2018/19 FPL Rate My Team Thread

CSWS101

km79 wrote: »

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

I don't think Quaner is a starter, I had him as a bench fodder for most of last year and he usually comes off the bench if I remember correctly. Could be different this year but think they have brought some new faces in so hard to know. I have him in anyway as he's the most likely to get game time from the 4.5 range imo

extra gravy

Have the itch to get Sanchez now...

Fab
Coleman Shaw Robertson Cedric
Sanchez Salah Mahrez Mkhi
Auba Arnie

Hamer Chalobah WanB Quaner

That bench is asking for trouble though... Auba could become Laca for more funds but really want Auba.

COH

km79 wrote: »

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

I had Sanchez in my first draft and he may hit the ground running but just don't trust Jose to play the kind of football that would make Sanchez worth the investment.

stephenl15

I must say I'm quite happy with my team currently, thoughts?

Fab, Foster
Wan Bissaka, Shaw, Daniels, Cedric, PVA
Chalobah, Ralls, Salah, Alexis, Mkhitaryan
Aguero, Firmino, Tosun

Probably go 433 to start off. Really like the look of Alexis for the start of the season. Toss up between Aguero and Auba but need City cover and can cover Arsenal with Mkhi.

Was without Salah in my drafts for a long time but it's too risky to go without. Also Firmino has massive ownership and I fancy Tosun to fire from the off. Apparently Ralls is on pens, any better 5.0 options appreciated

MattD

I don't know much/anything about Cardiffs team, but there's a fair few 5/5.5m options around that might be more dependable than Ralls as a starting midfielder if you were to go 3-4-3 (.5m if you downgrade Daniels whose position isn't guaranteed).

Knockaert, Kouyate, Deolofeu, Gray, Albrighton, Atsu, Mooy are some examples. Even Cairney seems like a good attacking threat.

razorblunt

Wee shuffle on my team, went down the 1 goalie route and will sub out as and when needed.
Still debating dropping Azipilicueta for Coleman or Baines to leave some cash in the Bank.

Fab - Speroni
Azip - Cedric - Christie - Peltier - Wan Bissaka
Salah - Puncheon - Sane - Mkhitaryan - Jota
Arni - Aubameyang - Firmino


If Fabianski gets injured, we're all screwed!

Jota - Puncheon could be swapped for a raft of different midfielders too, I've held off on Schurrle for now, dropped Cairney for Jota. Debating swapping that around and hoping Jota has a slow start and I can maybe pick him up after a price drop.

claw

claw wrote: »

De Gea - Probably will be in my team for the season.
Button - 4.0 keeper
Femenia - Watford seem to have a reasonable first 3 fixtures
Daniels - same as Femenia
Alexander-Arnold - seems a good price but not sure if he is nailed on to play
Tomkins - Cheap defender, reasonable fixtures.
Peltier - Random 4.0 defender.
Salah - I follow Liverpool and not sure he will have the season he had last year but not taking any chances!
Mkhitarayan - First 2 fixtures aren't great but if he plays he should have a good season.
Deulofeu - Potentially could be very good not sure if he is nailed on either
Eriksen - Every time I have him he does nothing. Apart from United away the fixtures are good at the start, assuming Kane does what he normally does at the start of a season so Spurs would be depending on him more.
Neves - Seemed to score a few goals in the Championship last year.
Firmino
Aguero
Arnautovic

The three strikers I am happy with, Arnautovic is capable of scoring against anyone. Only question marks would be Alexander-Arnold, Deulofeu and Neves maybe. Not sure if I should have a Man City midfielder (Sterling/Sane) in there somewhere or Sanchez but it would mean downgrading my attack.

