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2018/19 FPL Rate My Team Thread
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Right, here we go.
This is probably the last night I'll get to sit down properly and would love your thoughts.
Here's where I'm currently at:
Goalkeeper: Somehow I end up starting yet another season (probably my 4th or 5th at this stage) with Ben Foster in goal. If I wasn't going with Mendy I'd probably have Ederson here, but due to my premium defensive options I'm a bit restricted in what I can spend on the position. I like Watford's first 3 games, they were a lot tighter under Gracia towards the end of last season, and I can swap him to another £4.5m option easily enough around GW4.
Defence: This is the most money I can ever remember spending on my defence at any stage of my playing of FPL, never mind just at the start! However, I really have a liking for attacking full backs this year. Mendy is a little risky which is not what you really want from a £6m defender of course, but man, look at his stats - per FF Scout "despite making just seven appearances in the entire campaign, just De Bruyne and Leroy Sané (£9.5m) registered more successful crosses from open play than Mendy’s eight, with 14 and nine respectively. Adding a further three appearances after a Gameweek 34 return, Mendy created nine chances and had five shots on goal in 361 minutes across the season as a whole. That averaged out at a key pass every 40.1 minutes, the next best in the City defence was Walker with one every 92.9."Robertson had the second most touches in the final third after making the LB spot his own. Southampton have a canny start (as they did last year I know!) and Cedric is another who registered excellent underlying stats when Hughes took over. He may not play GW1 but I'm okay with that. Lots of attacking point potential in this group IMO. Wan-Bissaka is £4.0m fodder, but in a nice twist of fortune it looks like he's currently going to play and be an option. Nice bonus.
Midfield: Salah is Salah. I don't want to start without him as if he continues where he left off the season is over before it starts, whereas he's an easy downgrade to literally anyone if it goes wrong. I originally had Sane in here but I liked Mahrez's performance in the Community Shield and Sane's early withdrawal in that game has concerned me a bit. I'm a huge Richarlison fan and although he was frustrating last season, I watched him quite a bit and liked how he was still getting in good positions and felt he was a bit unlucky at times. I saw a comment a couple of weeks ago about him from a stats guy (xG/expected goals) that went something like: "I'd rather take a punt on a guy who scored 8 goals from 15 expected than the other way around" and that sums up Richarlison for me. Fraser is my cheap punt. He had great underlying stats last year, has a nice start, and with Stanislas out injured should be guaranteed at least the first few games. The last spot is just fodder and won't necessarily be Chalobah.
Strikers: Aguero doesn't need much explanation, and I'm hoping with his Community Shield performance he'll at least start that Huddersfield in GW2 before Jesus comes into play. You'd be hoping beyond hope to get that Huddersfield game out of him at the very least mind! Firmino is a case of Liverpool attacking coverage to go with excellent fixtures and a very workable price, although the volume and strength of Sturridge's pre-season performances do concern slightly. I'm pretty set on King as the third choice striker now after careful consideration the last few days. He looks set to get a proper run up front, will be on penalties and has a kind start. I doubt he'll be in my side come GW5 or 6, but until that #1 cheap option arises I'm confident enough in King ahead of Austin and Mitrovic to name but two.
I have my strategy for Kane in mind too. It can be done in 3 moves using Firmino, or 2 moves using Aguero. I think it's a good plan as rotation will start to kick in for the likes of Mahrez and Augero in a few weeks while Arsenal's fixtures ease up and players like Ramsey and Mikhitarian may become very solid options at that point too.
I'm still unsure about the 3rd DEF spot. I've flip-flopped between PVA, Coleman and a few others. I may even downgrade to a £4.5m and upgrade elsewhere. Thoughts here would be much appreciated.
Thanks guys.
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Right, here we go.
This is probably the last night I'll get to sit down properly and would love your thoughts.
