Welcome to our liverpool-scoped series of fantasy advice.
Given our resident experts, fantasy veterans and deep thinkers of the game, no further advice will be given to you about your picks. We couldn't possibly compare.
In our series, we will be using a different approach.
Being a Liverpool fan can be stressful, we know. So we decided to take some of your stress off and give you fantasy predictions based on Liverpool's fixtures. In this season-long journey we will be following up with Liverpool's fixtures, comment on performances and occasionally rant about our luck, our center-backs, our inability to break down buses and the customary howlers made by Lovren. Speaking of which, he almost had a howler-free preseason. I know he must have felt so proud of himself. With all the Van Dijk talk and our lack of solidity in our defense, he had, until the friendly against Bilbao. I feel for the lad, cause it really wasn't his fault. It was just bad lack as his tackle ricocheted off Inaki Williams back foot.
Still, Liverpool's defense in a nutshell. Announce Van Dijk!
(Yes, this was a mini-rant).
Moving on...
Marco Silva has replaced Walter Mazzarri at the help. Silva had secured a 2-0 victory (Against a struggling Liverpool side) last season.
Watford have been strengthened this season with the arrivals of Richarlison, Cleverley and the much anticipated arrival of Will Hughes to the Premier League, among others:
Watford Arrivals
Watford Departures
(taken from RAWK : https://www.redandwhitekop.com/forum/index.php?topic=335599.0)
Hughes was touted as the Next Best Thing (r) some long time ago and was connected with Liverpool in the past. I am very excited to see him arrive in the Premier Leage at last and I cannot wait to see what he can deliver in the big stage. I cannot wait for Liverpool to bid 40mil for him next year.
Also, Jerome Sinclair plays for Watford. The youngest player ever to play for Liverpool has bagged a goal in the preseason, questionable if he will be a starter though with Deeney and Okaka ahead in the pecking order.
So, a tough side, with a tough coach, big strikers and some headline-making-players against Liverpool in the season opener? Lovely.
Fantasy-wise, Hughes at 5.0 is a cheap buy that I would like. Again, it is not likely he will start, but it is just me being biased at my gem at the moment.
On a more serious note, with Deeney likely to miss due to injury, I wouldn't mind having Okaka at 5.5 scoring against Lovren...
Now, on to Liverpool...
The preseason was a huge success. The club won the coveted Asia Premier League Trophy at last, while losing only to Atletico on penalties in the Audi Cup Final.
The final third seems to really be on fire with Coutinho, Firmino, Mane and Salah looking to glue from the get go.
Should Coutinho stay at the team, he seems to have developed a chemistry with Salah, so I wouldn't mind having either of those. With the Coutinho and Salah priced at 9.0, Firmino at 8.5 and Mane at 9.5, you could really choose any of those and get it right (or wrong, depending on the Gameweek).
Now, for Gameweek 1, I would suggest tostay away from Coutinho, since he reportedly has a back pain...
Also, according to our preseason friendlies, it seems like Milner will see much less starting time with Robertson being acquired from Hull and Moreno somehow finding some sort of form again. Also, Klopp suggested that he will be deployed at midfield this season (just after Fantasy Premier League switched him to Defender!). Also, it could be that Firmino will be this season's penalty taker since he took both one against Atletico and Athletic Bilbao (with Milner being on the pitch).
Clyne will not be starting and Trent Alexander Arnold continued on his impressive form during the preseason. Costing 4.5 and with a guaranteed starting role this weekend, I wouldn't mind having him around...
Finally, a shoutout to Solanke at 5.0. With Sturridge injured, Origi off-form and Watford away, you just know he will be substituted in at around the 70-75 minute mark if things are going sour...
Closing, here's our suggested starting lineup for the weekend. Moreno to be given a chance and Coutinho to be a starter and drive the team to glory!
Given our resident experts, fantasy veterans and deep thinkers of the game, no further advice will be given to you about your picks. We couldn't possibly compare.
In our series, we will be using a different approach.
Being a Liverpool fan can be stressful, we know. So we decided to take some of your stress off and give you fantasy predictions based on Liverpool's fixtures. In this season-long journey we will be following up with Liverpool's fixtures, comment on performances and occasionally rant about our luck, our center-backs, our inability to break down buses and the customary howlers made by Lovren. Speaking of which, he almost had a howler-free preseason. I know he must have felt so proud of himself. With all the Van Dijk talk and our lack of solidity in our defense, he had, until the friendly against Bilbao. I feel for the lad, cause it really wasn't his fault. It was just bad lack as his tackle ricocheted off Inaki Williams back foot.
