Rate My Team thread

Swiper the fox

Copper_pipe wrote: »

What do recommend here lads,?

I'd do a lot of tinkering with that if it was my team. The most obvious as Jimmy said is that your defence is very expensive, 2 over 5m is enough, plenty of value in cheaper guys, you should dump Krul as well to save more money. Your midfield is poor, you could bring Fellaini in next gameweek for starters and Bale or Mata will be far better than Santi IMO, Puncheon or Ramires will be better than Schneiderlin, Sidwell and Sterling are good mid price options so no harm holding onto them. I'd drop Tevez also, depending on the money you have to play with to improve your midfield either downgrade or upgrade him,
Not an awful lot you can do in a hurry though.

barneygumble99

Copper_pipe wrote: »

What do recommend here lads,?

id keep cole as he's the cheapest guaranteed starter for chelsea and they keep clean sheets. id get cuellar for riise, saves a million, and sunderland not bad for clean sheets despite a poor season. and i'd use that million to get in snodgrass for sterling. id also try get in puncheon for schneiderlin if you have the funds.

Copper_pipe

Thanks for the advice lads, this is how its looking now. Took the 4 point hit

Jimmy Iovine

Hernandez could be a great signing with Rooney out. Not sure I'd have him and RVP in my team though.

You still need to sort out your midfield. That should be your main focus now that you have a bit of money in the bank (I presume from the Tevez -> Hernandez move).

Copper_pipe

Ya I have 3.3 in the bank now, already took the -4 hit. Don't want to give my opponent an easy cup fixture

nct tester

michu out for the weekend apparently and possibly next one but wouldnt dream of getting rid.

LostBoy101

Aye I would stick with Michu and it's important that you always have a decent backup on the bench to back him up.

8-10

Nolan as mentioned is a weak link but i like his next 3 (Reading, Norwich, Sunderland) after which I plan to swap for Fellaini and downgrade Evra.

Thoughts? I'm about 1,060pts and looking to keep Jan wildcard till near the end of the month....advisable?

nct tester

sunderland away and norwich home are not as easy a fixture as they may look as united and city found lately. nolan's been dire lately. i think thats a decent team otherwise.

barneygumble99

Any advice on how to improve??

Mignolet£5.1
Begovic£5.1

O'Brien£4.4
Cuellar£4.6
Gunter£3.9
Cameron£4.8
Sagna£5.1

Michu£7.6
Mata£9.5
Bale£9.8
Walcott£8.8
Fellaini£7.4

Van Persie£14.0
Suarez£10.0
Pogrebnyak£4.3

SpaceCowb0y

barneygumble99 wrote: »

Any advice on how to improve??

Mignolet£5.1
Begovic£5.1

O'Brien£4.4
Cuellar£4.6
Gunter£3.9
Cameron£4.8
Sagna£5.1

Michu£7.6
Mata£9.5
Bale£9.8
Walcott£8.8
Fellaini£7.4

Van Persie£14.0
Suarez£10.0
Pogrebnyak£4.3

Drop Mignolet for a cheaper keeper and upgrade Pog to Ruiz!

The Phantom Jipper

Begovic / Rudd

Zabaleta / Luiz / Gibbs / Demel / Harte

Mata / Fellaini / Bale / Cazorla / Puncheon

Suarez / Ba / Berbatov


Any suggestions? My wildcard is currently active.

Also i'm conflicted about what to do down the line once the DGWers are cleared out; downgrade to the likes of Ruiz and upgrade midfield to Gerrard/Michu/Walcott in place of Cazorla and Puncheon, or use some cash reserves to upgrade strikers to include the likes of Tevez / somebody else?

Also getting RVP in at this stage is off the table, I wouldn't be able to handle the chorus of "I told you so" i'd get from the other league members :-P Any suggestion much appreciated!

chops018

What do you guys think of my team:





Turnbull,

Zabaleta, Evans, Demel,

Fellaini, Walcott, Puncheon, Mata,

Ba, Suarez, RVP.

Subs: Begovic, Michu, Shawcross, Martin R.




I just got Turnbull in for the DGW as I had Bunn, and then Begovic has a tough fixture. I know I have 3 Chelsea players now with Ba gone to them, so I was thinking of swapping Mata to Bale in a few weeks depending on both of their performances.

