2018/19 FPL Rate My Team Thread

thetimeisnow

Is richarldson a better option than siggy

appoireland

Gone with the following to begin. A lot can change though!

Leno

Doherty Dunk Laporte

Salah Yarmolenko Cairney Eriksen

Kane Aubameyang Austin


Bench: Norris Wan Bissaka Kebano Connolly

elefant

Put plenty of thought into it, took a lot of great insight in this thread into consideration, and am now really happy with how this looks. So, of course, I'll likely change every single one of these players over the next couple of weeks.

GK
Fabianski
Begovic

DEF
Coleman - expecting a big season.
PVA - all aboard.
Kolasinac - think he'll score a lot of points. Emery is a flat-track bully.
Bednarek
Peltier

MID
Salah
Sane - don't trust any other City attackers to play regularly from the start.
Jota - OOP
Kenedy - Great value.
Gray - Good value, looks very sharp in pre-season.

FWD
Zaha - Toss up between him, Tosun and Arnie. May change.
Firmino - The real must-have for me at his price.
Auba - Scoring rate for a new PL player was brilliant. Think he'll score heavily.

SlickRic

thetimeisnow wrote: »

Is richarldson a better option than siggy

Maybe.

One is on set pieces. The other will probably be slightly higher up the pitch.

Father Hernandez

thetimeisnow wrote: »

Is richarldson a better option than siggy

SlickRic wrote: »

Maybe.

One is on set pieces. The other will probably be slightly higher up the pitch.

Whereas I don't think he's worth £40million (prices are mental these days) I do think Ricky has serious potential and obviously Marco Silva sees something in him.

He had an unreal start to the season and went quiet once Watford did, was always involved in everything Watford did in the beginning and IIRC, probably should have had way more goals, if not assists.

Whether he's a better option that Siggy FPL wise? Time will tell, certainly think their PPG will be close which might slide Ricky's way given he's 1mil cheaper. I think I'll go with him in the beginning anyway.

caviardreams

Did he not go quiet mainly after Silva left, which might be some explanation? i could be wrong on the timeline though.

km79

caviardreams wrote: »

Did he not go quiet mainly after Silva left, which might be some explanation? i could be wrong on the timeline though.

No he went quiet about 2 months before that
And was EXTREMELY wasteful in front of goal throughout the season

Don’t think he is a natural finisher and could again be very frustrating

Shanotheslayer

caviardreams wrote: »

Did he not go quiet mainly after Silva left, which might be some explanation? i could be wrong on the timeline though.

Accurate I believe. Once Silva was offered jobs elsewhere was the decline of Watford from what I recall.

sheroman01

Yet another draft. I'm keeping Salah. Main concerns are Siggy and Austin, and lack of funds upfront.

Forster Ryan
Young Ward Cédric Daniels Bennett
Salah Sánchez Sessegnon Sigurdsson Deulofeu
Zaha Agüero Austin

EDIT:

I just made a lot of changes. Seems a safer team:

Forster Ryan
Mendy Ward Cédric Daniels Bennett
Salah Sane Sessegnon Deulofeu Siggy/Kenedy
Agüero Firmino Kamara/Zaha

Siggy and Kamara could be changed to Kenedy and Zaha.

manual_man

sheroman01 wrote: »

Yet another draft. I'm keeping Salah. Main concerns are Siggy and Austin, and lack of funds upfront.

Forster Ryan
Young Ward Cédric Daniels Bennett
Salah Sánchez Sessegnon Sigurdsson Deulofeu
Zaha Agüero Austin

EDIT:

I just made a lot of changes. Seems a safer team:

Forster Ryan
Mendy Ward Cédric Daniels Bennett
Salah Sane Sessegnon Deulofeu Siggy/Kenedy
Agüero Firmino Kamara/Zaha

Siggy and Kamara could be changed to Kenedy and Zaha.

