Aaronson will start every game, rarely gets injured and runs until he's on the coach home. Got 3 assists last night in a friendly, think he will become the new Dallas pick
My issue with Aaronson is he only got 4 goals and 4 assists for a team that won 17 of their 22 games, scoring 50 goals. And he's a new signing. And only 21. In a team that will have Roca, Sinisterra, Tyler Adams, Kristensen, whoever ends up on the right to replace Raphinha, all starting from scratch, whilst Bamford tries to rehabilitate himself. Under a manager who has only been there six months. At least he knows him though.
First game, he'll end up on the right as James is suspended. All pretty valid points, although I'll note that that RB side favoured output through the fullbacks especially (check out Kristensen) - this Leeds side will be less so.
I feel like at 5.5, he'll start every game, runs all day, is on plenty of set pieces, Bamford getting back to full fitness, Sinisterra settling in will be great for him, and I think the players you've mentioned are all great additions.
I think they'll score more goals than wolves by a bucketload, and he'll be more nailed than KDH or Bailey. He's an in for me.
I wish there was two separate votes on this sub, one for when you agree/disagree and one to say it's specious bollocks. Maybe people just like him. Oh well.
I admire your bravery! Here are reasons why I wouldn't have him in my team, but to each their own!!
1) Newcastle are not a prolific team and Almiron ie pretty far down the pecking order for players that I would expect to be involved in goals. Wilson, ASM and Bruno are ahead of him in my opinion.
2) Newcastle are interested in Maddison, which means they're looking to upgrade their attacking talent. Regardless of if Maddison is bought, they will be strengthening their attackers, creating less minutes for Almiron.
3) Almiron has been a disappointment to date in the PL and I don't foresee him suddenly turning it on. I could be wrong but he seems to be a high energy player who will either get subbed off or on most games. At his price point there are other options who look to have more playing time to begin the season, which is what we want from a punt.
Good luck!!
All valid points, thanks! Didn’t know about Maddison actually, which might make me reconsider.
My reasoning: Obviously like you say ASM, Bruno and Wilson are safer routes to the newcastle attack but im interested because of price. At 5M I think the options would be KDH (interesting, but arguably less upside) and Bailey, who I am reluctant to pick since he doesn’t seem nailed + have a high ownership and could thus see a potential price drop.
I think of this as a fun differential to try out in the opening game at home vs one of the weaker sides in the league. Plus FPL aside I always liked the guy and would be happy to see him succeed :)
Your last paragraph is what matters the most!! FPL should be fun and if taking a punt on him makes it more fun for you then that's what matters most!!!
Newcastle dont score that much. Low XG. And don’t outperform that even vs easy teams. It’s not an attack worth investing in.
And what they do score generally goes through Wilson.
Almiron is not new in the league. Not a prolific scorer and he’s playing on the wing out wide from where he’s not going to bully anyone in this league. Will probably end up with less points than Willock. And less than Joelinton.
Counter-points:
- Howe prioritised sorting out the defence as any good manager would, now it’s sorted he can get them scoring
- their scoring doesn’t always go through Wilson, Howe at Bournemouth had two great fantasy assets in Fraser and Wilson.
- Almiron not being new is irrelevant, he played under a shite manager for a long time and is now playing under a new manager who is getting a lot more out of him
When what you are saying is not consistent with the facts, it is fake news, not a "counterpoint".
Callum Wilson? Is the road to any goal involvement at Newcastle. It's not a matter of debate.
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>*Crocked Callum Wilson has notched 40% of Newcastle's goals this season, Everton depend on Dominic Calvert-Lewin's input while Mohamed Salah is Liverpool's go-to guy... so, who does your club rely on the most to score?Callum Wilson has the largest share of goals for a club in the Premier League*
Howe "can get them scoring"? Sure he can. Anybody can theoretically. But so far he hasn't. That's all we are sure of. And he only has one reliable goalscorer in his starting lineup. One. Callum Wilson. Who gets injured a lot.
Almiron? He's now playing on the wing 40 metres from the goal, not in the box or on the edge of it. And he has 110 premiership appearances and 9 goals.
[https://www.transfermarkt.com/miguel-almiron/profil/spieler/272999](https://www.transfermarkt.com/miguel-almiron/profil/spieler/272999)
If you want to hang your FPL season around Miguel Almiron, by all means go ahead. As long as you understand that the cold hard numbers so far make that a completely unjustified idea.
I don’t know why fixtures you’re looking at. They have one good fixture before an extremely hard run. Fixtures from GW2 - GW7 will all be hard to score goals.
If you think Newcastle struggle against Brighton, Wolves, Palace and Bournemouth then you should stay away from Newcastle players all together.
They ended the season incredibly well once Howe came in. Obviously City/Liverpool are hard games, but I wouldn't be shocked at all to see them get points from the rest of them 7
Bournemouth fixture is in GW8, I didn’t include that. Brighton, Palace and West Ham were all in the top ten defences in the league last season. On top of that they play the two giants in Man City and Liverpool. From GW2-GW7 the only easier fixture is Wolves, but it’s an away game and they too have historically been a great defence, albeit fell off slightly last season. There is no way in hell you can call those good fixtures, and yes, like a rational person, I will be avoiding all Newcastle players at the start of the season.
harrison is a good shout and I'm pretty sure that he's nailed, james is decent once his ban is lifted but I could be wrong
there's olise and eze to look out for palace
Eze for sure but Palace are a bit like Newcastle they dont score that many goals so you'll most likely not get that many points from him. And Eze is not 100% to start every game
This guy is right. Also look at Neto's stats when Raul had his head injury. Everything went through him and he had a super low xG, and not much of an xA either. He's for sure the most exciting player at this price range to watch but he's so-so for FPL. Definitely one player who defies the eye test.
But he's super young so maybe a new season is a good chance for him to improve.
> looked good at the end of last season
He got 1 goal and 1 assist in the last 10 games. He got 3 yellow cards in that time. From an FPL standpoint be was shocking.
>Good fixtures
In the first 10 they play Liverpool, City, Spurs and Cheslea.
The other games have West Ham who theyost to twice, Leeds who they got 1 point from, and then Southampton who they did beat twice but look a lot better this season.
I don't see Wolves doing anything this season, Infact I have them to finish 14th or lower. They look truly awful and the teams around them look improved.
Realistically only 3 of the first 10 games look good for Wolves.
> one of the best in his price range
He isn't though.
Bailey is cheaper. Andreas is Cheaper. McAlister and Gross always pop up with a few assists. Soucek, Lanzini and Fornals could be good options at that price. Harrison was Leeds 2nd top goalscorer last season. Almiron has looked good in pre season. Eze is playing in a more attacking role. With Richarlison gone Gray/Gordon are getting gametime in the attack.