This was my initial team from a fortnight ago, still have the essence of it but made a few changes:

Ederson - Since De Gea won't be starting the season I went with Ederson but not altogether sure about Ederson to be honest.
Button - As above
Kabasele - Took good advice and swapped out Femenia for him.
Shaw - I have him for United cover but won't be in my team past the 1st match probably. Would rather have Bailly for the 1st match. Ideally I would like De Gea for my United defensive coverage.
Coleman - I like Coleman and feel he could have a good season but I would like Robertson too.
Wan-Bissaka - Downgraded Tomkins since it looks like he might play.
Peltier - As above
Salah - As above
Mkhitarayan - As above
Deulofeu - As above
Sane - Seems to be starting the season yet not convinced that either he or Aguero will be nailed on all the time. Happy with Firmino and Arnautovic.
Neves - As above
Firmino
Aguero
Arnautovic

Part of me is now coming around to thinking that not having Sanchez for the start could be bad news.

stephenl15

MattD wrote: »

I don't know much/anything about Cardiffs team, but there's a fair few 5/5.5m options around that might be more dependable than Ralls as a starting midfielder if you were to go 3-4-3 (.5m if you downgrade Daniels whose position isn't guaranteed).

Knockaert, Kouyate, Deolofeu, Gray, Albrighton, Atsu, Mooy are some examples. Even Cairney seems like a good attacking threat.

Cheers much appreciated

sheroman01

New draft which I'm very happy with...for now.

Begovic Stekelenburg
Mendy Ward Cédric Williams Bennett
Salah Sane Sánchez Deulofeu Richarlison
Agüero Arnie Kamara

Stekelenburg could get gametime if Pickford is sold or rested.
I will assess Williams and see if he might be first choice CB.
I could gain 1m by downgrading Mendy and Ward to 5.5 and 4.5 defenders but I think they are worth the extra 1m.

Chesty08

Foster (Pickford)

Robertson Mendy Jagielka (Wan-Bis, Yedlin)

Mane Keita Mahrez Jota Jahanbaskh

Auba Zaha (Tosun)

£1mil ITB

Happy with that team and might even BB and leave it there til it kicks.

Think the 1st week is way too much stress and that’s a fair solid team to get up and running

Paully D

First chance I've got to sit down and do a proper, proper draft after a bit of messing around and tweaking here and there the last couple of weeks.

Here's where I'm at:



I've always wildcarded early and can't see that changing this season as I will want Kane in almost immediately upon his return to 90 minutes, so this is a team set up with the aim of taking advantage of the early fixtures, probably up as far as the first international break. I feel City, Liverpool, Everton and Watford have some of the best options as well as fixtures early doors and the team is clearly built with that in mind.

Anyway:

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. The only other £4.5m option that can compete early with Watford's start is Begovic, but Bournemouth haven't kept a clean sheet since about 1994. In terms of exit strategy for when Watford's fixtures turn punishing at the break, you'd hope that Schmeichel or Pickford get that move to Chelsea and we get a fire and forget £5m premium option.

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, and I really like Coleman to have a bounce-back season under Silva who will allow his full-backs to attack. 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. Lots of attacking point potential in this group IMO. The 5th spot will be a £4.0m fodder.

Midfielders: 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. Sane will be fresh and a solid option to start the season anyway before the others who were at the World Cup start getting introduced and the rotation kicks in. 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 earlier in the week 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. I like Watford's first 3 games a lot and Deulofeu is a cheap punt. If he does anything at all he's likely to offer a price rise or two. The £4.5m is just fodder and not necessarily going to be Masuaka at all.

Strikers: I'm hoping Aguero will be good for the first few weeks and then I'll probably use him as trade bait to get Kane in when the Jesus rotation starts. You'd be hoping beyond hope to get that Huddersfield game out of him at the very least before it happens mind! Firmino is a case of excellent form for Liverpool to go with excellent fixtures and a very workable price, although perhaps a slight risk? The 3rd choice striker role is nowhere near set in stone. Austin is also a big consideration here. In an ideal world, Ings goes to Palace as is being reported. That would allow to get him into that 3rd striker spot at £5.5m, and subsequently give me an extra £0.5m to upgrade the £4.5m midfielder spot to Kenedy or someone of that ilk.

Issues I see:

- Mendy and Firmino a little risky, which is not ideal for what they cost
- The 3rd striker slot is a huge dilemma
- Perhaps too much invested in defence. For example, downgrading say Coleman to a £4.5m and playing Cedric who has a nice start, would allow me to throw Zaha/Arnautovic into that 3rd striker spot

Any thoughts or critique is most welcome.

Best team and thought process I’ve seen so far and no surprise it’s similar to mine.

Ings will be a fantastic option if he moves but I currently think Austin is the best at up to 6m. Woods had crazy good stats too so 6.5 isn’t robbery.

