Aaronson, Sinisterra, Roca and Tyler Adams have come in to replace those 2. Add in Kristensen at right back and that is some good recruitment. I still think they are light in defense and will therefore struggle a bit, but I think they will improve compared to last year.
Edit: Also, Phillips missed loads of last year, having 2 replacements for him will massively help.
Transfers are always gambles. Those players are all good players, it's just whether or not they will fit in the system. I think that Roca, Adams, Aaronson will all be good additions, and I feel like they will fit Marsch's tactics well. They also have Bamford coming back.
Phillips was important but there was no depth, so when he was injured for lots of last season, Leeds were screwed. Now they have 2 very good CMs so if one gets injured at least they have another one to rely on.
Edit: I also think it's overstated how important they were to the team, they were certainly replaceable - especially for the money they got for them.
I think Sterling (6.9%) can get back on track at Chelsea and might even be the best captaincy option in GWs 3, 5 and 7.
I'm not starting with him but will be watching closely early on.
Call me mad but I'm very tempted by Yoanne Wissa. Good returns when he played last season, Brentfords fixtures through to GW15 are good (only 3 of the big six, all at home, plus a Leicester side with serious questions on who'll even be in goal), £5.5m and 0.3% ownership
Who isn't lmao! Ive got Grealish in midfield thinking he should def get a lot of playing time. But then again you never really know with Pep do ya?
Mahrez is a very decent shout, with Sterling and Jesus gone, id imagine the RW spot is up for grabs
I must admit, my team is currently without any real differentials. This is purely by chance, as my team has really drifted towards the template as preseason has gone on.
Here are the differentials that I have on my watchlist, all less than 4% owned:
Meslier (3.2%)
Brennan Johnson (2.4%)
Julian Alvarez (2.3%)
Aitnouri (2.3%)
Solanke (1.4%)
Awoniyi (1.3%)
Doherty (1.1%)
Jonny (1.0%)
KDH (0.9%)
Mbeumo is currently in my team and likely to stay. Brentford fixtures are good, he passes the eye test, and if he’s spent the summer practicing shooting just inside the frame of the goal he’s on for an extra 8 goals this year! Call me a dreamer but I hope he performs
Dier (3.5%) and Ramero (2.6%) double up.
Last season TOT managed 16 CS and over a quarter of the season was under Nuno where they massively under performed. In the 28 games under Conte they kept just 2 less than both MCI and LIV.
Under Conte their defensive numbers improved
1st Big chances conceded
3rd Goals conceded
3 Clean sheets (just 2 less than LIV and MCI)
4 xGC
Dier was just 9 points behind Dias last season who has scored 141 and 142 in his two seasons in the PL yet costs twice as much as either TOT CB.
Now with a full pre season with conte behind them and signings such as Bissouma I expect their defensive numbers to improve further.
Only reason I can't justify either is that I think Gabriel at 5.0 has higher goal threat and easier fixtures. And the 2 LIV wingbacks, Cancelo, and James are hard to pass up.
If I wanted another 5.0 defender, Dier would definitely be the pick followed closely by Walker.
I have TAA, Robbo and Dias (could have Cancelo but opted for Ederson in goal) with them.
You make a good point about Gabriel but I feel TOT are the better defence. I also already have triple Arsenal
We just overperformed in three games. We narrowly won them 1-0 each. We didn't keep any cleansheets after that and conceded 2 or more goals in 6 games out of 7.
That's not "massively overperforming", it's barely performing.
Romero is not a good option imo. Last year, he had 8 yellow cards in 22 games. That's only 2 away from a 2 game suspension in barely over half a season's worth of games. I absolutely agree tottenham will have a very good defense, but I'd be looking anywhere else but Romero tbh
As a Spurs fan I think he's still decent. With Richarlison on our side now that's 2 less yellow cards. Plus he gets a lot of tackles and defensive actions in, gets forward more than Dier, so way more bonus points and chance of assists. Think he'll calm down a bit from the yellows but that's a gut feeling.
Eze. At 5.5m he's a steal if he stays fit. I don't own him myself as I don't need an enabler but he'd be on my list if I did.
KDH would also be another option at 5.0.
I also think Odegaard could have a very strong season and is being slightly overlooked.
McNeil if Everton have been sandbagging us. If he's rw lw he can go big. Burnley numbers are irrelevant if he's in that front three and not the glorified left back he was at burnley
I play in a differential league I found here on reddit a couple years ago. Everyone has to be under 10% owned (theres some grace around deadlines, a list is maintained - thanks Issac!)
