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Rate My Team thread

grohlisagod

Thought I'd get this going again as people are going to be tinkering left, right and centre.

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Panthro

Panthro wrote: »

Cuellar--Distin--Rangel

McAuley--Demel

Should I be looking at Jenkison or Reid in that back line instead?
Is Distin a bit of a chancy move?

carlcon

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

I already used my wildcard last gameweek against my better judgement so it would take me at least 4 free transfers over the next few weeks to bring him in by which time he will more then likely have increased a fair bit again and the best defense i could come up with just with a quick look there was
Begovic----Jaaskelainen

Clyne---Clark---McCartney---McAuley---S Taylor

31.5 mil in total and it would leave me with absolutley nada in the bank! You might be right about it but i cant justify that defense just to have Torres! The only way i could improve is to downgrade a midfielder but im happy enough with Hazard, Cazorla, Michu, Pienaar, and Kacaniklic.

Without a WC, you're absolutely right it'll be harder, and I don't really have an easy solution to offer there. I'm more talking about people with free reign to swap players out.

For me, I've got a fairly solid defence with United, Arsenal, Swansea, Stoke, and Fulham covered. Then West Ham, which should be a semi-reliable 5th choice defender. Even if I dropped Torres for a 6-7m striker, that defence wouldn't change. Where I fall down because of my pricey front 3 is on my 4th MF spot, where if I keep my current team, I'll be rotating Sterling and Guthrie.

Saying that, I kept 0.7 in the bank, and could drop Rangel (5.1m) for a cheaper Swansea option, which could leave me around 5.5-6m for a better 4th MF in a few weeks time if anyone catches the eye.

Either way, I'm substantially more confident with my team post-WC.

tom_k

Wildcard played and this is what I've got now. I've sacrificed higher priced defenders to allow a strong midfield and the Tev/Torres/RVP combo up front.

I'd appreciate any input for changes in my back line or indeed anywhere else. Despite his good performance so far I'm a little uncomfortable with Nolan in my team, wondering if there might be a better option, I feel I'm a little West ham heavy.

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Who_8_Paul?

Are ye not worried that Aguero is going to be back playing 90 minutes or close to it in a few weeks and will become the must have again? That will mean a bit of reshaping for post WC teams that need to do Tevez out, Aguero in. I'm trying to leave the 1.5 in the bank for this scenario. We need to remember just how lethal he can be.

darego

Who_8_Paul? wrote: »

Are ye not worried that Aguero is going to be back playing 90 minutes or close to it in a few weeks and will become the must have again? That will mean a bit of reshaping for post WC teams that need to do Tevez out, Aguero in. I'm trying to leave the 1.5 in the bank for this scenario. We need to remember just how lethal he can be.

would still prefer tevez over aguero (when both are on form and starters)

you would be basically paying the extra 1.5+ for penalty duties

SlickRic

the only thing stopping me from putting in Torres, is that i don't want to double up on Chelsea attackers.

that might be stupid.

Berba for me at the moment, along with RVP and Tevez.

Theboinkmaster

SlickRic wrote: »

the only thing stopping me from putting in Torres, is that i don't want to double up on Chelsea attackers.

that might be stupid.

Berba for me at the moment, along with RVP and Tevez.

Yeah me too, i like to diversify and pickk the person most likely in each team to get points. So RVP for utd, Tevez for citeh, michu for Swansea (and hence no Graham for me), carzola for aresenal and hazard for chelsea.

Looking at my WC team with Torres in it, it just seems off-balance and i don't want to have a cheap 4th midfielder - at present that spot goes to Pienaar.

I'd rather Pienaar & Berbatov than Guthrie & Torres

Theboinkmaster

Any thoughts on this WC team:

Jussi Jask & Begovic

Cuellar Hangeland Demel Rafael Rangel

Pienaar Sterling Michu Hazard Corzola

Tevez RVP Berbatov (or Ba?)

premierstone

Not understanding all the Pienaar love at all, its a temporary upswing and won't last IMO.

Lemlin

carlcon wrote: »

SpaceCowb0y wrote: »

I agree... would be nice to have the 3 of them in because i can see Torres doing well if he continues his form... still a big "if" IMO for now anyway! The only way i can see him coming into my squad now is to completely sacrifice my defense which i cant justify either! There's plenty of other options for a 3rd striker that will score well over the course of the season!