Daniels could be risky with new LB signed. Cook probably safer for same price.

I just can't help myself. Latest draft:

McCarthy (4.0)
Robertson Douglas Cook (Wan-Bissaka, Bennett)
Salah Mahrez Keita Costa (4.5)
AAA (Auba Arnie Aguero)

Feel a bit weird having Cook, but he's the more sensible route to Bou defense with Daniels a risk now. Douglas I have a good feeling about. I fancy Wolves to be pretty good in defense and his attacking stats last season were INSANE. Helder Costa(5m) is my cheap enabler and he could be a great differential. Same price as Neves but much more potent attacking-wise. Less secure of starts, however. Keita looking great in preseason. I fancy Liv to start strongly. Hence Salah and Robbo likewise. Double City attack - Mahrez and Aguero as I fancy them to score the highest. Aguero alternates well with Salah early on for captaincy. A bit wary how secure he is of starts though. Auba and Arnie complete the AAA frontline. Both class acts.

pointywalnut

My first draft

Alisson --> Fabianski
Apzukucyeta Alonso Davies --> Schindler Zanja
Ramsey Mkhitaryan Jorginho Gross -- Milivojevis
Arnautovic Aubameyang Aquero

The real mccoy 91

Right first draft is done looking at a 4-3-3

Ederson- rotation proof route into city defence

Coleman- good fixtures good attacking option
Robertson- fun to own as he is great going forward
Pva- decent fixtures likes to get forward
Shaw- short term good fixtures utd don't concede much

Salah- much easier to have him and dump if not worth 13 than try to fit him in if starts well
Sane- should Start first couple plan to switch to kdb once he's back
Ramsey- should be given more freedom to get forward with signings arsenal have made nice run after gw2

Arnie- fun to own and hoping west ham will be decent going forward this year
Firmino- bit of a no brainer at the price good value I feel
Vardy- fun to own didn't have much of a world cup so may start with a chip on his shoulder

Button
Wan bissaka
Maitland niles
Billing

Can take out Ramsey and vardy for eriksen and zaha not sure which combo is better

The real mccoy 91

pointywalnut wrote: »

My first draft

Alisson --> Fabianski
Apzukucyeta Alonso Davies --> Schindler Zanja
Ramsey Mkhitaryan Jorginho Gross -- Milivojevis
Arnautovic Aubameyang Aquero

Far too much Chelsea and no Liverpool attacking coverage is asking for trouble will be a very early wildcard if starting like that

extra gravy

@manualman Douglas is off to Leeds apparently

Scorpion Sting

extra gravy wrote: »

@manualman Douglas is off to Leeds apparently

Douglas? Do you mean Bennett?

extra gravy

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

Douglas? Do you mean Bennett?

https://twitter.com/RobDorsettSky/status/1022193565504614400?s=19

No definitely Douglas, it's a strange one

Scorpion Sting

extra gravy wrote: »

https://twitter.com/RobDorsettSky/status/1022193565504614400?s=19

No definitely Douglas, it's a strange one

Wow that’s a surprise.

km79

http://twitter.com/talkSPORT/status/1022234254724489216

Definitely Douglas
Weird

manual_man

I'm guessing he fell out with the boss

eagle eye

These are my latest two teams. Which one do you prefer?



Alisson, Ryan
Bailly, Laporte, Janmaat, Long, Wan-Bissaka. (intention is to bring in Bellerin for gw2)
Salah, Sane, Milivojevic, Neves, Stephens
Aguero, Aubameyang, Kamara




Second team.



