2016/17 FPL Rate My Team Thread

ElTel

loadwire wrote: »

currently looking like this ...

Mandanda / Jakupovic

Valencia / Pieters / Amat / Francis / Byram

Arnie / Haz / Firmino / Tadic / Ibe

Ibra / Kun / Grabban

Looking at a 3-5-2. Might take Hazard out to fund a better 5th MF than Ibe, though I do fancy him (Ibe, that is).

Diomande, who I picked, will get a game for Hull I think so is a better pick than Grabban imo.
Byram picks up a lot of yellows bur WH will score goals.
Arnie is on the wait and see list for me as are a few of his teammates. Has he had a short pre-season?
Good luck.

Backstreet Moyes

Lads any advice of a team with first 3 weeks before using wildcard

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Heaton

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Shaw----Stones---Funes More

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Ayew----G.Ramirez---Hazard

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Tadic

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Aguero----Musa

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Batshuai

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Subs:
Mannone, Lamela, Evans, Amat

Benimar

Latest version (based on an early WC):

Foster, Jakupovic
Shaw, Stones, Friend, Kone (or Souare or Targett based on team news), Amat
Hazard, Firmino, Tadic, Lamela, Fischer
Aguero, Vardy, Gray

My other option is to downgrade Fischer to Capoue and keep the 1m in case I need to upgrade Vardy to Kane in GW2 to give me a captaincy option.

Do your worst!

Stevecw

JeffCash wrote: »

Quite like the look of it overall but personally I wouldn't pick Ramsey. As you said yourself WC after GW3 and Arsenal have Liverpool and Leicester opening two games. If Ramsey hits a bit of form might be better to bring him in then. Could switch him for Tadic and gain an extra .5 (plus Southampton have good opening fixtures) means you can start looking at where an extra 2 million benefits most.

I already have Redmond & Long from Southampton. Don't want to put too much faith in them by adding a 3rd in case it goes a bit wrong with the new manager.
I am a Liverpool fan, but feel we will concede on Sunday and can see Ramsey doing some damage. Since I posted that team I brought Stones in for Smith & started him ahead of Shaw.

DarraghF197

Latest draft:

Foster (Jakupovic)
Stones Terry Shaw (Friend, McAuley)
Hazard Siggy Firmino Deulofeu (Lamela)
Aguero Long Gray

Pretty happy with it but I'm already having to deal with a strong front 8. Have 0.5 in the bank and am tempted to punt on Cazorla or Walcott instead of Lamela. I would have ignored all Tottenham players only for their easy first handful of games.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Where's the Friend love stemming from? Defo a starter? Cheap price? All of the above?

DarraghF197

Nuts102 wrote: »

Lads any advice of a team with first 3 weeks before using wildcard

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Heaton

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Shaw----Stones---Funes More

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Ayew----G.Ramirez---Hazard

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Tadic

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Aguero----Musa

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Batshuai

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Subs:
Mannone, Lamela, Evans, Amat

There's talk of Costa expecting to be back in the starting 11 for Chelsea. Not sure I'd take a risk on two rotation-potential strikers. If you're planning on a GW3 wildcard, I'd see how the two of them get along and make a decision for the wildcard. Really like the look of Musa but Leicester have three players fighting for the one spot. Ashley Williams for Funes Mori as well?

Stevecw

MrMac84 wrote: »

Where's the Friend love stemming from? Defo a starter? Cheap price? All of the above?

All of the above, plus M'boro have nice opening fixtures. He is an attacking left back so that added to them getting promoted thanks to conceding very little makes him look a bargain. I see even in pre season they had 2 0-0 draws to round things off!

Scorpion Sting

MrMac84 wrote: »

Where's the Friend love stemming from? Defo a starter? Cheap price? All of the above?

Nailed on 4.5 defender in a solid defensive team.

2nd Row Donkey

Why not start Lamela?

Also, starting one as yet unproven striker is risky but two is very risky.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Nailed on 4.5 defender in a solid defensive team.

Stevecw wrote: »

All of the above, plus M'boro have nice opening fixtures. He is an attacking left back so that added to them getting promoted thanks to conceding very little makes him look a bargain. I see even in pre season they had 2 0-0 draws to round things off!

Sold so lads... Simpson to make way. 2 million in the bank

Backstreet Moyes

DarraghF197 wrote: »

There's talk of Costa expecting to be back in the starting 11 for Chelsea. Not sure I'd take a risk on two rotation-potential strikers. If you're planning on a GW3 wildcard, I'd see how the two of them get along and make a decision for the wildcard. Really like the look of Musa but Leicester have three players fighting for the one spot. Ashley Williams for Funes Mori as well?