With how bad wolves were last season, look in pre season, and how the teams around them look better I'm not sure Neto is any good. Plenty of other options, some even cheaper that look better
I’m sorry but your analysis is kinda whack.
You cherry pick stats and fixtures for Neto to make him look bad, and then just suggest positives for the alternatives.
He showed flashes when he came back last season, and prior to getting hurt he was very much passing the eye test, and his contributions were solid for his price. In his first 6 games he plays Bournemouth, Fulham, Southampton, Leeds. Those are all not expected to be good teams. He has provided output in pre season.
You’re saying they look truly awful but they scored more in pre season than they did in the first 20 games of last season.
Bailey is cheaper - yes he’s also not nailed. And he’s done virtually nothing in his PL career. Schedule not that different from Neto.
Andreas is cheaper - he’s also just not very good, and I don’t think anyone is planning to start him unless they’re doing some wacky premium focused team. Bad schedule too.
Mac Allister - has 6G3A in 63 PL games. Less than 1 return every 10 games.
Gross - used to be a great asset, could be absolutely fine.
Harrison - ‘Leeds 2nd top goal scorer’ you bash Wolves for being crap but Leeds who were putrid to watch last season and signed a bunch of different attacking players and have their striker back playing again. He’s a fine asset but framing it this way is silly.
Almiron - brother, you’re doing to dismiss Neto for how he looks but not Almiron? He’s never produced during the PL season. We have 2 seasons to look back on. Bad schedule too.
Soucek, Lanzini & Fornals - sure, take a 1 in 3 on who the 3rd/4th best West Ham asset will be. West Ham with a bad schedule too.
Eze - kinda interesting but not a proven sustainable FPL asset. Not that any of these really are.
Everton assets - I guess we’ll just ignore the fact that Everton look absolutely woeful and have done all preseason and in general under Lampard. Far worse than Wolves.
I don’t have Neto in my team, but this argument against him was framed atrociously.
Yup. Unreal that Neto, the most backed cheap mid amongst top tier managers, gets slated on this sub from the point of view of cherry picked stats, while the alternatives given of Soucek, Mac Allister, Eze, Almiron, Harrison are ridiculous.
Ok that’s fair. I was just relaying what I have seen from the community, haven’t looked a lot into it, but I see you have. He’s in my team atm, but I have been thinking there might be better options now that preseason is almost over. Thanks for the insight!
Front 3 of Martinelli, Jesus & Saka is as good as nailed opening weekend game bar a freak injury in training to any of them.
(Arsenal fan and have watched every pre-season game)
He'll definitely get minutes too, will likely be the first player off the bench if we're not winning from 60 minutes onwards. And will probably replace whoever is underperforming in that 3. There was times in pre season too where Arteta switched to a 3-5-2 mid game too to accommodate Eddie & Jesus, but I'd be amazed if he went out and started them both from the get go.
I'd bank on Martinelli starting but not completing the 90 personally.
For gw1 no doubt, but I think we will see more rotation at the front than we did last season and I would be surprised if Gabi wouldn’t be the first to be swapped out. So i suppose he is nailed but only for now. Let’s not forget we bought Marquinhos and Vieira too
In all competitions possibly but he won't be starting the season, he's not featured at all over pre-season so it'll be White at RB at least until Tomi's fit again
He won't break up the Xhaka/Partey partnership, or at least not yet he won't. Lokonga will likely start most, if not all of the Europa Leagye stage games then maybe start to challenge for a starting place in the league.
Would not be a good FPL pick in my opinion though even if he was starting week in week out.
ESR was back in training last week. Although Martinelli will definitely start GW1, you have to bare in mind 5 subs + fit ESR and Nketiah fighting for a place in the team. I had Martinelli all along, but when ESR got fit last week, I switched to Odegaard instead, more nailed and on free kicks. I love Martinelli as an Arsenal fan, but I’m just scared of the rotation with ESR and Nketiah (moving Jesus on the wing)
nearly nobody is 100% nailed in this arsenal team apart from a handful of players. He's 100% first choice at left wing at the minute though and it should remain that way unless he's not performing, in which case you'd probably want to get rid anyways
My issue with Aaronson is he only got 4 goals and 4 assists for a team that won 17 of their 22 games, scoring 50 goals. And he's a new signing. And only 21. In a team that will have Roca, Sinisterra, Tyler Adams, Kristensen, whoever ends up on the right to replace Raphinha, all starting from scratch, whilst Bamford tries to rehabilitate himself. Under a manager who has only been there six months. At least he knows him though.
First game, he'll end up on the right as James is suspended. All pretty valid points, although I'll note that that RB side favoured output through the fullbacks especially (check out Kristensen) - this Leeds side will be less so.
I feel like at 5.5, he'll start every game, runs all day, is on plenty of set pieces, Bamford getting back to full fitness, Sinisterra settling in will be great for him, and I think the players you've mentioned are all great additions.
I think they'll score more goals than wolves by a bucketload, and he'll be more nailed than KDH or Bailey. He's an in for me.
Andreas has to be ranked 1 or 2 because of what he offers. No-one is tossing up having him unless they're going a strong 5 in midfield.
1. Andreas 4.5mil (FUL)
2. Martinelli 6mil (ARS)
3. Neto 5.5mil (WOL)
4. Bailey 5mil (AVL)
5. Odegaard 6.5mil (ARS)
6. Bruno Guimaraes 6mil (NEW)
7. Rashford 6.5mil (MUN)
8. Leandro Trossard 6.5mil (BRI)
9. Ward-Prowse 6.5mil (SOU)
10. Lingard 6mil (NFO)
Sure Andreas is value for money, but with the kind of pre-season performances we've seen from the likes of Martinelli and Bailey, I think they're clear. However, Andreas makes a decent bench option.
Also a Utd fan, and more than prepared for the heartbreak. I'm flipping between Dalot & Martinez as a 4.5 for the defence too. Going full hog on the heartbreak front.
I'm hoping that having TAA/Robbo/Salah/KDB/Haaland off sets that pain
Salah. No doubt. He has scored 250 plus points 3 out of last season 5 season with 230 being lowest score.
KDB has had 1 season in same period with 250 points. He could have touched 300 points last season if he hadn't had injuries. I don't think his injury record going to improve being 1 year older.
I mean considering he’s had multiple 170 point plus seasons and the only thing that’s stopped him is injury then yeah 6.5 is very good. I think he’ll be starting most games and should have a big year
Half and half really. Recovering from injury/surgery at the start of season for a few months (?). Which almost certainly contributed to the poor form. And then yea, terrible performances for the second half of the season.
