FSA FPL Rate My Team Thread 2014-15

FHFC · 19-07-2014 11:49am

LightningBlue wrote: »

Thanks Lemlin for the critique.

Just on those points:

1. I reckon Azpilicueta will be our starting RB as a Chelsea fan.

ManBearPig (AKA Ivanovic) will probably be used as cover between CB and RB this season with Azpi sliding to left back if Luis is out.

Interesting points re Chelsea defence. I had Azpil in my first draft but was gonna spend the extra 0.5 on Terry for the gametime security. If I thought Azpil was a fairly certain starter I'd have him right in there. He was a cracking player for me last season and was getting his attacking mojo on towards the end of the season.

I'm thinking the core of ny defence starting of will be Man U (DDG), Arsenal (Debuchy) and Chelsea (Azpil/Terry). Then three cheapies, or maybe a 5.0 and two rotating cheapies.

FHFC · 19-07-2014 11:57am

Looking at something along these lines for now.

Pelle is tempting and has some record in Holland. But could easily be the next Van Wolfswinkel too.

LightningBlue · 19-07-2014 12:20pm

FHFC wrote: »

Interesting points re Chelsea defence. I had Azpil in my first draft but was gonna spend the extra 0.5 on Terry for the gametime security. If I thought Azpil was a fairly certain starter I'd have him right in there. He was a cracking player for me last season and was getting his attacking mojo on towards the end of the season.

I'm thinking the core of ny defence starting of will be Man U (DDG), Arsenal (Debuchy) and Chelsea (Azpil/Terry). Then three cheapies, or maybe a 5.0 and two rotating cheapies.

I think most of the Spanish contingent are back in pre-season training with Chelsea next week. That will give Azpilicueta plenty of time in pre-season to get up to speed before the new season.

Keep an eye on the preseason games to see who Mourinho will be favouring, but Ivanovic was a huge part of the problem last year against weaker teams/deep defensive blocks as teams gave him plenty of room and lots of the ball on the right hand side because he is a poor crosser of the ball and doesn't link up well with attacking midfielders.

Azpilicueta and Luis would be a huge improvement offensively (even if one stays deeper the majority of the time).

Diego Costa will be a better aerial threat for the full backs to pick out as well so there should be improved return in the form of assists.

Hazard should benefit with Luis behind as he will now have a left footed full back who will be prepared to overlap him and release him to run at defenders earlier as Azpi struggled a bit playing as a right-footed left back. (Defensively he was amazing last year)

Lemlin · 19-07-2014 12:29pm

LightningBlue wrote: »

Thanks Lemlin for the critique.

Just on those points:

1. I reckon Azpilicueta will be our starting RB as a Chelsea fan.

ManBearPig (AKA Ivanovic) will probably be used as cover between CB and RB this season with Azpi sliding to left back if Luis is out.

I can't see us being as lucky with regard to injury at CB this year. So Ivan will see game time instead of Terry/Cahill this year.
Zouma will be another interesting player if we see injuries at CB over an extended period.

Felipe Luis will offer the size and strength on the left side of the defence that Ivan did last year with the ability to complete a cross :pac: and Jose loved the workrate Azpi gave us last year and at right back he will have much better Attacking potential.
I'm waiting to see what price Felipe Luis will come in at anyway.

2. On the 4M defenders, I'm aware Taylor and Upson are pretty much bench fodder. I have to find the gems who will play regularly.
Targett is a great shout, I've heard comments on him being the next great left back off the Southampton conveyor belt.
This problem is due to stacking the midfield so strongly. The forwards suffered as well as a result.

3. On Pantilimon, you're right. Mannone definitely deserves to be first choice at Sunderland but it's an easy fix as they both cost the same anyway.

Other questions:

What's the best strategy regarding strikers this year do you think? Is it one big hitter with a rotating 2nd striker or 1 big and 1 medium hitter?

With Sanchez being classified as a midfielder you could effectively count him as a striker if he hits the ground running so that's another way to go.

I wouldn't have seen Ivanovic being dropped tbh.

