Rate My Team thread

What do people think first draft.

De Gea

Shawcross
Heitanga
Collocini

Ireland
Allen
Toure
Kagawa

Aguero
Rooney
Bent

Subs: Jasskelainen Dyer Fabio Collison.

smokingman wrote: »

Y'know, I had a team put together based on all the good advice that everyone here was contributing and after looking at it, it was pretty much the same as a lot of other guys. Had to change it after that as it's no good picking the same team as everyone else.

Was going to get Lallana in but was horrified to find he's 6mill. He may be the Saints best player but I was hoping for a 5.5mill price tag. Ah sure maybe when I'm drunk one night (like plenty of choices last year! :rolleyes: )

Some of the best decisions ive made in this game i dont ever remember making;)... but also some of the worst to be fair haha!

Breaking my rule of no new players aat the start and also torres in could lead to a week 3 wildcard . Is it worth having a 3rd expensive strikes like bent ?

Mignolet

Vertonghen Cole A Rafael Fabio

Pienaar Yaya Toure Nolan Kagawa

Torres Bent


Begovic Harte Kebe Jelavic


Thoughts? Just a quick draft!

smokingman wrote: »

Y'know, I had a team put together based on all the good advice that everyone here was contributing and after looking at it, it was pretty much the same as a lot of other guys. Had to change it after that as it's no good picking the same team as everyone else.

Was going to get Lallana in but was horrified to find he's 6mill. He may be the Saints best player but I was hoping for a 5.5mill price tag. Ah sure maybe when I'm drunk one night (like plenty of choices last year! :rolleyes: )

If you've got a similar team to everyone on here, then you're going to do better than 90% of FF players.

If you're looking to beat friends and co-workers in private leagues, there's absolutely no harm in having a boards-made team. Presuming you're the only one on here, you'll be favourite to win those leagues by a mile.

If you're looking to do well in the Boards leagues, then making a bunch of changes probably won't work either. The key to beating the rest of us isn't in finding a bunch of alternative players, it's in making the right captain choices, and making maybe 1 or 2 great transfers earlier than the rest of us.

Seriously, all last season I watched so many players with good scores go down the route of trying to find players the rest of us didn't have... and it turned out the rest of us didn't have those players for a good reason, and every single one of those boards members dropped from contention.

carlcon wrote: »

If you've got a similar team to everyone on here, then you're going to do better than 90% of FF players.

If you're looking to beat friends and co-workers in private leagues, there's absolutely no harm in having a boards-made team. Presuming you're the only one on here, you'll be favourite to win those leagues by a mile.

If you're looking to do well in the Boards leagues, then making a bunch of changes probably won't work either. The key to beating the rest of us isn't in finding a bunch of alternative players, it's in making the right captain choices, and making maybe 1 or 2 great transfers earlier than the rest of us.

Seriously, all last season I watched so many players with good scores go down the route of trying to find players the rest of us didn't have... and it turned out the rest of us didn't have those players for a good reason, and every single one of those boards members dropped from contention.

I'm so glad I found this forum on Boards(and the website as a whole) last year. I was doing awful in FF and I stumbled upon this. I read the comments and took advice and I soared up the rankings! It was my first season playing FF and hopefully I can improve this season.

I'm finally starting to settle on my GW1 team. Can't post a picture cause I'm in work.

So far I have:

Both keepers play for solid mid-table sides, cost 9.5m total and rotate home/away perfectly until GW16. Begovic being dropped for Sorenson is my only worry but Stoke concede a lot less when Begovic plays so I'm pretty sure he'll be first choice.

In defence, Lescott will play every week. The other spots will be filled by two from the other four. STaylor and Cuellar rotate perfectly all season and both teams are strong at home. McCartney (or whichever West Ham 4.0m is a guaranteed starter) and Clarke rotate perfectly until GW16 and both play for teams with great opening fixtures.

In midfield, I've gone with Hazard and Siggy who I both think will be class for their teams. Nice opening set of fixtures for both teams too. They're both expensive so if they're not scoring well they can easily be replaced. Pienaar and Walters at 6.5m should be pretty reliable. Plenty of options in that price bracket so, again, both can easily be replaced if need be. Noble is unlikely to see much gametime in my 3-4-3 formation but is on penos and frees so should do a job if needed.

Up front, I've gone with the popular Aguero, Graham and Torres option with 2.0m in the bank to upgrade Torres to Rooney in GW2/3 depending on how things pan out in the first GW. I really wanted Bent for his fixtures but Graham's are just as nice and Bent is 2.5m more expensive.

I sometimes focus on the positives of my team too much so if anyone has any criticism of my guys, I'd appreciate it.

What you think lads
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For the life of me I cant just paste a print screen of my team in, total tard of highest order.