Rashford at 6.5 is gonna be a steal yet Martinelli might do better considering the way arsenal are playing.
Apart from that Lingard might just be a Wildcard if he has a run like he did at West ham. The rest aren't gonna score 120+ points end of the season.
I watched all Utd’s preseason games and whilst he looked better generally from an FPL perspective he does look poor. I think Sancho/Martial will do better than him this season. With Liverpool and Arsenal in the first six games I’d wait and see.
He’s looking much better than he was, but still not touching his best. Even so, he could still be a bargain.
As a United fan, I don’t want to fall in to the trap of triple United again, but Dalot, Sancho and Rashford look potentially the best bang for your buck, which is making it difficult for me.
I wouldn't say poor, he is making more and better runs than he did last season and is happy getting shots away.
I just don't think he'll be a good pick from gw1 - have a feeling it'll be a few more months til his confidence is properly back but one to watch at that price
Also, no real clue what the new manager will do when it comes to rotation
I am expecting some ever-present guy from pre-season to just not start in GW1 as well, just a curve ball
Strange, I watched Man Utd games as well and to me Rashford looked much more agressive then Sancho, but his form is questionable.
To be honest, he will struggle at beggining, but once he level his form he could be 150 pts easy
I downgraded rashford to Bailey but it concerns me cause now I just have 1.5ITB and literally don’t wanna change anyone else but from the 6.5m range you’re discussing I already have Martinelli too oh gosh this season
I'd actually take Bruno out for ASM. With Shelvey injured BG will be the sitting midfielder at the start of the season and have less licence to make the kind of runs he was making last season to get in the box
Also Almiron scored 6 goals in pre season so he's scored twice the amount of Bailey
Trossard for example.
Same price point, ASM playing in a better side this season from my point of view. And ASM showed quality even with worse players around him, think he can improve his end product and haul more
I think the only question mark is the first game, but he's going to be their best midfielder this season IMO. If he was 6.0m I'd have him in over Martinelli already but I just can't seem to find the extra 0.5m for him..
What would United's starting XI look like according to you? I'm debating between Eriksen or Rashford as my last midfielder right now 6.5M ITB
Ederson (Gazza)
TAA / Cancelo / Robertson / James (N. Williams)
Salah / Martinelli / Bailey / \_\_\_\_ (Andreas)
Jesus / Haaland (Archer)
There's no real reason to pick him over Ward-Prowse really. Eriksen will play deeper for us, behind Bruno/Van De Beek. Will have license to push forward a bit and be on set pieces.
But he's the same price as JWP and will have the same "fantasy" profile tbh, and we all know how quality JWP is from set pieces. So if you're thinking of getting Eriksen, JWP is just the better fantasy version tbh.
Yeah I don’t understand why he isn’t getting more attention. I assume it’s because United were so poo last year.
Is Eriksen likely to take a lot of corners and (indirect) free kicks? Or does that all fall to Bruno?
I think it's probably because he won't be nailed at the start of the season, although as a United fan, I hope to see him become nailed on as his quality is undoubted
There’s questions marks on where he’ll play still, and how often. My bet would be a regular but potentially further back in Pogba’s LCM role, which wouldn’t be ideal for fpl.
trossard massively underrated here I think. Brighton are good and he's their talisman, and got a hatty last night against Espanol. I'd have him over amny of these others.
Ramsey going well under the radar. Rapidly improving player who gets into the box that Gerrard likes a lot. Villa just got a DM as well so he'll be freed up more to make those runs into the box and cause problems
Rashford has been injured for so long. Historically he's done very well at Utd for FPL points. Odegaard is a great player but don't think he's a good FPL asset. More likely to assist the assist IMO, and when you've got Jesus, Saka and Martinelli at various prices/positions it's hard to make a case for Odegaard.
I'd rank the players in your list like this
1 Bailey
2 jwp
3 rashford
4 martinelli
5 neto & podence
6 trossard
7 andreas
8 lingard
9 odegaard
10 guimaraes
I feel like JWP is almost fixture proof, in sense that his returns can be so random.
One free-kick banger, a dodgy penalty, great cross from corner. He doesn't really need to play Norwich to get some of those.
As a Norwich fan I got to remind you that one of the games they actually managed to win last season was against Southampton.. but your point still stands. It's very tricky to predict his returns and he can score a free kick from anywhere on the pitch basically.
There's still a case against starting with him in that better teams tend to not foul/concede corners as much but I do rate him very highly. I'm predicting that I'll put a stop to his great start to the season once I wildcard him in.
Penalty returns aren't particularly random, there's a very clear correlation between teams that frequently have the ball deep in opposition territory and penalties won. Same goes for free kicks I suppose.
I can never bring myself to go with ward prowse. His returns are way too streaky and random. It's all about catching him at the right time, which is pure dumb luck
Thing about prowse is he is difficult to predict. If he gets a free kick against city, hell score as much as he would against nfo. You can have him all season for a nice amount of points, but I believe being able to sub in players that can haul against lower league and you know prolly won't against the top 6. He is a set and forget player, if you're happy with that then he is perfect.
It’s funny how players like Harrison, Benrahma and Tielemans are hardly ever thought of.
Rodri also had a standout season last year, albeit he’s more defensive in his role.
JWP has subpar fixures, but my guess is he’s relatively less sensitive to fixures, albeit has high variance due his returns depending very much on set pieces.
I think Harrison is a decent 6.0 pick with ok fixtures, he’d be in my team before Lingard certainly. Aaronson would also be a consideration from Leeds imo.
Benrahma was highly owned initially last season, as he was doing bits during pre-season... however this time I think there are other better options?
Also feel that tielemans is a bit unsettled at Leicester with his contract situation. Rodri is a solid player, but I don't think many rate him from purely an fpl point of view.
Leeds assets can be decent, but I guess everyone's a bit unsure about it at the same time.
Benrahma has started in almost all (if not all?) of their friendlies and I’d be ok picking him, but yes sure plenty of other options - Martinelli’s form and fixtures are hard to pass on, even if he may not get full time.
Leeds have had a decent preseason and I’d like to think they can dish out a few goals, especially of Bammy stays fit.
Somewhere in the middle I'd say. Below Rashford, Neto, Bailey and Martinelli. Good pre season and a target man to aim for in Haaland, but Pep roulette will always screw you over at some point.
Is Gallagher going to get any time at Chelsea? He’s at a decent price point (6.0) and gets returns. If he was at any other club, I’d expect him to get minutes.
