This competition is open to anybody. It is still a head to head competition with individual matches played and points given for a win and a draw but this season sees a few changes to hopefully make the game more challenging and competitive. It will be a league of 16 teams divided randomly into four groups of four. The 16 teams will play each other twice and after 30 weeks the top two in each group go through to the end of season play-offs. Then it will be a straight knockout until a final to determine the season Champion. PICKING A TEAM you will be required to select a squad of 15 players 2 GKs 5 Defenders 5 Midfielders 3 Forwards You start with a budget of £100m and you can only select ONE player from each team. You can select a Captain who will earn double points each match. You can change your squad up until midnight on Wednesday 10th of August. Here are the match and transfer rules for this season.... Scoring Any player scores = 1 goal added to your match total Every second assist from the defence and midfield = 1 goal added to your total score, ie 2 assists from the defence and midfield = 1 goal added to your total score 4 assists from the defence and midfield = 2 goals added to your total score 6 or more assists from the defence and midfield = 3 goals added to your total score (Only assists from Defenders and Midfielders will count) Keeper concedes 0 - 1 goal = 0 goals added to the opponents total score 2 - 3 goals = 1 goal added to the opponents total score 4 or more = 2 goals added to the opponents total score If the Keeper you select does not start in the match, it is an automatic goal added to the opponent's total score Back Four/Five concede 0 - 2 goals = 0 goals added to the opponents total score 3 - 5 goals = 1 goal added to the opponents total score 6 - 8 goals = 2 goals added to the opponents total score 9 or more goals = 3 goals added to the opponents total score Every Defender that you select that does not start will mean an automatic 3 goals to your defence's collective total. Every time a player receives a red card that is a goal added to the opponent's score. Captain You can select one player as your team's Captain, every time this player makes an assist it will be doubled, ie 1 assist = 2, 2 assists =-4 etc. (please note that only assists from Defenders and Midfielders count.) Formations The only formations allowed will be 5-4-1, 5-3-2, 5-2-3, 4-5-1, 4-4-2, 4-3-3. I will take all information for scorers and assists from the BBC website. Match Points The match totals will be added up and if you score more goals than your opponent you will get 2 points for a win. Level scores is 1 point each. You receive no points if you score less than your opponent. Transfers There will be a chance to refresh your squad every fourth Tuesday, when you will be able to make 2 alterations to your squad keeping to the £100m budget and swapping like for like players ie Defender for a Defender etc. and keeping to the one player from each club rule.
ARSENAL GOALKEEPERS Cech £5.5 Ospina £5.0 DEFENDERS Bellerín £6.5 Koscielny £6.0 Monreal £6.0 Gabriel £5.0 Mertesacker £5.0 Jenkinson £5.0 Gibbs £5.0 Chambers £4.5 Debuchy £5.0 Holding £4.5 MIDFIELDERS Özil £9.5 Sánchez £11.0 Ramsey £8.0 Walcott £7.5 Coquelin £4.5 Cazorla £7.5 Chamberlain £6.0 Iwobi £6.0 Elneny £5.0 Wilshere £6.0 Gnabry £5.0 Xhaka £5.5 FORWARDS Giroud £9.0 Welbeck £7.5 Sanogo £5.0 Asano £5.0