I'm going with a midfield five of Hazard, Ramsey, Silva, Eriksen and Albrighton. Along with a front three of RVP, Wickham and Jelavic.

I may change strategy when I look at it more closely but I generally play 3-4-3.

Oranage2 · 19-07-2014 12:30pm

Lemlin wrote: »

Odemwingie is a steal at 6.5 mil for me in midfield.

Edit: I realise there's a Lemlin post overload but people need to start actually rating teams and giving opinions!

Ha most of us haven't enough clue to comment

Iused2likebusts · 19-07-2014 12:47pm

Lemlin wrote: »

I wouldn't have seen Ivanovic being dropped tbh.

I'm going with a midfield five of Hazard, Ramsey, Silva, Eriksen and Albrighton. Along with a front three of RVP, Wickham and Jelavic.

I may change strategy when I look at it more closely but I generally play 3-4-3.

not too many going with hazard on here. He will be in my team especially now that he is exclusively on pens with lampard gone.

8-10 · 19-07-2014 12:54pm

FHFC wrote: »

Pelle is tempting and has some record in Holland. But could easily be the next Van Wolfswinkel too.

I'm willing to bet Pelle will be the highest points scorer this season of strikers 7.5m or less at the start

Ziegler1988 · 19-07-2014 1:12pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

not too many going with hazard on here. He will be in my team especially now that he is exclusively on pens with lampard gone.

Is Costa not a threat to take them?

MagicIRL · 19-07-2014 1:21pm

With Remy now off to 'pool, surely he's a must-have?

Iused2likebusts · 19-07-2014 1:29pm

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Is Costa not a threat to take them?

I never considered that but I cant see why they would take pens off hazard he is excellent at them.

Paully D · 19-07-2014 1:29pm

Lemlin wrote: »

As for Panti, I think it's madness that people think Mannone will be dropped. He was a hero for Sunderland last season. I'm surprised he wasn't their player of the season.

He was.

Iused2likebusts · 19-07-2014 1:30pm

MagicIRL wrote: »

With Remy now off to 'pool, surely he's a must-have?

I dont think he will play centrally unless sturridge is injured.

MagicIRL · 19-07-2014 1:46pm

Few changes (already!)

Brought in Targett as a 4.0m defender. Plan to rotate him out with King from Leicester. Undecided who'll play GW1, leaning towards King.

Dropped Sánchez for Ramsey and an extra 1.5m. Dropped Dzeko for Remy up front, also freeing up 1.5m, and brought in Silva for my midfield. Naismith and Bruce make up the rest of my bench with Schmeichel as my second keeper.

As said above, unsure on what role Remy will have at Liverpool. Any suggestions for that position are appreciated. I have RVP in there currently, but may be forced to drop him for a combo of Costa / Giroud and Ramsey to Mata or something similar as time goes on. I wanted to have that 12.5m used up anyway, so I have the option of RVP if needed without a full team re-work.

F1ngers · 19-07-2014 2:13pm

GK - Krul and Mannone rotate and 9 million are cheap as chips.

DEF - Terry/Jones(would Evans be a better choice?) will be the back bone of my defence with Cameron and O' Shea rotated.
Bruce is a 4 mill defender. Is there a better option at that price? Targett?

MID - Quite happy with the midfield.

STR - Quite happy up front too, have RVP in now as it's easy to get rid of 12.5 million(if he flops) compared to scrambling to get him in.

Note: Have three Utd players in team due to relatively easy start to season and also with no european football, there will be less rotation of key players.

Thoughts?

machiavellianme · 19-07-2014 2:16pm

MagicIRL wrote: »

Few changes (already!)

Brought in Targett as a 4.0m defender. Plan to rotate him out with King from Leicester. Undecided who'll play GW1, leaning towards King.

Dropped Sánchez for Ramsey and an extra 1.5m. Dropped Dzeko for Remy up front, also freeing up 1.5m, and brought in Silva for my midfield. Naismith and Bruce make up the rest of my bench with Schmeichel as my second keeper.

