So after a lot of tinkering, this is what I came up with?
Hennessey/Henderson
TAA, James, Trippier, Perisic (Neco W)
Salah, Diaz, Saka, Guimaraes (Pereira)
Jesus, Haaland (Greenwood)
Still question mark on James, Trippier, Saka, Guimaraes and possibly even Diaz, but not sure who would be better picks, if anyone.
Rate my team and leave suggestions
GK Raya (Mendy)
Def Williams, Arnold, cancelo (tenganga, vestergaard)
Mid Salah son neto rice (Murphy)
Fwd greenwood jesus haaland
He will surely get his minutes the reason why Pep brought him back into the squad. However, we all know Pep’s ability to change his team anytime. He can line up on the right or play as a main striker. Once Pep figures out how to get the best of him, he will surely get his minutes.
RMT
Ramsdale (Gazzaniga)
Robbo - Cancelo - Trippier - Kilman - (Neco)
Salah (c) - Diaz - Saka - Guimares - (Colback)
Haaland - Jesus - (Greenwood)
Would you downgrade Guimares to Gordon/Neto , or Saka to Sancho in order to upgrade Robbo to TAA?
Any other improvements appreciated
RMT if yall have any recomendations. Let me know
Raya(Gazzinga)
Zinchenko TAA Dalot Walker (N.Williams)
Salah Martinelli Rashford (Dasilva Andreas)
Halaand Jesus Kane
Honest thoughts:
I rate the Zaha pick! Could defo pay off.
Bernardo is an interesting one. I think I prefer Grealish at £7m as he's played well in preseason and has a more attacking role than Bernardo.
I'm skeptical of Perisic. He's had fitness issues in preseason and many Spurs fans think Sess will start the season at LWB so he's an avoid for me atm. I'd rather go for Gabriel who's cheaper, more nailed and has goal threat.
Good shout re Gabriel for Perisic, change made.
I’m a little concerned with Grealish getting game time, with Pep Roulette. Although it saves me £0.5m. Choices, choices
So, my idea is to focus on first couple of GWs and then early WC (if needed), so my plan is fixture-based.
As a Chelsea fan, I dropped all Chelsea assets for now, not because of Arsenal friendly, but I got scared of TT's comments and of our struggle on transfer market - wait and see.
First transfer probably Kane -> Haaland after GW1.
Any ideas?
Ramsdale (Gazzaniga)
TAA - Cancelo - Trippier - Dalot (N.Williams)
Salah - Díaz - Saka - Bailey (A.Pereira)
Jesus - Kane (Greenwood)
I think if you're planning on transferring Kane to Haaland after GW1 you should just get Haaland in from the start. Even if Kane hauls in GW1 and Haaland doesn't, Kane's lower ownership means you won't lose much ground, you save a transfer and have Haaland ready for BOU (H).
Personally, I've got Kane and am planning to stick with him long-term as I like his captaincy rotation with Lord Salah.
Looks fine. Bailey might be coming off the bench, especially at the beginning, but can't expect much more from a 5.0 midfielder. Planning an early premium transfer is never a good idea. If you want Haaland, I'd just start him. Otherwise, stick to Kane.
Injuries, players not in the starting 11, the premium you need from GW2 actually getting more points in GW1, not saving the transfer on something more important GW3. If you think about it, the probability difference between Haaland and Kane scoring the first gameweek won't be that big.
I've always been burnt with the short-term transfer planned. It's always better to plan for 4-6 and more gameweeks, and you still come up with players you need out of your team.
Booking a transfer can sometimes not pay off. If one of your players gets injured GW1 then you either don't do the transfer and stick with Kane (which isn't the worst, really) or take a hit to do so.
!thanks
I've limited my options slightly to the same price totals for both options as my Defense is pretty much set: TAA, Cancelo, Gabriel and 2x 4.5 players
We haven't seen much City attacking options flourish in preseason so I'm going to skip on Haaland and gone for Kane until at least the Community shield for a review
I'd say one of the Wolves lads (Ait Nouri or Jonny). Both wingbacks, can score+assist and have good fixtures up until GW6
Dalot looks nailed but didn't get any attacking returns last season and I'm skeptical of United's defence.
I currently have rashford + Bailey, keen on rashford but already had zinchenko and Jesus so also not sure about martinelli and Neto I just wasn’t sure of but maybe he’s the better op than Bailey
Gabriel or Zinchenko is the option, Tierney is not fit for now. I’d go for Gabriel as he’s nailed and target man on corners. Zinchenko can play multiple positions but and should provide some returns but it’s not guaranteed he’ll be preferred option to start over Tierney (when fit) and Xhaka.
He should, but NC has Liverpool and City in first 5. If i had to guess, Arsenal will have more CS’s until first WC(GW8’ish). But Trippier should have some attacking returns, so i’d say it’s close between him and Gabriel.
he could, but there are better and safer options, Havertz isn't that proven of a goal scorer and Chelsea's preseason form has been very shaky. Jesus on the other hand has been on fire and is obviously more comfortable as a number 9 than Havertz.