What do ye guys think of the starting line up, and what do think of the Mata situation, leave him be or switch in Bale in the next few weeks? Also, Michu is a goal scoring machine and I have had him since the start but Pucheon has a DGW and sometimes can give a good return so should I leave him starting or put in the reliable Michu?

roryc

Mata and Bale should be the core of your midfield

chops018

roryc wrote: »

Mata and Bale should be the core of your midfield

That can't be done unless I sell Fellaini and Walcott or Michu and downgrade, and why would I do that when they are all giving good returns. I might just leave it for a while.

roryc

Post a screenshot of your team with prices beside them. Immediately I can see areas in your defence I would change...

chops018

roryc wrote: »

Post a screenshot of your team with prices beside them. Immediately I can see areas in your defence I would change...

I can't do a screenshot on this laptop, I'll type it out.. I always thought my defence was solid enough though.

Bego 5.1 Turnbull 4.3

Evans 5.8 Shawcross 5.5 Martin R 4.1 Demel 4.0 Zabaleta 5.8

Fellaini 7.4 Walcott 8.7 Michu 7.5 Puncheon 4.8 Mata 9.9

Ba 8.3 Suarez 10.4 RVP 13.7

Team value: 108.3

In the bank: 0.3

I had Bale in for 9.5 but swapped him for Mata.

LostBoy101

Thoughts? I have 0 in the bank at the moment.

manual_man

LostBoy101 wrote: »

Thoughts?

looks like a solid team. no Bale though could hurt you

LostBoy101

manual_man wrote: »

looks like a solid team. no Bale though could hurt you

Aye thats right and I might look into getting Ruiz or Hernique (if he performs well for Wigan) and fit in Bale somewhere.

farranreeboy

Thoughts?

Begovic

Zabaleta
Gibbs
A Cole

Bale
Mata
Michu
Walcott

Ba
Suarez
Hernandez

Benimar

farranreeboy wrote: »

Thoughts?

Begovic

Zabaleta
Gibbs
A Cole

Bale
Mata
Michu
Walcott

Ba
Suarez
Hernandez

We would need to see your subs to give a proper opinion...and where have you hidden RVP??? :eek:

farranreeboy

Subs are Cerny Harte Ben Davies Marveaux RVP costs a lot of money i did have him but i wanted to improve the team all around

Steel Dog

The Phantom Jipper wrote: »

Begovic / Rudd

Zabaleta / Luiz / Gibbs / Demel / Harte

Mata / Fellaini / Bale / Cazorla / Puncheon

Suarez / Ba / Berbatov


Any suggestions? My wildcard is currently active.

Also i'm conflicted about what to do down the line once the DGWers are cleared out; downgrade to the likes of Ruiz and upgrade midfield to Gerrard/Michu/Walcott in place of Cazorla and Puncheon, or use some cash reserves to upgrade strikers to include the likes of Tevez / somebody else?

Also getting RVP in at this stage is off the table, I wouldn't be able to handle the chorus of "I told you so" i'd get from the other league members :-P Any suggestion much appreciated!

Swallow your pride and take your medicine like a man!!!

Walcott instead of Cazorla. Michu instead of Cazorla is another option but you have really missed the boat on Michu, unless you had him and got rid of him.

Downgrade Luiz and try get RVP in if you can. He helps ease some of the stress which this game can give you especially when it comes to difficult captain decisions.

gstack166

Used my wildcard but I kinda regret my team now. What do ye think?

BEGOVIC/Federici

ZABELETA NASTASIC AZPILICUETA/Russell Martin Shawcross

MATA RAMIEREZ TAARABT SILVA/Michu

JELAVIC BA BERBATOV

nct tester

gstack166 wrote: »

Used my wildcard but I kinda regret my team now. What do ye think?

BEGOVIC/Federici

ZABELETA NASTASIC AZPILICUETA/Russell Martin Shawcross

MATA RAMIEREZ TAARABT SILVA/Michu

JELAVIC BA BERBATOV

u can still change it tho!! wildcard stays open til saturday, as many changes as u like.

Dearg81

Decided to use my Wildcard and have settled on this. Only player I can't fit in is Suarez but happy with the rest, just hope Ba plays twice now.

manual_man

Dearg81 wrote: »

Decided to use my Wildcard and have settled on this. Only player I can't fit in is Suarez but happy with the rest, just hope Ba plays twice now.