Friedel£5.5 Begovic£4.5

Rafael£5.5 Lescott£6.5 Jenkinson£4.5 McCartney£4.0 Cole A£6.5

Valencia£9.0 Dyer£5.5 Hazard£9.5 Yaya Toure£8.0 Lennon£7.0

Torres£10.0 Tevez£9.0 Pogrebnyak£5.0

Looks like Tevez will get some game time now, not sure about jenkinson, would like a better spurs mid but cant afford it, all money is spent

darego wrote: »

wouldn't go near lennon myself. better choices out there for the price

might take out valencia for 6 mill midfielder then upgrade lennon still undecided

My team so far...(Sorry unable to post pic... on ****ty work PC)

de Gea

Simpson Fabio Lescott Shawcross

Kagawa Hazard Sigurdsson

Pog Aguero Torres


Subs: Begovic Nobel Britton McCartney

2 Mil left to switch out Torres after DGW if he doesn't do the business for probably Rooney... All thoughts and advice greatly appreciated...

massdebater wrote: »

I'm finally starting to settle on my GW1 team. Can't post a picture cause I'm in work.

So far I have:

Begovic - Foster

Lescott - STaylor - Cuellar - Clark - McCartney

Hazard - Siggy - Noble - Pienaar - Walters

Aguero - Torres + 2.0m - Graham

Both keepers play for solid mid-table sides, cost 9.5m total and rotate home/away perfectly until GW16. Begovic being dropped for Sorenson is my only worry but Stoke concede a lot less when Begovic plays so I'm pretty sure he'll be first choice.

In defence, Lescott will play every week. The other spots will be filled by two from the other four. STaylor and Cuellar rotate perfectly all season and both teams are strong at home. McCartney (or whichever West Ham 4.0m is a guaranteed starter) and Clarke rotate perfectly until GW16 and both play for teams with great opening fixtures.

In midfield, I've gone with Hazard and Siggy who I both think will be class for their teams. Nice opening set of fixtures for both teams too. They're both expensive so if they're not scoring well they can easily be replaced. Pienaar and Walters at 6.5m should be pretty reliable. Plenty of options in that price bracket so, again, both can easily be replaced if need be. Noble is unlikely to see much gametime in my 3-4-3 formation but is on penos and frees so should do a job if needed.

Up front, I've gone with the popular Aguero, Graham and Torres option with 2.0m in the bank to upgrade Torres to Rooney in GW2/3 depending on how things pan out in the first GW. I really wanted Bent for his fixtures but Graham's are just as nice and Bent is 2.5m more expensive.

I sometimes focus on the positives of my team too much so if anyone has any criticism of my guys, I'd appreciate it.

A well thought out team, for sure. I do think, however, that pretty much everyone is going to need a United defender as well as a City one this season. Just like we all got Johnny Evans last season, I'd keep an eye out for the cheapest United defender playing regularly. Rafael being the main one on everyone's radar, I suppose.

I'd worry about how you'd do that without doing too much damage elsewhere. For me, starting with a Chelsea defender is key, with plans to swap him out for a United one in GW3.

But as I said, looks like a great team, I'm just being picky to try help.

tom_k wrote: »

Hi all long time lurker here. This is a first attempt for this years comp.

Having three PL newcomers may be a risk in midfield but all these have huge potential, I believe. Have sufficient funds for an early Torres to Rooney transfer and would appreciate any observations on this team.

Thanks in advance.

Hey, and welcome to the posting world!

You currently have 4 players in your team who won't be playing on GW3. That could be a worry, especially since, as you say, 3 of your midfielders are new to the league and we don't know what to expect from them. It's not a total disaster that you're missing 4, because you'll have 2 free transfers before then, but it's definitely something to keep an eye on.

Another thing that jumps out is the 10.5m you've invested in Newcastle's defence. Seems like a lot for a team that were really punching above their weight last season. I personally would downgrade Krul and keep Coloccini, but that's definitely a matter of personal preference, not a "this is definitely right" thing.

And at some point I think you're going to regret having Britton. I understand it's nice having a cheap midfielders to warm the bench, but he'll pretty much never play for you ahead of your other MFs. And when he does, you'll have to hope it's during the 1 game of the season when he gets a good score (0 goals and 0 assists last season. Also 0 bonus points). He's the one I'd upgrade with the money saved replacing Krul.

Then finally, with all the transfers you'll probably have to make, you're also going to be looking at replacing Jenkinson after a few weeks too, since Sagna is apparently back at the beginning of Sept.

I've typed a lot there, so it may seem overly critical, but I honestly don't think you've got a bad team. Just one with some niggles that could give a a nightmare week or 2 over the first 4 or 5 GWs if you need to make too many transfers so soon..

carlcon wrote: »

I've typed a lot there, so it may seem overly critical, but I honestly don't think you've got a bad team. Just one with some niggles that could give a a nightmare week or 2 over the first 4 or 5 GWs if you need to make too many transfers so soon..

Not at all, Carl, this is exactly the kind of advice I'm looking for. I'm not comfortable with the team as it stands and what you've said gives me plenty of areas where i can improve on it.

Let me know what you think..

Still have 2.5m in the bank to play with..

Am I crazy with Ferdinand?