It’s getting to be that time of the summer. Teams are multiple matches into their pre-season schedules and at least a reasonable amount of transfer activity has taken place. There will certainly be a few moves that upset any ranks created this far ahead of the transfer window but where there seems to be significant risk based on the rumor mill, I’ll try to point that fact out. Otherwise, here are my current ranks for Fantasy Premier League draft managers playing in the Premier League’s official game. For the purposes of this column (and estimating scarcity by position) I’ve assumed an 8-team league which seems to be fairly typical.

In an 8-team league we're just into the 8th round so most players will have all of their starters at forward, most, if not all, of their starting midfield and a defender or two. The second part will feature more defenders, some fliers on new arrivals, and some newly promoted players as well as eventually getting around to goalkeepers.