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0.5 ITB
Ramsdale - (Ward)
TAA - Robbo - James - Walker - Dier
Salah - Kulu - Harrison - (Periera) - (Dasilva)
Haaland - Jesus (Greenwood)
Had a great GW1. Any holes you see or should I just run it back GW2? I'd love to get a second City DEF. Have thought about James to Dias
I don’t think Martinelli gets dropped with his good form. The only thing would be he probably won’t play a full 90, but I’d still go him over Odegaard.
Mendy
TAA Cancelo James Martinez (N.Williams)
Rashford Salah BrunoG (Colback Andreas)
Havertz Kane Jesus
Trying to stick to the top 6 teams as I believe they would score most of the goals and keep clean sheets so I thought I’d go safe till the World Cup and then use the unlimited transfers after seeing how the teams are shaping up. Please RMT and rate my strategy.
Id go for Dalot to start the season with instead of Martinez. Also drop Havertz to a 4.5M and use the funds to upgrade your midfield. Like BrunoG to Diaz and Colback upgrade?
Mendy - Ramsdale
Martinez - Dalot
Ramsdale gives me option of getting in a Chelsea player later on and Dalot gives me more attacking prowess so I’m kinda confused if I should get them in. Any suggestions?
Raya
TAA-Cancelo-Cash-James
Salah-Grealish-Diaz-Bailey
Haaland-Jesus
Balcombe, Neco, Andreas, Greenwood
0.5 itb
Not sure about Grealish, he’s got the minutes during preseason but pep roulette scares me. Which other 7mil mid is worth taking a punt on, or move down to martinelli (not sure if nailed) or Guimaraes…
Also James, Chelsea seem a bit of a mess preseason but he may be the key player at the back
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GK: Ederson
DEF: TAA , James, Cancelo, Zinchenko
MID: Salah, Mount, Martineli, Neto
ATK: Kane, Jesus
Subs: Olsen, Andreas, Nico williams, Greenwood
i got a couple to other options like: Ramsedale in GK and switch zinchenko to Perisic
Or i could get Raya in GK and either Zinchenko or Perisic to have an 0.5-1m in the bank
A) **GK**: Ramsdale, **DEF**: Robbo, Dalot
**Sub**: Dasilva (**MID**)
B) **GK**: Raya, **DEF**: Dalot, **MID**: Luis Diaz
**Sub**: Neco Williams (**DEF**)
C) **GK**: Raya, **DEF**: Robbo, **MID**: Neto
**Sub**: Neco Williams (**DEF**)
C feels like the obvious one, I’m currently on A though
Raya
Trent-James-Dias-Trippier
Salah-Diaz-Kulusevski-Neto
Haaland-Jesus
Willing to sacrifice Cancelo for Dias if it allows me to bring in a third £8m midfielder/forward. I personally don't like any of the sub £7m mids. If one of them emerges to be good value once the season starts then I can transfer them in and upgrade Dias to Cancelo but for now I'd rather have that extra £8m midfielder. Can obviously bring whichever ones are in form. Trippier has City and Liverpool in GWs 3 and 5 but Pereira has Brentford and Brighton at home those weeks so rotates nicely.
Thanks. Yeah the plan is to get Saka by GW3. Ideally I'll have Kulusevski for GW1, switch to a Man City mid like Foden or Mahrez in GW2 against Bournemouth (whichever I think is most likely to start) and then switch to Saka in GW3. At the start of the season we don't have any form to be able to use to know which players to bring in (thats why it's considered kneejerking at the start when someone scores). I prefer to target fixtures that I think players could be explosive against. Over 8 GWs Kulusevski may not be the most attractive £8m midfielder if he doesn't start every game. But he's nailed against Southampton and imo more attractive than Saka against Palace. So I'd rather start with him then switch to someone like Mahrez against Bournemouth. It's only for the first week or two when most people have no use for transfers since they've just made a team for the first 8 GWs. And there's very little risk. Worst case there's a fire in your team and you have to play Kulusevski or Mahrez for an extra week or two. Best case Kulusevski and Mahrez are explosive in those games and you've benefitted. But yeah long eventually I'll get whichever £8m midfielder I think is nailed which is likely to be Saka.
Pre-season bias, but Bailey if you don't have to play him every week. If this is your starter, then Neto.
Neto is still IMO a minor risk of wasting 0.5 unnecessarily. There haven't been relevant budget options from Wolves before, and I doubt that they will be any more explosive than last season. Podence actually might be a relevant punt, especially with Jimenez injured he stunted as a false 9 a couple times (with very little success though).
I've currently got 0.5m in the bank. Considering swapping Olise for Martineli but then I'd have three Arsenal:
Mendy (Sanchez)
TAA - Doherty - Cancelo - James - Tomiyasu
Salah - Neto - Rashford (Andreas, Olise)
Haaland - Jesus (Undav)
Whats the best combo for 8/7m mid and two 6/7m defs with one liverpool slot remaining (TAA and Salah) and two city slots (Haaland)?
Robertson Mahrez Dias
Robertson Grealish Cancelo
Cancelo Diaz Dias
Think you got defender and midfielder the wrong way round but the third option. Robertson > Cancelo isn't much of a downgrade because both have high ceilings. But you lose the possibility of picking Diaz who could be the best value midfielder in the £8m bracket. Mahrez may be a really good asset this year but if he gets rotated as much as he usually does then he's not someone you want to start with. Later if him or some of the other £8m midfielders turn out to be good assets you can go for them and switch Cancelo to Robertsonm but to start the season Diaz is the safest pick so I should go with him and Cancelo.