As said above, unsure on what role Remy will have at Liverpool. Any suggestions for that position are appreciated. I have RVP in there currently, but may be forced to drop him for a combo of Costa / Giroud and Ramsey to Mata or something similar as time goes on. I wanted to have that 12.5m used up anyway, so I have the option of RVP if needed without a full team re-work.

Swap Fabregas for Mata and that's my first 11. Different bench though.

Lemlin · 19-07-2014 2:18pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

not too many going with hazard on here. He will be in my team especially now that he is exclusively on pens with lampard gone.

I'm going with him because I've found at Chelsea over the years midfielders often perform better from a big striker being signed than the striker himself e.g. Lampard lived off the good work of Drogba for years.

I want Chelsea cover and there were games last season where Hazard was unplayable e.g. Against Sunderland.

Lemlin · 19-07-2014 2:20pm

machiavellianme wrote: »

Swap Fabregas for Mata and that's my first 11. Different bench though.

Who's your bench?

Mr. Incognito · 19-07-2014 2:22pm

Lemlin wrote: »

Will Lambert play every game though? He wasn't starting every game at Saints iirc. Liverpool have an awful lot of midfielders too so could play with just Sturridge up top.

The opinion of many people was that Liverpool went for Lambert because he would be a striker who wouldn't mind sitting on the bench at this stage of his career.

Another striker could easily be in there by the start of the season too.

Your team looks good to me, bar being missing a big hitting attacker to captain like Costa or RVP, and having Vlaar - any defender from a Paul Lambert team is a no go area for me.

Thems wise words

Schmeichel

Shaw. Pagoneili Flanagan. Debuchy

Schurle. Sanchez. Ramsey. Mata

Costa. (C) Dzeko.

Subs; Speroni. Gayle. Mikel. Vlaar.

Mikel is a stop gap till i find a better 4.5 mid.

Good team for opening day

Mr. Incognito · 19-07-2014 2:23pm

wonski wrote: »

First attempt to squeeze RVP and Sanchez in. Will definitely make a lot of changes before the start of the season, waiting for the team transfers news, injuries etc.

Can't wait for the start of the season.

Van persie makes wreck of the team.

Him and augerio cant seem to stat fit so i am avoiding them like the plague this season.

You have some solid players but nothing electric there. Lallana wont get massive scores as is no longer the focal creative player. Schurrle wont start every game though i have him myself. Remy could be a good call but qpr will struggle. Mert is too expensive with debuchy available

Lemlin · 19-07-2014 2:24pm

MagicIRL wrote: »

Few changes (already!)

Brought in Targett as a 4.0m defender. Plan to rotate him out with King from Leicester. Undecided who'll play GW1, leaning towards King.

Dropped Sánchez for Ramsey and an extra 1.5m. Dropped Dzeko for Remy up front, also freeing up 1.5m, and brought in Silva for my midfield. Naismith and Bruce make up the rest of my bench with Schmeichel as my second keeper.

As said above, unsure on what role Remy will have at Liverpool. Any suggestions for that position are appreciated. I have RVP in there currently, but may be forced to drop him for a combo of Costa / Giroud and Ramsey to Mata or something similar as time goes on. I wanted to have that 12.5m used up anyway, so I have the option of RVP if needed without a full team re-work.

Your bench is weak. Naismith probably won't play with Lukaku/Kone. My advice would be to downgrade Remy and upgrade Naismith.

There are good strikers available in the 6 mil bracket - Ings, Austin, Wickham, Jelavic, Long.

I'm going for Wickham and Jelavic at the minute personally. Wickham because I'm hoping he will kick on from last season and Jelavic because he's a finisher and Hull have signed creative players like Snodgrass and Ince to complement him and Long up front.

Lemlin · 19-07-2014 2:27pm

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Van persie makes wreck of the team.

Him and augerio cant seem to stat fit so i am avoiding them like the plague this season.