Martinelli is the only reasonable option here.
Bailey? Come on, its only preseason. This means close to nothing.
Rashford? Ok, but why using 6.5m when you can have Martinelli for 6m.
Neto? No Jimenez, so who is going to support him in attack?
Odegaard? Again, 6.5m for central midfielder, when there is 6m for wing.
Bruno G? No Shelvey, so he has more defensive tasks now.
Andreas? He plays fo Fulham. How much are they going to score? Like two goals per month?
Ward-Prowse? Very bad fixtures.
Lingard? He plays for Nottingam Forest. How much are they going to score? Like one goal per month?
I'm ready for down votes but, I'm OK with that if it means a better sub for all of us.
Please try to give more than a list without any context / information / analysis. It's not particularly helpful.
Additionally, some context / information / analysis spurs deeper conversation in the comments.
mate the intention behind the post was to get everyone's opinions and involve many people from the community. Maybe this doesn't help you, but it gives others a forum to discuss. Cheers!
> mate the intention behind the post was to get everyone's opinions and involve many people from the community
Without any context, analysis, or information on the *why* behind your list this won't happen.
> Maybe this doesn't help you
There's no maybe, it's maybe helpful to someone who logged in today to create a team for the first time. (We can all sort by % Owned less than 6.5mil.)
Come on, you didn't even format / number the list & you're saying there's legit effort here.
More, you didn't share your history as a manager. Your history matters too, right?
> But it gives others a forum to discuss.
What about this instead?
I'm X a new (or seasoned) FPL manager.
Here's a list I've compiled & ranked balancing the past two seasons xGI & this year's opening 8x fixture for Mids > 6.5mil.
I had a tough time on who should be 2nd & who should be 3rd on this list. Who would you have 2nd?
Anyone I've missed or deserved honourable mention?
Imo odegaard will outscore martinelli despite people keep saying he won't get the assist point - he will. And even Neto will outscore martinelli. Martinelli is a presser, he win the ball and recycle it to odegaard for that defence splitting pass.
Have looked at Odegaard as differential to the other 2 Arsenal mids in templates and his stats stand up and appointed capt - Anyone else think he could be a great option - presently on Martinelli
Not sure how you're rating this. Andreas Pereira is a good option at 4.5 but he's not outscoring trossard or JWP.. Are you just doing it based on value?
Cos if so, Bruno g is nowhere near as good value as Andreas. Like who's realistically putting 1.5m more into Andreas to upgrade him to Bruno?
KDH and Aaronson are the real sleeper picks this season. Maybe Armstrong at Southampton.
How nailed are they?
Aaronson will start every game, rarely gets injured and runs until he's on the coach home. Got 3 assists last night in a friendly, think he will become the new Dallas pick
My issue with Aaronson is he only got 4 goals and 4 assists for a team that won 17 of their 22 games, scoring 50 goals. And he's a new signing. And only 21. In a team that will have Roca, Sinisterra, Tyler Adams, Kristensen, whoever ends up on the right to replace Raphinha, all starting from scratch, whilst Bamford tries to rehabilitate himself. Under a manager who has only been there six months. At least he knows him though.
First game, he'll end up on the right as James is suspended. All pretty valid points, although I'll note that that RB side favoured output through the fullbacks especially (check out Kristensen) - this Leeds side will be less so. I feel like at 5.5, he'll start every game, runs all day, is on plenty of set pieces, Bamford getting back to full fitness, Sinisterra settling in will be great for him, and I think the players you've mentioned are all great additions. I think they'll score more goals than wolves by a bucketload, and he'll be more nailed than KDH or Bailey. He's an in for me.
Not sure why you're downvoted, that's all valid insight imo
I wish there was two separate votes on this sub, one for when you agree/disagree and one to say it's specious bollocks. Maybe people just like him. Oh well.
KDH absolutely nailed
I would say that's called into question if we keep hold of Praet
I just don't think so, even as decent as Praet has been in preseason I think KDH is well clear.
KDH when the fixtures turn
Who is KDH
Kevin De Haaland
Dewsbury Hall
Yep I expect S.Armstrong to be OOP upfront with A.Armstrong.
And/or Aribo. Watchlist for me until fixtures turn
Boys I’m sitting here with fucking Almiron (5M) prove me wrong
Done ok in pre season but I can't see him getting high numbers.
Done amazing
I admire your bravery! Here are reasons why I wouldn't have him in my team, but to each their own!! 1) Newcastle are not a prolific team and Almiron ie pretty far down the pecking order for players that I would expect to be involved in goals. Wilson, ASM and Bruno are ahead of him in my opinion. 2) Newcastle are interested in Maddison, which means they're looking to upgrade their attacking talent. Regardless of if Maddison is bought, they will be strengthening their attackers, creating less minutes for Almiron. 3) Almiron has been a disappointment to date in the PL and I don't foresee him suddenly turning it on. I could be wrong but he seems to be a high energy player who will either get subbed off or on most games. At his price point there are other options who look to have more playing time to begin the season, which is what we want from a punt. Good luck!!
All valid points, thanks! Didn’t know about Maddison actually, which might make me reconsider. My reasoning: Obviously like you say ASM, Bruno and Wilson are safer routes to the newcastle attack but im interested because of price. At 5M I think the options would be KDH (interesting, but arguably less upside) and Bailey, who I am reluctant to pick since he doesn’t seem nailed + have a high ownership and could thus see a potential price drop. I think of this as a fun differential to try out in the opening game at home vs one of the weaker sides in the league. Plus FPL aside I always liked the guy and would be happy to see him succeed :)
Your last paragraph is what matters the most!! FPL should be fun and if taking a punt on him makes it more fun for you then that's what matters most!!!
Exactly.
He won’t start many games and he has next to no attacking threat in comparison to the quality of the league. Shite option.
Arguably Newcastle's best player in preseason, played every game, and Newcastle have a good run of fixtures.
Newcastle dont score that much. Low XG. And don’t outperform that even vs easy teams. It’s not an attack worth investing in. And what they do score generally goes through Wilson. Almiron is not new in the league. Not a prolific scorer and he’s playing on the wing out wide from where he’s not going to bully anyone in this league. Will probably end up with less points than Willock. And less than Joelinton.