Bailly, Mendy, Coleman, Bellerin, Wan-Bissaka
Salah, Mkhitaryan, Gross, Cairney, Neves
Aguero, Aubameyang, Kamara.

thetimeisnow

Opinion of this , subs are . Fabianski,Quaner Bennett and Peltier

eagle eye

Defense is too weak imo.

macraignil

The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

Right first draft is done looking at a 4-3-3

Ederson- rotation proof route into city defence

Coleman- good fixtures good attacking option
Robertson- fun to own as he is great going forward
Pva- decent fixtures likes to get forward
Shaw- short term good fixtures utd don't concede much

Salah- much easier to have him and dump if not worth 13 than try to fit him in if starts well
Sane- should Start first couple plan to switch to kdb once he's back
Ramsey- should be given more freedom to get forward with signings arsenal have made nice run after gw2

Arnie- fun to own and hoping west ham will be decent going forward this year
Firmino- bit of a no brainer at the price good value I feel
Vardy- fun to own didn't have much of a world cup so may start with a chip on his shoulder

Button
Wan bissaka
Maitland niles
Billing

Can take out Ramsey and vardy for eriksen and zaha not sure which combo is better

I found Vardy and Eriksen very good to have in my FF team last year. Ramsey was frustrating to own as was dropped multiple times when I'd bought him to help Arsenal concentrate on Europe. I would be more likely to bring in Mkhitaryan than Ramsey when Arsenal get over their first two games (that look difficult). Not sure Zaha is a natural finisher and going to take a gamble on Austin who is 1mill. cheaper. I think Southampton might struggle so not sure this is a great idea but don't see any other options at that price.
I see great interest in Wan Bissaka but read one article that said Ward might be more likely to play but I suppose at 4mill being a completely nailed on starter is unlikely. Would be a bit skeptical about all of your bench getting game time but the first team looks good to me.

NoviGlitzko

km79 wrote: »

http://twitter.com/talkSPORT/status/1022234254724489216

Definitely Douglas
Weird

W.T.F... Guess I'll have to take him out of my team.

Mint Sauce

Take 1.

Ryan Lössl
Robertson Mee PVA Coleman Daniels
Salah Gudmundsson Kouyaté DSilva Xhaka
Firmino Jesus Pérez

8/9 years later, still dont know what I'm doing.

Scorpion Sting

eagle eye wrote: »

These are my latest two teams. Which one do you prefer?



Alisson, Ryan
Bailly, Laporte, Janmaat, Long, Wan-Bissaka. (intention is to bring in Bellerin for gw2)
Salah, Sane, Milivojevic, Neves, Stephens
Aguero, Aubameyang, Kamara




Second team.



Bailly, Mendy, Coleman, Bellerin, Wan-Bissaka
Salah, Mkhitaryan, Gross, Cairney, Neves
Aguero, Aubameyang, Kamara.

Midfield is a bit weak in both teams. I would prefer team 2 but downgrade Bellerin to a 4.5 like Cedric for example and upgrade the midfield. Who are your keepers in team 2?

The real mccoy 91

macraignil wrote: »

I found Vardy and Eriksen very good to have in my FF team last year. Ramsey was frustrating to own as was dropped multiple times when I'd bought him to help Arsenal concentrate on Europe. I would be more likely to bring in Mkhitaryan than Ramsey when Arsenal get over their first two games (that look difficult). Not sure Zaha is a natural finisher and going to take a gamble on Austin who is 1mill. cheaper. I think Southampton might struggle so not sure this is a great idea but don't see any other options at that price.
I see great interest in Wan Bissaka but read one article that said Ward might be more likely to play but I suppose at 4mill being a completely nailed on starter is unlikely. Would be a bit skeptical about all of your bench getting game time but the first team looks good to me.

I'm not expecting anything from my bench will probably be wildcarding after 4 weeks anyway and have a better idea then. Just messed around a little and got Doherty dilva and eriksen in for sane Ramsey and Coleman

extra gravy

I saw some stats somewhere about Emery rotating his full backs a lot. Must try and look into it more when I get time. It put me off Bellerin/Kolasinac for now.