You have some solid players but nothing electric there. Lallana wont get massive scores as is no longer the focal creative player. Schurrle wont start every game though i have him myself. Remy could be a good call but qpr will struggle. Mert is too expensive with debuchy available

Deal agreed with Liverpool for Remy. 8.5 mil. Makes Lambert even less appealing.

Mr. Incognito · 19-07-2014 2:27pm

Lemlin wrote: »

Odemwingie is a steal at 6.5 mil for me in midfield.

Edit: I realise there's a Lemlin post overload but people need to start actually rating teams and giving opinions!

Hes 33 and with stoke.

Proven goalscorer but best days firmly behind him.

Mr. Incognito · 19-07-2014 2:30pm

Lemlin wrote: »

Deal agreed with Liverpool for Remy. 8.5 mil. Makes Lambert even less appealing.

They have a pretty deep squad so.

Who are the starting striker (s) ?? Sturridge and rotation?

Lemlin · 19-07-2014 2:32pm

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Thems wise words

Schmeichel

Shaw. Pagoneili Flanagan. Debuchy

Schurle. Sanchez. Ramsey. Mata

Costa. (C) Dzeko.

Subs; Speroni. Gayle. Mikel. Vlaar.

Mikel is a stop gap till i find a better 4.5 mid.

Good team for opening day

Who is Pagoneli? Never heard of him tbh.

Not sure why you're going with Schurrle when you've said yourself in the following posts that he won't play every game. Key for me for the start of the season is to have as many starters as possible.

Those who don't start will drop in price like a stone.

I'd also have questions over Flanagan starting.

What price is Schurrle? Odemwingie and others are available at 6.5. Snodgrass is 6 iirc.

Lemlin · 19-07-2014 2:33pm

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Hes 33 and with stoke.

Proven goalscorer but best days firmly behind him.

Very good stats towards the tail end of last season. Hughes had Stoke playing well.

Lemlin · 19-07-2014 2:34pm

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

They have a pretty deep squad so.

Who are the starting striker (s) ?? Sturridge and rotation?

Sturridge will be through the middle. I'd imagine Remy will start out wide if starting. Lambert will be cover off the bench IMO.

Plus perhaps the easier CL games against obscure teams.

hjkl · 19-07-2014 2:40pm

My team atm

De Gea
Myhill

Terry
Baines
Cameron
Targett
Upson

Hazard
Mata
Silva
Davis
Tiote

Van Persie
Bony
Chamakh

Any opinions on it?

Mr. Incognito · 19-07-2014 2:45pm

Lemlin wrote: »

Who is Pagoneli? Never heard of him tbh.

Not sure why you're going with Schurrle when you've said yourself in the following posts that he won't play every game. Key for me for the start of the season is to have as many starters as possible.

Those who don't start will drop in price like a stone.

I'd also have questions over Flanagan starting.

What price is Schurrle? Odemwingie and others are available at 6.5. Snodgrass is 6 iirc.

Sébastien Pocognoli. My i pad autocorrect is a pain. I will start schurrle for chelsea games but if he doesnt play gayle will come in. As a peterborough fan i know just how good gayle is. He is set for great things this season.

Schurrle is 7.5. I will swap him put for arnie/ oden etc once we see who is the value mid this year.

Paully D · 19-07-2014 2:55pm

Any critique most welcome for my latest of 1,000,000 attempts.

I have to take advantage of Manchester United's start with defensive coverage. De Gea and Shaw are probably the only certainties at the minute. Which £4.5m keeper rotates best with him is the question?

Terry and Debuchy speak for themselves, though I'm not entirely sure if I'm happy with Debuchy given Arsenal's start. Stoke and Swansea rotate perfectly all season so my thinking is that if/when Davis moves on, I'll have one home defender with games against AVL, BUR, WBA, LEI, SOT, NEW, NEW, SWA, LEI, WHM, BUR, CPL, QPR to pair one of Cameron or Taylor alongside Terry and Debuchy for. If doubts appear over Cameron I could go with a £4.0m keeper and upgrade him to Pieters (which I may do anyway). I can do Upson to Targett etc when it becomes clearer in pre-season who will play.