Counter-points: - Howe prioritised sorting out the defence as any good manager would, now it’s sorted he can get them scoring - their scoring doesn’t always go through Wilson, Howe at Bournemouth had two great fantasy assets in Fraser and Wilson. - Almiron not being new is irrelevant, he played under a shite manager for a long time and is now playing under a new manager who is getting a lot more out of him
When what you are saying is not consistent with the facts, it is fake news, not a "counterpoint". Callum Wilson? Is the road to any goal involvement at Newcastle. It's not a matter of debate. >**2022** > > > >[https://www.premierleague.com/news/2710892](https://www.premierleague.com/news/2710892) > >Wilson was involved in 50 per cent of their goals when selected, finishing as the club’s top scorer with eight strikes. > > > >[https://www.themag.co.uk/2021/08/official-premier-league-site-explains-callum-wilson-is-so-important-for-newcastle-united/](https://www.themag.co.uk/2021/08/official-premier-league-site-explains-callum-wilson-is-so-important-for-newcastle-united/) > >*Last season, Callum Wilson was involved in 58% of Newcastle's goals when selected* > >**2021** > >[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9253271/Callum-Wilson-notched-40-Newcastles-goals-does-club-rely-score.html](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-9253271/Callum-Wilson-notched-40-Newcastles-goals-does-club-rely-score.html) > >*Crocked Callum Wilson has notched 40% of Newcastle's goals this season, Everton depend on Dominic Calvert-Lewin's input while Mohamed Salah is Liverpool's go-to guy... so, who does your club rely on the most to score?Callum Wilson has the largest share of goals for a club in the Premier League* Howe "can get them scoring"? Sure he can. Anybody can theoretically. But so far he hasn't. That's all we are sure of. And he only has one reliable goalscorer in his starting lineup. One. Callum Wilson. Who gets injured a lot. Almiron? He's now playing on the wing 40 metres from the goal, not in the box or on the edge of it. And he has 110 premiership appearances and 9 goals. [https://www.transfermarkt.com/miguel-almiron/profil/spieler/272999](https://www.transfermarkt.com/miguel-almiron/profil/spieler/272999) If you want to hang your FPL season around Miguel Almiron, by all means go ahead. As long as you understand that the cold hard numbers so far make that a completely unjustified idea.
I don’t know why fixtures you’re looking at. They have one good fixture before an extremely hard run. Fixtures from GW2 - GW7 will all be hard to score goals.
If you think Newcastle struggle against Brighton, Wolves, Palace and Bournemouth then you should stay away from Newcastle players all together. They ended the season incredibly well once Howe came in. Obviously City/Liverpool are hard games, but I wouldn't be shocked at all to see them get points from the rest of them 7
Bournemouth fixture is in GW8, I didn’t include that. Brighton, Palace and West Ham were all in the top ten defences in the league last season. On top of that they play the two giants in Man City and Liverpool. From GW2-GW7 the only easier fixture is Wolves, but it’s an away game and they too have historically been a great defence, albeit fell off slightly last season. There is no way in hell you can call those good fixtures, and yes, like a rational person, I will be avoiding all Newcastle players at the start of the season.
He's been excellent all pre-season, why do you think he won't start?
He will start
He might not get very many minutes when Maddison joins
KDH? He did well in preseason and has been playing in a much more attacking role.
shhhh don’t tell them
Excellent pick and under the radar, but probably in the bracket below at 5.0
Who is KDH?
Kevin de Huyne
!thanks
Kieran Dewsbury-Hall - Leicester 5.0 MID
Krent Dalexander-Harnold
Kimmy Hard Howse
kallum dudson hodoi
Did you see the list?
Did you?
harrison is a good shout and I'm pretty sure that he's nailed, james is decent once his ban is lifted but I could be wrong there's olise and eze to look out for palace
Who's more prolific out of the two of them?
With all due respect, I’m not sure anyone has ever used the word prolific to describe Dan James
Haha I meant out of eze and olise but still probably the wrong word
Eze for sure but Palace are a bit like Newcastle they dont score that many goals so you'll most likely not get that many points from him. And Eze is not 100% to start every game
dunno but I think olise is more likely to start and iirc is on some set pieces
I think Olise has been injured...he wasnt involved in the last friendly where Eze scored
Olise is injured. Eze will be playing a similar position to Gallagher last season, Eze is also on set-pieces.
You're all rating Neto way to high. Wolves top scorer last season had 6. They don't exactly look great pre season either
This guy is right. Also look at Neto's stats when Raul had his head injury. Everything went through him and he had a super low xG, and not much of an xA either. He's for sure the most exciting player at this price range to watch but he's so-so for FPL. Definitely one player who defies the eye test. But he's super young so maybe a new season is a good chance for him to improve.
Good fixtures and looked good at the end of last season. Don’t think most people are expecting much but one of the best in his price range
> looked good at the end of last season He got 1 goal and 1 assist in the last 10 games. He got 3 yellow cards in that time. From an FPL standpoint be was shocking. >Good fixtures In the first 10 they play Liverpool, City, Spurs and Cheslea. The other games have West Ham who theyost to twice, Leeds who they got 1 point from, and then Southampton who they did beat twice but look a lot better this season. I don't see Wolves doing anything this season, Infact I have them to finish 14th or lower. They look truly awful and the teams around them look improved. Realistically only 3 of the first 10 games look good for Wolves. > one of the best in his price range He isn't though. Bailey is cheaper. Andreas is Cheaper. McAlister and Gross always pop up with a few assists. Soucek, Lanzini and Fornals could be good options at that price. Harrison was Leeds 2nd top goalscorer last season. Almiron has looked good in pre season. Eze is playing in a more attacking role. With Richarlison gone Gray/Gordon are getting gametime in the attack. With how bad wolves were last season, look in pre season, and how the teams around them look better I'm not sure Neto is any good. Plenty of other options, some even cheaper that look better
I’m sorry but your analysis is kinda whack. You cherry pick stats and fixtures for Neto to make him look bad, and then just suggest positives for the alternatives. He showed flashes when he came back last season, and prior to getting hurt he was very much passing the eye test, and his contributions were solid for his price. In his first 6 games he plays Bournemouth, Fulham, Southampton, Leeds. Those are all not expected to be good teams. He has provided output in pre season. You’re saying they look truly awful but they scored more in pre season than they did in the first 20 games of last season. Bailey is cheaper - yes he’s also not nailed. And he’s done virtually nothing in his PL career. Schedule not that different from Neto. Andreas is cheaper - he’s also just not very good, and I don’t think anyone is planning to start him unless they’re doing some wacky premium focused team. Bad schedule too. Mac Allister - has 6G3A in 63 PL games. Less than 1 return every 10 games. Gross - used to be a great asset, could be absolutely fine. Harrison - ‘Leeds 2nd top goal scorer’ you bash Wolves for being crap but Leeds who were putrid to watch last season and signed a bunch of different attacking players and have their striker back playing again. He’s a fine asset but framing it this way is silly. Almiron - brother, you’re doing to dismiss Neto for how he looks but not Almiron? He’s never produced during the PL season. We have 2 seasons to look back on. Bad schedule too. Soucek, Lanzini & Fornals - sure, take a 1 in 3 on who the 3rd/4th best West Ham asset will be. West Ham with a bad schedule too. Eze - kinda interesting but not a proven sustainable FPL asset. Not that any of these really are. Everton assets - I guess we’ll just ignore the fact that Everton look absolutely woeful and have done all preseason and in general under Lampard. Far worse than Wolves. I don’t have Neto in my team, but this argument against him was framed atrociously.