Here's where I'm currently at:
Goalkeeper: Somehow I end up starting yet another season (probably my 4th or 5th at this stage) with Ben Foster in goal. If I wasn't going with Mendy I'd probably have Ederson here, but due to my premium defensive options I'm a bit restricted in what I can spend on the position. I like Watford's first 3 games, they were a lot tighter under Gracia towards the end of last season, and I can swap him to another £4.5m option easily enough around GW4.
Defence: This is the most money I can ever remember spending on my defence at any stage of my playing of FPL, never mind just at the start! However, I really have a liking for attacking full backs this year. Mendy is a little risky which is not what you really want from a £6m defender of course, but man, look at his stats - per FF Scout "despite making just seven appearances in the entire campaign, just De Bruyne and Leroy Sané (£9.5m) registered more successful crosses from open play than Mendy’s eight, with 14 and nine respectively. Adding a further three appearances after a Gameweek 34 return, Mendy created nine chances and had five shots on goal in 361 minutes across the season as a whole. That averaged out at a key pass every 40.1 minutes, the next best in the City defence was Walker with one every 92.9."Robertson had the second most touches in the final third after making the LB spot his own. Southampton have a canny start (as they did last year I know!) and Cedric is another who registered excellent underlying stats when Hughes took over. He may not play GW1 but I'm okay with that. Lots of attacking point potential in this group IMO. Wan-Bissaka is £4.0m fodder, but in a nice twist of fortune it looks like he's currently going to play and be an option. Nice bonus.
Midfield: Salah is Salah. I don't want to start without him as if he continues where he left off the season is over before it starts, whereas he's an easy downgrade to literally anyone if it goes wrong. I originally had Sane in here but I liked Mahrez's performance in the Community Shield and Sane's early withdrawal in that game has concerned me a bit. I'm a huge Richarlison fan and although he was frustrating last season, I watched him quite a bit and liked how he was still getting in good positions and felt he was a bit unlucky at times. I saw a comment a couple of weeks ago about him from a stats guy (xG/expected goals) that went something like: "I'd rather take a punt on a guy who scored 8 goals from 15 expected than the other way around" and that sums up Richarlison for me. Fraser is my cheap punt. He had great underlying stats last year, has a nice start, and with Stanislas out injured should be guaranteed at least the first few games. The last spot is just fodder and won't necessarily be Chalobah.
Strikers: Aguero doesn't need much explanation, and I'm hoping with his Community Shield performance he'll at least start that Huddersfield in GW2 before Jesus comes into play. You'd be hoping beyond hope to get that Huddersfield game out of him at the very least mind! Firmino is a case of Liverpool attacking coverage to go with excellent fixtures and a very workable price, although the volume and strength of Sturridge's pre-season performances do concern slightly. I'm pretty set on King as the third choice striker now after careful consideration the last few days. He looks set to get a proper run up front, will be on penalties and has a kind start. I doubt he'll be in my side come GW5 or 6, but until that #1 cheap option arises I'm confident enough in King ahead of Austin and Mitrovic to name but two.
I have my strategy for Kane in mind too. It can be done in 3 moves using Firmino, or 2 moves using Aguero. I think it's a good plan as rotation will start to kick in for the likes of Mahrez and Augero in a few weeks while Arsenal's fixtures ease up and players like Ramsey and Mikhitarian may become very solid options at that point too.
I'm still unsure about the 3rd DEF spot. I've flip-flopped between PVA, Coleman and a few others. I may even downgrade to a £4.5m and upgrade elsewhere. Thoughts here would be much appreciated.
Thanks guys.
Foster is as reliable a pick as any for keeper. I've had him years too.
I like the idea behind your defenders but I'd go for Coleman over PVA. Silva has shown he can be a defensive manager at Watford. Coleman is proven attacking quality. PVA is a defender who can't defend!!
In midfield, Tom Cairney is a quality player and available at 5 in a good Fulham team. I think Bournemouth could struggle this year. They did last year and haven't spent much in the transfer market.
For your Fraser and King, I have Cairney and Arnie. I think my two are better.0 -
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