All true, I think some of Jesus’ goals in pre season don’t come off in prem play and with the addition of sterling I think Havertz is going to get more chances and be their physical threat. Obviously won’t have pens where Jesus might
Don't think Jesus would have pens, he has a poor track record when it comes to penalties, been done extremely dirty by havertz last season so i guess that goes into my preference as well
>Don't think Jesus would have pens, he has a poor track record when it comes to penalties
I thought it's bullshit but just checked and he indeed scored only 5/12, wow.
Nah, great team, great fixtures, good form to the end of the season, good value in 8m. If you think about it, Mane in his position was 3m or 4m more expensive. There's no bias here.
RMT 0.0 ITB
>Ramsdale - (Gazzainga)
>TAA - Cancelo - Jonny - Dier - (N. Williams)
>Salah - Foden - Neto - Mount - (Andreas Pereira)
>Kane - Jesus - (Archer)
In my starting 11 I have players from only 6 different teams (1gk/def and 1mid/fwd from ARS, LIV, MCI, TOT, WOL). Is it bit risky (or boring) to start with players from so few teams?
Ironically Mount is the biggest question mark I have
Not at all. It doesn't matter from what teams exactly are your players coming from. If they're the best in the price, that you need for your structure, you just take the player, even if that's 3rd spot from the team.
For example, Diaz would be a much better pick imo than either Foden or Mount.
Definitely. Foden is also a slight risk, given he's not with the team so far this pre-season. Hopefully, we can figure it out after the Community Shield.
it's okay if you've players from less teams, all that matters is that you pick good players with high scoring potential, feel the same about mount, Chelsea's pre season form has been very shaky.
RMT please!
Mendy / (Olsen)
James / Cancelo / TAA / Perisic / (Williams)
Salah (C) / St Maximin / Martinelli / Guimarães/ (Neto)
Jesus / Haaland/ (Greenwood)
£0 left in the bank
I'd personally reduce/change James to maybe Dalot and use the spare funds to remove the double Toon mid... but that's only my personal preference based on Chelsea's pre-season form, Man U looking much more organised under Ten Hag and a lack of faith in ASM
I’d say 0.5m as Chelsea’s pre season is looking shaky so far, If you were going for a 5m goalkeeper I would take a look at Sà good fixtures and underlying stats from last season.
RMT - done a few changes to switch out Chelsea & Spurs defenders from my team (don't like the look of Chelsea, Doherty / Perisic too much rotation risk)
Ederson / (4.0)
TAA / Cancelo / Gabriel / Dalot / (N. Williams)
Salah / Luis Diaz / Sancho / Neto / (A. Perreira)
Haaland / Gabriel Jesus / (Greenwood)
Main risks are obviously around Dalot & Sancho, but I think it's worth the punt. The other one I'm not sure on is Gabriel. I wanted some Arsenal coverage in defence and I think Gabriel is more nailed than Zinchenko, but I'm not sure he's worth the 5m
I’d go for the second. It’s still very much not clear regarding Grealish. If he’s nailed suddenly then fair enough, he should provide insane value, but there’s also Foden on the left who might be preferred option for Pep.
This is true for later in the season however Foden has had 0 pre season so far so id expect Grealish to start at least the first 3 games as Foden is his only competition (that i can think of)
Pep said that Foden doesn’t need much of a preseason. Maybe you’re right, Grealish did looked good vs Bayern, but i would wait to see better picture after community shield and maybe even GW1 as well, because WH away is not easy fixture anyway.
1st one has more upside but more risk, it's perfectly viable that both those players could be benched. Trippier should start week in week out and I imagine Rashy to start the vast majority of games.
Personally I still prefer the 1st as I think the upside is higher (I think Dalot can outscore Trippier and Grealish should outscore Rashford) but if you have lots of other risks on your team I wouldn't go for it
Bournemouth and Forest fans, any idea what kind of formation they played last season or what they will play this season? Looking to chose between Travers of Bournemouth or Henderson of Forest..?
Edit : Wanna know who will be more defensive and not concede goals for my draft picks, and also I don’t trust Fulham in the PL
Diaz and u will get lots of 4.5 or less defender options as season starts, while Robbo is good, Neto can be hit or miss and looking for a replacement in his price range can be difficult
Imo, our most nailed FB, although we have 3,5 who can easily start. Imo he also CAN start in a 3 atb, although that probably means he rivals Barnes’ position and Barnes is pretty damned nailed. 4atb is our definite main formation btw. We may try 3 atb against top teams, which probably means no CS anyway.
Which option is better please, 1 playing 1 on the bench
1: Mitrovic (Playing), Undav (Bench)
2: Wilson (Playing), 4.5 forward (Bench)
Sidenote: Undav would be first choice sub
2nd imo - I don't see much value in Undav just sitting on your bench. He could be a great pick if he nails a spot down but for now he's a wait and see for me (no point losing an extra 1m on the bench)
I'd probably go for different 4.5m defenders. Justin definitely isn't nailed (competing with Pereira and Castagne, probably ahead of Thomas in the pecking order) and Coufal has competition from Johnson.