I’m wavering with Kun but seeing him as an easyish way of getting Kane in.

Edit - no Aubameyang could be a problem too. If he continues, to score as he did last season, he’ll be a must have. Maybe upgrade Bobby or just flat out go with Aubameyang over Kun so then no Pep and Jesus rotation headache.

gammygils

Take 2

GK -Begovic, Fabianski - Wanted to get Alisson but already have 2 Liverpool.

Golden Rule of mine- No more than 2 from any team

DEF - PVA, Bellerin, Coleman, Tark, Cedric. Solid enough. Good value. Decent
fixtures except Hector GW1

MID - Salah, Sessegnon, Miki, Pereyra, Mahrez, - Subject to change! Salah stays. Sess bench fodder, Miki might keep, Pereyra OK fixtures, Mahrez- need City player

FWDS - Zaha, Firminio, Tosun. Arnie on standby.

Have no Spurs or United

sanket

After a week's headache finally settled on this.
Ederson
Shaw Robertson Coleman Cedric
Salah Sane Mkhi Jota
Aguero Firmino

Stekelenberg ,Puncheon ,Wan-Biss ,Wells.
Overall a strong starting 11.
Only concern is a lack of 3rd stiker. But i have made up my mind to play 442 for the initial weeks.

sanket

sanket wrote: »

After a week's headache finally settled on this.
Ederson
Shaw Robertson Coleman Cedric
Salah Sane Mkhi Jota
Aguero Firmino

Stekelenberg ,Puncheon ,Wan-Biss ,Wells.
Overall a strong starting 11.
Only concern is a lack of 3rd stiker. But i have made up my mind to play 442 for the initial weeks.

Edit just did Jota to Richarlison
😉😉

tomwaits48

I’d really love a Salah injury to shake up Pre-season planning

Chesty08

Paully D wrote: »

First chance I've got to sit down and do a proper, proper draft after a bit of messing around and tweaking here and there the last couple of weeks.

Here's where I'm at:



I've always wildcarded early and can't see that changing this season as I will want Kane in almost immediately upon his return to 90 minutes, so this is a team set up with the aim of taking advantage of the early fixtures, probably up as far as the first international break. I feel City, Liverpool, Everton and Watford have some of the best options as well as fixtures early doors and the team is clearly built with that in mind.

Anyway:

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. The only other £4.5m option that can compete early with Watford's start is Begovic, but Bournemouth haven't kept a clean sheet since about 1994. In terms of exit strategy for when Watford's fixtures turn punishing at the break, you'd hope that Schmeichel or Pickford get that move to Chelsea and we get a fire and forget £5m premium option.

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, and I really like Coleman to have a bounce-back season under Silva who will allow his full-backs to attack. 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. Lots of attacking point potential in this group IMO. The 5th spot will be a £4.0m fodder.

Midfielders: 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. Sane will be fresh and a solid option to start the season anyway before the others who were at the World Cup start getting introduced and the rotation kicks in. 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 earlier in the week 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. I like Watford's first 3 games a lot and Deulofeu is a cheap punt. If he does anything at all he's likely to offer a price rise or two. The £4.5m is just fodder and not necessarily going to be Masuaka at all.

Strikers: I'm hoping Aguero will be good for the first few weeks and then I'll probably use him as trade bait to get Kane in when the Jesus rotation starts. You'd be hoping beyond hope to get that Huddersfield game out of him at the very least before it happens mind! Firmino is a case of excellent form for Liverpool to go with excellent fixtures and a very workable price, although perhaps a slight risk? The 3rd choice striker role is nowhere near set in stone. Austin is also a big consideration here. In an ideal world, Ings goes to Palace as is being reported. That would allow to get him into that 3rd striker spot at £5.5m, and subsequently give me an extra £0.5m to upgrade the £4.5m midfielder spot to Kenedy or someone of that ilk.

Issues I see:

- Mendy and Firmino a little risky, which is not ideal for what they cost
- The 3rd striker slot is a huge dilemma
- Perhaps too much invested in defence. For example, downgrading say Coleman to a £4.5m and playing Cedric who has a nice start, would allow me to throw Zaha/Arnautovic into that 3rd striker spot

Any thoughts or critique is most welcome.