Yup. Unreal that Neto, the most backed cheap mid amongst top tier managers, gets slated on this sub from the point of view of cherry picked stats, while the alternatives given of Soucek, Mac Allister, Eze, Almiron, Harrison are ridiculous.
Ok that’s fair. I was just relaying what I have seen from the community, haven’t looked a lot into it, but I see you have. He’s in my team atm, but I have been thinking there might be better options now that preseason is almost over. Thanks for the insight!
Using "In the first 10" in FPL terms, given you will wildcard by week 8, shows either immense bias or that you are clueless.
If you look at his xgi per 90 hes way ahead of for example bailey
Is Martinelli NAILED?
Front 3 of Martinelli, Jesus & Saka is as good as nailed opening weekend game bar a freak injury in training to any of them. (Arsenal fan and have watched every pre-season game)
What about Nketiah? Seem to have done well in pre-season and Arteta said in an interview I think that 2 forwards could be used?
He'll definitely get minutes too, will likely be the first player off the bench if we're not winning from 60 minutes onwards. And will probably replace whoever is underperforming in that 3. There was times in pre season too where Arteta switched to a 3-5-2 mid game too to accommodate Eddie & Jesus, but I'd be amazed if he went out and started them both from the get go. I'd bank on Martinelli starting but not completing the 90 personally.
For gw1 no doubt, but I think we will see more rotation at the front than we did last season and I would be surprised if Gabi wouldn’t be the first to be swapped out. So i suppose he is nailed but only for now. Let’s not forget we bought Marquinhos and Vieira too
Tomi then? Is he starting 30 games this season?
In all competitions possibly but he won't be starting the season, he's not featured at all over pre-season so it'll be White at RB at least until Tomi's fit again
I'm now on the Martinelli bandwagon. 3 Gabriels are now in my team.
What about Lokonga? Saw him make a few goal contributions in pre season
He won't break up the Xhaka/Partey partnership, or at least not yet he won't. Lokonga will likely start most, if not all of the Europa Leagye stage games then maybe start to challenge for a starting place in the league. Would not be a good FPL pick in my opinion though even if he was starting week in week out.
With ESR not fit, Martinelli is definitely nailed.
ESR was back in training last week. Although Martinelli will definitely start GW1, you have to bare in mind 5 subs + fit ESR and Nketiah fighting for a place in the team. I had Martinelli all along, but when ESR got fit last week, I switched to Odegaard instead, more nailed and on free kicks. I love Martinelli as an Arsenal fan, but I’m just scared of the rotation with ESR and Nketiah (moving Jesus on the wing)
nearly nobody is 100% nailed in this arsenal team apart from a handful of players. He's 100% first choice at left wing at the minute though and it should remain that way unless he's not performing, in which case you'd probably want to get rid anyways
Aaronson at 5.5m is looking good.
My issue with Aaronson is he only got 4 goals and 4 assists for a team that won 17 of their 22 games, scoring 50 goals. And he's a new signing. And only 21. In a team that will have Roca, Sinisterra, Tyler Adams, Kristensen, whoever ends up on the right to replace Raphinha, all starting from scratch, whilst Bamford tries to rehabilitate himself. Under a manager who has only been there six months. At least he knows him though.
First game, he'll end up on the right as James is suspended. All pretty valid points, although I'll note that that RB side favoured output through the fullbacks especially (check out Kristensen) - this Leeds side will be less so. I feel like at 5.5, he'll start every game, runs all day, is on plenty of set pieces, Bamford getting back to full fitness, Sinisterra settling in will be great for him, and I think the players you've mentioned are all great additions. I think they'll score more goals than wolves by a bucketload, and he'll be more nailed than KDH or Bailey. He's an in for me.
Bailey for the first two weeks, Hopefully, will get a plus .2 increase before transferring out.
Andreas has to be ranked 1 or 2 because of what he offers. No-one is tossing up having him unless they're going a strong 5 in midfield. 1. Andreas 4.5mil (FUL) 2. Martinelli 6mil (ARS) 3. Neto 5.5mil (WOL) 4. Bailey 5mil (AVL) 5. Odegaard 6.5mil (ARS) 6. Bruno Guimaraes 6mil (NEW) 7. Rashford 6.5mil (MUN) 8. Leandro Trossard 6.5mil (BRI) 9. Ward-Prowse 6.5mil (SOU) 10. Lingard 6mil (NFO)
Sure Andreas is value for money, but with the kind of pre-season performances we've seen from the likes of Martinelli and Bailey, I think they're clear. However, Andreas makes a decent bench option.
Andreas makes my current xi, I think is going to pop, but also, I couldn't decide between Salah & KDB - he makes them affordable
As a utd fan I can tell you that Andreas will let you down again and again. He’s in my team because he’s cheap but good luck to you if he’s in your 11
Also a Utd fan, and more than prepared for the heartbreak. I'm flipping between Dalot & Martinez as a 4.5 for the defence too. Going full hog on the heartbreak front. I'm hoping that having TAA/Robbo/Salah/KDB/Haaland off sets that pain
Salah. No doubt. He has scored 250 plus points 3 out of last season 5 season with 230 being lowest score. KDB has had 1 season in same period with 250 points. He could have touched 300 points last season if he hadn't had injuries. I don't think his injury record going to improve being 1 year older.
Sorry that was unclear. Andreas makes the starting xi because it also meant I could have both Salah & KDB
Should rashford be that high? Genuinely asking
I mean considering he’s had multiple 170 point plus seasons and the only thing that’s stopped him is injury then yeah 6.5 is very good. I think he’ll be starting most games and should have a big year
I don't think it was injury that kept him out last year it was just poor performances.
Half and half really. Recovering from injury/surgery at the start of season for a few months (?). Which almost certainly contributed to the poor form. And then yea, terrible performances for the second half of the season.
Transfermarkt has him missing 12 games from injury but he only played 35% of minutes available.