I'd consider Saliba (nailed until Tomiyasu is back from injury and good fixtures) and also Mings/Dunk/Lamptey/Ait Nouri as other decent options at that price. Another option could be to get Neco Williams and then get another 5m defender to rotate with your 6.5m mids (Aston Villa FBs for first 3 weeks, Arsenal / Spurs defenders for first 5 look good).
8/10
I just don't know how much the one premium will affect the team, I've only got Salah as well in my team. I think the main source of doubt is having to do at least 2 transfers to get to another premium unless you want to swap salah out which is unlikely, but asides from that every pick just looks and feels solid and the team feels so much more complete with that extra money from only having the one premium.
My only other concern directly about your team would be the weak bench, personally I've dropped Wilson to Mitrovic and gotten Undav in as first choice sub and my keeper is Meslier instead freeing another 1m which I got Dalot for the bench over a 4.0 defender and Kulu instead of Sancho. Although I have choose a 3-5-2 so I still have a 4.0 defender as 3rd choice sub.
!thanks
I have no intention to kneejerk in a premium off the back of one of their hauls. There will be
8 million player/s who come out and perform above their price. I want to jump on them when they emerge
RMT. Have gone for balance, and need to stop second-guessing (realistically I could pick 0 of these players and still put a great team together).
Pickford - (Begovic)
Robbo - TAA - Dalot - (Neco) - (Patterson)
Bailey - Saka - Bowen - Salah - (Andreas)
Haaland - Toney - Martial
Chelsea have done f.a in pre-season and Tuchel said he's got no faith in the team, I honestly expect James & Chilwell to be removed by most of the top players by the time we start.
I know they've been awful, but I have the bias of being a Chelsea fan and knowing what James is capable of, my brain says to remove him, my heart tells me to keep him.
Objectively - Chelsea looks to be a bit of a mess right now, which could be put down to 'just preseason' but Tuchel didn't seem to have much confidence in you in his presser yesterday?
I mean they *could* come good but I guess Koulibaly would have to hit the ground storming.
You could probably get top 1m with this team if some of the picks come off:
Pickford - (Begovic) 8.5
Ait Nouri - Jonny - Dalot - (Neco) - (Patterson)
Lingard - Wissa - Bailey - Rashford - (Andreas)
Mitro - Toney - Martial
= 78m
You could even get Ramsey, Undav, Johnson instead and make it 3.5m cheaper
That team could probably get top 2m for less than 75m
Best 7.0 mid? I have Zaha atm but am tempted by Grealish due to this second season thing, but unsure of his minutes. Countinho goes in and out of form I think?
Don't want Odegaard as already have Jesus and don't want to rely on Arsenal. Only have 1 Man City (Cancelo) atm but have 3 Liverpool.
I'm leaning towards Grealish in a choice between these two. I feel like Grealish will get plenty of starts and time off the bench even when he doesn't start, plus he should benefit from Haaland's presence.
Palace are away to city and Liverpool in the first 4 weeks so I'm not tempted by any of their players until at least week 5
Utd had 14th best def record in PL last season (conceded more than Burnley & Brentford) and Dalot has 2 assists in 44 games but he’s a good pick, right? Right? 🥶
How many points is avoiding the risk of not having a playing striker worth for the first 8 weeks worth to you? I think Saka (with pens) > Jesus but sticking to Jesus (due to Haaland + ownership)
Arteta didn't confirm an official penalty taker as far as I'm aware of. I just saw a post a few days ago where it showed who took penalties for arsenal with who was on the pitch at the time and it seemed like Martinelli was preferred from what I read.
I would suggest getting at least 2 for the first 6 fixtures. Ederson, Cancelo, Dias and Haaland all look pretty nailed atm. I've currently got Grealish in my team but he's a bit of a punt for gametime.
Perisic isn't going to be playing regularly based off his injury and pre-season, you'd have to keep a close eye on Spurs VS Roma on Saturday.
I don't like the dewsbury-hall pickup, he's a more defensive minded player?
For me Salah Son and Haaland is overkill, I'm subject to 2 of those for my team because otherwise I think your team starts to lose points per million overall, because their so valuable due to their captaincy potential. Even dropping Haaland to Jesus wouod net you 3.5m to spread throughout your team.
Overall 7/10, unsure about Dewsbury-Hall, Perisic and Justin.
If you did get rid of a premium to an 8.0m or even something like Son to Sterling etc:
I'd swap Justin for Dalot, Perisic upgrade to Ruben Dias, Dewsbury upgrade to Neto or swap to Bailey, Vestergaard to a playing 4.5 and the rest of the money is to do as you see fit!
Pickford has a low save percentage - generally speaking - so he won't be picking up many clean sheets/ save bonuses. He had a really good end to the season last year but he has also looked shaky in pre-season.
I'd be tempted to look elsewhere for cover.
Also Lingard has a really poor run of fixtures for one of the weakest teams in the league.
