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FSA FPL Rate My Team Thread 2015/16
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That's my first draft. Here's the reasoning behind it
Goalkeeper: Southampton played some great ball last season, especially defensively. Arsenal are also on the money for clean sheets, so being able to rotate between Saints and Arsenal for gameweeks. 5m/5.5m.
Defence: Straight forward attacking defenders, really. Darmian is a risk, but he is looking so good in pre-season for United, who you would expect to have a decent return on clean sheets with two new DMs protecting the back four instead of the mighty TC23. Lescott is the back-up, with 4m Baker warming the bench and providing the tea.
Midfield: Power of the team here. Fabregas, Silva, Ozil, and Depay will be the focal points of their teams. Easy goals/assists coming here. de Jong had a wonderful season in England, getting to tour the finest medical facilities the country had to offer, but I reckon he could be a decent gamble at 6.5m if he plays.
Attack: Weakest area of the team. It was a toss up between Pelle and Lukaku, and I am still not sure which to pick. Sakho at West Ham under the new gaffer should be good for a return if they continue to play attacking football. Deeney is the new kid on the block so we'll see how he gets on.0 -
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That's my first draft. Here's the reasoning behind it
Goalkeeper: Southampton played some great ball last season, especially defensively. Arsenal are also on the money for clean sheets, so being able to rotate between Saints and Arsenal for gameweeks. 5m/5.5m.
Defence: Straight forward attacking defenders, really. Darmian is a risk, but he is looking so good in pre-season for United, who you would expect to have a decent return on clean sheets with two new DMs protecting the back four instead of the mighty TC23. Lescott is the back-up, with 4m Baker warming the bench and providing the tea.
Midfield: Power of the team here. Fabregas, Silva, Ozil, and Depay will be the focal points of their teams. Easy goals/assists coming here. de Jong had a wonderful season in England, getting to tour the finest medical facilities the country had to offer, but I reckon he could be a decent gamble at 6.5m if he plays.
Attack: Weakest area of the team. It was a toss up between Pelle and Lukaku, and I am still not sure which to pick. Sakho at West Ham under the new gaffer should be good for a return if they continue to play attacking football. Deeney is the new kid on the block so we'll see how he gets on.
Your attack is weak, as you mentioned. I think it's too weak. It really needs to be improved. You've spend too much on defence, imo. There should never be a 5.0m defender/GK on your bench, but you have 2. Pick which GK you prefer, and stick with them. Downgrade the other to a 4.0m (or a 4.5m at least if you can't stomach a non playing GK). Downgrade to Lescott to at least a 4.5m defender. Personally I'd downgrade one of your other 3 defenders to a 4.5m defender that rotates with whoever you swap for Lescott. Those changes would get you about 3.0m which you could then put into your forwards.0 -
That's my first draft. Here's the reasoning behind it
Goalkeeper: Southampton played some great ball last season, especially defensively. Arsenal are also on the money for clean sheets, so being able to rotate between Saints and Arsenal for gameweeks. 5m/5.5m.
Defence: Straight forward attacking defenders, really. Darmian is a risk, but he is looking so good in pre-season for United, who you would expect to have a decent return on clean sheets with two new DMs protecting the back four instead of the mighty TC23. Lescott is the back-up, with 4m Baker warming the bench and providing the tea.
Midfield: Power of the team here. Fabregas, Silva, Ozil, and Depay will be the focal points of their teams. Easy goals/assists coming here. de Jong had a wonderful season in England, getting to tour the finest medical facilities the country had to offer, but I reckon he could be a decent gamble at 6.5m if he plays.
Attack: Weakest area of the team. It was a toss up between Pelle and Lukaku, and I am still not sure which to pick. Sakho at West Ham under the new gaffer should be good for a return if they continue to play attacking football. Deeney is the new kid on the block so we'll see how he gets on.
