FSA FPL Rate My Team Thread 2015/16

CSF

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Ok changed things a wee bit from my last team

1 attacking player from each of last years top 6
Budget defence, other than Courtois
Proven FPL players for the most part

As before, I like to start conservatively. No mad differentials, while I've a couple of new signings, the likes of Sterling, Benteke and Cabeye are not new to the EPL.

Not 100% sure about that defence, may downgrade Cabaye and get in Mertesacker.

Thoughts?

I'd say you're running the risk of not having 3 starting defenders never mind rotation. That would be the big worry there.

CSF

recyclops wrote: »

what do you guys think, first attempt at this league malarky and unsure exactly what i need to be looking for tbh

I'd argue you're spending too much on defensive players without really seeing a return for it.

I'd downgrade Fabianski, Lescott and Clyne and use that money to upgrade Wanyama with that money.

F1ngers

recyclops wrote: »

what do you guys think, first attempt at this league malarky and unsure exactly what i need to be looking for tbh

Are you an Everton fan by any chance?

Get rid of Jagielka - no Everton defenders should be considered until GW11.
Prob same for Lukaku, great for GW1 - not a lot after that.

recyclops

F1ngers wrote: »

Are you an Everton fan by any chance?

Get rid of Jagielka - no Everton defenders should be considered until GW11.
Prob same for Lukaku, great for GW1 - not a lot after that.

i am not an everton fan, just looked at high scorers from last year. my plan was lukaku game one then transfer him for benteke. i should also point out fabianski will be starter after GW1

GLaDOS

CSF wrote: »

I'd say you're running the risk of not having 3 starting defenders never mind rotation. That would be the big worry there.

You're probably right there actually.

stephenl15

recyclops wrote: »

i am not an everton fan, just looked at high scorers from last year. my plan was lukaku game one then transfer him for benteke. i should also point out fabianski will be starter after GW1

That's why the likes of Morgan is so highly owned

F1ngers

recyclops wrote: »

i am not an everton fan, just looked at high scorers from last year. my plan was lukaku game one then transfer him for benteke.

It's not about last years high scores(exceptions are Haz, Aguero, Sanchez and a few others).

You need to look at rotation, for example, Jagielkas opening 10 fixtures are:
Watford (H), Southampton (A), Man City (H), Spurs (A), Chelsea (H), Swansea (A), West Brom (A), Liverpool (H), Man Utd (H), Arsenal (A).

You're going to pick him for 2 games max., pick cheaper defenders with good rotation or a defender from a top team and play him in every game.

Liam2012

GOALKEEPERS:
Schmeichel has really good fixtures up to GW10, apart from really GW3 (TOT h) and GW 7 (ARS a).
Butland looks a decent option to cover those weeks (NOR a and BOU h). Butland also has decent fixtures in his own right if Leicester struggle.

Going with a cheap keeper is really an option this year with the changes to the bonus points. Also considered Myhill, Ruddy

DEFENDERS:
Shaw should pick a good few cleansheets and offer attacking returns. Man U were boringly consistent with their tight possession style football towards the latter half of last season. The addition of Schneiderlin should shore things up even more. Both he and Darmian should do well getting forward. At the moment I'd favour Shaw (as a guaranteed starter) but if Darmian can nail down the RB spot then I think he will score better.
Clyne and Skrtel look like the only guaranteed first choice defenders for Liverpool. Still not convinced on either one for cleansheets. Might switch to Bellerin or a cheaper defender to re-invest elsewhere.
O'Shea is Sunderland captain so should play every minute. Matthews is another Sunderland defender I have my eye on to take of advantage of their great fixtures early on. PVA and Panti are too pricey.
Francis had a great record last year and Bournemouth have a great run of fixtures. Between him and Mings for me.
STaylor is a cheap filler. If things go to plan I won't need to pick him. He can be easily switched to a different £4m defender but if he gets an injury-free run in the team he could score well.