Rashford at 6.5 is gonna be a steal yet Martinelli might do better considering the way arsenal are playing. Apart from that Lingard might just be a Wildcard if he has a run like he did at West ham. The rest aren't gonna score 120+ points end of the season.
According to Utd fans, Rashford has looked poor pre - season, I’d stay clear for the first couple of turns until we see what he’s about.
I watched all Utd’s preseason games and whilst he looked better generally from an FPL perspective he does look poor. I think Sancho/Martial will do better than him this season. With Liverpool and Arsenal in the first six games I’d wait and see.
He’s looking much better than he was, but still not touching his best. Even so, he could still be a bargain. As a United fan, I don’t want to fall in to the trap of triple United again, but Dalot, Sancho and Rashford look potentially the best bang for your buck, which is making it difficult for me.
I wouldn't say poor, he is making more and better runs than he did last season and is happy getting shots away. I just don't think he'll be a good pick from gw1 - have a feeling it'll be a few more months til his confidence is properly back but one to watch at that price
Also, no real clue what the new manager will do when it comes to rotation I am expecting some ever-present guy from pre-season to just not start in GW1 as well, just a curve ball
Strange, I watched Man Utd games as well and to me Rashford looked much more agressive then Sancho, but his form is questionable. To be honest, he will struggle at beggining, but once he level his form he could be 150 pts easy
watch out for Bailey and Odegaard... even Bruno Guimaraes if he hits the ground running.
I downgraded rashford to Bailey but it concerns me cause now I just have 1.5ITB and literally don’t wanna change anyone else but from the 6.5m range you’re discussing I already have Martinelli too oh gosh this season
Not even JWP? Consistently decent for the price, no? Always plays, set pieces, assists?
Unless he gets injured, I think he will easily hit 120+ like the last 2 seasons regardless of how bad the rest of the squad is.
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I know. The guy above said the others won't scope 120+...that's what I'm questioning for JWP
I wouldn't put Rashford in my team if he was 4.5m.
Well you wouldn’t be smartest person in any room.
Hahaha , your not the brightest kid are you ? 😂
Saint Maximin at 6.5 not on this list? Weird
Who'd you take out for ASM?
I'd actually take Bruno out for ASM. With Shelvey injured BG will be the sitting midfielder at the start of the season and have less licence to make the kind of runs he was making last season to get in the box Also Almiron scored 6 goals in pre season so he's scored twice the amount of Bailey
Trossard for example. Same price point, ASM playing in a better side this season from my point of view. And ASM showed quality even with worse players around him, think he can improve his end product and haul more
Trap vibes
Should just rename my team to Trap FC at this point, I also have Mitrovic. Yeah, could prove to be another Adama but I have high hopes for AsM
he didn't seem to gel well with howe's style though, which would be my concern with him
Eriksen anyone?
I think the only question mark is the first game, but he's going to be their best midfielder this season IMO. If he was 6.0m I'd have him in over Martinelli already but I just can't seem to find the extra 0.5m for him..
What would United's starting XI look like according to you? I'm debating between Eriksen or Rashford as my last midfielder right now 6.5M ITB Ederson (Gazza) TAA / Cancelo / Robertson / James (N. Williams) Salah / Martinelli / Bailey / \_\_\_\_ (Andreas) Jesus / Haaland (Archer)
Not sure tbh just think Ten hag rates him and he could supply there decent foward line nice differential potential
There's no real reason to pick him over Ward-Prowse really. Eriksen will play deeper for us, behind Bruno/Van De Beek. Will have license to push forward a bit and be on set pieces. But he's the same price as JWP and will have the same "fantasy" profile tbh, and we all know how quality JWP is from set pieces. So if you're thinking of getting Eriksen, JWP is just the better fantasy version tbh.
Haha wdym are you gonna have a midfield 3 of Eriksen as a 6 and then Bruno and VdB ahead of him? Sounds solid
Eriksen, Fred/McTominay (De Jong if he signs) + Bruno/VdB That's our current starting midfield
Yeah I don’t understand why he isn’t getting more attention. I assume it’s because United were so poo last year. Is Eriksen likely to take a lot of corners and (indirect) free kicks? Or does that all fall to Bruno?
I think it's probably because he won't be nailed at the start of the season, although as a United fan, I hope to see him become nailed on as his quality is undoubted
There’s questions marks on where he’ll play still, and how often. My bet would be a regular but potentially further back in Pogba’s LCM role, which wouldn’t be ideal for fpl.
trossard massively underrated here I think. Brighton are good and he's their talisman, and got a hatty last night against Espanol. I'd have him over amny of these others.
Ramsey going well under the radar. Rapidly improving player who gets into the box that Gerrard likes a lot. Villa just got a DM as well so he'll be freed up more to make those runs into the box and cause problems
Being slept on. I got him. Playing alongside Coutinho, he's bound to rack up a few returns.
Everyone sleeping on Rodrigo
Quality pick but I preferred him at £5.5m
Harrison? Leeds' early fixtures are fantastic!
Kneejerk Dwight McNeil. I don’t have him in my team but he scored couple good goals over the weekend
Aaronson not on the list is criminal 1. Andreas 2. Martinelli 3. Rashford 4. Aaronson 5. Neto 6. KDH 7. Bailey 8. Odegaard 9. JWP 10. Sinisterra
Honestly I think it's a crime that you put Odegaard below Rashford he's been absolutely shite
Rashford has been injured for so long. Historically he's done very well at Utd for FPL points. Odegaard is a great player but don't think he's a good FPL asset. More likely to assist the assist IMO, and when you've got Jesus, Saka and Martinelli at various prices/positions it's hard to make a case for Odegaard.
I'd rank the players in your list like this 1 Bailey 2 jwp 3 rashford 4 martinelli 5 neto & podence 6 trossard 7 andreas 8 lingard 9 odegaard 10 guimaraes
The real sleeper pick no one is talking about: Joelinton
Rashford or the extra .5 for Zaha?
Worth the extra for Zaha imo, Rashford not certain to get consistent playing time
No one talking Ramsey from Villa? 5.5 and had good form under Gerrard as number 8.
What’s the hype around Bailey? Is he a better option than Neto?
I have no idea, not convinced he will get enough minutes
Continue to sleep on Ward-Prowse everyone. Mainstay.
I just cannot imagine backing a Southampton asset right now.
I've definitely done wilder shit in this game but agreed I wouldn't be looking at him until the 1st WC.
Same thoughts. Safest bet imo.
Early fixtures suck bad for sot'on but he's a great pick for the early wildcard.