I've got Graham in at the moment and still plan on holding onto him for another couple of weeks as i can see him finding form with the midfield he has feeding him!

There are more cheap defender options that could keep up with expensive defenders than there are cheap striker options that could keep up with Torres.

I totally understand the stigma behind Torres - but as things are, Chelsea are playing superbly in the league and Torres has remembered how to score. Chelsea are currently a better prospect in the league than United, so I could use the exact same argument (possibly to a greater degree because he's 3m more) against van Persie. I won't though, because I don't buy into the argument.

There was a time when Torres could go a dozen games and we wouldn't be surprised if he failed to score. But now, he's got 2 goals in the last 2 games, with an assist and 4 bonus points. His next 4 games are against the worst team/defence in the league so far (QPR), two home games against very beatable teams that don't travel well, and then a derby with Arsenal where anything can happen. All this while he currently has no competition for the lone striker position.

I honestly think there's way more to lose from not having him, than what's to gain from having a slightly better defender at the back to replace him with a weaker striker on less form.

I'm actually hoping Torres, RvP and Tevez do become the unbeatable forward line. An awful lot of people have played their wildcard and only have 2 of the 3 so it'd help those of us who haven't if all three got high points for the next few weeks.

It'd be very hard for those with their wildcard played to work, for example, Torres into their team without taking a few points hits.

Theboinkmaster

premierstone wrote: »

Not understanding all the Pienaar love at all, its a temporary upswing and won't last IMO.

alternatives?

Panthro

Thoughts on the new team?
I've made a few changes to the defence.

SlickRic

a good team.

IMO, you're a little vulnerable as you're fairly reliant on Arsenal, City and Chelsea in attack.

it's not so bad this week, but you'll probably have to work out a way to spread your attack around more teams as the weeks go on.

not having any Utd attacker this weekend could bite you.

but as I say, it is a solid enough team.

miller82

premierstone wrote: »

Not understanding all the Pienaar love at all, its a temporary upswing and won't last IMO.

plus newcastle barely have a starting back 5

bennyx_o

Looking at using my wildcard now and came up with this:

Out: Federici, Lescott, Fabio, Mariappa & Pienaar
In: Jaaskelainen, Rangel, Figueroa, Demel & Santi Cazorla

Any opinions? Still unsure about the defense.

no12

RMT please in the middle of playing my Wildcard happy enough with the attack and midfield. Think the defence can be improved but not sure for who..

Steel Dog

bennyx_o wrote: »

Looking at using my wildcard now and came up with this:

Out: Federici, Lescott, Fabio, Mariappa & Pienaar
In: Jaaskelainen, Rangel, Figueroa, Demel & Santi Cazorla

Any opinions? Still unsure about the defense.

Downgrade Lallana to a 4.5m midfielder as your other 4 midfielders are good enough to start nearly every week.

Then with the 1.5m you save from that upgrade Ruddy and Figueroa.

You could also just change Ruddy to Begovic who is also 4.5m and use the 1.5m upgrading Figueroa.

Jax Teller

Bit worried about Zabaleta being dropped and i want to try get in Cazorla somehow . 0.9 mil in bank and 1 free transfer any advice ?

Jimmy Iovine

I played my wildcard last week. This is what I have at the moment.

Any thoughts?

0.5 in the bank.

Oh yea and I wasn't able to get on the internet to capitalise on RVP's price rise. That, the De Gea disaster and a few other decisions that went badly forced my hand.

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manual_man

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I played my wildcard last week. This is what I have at the moment.

Any thoughts?

0.5 in the bank.

Oh yea and I wasn't able to get on the internet to capitalise on RVP's price rise. That, the De Gea disaster and a few other decisions that went badly forced my hand.

where's J.R.??

your team looks very good, except maybe Berbatov?!!! Have you not got an extra 0.1 to change to Fletcher, i think he'd be a much safer bet, and if not even Lambert he'd give you a bit extra to strengthen elsewhere

Edit oh right 0.5 in the bank! If that was me i'd go Fletcher and use the remainder tyo upgrade Demel to a 4.5 def.

thewools

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I played my wildcard last week. This is what I have at the moment.