Most weeks I can pick 3 of these defenders with favourable fixtures (up to GW10) and often there's a 4th player that I'd be happy to play. Also considered Olsson, Prodl, Ward. Waiting for Caulker to be added.

MIDFIELDERS:
Hazard always gains value and will score consistently. I don't want to get left behind early on.
Ozil seems to be on fire in pre-season after a longer rest than he's had for a while. If I thought Walcott would start every game I'd go for him but for game time security and consistency I've gone with Ozil.
Mata scored well when he got in the team in the 2nd half of last season. He's on pens and will still retain some free kicks. I think he will offer consistent returns in a team that should be better all over the pitch. Can be switched for Depay if the hype is real.
Milner in my opinion has the potential to be this years must have player (see Ramsey 2 years ago and Kane last year). His points per minute played record is phenomenal. He'll likely start every game and could clock over 3000 minutes for the season barring injury.
Mulumbu is my cheap mid that should be guaranteed game time. Chips in with a few assists but hopefully I won't need him. This could be Anya if he starts on the wing for Watford, or any other £4.5M player.

Realistically the top 4 names here will paly every week and I'd consider them fixture proof. Other players considered: Silva, Ritchie, Cabaye, Sterling, Payet, Firmino, Young, Mane, Chadli. Watching Sanchez and Affellay.

FORWARDS:
Costa did well for me last year. Apart from the "will he/won't he play?" dilemma I was very happy with him. I expect to upgrade him to Aguero once he returns.
Rooney has no competition for his place and is back where he belongs. My only fear is that Van Gaal tries to get too clever and moves him back to sweeper and converts Jonny Evans to striker. He has the potential to rival Aguero for top goal scorer in the league and top points scorer in the game.
Wilson has goals in him too. It's always a risk going for a striker from a newly promoted team but their soft start could provide him with a platform to rack up a few early goals. This is a position that I'll need to monitor and could be switched to Deeney or another player that looks the part.

The inclusion of Wilson as an every week starter is the glaring weakness in my team at the moment. At his price I'm not giving myself too many outs if he doesn't do the business. Also considered Sakho, Rodriguez, Kane, Adebayor, Giroud and Benteke.

Sorry for the long post but wanted to articulate my thoughts and reasoning if anyone wants to discuss.

FHFC

Liam2012 wrote: »

GOALKEEPERS:
Schmeichel has really good fixtures up to GW10, apart from really GW3 (TOT h) and GW 7 (ARS a).
Butland looks a decent option to cover those weeks (NOR a and BOU h). Butland also has decent fixtures in his own right if Leicester struggle.

Going with a cheap keeper is really an option this year with the changes to the bonus points. Also considered Myhill, Ruddy

DEFENDERS:
Shaw should pick a good few cleansheets and offer attacking returns. Man U were boringly consistent with their tight possession style football towards the latter half of last season. The addition of Schneiderlin should shore things up even more. Both he and Darmian should do well getting forward. At the moment I'd favour Shaw (as a guaranteed starter) but if Darmian can nail down the RB spot then I think he will score better.
Clyne and Skrtel look like the only guaranteed first choice defenders for Liverpool. Still not convinced on either one for cleansheets. Might switch to Bellerin or a cheaper defender to re-invest elsewhere.
O'Shea is Sunderland captain so should play every minute. Matthews is another Sunderland defender I have my eye on to take of advantage of their great fixtures early on. PVA and Panti are too pricey.
Francis had a great record last year and Bournemouth have a great run of fixtures. Between him and Mings for me.
STaylor is a cheap filler. If things go to plan I won't need to pick him. He can be easily switched to a different £4m defender but if he gets an injury-free run in the team he could score well.

Most weeks I can pick 3 of these defenders with favourable fixtures (up to GW10) and often there's a 4th player that I'd be happy to play. Also considered Olsson, Prodl, Ward. Waiting for Caulker to be added.