Gray and Vardy in for Butyuashi and Musa.

Think Fuenes Mori is more likely to start the weekend than Willams.

Paully D

GiftofGab wrote: »

Good team but it adds up to 100.5 million.

They gave me an extra £0.5m for being such a good player.

Swiper the fox

Right lads, I'm starting tonight, first draft

Jaku/Foster

Stones/Shaw/Baines/Friend/Smith

Tadic/Hazard/Lamela/Kante/Andros

Aguero/Ibra/Gray

What have I done wrong? Not sure about the outlay on Hazard yet, I could improve by knocking a million off his price.

Scorpion Sting

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Right lads, I'm starting tonight, first draft

Jaku/Foster

Stones/Shaw/Baines/Friend/Smith

Tadic/Hazard/Lamela/Kante/Andros

Aguero/Ibra/Gray

What have I done wrong? Not sure about the outlay on Hazard yet, I could improve by knocking a million off his price.

Downgrade Kanté to a 4.5 mid, he won't get many points this season and is too expensive for a fifth mid. I'd also downgrade Baines to Funes Mori seeing as Baines is off penalties now it seems. With the extra money I'd upgrade Lamela. The rest looks good.

hufpc8w3adnk65

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Right lads, I'm starting tonight, first draft

Jaku/Foster

Stones/Shaw/Baines/Friend/Smith

Tadic/Hazard/Lamela/Kante/Andros

Aguero/Ibra/Gray

What have I done wrong? Not sure about the outlay on Hazard yet, I could improve by knocking a million off his price.

I wouldn't bother with Kante... Holding / DCM isn't likely to pick up too many points

Chesty08

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Right lads, I'm starting tonight, first draft

Jaku/Foster

Stones/Shaw/Baines/Friend/Smith

Tadic/Hazard/Lamela/Kante/Andros

Aguero/Ibra/Gray

What have I done wrong? Not sure about the outlay on Hazard yet, I could improve by knocking a million off his price.

Kante. Save yourself 1million by using a bench fodder.

Like Baines & Stones myself but I've decided to hold off due to combo of fixtures & wait & see. Gone budget here, Amat & Paredes

Upgraded Andros then.

I've the same team then for the rest with only contemplation Carroll over Gray

finnharpsboy

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Right lads, I'm starting tonight, first draft

Jaku/Foster

Stones/Shaw/Baines/Friend/Smith

Tadic/Hazard/Lamela/Kante/Andros

Aguero/Ibra/Gray

What have I done wrong? Not sure about the outlay on Hazard yet, I could improve by knocking a million off his price.

12/15 of my team PvA, Evans and Leko my other 3 but likely to change depending on the transfer market

Rock Lesnar

Right have this squad so far

Courtoius Mandanda

Shaw, Brad Smith, Baines, Paredes, Van Aanholt

Ayew, Fabregas, Hazard, Barkley, Townsend

Aguero, Negredo, Benteke (if he goes to Palace)

What do ye think

ElTel

DarraghF197 wrote: »

Latest draft:

Foster (Jakupovic)
Stones Terry Shaw (Friend, McAuley)
Hazard Siggy Firmino Deulofeu (Lamela)
Aguero Long Gray

Pretty happy with it but I'm already having to deal with a strong front 8. Have 0.5 in the bank and am tempted to punt on Cazorla or Walcott instead of Lamela. I would have ignored all Tottenham players only for their easy first handful of games.

Downgrade Terry (say) and add to kitty?

Swiper the fox

finnharpsboy wrote: »

12/15 of my team PvA, Evans and Leko my other 3 but likely to change depending on the transfer market

Cheers lads, it's true what ye say about Kante, I'm half hoping he'll be a three pointer rather than two to justify the .5, who are the best choice for 4.5 replacements, I never go with non players barring the occasional 5th defender.

Chesty08

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Right have this squad so far

Courtoius Mandanda

Shaw, Brad Smith, Baines, Paredes, Van Aanholt

Ayew, Fabregas, Hazard, Barkley, Townsend

Aguero, Negredo, Benteke (if he goes to Palace)

What do ye think

GK - if going premium your othe GK should be budget playing (I.e Jaku)

Def - Solid. Brad Smith risk, but if wait & see. Go with Amat for now

Mid - Ayew question marks where he wil play & even if he will. The others are solid FPL players

Fwd - Benteke is a gamble (leaving you with 3 attackers in 1 game)

Scorpion Sting

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Cheers lads, it's true what ye say about Kante, I'm half hoping he'll be a three pointer rather than two to justify the .5, who are the best choice for 4.5 replacements, I never go with non players barring the occasional 5th defender.