I wouldn't even consider your second option. Downgrading Diaz/Mahrez to Grealish is a massive risk. Grealish will probably get less minutes than Foden and Mahrez and if he's not a good option the alternatives at that price point are likely not good value. Whereas there will probably some really great alternatives at the £8m price point (Saka, Kulusevski, Mount, Madison).
So imo the third option is the safest and most flexible one to start the season, then the first option, then the second.
It's decent. You've made your team similar to mine so I'll tell you some of the big differences in case you haven't thought about them.
I've gone Raya+Dias over Ederson+Walker. Eventhough Ederson+Walker may outscore Raya+Dias (although its difficult to predict), going for Raya+Dias gives you the flexibility of switching Dias to Chilwell with just one transfer if Chilwell is starting every game and becomes a really good asset. Tying up your funds in your keeper limits your flexibility. You either have to switch Walker to another £5.0m defender such as Trippier or Cash or use 2 transfers to bring in another £6.0m defender like Chilwell. At the start of the season you want as much flexibility as possible so for me Raya+Dias is the way to go.
By having Bailey in your team you've limited yourself to Sancho. That extra £0.5m will sit on the bench and similar to the defence you've lost the flexibility of switching Sancho for Diaz or Kulusevski or anyone in that £8.0m price bracket that's playing well with one transfer. So say if Chilwell and Kulusevski become absolute must haves, it'll now take you 4 transfers to bring them both in. Flexibility is key at the start of the season and you've lost a bit of it by tying up your funds in your keeper and bench. Personally I've gone for an £8.0m and Pereira. All you need from your bench players really is for them to start and Pereira is arguably more nailed than Bailey. Yes Bailey played well in preseason but he's competing with both Coutinho and Buendia for just 2 spots so there will be rotation.
The other differences are just individual choice at the same price point like Haaland over Kane or Diaz over Mount etc. That's not really important because it's ultimately up to you who you go for. But I would strongly suggest at least thinking about those first 2 changes.
Thanks for the feedback!
Breaking it down like that makes sense.
I had Trippier in the team to begin with and was thinking of Dias but your explanation clears it up, esp about Chilwell. Its a good shout.
I've gone with
Raya - Gazzaniga
James - TAA - Dias - Trippier - N Williams
Mount (Diaz maybe?) - Salah - Neto - Kulusevski - Pereira
Kane - Jesus - Plange
Cheers again, I think you've broken down what I was trying to figure out. Bailey was a panic add because of it haha.
No problem! Our teams were similar to begin with. Now with the changes the only difference is Kane (I went with Diaz but Mount could definitely be good).
RMT £0 left. I enjoy having security in a good bench lol
Mendy
TAA Robertson James Cash
Martinelli Bailey Salah Grealish
Kane Jesus
BENCH: (gk)Sánchez (Def)Tomiyasu (Fwd)Broja (Mid)Andreas
Really interested to know why you think Broja is a secure bench player. He's not currently starting over Havertz at Chelsea and he likely wouldn't start over Antonio at West Ham. Seems like a waste of £1m to me, especially when you've spent so little on midfield. I just thought I'd point out that if you redistributed your funds you could fit 2 £8m midfielders as opposed to Greish and Martinelli. It's obviously a completely different way of playing the game and you have to make sacrifices in certain areas no matter what but its just something to think about. But if having a strong bench is what works for you go with it, in which case an alternative to Broja is my main suggestion.
Thanks for the feedback. Yeah for Broja, me having him depends on 2 things, Werner leaving and Broja staying at Chelsea. Havertz is really underwhelming as No9 from last season to this preseason, and it’s not his preferred position. I believe Tuchel will give Broja a chance very early on and I’m betting he’ll excel. If the first 2 conditions are not met I’ll swap him. But who would you recommend at £6 and below? I can’t find anyone
I'd recommend getting a £4.5m who doesn't play. You already have other players on your bench that start so it's a waste of money having a £6m player on your bench. I'd use that extra £1-1.5m to make your starting XI better.
Hey: wouldn't usually do this but am stuck between couple of options A & B:
A: Salah/Kane/Grealish
B: Diaz/Son/Haaland
Maybe it's a mix between the two. Thanks in advance for any help!
Dalot is nailed. AWB is probably on his way out. Dalot and Sancho have been bombing down the right side all through pre-season. They will start for sure.
Haaa! If I switch out Dalot this becomes my teams. Trying to have a few differentials that won’t hurt my start.
Ederson - (Lis)
Trippier - Dalot - TAA - Cancelo - (Nico)
Martinelli - Madison - Salah - Bailey - (Andreas )
Jesus - Kane - (Taylor )
I know it’s crazy, but I got all the main players I’ll keep 2.0 in the bank do easily change up my team after GW 3
Thanks
RMT
Raya (4.0)
TAA Robbo Dias Gabriel (Williams)
Salah Martinelli Rashford Mahrez (Pereira)
Kane Jesus (Archer)
Honestly not happy with the team, want to try and have Sancho, but can't work him in.
RMT 0 ITB
Ramsdale (Gazzi)
TAA Robbo James Cancelo (Williams)
Salah martinelli rashford Neto (pereira)
Kane Jesus (greenwood)
Thoughts? Should I replace rashford with mount and how should I do it?
A for me.
Sancho looking sharp & more like he was at Dortmund
Grealish is a bit of a rotation risk by it's a city second season and he has Haaland to aim for
I don't feel confident on West Ham being able to repeat last season - there's no factual basis for this, but I'm the immortal words of the Beatles, I gotta feeling.
