2018/19 FPL Rate My Team Thread

km79

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

So moved away from BB and getting very close to what I want now
Foster Fab
robertson mendy luiz wan bissaka peltier
salah sanchez moura richarlison mcdonald
austin aguero king
leaves .5 in bank the doubts are moura who could end up being bilva or pedro( this is my one punty very short term pick)
and austin who could end up as gray. Ill be WC in first int break.

Damien360

normanoffside wrote: »

Damien360 wrote: »

Right....a reshape based on comments. Overhauled midfield

DeGea (button)

Coleman Mendy Robertson (wan bissaka) (Simpson)

Kante DeBruyne Salah Neves (Stephens)

King Firmino Aguero

Only ones bugging me are Neves and King

Any comments
3 Liverpool, 3 Man City and a spread. Was thinking of Fred with a reshape but not sure about Man Utd at all. DeGea will be busy.

Your original midefield (Richarlson Pedro Salah Myhitaryan (Stephens)) is a million times better,

KDB won't start GW1. Kante is a great player but useless in FPL. Forget about Neves too.

Cheers. Pedro Richarlson Myhitaryan back in along with Salah. Any point taking a punt on Fred for either Pedro or Richarlson ? Straight swap.

normanoffside

Damien360 wrote: »

Cheers. Pedro Richarlson Myhitaryan back in along with Salah. Any point taking a punt on Fred for either Pedro or Richarlson ? Straight swap.

I wouldn’t be fond of Mkhytarian for the first two weeks, you can transfer him in when Arsenal’s fixtures turn good.
The trick to this game is getting players in at the right time.

sicknotexi

Fabianski (Patricio)

Robertson Mendy Davies (Wan-Bissaks, Schelotto)

Salah(c) Mahrez Milivojevic Richarlson ( Cairney)

Aguero King Zaha

Have 0.5m itb. Thoughts?

stuba

Anyone care to evaluate my team? I'm toying with going without Salah and compensating by getting in Mane and Firmino.

Pickford
Mendy Robertson Daniels
Mane Eriksen Sane Richarlison
Aguero Firmino King

Bench Stekelenburg, Wan Bissaka, Masuaku, Suttner

Scorpion Sting

stuba wrote: »

Anyone care to evaluate my team? I'm toying with going without Salah and compensating by getting in Mane and Firmino.

Pickford
Mendy Robertson Daniels
Mane Eriksen Sane Richarlison
Aguero Firmino King

Bench Stekelenburg, Wan Bissaka, Masuaku, Suttner

Going Salahless is just not worth it I think. If he goes big you're playing catch-up right from the off and forcing a GW2 wildcard to get him in. Whereas if you have him and he doesn't run riot at least it's an easy downgrade. You're better off playing boring to start the season as he's going to be so heavily captained against West Ham any attacking returns will heavily dent non-owners.

PARlance

Going to step away from the computer, happy enough with this now for the first few weeks anyway.

Foster (Speroni)
Mendy, Cedric, PVA (Wan-B, Peltier)
Salah, Mane, BSilva, Richarlison, Schurrle
Aguero, Lacazette (Quaner)

Happy seeing 3 City players there tbh, think BSilva should be safe to start and get me to WC.

Think I'm done unless anyone wants to throw a spanner in the works.

manual_man

Seriously considering doubling up on Robbo+TAA (something funnily i told myself at the end of last season). Enables me then to get in Alexis in midfield (and might even consider captaining him). 4-5-1

Ederson (Stek)
Robbo TAA PVA Maguire (Wan-B)
Salah Sanchez Mahrez Jota Fraser
Aguero (Kamara, Madine)

Thoughts?

Maguire is for when he gets his transfer deadline day move obviously

Scorpion Sting

PARlance wrote: »

Going to step away from the computer, happy enough with this now for the first few weeks anyway.

Foster (Speroni)
Mendy, Cedric, PVA (Wan-B, Peltier)
Salah, Mane, BSilva, Richarlison, Schurrle
Aguero, Lacazette (Quaner)

Happy seeing 3 City players there tbh, think BSilva should be safe to start and get me to WC.

Think I'm done unless anyone wants to throw a spanner in the works.

I think I'd prefer Mitrovic to Schurrle. You could afford it by downgrading PVA to Sakho.