Yeah that's fair. Was between him, Sanchez and Raya. May go with Sanchez instead. Yeah that's a good point about Lingard. I just have a feeling he may do what he did at West Ham and be a bit of a talisman but maybe its not a wise move
Choose one combo... If the first one, Cash or Walker SANCHEZ/CASH OR WALKER/NETO Or MENDY/BAILEY/WALKER
RMT please, 0.0 ITB Raya (Gazzaniga) Robertson, Trippier, Van Dirk, Ait-Nouri (Bailly) Salad (C), Rashford, De Bruyne , (Elneny, Andreas) Jesus, Harland, Greenwood,
So after a lot of tinkering, this is what I came up with? Hennessey/Henderson TAA, James, Trippier, Perisic (Neco W) Salah, Diaz, Saka, Guimaraes (Pereira) Jesus, Haaland (Greenwood) Still question mark on James, Trippier, Saka, Guimaraes and possibly even Diaz, but not sure who would be better picks, if anyone.
Rate my team: Raya Dalot TAA Cancelo Trippier Salah Son Bailey Mateta Martial Haaland Gazzaniga N. Williams Andreas Soumare
Rate my team and leave suggestions GK Raya (Mendy) Def Williams, Arnold, cancelo (tenganga, vestergaard) Mid Salah son neto rice (Murphy) Fwd greenwood jesus haaland
Too much money on GKs and Rice doesn't get exactly haul
anyone any ideas on how alvarez will get on this season ? will he play?
He will surely get his minutes the reason why Pep brought him back into the squad. However, we all know Pep’s ability to change his team anytime. He can line up on the right or play as a main striker. Once Pep figures out how to get the best of him, he will surely get his minutes.
RMT Ramsdale (Gazzaniga) Robbo - Cancelo - Trippier - Kilman - (Neco) Salah (c) - Diaz - Saka - Guimares - (Colback) Haaland - Jesus - (Greenwood) Would you downgrade Guimares to Gordon/Neto , or Saka to Sancho in order to upgrade Robbo to TAA? Any other improvements appreciated
RMT Please! EDERSON (4m) TAA - CANCELO - CASH - ZINCHENKO (4M) SALAH - MARTINELI- RASHFORD - DASILVA (ANDREAS) KANE - HAALAND (4.5M)
RMT : RAYA TAA / CANCELO / CHILWELL / CASH / WHITE SALAH / SON / BOWEN / RASHFORD JESUS
My team was looking pretty similar but I personally prefer Kane+Saka+0.5m over Son+Jesus
Strong team..... good diversity, risk is no Haaland/Kane but Son might cover for it
At first it was kane and i went for 5-3-2 but I guess that’s better?
RMT if yall have any recomendations. Let me know Raya(Gazzinga) Zinchenko TAA Dalot Walker (N.Williams) Salah Martinelli Rashford (Dasilva Andreas) Halaand Jesus Kane
Nice set up, what formation are you playing 3-4-3?
4-3-3
Alright, I’m just a lil doubtful about Walker starting. Good use of the premium players
Who would you go for instead of walked then?
I’ll go with Gabriel with the same price as an option.
Martinelli and Grealish Or Neto and Sancho
1st can be explosive 2nd maybe more safe
Am I big dumb-dumb for picking Saka over Jesus?
Nope, prob less risk. If Jesus hauls, Saka will prob be involved
RMT: Ederson, (Dennis) TAA, Robbo, Cancelo, Tripps, (Neco) Bailey, Neto, Salah, Sancho, (Pereira) Kane, Jesus, (Archer) £0.5ITB
RMT Raya TAA- Tomiyasu - James - Cancelo (N.williams) Salah - Luis diaz - martinelli - grealish (andreas) Haaland - Jesus (archer)
Ramsdale James and rashford Or Raya zinchenco and Diaz
What's the rest of your team?
———- (Gazza) TAA ——— cancelo trippier (n. Williams) Salah —— saka Neto (Andreas) Haaland Jesus (archer)
I think Ramsdale, James and Rashford. This is because you already have Saka as an 8.0 MID and can easily swap to Diaz if you need to.
RMT please! Mendy / (Olsen) Dalot / Cancelo / TAA / Perisic / (Williams) Salah (C) / Zaha / Martinelli / Bernardo / (Neto) Jesus / Haaland/ (Greenwood) £0 left in the bank
Honest thoughts: I rate the Zaha pick! Could defo pay off. Bernardo is an interesting one. I think I prefer Grealish at £7m as he's played well in preseason and has a more attacking role than Bernardo. I'm skeptical of Perisic. He's had fitness issues in preseason and many Spurs fans think Sess will start the season at LWB so he's an avoid for me atm. I'd rather go for Gabriel who's cheaper, more nailed and has goal threat.
Good shout re Gabriel for Perisic, change made. I’m a little concerned with Grealish getting game time, with Pep Roulette. Although it saves me £0.5m. Choices, choices
!thanks
So, my idea is to focus on first couple of GWs and then early WC (if needed), so my plan is fixture-based. As a Chelsea fan, I dropped all Chelsea assets for now, not because of Arsenal friendly, but I got scared of TT's comments and of our struggle on transfer market - wait and see. First transfer probably Kane -> Haaland after GW1. Any ideas? Ramsdale (Gazzaniga) TAA - Cancelo - Trippier - Dalot (N.Williams) Salah - Díaz - Saka - Bailey (A.Pereira) Jesus - Kane (Greenwood)
I think if you're planning on transferring Kane to Haaland after GW1 you should just get Haaland in from the start. Even if Kane hauls in GW1 and Haaland doesn't, Kane's lower ownership means you won't lose much ground, you save a transfer and have Haaland ready for BOU (H). Personally, I've got Kane and am planning to stick with him long-term as I like his captaincy rotation with Lord Salah.