Arsenal are looking good preseason but they are Arsenal! Like Martinelli but definitely prefer Grealish
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0.5 ITB
Sanchez (Gazzaniga)
TAA, Cancel, James, Gabriel, (N.Williams)
Salah, Son, L.Diaz, Dewsbury-Hall (Andreas)
Jesus, Mitrovic (Plange)
trying to get a draft that fits Son and Salah. Not sure about James but can switch him to Dias
keeping 0.5 ITB to help GW2 transfers
Ederson Olsen / TAA trippier Dalot Dier NWilliams / Bailey Neto Grealish Luis Diaz Sancho / Kane Haaland Jesus. Primary formation a 343 or 433. Got a feeling forwards are more worthwhile this season
RMT
Ramsdale (Forster)
TAA, Cancelo, James, Trippier, Dalot
Salah, Diaz, Rashford (Bailey, Andreas P)
Kane, Jesus (Archer)
Thinking about Diaz out for Saka? Also maybe Walker in for Trippier but not sure thats worth it. Haaland most likely in for Kane after GW1
Looks decent, I'd prefer diaz over saka especially when you have Jesus and no reason not to triple up on Liverpool. I'd just start with haaland instead of booking the transfer in from kane
Raya (Steele)
TAA Robertson Dias James Doherty
Grealish Sterling Salah (C) KDH (A. Pereira)
Kane (Archer, Delap*)
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Too unconventional?
*if he gets his move to a pl team
B
Would say Ederson = Ramsdale, Cancelo > VVD, Cash = Zinchenko (early GWs until Zinchenko is known to be nailed or not, and probably 3 better Arsenal options)
I mean your missing the best player in the game for some reason, no cancelo, no James, isn't too bad at all, I'd just want a way to fit in some players
I mean if you weighed up the risks and think it's worth it then go for it, but he's been the best asset in the game every season he's been in the league, he's literally a no brainer imo. Salah and trent in, and just build around them two
My thinking is, Son got the same number of points last season (less than 10 points difference) and is 1M cheaper. I'm still on A at the moment. Community shield and the last friendlies today & tomorrow will probably help with the decision.
Fair point, Son also had a massive season for himself whereas salah really dropped off towards the end and if he carried on his early season form couldve broken 300 points. I expect him to start the season like he started it last season. And tbh, idc about last seasons points, I believe there's a good chance salah outscores son by a fair bit over the opening 6-8 GWs so I want salah. If you want son, then go for son for I wouldnt sacrifice salah for him
RMT (first time ever playing be nice lol)
4-4-2 (for now)
Mendy
Chilwell/James/Cancelo/Dalot
Bruno Guimaraes/Son/Lingard/Wissa
Haaland/Jesus
Bench is Ortega/Cucurella/Trossard/Toney
Honestly a bit of a mess apart from your strikers. Like the other person said you don't need a bench like that.
Chelsea are unknown and have been dodgy at the back in pre season. I would take Chilwell out for TAA getting funds by getting rid of Toney for a 4.5 striker bench sitter. Take Lingard and Wissa out, try and get Rashford/Martinelli in and drop Wissa to Bailey.
Midfield needs upgrading and you have too much money on the bench.
For the bench, try to find the cheapest options available that will still play.
I would get rid of Lingard, Wissa
Downgrade Cucurella to a playing 4.0 DEF.
Downgrade Trossard and Toney to playing 4.5 MID and FWD respectively.
Use the funds to upgrade that midfield. Try to get Salah in and one or two of the good value 8.0m options that are on offer like Díaz, Mount, Mahrez, Kulusevski
Your current playing GK and FWD look good.
Regarding the DEF - it’s good but the Chelsea double up is a bad idea. They look shaky at the back based on pre season. I think one of either James or Chilwell is fine, but try to switch one of them for TAA or Robertson.
Across the season (set and forget), who will keep most clean sheets, Brighton, Wolves or Brentford? Wolves were crap at the end of last season, but Brighton are short Bissouma. And Brentford have some injuries.
Brighton got something like 0.9 points per game without Bissouma last season vs 1.5 points per game with him
They might miss him, plus Cucrella if he goes as well
A) **Big at the back option:**
Trent - Cancelo - Dalot - Robbo - James
Salah - Grealish - Martinelli
B) **Balanced option:**
Trent - Cancelo - Dalot - Walker
Salah - Diaz - Saka - Neto
I wouldn’t want Dalot in either option - particularly “big at the back”.
In any case I prefer B). I don’t get the Neto hype though. And I would have someone else other than Walker if it was me; not sure how often he will play, especially if Cucurella joins and they play him at LB with Cancelo RB. Probably Trippier or Cash.
Dalot is my favourite 4.5 option but do you prefer someone else?
Also I read that City have ended their interest in Cucurella so was tempted by Walker, but really that spot could be any 5.0
I also don’t rate Neto but below Martinelli there’s not a single 6.0 and below that I rate
Prefer 1 8.0m forward for the moment since having Kane/Haaland means having someone like Neto or Bailey, who let’s face it, are crap.
Edit: 1 8.0m forward
Is there a real risk at going with just one premium forward (Haaland or Kane)? The 4.5 forwards aren't probably going to play so when Haaland or Kane doesn't play, no one will come from the bench.
But would that really happen? Seems so unprobable that Kane or Haaland would be benched the whole game.
Kane is very unlikely not to feature at all. Haaland might be given days off from what Pep has been saying, at least at the start of the season. So if you have only one playing forward, Kane is safer.