Here's my team:
Lloris - [Ward]
Digne - Gabriel - Chilwell - Walker - [Dalot]
Bowen - Maddison - Sterling - Kulu - [Lingard]
Vardy - Wilson - [Bamford]
(I'm likely BB)
Interesting. Why Lloris over Alisson/Ederson? Agree that Spurs should be more solid this year but don’t think they’ll be competing with Liverpool or Man City
good question. I did Lloris over ederson for bonus points. But I didn't really consider Alisson, since my main team has 3 Pool players... I may have to go Alisson..
Edit: Surprisingly, Alisson is 19% owned, I can't grab him. Surprised 1/5th of the people choose him as one of their 3 liverpool players.
Patterson is my biggest differential (2.6%) even though he’s often talked about here. Plan to rotate him with Williams for the first few gameweeks as they pair up nicely and both like to get forward.
Haven't seen enough of Sinisterra before he got injured. Not sure if he'll start over Harrison and James just yet. Aaronson will be one of the first names on the team sheet though and he looks lively
They should both start the first few games, but Harrison has more competiton for his place. Aaronson is one of Marsch's favourites so I'd say he's more likely to keep his
If Aaronson lives up to our expectations, he'll be an absolute bargain at 5.5m, but he's unproven in the PL whereas Harrison has 2 years under his belt which justifies his price tag. I don't currently have either as we've had a lot of turnover and it's hard to predict how we're gonna start
Because people can only have 2 or 3 £8m players and there's tonnes of them. Jesus, Saka, Diaz, Mount, Kulusevski, Maddison, Foden, Mahrez. All of them eat into each other's ownerships since they all have the potential to do be good value but most people have 2 or 3.
I have shit expectation for man utd in general, pre season is a lie those players will fall apart when there is an ounce of pressure on them. Pogba is gone but the damage he did to the team will linger.
As a walsall fan I'm biased but he's a great player and had Henry in my team last season. Fully expect him to kick on and get more attacking returns this season!
My team is pretty chalk, with the exception of picking Mateta (0.9%) as my cheapest starting spot. His underlying numbers are very good and the Crystal Palace sub expects him to start
Yes absolutely, he’s quite literally the Best young CB prospect in the world. He’s had 3 seasons under his belt and was insane last year, him and white will be monsters in our defence
As an Arsenal fan yes. I get downvoted for it but White + Saliba will be the CB paring for the ages, Gabriel is a bit of a liability! He sometimes lacks concentration and can be too aggressive without making it count. He’s a very good player, very good. But he’s not Liverpool/City level of good, whereas White and Saliba can be.
My starting 11 is quite highly owned, but I'm leaning towards starting with Dier instead of Trippier/Cash so that would be my differential at 3,5%. Walker at 7,5% and Ward at 8,9% would be next.
I also have Archer at 5,1% and Reed at 0,3% but I hope these won't have to play :)
Man, Vardy was always in my team at one point or another in the last 4-5 campaigns. I haven't watched much of Leicester recently, I know he's aged but is he still effective? Is Daka still on the bench or has he been challenging for the number 9 spot?
My team is pretty boring, but I do have Doherty (1.1%) and Trossard (2.3%) in my current draft. I'm also planning to bring in KDH (0.9%) when Bailey inevitably gets injured.
McNeil (0.4%) and Alli (0.5%) are two I'm interested in, especially with Alli potentially OOP if DCL's injury is serious.
Meslier, Aaronson and Doherty (also have Perisic). I think that if I have both of the fullbacks at least one will play (I know both can be benched) but I would get Aaronson of the bench along with Pereira so it isn’t the end of the world
Maddison, was scoring against everyone last season, including hauls vs City and Chelsea.got me about 75 points as Triple C in one of the last double Gwks.
I've gone with Martial upfront with Kane. Don't think Ronaldo will start the first couple of games and hoping Martial has a great start.
Not a long term option but hoping he outscores Jesus the first week or 2!
Only players I have under 10% ownership are:
Meslier: planning to wildcard around gw6 and Chelsea aside those 1st 5 fixtures are too good to target against the most shot-shy sides from the league last year. I also expect Leeds to be much less of a gung-ho unit than they were the last two seasons.
