Rate My Team thread

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

Nice team and one of the first I've seen with Bale in it.

Get The Pog in your starting line-up now just in case the site shuts down for the next 2 weeks :P.

I'd prefer to have Kagawa in the team ahead of one of your cheaper midfielders.

The Tevez gamble might work out but I'd be wary of it. Look out for their formations in pre-season and especially in the Charity Shield.

Oh the starting line-up isn't confirmed at all. I didn't even look at who was starting just concentrating on getting a team together.

I have Bale in because on paper Spurs have an easy first 6 weeks, with the exception of Newcastle on day one which in itself isn't too bad. For that reason I'd like a Spurs defender in but I'm not willing to spend 6.5 on a Spurs defender - I already have plenty of money tied up on defenders. If Dawson starts then he has to be good value at 5.0. I might stretch to Kaboul at 5.5 if he starts.

Newcastle had an unbelievable year last year but I have a gut feeling that they won't be as strong this year. Of course this could be complete rubbish.

Tevez is an issue for me all right. If his head is in the right place and Mancini has a mind to play him then he should be able to nail down the starting position. However, in reality I assume the all the strikers will rotate beside Aguero.

I've a lack of Arsenal players in my team - it'll be interesting to see how they line up. Gervinho is classed as a midfielder this year, if he starts up front then he might be worth thinking about as a differential (if people are so inclined).

I'm not at all happy with that team. No Rooney, potentially no starting City striker, 2 new midfielders which is a risk, Bale (it cost me my main league last year by having Bale instead of Dempsey).

Will Hernandez start for United?

basillarkin wrote: »

Why no Man City players?

well...the way i see it..if everyone has the same man city players in there team..and they dont perform..i'll gain points. Over the last few seasons FF has been all about strikers..everone had van persie as captain,rooney,bale,aguero in their team last year..it was ridiculous..the only way you could gain points on leaders was to have alternate players,and thats what im doing..

man city are gona implode this season anyway!

Shane732 wrote: »

Oh the starting line-up isn't confirmed at all. I didn't even look at who was starting just concentrating on getting a team together.

I have Bale in because on paper Spurs have an easy first 6 weeks, with the exception of Newcastle on day one which in itself isn't too bad. For that reason I'd like a Spurs defender in but I'm not willing to spend 6.5 on a Spurs defender - I already have plenty of money tied up on defenders. If Dawson starts then he has to be good value at 5.0. I might stretch to Kaboul at 5.5 if he starts.

Newcastle had an unbelievable year last year but I have a gut feeling that they won't be as strong this year. Of course this could be complete rubbish.

Tevez is an issue for me all right. If his head is in the right place and Mancini has a mind to play him then he should be able to nail down the starting position. However, in reality I assume the all the strikers will rotate beside Aguero.

I've a lack of Arsenal players in my team - it'll be interesting to see how they line up. Gervinho is classed as a midfielder this year, if he starts up front then he might be worth thinking about as a differential (if people are so inclined).

I'm not at all happy with that team. No Rooney, potentially no starting City striker, 2 new midfielders which is a risk, Bale (it cost me my main league last year by having Bale instead of Dempsey).

Will Hernandez start for United?

I'm thinking of Kaboul myself.

I think Tevez has a good chance of starting. I'd imagine that he'll start ahead of Dzeko. Not quite sure about Balotelli. The only thing I'd worry about is him not getting enough games. Mancini has a difficult task on his hands keeping three temperamental strikers and Aguero happy for the whole season. Already Dzeko has come out and said that he's "too good to be sitting on the bench".

If I was to say right now about Hernandez, I reckon he won't start the season. Then again it all depends on the formation used. If Kagawa plays in the hole then he won't get a game. If Kagawa is (and I pray to every deity around that this doesn't happen) shunted out to the wing or he plays in CM with two up top then he'll have a good chance of starting. He was barred from going to the Olympics so Fergie must have plans for him.

stephen_k wrote: »

Same attack as me, as I said can't see past it for the DGW... Do you have any funds in reserve??

I have Fabio but I don't think I'd start him, can't see QPR keeping too many clean sheets, but good sub as I thinks he'll start...

Fabio will be an assist machine this season,Hughes will give him plenty games and he is far more potent going forward than his brother

Nozebleed wrote: »

basillarkin wrote: »

Why no Man City players?

well...the way i see it..if everyone has the same man city players in there team..and they dont perform..i'll gain points. Over the last few seasons FF has been all about strikers..everone had van persie as captain,rooney,bale,aguero in their team last year..it was ridiculous..the only way you could gain points on leaders was to have alternate players,and thats what im doing..

man city are gona implode this season anyway!

I'll give the same response to this that I gave everyone last season who tried the "don't pick the top players because everyone has them" approach.

You will not catch up by going slower.

