Rate my Team Thread 2017/2018

Cookie_Dough

MagicIRL wrote: »

Pickford (Fabianski)
McAuley, Aké, Trippier, Shaw (Holegate)
Eriksen, Sané, Pogba (Loftus-Cheek, Walters)
Jesus, Benteke, Lacazette

Unsure on the forwards tbh.

Shaw won't be fit for the start of the season seemingly. Also I would be wary of going without Kane. If he starts well his price could start to rise and he's expensive enough already. Would Jesus be a guaranteed starter with Kun?

Also wondered about Tripper myself, have him I'm draft but would he be a guaranteed starter?

Edit : also no Lukaku? :eek:

Klonker

@ MagicIrl I couldn't quote your post for some reason!

Everton have a horrible start, I'd ditch Pickford and Holgate until then.

I like Ake and I'd be all over him at 4.5 but I think 5 is too much, if you want a Bournmouth defender Daniels who's also 5 is better value.

I'd personally wait on Laccacytte to see how he settles, Wenger might ease him in, but he could be worth the gamble but not for me.

Shedite27

Yeah I see Holgate in a lot of teams, and understand that he's a cheap way into the Everton defence, but they've a horrible start, unlikely to get any clean sheets for the first month. Might as well go with a 4.5 defender elsewhere.

MagicIRL

Could see a clean sheet against Stoke on the opening tbh.

The real debate is in the front three. I now have Lukaku, Pogba and Lidleof in the team but I'm not sure I want to triple stack United.

Pogba is only 8m though, and Lukaku is too expensive to avoid if he starts to rise rapidly.

Its so complicated already haha

Cookie_Dough

I've 2 very rough drafts

a)
Pickford/ Foster
Cahill, Keane, Trippier, Bellerin,McAuley (who I just see now is flagged)
Alli, Pogba, Walters, Herrera, Brunt
Lukaku, Rooney :eek: Firmino


My concerns here- MF a bit weak, no Kane, Rooney is a big risk. Also feel like I've too many WBA players. I could probably downgrade some defenders and strengten MF. I am also unsure about Sanchez, I see alot have him but is he guaranteed to even be at Arsenal at end of transfer window?

Incidentally- I presume when a player transfers out of the league he's just flagged and you need to use a transfer to sell him at the next opportunity?
or

b)
Pickford/Foster
Cahill, Linfdof, Daniels, Cedric, McAuley
Alli, Pogba, Walters, Loftus-Cheek, Wanyama
Lukaku, Kane, Gayle (or another 6.5)

I feel this is a bit more balanced though unsure if Wanyama is a guaranteed starter? MF is still weak but attack is stronger so it may make up for it to some extent.

Also I've no Arsenal/Liverpool cover here (or City cover in either)

Any pointers? Also opinions on other GK options would be appreciated. Thinking of Forster as his starting fixtures seem handy.

ShaneU

Foster
Ake, Lindelof, Cedric
KDB, Alli, Wijnaldum, Ritchie
Kane, Lukaku, Austin

Elliott, Lascelles, Loftus-Cheek, Rosenior

Wijnaldum will probably be replaced but happy enough with the rest, Don't know if Austin will start.

T-b0n3

Cookie_Dough wrote: »

I've 2 very rough drafts

a)
Pickford/ Foster
Cahill, Keane, Trippier, Bellerin,McAuley (who I just see now is flagged)
Alli, Pogba, Walters, Herrera, Brunt
Lukaku, Rooney :eek: Firmino


My concerns here- MF a bit weak, no Kane, Rooney is a big risk. Also feel like I've too many WBA players. I could probably downgrade some defenders and strengten MF. I am also unsure about Sanchez, I see alot have him but is he guaranteed to even be at Arsenal at end of transfer window?

Incidentally- I presume when a player transfers out of the league he's just flagged and you need to use a transfer to sell him at the next opportunity?
or

b)
Pickford/Foster
Cahill, Linfdof, Daniels, Cedric, McAuley
Alli, Pogba, Walters, Loftus-Cheek, Wanyama
Lukaku, Kane, Gayle (or another 6.5)

I feel this is a bit more balanced though unsure if Wanyama is a guaranteed starter? MF is still weak but attack is stronger so it may make up for it to some extent.

