Rate My Team thread

OneColdHand

keano_afc wrote: »

Draft 2, with Chimp in for RvP

Small point: I'd dump Guzan. Very tough opening fixtures, and could probably do better for 4.5m.

roryc

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

im steering clear initially. How many people have actually seen these lads play or are people basing it on their scoring stats in inferior leagues.At the end of the day both are playing for at best midtable teams. If they hit the ground running ill get them in but always prefer to have seen a player play before having him in my team .

Like Michu and Hazard last season! I agree with you that you shouldn't have too many untested players but you should aim to have at least one of the new boys in. I think I started last season with Michu, Hazard and Kagawa. 2/3 ain't bad returns.

This season will probably be RVW and possibly Bony.

manual_man

Do people think Bellamy's gonna do much other than warm the bench?? Important to have a squad full of regular players, with injuries/suspensions/fixture changes

Iused2likebusts

roryc wrote: »

Like Michu and Hazard last season! I agree with you that you shouldn't have too many untested players but you should aim to have at least one of the new boys in. I think I started last season with Michu, Hazard and Kagawa. 2/3 ain't bad returns.

This season will probably be RVW and possibly Bony.

the difference with kagawa and hazard is most people would have known or seen these players before the season started and that they signed for top 4 clubs. Michu i would put in the same bracket as bony and rvw . Id never seen michu play until motd after his first game last year that convinced me to bring him in. His stats were good but i prefer to adopt a wait and see approach with players signing for mid table teams that I've never seen play.

F1ngers

Thoughts please.

If Bunn turns out to be Norwichs' starter, I'll bring him in and use the extra .5 to upgrade McNaughton.

Steel Dog

F1ngers wrote: »

Thoughts please.

If Bunn turns out to be Norwichs' starter, I'll bring him in and use the extra .5 to upgrade McNaughton.

Coleman for Jagielka saves you .5 and gives you more of an attacking threat.

Turner or whoever plays left-back between Garrido and Olsson instead of Bassong would save you .5.

Colback will only offer you 2 pointers. He has only got 1 goal and 1 assist in the last 5 seasons.

Iused2likebusts

Steel Dog wrote: »

Coleman for Jagielka saves you .5 and gives you more of an attacking threat.

Turner or whoever plays left-back between Garrido and Olsson instead of Bassong would save you .5.

Colback will only offer you 2 pointers. He has only got 1 goal and 1 assist in the last 5 seasons.

Id agree with all that advice and add to that riether to clyne, taylor,cuellar, wilson to save you another .5. You then have 1.5 to upgrade Colback.

roryc

You have no Chelsea coverage which could be a disaster if they have a DGW to start. Also don't think Coutinho is worth £9m.

F1ngers

Steel Dog wrote: »

Coleman for Jagielka saves you .5 and gives you more of an attacking threat.

Turner or whoever plays left-back between Garrido and Olsson instead of Bassong would save you .5.

Colback will only offer you 2 pointers. He has only got 1 goal and 1 assist in the last 5 seasons.

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Id agree with all that advice and add to that riether to clyne, taylor,cuellar, wilson to save you another .5. You then have 1.5 to upgrade Colback.

Thanks lads.

roryc wrote: »

You have no Chelsea coverage which could be a disaster if they have a DGW to start. Also don't think Coutinho is worth £9m.

I literally just realised I have no Chelsea cover...d'oh.

I just have a feeling about Coutinho - anyway, may use the changes above to upgrade him to Hazard.

Iused2likebusts

F1ngers wrote: »

Thanks lads.



I literally just realised I have no Chelsea cover...d'oh.

I just have a feeling about Coutinho - anyway, may use the changes above to upgrade him to Hazard.

coutinho is an interesting one he is priced just high enough to keep away the masses, but was a pretty consistent points scorer last year. He has 2 from 2 in pre season.

F1ngers

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

coutinho is an interesting one he is priced just high enough to keep away the masses, but was a pretty consistent points scorer last year. He has 2 from 2 in pre season.

I think I'll bring in Hazard for dgw and then go back to Coutinho.

My first draft:

Szczesny (5.5ml)
Mannone (4.5ml) - sub

Coleman (5ml)
Mertesacker (5.5ml)
Collins (5ml) - sub
Turner (4.5ml)
Rosenior (4.0ml) - sub

Walcott (9.5ml)
Bale (12ml)
Schurrle (8ml)
Pozuelo (4.5ml)
Dikgacoi (4.5ml) - sub

Van Persie (14ml)
Kone (7ml)
Anelka (5.5ml)

That leaves me 1.5 still to play with. I could get wolfswinkel, but it looks like everyone has him in his team.

Thoughts?

Mr.Prodston

roryc wrote: »

Also for the Olssen/Micky T debate I'm leaving that spot to whoever the forum chooses - we should have a poll before GW1

Like we really need that debate :pac:

The only way Mickey T wouldn't win would be if ye all decided to spite me :eek:

MagicIRL

Any WBA fans know how/what Anelka will be doing? Is he worth the shout at 5.5 for the 3rd striker?

bodking

MagicIRL wrote: »

Any WBA fans know how/what Anelka will be doing? Is he worth the shout at 5.5 for the 3rd striker?

Cant see the point of getting a proven goal scorer in and not playing him , so for 5.5m I think he is great value

Mr.Prodston

Here's my current draft of MadForMickeyTurner:



Obviously all 3 forward positions remain up for grabs but I'm relatively settled on the rest bar Koscienly's fitness and Yanga-Mbiwa's likelihood of starting.