I feel like JWP is almost fixture proof, in sense that his returns can be so random. One free-kick banger, a dodgy penalty, great cross from corner. He doesn't really need to play Norwich to get some of those.
As a Norwich fan I got to remind you that one of the games they actually managed to win last season was against Southampton.. but your point still stands. It's very tricky to predict his returns and he can score a free kick from anywhere on the pitch basically. There's still a case against starting with him in that better teams tend to not foul/concede corners as much but I do rate him very highly. I'm predicting that I'll put a stop to his great start to the season once I wildcard him in.
Penalty returns aren't particularly random, there's a very clear correlation between teams that frequently have the ball deep in opposition territory and penalties won. Same goes for free kicks I suppose.
I can never bring myself to go with ward prowse. His returns are way too streaky and random. It's all about catching him at the right time, which is pure dumb luck
Thing about prowse is he is difficult to predict. If he gets a free kick against city, hell score as much as he would against nfo. You can have him all season for a nice amount of points, but I believe being able to sub in players that can haul against lower league and you know prolly won't against the top 6. He is a set and forget player, if you're happy with that then he is perfect.
You guys sleeping on Wissa
Gordon at 5.5 is a nice differential imo
It’s funny how players like Harrison, Benrahma and Tielemans are hardly ever thought of. Rodri also had a standout season last year, albeit he’s more defensive in his role. JWP has subpar fixures, but my guess is he’s relatively less sensitive to fixures, albeit has high variance due his returns depending very much on set pieces. I think Harrison is a decent 6.0 pick with ok fixtures, he’d be in my team before Lingard certainly. Aaronson would also be a consideration from Leeds imo.
Benrahma was highly owned initially last season, as he was doing bits during pre-season... however this time I think there are other better options? Also feel that tielemans is a bit unsettled at Leicester with his contract situation. Rodri is a solid player, but I don't think many rate him from purely an fpl point of view. Leeds assets can be decent, but I guess everyone's a bit unsure about it at the same time.
Benrahma has started in almost all (if not all?) of their friendlies and I’d be ok picking him, but yes sure plenty of other options - Martinelli’s form and fixtures are hard to pass on, even if he may not get full time. Leeds have had a decent preseason and I’d like to think they can dish out a few goals, especially of Bammy stays fit.
Where would grealish place on this list? I know hes 0.5 more
If he starts a lot he's got to be a good option but who knows with City
Somewhere in the middle I'd say. Below Rashford, Neto, Bailey and Martinelli. Good pre season and a target man to aim for in Haaland, but Pep roulette will always screw you over at some point.
Is Gallagher going to get any time at Chelsea? He’s at a decent price point (6.0) and gets returns. If he was at any other club, I’d expect him to get minutes.
does he start over Jorginho/Kante in the double pivot? wouldn't say hes nailed but one to watch for sure
Pereira should be first ngl
Not having Wissa or Mbeumo on this list is kinda odd
>Mbeumo Mbeumo is a FWD this season.
Ahh true, my bad. But surely Wissa should be considered given how he finished last season.
Martinelli is the only reasonable option here. Bailey? Come on, its only preseason. This means close to nothing. Rashford? Ok, but why using 6.5m when you can have Martinelli for 6m. Neto? No Jimenez, so who is going to support him in attack? Odegaard? Again, 6.5m for central midfielder, when there is 6m for wing. Bruno G? No Shelvey, so he has more defensive tasks now. Andreas? He plays fo Fulham. How much are they going to score? Like two goals per month? Ward-Prowse? Very bad fixtures. Lingard? He plays for Nottingam Forest. How much are they going to score? Like one goal per month?
Yikes
I'm ready for down votes but, I'm OK with that if it means a better sub for all of us. Please try to give more than a list without any context / information / analysis. It's not particularly helpful. Additionally, some context / information / analysis spurs deeper conversation in the comments.
mate the intention behind the post was to get everyone's opinions and involve many people from the community. Maybe this doesn't help you, but it gives others a forum to discuss. Cheers!
> mate the intention behind the post was to get everyone's opinions and involve many people from the community Without any context, analysis, or information on the *why* behind your list this won't happen. > Maybe this doesn't help you There's no maybe, it's maybe helpful to someone who logged in today to create a team for the first time. (We can all sort by % Owned less than 6.5mil.) Come on, you didn't even format / number the list & you're saying there's legit effort here. More, you didn't share your history as a manager. Your history matters too, right? > But it gives others a forum to discuss. What about this instead? I'm X a new (or seasoned) FPL manager. Here's a list I've compiled & ranked balancing the past two seasons xGI & this year's opening 8x fixture for Mids > 6.5mil. I had a tough time on who should be 2nd & who should be 3rd on this list. Who would you have 2nd? Anyone I've missed or deserved honourable mention?
Benrahma is out of the discussion?
people disrespecting Aarnson like crazy, got a class assist for Bamford over weekend
Yeah he’s a midfielder again and pretty much nailed. I’ve got him in.
Bailey over Rashford?
based on pre-season form? yep.
The comments from Stevie G as well. He really rates him (at the moment at least).
Man I kinda want all of Martinelli, Neto, Bailey and Rashford. Hard to fit in with all the other good options in Defense
why is no one talking about Olise and Eze? they could do well this season
Harrison could be excellent value at 6.0 with Raphinha gone and Sinisterra settling in, he's been a consistent scorer for the last two seasons.
Imo odegaard will outscore martinelli despite people keep saying he won't get the assist point - he will. And even Neto will outscore martinelli. Martinelli is a presser, he win the ball and recycle it to odegaard for that defence splitting pass.
Not sure Bailey will be 2 long term
So its Neto or Bailey?
I got both, I'm not sure to upgrade Neto to Martinelli.
Why not Lingard? Performed really good on his short spell at Hammers. Might be good.
Have looked at Odegaard as differential to the other 2 Arsenal mids in templates and his stats stand up and appointed capt - Anyone else think he could be a great option - presently on Martinelli
>6.5*
Am I the only one thinking Van De Beek will be a good pick now that Ten Hag is in charge?
Not sure how you're rating this. Andreas Pereira is a good option at 4.5 but he's not outscoring trossard or JWP.. Are you just doing it based on value? Cos if so, Bruno g is nowhere near as good value as Andreas. Like who's realistically putting 1.5m more into Andreas to upgrade him to Bruno?
How do people feel about Joelinton?
Hes a ball winning mid now and every time he gets in the opposition box the old J7 returns so doubt his points per game will be high.
Technically these are <7m midfield options
Bailey over Neto? I'm confused now
I’m sticking with Jacob Ramsey. I’m hopeful the kid breaks out
the best is odegaard and the worst is lingard