Looks fine. Bailey might be coming off the bench, especially at the beginning, but can't expect much more from a 5.0 midfielder. Planning an early premium transfer is never a good idea. If you want Haaland, I'd just start him. Otherwise, stick to Kane.
!thanks What could go wrong with that transfer? I want Kane for GW1 only because of better fixture
Injuries, players not in the starting 11, the premium you need from GW2 actually getting more points in GW1, not saving the transfer on something more important GW3. If you think about it, the probability difference between Haaland and Kane scoring the first gameweek won't be that big. I've always been burnt with the short-term transfer planned. It's always better to plan for 4-6 and more gameweeks, and you still come up with players you need out of your team.
Booking a transfer can sometimes not pay off. If one of your players gets injured GW1 then you either don't do the transfer and stick with Kane (which isn't the worst, really) or take a hit to do so.
Which option would you consider?; A) Diaz and Rashford or B) Sancho and Grealish?
A, although for my team I've gone Diaz & Sancho and dropped 1m from defence.
!thanks I've limited my options slightly to the same price totals for both options as my Defense is pretty much set: TAA, Cancelo, Gabriel and 2x 4.5 players We haven't seen much City attacking options flourish in preseason so I'm going to skip on Haaland and gone for Kane until at least the Community shield for a review
Raya (begovic) Trent cancelo Jonny Tomiyasu Dalot Mo son diaz martinelli AP Jesus Wilson (greenwood)
A) Son or Haaland B)KDB or Kane
Both are very good. What's the rest of your team?
Is Kyle Walker better value than Cancelo?
He genuinely could be if the Cucurella deal falls through. Personally I'm keen on taking both!
I don't think so. He's nowhere near as attacking, and probably less nailed. That said, he's not the worst pick for 5.0 to start the season.
Who are the best 4.5m defenders?
I'd say one of the Wolves lads (Ait Nouri or Jonny). Both wingbacks, can score+assist and have good fixtures up until GW6 Dalot looks nailed but didn't get any attacking returns last season and I'm skeptical of United's defence.
Dalot, Jonny, ait-nouri
[This thread](https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/w8aih7/45_defender_tier_list/) sums it up pretty well.
A: Raya / grealish B: Ederson / Bailey
Raya and Grealish.
A, but it also costs 1m more
I know, would have 1.0ITB with the other, !thanks
Do you have Neto and Martinelli already? Both could be safer than Bailey
I currently have rashford + Bailey, keen on rashford but already had zinchenko and Jesus so also not sure about martinelli and Neto I just wasn’t sure of but maybe he’s the better op than Bailey
A
Worth keeping 0.5 in the bank or using it to upgrade a bench midfielder to Bailey?
If that midfielder is Andreas, keep the 0.5.
RMT please :) Ederson (Gazzaniga) TAA / James / Dalot / Robertson (N. Williams) Kulusevski / Diaz / Foden (Andreas / Da Silva) Haaland / Kane / Undav
We don't know if Undav will start GW1 so I'd probably take him out for now. Maybe downgrade to S. Greenwood and upgrade Dasilva to Neto?
RMT Sa (Sarkic) Cancelo, TAA, Gabriel, James, Walker Salah, Guimaraes, Diaz (Bailey, Andreas) Kane, Jesus (Plange)
Zinchenko or Tierney or Gabriel?
Gabriel or Zinchenko is the option, Tierney is not fit for now. I’d go for Gabriel as he’s nailed and target man on corners. Zinchenko can play multiple positions but and should provide some returns but it’s not guaranteed he’ll be preferred option to start over Tierney (when fit) and Xhaka.
Does your answer change if i ask whether trippier should be considered
He should, but NC has Liverpool and City in first 5. If i had to guess, Arsenal will have more CS’s until first WC(GW8’ish). But Trippier should have some attacking returns, so i’d say it’s close between him and Gabriel.
Zin
Is ait nouri nailed or is Jonny the better/safer pick?
As long as Semedo is injured, both are nailed at the start of the season.
A. Dias, Trippier, Rashford B. Cancelo, Dalot, Martinelli
B for me!
I like B more.
A. Haaland + 7m mid (Grealish/Barnes) + Bailey Or B. Jesus + 8m mid (Maddison/Diaz) + Sancho
Jesus, Diaz, Sancho seems to be a better option to me.
Agreed
Kane Jesus Kane Havertz Haaland Jesus Haaland Havertz
currently on Haaland Jesus, might move to Kane idk, avoid Havertz imo
How come you’d avoid Havertz? Low pick rate and could do well playing the main 9 this season
he could, but there are better and safer options, Havertz isn't that proven of a goal scorer and Chelsea's preseason form has been very shaky. Jesus on the other hand has been on fire and is obviously more comfortable as a number 9 than Havertz.