CSWS101

extra gravy wrote: »

I saw some stats somewhere about Emery rotating his full backs a lot. Must try and look into it more when I get time. It put me off Bellerin/Kolasinac for now.

https://i.imgur.com/L9Q2Eht.jpg
from r/FantasyPL

CSWS101

Leaving this to do for now until a few days before KO. 
Ederson (4.0 fodder)
Robertson Bailly Coleman (Wan Bissaka, Peltier)
Salah Sane Eriksen Siggy Cairney
Firmino Arnie (Quaner)
Opting for 3-52 again this year as I really rate the MF options. Will most likely go Sane -> KDB on GW2/3 when he becomes nailed on. Previously had aguero in but I just can't justify spending 11m on a player who isn't guaranteed a place. Really wanted to get Jota but just can't accommodate him unfortunately, will def keep an eye on.

MrVoracious

Just revised my team. Still think I might be able to do better. Any comments?

The real mccoy 91

MrVoracious wrote: »

Just revised my team. Still think I might be able to do better. Any comments?

Ibe has been playing wing back in pre season zaha isn't an out and out striker or good enough finisher for me and aguero is gonna be rotated they would be 3 id be looking to get rid of. Fraser or ward prowse could be better options at 5.5 and arnie vardy auba maybe even tosun could prove better options up top

bodking

thetimeisnow wrote: »

Is richarldson a better option than siggy

Yes imo and cheaper

extra gravy

Trying to squeeze Salah, Aguero and Auba in...

Fab
Coleman Robertson Shaw Mendy
Salah Mahrez Mkhi Cairney
Auba Aguero

Hamer Kamara WanB Chalobah

Bench is awful but the first 11 isn't bad. Fab as a set and forget may not be the best idea though it wouldn't surprise if he went to Anfield and got a ten pointer. Mkhi could become an Everton mid.

Thoughts?

SlickRic

Begovic
Robertson Christensen Cedric
Salah Mané Sané Sanchez Schurrle
Arnautovic Tosun

Fabianski Bennett Wan Bissaka Kamara

That is very attractive looking if I do say so myself. Obvious weakness in attack is all.

Cartman78

Dunno why I'm doing so much fluting around at this stage...it's a long enough season without starting in mid July :-)

Anyway, here's the latest creation:

Fabianski - Stekelenburg:
Sticking with Fab as #1 obviously...seems to be the best value keeper out there imho...only scored 1 point less than Edersen last season.

PVA - Robertson - Bavies - Coleman - Bennett:
Investing a lot in defence this year....got burned last year going for cheapies.

Salah - Sane - Walcott - GerryD - Lennon:
The first 2 are must haves....the rest are deffo in punt territory. Will be playing 4-4-2 so will need two of them to hit the ground running. Lennon and Theo have let me down in the past.

Firmino - Aubameyang - Quaner:
Not convinced that either Kane or Aguero will start the season tbh so decided to go with the famous FAQ frontline.

paulie21

Alisson, Patricio

Coleman, Lindelof, Yedelin, Trippier, Doherty

Keita, Eriksen, Sessegnon, Neves, D Silva

Auba, Firmino, Zaha

2nd Row Donkey

paulie21 wrote:

Coleman, Lindelof, Yedelin, Trippier, Doherty

Trippier has something like 26% ownership.

700-800,000 players are in for a bit of a shock in 14 days time.

CSWS101

paulie21 wrote: »

Alisson, Patricio

Coleman, Lindelof, Yedelin, Trippier, Doherty

Keita, Eriksen, Sessegnon, Neves, D Silva

Auba, Firmino, Zaha

Don't see the point in getting a 5.5 & 4.5 keeper imo. Would be more worthwhile getting ederson as a set and forget for 5.5 & 4.0 fodder especially as you have no other city defenders.