Capoue looks a good choice and could be playing further forward in Mazzarri's system. Also Kirchhoff will start for Sunderland and is low owned so unlikely to drop in price for the first 4 or 5 gameweeks at least I'd say. If Leko was guaranteed to start I'd go for him but he's not unfortunately. Darren Fletcher is very highly owned so is likely to drop in price in the first few gameweeks barring him scoring or assisting which is unlikely.

steve_r

Swiper the fox wrote: »

Cheers lads, it's true what ye say about Kante, I'm half hoping he'll be a three pointer rather than two to justify the .5, who are the best choice for 4.5 replacements, I never go with non players barring the occasional 5th defender.

I'm going with Hojbjerg. Cost 12m from Bayern and has been playing pre-season

Scorpion Sting

steve_r wrote: »

I'm going with Hojbjerg. Cost 12m from Bayern and has been playing pre-season

Faces competition from Romeu though.

Iused2likebusts

Marney 4.5 will start for Burnley unless they sign a cm.

PARlance

I'm getting further away from my team I think:

4-3-3

DDG, (Jaku)
Coleman, Valencia, Stones, Evans, (Amat)
Sanchez, Pedro, Firmino, (Fer), (Fletcher)
Aguero, Vardy, Gray

My bench is quite weak but at least I've 2-3 that should start.

Pedro most likely to go to a safer 7.5m mid.

steve_r

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Faces competition from Romeu though.

ah yeah but for 4.5 you can't have everything!

Iused2likebusts

PARlance wrote: »

I'm getting further away from my team I think:

4-3-3

DDG, (Jaku)
Coleman, Valencia, Stones, Evans, (Amat)
Sanchez, Pedro, Firmino, (Fer), (Fletcher)
Aguero, Vardy, Gray

My bench is quite weak but at least I've 2-3 that should start.

Pedro most likely to go to a safer 7.5m mid.

I'd love to get Pedro but don't think he is going to start. Sanchez is a nice differential around these parts that I'm very happy to be on.

PARlance

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I'd love to get Pedro but don't think he is going to start. Sanchez is a nice differential around these parts that I'm very happy to be on.

I just put Pedro in to get you to bite

While I love the idea of Sanchez as a differential, I'm finding it very hard to get him, Kun and Ibra in. Have you managed to fit in all three?

FHFC

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Capoue looks a good choice and could be playing further forward in Mazzarri's system. Also Kirchhoff will start for Sunderland and is low owned so unlikely to drop in price for the first 4 or 5 gameweeks at least I'd say. If Leko was guaranteed to start I'd go for him but he's not unfortunately. Darren Fletcher is very highly owned so is likely to drop in price in the first few gameweeks barring him scoring or assisting which is unlikely.

Don't get the big fear of Fletcher dropping. He'll play 90 and get 2 to 3 points which is what people have him for.

In the first 2 to 3 weeks it will be nobody's priority for a FT to change their 5th mid.

Rock Lesnar

Chesty08 wrote: »

GK - if going premium your othe GK should be budget playing (I.e Jaku)

Def - Solid. Brad Smith risk, but if wait & see. Go with Amat for now

Mid - Ayew question marks where he wil play & even if he will. The others are solid FPL players

Fwd - Benteke is a gamble (leaving you with 3 attackers in 1 game)

Yeah may change Mandanda, after paying 20m for him, I'm pretty sure Ayew will play, can change Benteke but if he goes to Palace, I'm fairly confident he'll score goals there, which will no doubt include a hat trick against Liverpool to

Scorpion Sting

PARlance wrote: »

I'm getting further away from my team I think:

4-3-3

DDG, (Jaku)
Coleman, Valencia, Stones, Evans, (Amat)
Sanchez, Pedro, Firmino, (Fer), (Fletcher)
Aguero, Vardy, Gray

My bench is quite weak but at least I've 2-3 that should start.

Pedro most likely to go to a safer 7.5m mid.

Switch Fer to Routledge, been promising in pre-season and the best of the 5m mids by a distance.

Azza89

Looking for a bit of advice on my team please.

Rip apart as appropriate.

De Gea/(Jakupovic)

Bellerin/Fuchs/Coleman/Stones(Parades)

Mahrez/Payet/Dier/Cabaye(Flecther)

Aguero/Zlatan/(Grabban)

Cheers in advance

SpaceCowb0y

Benimar wrote: »

I think either Pogba or Ayew (possibly both) won't start this week. Better options than Pogba at that price, or cheaper, too.

I think the rest is fine (I would go Vardy or Kane over Ibrahimovic personally, but I'm in the minority of one on that one around here!)