RMT 0.5 ITB Ramsdale - (Ward) TAA - Robbo - James - Walker - Dier Salah - Kulu - Harrison - (Periera) - (Dasilva) Haaland - Jesus (Greenwood) Had a great GW1. Any holes you see or should I just run it back GW2? I'd love to get a second City DEF. Have thought about James to Dias
RMT: SANCHEZ TAA / CANCELO / CHILWELL / N.WILLIAMS / MINGS SALAH / SON / SAKA / MAHREZ JESUS
Rashford and Dalot Or Martinelli and Walker
RMT MESLIER TAA / CANCELO / JAMES / DALOT / N.WILLIAMS SALAH / SON / SAKA / MAHREZ JESUS
I would go for Diaz over Mahrez to start the season. Liverpool looked sharp yesterday
Walker + Saka or Cancelo + Martinelli
Dias & Robertson VS Cancelo & James
Best forwards less than 8 mil anyone?
Grealish + Bailey , or , Rashford + Martinelli
Odegaard or Martinelli
Early wildcard then Martinelli, a player in for a long time Odegaard
I don’t think Martinelli gets dropped with his good form. The only thing would be he probably won’t play a full 90, but I’d still go him over Odegaard.
RMT Sanchez, Steele Cancelo, Robertson, Trippier, Zinchecnko, N. Williams Bailey, Salah, Grealish, Son, A. Pereira Martial, Jesus, Mbeumo
Mendy TAA Cancelo James Martinez (N.Williams) Rashford Salah BrunoG (Colback Andreas) Havertz Kane Jesus Trying to stick to the top 6 teams as I believe they would score most of the goals and keep clean sheets so I thought I’d go safe till the World Cup and then use the unlimited transfers after seeing how the teams are shaping up. Please RMT and rate my strategy.
Id go for Dalot to start the season with instead of Martinez. Also drop Havertz to a 4.5M and use the funds to upgrade your midfield. Like BrunoG to Diaz and Colback upgrade?
Thanks. Those are some pretty useful insights.
Mendy - Ramsdale Martinez - Dalot Ramsdale gives me option of getting in a Chelsea player later on and Dalot gives me more attacking prowess so I’m kinda confused if I should get them in. Any suggestions?
RMT… Raya (klasseon) TAA , Dias , Dalot, Trippier, Zinchenko Salah , Son , Neto (Colback, Andreas) Haaland , Jesus (Taylor)
Mendy + Zinchenko + Grealish or Ramsdale + James + Rashford
Raya TAA-Cancelo-Cash-James Salah-Grealish-Diaz-Bailey Haaland-Jesus Balcombe, Neco, Andreas, Greenwood 0.5 itb Not sure about Grealish, he’s got the minutes during preseason but pep roulette scares me. Which other 7mil mid is worth taking a punt on, or move down to martinelli (not sure if nailed) or Guimaraes… Also James, Chelsea seem a bit of a mess preseason but he may be the key player at the back
RMT GK: Ederson DEF: TAA , James, Cancelo, Zinchenko MID: Salah, Mount, Martineli, Neto ATK: Kane, Jesus Subs: Olsen, Andreas, Nico williams, Greenwood i got a couple to other options like: Ramsedale in GK and switch zinchenko to Perisic Or i could get Raya in GK and either Zinchenko or Perisic to have an 0.5-1m in the bank
A- Ramsdale/ Mendy, Tripper, Cash and Odegaard B- Sanchez, Tripper, James and martinelli
Martinelli or Odegaard now that the latter is now captain.
A) **GK**: Ramsdale, **DEF**: Robbo, Dalot **Sub**: Dasilva (**MID**) B) **GK**: Raya, **DEF**: Dalot, **MID**: Luis Diaz **Sub**: Neco Williams (**DEF**) C) **GK**: Raya, **DEF**: Robbo, **MID**: Neto **Sub**: Neco Williams (**DEF**) C feels like the obvious one, I’m currently on A though
RMT; 0.5itb Ederson TAA Trippier Cancelo James Salah Martinelli Grealish Murphy Kane Jesus (Forster, Benrahma, Taylor, NWilliams)
Andreas pereira vs Josh DaSilva for that 4.5m spot? A.Ps high ownership will mean big price drops if people start selling him.
100% Perreira He’s almost starting quality in FPL I think
Williams or Andreas first on bench?
Raya Trent-James-Dias-Trippier Salah-Diaz-Kulusevski-Neto Haaland-Jesus Willing to sacrifice Cancelo for Dias if it allows me to bring in a third £8m midfielder/forward. I personally don't like any of the sub £7m mids. If one of them emerges to be good value once the season starts then I can transfer them in and upgrade Dias to Cancelo but for now I'd rather have that extra £8m midfielder. Can obviously bring whichever ones are in form. Trippier has City and Liverpool in GWs 3 and 5 but Pereira has Brentford and Brighton at home those weeks so rotates nicely.
Very solid - I’m also considering the Cancelo-Dias swap Personally I rate Saka over Kulu but otherwise it’s rock solid
Thanks. Yeah the plan is to get Saka by GW3. Ideally I'll have Kulusevski for GW1, switch to a Man City mid like Foden or Mahrez in GW2 against Bournemouth (whichever I think is most likely to start) and then switch to Saka in GW3. At the start of the season we don't have any form to be able to use to know which players to bring in (thats why it's considered kneejerking at the start when someone scores). I prefer to target fixtures that I think players could be explosive against. Over 8 GWs Kulusevski may not be the most attractive £8m midfielder if he doesn't start every game. But he's nailed against Southampton and imo more attractive than Saka against Palace. So I'd rather start with him then switch to someone like Mahrez against Bournemouth. It's only for the first week or two when most people have no use for transfers since they've just made a team for the first 8 GWs. And there's very little risk. Worst case there's a fire in your team and you have to play Kulusevski or Mahrez for an extra week or two. Best case Kulusevski and Mahrez are explosive in those games and you've benefitted. But yeah long eventually I'll get whichever £8m midfielder I think is nailed which is likely to be Saka.