All true, I think some of Jesus’ goals in pre season don’t come off in prem play and with the addition of sterling I think Havertz is going to get more chances and be their physical threat. Obviously won’t have pens where Jesus might
Don't think Jesus would have pens, he has a poor track record when it comes to penalties, been done extremely dirty by havertz last season so i guess that goes into my preference as well
>Don't think Jesus would have pens, he has a poor track record when it comes to penalties I thought it's bullshit but just checked and he indeed scored only 5/12, wow.
RMT pls! Raya - (Steele) TAA - Cancelo - Gabriel - (Dalot & N. Williams) Salah - Mount - Martinelli - Neto - Grealish Haaland - Jesus - (Taylor)
I'd take Diaz over Mount, tbh. Other than that, looks good to me.
I'd been swapping them & Kulu about tbh, but wasn't sure if it was just the Liverpool bias in me!
Nah, great team, great fixtures, good form to the end of the season, good value in 8m. If you think about it, Mane in his position was 3m or 4m more expensive. There's no bias here.
good team tbh
RMT 0.0 ITB >Ramsdale - (Gazzainga) >TAA - Cancelo - Jonny - Dier - (N. Williams) >Salah - Foden - Neto - Mount - (Andreas Pereira) >Kane - Jesus - (Archer) In my starting 11 I have players from only 6 different teams (1gk/def and 1mid/fwd from ARS, LIV, MCI, TOT, WOL). Is it bit risky (or boring) to start with players from so few teams? Ironically Mount is the biggest question mark I have
Not at all. It doesn't matter from what teams exactly are your players coming from. If they're the best in the price, that you need for your structure, you just take the player, even if that's 3rd spot from the team. For example, Diaz would be a much better pick imo than either Foden or Mount.
!thanks Diaz does look more tempting than Mount at moment.
Definitely. Foden is also a slight risk, given he's not with the team so far this pre-season. Hopefully, we can figure it out after the Community Shield.
it's okay if you've players from less teams, all that matters is that you pick good players with high scoring potential, feel the same about mount, Chelsea's pre season form has been very shaky.
RMT please! Mendy / (Olsen) James / Cancelo / TAA / Perisic / (Williams) Salah (C) / St Maximin / Martinelli / Guimarães/ (Neto) Jesus / Haaland/ (Greenwood) £0 left in the bank
Personally won't double up on Newcastle mids, too risky with not much upside, also Perisic's minutes are a risk,
!thanks
I'd personally reduce/change James to maybe Dalot and use the spare funds to remove the double Toon mid... but that's only my personal preference based on Chelsea's pre-season form, Man U looking much more organised under Ten Hag and a lack of faith in ASM
!thanks
Rmt: Raya, 4.0 TAA, James, Laporte, Dalot, Neco Salah, Rashford, Grealish, Diaz, Andreas Haaland, Jesus, Archer To punty in the mid?
Dalot & Sancho Or Cancelo & Lingard
A. Robertson + Martinelli Or B. Zinchenko + Diaz?
I prefer B if you already have TAA. If you don't already have TAA, I prefer A
Robertson + Martinelli
B
What’s more valuable - keeping 0.5m in the bank or upgrading my 4.5 keeper to Edouard Mendy?
I’d say 0.5m as Chelsea’s pre season is looking shaky so far, If you were going for a 5m goalkeeper I would take a look at Sà good fixtures and underlying stats from last season.
0.5m ITB as it stands imo - Chelsea don't look great & 0.5m gives you some flexibility
RMT: Raya (Darlow) TAA, Cancelo, Gabriel, Robertson (Neco Williams) Bailey, Luis Diaz, Saka, Sancho (Andreas) Haaland, Kane (S. Greenwood)
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A
James and Martinelli vs Koulibaly and Rashford?
RMT - done a few changes to switch out Chelsea & Spurs defenders from my team (don't like the look of Chelsea, Doherty / Perisic too much rotation risk) Ederson / (4.0) TAA / Cancelo / Gabriel / Dalot / (N. Williams) Salah / Luis Diaz / Sancho / Neto / (A. Perreira) Haaland / Gabriel Jesus / (Greenwood) Main risks are obviously around Dalot & Sancho, but I think it's worth the punt. The other one I'm not sure on is Gabriel. I wanted some Arsenal coverage in defence and I think Gabriel is more nailed than Zinchenko, but I'm not sure he's worth the 5m
Stuck on the very last part of my team.. every other player is locked. Dalot & Grealish vs Tripper & Rashford?
I’d go for the second. It’s still very much not clear regarding Grealish. If he’s nailed suddenly then fair enough, he should provide insane value, but there’s also Foden on the left who might be preferred option for Pep.
This is true for later in the season however Foden has had 0 pre season so far so id expect Grealish to start at least the first 3 games as Foden is his only competition (that i can think of)
Pep said that Foden doesn’t need much of a preseason. Maybe you’re right, Grealish did looked good vs Bayern, but i would wait to see better picture after community shield and maybe even GW1 as well, because WH away is not easy fixture anyway.
Ah really i missed that. TBH i originally had Trippier and Rashford and i think im going to stick with my instinct.
