General FPL Chat 2017/18

Trimm Trabb · 13-07-2017 10:39pm

Any United fans care to hazard a guess who will start either side of Lukaku for opening game?

Wondering will Miki kick on this year but also giving Pogba serious consideration given Uniteds early fixtures - he was a let down last year but did still could have scored a lot more than he did.

ScummyMan · 13-07-2017 10:42pm

Trimm Trabb wrote: »

Any United fans care to hazard a guess who will start either side of Lukaku for opening game?

Wondering will Miki kick on this year but also giving Pogba serious consideration given Uniteds early fixtures - he was a let down last year but did still could have scored a lot more than he did.

Preseason fixtures will tell a lot. My current guess would be something like this in a 4-3-3

DDG
Valencia Bailly Lindelof Shaw
New CDM/Fellaini/Carrick
Herrera Pogba
Mkhi Lukaku Martial

Although Peresic could be added into the mix yet

extra gravy · 14-07-2017 12:02am

km79 wrote: »

Chalaboh moving from Chelsea to Watford
Another 4.5 option

Would a rotation with him and RLC work as 4th mid? Bit risky but the funds it would free up...

Trimm Trabb · 14-07-2017 12:10am

ScummyMan wrote: »

Preseason fixtures will tell a lot. My current guess would be something like this in a 4-3-3

DDG
Valencia Bailly Lindelof Shaw
New CDM/Fellaini/Carrick
Herrera Pogba
Mkhi Lukaku Martial

Although Peresic could be added into the mix yet

Martial and Shaw the two big question marks there - he didn't seem to fancy either last season. There hasn't been any talk of Shaw leaving though so maybe Jose does actually intend on using him and last seasons bullying of him was meant to be 'management'. I'd say Rojo might be his no.1 left back next season but there is Darmian and Blind too making it a fantasy minefield.

F1ngers · 14-07-2017 12:16am

extra gravy wrote: »

Would a rotation with him and RLC work as 4th mid? Bit risky but the funds it would free up...

Only looked at first seven or so games, they both play home together and away together.
No rotation early in season anyway.

ScummyMan · 14-07-2017 12:22am

Trimm Trabb wrote: »

Martial and Shaw the two big question marks there - he didn't seem to fancy either last season. There hasn't been any talk of Shaw leaving though so maybe Jose does actually intend on using him and last seasons bullying of him was meant to be 'management'. I'd say Rojo might be his no.1 left back next season but there is Darmian and Blind too making it a fantasy minefield.

You can forget about Rojo till January anyway as he only has one leg. Jose has been bigging up Shaw recently so I think he's one to keep an eye on.

Antibac · 14-07-2017 8:56am

Trimm Trabb wrote: »

Martial and Shaw the two big question marks there - he didn't seem to fancy either last season. There hasn't been any talk of Shaw leaving though so maybe Jose does actually intend on using him and last seasons bullying of him was meant to be 'management'. I'd say Rojo might be his no.1 left back next season but there is Darmian and Blind too making it a fantasy minefield.

No chance Rojo will be left back. He was a disaster there last year. Ashley Young played a there a bit last year while Darmian covered both right & left side. Shaw has kept his head down & went back for early training this pre-season.

Lindelof is probably the best to choose from UTDs defence. Going on his previous teams-he doesn't seem to get booked much 1 yellow card last season.

carnie · 14-07-2017 2:30pm

Alright dudes. Good to be back for another season.

I don't follow the Championship so I'm not really up on the 3 newbies coming in. What are your opinions on Dwight Gayle for Newcastle. He had 23 goals in the championship last year but only had 26 appearances, which is a concern. It seems he started strong with his minutes played but after January it was hit and miss.

Is he injury prone because he seemed to have missed months at a time? I noticed he did his hammy in Jan, which could explain the lack of minutes in the second half of the season

Scorpion Sting · 14-07-2017 3:02pm

carnie wrote: »

Alright dudes. Good to be back for another season.

I don't follow the Championship so I'm not really up on the 3 newbies coming in. What are your opinions on Dwight Gayle for Newcastle. He had 23 goals in the championship last year but only had 26 appearances, which is a concern. It seems he started strong with his minutes played but after January it was hit and miss.

Is he injury prone because he seemed to have missed months at a time? I noticed he did his hammy in Jan, which could explain the lack of minutes in the second half of the season

Yep he was injured a few times over the course of the season but who knows what Benitez wants to do with his attack.

Gaillimh1976 · 14-07-2017 3:56pm

extra gravy wrote: »

Would a rotation with him and RLC work as 4th mid? Bit risky but the funds it would free up...

Thought he was much more of a defensive midfielder ?

km79 · 14-07-2017 4:20pm

Gaillimh1976 wrote: »

Thought he was much more of a defensive midfielder ?

Defo not
Has even played as a striker
Number 10 or right of a front 3
Not a DM

Gaillimh1976 · 14-07-2017 4:42pm

km79 wrote: »

Defo not
Has even played as a striker
Number 10 or right of a front 3
Not a DM

I mean Chalobah, I know RLC is all of the above

km79 · 14-07-2017 4:58pm

Gaillimh1976 wrote: »

I mean Chalobah, I know RLC is all of the above

Ah sorry
Yes Chalaboh is likely to be a DM

MarkSRFC21 · 14-07-2017 7:06pm

Walters starts up top against rovers

MarkSRFC21 · 14-07-2017 7:19pm

MarkSRFC21 wrote: »

Walters starts up top against rovers

And he scores

manual_man · 14-07-2017 7:21pm

So who do Burnley rotate with

MarkSRFC21 · 14-07-2017 8:11pm

MarkSRFC21 wrote: »

Walters starts up top against rovers

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Father Hernandez · 14-07-2017 9:47pm

Trimm Trabb wrote: »

Any United fans care to hazard a guess who will start either side of Lukaku for opening game?