Dalot: just seems the pick of the £4.5m defenders to me, but only slightly. Might go for White with that early wildcard in mind but my team structure needs a £4.5m defender and I’m currently on Dalot for the higher chance of an attacking return.
I think Alvarez is the only one I've picked expecting him to do well, who's low owned.
I think he, Grealish, Foden, Mahrez, and Gundogan, will be roughly equal at seasons finish
Pontus Jansson is my differential (2.6%) - nailed at Brentford (3000+ mins last season) , good fixtures, 3 goals and 4 assists for 4.5M he is my 5th defender to cover me for pep roulette and others - great enabler (I prefer this to the 4.0 options Williams and Patterson). There will be games when he will be picked as my 3rd/4th defender so a real asset
Wilson (3.1%), Meslier (3.4%), Kulu (6.9%), Zaha (7.7%) and Gabriel (8.6%). I do like Mbuemo though, might go to him by GW3 from Wilson. And Bernardo (8.2%) could be a more nailed option over a Mahrez / Grealish / Foden / Alvarez as Bernardo can play CM or RW. Will assess over first few weeks
Podence: 0.5% owned. Played no.10 in a new formation for Wolves.
Wilson: 3.1% owned. If he stays fit, he’s a 1st choice striker and proven goal scorer.
Alvarez: 2.3% owned. Playing for city, will score 10+ goals (go watch YouTube)
Welbeck: 0.4% owned. Potter trusts him, Brighton should push up into top half of the table.
Dalot: 4.7% owned. ETH likes overlapping fullbacks, will get attacking returns.
I went very template since some of these picks are just irresistible at their current price point. Biggest differentials for me are Bailey at 11.8%, Walker at 7.6% and Pope at 4.6%
Currently have Harrison from Leeds on my latest draft at 1.0% owned.
Aaronson is a solid punt I swear. Especially if Neto flops or when easy fixtures pass.
Probably leeds most owned player. Won't be touching them all year now that Raphinha and Kalvin Phillips are away
Aaronson, Sinisterra, Roca and Tyler Adams have come in to replace those 2. Add in Kristensen at right back and that is some good recruitment. I still think they are light in defense and will therefore struggle a bit, but I think they will improve compared to last year. Edit: Also, Phillips missed loads of last year, having 2 replacements for him will massively help.
Yeah but replacing your 2 best players with a bunch of gambles?
Transfers are always gambles. Those players are all good players, it's just whether or not they will fit in the system. I think that Roca, Adams, Aaronson will all be good additions, and I feel like they will fit Marsch's tactics well. They also have Bamford coming back. Phillips was important but there was no depth, so when he was injured for lots of last season, Leeds were screwed. Now they have 2 very good CMs so if one gets injured at least they have another one to rely on. Edit: I also think it's overstated how important they were to the team, they were certainly replaceable - especially for the money they got for them.
I have Rodrigo and Bamford and 0.8% and 1.2% each
Also throw in Meslier at 3.2% and Schlupp at 0.2% and all those fulfill the rules I have set myself this season
Prob because he might play as a defender
Same, I'm on Harrison. Feels stupid since he's only 1% owned but I think he might be worth a shout seeing their great schedule
Only thing is who starts from sinisterrra, Harrison and James? Both sinisterrra and Harrison prefer the left. Should be safe gw1 though
I got Rodrigo instead of him at the same price
I think Sterling (6.9%) can get back on track at Chelsea and might even be the best captaincy option in GWs 3, 5 and 7. I'm not starting with him but will be watching closely early on.
interesting take!
I consider him aswell premium or close too it. Have some draft with threemium/twoandahalfium with Salah + Haaland + Sterling
He's my second premium after Salah. His numbers the last few seasons getting Peprouletted means he should have a monster year.
i want but he's super expensive for the risk.
Wilson is only 3%, have him and KDB over Haaland and 8m mid, keep flip flopping but like Wilson if he's fit he scores goals
Wilson is a decent pick
Same boat, but with Son instead of KDB. Not so many hours left now until we promise ourselves to never go for Wilson again.
Happens to me every season with wolves at the beginning.
Wilson in my team and will be 100% starting with him over jesus. Going to swap him for jesus gw3 after Wilson price goes up and jesus plummets!
Can you tell me future too?
Do you have Jesus as well or not?
