.

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
29/07/2016
GH
4779
points

I was challenged financially while selecting my team so I had to bargain for low cost players that would deliver and would get consintent play time


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
29/07/2016 06:06
Ghana
Manchester United
4779

I was challenged financially while selecting my team so I had to bargain for low cost players that would deliver and would get consintent play time

kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
29/07/2016
GH
4779
points

Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez and Kante for the midfield


kwesimanifest's picture
kwesimanifest
29/07/2016 06:00
Ghana
Manchester United
4779

Kevin De Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez and Kante for the midfield

MasterSilver500's picture
MasterSilver500
29/07/2016
VN
437
points

Ayew , Arnautovic , De Bruyne ,Dier and Noble?Can i do that?


MasterSilver500's picture
MasterSilver500
29/07/2016 03:06
Vietnam
Manchester United
437

Ayew , Arnautovic , De Bruyne ,Dier and Noble?Can i do that?

aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
28/07/2016
ME
3557
points

De Bruyne, T.Walcott, Mane, Kouyate, Tadic?


aragorn1986's picture
aragorn1986
28/07/2016 17:55
Montenegro
Arsenal
3557

De Bruyne, T.Walcott, Mane, Kouyate, Tadic?

assemjuve's picture
assemjuve
28/07/2016
PS
3705
points

I think we have to pick Emre can,Mane and Coutinho,they are really well.


assemjuve's picture
assemjuve
28/07/2016 17:29
Palestinian Territory
Liverpool
3705

I think we have to pick Emre can,Mane and Coutinho,they are really well.

elghoul's picture
elghoul
28/07/2016
DZ
3988
points

Kante, Mahrez, Willian, Debruyne and Sissoko from Newcastle would be great.


elghoul's picture
elghoul
28/07/2016 17:19
Algeria
Manchester City
3988

Kante, Mahrez, Willian, Debruyne and Sissoko from Newcastle would be great.

Leaderboard

Top Scorers
RankNameScore
1Alex_from_Ukraine6577
2mobeckham6539
3hsn5558
4wsanta5086
5kwesimanifest4779
6Liubomyr4417
7elghoul3988
8assemjuve3705
9aragorn19863557
10Gergő Nagy3396
Country ranking
RankNameScore
1Colombia74676
2Ukraine33869
3Spain29476
4Serbia27426
5Brazil23472
6Albania20578
7Vietnam20455
8Turkey20109
9Macedonia19074
10Bosnia and Herzegovina16333
Club ranking
RankNameScore
1Manchester United146812
2Liverpool111387
3Chelsea90227
4Arsenal86350
5Manchester City58851
6Tottenham Hotspur19474
7Newcastle United10625
8West Ham United7671
9AFC Bournemouth4915
10Crystal Palace4539

Level

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Goals

Knowledge: Types of midfielders.

Language: Qualities of good midfielders.

Discuss: Which midfielders should we pick?