Midfield speaks for itself. I'd expect Sanchez and Hazard to contribute a lot, Eriksen should be the focal point for Spurs and de Jong is my fancy for bargain of the season at £7.0m. The team will likely be built around getting him the ball and he'll take the vast majority of set pieces. Eriksen and Hazard will take the vast majority of set pieces for their sides too.

Rooney gives me attacking Manchester United coverage cheaper than Van Persie, though admittedly I have no idea where he will play but he's always there or thereabouts in terms of points scoring. Bony racked up points last year including many against big teams, they also have Burnley and West Brom at home in the first three weeks. I'd imagine Wickham will start up front if he gets his new deal done, Poyet may want to consider Fletcher for that position, but if not Wickham will be the striker in a 4-3-3/4-5-1 which he was very successful in when he started last season.

Panthro · 19-07-2014 2:55pm

Panthro wrote: »

At the moment I'm on:
De Gea
---Debuchy--Terry--Kolarov----
Ramsey--Fábregas--Nasri--Sterling
---Rooney--Dzeko--Naismith

Mannone--Targett--Albrighton--Vlaar

The tinkering has begun!

De Gea

Debuchy--Terry--Kolarov----
Sánchez--Fábregas--Nasri--Eriksen
----Lukaku--Nugent--Dzeko

Mannone--Targett--Albrighton--Cameron

Think my first attempt was better.
So confused!

extra gravy · 19-07-2014 2:58pm

Gayle was good towards the end of the season but is he nailed on to start now?

Iused2likebusts · 19-07-2014 3:04pm

extra gravy wrote: »

Gayle was good towards the end of the season but is he nailed on to start now?

Blows hot and cold and is a bit windy at times but has the potential to be a force.

manual_man · 19-07-2014 3:22pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

not too many going with hazard on here. He will be in my team especially now that he is exclusively on pens with lampard gone.

Was Costa on pens for Atleti?

manual_man · 19-07-2014 3:28pm

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Hes 33 and with stoke.

Proven goalscorer but best days firmly behind him.

Very unpredictable player, tho can score well on his day. And he's getting on (especially in his position). Arnautovic is a bit under the radar at the same price, got a healthy 4 goals and 10 assists last season, and he didn't even play the first 4 games of the season. Actually have him in my setup at the moment, tho 50-50 if he'll still be there by kick-off gw1 i say!

Ziegler1988 · 19-07-2014 3:35pm

manual_man wrote: »

Was Costa on pens for Atleti?

Yup

Paully D · 19-07-2014 3:57pm

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Yup

Missed a few though, IIRC?

Mr.Prodston · 19-07-2014 4:09pm

Not too shabby looking. Not perfect but almost as good as I can make it for now

A nice even spread through the team, admittedly a reliance on QPR not being terrible

But they should be tight enough at the back and Austin will probably be getting most of the goals they score. First 3 fixtures are Hull (H), Spurs (A), Sunderland (H)

Davies should be gone to Spurs too. Loving that Targett is in so many teams too :pac:

I don't see much appeal in City or Liverpool early on due to fixtures and rotation respectively.

Ziegler1988 · 19-07-2014 4:13pm

Paully D wrote: »

Missed a few though, IIRC?

I don't watch La Liga, so can't comment. Here's one of his more well-known misses though: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2604127/Bummed-Atletico-Madrid-striker-Diego-Costa-misses-penalty-mooned-cheeky-fan.html

Bleating Lamb · 19-07-2014 5:34pm

Have done FF for four seasons now,last year was first season I was more than just casual player,always did ok but found the boards forum last season after a few months and the tips on it helped greatly,allowed me to win all my respective money head to heads with other lads,we are only talking about 80 euro in total so no fortune;),
Hate to say it but half thinking of hanging up the boots for this season as things are busy at work and at home and would have found myself spending a couple of hours a week last season on strategy/transfer choices etc....
How long typically would other players here spend on FF a week in season?