Still, Liverpool's defense in a nutshell. Announce Van Dijk!
(Yes, this was a mini-rant).
Moving on...
Watford (A)
It took a Can worldie to break down Watford in last season's corresponding fixture. It's worth having another look at arguably the goal of the season.
Marco Silva has replaced Walter Mazzarri at the help. Silva had secured a 2-0 victory (Against a struggling Liverpool side) last season.
Watford have been strengthened this season with the arrivals of Richarlison, Cleverley and the much anticipated arrival of Will Hughes to the Premier League, among others:
Watford Arrivals
| Player's Name | Nationality | Pos. | From Club | Fee |
| Daniel Bachmann Nathan Chalobah Tom Cleverley Kiko Femenia Will Hughes Richarlison Jorge Segura | Austrian English English Spanish English Brazilian Colombian | GK DF MF DF MF MF DF | Stoke City Chelsea Everton Alaves Derby County Fluminenese Envigado | Free £5m £8m Free £8m £11.2m Undisclosed |
Watford Departures
| Player's Name | Nationality | Pos. | To Club | Fee |
| Ole Adeyemo Ucho Agbo Charlie Bannister Steven Berghuis Rene Gilmartin Juanfran Sven Kums Dennon Lewis Ogochukwu Obi Obbi Oulare Rhyle Ovenden Juan Carlos Paredes Mathias Ranegie Matheus Santana Mario Suarez | Nigerian Nigerian English Dutch Irish Spanish Belgian English English Belgian Welsh Ecuadorian Swedish Brazilian Spanish | ST MF GK MF GK DF MF ST ST ST MF DF ST MF MF | N/A Standard Liege N/A Feyenoord Colchester United N/A Anderlecht Crawley N/A Royal Antwerp N/A Emelec N/A Murcia Guizhou Hengfeng Zhicheng | Free Loan Free £5.8m Free Free £5.7m Loan Free Loan Free Loan Free Loan £5m |
Hughes was touted as the Next Best Thing (r) some long time ago and was connected with Liverpool in the past. I am very excited to see him arrive in the Premier Leage at last and I cannot wait to see what he can deliver in the big stage. I cannot wait for Liverpool to bid 40mil for him next year.
Also, Jerome Sinclair plays for Watford. The youngest player ever to play for Liverpool has bagged a goal in the preseason, questionable if he will be a starter though with Deeney and Okaka ahead in the pecking order.
So, a tough side, with a tough coach, big strikers and some headline-making-players against Liverpool in the season opener? Lovely.
Fantasy-wise, Hughes at 5.0 is a cheap buy that I would like. Again, it is not likely he will start, but it is just me being biased at my gem at the moment.
On a more serious note, with Deeney likely to miss due to injury, I wouldn't mind having Okaka at 5.5 scoring against Lovren...
Now, on to Liverpool...
The preseason was a huge success. The club won the coveted Asia Premier League Trophy at last, while losing only to Atletico on penalties in the Audi Cup Final.
The final third seems to really be on fire with Coutinho, Firmino, Mane and Salah looking to glue from the get go.
Should Coutinho stay at the team, he seems to have developed a chemistry with Salah, so I wouldn't mind having either of those. With the Coutinho and Salah priced at 9.0, Firmino at 8.5 and Mane at 9.5, you could really choose any of those and get it right (or wrong, depending on the Gameweek).
Now, for Gameweek 1, I would suggest tostay away from Coutinho, since he reportedly has a back pain...
Also, according to our preseason friendlies, it seems like Milner will see much less starting time with Robertson being acquired from Hull and Moreno somehow finding some sort of form again. Also, Klopp suggested that he will be deployed at midfield this season (just after Fantasy Premier League switched him to Defender!). Also, it could be that Firmino will be this season's penalty taker since he took both one against Atletico and Athletic Bilbao (with Milner being on the pitch).
Clyne will not be starting and Trent Alexander Arnold continued on his impressive form during the preseason. Costing 4.5 and with a guaranteed starting role this weekend, I wouldn't mind having him around...
Finally, a shoutout to Solanke at 5.0. With Sturridge injured, Origi off-form and Watford away, you just know he will be substituted in at around the 70-75 minute mark if things are going sour...
Closing, here's our suggested starting lineup for the weekend. Moreno to be given a chance and Coutinho to be a starter and drive the team to glory!
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