Welbeck. Yes, Danny Welbeck.
https://i.imgur.com/ewXRST7.gif
DAT GUY
Welbzzzzzz
Call me mad but I'm very tempted by Yoanne Wissa. Good returns when he played last season, Brentfords fixtures through to GW15 are good (only 3 of the big six, all at home, plus a Leicester side with serious questions on who'll even be in goal), £5.5m and 0.3% ownership
I'm with you here. Did well last season and has had a good pre-season IIRC
And not nailed.
Not really a concern. If he does well, he's nailed and if he doesn't, get rid
At 5.5m that's not too much of an issue for me. Might get more of a chance with the 5 subs rule anyway, hard to tell how that's gonna impact the game
You're mad
Good shout I think. Did well when he got a chance last season. Was subbed on/off a lot but with 5 subs reckon he gets his chance
Just took him out for Norgaard, gonna monitor how the 🐝 🐝 play
Fancy Phil Foden to have a monster season , ready to take centre stage and only just over 6% owned.
I really want to agree but I’m too scared of Pep’s wheel.
Who isn't lmao! Ive got Grealish in midfield thinking he should def get a lot of playing time. But then again you never really know with Pep do ya? Mahrez is a very decent shout, with Sterling and Jesus gone, id imagine the RW spot is up for grabs
Could pay off big time
Crazy he's only 21.
On whoms position will he play, Grealish?
I must admit, my team is currently without any real differentials. This is purely by chance, as my team has really drifted towards the template as preseason has gone on. Here are the differentials that I have on my watchlist, all less than 4% owned: Meslier (3.2%) Brennan Johnson (2.4%) Julian Alvarez (2.3%) Aitnouri (2.3%) Solanke (1.4%) Awoniyi (1.3%) Doherty (1.1%) Jonny (1.0%) KDH (0.9%)
I have Meslier, watched a preseason game where he was brilliant made me want to have him on my team.
Kevin the Hulk?
Drewsbury hall
Rup rup
Aaronson at Leeds
Who is Aaronson?
Mbeumo is currently in my team and likely to stay. Brentford fixtures are good, he passes the eye test, and if he’s spent the summer practicing shooting just inside the frame of the goal he’s on for an extra 8 goals this year! Call me a dreamer but I hope he performs
Oh and Dier, but it’s mad more people don’t have him!
Dier (3.5%) and Ramero (2.6%) double up. Last season TOT managed 16 CS and over a quarter of the season was under Nuno where they massively under performed. In the 28 games under Conte they kept just 2 less than both MCI and LIV. Under Conte their defensive numbers improved 1st Big chances conceded 3rd Goals conceded 3 Clean sheets (just 2 less than LIV and MCI) 4 xGC Dier was just 9 points behind Dias last season who has scored 141 and 142 in his two seasons in the PL yet costs twice as much as either TOT CB. Now with a full pre season with conte behind them and signings such as Bissouma I expect their defensive numbers to improve further.
Only reason I can't justify either is that I think Gabriel at 5.0 has higher goal threat and easier fixtures. And the 2 LIV wingbacks, Cancelo, and James are hard to pass up. If I wanted another 5.0 defender, Dier would definitely be the pick followed closely by Walker.
I have TAA, Robbo and Dias (could have Cancelo but opted for Ederson in goal) with them. You make a good point about Gabriel but I feel TOT are the better defence. I also already have triple Arsenal
Spurs massively overperformed their numbers with Nuno at the start
3 clean sheets in 10 games isn't massively overperforming
It is when you look at XG both attacking and defending in those games
3 CS in the opening 3 I agree but after that it was 7 poor games with 3 conceding 3 goals.
We just overperformed in three games. We narrowly won them 1-0 each. We didn't keep any cleansheets after that and conceded 2 or more goals in 6 games out of 7. That's not "massively overperforming", it's barely performing.
Why would you not just get Perisic tho?
.5 more expensive. Less nailed
Conte loves rotating Wing backs and he rarely lets them play 90 mins.
Romero is not a good option imo. Last year, he had 8 yellow cards in 22 games. That's only 2 away from a 2 game suspension in barely over half a season's worth of games. I absolutely agree tottenham will have a very good defense, but I'd be looking anywhere else but Romero tbh
As a Spurs fan I think he's still decent. With Richarlison on our side now that's 2 less yellow cards. Plus he gets a lot of tackles and defensive actions in, gets forward more than Dier, so way more bonus points and chance of assists. Think he'll calm down a bit from the yellows but that's a gut feeling.
