EPL has finally started and I had a worse way to start it with. Long story short, I had been doing too much shuffling and stopped after community shield. Got the most of the players I wanted by then, but there were some more changes in my mind which I wanted to make on the final day. On Friday, two of my good friends visited me, and we made an unplanned trip to another friend. I did post a Scorum article from my drafts on Friday morning which I had saved a couple of days ago. Everything was good, and I finally decided to complete my FPL teams half hour before the deadline on my phone. Did 7 transfers of the player I wanted to bring which included Luke Shaw, David Luiz, Robertson, Bernardo Silva, Mendy, Zaha, and king. But couldn't finish it because of the busy server. I tried to finalize the transfer 3 times but failed, and ended with the team that I made a week ago with Captain as Aguero (I wanted Salah) and Foster on the bench. But it looks so far so good. Just need a big score from Aguero.

Recap:

The first game of the season was ManUtd vs Leicester City. Pogba and Shaw scored a goal each for ManUtd in their 2-1 victory over Leicester while Vardy got one back in injury time to frustrate owners of ManUtd backline players. Sanchez, Mata, and Pereira grabbed assist for the goals. Lukaku featured final 25 minutes which means he is likely to start GW2 against Brighton. Maguire started the game while Vardy came as a sub and stole the ManUtd clean sheet. Pogba took the penalty for ManUtd which might increase his popularity. 

Spurs defeated Newcastle by 2-1 as Alli, Vertonghen, and Joselu in the scoresheet. Ritchie, Sánchez, and Aurier grabbed those assists. 3 players from the Spurs backline got the attacking returns. Kane made an unexpected appearance, but its August, and no attacking returns for him. Trippier with ownership of 26.3 didn't feature, and Joselu at 5.0m might be a good addition to enable some budget to get big hitters.

Bournemouth defeated the newcomers Cardiff City as Fraser and Wilson scored a goal each. Much was expected from Josh King with 8% ownership, but Wilson was on the headline scoring, assisting and missing the penalties. I too believed that King was on penalties but Wilson took it and missed it. Ryan Fraser got a goal and can turn out to be good differential with the price tag of 5.5m.

The other newcomers Fulham suffered 2-0 defeat from brilliant Crystal Palace. Sclupp and Zaha got the goal each for the Palace. But most of the FPL headline was grabbed by Wan-Bissaka who is priced at 4.0M and got an astonishing 12 points for his owner who started him. I luckily had because I messed up with my team.  van Aanholt and Schlupp from Palace backline got attacking returns too. There is so much value to pick from Palace team but they play Liverpool next.

As expected, Chelsea defeated Huddersfield 3-0 and got a clean sheet. Kante unexpectedly scored the first goal assisted by Willian. Jorginho and Pedro got a goal each assisted by Alonso and Hazard. Hazard made an early return than expected which means either of Pedro and Willian will have limited minutes, and even Morata if Hazard is used as false nine. Jorginho took Chelsea's penalty but Hazard is likely taking it after his return. Playing as back four, 16% owned Alonso managed the attacking returns as he was fouled for Chelsea's penalty and also hit the crossbar. From his press conference, Sarri is not ready to play 3-5-1-1 anytime soon in near future. Ben Hamer at 4.0M is the only goalkeeper at 4.0M who started ahead of Lossl but conceded 3 goals.

With the brace from Pereyra and a couple of assists from Holebas, Watford defeated Brighton 2-0 and got a clean sheet. Playing in the left flank, Pereyra had 4 attempts in the goal today and would be fantasy assets in 5.0M. He has scored 5 times in his last 7 appearances now for Watford. In the final match of Saturday, another newcomer Wolves drew 2-2 with Everton, the only newcomer to get something in GW 1. da Silva Neves got a goal and an assist for Wolves and is on the bandwagon as 75k manager getting him by now. Richarlison on his debut got 2 goals but left the pitch limping which might be a worrying sign for fantasy managers. 

You can see how my team is doing so far in the image which is my team. How is your team doing so Far?