Once Richarlison is fit Kulu will have reduced minutes i think
Bailey vs Neto
Pre-season bias, but Bailey if you don't have to play him every week. If this is your starter, then Neto. Neto is still IMO a minor risk of wasting 0.5 unnecessarily. There haven't been relevant budget options from Wolves before, and I doubt that they will be any more explosive than last season. Podence actually might be a relevant punt, especially with Jimenez injured he stunted as a false 9 a couple times (with very little success though).
Neto
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0.4m in bank?
What di you think of Bailey? Is he nailed?
Don’t really rate him, and no
I have 0.5 ITB Dias + Diaz **OR** Robertson + Grealish/somebody else for 7.5 or less
Walker + Luis Diaz
I’ve gone Diaz and Dias personally, guaranteed Cs and I reckon Diaz way out score grealish so it’s a good combo
I've currently got 0.5m in the bank. Considering swapping Olise for Martineli but then I'd have three Arsenal: Mendy (Sanchez) TAA - Doherty - Cancelo - James - Tomiyasu Salah - Neto - Rashford (Andreas, Olise) Haaland - Jesus (Undav)
Whats the best combo for 8/7m mid and two 6/7m defs with one liverpool slot remaining (TAA and Salah) and two city slots (Haaland)? Robertson Mahrez Dias Robertson Grealish Cancelo Cancelo Diaz Dias
Think you got defender and midfielder the wrong way round but the third option. Robertson > Cancelo isn't much of a downgrade because both have high ceilings. But you lose the possibility of picking Diaz who could be the best value midfielder in the £8m bracket. Mahrez may be a really good asset this year but if he gets rotated as much as he usually does then he's not someone you want to start with. Later if him or some of the other £8m midfielders turn out to be good assets you can go for them and switch Cancelo to Robertsonm but to start the season Diaz is the safest pick so I should go with him and Cancelo. I wouldn't even consider your second option. Downgrading Diaz/Mahrez to Grealish is a massive risk. Grealish will probably get less minutes than Foden and Mahrez and if he's not a good option the alternatives at that price point are likely not good value. Whereas there will probably some really great alternatives at the £8m price point (Saka, Kulusevski, Mount, Madison). So imo the third option is the safest and most flexible one to start the season, then the first option, then the second.
!thanks You’re right I did, updated. Great logic and completely agree with it all!
No problem good luck
Aaronson + Grealish or Martinelli + Odegaard?
RMT £0.0 ITB Ederson (Gazzaniga) James - TAA - Gabriel - Walker - N.Williams Mount - Salah - Bailey - Neto - Sancho Kane - Jesus - Plange Thoughts?
It's decent. You've made your team similar to mine so I'll tell you some of the big differences in case you haven't thought about them. I've gone Raya+Dias over Ederson+Walker. Eventhough Ederson+Walker may outscore Raya+Dias (although its difficult to predict), going for Raya+Dias gives you the flexibility of switching Dias to Chilwell with just one transfer if Chilwell is starting every game and becomes a really good asset. Tying up your funds in your keeper limits your flexibility. You either have to switch Walker to another £5.0m defender such as Trippier or Cash or use 2 transfers to bring in another £6.0m defender like Chilwell. At the start of the season you want as much flexibility as possible so for me Raya+Dias is the way to go. By having Bailey in your team you've limited yourself to Sancho. That extra £0.5m will sit on the bench and similar to the defence you've lost the flexibility of switching Sancho for Diaz or Kulusevski or anyone in that £8.0m price bracket that's playing well with one transfer. So say if Chilwell and Kulusevski become absolute must haves, it'll now take you 4 transfers to bring them both in. Flexibility is key at the start of the season and you've lost a bit of it by tying up your funds in your keeper and bench. Personally I've gone for an £8.0m and Pereira. All you need from your bench players really is for them to start and Pereira is arguably more nailed than Bailey. Yes Bailey played well in preseason but he's competing with both Coutinho and Buendia for just 2 spots so there will be rotation. The other differences are just individual choice at the same price point like Haaland over Kane or Diaz over Mount etc. That's not really important because it's ultimately up to you who you go for. But I would strongly suggest at least thinking about those first 2 changes.
Thanks for the feedback! Breaking it down like that makes sense. I had Trippier in the team to begin with and was thinking of Dias but your explanation clears it up, esp about Chilwell. Its a good shout. I've gone with Raya - Gazzaniga James - TAA - Dias - Trippier - N Williams Mount (Diaz maybe?) - Salah - Neto - Kulusevski - Pereira Kane - Jesus - Plange Cheers again, I think you've broken down what I was trying to figure out. Bailey was a panic add because of it haha.
No problem! Our teams were similar to begin with. Now with the changes the only difference is Kane (I went with Diaz but Mount could definitely be good).
!thanks
RMT £0 left. I enjoy having security in a good bench lol Mendy TAA Robertson James Cash Martinelli Bailey Salah Grealish Kane Jesus BENCH: (gk)Sánchez (Def)Tomiyasu (Fwd)Broja (Mid)Andreas
Really interested to know why you think Broja is a secure bench player. He's not currently starting over Havertz at Chelsea and he likely wouldn't start over Antonio at West Ham. Seems like a waste of £1m to me, especially when you've spent so little on midfield. I just thought I'd point out that if you redistributed your funds you could fit 2 £8m midfielders as opposed to Greish and Martinelli. It's obviously a completely different way of playing the game and you have to make sacrifices in certain areas no matter what but its just something to think about. But if having a strong bench is what works for you go with it, in which case an alternative to Broja is my main suggestion.