BOURNEMOUTH GOALKEEPERS Boruc £4.5 Federici £4.5 DEFENDERS Daniels £5.0 Cook £5.0 Francis £4.5 A.Smith £4.5 Aké £4.5 B.Smith £4.0 Mings £4.5 Wilson £4.0 MIDFIELDERS King £5.5 Surman £5.0 Gosling £5.0 Pugh £5.0 Stanislas £5.5 Ibe £5.5 Gradel £5.5 Arter £5.0 O'Kane £4.5 MacDonald £4.5 Hyndman £4.5 Cook £4.5 FORWARDS Wilson £6.5 Afobe £6.0 Grabban £4.5 Rantie £4.5 Mousset £5.5
BURNLEY GOALKEEPERS Heaton £4.5 Pope £4.0 Robinson £4.0 DEFENDERS Flanagan £4.5 Lowton £4.5 Mee £4.5 Ward £4.5 Keane £5.0 Tarkowski £4.0 Darikwa £4.5 MIDFIELDERS Defour £6.0 Boyd £5.5 Arfield £5.5 Marney £4.5 Ulvestad £4.5 Kightly £4.5 Gudmundsson £5.5 FORWARDS Vokes £6.0 Gray £6.5 Bamford £5.0 Jutkiewicz £4.5 Barnes £4.5 Hennings £4.5
CHELSEA GOALKEEPERS Courtois £5.5 Begovic £5.0 DEFENDERS Azpilicueta £6.0 Ivanovic £6.0 Zouma £5.5 Terry £5.5 Cahill £6.0 Baba Rahman £5.5 Miazga £4.5 MIDFIELDERS Willian £7.5 Fàbregas £7.5 Pedro £7.5 Kanté £5.0 Hazard £10.0 Matic £5.0 Oscar £7.5 Moses £5.5 Mikel £4.5 Traore £5.5 Loftus-Cheek £5.5 Van Ginkel £5.0 Kenedy £5.5 Cuadrado £7.0 FORWARDS Costa £9.5 Remy £6.5 Batshuayi £9.0
CRYSTAL PALACE GOALKEEPERS Hennessey £4.5 Speroni £4.5 Mandanda £4.5 DEFENDERS Dann £5.5 Delaney £5.0 Ward £5.0 Souaré £4.5 Tomkins £5.0 Kelly £4.5 MIDFIELDERS Cabaye £6.0 Puncheon £5.5 Zaha £5.5 McArthur £5.0 Townsend £6.5 Sako £5.5 Ledley £4.5 Mutch £4.5 Lee Chung-yong £4.5 Williams £4.5 FORWARDS Benteke £7.5 Remy £6.5 Wickham £6.0 Campbell £4.5
EVERTON GOALKEEPERS Stekelenburg £5.0 Robles £5.0 DEFENDERS Coleman £5.5 Williams £5.0 Funes Mori £5.0 Stones £5.0 Baines £5.5 Jagielka £5.0 Browning £4.0 Pennington £4.0 MIDFIELDERS Barkley £7.5 Bolasie £6.0 Deulofeu £6.5 Lennon £6.0 Cleverley £5.5 Gueye £5.0 Barry £4.5 McCarthy £5.0 Mirallas £6.5 Oviedo £4.5 Besic £4.5 Gibson £4.5 FORWARDS Lukaku £9.0 Koné £5.5 Niasse £6.0
HULL GOALKEEPERS McGregor £4.5 Jakupovic £4.0 DEFENDERS Lenihan £4.0 Davies £5.0 Dawson £4.5 Odubajo £4.5 Robertson £4.5 Maguire £4.5 Bruce £4.0 MIDFIELDERS Snodgrass £5.5 Clucas £5.0 Livermore £5.0 Elmohamady £5.0 Huddlestone £5.0 Meyler £4.5 Maloney £4.5 FORWARDS Hernández £6.0 Diomande £4.5
LEICESTER GOALKEEPERS Schmeichel £5.0 Zieler £4.5 DEFENDERS Fuchs £5.5 Huth £5.0 Morgan £5.0 Simpson £5.0 Schlupp £5.0 Wasilewski £4.0 Benalouane £4.0 Hernández £4.5 MIDFIELDERS Mahrez £9.5 Drinkwater £5.5 Albrighton £5.5 Kapustka £5.5 King £5.0 Gray £5.0 Inler £4.5 Amartey £4.5 Mendy £4.5 FORWARDS Vardy £10.0 Okazaki £6.0 Ulloa £6.0 Musa £7.5
LIVERPOOL GOALKEEPERS Mignolet £5.0 Karius £5.0 DEFENDERS Moreno £5.0 Clyne £5.5 Lovren £5.0 Sakho £5.0 Gomez £5.0 Stewart £4.5 Randall £4.0 Matip £5.5 Klavan £5.0 MIDFIELDERS Wijnaldum £8.0 Mané £9.0 Firmino £8.5 Coutinho £8.0 Milner £6.5 Lallana £7.0 Can £5.0 Henderson £6.5 Lucas £4.5 Sheyi Ojo £5.0 Brannagan £4.5 Chirivella £4.5 Markovic £5.5 Grujic £5.0 FORWARDS Sturridge £10.0 Origi £7.0 Ings £6.0 Balotelli £6.5
MAN CITY GOALKEEPERS Bravo £5.5 Hart £5.5 Caballero £5.0 DEFENDERS Kolarov £6.0 Sagna £5.5 Otamendi £6.0 Kompany £6.0 Mangala £5.5 Clichy £5.5 Stones £5.0 Zabaleta £5.0 Denayer £5.0 Angelino £4.5 MIDFIELDERS De Bruyne £10.5 Sané £8.0 Yaya Touré £8.0 Navas £6.5 Sterling £8.0 Silva £9.0 Fernandinho £5.5 Fernando £5.0 Delph £5.0 Nasri £6.5 Gündogan £5.5 Nolito £9.0 Zinchenko £5.5 FORWARDS Agüero £13.0 Iheanacho £7.0 Bony £7.5