Cheers! I actually had Vardy and Mickytarian as i've chosen to call him in place earlier. Maybe i'll switch back! Have a feeling a top form Ibra will turn up for the first few games though then possibly die off with the pace after a while

Iused2likebusts

PARlance wrote: »

I just put Pedro in to get you to bite

While I love the idea of Sanchez as a differential, I'm finding it very hard to get him, Kun and Ibra in. Have you managed to fit in all three?

Ha ha I'm predictable if nothing else.
I haven't got Ibra yet . Aguero and Sanchez will not be making way if I do try and fit him in.

Mike Ehrmantraut

Here's where I'm at, could do with some feedback...

Heaton (jakupovic)
Shaw Williams Evans (Friend Parades)
Alli Firmino Ayew Tadic (Capoue)
Aguero Ibra Gray

.5m itb

Still have a lot of players in mind, so may be wholesale changes yet by Saturday morning.

Feel's strange not having Mahrez or Vardy starting, especially given the first few fixtures and Mahrez practically a mainstay in my team last season. But they have a Kante size hole in midfield and while he's not a good fpl player, he was vital last season on starting Leicester counter attacks, have a feeling both Mahrez and Vardy could suffer a bit this year without him.

Would definitely have Kone in at 4.5m if his transfer had gone through, but at the moment will probably pick one from Evans or Souare.

Midfield, still giving thought to Hazard, possibly because he seems to be in so many teams on here, but will probably wait a couple of weeks, aiming to wildcard gw3 or 4 so could bring him in then if he starts well.
Ayew seems to be my main gamble, think he'll do well this season but tough opening fixtures and only after moving this week, it's possible he may not start this weekend, so still not 100% decided.

Up front the main decision is about Ibra. At the moment thinking I'd prefer start with him, just in case he gets off to a flier, but Kane, Vardy are possible options.

Any advice?

Scorpion Sting

FHFC wrote: »

Don't get the big fear of Fletcher dropping. He'll play 90 and get 2 to 3 points which is what people have him for.

In the first 2 to 3 weeks it will be nobody's priority for a FT to change their 5th mid.

Last year the highest owned 4.5 mid, Wanyama, dropped before GW5 so yeah Fletch will probably drop around then I'd say.

Scorpion Sting

Azza89 wrote: »

Looking for a bit of advice on my team please.

Rip apart as appropriate.

De Gea/(Jakupovic)

Bellerin/Fuchs/Coleman/Stones(Parades)

Mahrez/Payet/Dier/Cabaye(Flecther)

Aguero/Zlatan/(Grabban)

Cheers in advance

Why are you spending so much on defence? Also Dier is a bad pick as he's a midfielder this season and only gets 1 point for a clean sheet as opposed to 4.

FHFC

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Last year the highest owned 4.5 mid, Wanyama, dropped before GW5 so yeah Fletch will probably drop around then I'd say.

Wanyama lost his place for a game or 2 around GW4.

Fletcher won't drop.

Swiper the fox

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Marney 4.5 will start for Burnley unless they sign a cm.

That's just wonderful to hear, Marney was an ever present 2 point maestro in my team a few years ago, don't think he ever got a run out though :pac:

farranreeboy

Think i'm done

Foster

Valencia
Morgan
Stones

Hazard
Mahrez
Eriksen
Feghouli

Vardy
Gray
Aguero

Iused2likebusts

Swiper the fox wrote: »

That's just wonderful to hear, Marney was an ever present 2 point maestro in my team a few years ago, don't think he ever got a run out though :pac:

He is good to go starting off but a fair chance he will lose his place if they sign a midfielder. They have been linked with Jeff Hendrick.

normanoffside

This is what I have at the moment. Opinions welcome

FrClintPower

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Faces competition from Romeu though.

And did I see he made the most tackles in the Bundesliga last season? If so he might be a bit of card magnet?

Chesty08

normanoffside wrote: »

This is what I have at the moment. Opinions welcome

It's the team doing the round give or take 1 or 2

Scorpion Sting

FrClintPower wrote: »

And did I see he made the most tackles in the Bundesliga last season? If so he might be a bit of card magnet?

He picks up his fair share of cards alright. Booked 21 times and sent off once in 115 career games according to Transfermarkt.

DipClub

I've been playing around with my team for the last few days and think this might close to my final choice, could anyone give me some feedback if i need to make a few last minute changes?

De Gea (Jakupovic)

Walker Morgan Targett (Evans) (Paredes)

Arnautovic Eriksen Willian Firmino (Kouyate)

Aguero Long Vardy

FastFullBack

normanoffside wrote: »

This is what I have at the moment. Opinions welcome

I have almost the exact same team. Ayew instead of Townsend. I like playing 3 at the back so I usually have my 5th defender as a 4.0 to free up the cash to go elsewhere.

bodking

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