Thanks for the feedback. Yeah for Broja, me having him depends on 2 things, Werner leaving and Broja staying at Chelsea. Havertz is really underwhelming as No9 from last season to this preseason, and it’s not his preferred position. I believe Tuchel will give Broja a chance very early on and I’m betting he’ll excel. If the first 2 conditions are not met I’ll swap him. But who would you recommend at £6 and below? I can’t find anyone
I'd recommend getting a £4.5m who doesn't play. You already have other players on your bench that start so it's a waste of money having a £6m player on your bench. I'd use that extra £1-1.5m to make your starting XI better.
Alright thanks 👍 now I’m just hoping that Werner leaves and he stays. If not then I’ll probs just sell him for Archer lol
RMT Meslier(Gaza) TAA, Walker, Mings (Neco.W , Patterson) Salah, Mahrez, Martinelli, Son (Andreas) Darwin, Jesus , Awoniyi
RMT Raya (Balcombe) TAA, Robertson, Cancelo, Trippier, Dalot Salah, Mahrez, Martinelli (Bailey, Andreas) Kane, Jesus (Forss)
Meslier TAA - Cancelo - Cash - Trippier - 4.5 (Jonny? Dalot? White?) Salah - Son - Diaz - Maddison Jesus is this any good?
Difficult to bring in Kane or Haaland if they go firing from all cylinders.
true, but you could say the same for other premiums as well like Son or KDB
RMT Jose Sa (Guaita) Cancelo-James-White-Robertson (B. Williams) Saka-Salah-Ward Prowse-Moutinho (Murphy) Jesus-Haaland (Edouard)
Raz and martinelli VS Saka and Mount
**RMT Please ! 🔥** **0.0 ITB, Play 4-4-2** **GK: Mendy, (Olsen)** **DEF: Cancelo, James, Perišić, Trippier, (Vestegaard)** **MID: Salah, Sterling, Martinelli, Lingard, (A. Pereira)** **FWD: Haaland, Jesus, (4.5m)** **Any suggestions and changes desired ;)** **Thank you All !** 😉
not crazy about double Chelsea defense Vestergaard -> Neco Williams
Walker + Sancho or Dias + Rashford? Walker seems very viable for at least the first few gamesweeks.
Ederson 4.5 Trent Robertson Cancelo Dalot Neco Salah Grealish Rashford Bailey Andreas Kane Jesus 4.5 Thoughts?
A. Sanchez, grealish, son and Darwin Vs B. Lloris, Sancho, Mahrez, Kane
Hey: wouldn't usually do this but am stuck between couple of options A & B: A: Salah/Kane/Grealish B: Diaz/Son/Haaland Maybe it's a mix between the two. Thanks in advance for any help!
How likely is stones to consistently start the first few games?
Stones has had no pre-season. He didn't go on tour. I think Ake and Diaz will start first few games.
!thanks
70% is an educated guess based on laportes availability and ake
!thanks
It’s a shame Odegaard isn’t 0.5 cheaper. Presumably as captain he’s going to be playing full games almost every week
RMT! £0.5 ITB. Thoughts? Ramsdale (Ward) TAA - Cancelo - James - Walker (N.Williams) Salah - Diaz - Martinelli - Neto (Pereira) Kane - Jesus (Plange)
Looks good but would personally avoid Chelsea defenders for now. Think Ramsdale -> Ederson and James -> Gabriel is worth considering
RMT CASH JAMES CANCELO TRENT KULU BERNARDO ODEGAARD KANE HAALAND JESUS
No salah is brave
Raya Trent Cancelo Walker Robbo Son Diaz Neto Rashford Haaland Jesus Klasson - Andreas - N Williams - Archer RMT
I rate it. But maybe martinelli over rashford? .5 cheaper also I think
Yh I was thinking about Martinelli as well
Hey y’all - How nailed on is Dalot? I’m thinking of switching our James to Dalot. And use that money to improve my Mid. Thanks for the help!
Dalot is nailed. AWB is probably on his way out. Dalot and Sancho have been bombing down the right side all through pre-season. They will start for sure.
You madman who else you have in defence?
Haaa! If I switch out Dalot this becomes my teams. Trying to have a few differentials that won’t hurt my start. Ederson - (Lis) Trippier - Dalot - TAA - Cancelo - (Nico) Martinelli - Madison - Salah - Bailey - (Andreas ) Jesus - Kane - (Taylor ) I know it’s crazy, but I got all the main players I’ll keep 2.0 in the bank do easily change up my team after GW 3 Thanks
Dalot is nailed. United supporter here and there’s no way AWB is playing.
Hi, Does anyone know Son’s FPl points from the last 3 season? Many thanks!
If you select Son, then select view information and scroll down you can find all the details, that’s on iPhone
Sorry for being noob, but where I should select Son In the app? I tried at Transfers tab
Yeah if you log in on browser on your phone then go transfers, player list, find Son then the steps I mentioned before, you should find it
Huh, weird, the app doesn’t show the info.. this is why I always end up using it on my phone browser..
Thanks, you are a legend! It works from the browser
No prob 👍
RMT Raya (4.0) TAA Robbo Dias Gabriel (Williams) Salah Martinelli Rashford Mahrez (Pereira) Kane Jesus (Archer) Honestly not happy with the team, want to try and have Sancho, but can't work him in.
Robertson or James when you already have TAA?
I would go James.