MIDFIELDERS:
Hazard always gains value and will score consistently. I don't want to get left behind early on.
Ozil seems to be on fire in pre-season after a longer rest than he's had for a while. If I thought Walcott would start every game I'd go for him but for game time security and consistency I've gone with Ozil.
Mata scored well when he got in the team in the 2nd half of last season. He's on pens and will still retain some free kicks. I think he will offer consistent returns in a team that should be better all over the pitch. Can be switched for Depay if the hype is real.
Milner in my opinion has the potential to be this years must have player (see Ramsey 2 years ago and Kane last year). His points per minute played record is phenomenal. He'll likely start every game and could clock over 3000 minutes for the season barring injury.
Mulumbu is my cheap mid that should be guaranteed game time. Chips in with a few assists but hopefully I won't need him. This could be Anya if he starts on the wing for Watford, or any other £4.5M player.

Realistically the top 4 names here will paly every week and I'd consider them fixture proof. Other players considered: Silva, Ritchie, Cabaye, Sterling, Payet, Firmino, Young, Mane, Chadli. Watching Sanchez and Affellay.

FORWARDS:
Costa did well for me last year. Apart from the "will he/won't he play?" dilemma I was very happy with him. I expect to upgrade him to Aguero once he returns.
Rooney has no competition for his place and is back where he belongs. My only fear is that Van Gaal tries to get too clever and moves him back to sweeper and converts Jonny Evans to striker. He has the potential to rival Aguero for top goal scorer in the league and top points scorer in the game.
Wilson has goals in him too. It's always a risk going for a striker from a newly promoted team but their soft start could provide him with a platform to rack up a few early goals. This is a position that I'll need to monitor and could be switched to Deeney or another player that looks the part.

The inclusion of Wilson as an every week starter is the glaring weakness in my team at the moment. At his price I'm not giving myself too many outs if he doesn't do the business. Also considered Sakho, Rodriguez, Kane, Adebayor, Giroud and Benteke.

Sorry for the long post but wanted to articulate my thoughts and reasoning if anyone wants to discuss.

Solid balanced team. Nothing fundamentally wrong.

On a general point I've seen a few people making the above statement about O Shea re captaincy. Does this really follow. E.g. Arteta was Arsenal club captain last season. I'd suspect O Shea's place could be at risk tbh.

Johnny Drama_11

Would appreciate any/all comments:

Cech

Yoshida/Clyne/Ivanovic

Carzola/Hazard/Milner/Mane

Deeney/Rooney/Giroud

subs
Barry
Baker
Saylor
Schwarzer

Maysa07

First draft,pointers anyone?

Ziegler1988

FHFC wrote: »

Solid balanced team. Nothing fundamentally wrong.

On a general point I've seen a few people making the above statement about O Shea re captaincy. Does this really follow. E.g. Arteta was Arsenal club captain last season. I'd suspect O Shea's place could be at risk tbh.

O'Shea should be nailed early on at the least with Coates and Kaboul not featuring in preseason yet. I don't really pay attention to captaincy, Kaboul and Adebayor were co-captains last season and that turned out well for them.....

bicboy6666

Maysa07 wrote: »

First draft,pointers anyone?

Kozak has to go
Ighalo I would go for.

stephenl15

Going to look at a rotation for the first time, previously never bothered even though I knew about it. Any recommendations for a 2 way (keepers) and 3 way (defenders) rotation.

Been looking at the articles on 2 and 3 way rotations on all things fpl. On this so far:

Krul (New) Ruddy (Nor) - CPL/ sun/ STK/ ARS/ BOU/ WAT/ whm/ LEI/ NOR/ WBA/ STK/ SWA/ LEI/ cpl/ wat/ EVE/ AVL/ EVE/ AVL/ SOT

Richards (AV) S Taylor (New) Holebas (Wat) - bou/ WBA/ SOT/ SUN/ SWA/ WAT/ CPL/ bou/ NOR/ SWA/ WHM/ bou/ LEI/ WAT/ NOR/ sun/ AVL/ WBA/ nor/ sun

Thats a 9m GK pairing and 13m Def Trio. Also don't want two of my 3 defenders from same clubs as my GKs

Can anybody recommend better players from those teams (no 5.0s) or other solid rotations that I could look at?

stephenl15

Maysa07 wrote: »

First draft,pointers anyone?