Only change i would make is downgrade Davies, and upgrade Bunn to Federici - You'll want two keepers who start - and also Ruddy will likely return very soon ousting Bunn. Nice outfield 10 though

basillarkin

Dearg81 wrote: »

Decided to use my Wildcard and have settled on this. Only player I can't fit in is Suarez but happy with the rest, just hope Ba plays twice now.

why no man city cover

Dearg81

manual_man wrote: »

Only change i would make is downgrade Davies, and upgrade Bunn to Federici - You'll want two keepers who start - and also Ruddy will likely return very soon ousting Bunn. Nice outfield 10 though

Thanks, yea I'll have to sort my keepers out eventually, but not too concerned at the moment as Norwich fixtures are ok. Might get de Gea in a few weeks and downgrade my defence.

why no man city cover

I had Aguero over Christmas and he did well for me, I might get Tevez in for Ba after the doubles if he starts scoring again.

roryc

I've no City cover. Their defence has been weak so the only one I would consider is Zabaleta. Their MF is all over the place, I had Silva up until last week but he's not returning enough to warrant his cost. As for strikers, Aguero is injured and f**k knows who Mancini will pick week in week out. Tevez and Dzeko should play but he could go nuts and play Ballotelli. Too unpredictable.

Don't get drawn into thinking you need 'cover' from the big teams. I have 0 City players and 1 United player and have no interest in increasing this any time soon.

The Phantom Jipper

Steel Dog wrote: »

Swallow your pride and take your medicine like a man!!!

Walcott instead of Cazorla. Michu instead of Cazorla is another option but you have really missed the boat on Michu, unless you had him and got rid of him.

Downgrade Luiz and try get RVP in if you can. He helps ease some of the stress which this game can give you especially when it comes to difficult captain decisions.

Yep, Luiz and probably Ba will be moved on once the DGW is over, and Cazorla has the next 2 weeks to find a bit of form or else he's out of my team (the threat of which i'm sure he'll lose sleep over..)

Regarding the throny issue of van Persie; his cost is prohibitively high at this stage and to get him in would involve using up all my subs over the next few weeks tinkering with the team to raise the cash / take a points hit getting it over with in one week. I think at this stage in my league, that's too high a price to pay just to get a player in that that most other league members already have and sacrifice a lot of the differential advantage that I have throughout the rest of the team. Teams being so samey at the moment, you'd be lucky to have a week where you're even 10 points ahead of your rivals and I don't see that improving with RVP even if it is the rational thing to do given the form he's in.

Plus the victory will be even more juicy if I can do it my way :-) (even if it is incredibly unlikely at this late stage)

Steel Dog

The Phantom Jipper wrote: »

Yep, Luiz and probably Ba will be moved on once the DGW is over, and Cazorla has the next 2 weeks to find a bit of form or else he's out of my team (the threat of which i'm sure he'll lose sleep over..)

Regarding the throny issue of van Persie; his cost is prohibitively high at this stage and to get him in would involve using up all my subs over the next few weeks tinkering with the team to raise the cash / take a points hit getting it over with in one week. I think at this stage in my league, that's too high a price to pay just to get a player in that that most other league members already have and sacrifice a lot of the differential advantage that I have throughout the rest of the team. Teams being so samey at the moment, you'd be lucky to have a week where you're even 10 points ahead of your rivals and I don't see that improving with RVP even if it is the rational thing to do given the form he's in.

Plus the victory will be even more juicy if I can do it my way :-) (even if it is incredibly unlikely at this late stage)

But you said your wildcard is currently active, why not do these transfers now? Like alot of other players you are focusing too much on the double gameweek, great if i works out but more than likely it wont.

You should forget about giving Cazorla 2 more weeks and just get Walcott in now. It will keep your Arsenal cover for the double gameweek ahead, Walcott is alot more of an attacking threat at the moment as he has been playing as a striker lately and if he is moved out to the flank i still think he is more of an attacking threat than Cazorla. He has also taken alot of the set-piece duties off Cazorla and finally the move would free up cash to spend elsewhere.

Cantona's Collars

roryc wrote: »

I've no City cover. Their defence has been weak so the only one I would consider is Zabaleta. Their MF is all over the place, I had Silva up until last week but he's not returning enough to warrant his cost. As for strikers, Aguero is injured and f**k knows who Mancini will pick week in week out. Tevez and Dzeko should play but he could go nuts and play Ballotelli. Too unpredictable.

Don't get drawn into thinking you need 'cover' from the big teams. I have 0 City players and 1 United player and have no interest in increasing this any time soon.