Your main weakness is lack of captaincy options. I'd argue none of your team are solid, popular choices, so you'll be going punty every GW until you bring Aguero in (which would probably require a WC with your team structure)0 -
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Butland. Speroni
Shaw Azi Taylor O Shea Bassong
Ozil Walcott Fabregas Mane Mulumbu
Rooney Costa Wilson
I like it. Walcott and Wilson are probably the punts but overall its strong. What Taylor is that in your Def?
Thoughts? I'm toying over Sterling vs Walcott + Cylne vs Shaw. Barry is also a massive punt for me.
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Heres one with screenshot attached.
Draft 2. Let me know what you guys think.
I'm a bit worried about doubling up on Southampton attack but both are having a great pre season. As always am open to change.
Courtois - Expect a lot of clean sheets with a solid back 4 playing in front of him.
McCarthy - 4m keeper selected by the least amount of people. Courtois will always play.
Mertesacker - Arsenal cover for defense. With Cech in there I hope for a few more clean sheets than usual
Steven Taylor - As mentioned before McLaren is a fan of his. The only half decent 4.0m defender I can see starting as long as he stays fit.
O'Shea- Good fixtures for Sunderland at the start and Dick Advocaat plays defensive football.
Lescott - I think Pulis will have West Brom well drilled in defense this year. Also hoping he can get some of his set piece goal prowess back as Tony Pulis will be looking to get goals from set pieces as always.
Darmain - United defensive cover. Has done well in preseason and looks like he will be a starter. May change to Shaw/Valencia depending how united line up.
Depay - Torn between Depay and Mata but have stumped for Depay after watching United pre season so far. He has started up front with Rooney and has lightning pace. With 22 league goals and 28 in total last year he could be a great signing.
Hazard - A must have
Walcott - I'm hoping Wenger will give him a chance up front. This may change if they sign a top striker but if not I think he could be a goal machine if played through the middle.
Mane - Great pre season and finished last season well. Gets in amongst the goals/assists quite often.
Bentaleb - Still not sure on this one. Most likely out of the 4.5 midfielders to score if he plays. Originally had Wanyama but shipped him out when I got Mane in.
Costa - Expect him to be up front on his own for Chelsea again this year and have a good year.
Rodriguez - Scoring a good few goals in pre season and looking like he will have a good comeback from injury. Still have question mark over whether he will start with Pelle and Mane also having a great preseason
Berahino - Will be West Brom's main goal threat this year and if he does as well as last year he is great value.
Finding it hard to pick a city player other than Aguero but he is not fit. Will likely fit him in with WC after a few weeks.
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Courtois - I'm torn here myself. Nice way to get into Chelsea defence for 5.5 but maybe a 4.5 and a 4.0 frees up valuable funds elsewhere. I'm going the cheaper route I think.
(I'm a long suffering Newcastle fan) Taylor will start if Collocini is sold, otherwise I reckon it will be Collo and Mbemba. I have Taylor as my cheap 4.0 option at the moment though.
Lescott (could be good, might get back into set pieces, or else go with Hennessy GK for a 4.0 in to that Defence) Crystal Palace have brought in McCarthy so that should go through in the next few days.
Darmian - I was going to go with him initially as he's a freight train up the wings and shone last year, but VG (if you can trust him) has told Valencia he will be first choice starter. I have gone for Shaw myself.
Mertesacker - Could be good especially with the way the Bonus Points are favouring strong CB's this season. However for .5 less Bellerin is a more attacking option and has been told by Wenger that he's the starting right back.
Your midfield has a nice balance. Bentaleb is also my choice in the 4.5 category. He's nailed on and has some attacking promise.
JRod- Could pay dividends or could take a while to settle back in.
Berahino - Most likely going to Spurs. Will be used in a support role to Kane so might not be that prolific for scoring but could make up for it with assists.
Conclusion
I think you have a well balanced side, i'd change Mert for Bellerin and Darmian for Shaw. I'd probably swap Lescot for Toby.
My useless tuppence worth
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one point to note mert and bellerin are both 5.5 its only kos that is 6Courtois - I'm torn here myself. Nice way to get into Chelsea defence for 5.5 but maybe a 4.5 and a 4.0 frees up valuable funds elsewhere. I'm going the cheaper route I think.