Pogue eile

Have decided that not owning Salah is just too much of a risk so have incorporated him into my latest draft ;


Fab/Begovic - Fab will play most weeks, Begovic will play week one


Roberston, Mendy, Coleman, Shaw, Wanbissaka - going premium defenders here, think you have to have City and Utd cover, Robertson is a must and Coleman has very tasty fixtures


Salah, Dilva, Mata, Pedro, Stephens - had to get Salah, the stress of not having im would be too much, Mata should start and be on pens, Dilva is a favourite of mine, Pedro is a punt but if he does play is serious value, Stephens is an enabler who will play

Abua, Tosun, Arnie - Abua is as much of a must as Salah imo, Tosun great fixtures and Arnie is on fire

Thoughts appreciated

threein99

Draft team number 1242124143

https://gyazo.com/4eef96934115e53f43e83d4ca0eb5cc9


Any thoughts ? I just can't leave Salah out

NoviGlitzko

Pogue eile wrote: »

Have decided that not owning Salah is just too much of a risk so have incorporated him into my latest draft ;


Fab/Begovic - Fab will play most weeks, Begovic will play week one


Roberston, Mendy, Coleman, Shaw, Wanbissaka - going premium defenders here, think you have to have City and Utd cover, Robertson is a must and Coleman has very tasty fixtures


Salah, Dilva, Mata, Pedro, Stephens - had to get Salah, the stress of not having im would be too much, Mata should start and be on pens, Dilva is a favourite of mine, Pedro is a punt but if he does play is serious value, Stephens is an enabler who will play

Abua, Tosun, Arnie - Abua is as much of a must as Salah imo, Tosun great fixtures and Arnie is on fire

Thoughts appreciated

Excellent team.

2nd Row Donkey

Pogue eile wrote:

Thoughts appreciated

NoviGlitzko wrote:

Excellent team.

I agree.

So the front 3 are a bit of a gamble, so what. Early WC's are going to be prevalent this season and you'll be able to remedy that pretty quickly if you need to but I think that front 3 are low risk anyway.

elefant

Pogue eile wrote: »

Have decided that not owning Salah is just too much of a risk so have incorporated him into my latest draft ;


Fab/Begovic - Fab will play most weeks, Begovic will play week one


Roberston, Mendy, Coleman, Shaw, Wanbissaka - going premium defenders here, think you have to have City and Utd cover, Robertson is a must and Coleman has very tasty fixtures


Salah, Dilva, Mata, Pedro, Stephens - had to get Salah, the stress of not having im would be too much, Mata should start and be on pens, Dilva is a favourite of mine, Pedro is a punt but if he does play is serious value, Stephens is an enabler who will play

Abua, Tosun, Arnie - Abua is as much of a must as Salah imo, Tosun great fixtures and Arnie is on fire

Thoughts appreciated

I think Mendy will be a must-have later in the season, but he was re-injured again during the world cup, so I'd be skeptical about him starting the season. For 6 million you could make some small upgrades early on.

Shanotheslayer

Currently have:

Ederson
Bailey Coleman Robertson Kalabes
Sane Salah Sanchez Neves Delefou
Aubam

Speroni Quaner Joselu Bednarak

Bench boost GW1

km79

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Currently have:

Ederson
Bailey Coleman Robertson Kalabes
Sane Salah Sanchez Neves Delefou
Aubam

Speroni Quaner Joselu Bednarak

Bench boost GW1

A lot of your bench won't play??????
If you are bench boosting gw1 you have taken the wrong approach
For BB you need to spread the cash around the squad to ensure 15 starters
You will be lucky to get 1 bench starter

This is why I'm conflicted over having salah Sanchez aguero
If I do I can forget about BB and will have quaner /4.5 and never play him
If I'm still going with early BB then no Sanchez and spread the cash

Shanotheslayer

km79 wrote: »

A lot of your bench won't play??????
If you are bench boosting gw1 you have taken the wrong approach
For BB you need to spread the cash around the squad to ensure 15 starters
You will be lucky to get 1 bench starter

This is why I'm conflicted over having salah Sanchez aguero
If I do I can forget about BB and will have quaner /4.5 and never play him
If I'm still going with early BB then no Sanchez and spread the cash

I'll be messing around with Bench currently. I read that Quaner was a starter? Someone posted in one of the threads here.