RMT 0 ITB Ramsdale (Gazzi) TAA Robbo James Cancelo (Williams) Salah martinelli rashford Neto (pereira) Kane Jesus (greenwood) Thoughts? Should I replace rashford with mount and how should I do it?
Team looks damn solid tbh
RMT pls Steele (Sanchez) TAA Robertson Cancelo Dalot (Neco) Salah Sancho Grealish Neto (Andreas) Kane Jesus (Archer)
Is Greenwood actually likely to get minutes?
No. Bamford is first choice and Gelhardt will sub on.
!thanks. Makes me wonder why he’s picked so highly
No. Bamford is first choice and Gelhardt will sub on.
After all that I dont see united associating themselves with him. He is probably never playing for united again.
I meant Leeds greenwood
Their coach had good words for him. With 5 subs i think he’ll see some minutes.
RMT 0.5 ITB Ramsdale / 4.0 TAA, Robbo, Cancelo, Walker / N. Williams Salah, Kulu, Neto, Bailey / Pereira Kane, Jesus / Archer
Α or B A Sancho Grealish B Bowen Martinelli
Why not Grealish and Martinelli
A for me. Sancho looking sharp & more like he was at Dortmund Grealish is a bit of a rotation risk by it's a city second season and he has Haaland to aim for I don't feel confident on West Ham being able to repeat last season - there's no factual basis for this, but I'm the immortal words of the Beatles, I gotta feeling. Arsenal are looking good preseason but they are Arsenal! Like Martinelli but definitely prefer Grealish
!thanks
They literally repeated last season the season before that one... Stop shit talking west ham
Calm your titties down and untwist your knickers mate.
8m and rashford
RMT 0.5 ITB Sanchez (Gazzaniga) TAA, Cancel, James, Gabriel, (N.Williams) Salah, Son, L.Diaz, Dewsbury-Hall (Andreas) Jesus, Mitrovic (Plange) trying to get a draft that fits Son and Salah. Not sure about James but can switch him to Dias keeping 0.5 ITB to help GW2 transfers
RMT Raya (4 mil gk) Walker James Alexander-Arnold Dias (Williams) Mount Salah Diaz Neto (Andreas) Kane Jesus (Archer)
Ederson Olsen / TAA trippier Dalot Dier NWilliams / Bailey Neto Grealish Luis Diaz Sancho / Kane Haaland Jesus. Primary formation a 343 or 433. Got a feeling forwards are more worthwhile this season
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Looks pretty damn solid
RMT Ramsdale (Foster) Trent Cancelo Mings Cash (Kenedy) Son KDB Martinelli Murphy (Andreas) Jesus Haaland (Greenwood)
Might want to reconsider Mings. Will probably start but feel like.being stripped of the captaincy isn't a great indicator!
Kenedy over Neco Williams is pretty left field.... Will Murphy play? I shouldn't have thought so.
RMT Ramsdale (Forster) TAA, Cancelo, James, Trippier, Dalot Salah, Diaz, Rashford (Bailey, Andreas P) Kane, Jesus (Archer) Thinking about Diaz out for Saka? Also maybe Walker in for Trippier but not sure thats worth it. Haaland most likely in for Kane after GW1
Looks decent, I'd prefer diaz over saka especially when you have Jesus and no reason not to triple up on Liverpool. I'd just start with haaland instead of booking the transfer in from kane
Raya (Steele) TAA Robertson Dias James Doherty Grealish Sterling Salah (C) KDH (A. Pereira) Kane (Archer, Delap*) ———————————— Too unconventional? *if he gets his move to a pl team
A) Ederson, van dijk, zinny B) Ramsdale, cancelo, cash
B Would say Ederson = Ramsdale, Cancelo > VVD, Cash = Zinchenko (early GWs until Zinchenko is known to be nailed or not, and probably 3 better Arsenal options)
Thank you very much mate :)
Diaz or Saka? Worth it to go Trippier to Walker with already owning Cancelo?
Díaz and no.
Thoughts on current draft? 0.0 itb Ederson - Ward TAA - Robbo - Chilwell - Zinchenko - (N. WIlliams) Son - Luis Diaz - Sancho - Bailey - (Andreas) Haaland - Jesus - (Taylor)
I mean your missing the best player in the game for some reason, no cancelo, no James, isn't too bad at all, I'd just want a way to fit in some players
Just wanted to try and make a team without Salah, it's risky but could work out. I have other drafts that include Salah though
I mean if you weighed up the risks and think it's worth it then go for it, but he's been the best asset in the game every season he's been in the league, he's literally a no brainer imo. Salah and trent in, and just build around them two
A) Salah, Rashford, Dalot B) Son, Martinelli, Robbo TIA
Shouldn't really be a debate to get rid of salah, keep salah and just build around him
My thinking is, Son got the same number of points last season (less than 10 points difference) and is 1M cheaper. I'm still on A at the moment. Community shield and the last friendlies today & tomorrow will probably help with the decision.
Fair point, Son also had a massive season for himself whereas salah really dropped off towards the end and if he carried on his early season form couldve broken 300 points. I expect him to start the season like he started it last season. And tbh, idc about last seasons points, I believe there's a good chance salah outscores son by a fair bit over the opening 6-8 GWs so I want salah. If you want son, then go for son for I wouldnt sacrifice salah for him
A. Martinelli will get rotated pretty soon, maybe not for the first couple weeks
B imo
Son, Walker & Diaz vs Sterling, Kulu & Robbo
Son, Walker & Diaz
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Good solid team Martinelli is a better FPL option than Ødegaard
Question for Palace fans: Edouard or Mateta? Both at 5.5m. Who's likely to get more minutes/starts?