(I'm a long suffering Newcastle fan) Taylor will start if Collocini is sold, otherwise I reckon it will be Collo and Mbemba. I have Taylor as my cheap 4.0 option at the moment though.
Lescott (could be good, might get back into set pieces, or else go with Hennessy GK for a 4.0 in to that Defence) Crystal Palace have brought in McCarthy so that should go through in the next few days.
Darmian - I was going to go with him initially as he's a freight train up the wings and shone last year, but VG (if you can trust him) has told Valencia he will be first choice starter. I have gone for Shaw myself.
Mertesacker - Could be good especially with the way the Bonus Points are favouring strong CB's this season. However for .5 less Bellerin is a more attacking option and has been told by Wenger that he's the starting right back.
Your midfield has a nice balance. Bentaleb is also my choice in the 4.5 category. He's nailed on and has some attacking promise.
JRod- Could pay dividends or could take a while to settle back in.
Berahino - Most likely going to Spurs. Will be used in a support role to Kane so might not be that prolific for scoring but could make up for it with assists.
Conclusion
I think you have a well balanced side, i'd change Mert for Bellerin and Darmian for Shaw. I'd probably swap Lescot for Toby.
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Right, another few days, another bit of tinkering:
As mentioned before, this team is for the first 3 GW's when I'll wildcard to get Aguero in and possibly Sanchez. GK's and DEF's are cheap to max out on attacking players. I did a bit of research and found the big teams only keep an average of 1.3 clean sheets over the first 3 GW's of a season so I don't think I'll get left too far behind defensively and can live with the big hitters getting attacking points. Anyway, more detailed reasoning:
GK's: Myhill and Hennessy for as cheap a possible GK due. West Brom's starting fixtures are tough but Myhill has proven before he can rack up save points and you can't rule a Pulis clean sheet out against anyone.
DEF: Going with Walcott ahead of Silva has allowed me a little extra money to pour into my defense. I know Jenkinson is out for GW1 but I wouldn't have used him for that anyway and I love his GW2 and 3 fixtures. The 5 defenders I have give me the following 3's:
GW1 - lei, SUN, CPL
GW2 - WBA, LEI, NOR
GW3 - SWA, SOU, BOU
MID: Hazard needs no explanation. I really want Arsenal attacking coverage with their start and I think Walcott and Giroud will start for the first few weeks at least as Sanchez is eased back in, with Theo in Sanchez's spot. Going with Walcott ahead of Silva has also given me a bit of spare cash which I used in defence. Silva has a tough start so I'm happy to go without for now. Henderson is kindly priced at £7m IMO and I'm happy to take a chance on Ritchie as a 4th midfielder given how effective he was in terms of attacking contribution last year. I'm hoping to take advantage of the "promotion bounce" for the first few weeks. The £4.5m is just a placeholder before I decide who to go for in that price bracket.
ATT: Needs no explanation really.
So, what say you?
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Attack - Fantastic (provided Arsenal don't but another striker )
Midfield - Very nice. As you can see from the other posts I marginally prefer Milner to Henderson. I think both are incredible value @7 though
Defence - Excellent. You've put serious thought into the opening weeks.
GK
You're going full on WB. I think Hennessy will get the nod over Myhill if he moves (which is looking very likely) in which case Guzan offers 38 game switch (at this point in time anyway)
Are you happy to go WC early ? With the Gold Cup is it nearly a necessity ? I'm trying to plan where I can if I want but am not forced into WC to get Kun in.0 -
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right I'm stepping away from it for a few days but I've gone from having a non playing goalie , 4ml defender and 4.5ml defender with Costa up front to a squad without Costa but 15 starters !
not sure I like it though but it got my highest score of 320 for 1st 6 gakes on the RMT tool
anyway here it is
mignolet ruddy (perfect rotation even though I hate rotating goalies!)
kos huth yoshida o shea and either Richards or colocini
hazard Walcott mane siggy ritchie
Rooney benteke deeney
deeney and Ritchie to rotate
not sure I like it
a lot of rotation
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I like it. Walcott and Wilson are probably the punts but overall its strong. What Taylor is that in your Def?