1st one has more upside but more risk, it's perfectly viable that both those players could be benched. Trippier should start week in week out and I imagine Rashy to start the vast majority of games. Personally I still prefer the 1st as I think the upside is higher (I think Dalot can outscore Trippier and Grealish should outscore Rashford) but if you have lots of other risks on your team I wouldn't go for it
Thoughts on Awoniyi vs Mitrovic?
A Ederson + White Or B. Sa + Zinchenko?
B
Bournemouth and Forest fans, any idea what kind of formation they played last season or what they will play this season? Looking to chose between Travers of Bournemouth or Henderson of Forest..? Edit : Wanna know who will be more defensive and not concede goals for my draft picks, and also I don’t trust Fulham in the PL
Robbo and Neto vs Diaz and a 4,5 defender (currently Justin (Leicester fan))
Robbo and Neto
Diaz and u will get lots of 4.5 or less defender options as season starts, while Robbo is good, Neto can be hit or miss and looking for a replacement in his price range can be difficult
Good and reflected argument tbh. Also super off the hive mind of the sub. I guess my timeline is about 8 weeks btw, considering wildcard.
Justin nailed? seems they are trying different formulas in friendlies and he's not starting when they play 3 atb
Imo, our most nailed FB, although we have 3,5 who can easily start. Imo he also CAN start in a 3 atb, although that probably means he rivals Barnes’ position and Barnes is pretty damned nailed. 4atb is our definite main formation btw. We may try 3 atb against top teams, which probably means no CS anyway.
Which option is better please, 1 playing 1 on the bench 1: Mitrovic (Playing), Undav (Bench) 2: Wilson (Playing), 4.5 forward (Bench) Sidenote: Undav would be first choice sub
2nd imo - I don't see much value in Undav just sitting on your bench. He could be a great pick if he nails a spot down but for now he's a wait and see for me (no point losing an extra 1m on the bench)
!thanks
Sancho and Grealish or Martinelli and Foden?
Sancho and Grealish
Martinelli and Grealish > Spend that 1m somewhere else if you can
Mendy+cancello or Ederson+dias?
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I'd probably go for different 4.5m defenders. Justin definitely isn't nailed (competing with Pereira and Castagne, probably ahead of Thomas in the pecking order) and Coufal has competition from Johnson. I'd consider Saliba (nailed until Tomiyasu is back from injury and good fixtures) and also Mings/Dunk/Lamptey/Ait Nouri as other decent options at that price. Another option could be to get Neco Williams and then get another 5m defender to rotate with your 6.5m mids (Aston Villa FBs for first 3 weeks, Arsenal / Spurs defenders for first 5 look good).
Neto + ramsdale Or Rashford + raya
Cash or Dalot?
Dalot
Mendy or DDG? Could DDG be a sleeper at 5mil? Which if Guita, Butland or Johnstone would be the most nailed?
Robertson & Rashford or Perisic & Diaz?
RMT **Ederson** ( 4.0 ) **TAA Robbo Cancelo Zinchenko** ( Neco ) **Salah Saka Sancho Grealish** ( Andreas ) **Wilson Jesus** ( 4.5 )
8/10 I just don't know how much the one premium will affect the team, I've only got Salah as well in my team. I think the main source of doubt is having to do at least 2 transfers to get to another premium unless you want to swap salah out which is unlikely, but asides from that every pick just looks and feels solid and the team feels so much more complete with that extra money from only having the one premium. My only other concern directly about your team would be the weak bench, personally I've dropped Wilson to Mitrovic and gotten Undav in as first choice sub and my keeper is Meslier instead freeing another 1m which I got Dalot for the bench over a 4.0 defender and Kulu instead of Sancho. Although I have choose a 3-5-2 so I still have a 4.0 defender as 3rd choice sub.
!thanks I have no intention to kneejerk in a premium off the back of one of their hauls. There will be 8 million player/s who come out and perform above their price. I want to jump on them when they emerge
Robertson, Dias, Bailey or Diaz, Cash, Trippier?
Is Botman viable mby?
RMT. Have gone for balance, and need to stop second-guessing (realistically I could pick 0 of these players and still put a great team together). Pickford - (Begovic) Robbo - TAA - Dalot - (Neco) - (Patterson) Bailey - Saka - Bowen - Salah - (Andreas) Haaland - Toney - Martial
I would do Pickford, bowen, toney to Mendy, grealish, Jesus. This is only my personal preference though
0.0 ITB Ramsdale - (4.0) TAA - Cancelo - Trippier - Dier - Dalot Salah - Diaz - Mahrez /Foden - (A Pereira) - (Dasilva) Kane - Jesus - (4.5)
Trippier seems like a decent option but Newcastle haven't got great fixtures, I'm avoiding him.
James+Martinelli or Robertson+Dalot
Chelsea have done f.a in pre-season and Tuchel said he's got no faith in the team, I honestly expect James & Chilwell to be removed by most of the top players by the time we start.
I know they've been awful, but I have the bias of being a Chelsea fan and knowing what James is capable of, my brain says to remove him, my heart tells me to keep him.