Mr. Incognito · 19-07-2014 5:59pm

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Have done FF for four seasons now,last year was first season I was more than just casual player,always did ok but found the boards forum last season after a few months and the tips on it helped greatly,allowed me to win all my respective money head to heads with other lads,we are only talking about 80 euro in total so no fortune;),
Hate to say it but half thinking of hanging up the boots for this season as things are busy at work and at home and would have found myself spending a couple of hours a week last season on strategy/transfer choices etc....
How long typically would other players here spend on FF a week in season?

Five minutes tinkering. Five days thinking.

bicboy6666 · 19-07-2014 6:59pm

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Not too shabby looking. Not perfect but almost as good as I can make it for now

A nice even spread through the team, admittedly a reliance on QPR not being terrible But they should be tight enough at the back and Austin will probably be getting most of the goals they score. First 3 fixtures are Hull (H), Spurs (A), Sunderland (H)

Davies should be gone to Spurs too. Loving that Targett is in so many teams too :pac:

I don't see much appeal in City or Liverpool early on due to fixtures and rotation respectively.

Targett is a gamble imo, clyne and chambers in full backs. wouldnt be surprised if they brought one in.

Benimar · 19-07-2014 7:49pm

Paully D wrote: »

I have to take advantage of Manchester United's start with defensive coverage. De Gea and Shaw are probably the only certainties at the minute. Which £4.5m keeper rotates best with him is the question?

There isn't a perfect match but Schmeichel has reasonable fixtures most of the time De Gea is playing one of last years top 4.

Iused2likebusts · 19-07-2014 7:59pm

Benimar wrote: »

There isn't a perfect match but Schmeichel has reasonable fixtures most of the time De Gea is playing one of last years top 4.

I think for those considering ddg the best option is to just get a 4 mil keeper and play ddg every week

Benimar · 19-07-2014 8:02pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I think for those considering ddg the best option is to just get a 4 mil keeper and play ddg every week

I'm not a fan of a non playing goalkeeper to be honest. An injury, suspension or postponement and you either play with 10 or 'waste' a transfer on a keeper.

Iused2likebusts · 19-07-2014 8:03pm

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

Have done FF for four seasons now,last year was first season I was more than just casual player,always did ok but found the boards forum last season after a few months and the tips on it helped greatly,allowed me to win all my respective money head to heads with other lads,we are only talking about 80 euro in total so no fortune;),
Hate to say it but half thinking of hanging up the boots for this season as things are busy at work and at home and would have found myself spending a couple of hours a week last season on strategy/transfer choices etc....
How long typically would other players here spend on FF a week in season?

If you don't have much time I'd say just look onto ffs on a Fri eve sat mor read a few articles and make your moves. This place is great for advice and putting out ideas but is very time consuming.

Iused2likebusts · 19-07-2014 8:07pm

Benimar wrote: »

I'm not a fan of a non playing goalkeeper to be honest. An injury, suspension or postponement and you either play with 10 or 'waste' a transfer on a keeper.

Ye that's true and it has cost me before .You have to balance that against the extra .5 u have to spend which i think outweighs the risk. If I ever have a goalie from one of the bigger teams I always go with a non playing goalie and take my chances.

dahat · 19-07-2014 9:38pm

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I think for those considering ddg the best option is to just get a 4 mil keeper and play ddg every week

Mannone is 4.5 n most should be able to scrape him in.

extra gravy · 19-07-2014 10:10pm

dahat wrote: »

Mannone is 4.5 n most should be able to scrape him in.

The only problem with that though is the inevitable annoyance of him scoring 10-12 points on the bench some week and De Gea getting 2 or less.

Iused2likebusts · 19-07-2014 10:22pm

extra gravy wrote: »

The only problem with that though is the inevitable annoyance of him scoring 10-12 points on the bench some week and De Gea getting 2 or less.

Also the big teams when they play the other big teams often keep clean sheets. Lots wouldve benched terry/cech for their trips to utd,city, liverpool ,arsenal.4 clean sheets out of 4. Even DDG in a poor season for utd last year got 3 cs out of 8 in his games against the top 4.

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