PARlance

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

I think I'd prefer Mitrovic to Schurrle. You could afford it by downgrading PVA to Sakho.

But...but...but no PVA. Good shout but I'm going to ignore it... for tonight.

PARlance

PARlance wrote: »

Going to step away from the computer, happy enough with this now for the first few weeks anyway.

Foster (Speroni)
Mendy, Cedric, PVA (Wan-B, Peltier)
Salah, Mane, BSilva, Richarlison, Schurrle
Aguero, Lacazette (Quaner)

Happy seeing 3 City players there tbh, think BSilva should be safe to start and get me to WC.

Think I'm done unless anyone wants to throw a spanner in the works.

Good team and good spread of cash

Wish I could get away from trying to fit in Salah, Aguero, Kane and Aubameyang but I’m thick like that and will probably do it anyway.

Chancer3001

Why b Silva??

Mahrez sterling and sane ahead of him by miles

Paully D

Chancer3001 wrote: »

Why b Silva??

Mahrez sterling and sane ahead of him by miles

You’d imagine they would be over the course of the season, but Pep has basically said (I know, I know) he’s in until he gives him a reason to take him out and he was excellent in the Community Shield.

Sterling is out of the question for the first week or two anyway and 3 of the aforementioned will start so he’s as close to guaranteed to play early doors as you can get from a Guardiola side.

Most people just want 2 or 3 weeks out of him and he should provide that.

Necronomicon

Tomorrow is a write-off for me, so I'm trying to treat today as my personal deadline. So any thoughts welcome!

Ederson--Stek

I've generally had a hard time rotating goalkeepers, so I'm trying set-and-forget for the first time. This also has the benefit of giving me the cheapest route into City defence.

TAA--Cedric--Body--(Wan-Bissaka)--(Peltier)

I'd love Robertson, but just can't find the extra 1m. Giving some thought to downgrading Ederson to Fabianski/Patricio, but feel uneasy doing a 4.5 set-and-forget 'keeper. I think Cedric is one of the best 4.5 picks despite doubts over GW1, and Body seems like the safest option in a Wolves defence I fancy (please correct me if I'm wrong!). Two 4.0 defenders is a slight risk but you'd fancy at least one of them to start.

Salah--Eriksen--B.Silva--Mata--(Masuaku)

Mo needs no explanation. I'm not certain about Mata, seems nailed for the first couple of GWs at least, but I'm tempted to swap him for Richarlison. I originally had Sane & Ramsey, but the latter's injury forced a rethink. Bilva seems likely to start the first couple of GWs at least, and Eriksen is one of the most dependable midfielders in the game. Not sure about Masuaku, could just as easily be Stephens.

Aguero--Firmino--Zaha

Kun was the second name on my team after Mo. Firmino is a must at his price and the potency of Liverpool's attack, and I fancy Zaha most of the mid-range forward options.

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My own thoughts are that I have a mediocre bench and a couple of picks that are going to be serious rotation targets in a few weeks, but I can see myself doing a GW3 Wildcard in any case. And I've always been someone who likes to put as much money into my starting XI as possible.

The Phantom Jipper

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Going Salahless is just not worth it I think. If he goes big you're playing catch-up right from the off and forcing a GW2 wildcard to get him in. Whereas if you have him and he doesn't run riot at least it's an easy downgrade. You're better off playing boring to start the season as he's going to be so heavily captained against West Ham any attacking returns will heavily dent non-owners.

I'm not sure I'd agree with all of that. I currently don't have Salah in my team (have Robbo, Mane and Firmino) and it's a relatively easy -4 to get Salah in, no wildcarding necessary.

It's an uphill struggle if Salah is scoring consistently but it isn't like it's a choice between having Salah or having your budget capped at 87m - we still have the 13m to spend on another premium player and make upgrades around the rest of the squad on players that will contribute points.

My main problem not having Salah is more around the certainty he offers as a captain choice. If I have him, I'm captaining him nearly every week whereas now I have nice captain choices but I'll be rotating the captaincy based on fixture and inevitably get the choice wrong more often than not.

It's probably an unnecessary gamble omitting him to be fair but one worth taking a look at in my opinion.