Put my team together last night and it is pretty much the same defensive unit as yourself bar I had Jags over your Coleman.

I had 1.0mil ITB, thought I’d check Coleman’s price & see he is only 5.5mil. Without being a copy cat I just think that’s a no brainer to make that upgrade. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

tomwaits48

Hi lads,

First draft, what do we think, planning to WC in GW 8

Fab

Shaw Keane Robertson

David Silva, Salah, Erickson, Mkhit, Richarlidson

Tosun Augero

subs Kamara, Van Bissaka, Bednarek, Speroni.

patmac

stephenl15 wrote: »

I must say I'm quite happy with my team currently, thoughts?

Fab, Foster
Wan Bissaka, Shaw, Daniels, Cedric, PVA
Chalobah, Ralls, Salah, Alexis, Mkhitaryan
Aguero, Firmino, Tosun

Probably go 433 to start off. Really like the look of Alexis for the start of the season. Toss up between Aguero and Auba but need City cover and can cover Arsenal with Mkhi.

Was without Salah in my drafts for a long time but it's too risky to go without. Also Firmino has massive ownership and I fancy Tosun to fire from the off. Apparently Ralls is on pens, any better 5.0 options appreciated

Is Daniels not a risk, the Brooke lad that they signed seems to be highly rated.

Father Hernandez

tomwaits48 wrote: »

I’d really love a Salah injury to shake up Pre-season planning

Even as a United fan, I wouldn't be wishing ill on any footballer

pointywalnut

Second Draft



Intend playing 3-4-3 or 3-5-2

CSWS101

pointywalnut wrote: »

Second Draft



Intend playing 3-4-3 or 3-5-2

If you’re playing 3 ATB can’t see the benefit in Zanka. Would go Zanka -> Wan Bissaka and then upgrade Ederson to DDG.
Not sure on Chelsea or Arsenal defence also been posted here previously that Emery likes to rotate his full backs plus they have horrible opening fixtures. I’d look at getting in a city defender preferably Mendy. Lovren won’t play first week/two at least either.
Think there are better midfield options out there instead of Mili & Grob - look at Siggy/Richarlison & Jota (OOP potentially)
Considering you don’t have Salah you want your midfield to be a lot more stacked than that or have Kane although I do like your front line.

km79

Just spotted Josh King is 6.5
One to monitor if I go for B.B. squad
Forward line would be Arnie zaha king
That could go horribly horribly wrong LOL

pointywalnut

Thanks,

Changed Tomkins --> Wan Bissaka, to save 0.5, instead of Zanka. As that would have given me 2 defenders and a keeper from a single team.

Changed Mili --> Richarlison

tomwaits48

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Even as a United fan, I wouldn't be wishing ill on any footballer

its fantasy football lad, a game. Salah's price is really restricting creativity in team line ups.

Currently now thinking of just setting up for first 3 weeks then WC, there is too much uncertainty between the post WC players and transfers

3 week team :

Fab / Foster
Shaw Robertson Keane
Salah Sane Sanchez Richardislon
Gray Tosun Firminio

Backstreet Moyes

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Leno

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Azpi

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Shaw

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Robertson

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---Mata----Richarlson

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Pedro--Mane---

---Lacazette---Firminho---Aguero

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Fabianski,Defoleou, Cedric, Wan Bissake

tomwaits48

Nuts102 wrote: »

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Leno

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Azpi

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Shaw

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Robertson

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---Mata----Richarlson

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Pedro--Mane---

---Lacazette---Firminho---Aguero

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Fabianski,Defoleou, Cedric, Wan Bissake

really like this

An Ciarraioch

With Zaha seemingly in form, have decided to ditch Vardy and upgrade the defence:

Begovic
Fabianski - A good rotational pair

Azpilicueta - Reliable for goals & assists
Alexander-Arnold Cheap Liverpool defensive option
Sokratis - Excellent Bundesliga performer
Cedric - Should start most games
Wan Bissaka - Cheap Palace starter

Milovojevic - Depends on whether on pen duty
Salah - Indispensable
Sane - Should be fresh, given WC absence
Neves - Filler, but excellent for Wolves last season
Richarlison - Good rotational option

Zaha
Aguero
Arnautovic - All in form in preseason.

