♻️Early Thoughts on Players to OWN 20/21♻️

Hello Everyone Hope You Are Safe and Enjoying the Break ❤😎.
TODAY i'm coming with NEW FPL ARTICLE on which we will discuss some PREMIUM FPL 19/20 PLAYERS which were heroic last season 💪💚.
Will be analyzing and take closer look on players stats,eye tests and putting some thoughts on them to have an early idea of which players you should own at the beginning of the season so lets get into it.

1-TRENT ALEXANDER ARNOLD

TAA SEASON BY NUMBERS

• TOTAL FPL POINTS : 210
• Bonus POINTS : 24
• CLEAN SHEETS : 12 
• Tackles : 55 
• Interception : 45
• Clearances : 70 
• Recoveries : 221 
• Assists : 13 
• Big Chances Created : 18
• Crosses : 382
• Accurate Long Balls : 192
• Goals : 4 
• Shots : 44 
• Shots on Target : 13 
• Big Chances Missed : 2

It is so obvious that TAA's season was extra-ordinary,he was an FPL legend on defending spot and outscored many Midfielders and Strikers on FPL. In fact we begun to consider him as a midfielder in our teams and he is the most popular SEASON KEEPER player in lot of teams including mine.
HE WILL COST EVEN MORE NEXT SEASON,IS HE WORTH IT?
This popular question lot of managers asking including me at some point when planning to next season,but after research,the answer is clear ! here are some points to consider ;

1. LIVERPOOL DEFENSE: over the years,after the signing of ALISSON and VAN DIJK were one of the most nailed clean sheets providers of all time,a defender from LIVERPOOL will be essential and even if TAA fail to provide attacking returns,clean sheet points is good enough don't you think?.
2. FREE KICKS AND CORNERS : strong attacking returns of Arnold were from free kicks and corners and he will continue to provide it more and more!hot source of assists as LIVERPOOL has tall powerful players like VVD and Henderson who can score them,as well as he is so good at taking free-kicks and he give that feeling that he is going to score.
3. PLAYING FOR A SIDE THAT IS ALWAYS GOOD : playing for a team that always have ambitions for the champions league and the premier league is a good thing to have a player that you can play against all teams even against TOP-6 side and you know he can get out of it with clean sheet points or assist.
4. THE FACT THAT HE IS ONLY 21 YEARS OLD : the scary thing about Arnold that he is very young, Beautiful and Scary thing to watch,when he get into his full ability,i think he will be one of the best RWB in the history of football. Excited to see this happen.
5. FEW OPTIONS FOR MID-PRICE MIDFIELDERS : to be honest, i think this year there will so much prices you can't afford especially for MID spot, 9-12 Mids will be on so much options and you can't get them all,Arnold can outscore all mid-priced midfielders and can be shield pick as well for his ownership.
   
   

In Conclusion : TRENT IS MY FIRST "ESSENTIAL" LOOKED IN PLAYER FOR 20/21.

2-ANDREW ROBERTSON

ROBERTSON SEASON BY NUMBERS

• TOTAL FPL POINTS : 181
• BONUS POINTS : 20
• CLEAN SHEETS : 9
• Tackles : 54
• Interception : 38
• Clearance : 58
• Recoveries : 210
• Assists : 12
• Big Chances Created : 14
• Crosses : 210
• Accurate Long Balls : 84
• Goals : 2
• Shots : 22
• Shots on Target : 6
• Big Chances Missed : 2

As shown in stats,Robertson is one if the best FPL assets that proved himself over several years,his numbers are pretty similar to TAA's and all the points i discussed above on Arnold can be said about ROBBO,although i like the CORNERS/FREE-KICKS Advantage that Trent has so im going with TRENT on this one.The Factors that may makes me change my mind and rethink the situation :

1. TRENT HIGH PRICE-TAG : If TRENT comes in on £8.0m while Robbo comes like £7.0m i think that extra money will make me re-think the decision as it will be tough season on that aspect.
2. SHARING CORNERS : On some occasions,ROBBO did take corners on his side of the field and if this happen regularly,i think ROBBO can match or even outscore Trent Points.
3. SALAH FORM : If Robertson want more assists to his name, form of the Egyptian King is needed as he score Robertson Crosses and Tap his long passes In! That is why Robertson can make at least 15 assists at least if Salah convert half of his passes, so SALAH FORM IS IMPORTANT FOR ROBERTSON.

IN CONCLUSION: ROBERTSON/ARNOLD IS 50/50 PICK IF THEY SHARE CORNERS AND FREE-KICKS AND EXTRA MONEY CAN HELP ON OTHER SPOTS. ALTHOUGH IT IS TRENT FOR ME UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE.

On this debate,my advice is to pick the SHIELD pick between these two for the beginning of the season,that would be TRENT, then if the conditions above seem to be there in LIVERPOOL TEAM,you can switch with your WILD CARD to ROBERTSON and try the best to use the extra money fixing your team.