+1

Expensive players,defensive lapses & Mancini playing musical chairs with players makes picking City players a minefield.

I had Tevez & ended up getting burned as he either didn't play or picked up a small points return.
Too many other guaranteed starters on other teams that will give a better return.

The Phantom Jipper

Steel Dog wrote: »

But you said your wildcard is currently active, why not do these transfers now? Like alot of other players you are focusing too much on the double gameweek, great if i works out but more than likely it wont.

You should forget about giving Cazorla 2 more weeks and just get Walcott in now. It will keep your Arsenal cover for the double gameweek ahead, Walcott is alot more of an attacking threat at the moment as he has been playing as a striker lately and if he is moved out to the flank i still think he is more of an attacking threat than Cazorla. He has also taken alot of the set-piece duties off Cazorla and finally the move would free up cash to spend elsewhere.

I've been tempted by the thought before but decided against it tbh. Suarez and Ba are keepers for this week as far as i'm concerned so that leaves Berbatov on the chopping block and having to find 7 million to upgrade to van Persie, i'd have to sacrifice too much to make it happen and even then i'd just be cancelling out my league mates RVP advantage and not necessarily gaining anything with the cheaper guys I bring in to make it possible.

Agreed on Walcott though, he's coming in next week and staying, unless Cazorla gets some serious form back. He'd have been gone a while ago if it weren't for the DGW coming up. Fools gold I know but the prospect of him going off on another 20+ rampage was too much to walk away from.

gstack166

roryc wrote: »

I've no City cover. Their defence has been weak so the only one I would consider is Zabaleta. Their MF is all over the place, I had Silva up until last week but he's not returning enough to warrant his cost. As for strikers, Aguero is injured and f**k knows who Mancini will pick week in week out. Tevez and Dzeko should play but he could go nuts and play Ballotelli. Too unpredictable.

Don't get drawn into thinking you need 'cover' from the big teams. I have 0 City players and 1 United player and have no interest in increasing this any time soon.

Are you being serious??? Man City have the joint best defence in the league so please explain to me like I was a 3 year old, how they're defence is weak?

badbeatcentral

Why have most people plumbed for Gibbs for arsenal defensive cover? does his goal/assist threat really outweigh Sagna's enough to make him worth the extra .5?

roryc

gstack166 wrote: »

Are you being serious??? Man City have the joint best defence in the league so please explain to me like I was a 3 year old, how they're defence is weak?

Ok firstly they don't have the best defence, they are joint second with Chelsea behind Stoke. Secondly, for the price you pay for the players 1 clean sheet in ever 3 games is not good enough.

FYI by 'weak' I meant weak overall, not in comparison to other teams. Everybody bar Stoke (because of their cheap price) has had a weak defense this season compared to the last few.

It's better to spend on outfield players, and like mentioned above they rotate too much to make any particular player attractive.
So City 'cover' is not really needed.

jolim24601

I don't have the heart to downgrade my midfield, and I'm monitoring A Cole, Baines, and Zab closely to see who I'll downgrade, though I've also been crushing on Evra for MONTHS now and haven't acted on it when I should have. Possible downgrades involve Ben Davies, Geoff Cameron, Azpi, or Sagna/Gibbs.

Played my wc already, kept in Jussi only because of the DGW but I'm looking to switch him out by GW27 (Tottenham) for one of Vorm, Sczescny, or Mignolet.

My front 3 are constantly getting tinkered with, just took out Berba and put in Lukaku for next week. The boy is a wonder-player and in top shape. Morrison is a-mazing right now too and I expect him to feed our boy well.

Any expert advice on long-term moves? Please no RVP-fanboys or Ba-haters. Ba is a keeper imo and was unlucky to score. Even if he is in rotation for the time being the 3-5-2 system I have alleviates that issue. Eventually I may be looking to get out of the 3-5-2 that I've installed since I played my WC. The move would probably involve getting in some combination of Aguero, Tevez, Suarez, Rooney, Cisse.

shadowcomplex

How can this be bettered

Dea gea

Gibbs
Azplicueta
Zabeleta

Fellaini
Michu
Mata
Walcott
Bale

Suarez
Rvp

Yes folks that is my team now

Subs are

Harte
Pog
Wilson
Bunn

S.M.B.

Nice....

I could do something similar if I played my wildcard but with Sagna for Gibbs.

Still think there's room for improvement though. But I'd hang onto any transfers for now and see how things play out.

Lemlin

I'd probably have Aguero as a third striker and drop one of the mids.