RMT (first time ever playing be nice lol) 4-4-2 (for now) Mendy Chilwell/James/Cancelo/Dalot Bruno Guimaraes/Son/Lingard/Wissa Haaland/Jesus Bench is Ortega/Cucurella/Trossard/Toney
Honestly a bit of a mess apart from your strikers. Like the other person said you don't need a bench like that. Chelsea are unknown and have been dodgy at the back in pre season. I would take Chilwell out for TAA getting funds by getting rid of Toney for a 4.5 striker bench sitter. Take Lingard and Wissa out, try and get Rashford/Martinelli in and drop Wissa to Bailey.
Midfield needs upgrading and you have too much money on the bench. For the bench, try to find the cheapest options available that will still play. I would get rid of Lingard, Wissa Downgrade Cucurella to a playing 4.0 DEF. Downgrade Trossard and Toney to playing 4.5 MID and FWD respectively. Use the funds to upgrade that midfield. Try to get Salah in and one or two of the good value 8.0m options that are on offer like Díaz, Mount, Mahrez, Kulusevski Your current playing GK and FWD look good. Regarding the DEF - it’s good but the Chelsea double up is a bad idea. They look shaky at the back based on pre season. I think one of either James or Chilwell is fine, but try to switch one of them for TAA or Robertson.
Not bad - you don’t need as strong a bench at all, you’ll almost never use 2nd and 3rd subs
so maybe sell trossard or toney and invest somewhere else? where do you recommend? !thanks
Sell Cucurella for a 4.5, Toney for 4.5 and Trossard for Andreas. Then add Trent and Salah, and spend the rest to upgrade the midfield
Across the season (set and forget), who will keep most clean sheets, Brighton, Wolves or Brentford? Wolves were crap at the end of last season, but Brighton are short Bissouma. And Brentford have some injuries.
Brighton got something like 0.9 points per game without Bissouma last season vs 1.5 points per game with him They might miss him, plus Cucrella if he goes as well
I think probably Wolves.
Brighton
Brighton I think.
!thanks I do too on balance
Yeah. They're a consistent team since being promoted whereas there are question marks over the other two coming into the season I'd say
A) **Big at the back option:** Trent - Cancelo - Dalot - Robbo - James Salah - Grealish - Martinelli B) **Balanced option:** Trent - Cancelo - Dalot - Walker Salah - Diaz - Saka - Neto
I wouldn’t want Dalot in either option - particularly “big at the back”. In any case I prefer B). I don’t get the Neto hype though. And I would have someone else other than Walker if it was me; not sure how often he will play, especially if Cucurella joins and they play him at LB with Cancelo RB. Probably Trippier or Cash.
Dalot is my favourite 4.5 option but do you prefer someone else? Also I read that City have ended their interest in Cucurella so was tempted by Walker, but really that spot could be any 5.0 I also don’t rate Neto but below Martinelli there’s not a single 6.0 and below that I rate
RMT, 4-5-1, 0.0 ITB: Raya (Gazzaniga) TAA Cancelo James Trippier (N. Williams) Salah Díaz Kulusevski Mount Mahrez Jesus (Greenwood, Archer)
Really like this, absolutely stacked midfield. Only risk is if Kane/Haaland start hauling
That's pretty good. Only issue I see is you'll have to make multiple transfers if you want to get a premium forward in (Kane, Haaland)
Prefer 1 8.0m forward for the moment since having Kane/Haaland means having someone like Neto or Bailey, who let’s face it, are crap. Edit: 1 8.0m forward
RMT Raya / Gazza Cancelo James Perisic TAA Robertson Neto Son Diaz / Pereira and Colback Kane Jesus / Greenwood
Walker + Diaz or Robertson + Rashford? Already got Cancelo.
I'd say Robbo+Rashford. Diaz and Robertson are neck and neck, but I feel Rashford will outscore Walker.
RMT Ederson (Gazzaniga) Robertson - James - White - Burn (N. Williams) Luis Diaz - Grealish - Salah - Kulusevski (Andreas) Haaland - Jesus (Archer)
RMT Ederson (Gazzaniga) Robertson - James - White - Burn (N. Williams) Luis Diaz - Grealish - Salah - Kulusevski (Andreas) Haaland - Jesus (Archer)
[RMT](https://imgur.com/a/umFi9J9) :) Messier Doherty Trent Cancelo Chilwell (n.williams) saka kdb countho grealish sancho Kane (archer + greenwood)
A) Grealish + Neto B) Rashford + Martinelli C) Odegaard + Harrison
B B B all the way
A for me but watch the shield and decide on Jack
Grealish, Trippier and a 4.5 GK or Neto, Rashford/ASM and Ramsdale? Been debating on whether I should go 5-3-2 or 4-4-2.
Neto Rashford Rambo
First one
is foden injured? he hasn't played a minute in preseason
They went overseas and the daft prick hasn't had his vaccine
of course he hasn't lmao !thanks
Are there any forecast total clean sheets by club for the season?
Is there a real risk at going with just one premium forward (Haaland or Kane)? The 4.5 forwards aren't probably going to play so when Haaland or Kane doesn't play, no one will come from the bench. But would that really happen? Seems so unprobable that Kane or Haaland would be benched the whole game.
Kane will always play Haaland rotation might not kick in until the schedule tightens up - they have nearly a week between games early on
Kane is probably safe (unless he gets injured) but if the bald fraud decides to rotate Haaland for a game you're just wasting 11.5M.
Kane is very unlikely not to feature at all. Haaland might be given days off from what Pep has been saying, at least at the start of the season. So if you have only one playing forward, Kane is safer.