 

3-MATT DOHERTY

DOHERTY SEASON BY NUMBERS

• TOTAL FPL POINTS : 167
• BONUS POINTS : 15
• CLEAN SHEETS : 12
• Tackles : 55
• Interceptions : 40
• Clearance : 47
• Goals : 4
• Goals with header : 1
• Shots : 35
• Shots on target : 16
• Penalties scored : 0
• Big chances missed : 10
• Hit woodwork : 1
• Assists : 3
• Big chances created : 2
• Crosses : 45

Since WOLVES promoted to the premier league, DOHERTY became one of our favorite FPL asset,he is growing fast in his potential as well as his team that finished 7 place on very tough premier league season, DOHERTY potentials is quiet big when he plays attacking roles for WOLVES on 3-5-2 formation and he can provide assists and high attacking threats and that where most of his attacking returns come from,although he is great asset but considering him on the beginning of the season on my team will depend on some factors : 

1. EUROPA LEAGUE PROGRESSION : Before considering DOHERTY on our teams at the beginning of the season, we should be aware that the teams that makes higher stages of their European competitions may have blank game week at the beginning.
2. WILLY BOLY : When BOLY is fit for action, the Clean Sheet odds for Wolves can be really high. He is so essential for the team and his effect has being obvious on defensive stats of Wolves, so when BOLY is available,DOHERTY will be more appealing to target in your team for the clean sheet points at least.
3. ADAMA TRAORE : Yep as you heard, TRAORE can influence DOHERTY's performance but not in a good way. As said above, DOHERTY best performances and most of his attacking returns comes on 3-5-2 formation which needs ADAMA to be benched, When ADAMA starts on 3-4-3 formation, DOHERTY will play defensive roles and attacking returns are so rare on that position.
4. FIXTURES RATING : Although Wolves are very strong side to play against, but their clean sheet odds really depend on Fixtures as they score small amount of goals and play defensively. 

IN CONCLUSION : The decision on including DOHERTY in my FPL draft at the beginning of the season should come after we get PRICES,FIXTURES AND EUROPA LEAGUE RESULTS AS WELL AS THE STATUS OF THE AVAILABLE TEAM.

4-CESAR AZPILICUETA 

AZPILICUETA SEASON BY NUMBERS

• TOTAL FPL POINTS : 130
• BONUS POINTS : 16
• CLEAN SHEETS : 7
• Tackles : 86
• Interceptions : 67
• Clearance : 81
• Goals : 2
• Shots : 29
• Shots on Target : 14
• Assists : 6
• Big Chances Created : 8
• Crosses : 121

Azpilicueta had really good and if it was not for poor CHELSEA defense, he could have scored more points. He is one of the most creative defenders of the game and if CHELSEA can improve he will improve as well, Conditions for selecting Azpilicueta in my team should be : 

1. CHELSEA DEFENSE : THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR AND WEAK SPOT OF CHELSEA IS THEIR WEAK BACK-LINE, If they can sign strong center back and good goal keeper, the chances of clean sheets would increase and he would get lot more points. 
2. T.WERNER : It is always special relationship between Azpilicueta and strikers of CHELSEA so if WERNER come into the side strong in good form he will convert lot of Azpilicueta passes and crosses.
3. INJURY SITUATION AS WELL AS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE : Same as Wolves, CHELSEA has European competition left to play,although it would be a miracle if they qualify after losing 3-0 first leg. but they do qualify, there will be blank game week for CHELSEA. Other thing that we saw how he got injured on FA-CUP final against ARSENAL so his return will determine whether he is worth consideration or not.

IN CONCLUSION : AZPILICUETA PUNT SHOULD WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH INJURIES AND TEAM STATUS OF SIGNINGS, SHOULD BE CAREFUL WITH THIS PUNT FOR HIS HIGH PRICE.

5-ENDA STEVENS

STEVENS SEASON BY NUMBERS

• TOTAL FPL POINTS : 142
• BONUS POINTS : 8
• CLEAN SHEETS : 12
• Tackles : 81
• Interceptions : 35
• Clearance : 59
• Goals : 2
• Goals with Header : 1
• Shots : 22
• Shots on target : 4
• Big Chances Missed : 1
• Hit woodwork : 0
• Assists : 4
• Big Chances Created : 9
• Crosses : 123

To be honest, I didn't SHEFFIELD UNITED to make this incredible season,They did great job after they got promoted, Their Lethal weapon was their defense, They made an incredible amount of clean sheets and their defensive assets were so essential. The Stand Out options is Stevens, his record and stats show that he is real value when it comes to defensive spot in FPL, his attacking what made his special. To get him into serious consideration in my early draft, Following conditions are really essential :

1. SHEFFIELD UNITED FORM : It was a great season for the blades, but will they continue their run? The premier league is getting so hard and they need to stick to their form to run a good season like that. Waiting for some good signings to ensure that their team is actually have strong ambitions for European spot.
2. DEAN HENDERSON : As we all know, one of the biggest secrets of SHEFFIELD successis their amazing keeper, And as we all know, HE IS NOT THEIR PLAYER. He came in as a loan deal from M.United, If he goes back to M.United i can't see any of their defensive assets near my team.
3. FIXTURES RATINGS : Fixtures will really determine is he is worth a punt at the beginning of the season, He can amazing asset with clean sheets and attacking returns but if they play top side, It will be difficult to choose him especially with his price that should be around £5-5.5m.

IN CONCLUSION : I WOULD WAIT AND SEE HOW SHEFFIELD UNITED WILL REACT TO THE NEW SEASON BEFORE BUYING STEVENS IN MY TEAM.

END OF PART ONE