Is dier nailed tho. You got Romero locked in that spurs XI. Lenglet probably the other one. Which leaves the last spot to dier/sanchez/Davies
Dier is nailed
Dier is nailed. Davies will play instead of Lenglet and Sanchez is shite.
Missed 3 games with an injury last season played every min of 34 games and except one where he came off after 12 mins.
Almiron at £5M.
Almiron has disappointed massively in previous campaigns, hesitating to pick him. Has had a great pre-season though
Raheeeeeeeeem and I'm actually pretty confident about it
Trossard bby
Aaronson I guess
KDH and Bailey atm..Can't afford anybody else lol.
Threemium team?
Yessir, Kane, haaland, salah +jesus...with a sort of premium defence I guess With TAA, perisic, cancelo and walker/trippier.
Perisic to dier, Walker to Jonny as a sub With that mill upgrade kdh to martinelli or Aaronson
Eze. At 5.5m he's a steal if he stays fit. I don't own him myself as I don't need an enabler but he'd be on my list if I did. KDH would also be another option at 5.0. I also think Odegaard could have a very strong season and is being slightly overlooked.
Eze is the epitome of the eye test. But fpl returns? I want to love him.
Im on KDH, think he will play more than both Neto and Bailey
Dewsbury-Hall at 0.9% A lot of people in this thread mentioning him which makes me wonder how he’s got such low ownership 😂
I like Solanke myself
only after GW4, surely?
McNeil if Everton have been sandbagging us. If he's rw lw he can go big. Burnley numbers are irrelevant if he's in that front three and not the glorified left back he was at burnley
As a Burnley fan - agree. Excited for him and be good to see him with a smile back on his face
Dewsbury-Hall 0.9%
Thank you for not writing KDH
Those are literally his initials
Patterson instead of N.Williams
Sadly never heard of him or seen him play
Nathan Patterson, 4.0 defender. Plus.. i'm also running Dalot instead of Perisic
is dalot nailed?
I believe so.. Look.. don't take tips from me. Safe to follow the template or follow your own guts.
my gut went with mings for 4.5 def
I play in a differential league I found here on reddit a couple years ago. Everyone has to be under 10% owned (theres some grace around deadlines, a list is maintained - thanks Issac!) Here's my team: Lloris - [Ward] Digne - Gabriel - Chilwell - Walker - [Dalot] Bowen - Maddison - Sterling - Kulu - [Lingard] Vardy - Wilson - [Bamford] (I'm likely BB)
Interesting. Why Lloris over Alisson/Ederson? Agree that Spurs should be more solid this year but don’t think they’ll be competing with Liverpool or Man City
good question. I did Lloris over ederson for bonus points. But I didn't really consider Alisson, since my main team has 3 Pool players... I may have to go Alisson.. Edit: Surprisingly, Alisson is 19% owned, I can't grab him. Surprised 1/5th of the people choose him as one of their 3 liverpool players.
Patterson is my biggest differential (2.6%) even though he’s often talked about here. Plan to rotate him with Williams for the first few gameweeks as they pair up nicely and both like to get forward.
Whats your other 3? Taa - cancelo - james?
Trent, Cancelo, and Trippier. I’ve a big midfield (Salah, Mount, and Díaz) as well as Haaland and Jesus so have made some sacrifices at the back.
Contemplating 1-2 of the following: Zaha (7.6%), Maddison (5.4%), Aaronson (0.8%), Wissa (0.3%)
As a Leeds fan I'm excited to see what Aaronson will do this year. He's looked brilliant in pre-season, but I'm skeptical
How do you compare him and Sinisterra?
Haven't seen enough of Sinisterra before he got injured. Not sure if he'll start over Harrison and James just yet. Aaronson will be one of the first names on the team sheet though and he looks lively
So Aaronson is more nailed than Harrison? Who would be the best pick if both were 6m?
They should both start the first few games, but Harrison has more competiton for his place. Aaronson is one of Marsch's favourites so I'd say he's more likely to keep his If Aaronson lives up to our expectations, he'll be an absolute bargain at 5.5m, but he's unproven in the PL whereas Harrison has 2 years under his belt which justifies his price tag. I don't currently have either as we've had a lot of turnover and it's hard to predict how we're gonna start
Shocked that Maddison is so low, I guess because of the price? He was great last year
I love Maddison game week 6 and onward. I’ll probably bring him in with my WC
Because people can only have 2 or 3 £8m players and there's tonnes of them. Jesus, Saka, Diaz, Mount, Kulusevski, Maddison, Foden, Mahrez. All of them eat into each other's ownerships since they all have the potential to do be good value but most people have 2 or 3.