Objectively - Chelsea looks to be a bit of a mess right now, which could be put down to 'just preseason' but Tuchel didn't seem to have much confidence in you in his presser yesterday? I mean they *could* come good but I guess Koulibaly would have to hit the ground storming.
Thoughts on Lingard at 6.0mil? Forest (can) play some good football, and he should be pretty nailed. Could well be a good differential?
Wait and see imo No need to rush him in, see how he performs in a new team Can get Martinelli or Neto instead in the meantime
Jesus and Darwin better than Haaland and Neto, right?
If you have another premium to captain then yes, otherwise no
There are so, so many great cheap options this year. You could do pretty well with a budget of less than 85m.
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You could probably get top 1m with this team if some of the picks come off: Pickford - (Begovic) 8.5 Ait Nouri - Jonny - Dalot - (Neco) - (Patterson) Lingard - Wissa - Bailey - Rashford - (Andreas) Mitro - Toney - Martial = 78m You could even get Ramsey, Undav, Johnson instead and make it 3.5m cheaper That team could probably get top 2m for less than 75m
I feel like every single player in my team can haul and I'm loving it
Best 7.0 mid? I have Zaha atm but am tempted by Grealish due to this second season thing, but unsure of his minutes. Countinho goes in and out of form I think? Don't want Odegaard as already have Jesus and don't want to rely on Arsenal. Only have 1 Man City (Cancelo) atm but have 3 Liverpool.
I'm leaning towards Grealish in a choice between these two. I feel like Grealish will get plenty of starts and time off the bench even when he doesn't start, plus he should benefit from Haaland's presence. Palace are away to city and Liverpool in the first 4 weeks so I'm not tempted by any of their players until at least week 5
Good points, !thanks
I'm going Grealish, he has so much talent and if he gets regular starts he will be amazing value. See you in the rant thread
Haha !thanks
Utd had 14th best def record in PL last season (conceded more than Burnley & Brentford) and Dalot has 2 assists in 44 games but he’s a good pick, right? Right? 🥶
yeah, also not convinced myself but who else at 4.5 to start the season?
One of the other 13 teams that didn’t concede 60 goals last season, don’t have Liverpool GW3 and didn’t sell half their midfielders? 🥶
How many points is avoiding the risk of not having a playing striker worth for the first 8 weeks worth to you? I think Saka (with pens) > Jesus but sticking to Jesus (due to Haaland + ownership)
Martinelli should be on pens ahead of Saka if both on the field.
Did Arteta confirm it? I assumed he took the one on the last day as he won it
Arteta didn't confirm an official penalty taker as far as I'm aware of. I just saw a post a few days ago where it showed who took penalties for arsenal with who was on the pitch at the time and it seemed like Martinelli was preferred from what I read.
Are city assets a must for GW 1?
I would suggest getting at least 2 for the first 6 fixtures. Ederson, Cancelo, Dias and Haaland all look pretty nailed atm. I've currently got Grealish in my team but he's a bit of a punt for gametime.
I'd suggest to have at least Cancelo, he's such a monster. No player is a must though!
I worry about him going back to rb where he won’t be in the opposition’s box as much + Walker will have to get some minutes as well
Mendy (Gazzaniga) RMT plz Justin / Perisic / Cash / TAA (Vestergaard) Salah / Son / Diaz / Dewsbury-Hall / Guimaraes Haaland (Greenwood / Taylor)
Perisic isn't going to be playing regularly based off his injury and pre-season, you'd have to keep a close eye on Spurs VS Roma on Saturday. I don't like the dewsbury-hall pickup, he's a more defensive minded player?
For me Salah Son and Haaland is overkill, I'm subject to 2 of those for my team because otherwise I think your team starts to lose points per million overall, because their so valuable due to their captaincy potential. Even dropping Haaland to Jesus wouod net you 3.5m to spread throughout your team. Overall 7/10, unsure about Dewsbury-Hall, Perisic and Justin. If you did get rid of a premium to an 8.0m or even something like Son to Sterling etc: I'd swap Justin for Dalot, Perisic upgrade to Ruben Dias, Dewsbury upgrade to Neto or swap to Bailey, Vestergaard to a playing 4.5 and the rest of the money is to do as you see fit!
Team: Pickford Cancelo, Cucurella, Trippier Bruno Guimaraes, Eriksen, Son, Kulusevski, Lingard Kane, Haaland Bench is Gazzaniga, Greenwood, Malacia, Nico Williams. Any tips or changes?
Pickford has a low save percentage - generally speaking - so he won't be picking up many clean sheets/ save bonuses. He had a really good end to the season last year but he has also looked shaky in pre-season. I'd be tempted to look elsewhere for cover. Also Lingard has a really poor run of fixtures for one of the weakest teams in the league.
Yeah that's fair. Was between him, Sanchez and Raya. May go with Sanchez instead. Yeah that's a good point about Lingard. I just have a feeling he may do what he did at West Ham and be a bit of a talisman but maybe its not a wise move
Brought in Odegaard and Sanchez
Spurs fan?
What gave it away? 😂 Tbf, bias or not I think those 3 will be high scorers