General FPL Chat 2014/15 MOD WARNING POST 1839

MarkSRFC21

alchemist33 wrote: »

As they're equally priced, Terry. More goal threat and the jammiest FF player ever.

Age could possibly be a factor though as the season wears on

MarkSRFC21

Lemlin wrote: »

My plan is Sturridge for GW1 and I then might transfer Costa in for GW2.

Chelsea are playing burnley though

manual_man

MarkSRFC21 wrote: »

Chelsea are playing burnley though

expect Chelsea to beat Burnley, but might not be the whitewash some people expect. Burnley conceded just 14 goals in 23 home games last season. An incredible defensive record. lower quality of opposition, for sure, but it suggests they might be hard to break down on their home turf

MarkSRFC21

manual_man wrote: »

expect Chelsea to beat Burnley, but might not be the whitewash some people expect. Burnley conceded just 14 goals in 23 home games last season. An incredible defensive record. lower quality of opposition, for sure, but it suggests they might be hard to break down on their home turf

True, although I still see costa getting more points than sturridge in GW1

manual_man

MarkSRFC21 wrote: »

True, although I still see costa getting more points than sturridge in GW1

We'll see. I fancy Liverpool to knock a few past Southampton. Debating between Sturridge Rooney and Ramsey myself for captain, I have Costa too but will wait for gw2 home to Leicester when he's a great choice

Finical

This has probably been asked a tonne of times. Does anyone have a link to a fixture ticker? I had a beaut of one last year all colour coded depending on difficulty etc can't find it for this season though.

manual_man

Anyone any opinions on how Chelsea will line up for their first game?

Courtouis Terry Cahill Ivan Luis will be the back 5 I think. After that Matic and Fab in centre mid is a safe enough bet. After that Hazard and Costa have to be pretty safe choices, with the other 2 attacking spots harder to tell - I'm guessing Schurlle and Ramires, but at the same time either or both of Oscar/Willian could get the nod

FunLover18

Lukaku, Koschielny, and Coleman all doubtful (75%) risk em or transfer. My bench is solid at best.

What are Remy's chances of playing against Hull?

q2ice

Man Utd close to signing Blind:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2723277/Manchester-United-close-signing-Daley-Blind-20m-breakthrough-talks.html

Definitely getting him in to my team of the transfer goes through

cathmhaoil1

Is Ashley Young worth a punt, considering I would have 2 Utd players in already( bench material)?

8-10

q2ice wrote: »

Man Utd close to signing Blind:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2723277/Manchester-United-close-signing-Daley-Blind-20m-breakthrough-talks.html

Definitely getting him in to my team of the transfer goes through

Will probably play DM. I'd guess he'd come in as a DEF for 5.5m, better options at that price

kronsington

Any room on the Costa bandwagon? Trying to include him means finding 2 millions elsewhere

hots

manual_man wrote: »

Anyone any opinions on how Chelsea will line up for their first game?

Courtouis Terry Cahill Ivan Luis will be the back 5 I think. After that Matic and Fab in centre mid is a safe enough bet. After that Hazard and Costa have to be pretty safe choices, with the other 2 attacking spots harder to tell - I'm guessing Schurlle and Ramires, but at the same time either or both of Oscar/Willian could get the nod

Azpilicueta will start imo, fully fit and performing as our best fb, Mourinho has talked of Ivan now as a covering cb...

No chance of schurrle starting, will be Matic, Ramires, Haz, Fabregas, Willian & Costa if I had to guess but that leaves out Oscar too...

Lemlin

MarkSRFC21 wrote: »

Chelsea are playing burnley though

I said on the captaincy thread that I expect Burnley to be tough to break down at home. Last time they were in the PL they had some impressive results including a 1-0 win over United.

Iused2likebusts

Lemlin wrote: »

I said on the captaincy thread that I expect Burnley to be tough to break down at home. Last time they were in the PL they had some impressive results including a 1-0 win over United.

This is very true its a real old fashioned ground that teams dont seem to like going to play at and traditionally they always have a strong home record. Last time around in the PL Burnley beat utd 1 0, spurs 4 2, everton 1 0 at home. Chelsea beat them 1 0 with a very late goal and they drew with arsenal 1 1. Liverpool and city the only top 7 teams to give them a bit of a chasing.

Shedite27

manual_man wrote: »

Anyone any opinions on how Chelsea will line up for their first game?

....Matic and Fab in centre mid is a safe enough bet....

hobbit of the shire wrote: »

...No chance of schurrle starting, will be Matic, Ramires, Haz, Fabregas, Willian & Costa if I had to guess but that leaves out Oscar too...

I agree with the Hobbit.

Cesc to start in the number 10 role, Hazard to his left, one of WIllian/Oscar on the right. Any most of them to be substituted at about 60mns.

CSF

Shedite27 wrote: »

I agree with the Hobbit.