What posessed you to get Kozak? Your defence is way too expensive. You need to upgrade Sanchez or Wanyama to a decent 4th mid unless you're fixed on playing 433 and if possible upgrade your 3rd striker.

Shane732

Another potential for me.... I've 2m in the bank

stephenl15

Shane732 wrote: »

Another potential for me.... I've 2m in the bank

Nice! Swap Yoshida out though. There's plenty of options at 4.5 and he's unlikely to be a regular starter with Caulker having signed. Fairly light in defence though, maybe use the 2m?.

Maysa07

bicboy6666 wrote: »

Kozak has to go
Ighalo I would go for.

stephenl15 wrote: »

What posessed you to get Kozak? Your defence is way too expensive. You need to upgrade Sanchez or Wanyama to a decent 4th mid unless you're fixed on playing 433 and if possible upgrade your 3rd striker.

I streamed the Villa, Wolves game the other night and Kozak looked very sleek scoring two for Villa and should of had more. But yeah it's just my first draft and there will be plenty of chopping and changing between now and kick off

Cheers for the advice lads!

manual_man

Currently hovering on this



Not entirely displeased with it, despite no Aguero, Hazard or Sanchez!

Ritchie would be playing most every week might be a slight weak point, but the rest of the squad looks strong i think. Not 100% on Costa, but a same cash alternative is for Rooney+Fab instead of Costa+Depay. I'm quite liking the lack of selection headaches i'd have! And Anya to be this season's George Boyd

smokingman

Right so...

Hennessy/MyHill - seems a good combo and popular here so it suits my cheapo goalie aim

Huth/Bassong/S.Taylor/Mathews/Prodl - also going cheapo defense seeing as there's not likely to be many clean sheets at the start of the season. Always liked Huth and it's his second season in that team I think so should be good and settled now. Bassong seems nailed on to play so he's in and Norwich don't have the worst start. S. Taylor is a risk but I have 0.5 mill in the bank should he not be a starter. Mathews is there to rotate with Taylor and taking a chance on Prodl based on comments from a few of the lads here.

Ritchie/Ki/Sterling/Cabaye/Hazard - bit more money spent here but still not a lot for reasons below. Ritchie and Ki look promising and rotate well. Sterling is too expensive not to be played with Aguero likely not starting. Cabaye is a playmaker that could do very well there and well, Hazard is Hazard.

Rooney/Giroud/Costa - bit worried that I'm too top heavy here but Rooney's a cert, tough to pick from the Arsenal midfield so Giroud is my route in there and Costa should start the season well like last year (though I'm suddenly worried about that yellow flag).

So should I scale back my front three doyathink?

Backstreet Moyes

Any opinion lads.

Keeper well Courtious will always start.

Defence - I will always play 3 at the back

Shaw - I think United will be very solid
Huth - I think Ranieri will have Leicester defensive
Ward - Cheap rotation option although Palace won't be defensive
Coates - Sunderland have a decent start
Taylor - Cheap and potential starter

Midfield -

Hazard - No need to say anything
Depay - I am not fully sure yet but he has looked dangerous in pre season
Walcott - Hopeful he will start up front
Ritchie - Bourmeouth have a nice start
Henderson - Sub for week 1 but will come in from then

Strikers -

Rooney - Should be first choice for United
Lukaku - Nice opening fixture
Mitrovic - McClaren played attacking with Derby last year

I have 0.5 left over and my thoughts are for week two i will either do a straight swap.

Either Mitrovic to Sakho with West Ham's decent start or Lukaku to Benteke.