When he gets fit, that is.

Ice87

shadowcomplex wrote: »

How can this be bettered

Dea gea

Gibbs
Azplicueta
Zabeleta

Fellaini
Michu
Mata
Walcott
Bale

Suarez
Rvp

Yes folks that is my team now

Subs are

Harte
Pog
Wilson
Bunn

That's juicy.

The only worry I would have is Azpili within the next few GWs but you can deal with that when it comes.

Is that Marc Wilson at the back? Does he not have a broken leg?

Could be cheap Stoke coverage if he's back soon.:cool:

FutureGuy

Ice87 wrote: »

That's juicy.

The only worry I would have is Azpili within the next few GWs but you can deal with that when it comes.

Is that Marc Wilson at the back? Does he not have a broken leg?

Could be cheap Stoke coverage if he's back soon.:cool:

Looking at this team and Rorys' makes me realize just how far behind I am with my team value.

Again, I'm about 2m behind the curve. I'm hoping that it won't affect me later in the season.

roryc

FutureGuy wrote: »

Looking at this team and Rorys' makes me realize just how far behind I am with my team value.

Again, I'm about 2m behind the curve. I'm hoping that it won't affect me later in the season.

I wouldn't think so, and I don't even think mine is that valuable tbh. There's others on here with an extra £1m+ on me.

In essence it probably means the difference in one player, so you have Ba instead of Suarez or something. It's pointless looking at downgrading across your whole team, look at the ideal team you would love and then downgrade as few players as possible.

Also, I'm guessing you prob have a lot of value tied up in players as you had them before they started scoring big.

Lemlin

FutureGuy wrote: »

Looking at this team and Rorys' makes me realize just how far behind I am with my team value.

Again, I'm about 2m behind the curve. I'm hoping that it won't affect me later in the season.

What's your team value? I'm on 109.5.

FutureGuy

roryc wrote: »

I wouldn't think so, and I don't even think mine is that valuable tbh. There's others on here with an extra £1m+ on me.

In essence it probably means the difference in one player, so you have Ba instead of Suarez or something. It's pointless looking at downgrading across your whole team, look at the ideal team you would love and then downgrade as few players as possible.

Also, I'm guessing you prob have a lot of value tied up in players as you had them before they started scoring big.

yep, I have Michu, Bale, Mata and Walcott tying up alot of the rises. I'm not worried about the difference between having an 8.5m striker and a 10.5m striker, I'm worried that while I can get the power 5 in midfield, Suarez and RVP, people with the higher team value can upgrade their defenders across the board. That is where I'm going to lose some points.

Lemlin wrote: »

What's your team value? I'm on 109.5.

Just 106.8 (104.4 spending power). It's going to bite be in the ass a few times over the next 18 weeks.

Lemlin

FutureGuy wrote: »

yep, I have Michu, Bale, Mata and Walcott tying up alot of the rises. I'm not worried about the difference between having an 8.5m striker and a 10.5m striker, I'm worried that while I can get the power 5 in midfield, Suarez and RVP, people with the higher team value can upgrade their defenders across the board. That is where I'm going to lose some points.



Just 106.8 (104.4 spending power). It's going to bite be in the ass a few times over the next 18 weeks.

I just changed Torres for Lukaku and freed up 3.2 million yesterday. I'm happy with my midfield but have to look at a few options over the next few weeks:

Option 1: Drop Nastasic for a cheapie, bring in Aguero and have an unreal front 7 (Bale, Mata, Michu Walcott, Suarez, Aguero, RVP) but muck defence.
Option 2: Change Lukaku for a Pog or Lambert after the next two gameweeks, upgrade Puncheon to Fellaini and play 3-5-2, plus I'd be able to upgrade one defender.
Option 3: Continue without Fellaini and upgrade two defenders. Could have Lambert or Berba as my third striker and rotate him and Puncheon.

I'll see how the next two gameweeks go.

S.M.B.

I'm looking at going down your option 2 route myself.

I'm delighted I still have my wildcard as it could be invaluable come 2 weeks time.

Lemlin

S.M.B. wrote: »

I'm looking at going down your option 2 route myself.

I'm delighted I still have my wildcard as it could be invaluable come 2 weeks time.

I think so too. With new options like Remy coming into the mix, not to mention all the moves that will happen deadline day, it'll be handy to have it.

Newcastle are still on the look out for a striker so will be interesting to see who they get.