And they didn't. Searching for alternative players to the proven best won't end well.

To change it a little to suit the start of the season: You will not keep up by going slower.

Regardless of who wins the league this season, City are going to finish with one of the highest scoring records, and one of the highest clean sheet records. There's a very good reason why we all end up with similar teams in the end; an it's not because we want others to catch up.

carlcon wrote: »

I'll give the same response to this that I gave everyone last season who tried the "don't pick the top players because everyone has them" approach.

You will not catch up by going slower.

And they didn't. Searching for alternative players to the proven best won't end well.

To change it a little to suit the start of the season: You will not keep up by going slower.

Regardless of who wins the league this season, City are going to finish with one of the highest scoring records, and one of the highest clean sheet records. There's a very good reason why we all end up with similar teams in the end; an it's not because we want others to catch up.

yeah i know what your saying..but man city are not guaranteed to have a good season. its a recipe for disaster. too much quality sitting on the bench. :cool:

BKC wrote: »

They will do better than 80% of the teams in the league, minimum.

80% of the league is 16 teams, so you are predicting City will finish in the top 4.

Brave.

Whoever finishes above City will win the league.

I had a decent season last season but i need some help with this mess

One would think after the amount of time I've just spent looking at the thing, changes would be many. I've made two from my previous team.
Thoughts?

carlcon wrote: »

Strong team. Bound to do well.

Many will tell you to go for one of the main 6.5m players instead of Cabaye, but I think he'll be just as good this season.

I'd swap Cole out after a week or 2 for a United defender. Other than that, Tevez obviously needs to be watched.

But yeah, good team.

Cheers Carlcon,
Yeah Tevez came in for Rooney and Bale for Larrson, but that could well change again before the start of the season!

This will probarly be my final draft, thoughts?

RB100 wrote: »

I can't be bothered to and take pic of my team so i'll just post it.

It's my second try and I have not changed it for 2 weeks. Can people give me advice on what area to improve because I am happy and unhappy with this:pac:. I am wary that a few of these players might not start and have 0 in the bank if all goes pete tong so help appreciated.

JUSSI / BEGOVIC

TERRY / SHAWCROSS / LESCOTT / RAFAEL / FABIO

KAGAWA / TAARABT / MALONEY / HAZARD / PIENAAR

ROONEY / POG / TORRES

I wouldn't have Terry myself. I'd downgrade him so I could upgrade Maloney or Taarabt. Looks like a solid team though.

Hazard - Siggy - Cisse

OR

Mata - Walters - Aguerro

RB100 wrote: »

Really like it apart from your defense. Just one or two upgrades and that will be a very good team IMO. Forwards and Mids apart from Cabaye is top class. I would either switch for a player same value or downgrade and use the cash to upgrade one of your defenders.

I'm tempted to get Walters in because he is in good form plus he plays as a striker but down as midfielder, I have in Pienaar instead. Hard to choose.

Any suggestions for my team?

I built a cheap defense as I don't see many clean sheets this season and last season spending on defenders like Kompany etc.. didn't work out as I hoped.

Cabaye is going to be something special this season in FF and good thing I have Walters and Pienaar to play around with it.

Hmmm... Didn't even notice this was open for the new season.

Hope everyone had a good summer, although by all accounts you lot seem to have gotten a lot of rain.

Anyhoo, 1st draft. F**ked if I'm going through the last 30 pages so if anyone would be kind enough to point out any glaring errors

I'm avoiding all new players, Kagawa/Hazard etc. Every year I gamble and every year I lose, Taarabt being the obvious one from last season.

My thinking is keeper-wise I'm happy having Federici as I'd be using de Gea anyway for week 3 when Reading don't have a game. Can't see my keepers changing. I want a Chelsea defender for the season, similar with City, so either Terry or Cole will be there either way.

Pog is worth a gamble, if he doesn't look great I'll trade him out after a few weeks. Guaranteed we'll see a striker come out of nowhere and start well. I've given up on trying to predict this and plan to just get on the bandwagon early. Torres is already due to go out after week 1, I've left 2m in the bank to bring Rooney in although I'm guessing this is nothing new. Shorey is actually the most likely to change, but I'll have a cheap defender anyway so why not start with a DGW'er?

As for my MF,not a single one of those 5 is guaranteed yet. This will be chopped and changed a lot before season start. Like you say Dempsey might not be fit, Song won't be near as good if RVP leaves, I've never actually been a fan of YAYA, Nolan I've actually no idea about yet and Walters is just there as he was playing up front last season, not sure if this is even still the case.

I'll put some time into this next week, have only given it a half hours thought so far. Just needed to get a team in to get my private leagues up and running.

Has anyone mentioned a cash league this year? Haven't even looked at the rest of the threads yet so apologies if its listed elsewhere.