Wondering will Miki kick on this year but also giving Pogba serious consideration given Uniteds early fixtures - he was a let down last year but did still could have scored a lot more than he did.

ScummyMan wrote: »

Preseason fixtures will tell a lot. My current guess would be something like this in a 4-3-3

DDG
Valencia Bailly Lindelof Shaw
New CDM/Fellaini/Carrick
Herrera Pogba
Mkhi Lukaku Martial

Although Peresic could be added into the mix yet

Trimm Trabb wrote: »

Martial and Shaw the two big question marks there - he didn't seem to fancy either last season. There hasn't been any talk of Shaw leaving though so maybe Jose does actually intend on using him and last seasons bullying of him was meant to be 'management'. I'd say Rojo might be his no.1 left back next season but there is Darmian and Blind too making it a fantasy minefield.

ScummyMan wrote: »

You can forget about Rojo till January anyway as he only has one leg. Jose has been bigging up Shaw recently so I think he's one to keep an eye on.

Antibac wrote: »

No chance Rojo will be left back. He was a disaster there last year. Ashley Young played a there a bit last year while Darmian covered both right & left side. Shaw has kept his head down & went back for early training this pre-season.

Lindelof is probably the best to choose from UTDs defence. Going on his previous teams-he doesn't seem to get booked much 1 yellow card last season.

Mourinho presser this evening said Rojo, Young, Shaw & Zlatan won't be back until the end of the year

ScummyMan · 14-07-2017 10:36pm

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Mourinho presser this evening said Rojo, Young, Shaw & Zlatan won't be back until the end of the year

I'd be shocked if Utd don't sign a LB now.

Division · 14-07-2017 10:56pm

-=al=- wrote: »

Walter could be a shout and maybe out of position when he does play? Chance of an odd peno too but that's probably wishful thinking.

Fixtures at the start of the season aren't great.

Division · 14-07-2017 11:02pm

Seems tougher to make a decent team this season. How many 4.0/4.5 players do you have in your squad?

Scorpion Sting · 14-07-2017 11:15pm

Division wrote: »

Seems tougher to make a decent team this season. How many 4.0/4.5 players do you have in your squad?

Usually 5/6 in most of my drafts so far. Going 4.5s in goals and bench fodder midfielder but am finding the defence a bit trickier this season.

Deciding whether to go Lindelof or not and rotate cheapies or not is the real issue I'm struggling with.

If Trippier was confirmed as Spurs' starting right-back for the new campaign it'd make things a whole lot easier.

km79 · 14-07-2017 11:27pm

Costa didn't go on tour with Chelsea and has apparently been told he is no longer wanted at club

clairewithani · 14-07-2017 11:29pm

km79 wrote: »

Costa didn't go on tour with Chelsea and has apparently been told he is no longer wanted at club

Hard to believe.

extra gravy · 15-07-2017 6:21am

https://fplhypetrain.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/201718-hypetrain-adam-smith/

Read this article about Adam Smith at the end of last season and it stuck in my mind. He's in my team for now.

Antibac · 15-07-2017 6:21am

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Mourinho presser this evening said Rojo, Young, Shaw & Zlatan won't be back until the end of the year

That's not actually what he said. He said some will be weeks & some months. Most of the papers/Sky are just running with Months. Either way Shaw not really an option yet. Most have him due back around October

FHFC · 15-07-2017 9:23am

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Mourinho presser this evening said Rojo, Young, Shaw & Zlatan won't be back until the end of the year

He didn't. He made a comment about his 'crutch crew' and then a reference to the end of the year, which is causing Twitter to lose it's shít and jump to conclusions about a Shaw setback.

https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/885961840274145280

"Mourinho quote about 'Crutch Crew' being out until end of the year more of a reference to most extreme injuries (Rojo & Ibrahimovic). #mufc"

The last proper update was Shaw having an outside chance of returning in August but Sept at latest.

Father Hernandez · 15-07-2017 9:27am

Antibac wrote: »

That's not actually what he said. He said some will be weeks & some months. Most of the papers/Sky are just running with Months. Either way Shaw not really an option yet. Most have him due back around October

FHFC wrote: »

He didn't. He made a comment about his 'crutch crew' and then a reference to the end of the year, which is causing Twitter to lose it's shít and jump to conclusions about a Shaw setback.

https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/885961840274145280

"Mourinho quote about 'Crutch Crew' being out until end of the year more of a reference to most extreme injuries (Rojo & Ibrahimovic). #mufc"

The last proper update was Shaw having an outside chance of returning in August but Sept at latest.

I was taking it from the word of Simon Stone who is usually bang on the money with his United comments:

https://twitter.com/sistoney67/status/885950796734406656

spock. · 15-07-2017 9:33am

extra gravy wrote: »

https://fplhypetrain.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/201718-hypetrain-adam-smith/

Read this article about Adam Smith at the end of last season and it stuck in my mind. He's in my team for now.

He's unlikely to be first choice.

Francis Cook Ake Daniels

km79 · 15-07-2017 9:52am

FHFC wrote: »

He didn't. He made a comment about his 'crutch crew' and then a reference to the end of the year, which is causing Twitter to lose it's shít and jump to conclusions about a Shaw setback.

https://twitter.com/samuelluckhurst/status/885961840274145280

"Mourinho quote about 'Crutch Crew' being out until end of the year more of a reference to most extreme injuries (Rojo & Ibrahimovic). #mufc"

The last proper update was Shaw having an outside chance of returning in August but Sept at latest.

He will get injured again anyway and be out till Xmas so it's all the one !

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