Cesc to start in the number 10 role, Hazard to his left, one of WIllian/Oscar on the right. Any most of them to be substituted at about 60mns.

I don't see it. Fabregas is the exact sort of player Mourinho would love in the number 8 role.

Lucas Hood

Not sure Burnley getting some good results 5 years ago under a different manager and with a different squad has any relevance to now.

Iused2likebusts

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Not sure Burnley getting some good results 5 years ago under a different manager and with a different squad has any relevance to now.

Thats a fair point was just making the point that historically its been a tough place to go to not just in the PL. Sometimes it can be more difficult going to promoted teams early on as the crowd is so enthusiastic and the players have a bit more belief due to coming off a season when they have been used to winning. Burnley, Hull, Blackpool are some recent examples of this.

G1032

Lemlin wrote: »

I said on the captaincy thread that I expect Burnley to be tough to break down at home. Last time they were in the PL they had some impressive results including a 1-0 win over United.

I have Duff in as my 4.0m defender. Is he a starter?

Also looking for a 4.5m midfielder that starts? Wanyama?

Rdwrer

G1032 wrote: »

I have Duff in as my 4.0m defender. Is he a starter?

Also looking for a 4.5m midfielder that starts? Wanyama?

Wanyama would be a terrible choice. Doesn't get goals or assists, just yellow cards. I've been looking for a 4.5m myself and there's not much choice out there. Maybe Faurlin for QPR could be a good bet for starter and possible goals/assists?

G1032

HungryHenno wrote: »

Wanyama would be a terrible choice. Doesn't get goals or assists, just yellow cards. I've been looking for a 4.5m myself and there's not much choice out there. Maybe Faurlin for QPR could be a good bet for starter and possible goals/assists?

I don't really care about goals or assists for a 4.5m midfielder. Just a couple of points if he needs to come off the bench for me

Rdwrer

G1032 wrote: »

I don't really care about goals or assists for a 4.5m midfielder. Just a couple of points if he needs to come off the bench for me

But if you have someone who is coming off the bench, is it not better if he could sneak you a goal as well and possible have his value increase so that you could possible sell him at a profit?

Rdwrer

G1032 wrote: »

I don't really care about goals or assists for a 4.5m midfielder. Just a couple of points if he needs to come off the bench for me

But if you have someone who is coming off the bench, is it not better if he could sneak you a goal as well and possible have his value increase so that you could possibly sell him at a profit?

FHFC

CSF wrote: »

I don't see it. Fabregas is the exact sort of player Mourinho would love in the number 8 role.

He's actually going to be the 'number 7' according to Jose.

"Fabregas is the player we need to modify a little bit the profile of our game, which we need," Mourinho added. "We want to give the next dimension to our game in midfield and Fabregas is this kind of player which I like to call 'the 7', because he's not the 6 and he's not the 8."

"Normally the 7 is the winger, I also call the 7 the guy in midfield who's not the 6, he's not the 8. Or he's a 6 and 8 at the same time. So he's a 7 and we need him a lot."

Thanks for making that er, perfectly clear Jose!

But he's not the 10.

roryc

G1032 wrote: »

I have Duff in as my 4.0m defender. Is he a starter?

Also looking for a 4.5m midfielder that starts? Wanyama?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057267169

Lucas Hood

Jose just like the sound of his own voice.

http://dailypost.ng/2014/08/03/fabregas-is-the-missing-piece-in-chelseas-title-challenge-mourinho/

“He can play as a No.8 or No.10, plus the fact he has experience in the Premier League. He is not on the foreign list, as he counts as a homegrown player, which was important and he is not on the foreign list for the Champions League either. They were important factors.

“I see him everywhere because he can play everywhere.

“His best quality is the speed where he analyses the game and executes. He is difficult to shake off the ball or make the wrong decision. He can accelerate the intensity of the game or he can reduce it. He’s very intelligent. And he has goals.

Iused2likebusts

G1032 wrote: »

I have Duff in as my 4.0m defender. Is he a starter?

Also looking for a 4.5m midfielder that starts? Wanyama?

As things stand duff will start they are looking at signing a cb Dawson off wba but it's gone a bit quiet on that one.

Swiper the fox

Jesus H Christ. I picked a team a couple of weeks ago and left it, only clicked into the threads I was following on this forum as to be honest too much changes at this time of the year and i'm not terribly interested in pre season. This forum is insanely busy, there's no way I can read back on the stuff I've missed. Who are the standouts who appear to be priced too low? And will FFS have a predicted teamsheets out before this weekends fixtures.
Welcome to all the new posters and welcome back to all the old timers. Bring it on!! I'll probably change my team hundreds of times between now and Saturday morning. I had Santon for Newcastle in but he's red flagged so I'll start there.

The Wild Bunch

Think Mourinho means he's the 'Trequarista'

FM afficienado's know the score