Chesty08

PARlance wrote: »

Going to step away from the computer, happy enough with this now for the first few weeks anyway.

Foster (Speroni)
Mendy, Cedric, PVA (Wan-B, Peltier)
Salah, Mane, BSilva, Richarlison, Schurrle
Aguero, Lacazette (Quaner)

Happy seeing 3 City players there tbh, think BSilva should be safe to start and get me to WC.

Think I'm done unless anyone wants to throw a spanner in the works.

Nearly like my team but with 3 or 4 players picked differently at the same value.

The only difference is you’ve outplayed your money on 2 strikers at 9.5 plus 4.5 where I’ve gone 2 at 7m.

Interesting

Scorpion Sting

The Phantom Jipper wrote: »

I'm not sure I'd agree with all of that. I currently don't have Salah in my team (have Robbo, Mane and Firmino) and it's a relatively easy -4 to get Salah in, no wildcarding necessary.

It's an uphill struggle if Salah is scoring consistently but it isn't like it's a choice between having Salah or having your budget capped at 87m - we still have the 13m to spend on another premium player and make upgrades around the rest of the squad on players that will contribute points.

My main problem not having Salah is more around the certainty he offers as a captain choice. If I have him, I'm captaining him nearly every week whereas now I have nice captain choices but I'll be rotating the captaincy based on fixture and inevitably get the choice wrong more often than not.

It's probably an unnecessary gamble omitting him to be fair but one worth taking a look at in my opinion.

Fair enough but it just seems an unnecessary risk to me.

54and56

Happy with my selection bar the following which I'd appreciate thoughts on.

Have 11m to spend on my #1 keeper and a defender.

I'm torn between:-

Option 1 - DDG + Digne

Option 2 - Pickford + Trippier.

I already have 3 X LFC players so the likes of TAA or Robertson aren't an option in defence.

Thoughts?

The Hoarse Whisperer

Settled on this team. Thoughts welcome.

Foster (Boruc)

Robbo Tomkins Shaw (Wan-b) (Kabasele)

Salah Bilva Sanchez Milivojevic (Scheinderlin)

Firmino King Lacazette

The Hoarse Whisperer

Je_suis_Jean wrote: »

Happy with my selection bar the following which I'd appreciate thoughts on.

Have 11m to spend on my #1 keeper and a defender.

I'm torn between:-

Option 1 - DDG + Digne

Option 2 - Pickford + Trippier.

I already have 3 X LFC players so the likes of TAA or Robertson aren't an option in defence.

Thoughts?

I'm someone whose instinct is to go for the cheaper keeper so option 2 for me. Digne bit of an unknown quantity I think. Am expecting Trippier to really kick on this season after his performance in the WC

yourdeadwright

So what you guys think
For the opening weekend ,

          Begovic
Daniels   Trent  Cedric
Salah Son Neves Eirkson  Mkhitaryan
      Aubameyang    Firmino
bench : Fabianski , Kamara , Tarowski , Wan- Bissaka

The Phantom Jipper

yourdeadwright wrote: »

So what you guys think
For the opening weekend ,

          Begovic
Daniels   Trent  Cedric
Salah Son Neves Eirkson  Mkhitaryan
      Aubameyang    Firmino
bench : Fabianski , Kamara , Tarowski , Wan- Bissaka

There's a few there I'd be a bit wary of. As far as I know Daniels, Trent, Cedric, Kamara, Wan-Bissaka and Mkhitaryan all have doubts over whether they're certain starters. Son aswell may be taking a sabbatical for a while after gameweek 1 so you'll be using a transfer on him sooner than later if you keep him.

CantGetNoSleep

I've gone for

Ederson - Stekelenberg
Shaw - Lovren - Wan Bissaka - Boly - Cedric
Salah - Mata - Eriksen - Richarlison - Musaku
Zaha - Firmino - Aubameyang

Not quite sure on the defence and Richarlison. Might swap out Aubameyang and spend a bit more elsewhere too

The Phantom Jipper

Any advice on this? Posted the other day and no takers so it'd be great to get an opinion on it.