km79

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

With Zaha seemingly in form, have decided to ditch Vardy and upgrade the defence:

Begovic
Fabianski - A good rotational pair

Azpilicueta - Reliable for goals & assists
Alexander-Arnold Cheap Liverpool defensive option
Sokratis - Excellent Bundesliga performer
Cedric - Should start most games
Wan Bissaka - Cheap Palace starter

Milovojevic - Depends on whether on pen duty
Salah - Indispensable
Sane - Should be fresh, given WC absence
Neves - Filler, but excellent for Wolves last season
Richarlison - Good rotational option

Zaha
Aguero
Arnautovic - All in form in preseason.

Aguero hasn’t kicked a ball in preseason .....

caviardreams

With Mane possibly being on pens I am facing a serious Richarlison & Firmino vs Mane & Zaha conundrum

Leaning towards the latter right now as maybe Bobby might take a couple of games to get up to speed after coming back later?

Wilberto

caviardreams wrote: »

With Mane possibly being on pens I am facing a serious Richarlison & Firmino vs Mane & Zaha conundrum

Leaning towards the latter right now as maybe Bobby might take a couple of games to get up to speed after coming back later?

I'd be leaning towards Firmino and Richarlison. Although, I have Salah as well so maybe that's why. I'm unsure of Zaha as well though, especially now that Ings is a potential signing.








The conundrum I'm having at the moment is picking two from Auba, Aguero, or Firmino? On Auba and Aguero at the moment.

sheroman01

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Even as a United fan, I wouldn't be wishing ill on any footballer

tomwaits48 wrote: »

its fantasy football lad

....but....he'd be injured in real life.

farranreeboy

Thought's

Fabianski

Cedric
PVA
Coleman

Salah
Miki
Sane
Richarlison

Firmino
Auba
Arnie

Hamer Stephens Peltier Wan-Bissaka

Betts50

Think I am settled on the below even though I am not happy with my defence

Ederson (Need city coverage somewhere in defence)

Cedric (Solid)
Robertson (Liverpool's defence should be more solid and he does get forward)
Daniels (Reg starter)

Neves (Still not sure)
Salah (As almost everyone has him, I can't risk not having him)
Sane (Full pre-season and should start with all guns blazing)
Sessegnon (Again, not sure)

Firmino (Only concern is he might not play first 2 or 3 games)
Aubameyang (Expecting big things)
Arnautovic (Has had a great pre-season)


Fabianski
Ogbonna (Want to see how solid West Ham are before I start him)
Stephens (Fodder)
Malone (Absolute Fodder)

caviardreams

Wilberto wrote: »

I'd be leaning towards Firmino and Richarlison. Although, I have Salah as well so maybe that's why. I'm unsure of Zaha as well though, especially now that Ings is a potential signing.

The conundrum I'm having at the moment is picking two from Auba, Aguero, or Firmino? On Auba and Aguero at the moment.

Thanks Wilberto - I have Salah too so maybe him & Mane is too samey, and you are right about Ings making Zaha less attractive, that could be the decider alright and help make up my mind.

I currently have Auba and Firmino (with Arnie) myself - Kun just seems like too much of a rotation headache, especially when I am probably going to captain Salah most games anyway. Also he is not back in preseason games yet afaik so I figured even if he does start the first game or so he may be taken off early if to ease him in.

km79

I’m going right back to the drawing board next week
Don’t think I’ll be risking an Everton defender /coleman
Or any united defender . So I may well have less funds in defence as per usual.
Also based on all the evidence so far I can’t justify a massive outlay on united midfielder ..........
Finding it very hard also to go without a premium forward ...........
So in conclusion

Cartman78

GerryD yellow flagged on the site this morning.....seen him in a few teams including my own

Mike Ehrmantraut

Head is melted, and I'm sure this team will change completely before the season kicks off or possibly in 10 minutes time.

At the moment giving serious consideration to going without Salah at the start and probably wc gw3 or 4 and using BB gw1.

There could be some serious options in midfield around the 6 to 7 million mark this season, just to pick the right ones.

So for now, I've landed on something like this

Fabianski Begovic
Robertson PVA Cedric Shaw Bennett
Mane Pedro Sane Jota Richarlison
Aubamayang Firmino Arnautovic


Both keepers should start barring injury, and if use BB in gw1 will probably change at least one if not both on early wc.