COH

Currently on:

Fabianski
Shaw - Cedric - Robertson
Salah - Sane - Siggy - Mkhitaryan - Jota
Kane - Arnie

(Speroni - Daniels - Quaner - Bissaka)


GK: Set and forget on Fab in goals
DEF: Shaw could be great value for the first couple of gameweeks. Cedric and Rob both like to get forwards and Daniels with some possibly playing 4.0 fodder on the bench.
MID: Salah a no brainer. Sane should play and come in fresh with a point to prove after missing the WC. Siggy and Micky could both prove good value under new managers and never heard of Jota but red he plays up front.
FOR: On Kane for now as I think he'll start the season and an easy switch to KUN/Auba after GW1. Not sold on Kuns playing time tbh I dont think Jesus will be rested that much. Arnie was a toss-up with Tosun/Zaha I just like owning him.

km79

COH wrote: »

Currently on:

Fabianski
Shaw - Cedric - Robertson
Salah - Sane - Siggy - Mkhitaryan - Jota
Kane - Arnie

(Speroni - Daniels - Quaner - Bissaka)


GK: Set and forget on Fab in goals
DEF: Shaw could be great value for the first couple of gameweeks. Cedric and Rob both like to get forwards and Daniels with some possibly playing 4.0 fodder on the bench.
MID: Salah a no brainer. Sane should play and come in fresh with a point to prove after missing the WC. Siggy and Micky could both prove good value under new managers and never heard of Jota but red he plays up front.
FOR: On Kane for now as I think he'll start the season and an easy switch to KUN/Auba after GW1. Not sold on Kuns playing time tbh I dont think Jesus will be rested that much. Arnie was a toss-up with Tosun/Zaha I just like owning him.

That looks good for the most part
I'm in the way to something like that myself as I agree now with aguero. In fact I may end up with no city attack!!!!! Can't be dealing with rotation for first few weeks . Most likely would be David Silva
Personally I will not be getting Kane from start . I'll put that money into midfield .
So I'll either have firmino Arnie cheapie or firmino Arnie zaha/Austin if I can afford it and if I am planning on BB
I can't shake the alexis itch


Went back for a quick look...........
I can get David Silva in if I downgrade Gerry D to 4.5 and Aguero to Austin/Wood
I'm only .5 short then .......siggy to Miki or Ricky would suffice .......wood leave me with this

Goalies : Fabianski /begovic or foster or any 4.5 or indeed a 4ml to raise the .5 .......

Defence : Coleman Mendy Shaw Cedric wan B
This hasn't changed much bar pva jumping in and out and Bennet

Mid : Salah Sanchez Silva Miki&4.5ml/Ricky&5ml

Forwards : Frimino and Arnie for certain . Austin / wood . I like burnleys fixtures and him but Europa...........

So I've to decide is Sanchez worth losing kun/auba for . And I'd possibly have to lose siggy as well but I may work around that yet

Have spent way more in defence than usual too so maybe I don't even need that third striker .............and alternate between 442/352

km79

Quaner instead of Austin / wood allows me to keep siggy and Deulefou
Very difficult to get Kane/auba/aguero in though
I’ve never started without a premium striker
Always been a 343 man with one premium one around the 8/9 mark one around the 6/7 mark

But I may have to move with the times
That would leave the team like this

Fab/other 4.5 starter
Coleman Shaw mendy Cedric wanB
Siggy Sanchez salah David silva deulofeu
Firmino Arnie Quaner


I think I like that more than any of my other efforts
I could always balance the money between 5th mid and 3rd strike too if I wished but tbh if I did B.B. I’d take the 2 from Quaner assuming he is a starter . A 4.5 ml mid probably get the same