MAN UTD GOALKEEPERS de Gea £5.5 Romero £5.0 DEFENDERS Smalling £6.0 Darmian £5.5 Blind £5.5 Rojo £5.5 Valencia £5.5 Jones £5.0 Shaw £5.5 Fosu-Mensah £4.5 McNair £4.5 Varela £4.5 Bailly £5.5 MIDFIELDERS Mata £7.5 Martial £9.5 Lingard £6.0 Herrera £6.5 Schneiderlin £5.0 Depay £7.5 Carrick £4.5 Fellaini £6.0 Schweinsteiger £5.5 Young £5.5 Pereira £4.5 Pogba £8.5 Mkhitaryan £9.5 FORWARDS Rooney £9.0 Rashford £7.0 Ibrahimovic £11.5
MIDDLESBROUGH GOALKEEPERS Guzan £4.5 Konstantopoulos £4.5 Valdés £4.5 DEFENDERS Ayala £5.0 Friend £4.5 Fry £4.0 Gibson £4.5 Nsue £4.5 Bernardo £4.5 Barragán £4.5 MIDFIELDERS Adomah £5.5 Downing £5.5 Clayton £4.5 Leadbitter £5.0 Reach £4.5 Forshaw £4.5 De Pena £4.5 de Sart £4.5 Fischer £5.5 de Roon £4.5 Fabio £4.5 FORWARDS Nugent £5.0 Rhodes £6.0 Stuani £5.0 Negredo £6.5
SAINTS GOALKEEPERS Forster £5.0 McCarthy £4.5 DEFENDERS van Dijk £5.5 Fonte £5.5 Bertrand £5.5 Cédric £5.0 Pied £5.0 Targett £4.5 Yoshida £4.5 Martina £4.5 Gardos £4.0 MIDFIELDERS Tadic £7.5 Boufal £7.0 Davis £5.5 Redmond £6.0 Ward-Prowse £5.5 Oriol Romeu £4.5 Clasie £5.0 Rodriguez £6.5 Reed £4.5 Højbjerg £4.5 FORWARDS Long £6.5 Austin £6.5
SPURS GOALKEEPERS Lloris £5.5 Vorm £5.0 DEFENDERS Alderweireld £6.5 Walker £5.5 Rose £6.0 Vertonghen £5.5 Davies £5.0 Wimmer £5.0 Trippier £5.0 MIDFIELDERS Eriksen £8.5 Alli £8.5 Dier £5.5 Lamela £7.0 Dembélé £5.5 Son £7.5 Wanyama £5.0 Mason £5.0 Carroll £4.5 Onomah £4.5 Pritchard £4.5 FORWARDS Kane £11.0 N'Jie £6.0 Janssen £8.0
STOKE GOALKEEPERS Butland £5.0 Haugaard £4.5 Given £4.5 DEFENDERS Pieters £4.5 Wollscheid £4.5 Johnson £5.0 Cameron £4.5 Shawcross £5.0 Muniesa £4.5 Bardsley £4.5 Wilson £4.0 Teixeira £4.0 MIDFIELDERS Arnautovic £7.5 Shaqiri £6.5 Bojan £6.0 Walters £6.0 Afellay £5.5 Whelan £4.5 Imbula £5.0 Allen £5.0 Adam £5.0 Ireland £4.5 Sobhi £5.5 FORWARDS Diouf £6.0 Joselu £5.5 Crouch £5.0
SUNDERLAND GOALKEEPERS Mannone £4.5 Pickford £4.0 DEFENDERS van Aanholt £5.0 Manquillo £4.5 McNair £4.5 Djilobodji £4.5 Koné £4.5 Jones £4.5 O'Shea £4.5 Love £4,0 Matthews £4.0 MIDFIELDERS Lens £6.0 Januzaj £5.5 Cattermole £4.5 Khazri £6.5 Kirchhoff £4.5 Watmore £5.0 Rodwell £4.5 Larsson £5.0 FORWARDS Defoe £7.0 Borini £5.5
SWANSEA GOALKEEPERS Fabianski £5.0 Nordfeldt £4.0 DEFENDERS Fernández £4.5 Taylor £4.5 Naughton £4.5 Rangel £4.5 Amat £4.0 Kingsley £4.0 Tabanou £4.5 van der Hoorn £4.5 MIDFIELDERS Sigurdsson £7.5 Cork £5.0 Ki Sung-yueng £5.5 Routledge £5.0 Britton £4.5 Montero £5.5 Fer £5.0 Dyer £5.0 Fulton £4.5 FORWARDS Bastón £7.0 Llorente £6.5 Barrow £5.0 Emnes £4.5
WATFORD GOALKEEPERS Gomes £5.0 Pantilimon £4.5 DEFENDERS Janmaat £5.0 Cathcart £4.5 Kaboul £4.5 Nyom £4.5 Prödl £4.5 Britos £4.5 Paredes £4.0 Holebas £4.5 Kabasele £5.0 Zuñiga £4.5 Hoban £4.0 Dja Djédjé £4.5 MIDFIELDERS Watson £4.5 Capoue £4.5 Abdi £5.0 Anya £4.5 Behrami £4.5 Guédioura £4.5 Suárez £4.5 Berghuis £5.0 Amrabat £5.0 Success £6.0 Doucouré £5.0 FORWARDS Ighalo £7.5 Deeney £7.0 Oularé £4.5 Sinclair £5.0
WBA GOALKEEPERS Myhill £4.5 Foster £4.5 DEFENDERS Dawson £5.0 McAuley £4.5 Evans £4.5 Olsson £4.5 Brunt £5.0 Chester £4.5 Galloway £4.5 Pocognoli £4.0 Gamboa £4.0 MIDFIELDERS Chadli £6.5 Fletcher £4.5 Gardner £5.5 McClean £5.0 Yacob £4.5 Morrison £5.0 McManaman £4.5 Leko £4.5 Phillips £5.5 FORWARDS Rondón £6.5 Berahino £6.5 Lambert £5.5