8-10

Nuts102 wrote: »

Keeper well Courtious will always start.

He didn't last year, why will it be different this season?

Morzadec

8-10 wrote: »

He didn't last year, why will it be different this season?

Less quality number 2/less pressure on the manager to give Begovic a game in the league (compared to a club legend and world class keeper that was Cech).

I'd say it's likely that Begovic has been told it's the League and FA Cup for him.

I don't think we will see as much rotation this year and I think Courtois is a fantastic option at 5.5 when you consider the process of the Chelsea defenders.

My two cents anyway. I think Courtois is now the nailed on number 1 and will start all EPL and CL games barring injury, suspension or a major loss of form

8-10

Morzadec wrote: »

Less quality number 2/less pressure on the manager to give Begovic a game in the league (compared to a club legend and world class keeper that was Cech).

I'd say it's likely that Begovic has been told it's the League and FA Cup for him.

I don't think we will see as much rotation this year and I think Courtois is a fantastic option at 5.5 when you consider the process of the Chelsea defenders.

My two cents anyway. I think Courtois is now the nailed on number 1 and will start all EPL and CL games barring injury, suspension or a major loss of form

I'll take a friendly wager that he won't start all EPL and CL games, and not through injury just through manager resting him in favour of Begovic

tom_k

Dunno what's wrong this season, just not getting excited about this like previous years even after my best ever finish in 2014/15, winning cash prizes and qualifying for the FSA Premier League. Anyway, enough whinging, here's my first serious draft, all observations welcome.

martingriff

So I went in to my team took out everyone and did and auto complete to see what people would be. What do people think There are a few I would change (see strikers) and is by no means my last team but advice is always welcome


Hart WBA (A)
Azpilicueta
SWA (H)
Cahill SWA (H)
Coleman WAT (H)
Koscielny WHU (H)
Milner STK (A)
Tadic NEW (A)
Henderson STK (A)
Ayew CHE (A)
Ings STK (A)
Dzeko WBA (A)


de Gea TOT (H)
Kompany WBA (A)
Willian SWA (H)
Lukaku WAT (H)

MarkSRFC21

martingriff wrote: »

So I went in to my team took out everyone and did and auto complete to see what people would be. What do people think There are a few I would change (see strikers) and is by no means my last team but advice is always welcome


Hart WBA (A)
Azpilicueta
SWA (H)
Cahill SWA (H)
Coleman WAT (H)
Koscielny WHU (H)
Milner STK (A)
Tadic NEW (A)
Henderson STK (A)
Ayew CHE (A)
Ings STK (A)
Dzeko WBA (A)


de Gea TOT (H)
Kompany WBA (A)
Willian SWA (H)
Lukaku WAT (H)

Ridiculous money spent on keepers plus the bench. You need to downgrade your bench and strengthen your starting 11

Scorpion Sting

MarkSRFC21 wrote: »

Ridiculous money spent on keepers plus the bench. You need to downgrade your bench and strengthen your starting 11

I wouldn't be getting carried away with his team, it's only an autoselect squad!

skippy15

manual_man wrote: »

Currently hovering on this



Not entirely displeased with it, despite no Aguero, Hazard or Sanchez!

Ritchie would be playing most every week might be a slight weak point, but the rest of the squad looks strong i think. Not 100% on Costa, but a same cash alternative is for Rooney+Fab instead of Costa+Depay. I'm quite liking the lack of selection headaches i'd have! And Anya to be this season's George Boyd

Like this team- great balance prob the closest team to my own-
Will be starting and playing Richie also-
Think the Rooney and Fab is a better option, but prob close to a coinflip at this stage.

Little Bubbles

tom_k wrote:

Dunno what's wrong this season, just not getting excited about this like previous years even after my best ever finish in 2014/15, winning cash prizes and qualifying for the FSA Premier League. Anyway, enough whinging, here's my first serious draft, all observations welcome.

Not a whole lot wrong. Solid team