Fantasy Football picks MFs and STRs

Midfield

Eden Hazard was top points scorer last season
and top bonus points scorer

Midfielders and Strikers are the most important players in the team, they are the big points scorers. Last year, Eden Hazard was the class of the field bringing home 233 points, followed by Alexis Sanchez who totalled 207 points.

Midfield is less about value, and more about accommodating as many of the big points scorers as possible, as a minimum of 3 midfielders play every week, and they get an extra point for each goal they scored.

When picking midfielders, the key is to focus on the attacking midfielders, Francois Coquelin was instrumental for Arsenal in the second half of the season, but only picked up 45 points.

Mane often plays in an advanced position,
and scored the fastest ever Premiership hat-trick
last season against Aston Villa

Players like Jon Walters and Sadio Mane at times play as strikers and so represent very good value as Midfield picks.

As with all positions, players who missed periods of last season and therefore ended up with less points, can represent good value. Examples include Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Jack Grealish.

Alongside the key player makers for the big sides, the likes of Fabregas, Hazard, Sanchez, Cazorla, Ozil, Mata, Coutinho, and Silva. The mid-table and lower sides also have key play makers who represent good value.

Value Picks:-

Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) £7.0m - Gerrard's replacement, scored more points than Coutinho, but costs less.
Dimitri Payet (West Ham) £7.5m - 
Georginio Wijnaldum (Newcastle) £7.0m - scored 14 goals for PSV last season
Ross Barkley (Everton) £6.5m - had a broken run last season with injuries, but could hit the ground running for Everton this year.
Jason Puncheon (Crystal Palace) £6.0m - Puncheon has been a consistent points scorer over the last 3 seasons (but Cabaye, Bolasie or Zaha are also good picks).
Nathan Redmond (Norwich) £5.5m - Redmond will provide assists and goals, and Norwich have a relatively easy start (Johnson, Dorrans and Hoolahan could also be good value).

Strikers

Harry Kane was a bargain last season at £5.0m,
but is £9.5m this season

Last, but certainly not least, are the strikers.

For these you definitely need to follow the form. Strikers thrive on confidence, some strikers can't stop scoring, and then as soon as they stop can't score again. Think Michael Ricketts  (12 goals 01/02), Marcus Stewart (19 goals 00/01), Marlon Harewood (14 goals in 05/06). Glenn Murray, Charlie Austin and Danny Ings were all in rich goalscoring form at some point last season. The point is don't back players just because they played well last year, but also to transfer in the players who start to get on a roll.

Sergio Aguero maybe the most expensive player at £13.0m, but there is a reason, he is a consistent starter and performer at Man City and brings home the points.

From the Championship, Deeney (Watford) and Wilson (Bournemouth) both at £5.5m, both scored plenty of goals in the Championship, although it remains to be seen if they can achieve similar feats in the Premier League. Cameron Jerome at Norwich is cheaper, but less likely to hit the heights of the other 2, but all are worth having on the bench at least.

(Not this Pele)

Graziano Pelle at Southampton, had a great first half of the last season, but faded in the second half of the season. If Pelle starts slowly, Jay Rodriguez could be a good option, if he can rediscover his form of 2 years ago, but at £7.0m, he is too expensive to pick at the start.

New signings

I wouldn't suggest picking new signings as they usually take time to adjust to the Premiership, but the following signings are worth following, and picking if they start scoring.

Mitrovic joins fellow Serbians, Ivanovic, Kolarov,
Matic and Markovic in the Premier league

Aleksandar Mitrovic (£6.5m) scored plenty of goals for Anderlecht, and Newcastle need someone to score the goals.

Joselu (£6.0m) is a former Real Madrid player and has signed for Stoke from Hannover, with former Barcelona players Ibrahim Afellay and Bojan creating chances, he could hit the net with regularity.

Patrick Bamford (£6.0m) and Conor Wickham (£6.0m) will play up front for Crystal Palace in front of a creative midfield, with Yanick Bolasie, Wilfried Zaha and Yohan Cabaye, so chances should be plentiful.