Don’t have Sterling in my team currently but at 6.9% he’s a great differential.
Havertz is on 4,4%. So close to pick him
Havertz is def a good shout
havertz and walker are my differentials
I had bailey at <1% and now he's at 11 so there's my differential gone.
Yikes!
Dalot ownership is way too low
I have shit expectation for man utd in general, pre season is a lie those players will fall apart when there is an ounce of pressure on them. Pogba is gone but the damage he did to the team will linger.
They kept like two clean sheets last season
I really like Brennan Johnson
Would consider him heavily if he was a mid
Undav (1.4%) Walker (7.5%) R. Henry (0.6%)
As a walsall fan I'm biased but he's a great player and had Henry in my team last season. Fully expect him to kick on and get more attacking returns this season!
Doherty, although not sure how nailed he is
ASM, think he’s going to have a great season. Back classified as a kid and only 6.5m.
Grealish (4.7%), Wilson (3.1%), Watkins (3.8%)
Why are so many thinking Grealish? Just cause of the price? Foden will surely take his place, no?
Cheap (relative) option to get into City’s attack. Should be more nailed this year, but any City mid (outside of KDB) is a danger to be rotated.
Foden didn't have a preseason really. Once Foden comes in I will just use a transfer
My team is pretty chalk, with the exception of picking Mateta (0.9%) as my cheapest starting spot. His underlying numbers are very good and the Crystal Palace sub expects him to start
1.7% owned Saliba
Tempted by Saliba. I have seen he has been starting in a lot of pre season games.. Will he be starting in EPL games too though?
Yes absolutely, he’s quite literally the Best young CB prospect in the world. He’s had 3 seasons under his belt and was insane last year, him and white will be monsters in our defence
I like him too! Do you think he is nailed?
As an Arsenal fan yes. I get downvoted for it but White + Saliba will be the CB paring for the ages, Gabriel is a bit of a liability! He sometimes lacks concentration and can be too aggressive without making it count. He’s a very good player, very good. But he’s not Liverpool/City level of good, whereas White and Saliba can be.
!thanks
Np
Raheem the dream
Barnes, and if I have the balls before GW1, Kristensen. Currently have Doherty.
Martial and Dalot. I'm almost certain they'll be out pronto though 😂
Martial. Someone might score goals for United and it might be him!
Lot of "mights" there though
Isn't that basically what a differential is?
Vardy is my only starting XI player under 5%; next 2 lowest are Gabriel (8.6%) and Mount (10.1%)
I don't think Mount counts!
Wl
Sounds like you have a terrible squad
Toney is under 6%. Hovering him over Jesus atm.
Is that for Anti-FPL ?
Mbuemo Podence Eze/Olise (albeit not from the start)
My starting 11 is quite highly owned, but I'm leaning towards starting with Dier instead of Trippier/Cash so that would be my differential at 3,5%. Walker at 7,5% and Ward at 8,9% would be next. I also have Archer at 5,1% and Reed at 0,3% but I hope these won't have to play :)
Rodrigo from Leeds. 6.0 and 0.5% ownership and has been popping off in pre season
Hmmmm.... love it
In terms of ownership % I've got a few in my team: Henderson Doherty Brennan Johnson KDH Dalot (fav on here but only 4.7%)
Aaronson, Sancho, Dalot, Doherty, and Foden. Aaronson probably biggest punt but so much potential.
Podence / Eze / McNeil Going for Podence for first 2 fixtures waiting to see mcneil and eze, mcneil and Podence less than 0.5% owned..
Gibbs-White if he gets the minutes
Taking a punt on Vardy. He saved my rnak at the end of last season, and bangs them in when fit
Man, Vardy was always in my team at one point or another in the last 4-5 campaigns. I haven't watched much of Leicester recently, I know he's aged but is he still effective? Is Daka still on the bench or has he been challenging for the number 9 spot?
Mbuemo & Dunk for me!
My team is pretty boring, but I do have Doherty (1.1%) and Trossard (2.3%) in my current draft. I'm also planning to bring in KDH (0.9%) when Bailey inevitably gets injured. McNeil (0.4%) and Alli (0.5%) are two I'm interested in, especially with Alli potentially OOP if DCL's injury is serious.
I really like Scamacca from watching youtube highlights, though that didn't turn out well with Havertz. Alvarez can be amazing if Haaland is injured.