Foster

Mendy Robertson Cedric

Sanchez Mane Richarlison BernardoSilva

Aguero King Firmino

Subs: Fabianski Wan-Bissaka, Tarkowski, 4.5m Mid TBC

I'm comfortable with the lack of Salah. I may get him in but happy enough with omitting him at present. Are there any goalies that complement Foster a bit more? Is there a better use of that 5m being spent on Tarkowski - I like their fixtures but the Europa League and the new signings are a bit offputting. Thanks!

manual_man

CantGetNoSleep wrote: »

I've gone for

Ederson - Stekelenberg
Shaw - Lovren - Wan Bissaka - Boly - Cedric
Salah - Mata - Eriksen - Richarlison - Musaku
Zaha - Firmino - Aubameyang

Not quite sure on the defence and Richarlison. Might swap out Aubameyang and spend a bit more elsewhere too

Not a bad looking team but going without Man City attack is suicidal. Also Lovren probably doesn't start gw1, Cedric a doubt for the same reason.

Green&Red

The Phantom Jipper wrote: »

Any advice on this? Posted the other day and no takers so it'd be great to get an opinion on it.

Foster

Mendy Robertson Cedric

Sanchez Mane Richarlison BernardoSilva

Aguero King Firmino

Subs: Fabianski Wan-Bissaka, Tarkowski, 4.5m Mid TBC

I'm comfortable with the lack of Salah. I may get him in but happy enough with omitting him at present. Are there any goalies that complement Foster a bit more? Is there a better use of that 5m being spent on Tarkowski - I like their fixtures but the Europa League and the new signings are a bit outputting. Thanks!

Its an excellent team
Like you say I'd be worried about Tarkowski, Thursday matches can lead to poor results at the weekend and its a long season
If you don't have Fabianski you'll be literally the only person without a premium goalie or Fab

Big risk without Salah but thats ur call

manual_man

The Phantom Jipper wrote: »

Any advice on this? Posted the other day and no takers so it'd be great to get an opinion on it.

Foster

Mendy Robertson Cedric

Sanchez Mane Richarlison BernardoSilva

Aguero King Firmino

Subs: Fabianski Wan-Bissaka, Tarkowski, 4.5m Mid TBC

I'm comfortable with the lack of Salah. I may get him in but happy enough with omitting him at present. Are there any goalies that complement Foster a bit more? Is there a better use of that 5m being spent on Tarkowski - I like their fixtures but the Europa League and the new signings are a bit outputting. Thanks!

Very good looking team. I presume you know Bilva's position is probably precarious. Maybe you're looking at a swap to Ramsey gw3? But as a Salah-less team it's hard to fault. You could get Shaw instead of Tark and start him ahead of Cedric (a doubt to start)

elefant

As expected, have changed it up a little bit over the past couple of weeks, but the core of the team has remained the same. Anyone spot anything I'm missing?

GK
Fabianski
Begovic

DEF
Mendy
PVA
Wan Bissaka
Peltier
A 4.5 defender I haven't settled on yet. Maybe Boly.

MID
Salah
Mahrez
Richarlison
Kenedy
Gray

FWD
Aguero
Auba
Austin

Being torn between Aguero and Firmino is my real conundrum.

Green&Red

elefant wrote: »

As expected, have changed it up a little bit over the past couple of weeks, but the core of the team has remained the same. Anyone spot anything I'm missing?

GK
Fabianski
Begovic

DEF
Mendy
PVA
Wan Bissaka
Peltier
A 4.5 defender I haven't settled on yet. Maybe Boly.

MID
Salah
Mahrez
Richarlison
Kenedy
Gray

FWD
Aguero
Auba
Austin

Being torn between Aguero and Firmino is my real conundrum.

Solid team. I wouldn't agree with Kenedy, Newcastle are a shambles, even having Benitez they'll find it tough and their fixtures are horrendous
I think theres better options than Austion but thats a personal preference

elefant

Green&Red wrote: »

Solid team. I wouldn't agree with Kenedy, Newcastle are a shambles, even having Benitez they'll find it tough and their fixtures are horrendous
I think theres better options than Austion but thats a personal preference

Yeah, I agree with all of that. For his points potential, though, I think Kenedy is amazing value. Even if Newcastle are rubbish, he's still capable of hitting double figures in a game.

Firmino in place of Aguero would mean I could upgrade Austin, who I'd be fully happy with if it wasn't just a matter of time before he's injured again.