Any thoughts?

0.5 in the bank.

Oh yea and I wasn't able to get on the internet to capitalise on RVP's price rise. That, the De Gea disaster and a few other decisions that went badly forced my hand.

3 west ham players? Two in defence?

Also Wilkinson - he isn't reliable enough. Doesnt start every game and is injury prone. I would switch him for someone else..

Jimmy Iovine

manual_man wrote: »

where's J.R.??

your team looks very good, except maybe Berbatov?!!! Have you not got an extra 0.1 to change to Fletcher, i think he'd be a much safer bet, and if not even Lambert he'd give you a bit extra to strengthen elsewhere

I was tempted to put JR in but I couldn't do it. Last year was such an emotional rollercoaster that it took me months to recover :P.

Yea I wasn't fully convinced on Berba. If in a few weeks time he's firing on all cylinders then he's definitely going in.

Graham wasn't cutting it for me so it's probably between Fletcher and Lambert.

Don't know which to pick. Have the money for Fletcher but the extra cash with Lambert could be handy.

manual_man

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

manual_man wrote: »

where's J.R.??

your team looks very good, except maybe Berbatov?!!! Have you not got an extra 0.1 to change to Fletcher, i think he'd be a much safer bet, and if not even Lambert he'd give you a bit extra to strengthen elsewhere

I was tempted to put JR in but I couldn't do it. Last year was such an emotional rollercoaster that it took me months to recover :P.

Yea I wasn't fully convinced on Berba. If in a few weeks time he's firing on all cylinders then he's definitely going in.

Graham wasn't cutting it for me so it's probably between Fletcher and Lambert.

Don't know which to pick. Have the money for Fletcher but the extra cash with Lambert could be handy.

Lambert is a real quality player. He's got some decent points on the board already and that they were against the two Manchester sides is impressive. Fletcher is quality too. Lone striker in a team with a much-improved attacking threat and a double gw to come somewhere too. I'm torn myself which to pick when i more than likely transfer Graham out next week

MonaLisaSmile

This is my Wildcard team. I've decided I'm not paying so much for Van Persie so I can bulk up elsewhere.

Schwarzer
Rafael...Mertesacker...Demel
Michu...Kagawa...Hazard...Cazorla
Torres...Podolski...Tevez

Subs: Jaaskeleinen, Kacanikilc, Cuellar, Clark

Nemanja91

Jimmy Iovine

thewools wrote: »

3 west ham players? Two in defence?

Also Wilkinson - he isn't reliable enough. Doesnt start every game and is injury prone. I would switch him for someone else..

Never noticed I had 3 WH players. Thanks.

shadowcomplex

thewools wrote: »

3 west ham players? Two in defence?

Also Wilkinson - he isn't reliable enough. Doesnt start every game and is injury prone. I would switch him for someone else..

Thats a good team but heres my opinion

1.I still think petric is a better option to berbatov

2.you spread need to around where your buying your cheapies,I would try and get a westbrom defender in /McAuley or ridgewell ,you could downdrade hangeland for hughes and replace wilkinson with ridgewell,wigan look like they have turned a corner and figeroua has an eye for goal

blockedPaT

Any thoughts on this? I've 0.6 in the bank

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Morzadec

Pretty happy with my team post-wildcard. Keep looking at it, looking for holes, looking for ways to improve but I think I'm settled. Any words of advice/wisdom would be appreciated though just in case I should make any last minute adjustments. I have 0.2 in the bank and this team:

Jaaskelainen - Begovic

Gibbs - Cuellar - Rafael - Clarke - Demel

Michu - Hazard - Sterling - Yaya - Ben Arfa

Flethcher - RVP - Tevez

Any suggestions welcome

Morzadec

blockedPaT wrote: »

Any thoughts on this? I've 0.6 in the bank

Very nice team.

Perhaps upgrade Figeuroa to a 5ish defender or Clyne to 4.5ish with your extra .6?

Hangelaand and Shawcross are reliable stalwarts of FF who can be got for 5, Steven Taylor or another Newcastle defender could be a shout as well.

Otherwise there are some interesting options at the 4.5 range who are more likely to get a goal or clean sheet than Clyne - perhpas Clarke at Villa for 4.4, Pearse at Reading for 4.5 are options

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