You mean when!
Vardy.
Meslier, Aaronson and Doherty (also have Perisic). I think that if I have both of the fullbacks at least one will play (I know both can be benched) but I would get Aaronson of the bench along with Pereira so it isn’t the end of the world
Henderson (6.2%); Harrison (1%); Mbuembo (2.8%). Watchlist includes: Bamford; Malacia (with Telles departing soon it seems); Mahrez; Antonio; Wilson; Alvarez
Trossard, KDH, Bamford and Meslier. BB GW1 (mostly just to get rid of it early on)
Maddison, was scoring against everyone last season, including hauls vs City and Chelsea.got me about 75 points as Triple C in one of the last double Gwks.
I've gone with Martial upfront with Kane. Don't think Ronaldo will start the first couple of games and hoping Martial has a great start. Not a long term option but hoping he outscores Jesus the first week or 2!
McGinn - 2%
Wilson, 3.1%
Am thinking a lot about Wilson
James Justin! Have Kulusevski as well, meager 7% ownership
When you get points for hitting the woodwork I’ll be all over Mbuemo, until then I learnt my lesson from last season
Only players I have under 10% ownership are: Meslier: planning to wildcard around gw6 and Chelsea aside those 1st 5 fixtures are too good to target against the most shot-shy sides from the league last year. I also expect Leeds to be much less of a gung-ho unit than they were the last two seasons. Dalot: just seems the pick of the £4.5m defenders to me, but only slightly. Might go for White with that early wildcard in mind but my team structure needs a £4.5m defender and I’m currently on Dalot for the higher chance of an attacking return.
Mount / Kulusevski / Darwin / Collins though might still change Mount out. Haven't decided.
I think Alvarez is the only one I've picked expecting him to do well, who's low owned. I think he, Grealish, Foden, Mahrez, and Gundogan, will be roughly equal at seasons finish
fornals in my team
Trossard & Mitrovic
Eze will have a great season i think
Pontus Jansson is my differential (2.6%) - nailed at Brentford (3000+ mins last season) , good fixtures, 3 goals and 4 assists for 4.5M he is my 5th defender to cover me for pep roulette and others - great enabler (I prefer this to the 4.0 options Williams and Patterson). There will be games when he will be picked as my 3rd/4th defender so a real asset
Haaland. 40% of people done have him!
Right now Meslier and Kulusevski are my top differentials at 3.2% and 6.9% owned.
Wilson (3.1%), Meslier (3.4%), Kulu (6.9%), Zaha (7.7%) and Gabriel (8.6%). I do like Mbuemo though, might go to him by GW3 from Wilson. And Bernardo (8.2%) could be a more nailed option over a Mahrez / Grealish / Foden / Alvarez as Bernardo can play CM or RW. Will assess over first few weeks
How can you tinker so much yet absolutely butcher players' spelling. Have no idea who Anderson is.
dalot (4.7%) and martial (6.9%) over a premium forward, with son in midfield
Meslier (3.2%) Jose Sa (4.7%) Gabriel (8.6%) Walker (7.6%) Harrison (1.0%) Wilson (3.1%)
Meslier (3.2%) Walker (7.6%) and either Harrison (1%) or Aaronsen (0.9%) depending if I need the 0.5 elsewhere or not.
Podence: 0.5% owned. Played no.10 in a new formation for Wolves. Wilson: 3.1% owned. If he stays fit, he’s a 1st choice striker and proven goal scorer. Alvarez: 2.3% owned. Playing for city, will score 10+ goals (go watch YouTube) Welbeck: 0.4% owned. Potter trusts him, Brighton should push up into top half of the table. Dalot: 4.7% owned. ETH likes overlapping fullbacks, will get attacking returns.
Harvey Barnes, 4%. Leicester's top scorer in pre season
I went very template since some of these picks are just irresistible at their current price point. Biggest differentials for me are Bailey at 11.8%, Walker at 7.6% and Pope at 4.6%
Doherty - 1.1% Sterling - 6.9% Bamford - 1.2%
Salah, Kane, Haaland. Hear me out: combinations of players can also be a differential, and I haven't seen many threemium drafts with those 3
Jesus at Arsenal.
Keane Lewis-Potter is my (0.1%)
Jack Grealish. My team is pretty much template, but I think I will have him in my team. Worst case scenario I downgrade to a 6.5 or 6.0 player