Robertson, PVA and Cedric should all start and have potential to get attacking points. Shaw is another matter but IF fit would expect he will start the first few games for United. Mendy, Coleman and Holding are 3 that are coming into my thinking but not sure I'd be willing to start the season with them.

Midfield, I'd expect/hope all of them to start the season and all are capable of points. Salah had been in every draft I had until last night and Sanchez had been in a few as well. Going without Salah has its risks but with a BB in mind, it improves options to add elsewhere. As for Sanchez, I expect him to have a better season than last year, but it's still a Jose team, and it's hard to imagine United being free flowing and can't see myself starting with any United attacking player.

The attack doesn't need much explanation, for me it will be a straight choice to pick between Auba and Aguero at the start of the season and for now leaning towards Auba. Firmino and Arnautovic could both potentially do well and are reasonably priced.

If any of ye want to pick apart my team or have any suggestions or flat out think it's crazy to consider starting the season without Salah, would really appreciate the feedback

Ace2007

IF Sturridge could find some regular playing time in that pool team he would be huge value at 6m.

The real mccoy 91

Mendy and ederson seem to be the only city defenders people are picking who do we think the rest of the back 4 will be?

Islander13

The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

Mendy and ederson seem to be the only city defenders people are picking who do we think the rest of the back 4 will be?

Ederson, Walker, Mendy the only reliable ones at this point.

Centre halves, you could perm any two from their 4. Laporte/Otamendi will probably start the first few

Mint Sauce

More tinkering...

Any suggestions on how to get a Spurs midfeilder into this squad?

Ryan Speroni
Azpilicueta Mee PVA Bellerín Daniels
Salah Gudmundsson Groß Fernandinho Mooy
Firmino Lukaku King

Shanotheslayer

I've noticed Bellerin in a few drafts, any particular reason? He was terrible last season and they play City first game.

Due to most nailed on Arsenal defender?

CSF

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

I've noticed Bellerin in a few drafts, any particular reason? He was terrible last season and they play City first game.

Due to most nailed on Arsenal defender?

Surely Lichtsteiner will be competition too.

sheroman01

Mint Sauce wrote: »

More tinkering...

Any suggestions on how to get a Spurs midfeilder into this squad?

Ryan Speroni
Azpilicueta Mee PVA Bellerín Daniels
Salah Gudmundsson Groß Fernandinho Mooy
Firmino Lukaku King

I'd do Mee to 4.5m/4m defender, Fernandinho to a 4.5m/5m midfielder and then Groß to Son/Alli.

Shanotheslayer

CSF wrote: »

Surely Lichtsteiner will be competition too.

Any chance he plays both? Lichtsteiner as the RB and Bellerin as a RM? Can't see it personally, but I don't know much about the manager myself.

Wilberto

So, my team currently stands like this :

Ederson (Stekelenberg [4m cheapie])

Azpi | Robertson | Cedric | Wan-Biss (Peltier)

Salah | Sane | Mkhi | Richarlison (Stephens)

Firmino | Auba (Madine)


Aguero > Firmino :
Still unsure about not having Aguero, but Firmino is 1.5m cheaper and should bag a nice price rise early on as well.

Jota > Sane
As has been said, Sane should definitely start the first few and, after taking Aguero out of the team, I need another way into City's attack. The plan is to replace him with KDB who is only 0.5m more expensive. As for where that .5 is going to come from I've no idea!! :pac:

Coleman > Cedric
Used the extra million to upgrade to Jota to Sane. Still think Coleman is excellent value at 5.5m though.

sheroman01

A or B? Have Salah and Sane+Mendy, but no Arsenal cover.

A. Mhiki and Firmino
B. Deulofeu and Aguero

Shanotheslayer

sheroman01 wrote: »

A or B? Have Salah and Sane+Mendy, but no Arsenal cover.

A. Mhiki and Firmino
B. Deulofeu and Aguero

Deulofeu is yellow flagged if that makes your decision easier.

MattD

Have:

Salah, Lucas Moira, Pedro, Redmond
Aguero, Kamara


Aubamayang and 7/7.5 mid

Or

Lacazette and Mahrez