Thoughts? I'm toying over Sterling vs Walcott + Cylne vs Shaw. Barry is also a massive punt for me.
Barry will get you VERY FEW points. Very defensive midfielder! And with Evertons opening 10 games he won't pick up many clean sheet points.0 -
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thanks shifty[Deleted User] wrote: »@ km79 - Too much of a gamble in Midfield if you ask me. 4 of your 5 can go on runs consecutive games without doing much, especially if Walcott isn't getting his game. I'd upgrade at least one of them.
My own:
Gk
Myhill – Weakest link in the team for first 3 games. No realistic chance of a CS, but high chance of save pts and bonus, I reckon. Sneaky peno save or two would be welcome, but you can’t plan on that stuff. Will most likely change before kick-off, but so far I’m open to keeping him in
Elliot – 4.0 placeholder. Will change if a playing replacement comes to the fore.
Def
Yoshida – Barring new signings, will definitely be in my GW1 team
O'Shea – Guaranteed play time, points haul really depends on Sunderland’s performances
Ward – “Bargain of the Season” material, imo.
Simpson and Turner – Best of a bad lot of 4.0 defenders. Turner is in just for the meltdown when he scores 17pts vs Stoke.
Mid
Cabaye – May be on penos, and FKs, a steal if he is. Can easily be downgraded to Ritchie if this proves to be the case.
Cazorla – May change to another Arsenal mid or maybe Depay?
Sterling – Not sure how he’ll fare. I’d prefer Silva, but it came down to (him and Siggy) vs (Sterling + 8.5mid).
Hazard – FF god. Anybody without him in their team from the get go is asking for it. I posted a couple of weeks ago saying that I’m thinking of leaving the armband on him for the season, and I am giving it serious consideration.
Mulumbu – Wasn’t sure on him until Mr P gave him the nod. Perfect 4.5 backup, great first 5 fixtures.
Fwd
Benteke – May settle quickly, or may take time. Start could be kinder but can easily be downgraded to Ighalo or Deeney, depending on who comes out of the blocks the sharpest. GW2 captain material.
Costa – Will be upgraded to Aguero as soon as he is 100% fit. Until then, will have to sweat the yellow cards and lack of bonus
Rooney – No brainer, given the lack of competition for places, guaranteed advanced role and Utd’s opening fixtures.
Pros:
Strikeforce is as good as it gets, especially considering the lack of options available.
3 big hitters + Cabaye in midfield, if Utd start strongly Depay in instead of Cazorla or Sterling is easily done
Load of captaincy options, provided I don’t go with Hazard © all season
Cons:
30.0 spent on back 7 is as cheap as it can get. Could come back to haunt me. Am I stretched too thin?
No city coverage except Sterling, nor Arsenal coverage bar Cazorla
I started with something like yours after 3 hours I ended up with the above and no idea how I got there !
think I'm going to start it again !
like you I considered depay but its probably safer to wait and see
maybe even see how he does against PSG
hazard AND Costa was another dilemma. that's 1\5th of the budget gone and after seeing Costa and Chelsea against PSG I think it may be better to spread the money .......and upgrade your aldi defence 0 -
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farranreeboy wrote: »Thoughts?
Courtios
Darmian
Azpilicueta
Bellerin
Carzola
Fabregas
Milner
Depay
Rooney
Benteke
Pelle
Do you reckon guys Darmian and Depay are nailed on starters?
Nice team, good balance. I'd replace Darmian with Shaw. Darmian is not nailed on apparently as LVG promised Valencia the start.
Depay is interesting. If he hits the ground running we'll all want him. If LVG doesn't get any more strikers through the window I think he has a good chance of playing but playing might consist of 40 mins as opposed to a whole match. If you want Man Utd cover I think Mata is the safer bet and he's the penalty taker.
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