Panthro

Current Chernobyl Chivas:

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Begovic

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Azpilicueta--Mertesacker--Coleman
Hazard--Whittingham--Walcott--Bale

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Lukaku--Podolski--Bony

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Boruc Dikgacoi Garrido Baker

qwabercd

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Here's my current draft of MadForMickeyTurner:



Obviously all 3 forward positions remain up for grabs but I'm relatively settled on the rest bar Koscienly's fitness and Yanga-Mbiwa's likelihood of starting.

Very similiar to my own team.

skippy15

First Draft

Mignolet (reina gone)

Coleman Luiz Zab
Bale Walcott Hazard Brady
Sturidge (if fit) Berb Bent (if transfer goes through)

Bench:
Boruc, Clyne, Wanymama, Baker

So many unknows this year, and subject to change if DGW confirmed,
Actually subject to at least 100 changes anyways!:P

MagicIRL

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Here's my current draft of MadForMickeyTurner:



Obviously all 3 forward positions remain up for grabs but I'm relatively settled on the rest bar Koscienly's fitness and Yanga-Mbiwa's likelihood of starting.

Isn't Sturridge out injured?

Backstreet Moyes

It's tough really. For leaving out Bale you can have a bit of money to upgrade your midfielders to the likes of Walcott, Mata, Hazard who will score near to Bale.

stephen_k

3rd draft including Bale this time...

MagicIRL

Here's mine. Doubt it'll change again until the final week before GW1. Bony is benched as I think (need clarification) he has no work permit as it stands? Assuming that clears, which I expect it will, I'll be dropping Amorebieta from my back four and going 3-4-3.

CRJOD94

Foster
Terry Mertesacker Coleman
Walcott Kagawa Lampard Gerrard
Aguero Sturridge Rodrigeuz

With a bench of dawson,turner, britton and boruc. Any tips or advice appreciated, currently planning on replacing aguero with negredo if he is ten or under and strenghtening elsewhere.

roryc

MagicIRL wrote: »

Here's mine. Doubt it'll change again until the final week before GW1. Bony is benched as I think (need clarification) he has no work permit as it stands? Assuming that clears, which I expect it will, I'll be dropping Amorebieta from my back four and going 3-4-3.

Any reason you've gone with Mata over Hazard? The extra £1m makes a big difference and you could bump your weak backline. Kagawa is obviously a risk, but if he looks like starting I think he might end up in my team.

Connolly and Hudson are both good picks, I spotted them before and may try and work one of them into my team. No idea who Amorebieta is, any reason you've gone with him? If he nails down a place for Fulham he could be a shrewd pick although they aren't exactly known for clean sheets. Same with Baker, I would avoid him as there are better £4m picks out there with the ability to score/assist.

If you have a strong attack I would imagine you will probably play 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 most weeks? Therefore I would aim to have two £4m defenders as they will spend most of the time on your bench.

So if you downgrade Mata to Hazard, use the extra £1m to upgrade Hudson to Mertesacker. Then swap Micky Turner and Amorebieta for Ben Turner (£4m) and Coleman (£5m). So without detracting from your attack focused team, you now have a solid back two of Mertesacker and Coleman, and you can alternate between either Connolly or one of your £4m bench fodder defenders for the last spot each week.

Dubliner28

2nd draft

Mignolet
Coleman - Ivanovic Jones
Nolan Walcott Lamps Mirallas
van Wolfswinkel Bony Kone

Have 3 mill left over so thinking of taking out Bony for the 1st few games and sticking in a more experienced PL striker

Subs - Gazzaniga/ Garrido / Cuellar / S.Quinn(Hull)

MagicIRL

roryc wrote: »

Any reason you've gone with Mata over Hazard? The extra £1m makes a big difference and you could bump your weak backline. Kagawa is obviously a risk, but if he looks like starting I think he might end up in my team.

Personally I think Mata is just all around class, and adds a little more to the overall attack then Hazard. With the influx of players into Chelsea, I wouldn't be surprised if Hazard is rotated a bit while they try to nail down who plays where. Failing that, I can drop Mata for Hazard later on (GW2 onwards) if needed, without the need to sub out other players to make up 1mill if I was to go the other way round.

Connolly and Hudson are both good picks, I spotted them before and may try and work one of them into my team. No idea who Amorebieta is, any reason you've gone with him? If he nails down a place for Fulham he could be a shrewd pick although they aren't exactly known for clean sheets. Same with Baker, I would avoid him as there are better £4m picks out there with the ability to score/assist.

Amorebieta is Fulham's new singing CB, and should play every game. A nice back-up option for my bench assuming Bony plays. He'll partner Hangeland at the heart of the back-four, and I can only imagine Fulham looks to strengthen the back four.

I've just noticed I have .5mill spare. I may drop Amorebieta and replace him with Coleman or even Kolo Toure (both 5mill) depending. Kolo had 16 clean sheets last season but Coleman is more likely to get forward. Leaning towards Kolo myself, but it largely depends on what Rodgers does with his back four.

Edit: Maybe with the flooded Chelsea midfield, Michu would be a better shout at 9mill as opposed to Hazard's 9.5mill. Both score 190 points last season, and Michu will be the first name on the Swansea teamsheet every week.

Jimmy Iovine

No thoughts needed on this one. I let the computer pick my team and this is what I got. Really happy. Doubt I'll change until a day or two before the deadline.

Santi101

Maybe Snodgrass for Osman.

Santi101

My first draft didn't involve Bale but Palace away first up....wouldn't be wise to leave him out.