Also I've no Arsenal/Liverpool cover here (or City cover in either)

Any pointers? Also opinions on other GK options would be appreciated. Thinking of Forster as his starting fixtures seem handy.

GK: Have a look at Pickfords fixtures, you might want to rethink him. You can get Myhill for 4.0 giving you the two West Brom goalkeepers which will allow you to upgrade elsewhere.

DEF: Assuming you going to be playing 343 most weeks, you are going to be leaving 2 on the bench each week. Most of us here would aim to spend a bit less on our back line. All of yours are 5.0 or above i think. Might be worth rethinking that and having one or two strong that play most weeks (5.5+) with two or three cheaper options (4.5) that can rotate depending on fixtures. Trippier is a great price, as long as he is first choice, so we'll need to monitor the Walker transfer saga.

MID: Again you can't play all of your front 8, so having a cheap enabler like RLC is a good option. I'm a Spurs fan and Wanyama was a brilliant for us last year, but he's not a good FPL pick, he's a defensive mid who rarely gets goals or assists. Herrera would be close to this also.

ATT: Both look good. Rooney's fixtures aren't great but you never know, point to prove and all that.

bodking

Cookie_Dough wrote: »

I've 2 very rough drafts

a)
Pickford/ Foster
Cahill, Keane, Trippier, Bellerin,McAuley (who I just see now is flagged)
Alli, Pogba, Walters, Herrera, Brunt
Lukaku, Rooney :eek: Firmino


My concerns here- MF a bit weak, no Kane, Rooney is a big risk. Also feel like I've too many WBA players. I could probably downgrade some defenders and strengten MF. I am also unsure about Sanchez, I see alot have him but is he guaranteed to even be at Arsenal at end of transfer window?

Incidentally- I presume when a player transfers out of the league he's just flagged and you need to use a transfer to sell him at the next opportunity?
or

b)
Pickford/Foster
Cahill, Linfdof, Daniels, Cedric, McAuley
Alli, Pogba, Walters, Loftus-Cheek, Wanyama
Lukaku, Kane, Gayle (or another 6.5)

I feel this is a bit more balanced though unsure if Wanyama is a guaranteed starter? MF is still weak but attack is stronger so it may make up for it to some extent.

Also I've no Arsenal/Liverpool cover here (or City cover in either)

Any pointers? Also opinions on other GK options would be appreciated. Thinking of Forster as his starting fixtures seem handy.

Pickford / Foster do not rotate well. Everton have an extremely difficult start would steer clear of defensive options.

Foster / Fabianski rotate

Southampton / Bournemouth are an alternative

Cookie_Dough

Thanks folks, I would probably get rid of Pickford anyway as he's £5m so I could get a better option for that. A lot more tinkering to do

bodking

bodking wrote: »

1st draft

Foster / Fabianski
McAuley / Cedric / Keane / Milner / Mawson
Matic / Coutinho / Alli / De Bruyne / Xhaka
Lukaku / Benteke / Depoitre

3/5/2

2nd Draft

Foster / Fabianski
McAuley / Cedric /Stankovic / Hünemeier/ Mawson
Cheek /Wijnaldum/Alli / De Bruyne / Sanchez
Lukaku / Benteke / Depoitre

3/5/2 or 3/4/3

Nerdlingr

First rough draft.....

Foster/Elliott
Trippier/Lindelof/Cedric/Mee/Rangel
Coutinho/Fabregas/Silva/Son/RLC
Kane/Lacazette/Rooney

Father Hernandez

Nerdlingr wrote: »

First rough draft.....

Foster/Elliott
Trippier/Lindelof/Cedric/Mee/Rangel
Coutinho/Fabregas/Silva/Son/RLC
Kane/Lacazette/Rooney

Tripper represents great value IMO now with Walker departure imminent.

Fabregas should start well too in Hazard's absence at 7, I'd be worried about rotation in a few GW's but not for a while I suppose.

I'm having the same conundrum with Citeh players, Silva or Sane in my case, I just think Sane represents better value at 0.5 dearer. Better goal & assist to minutes ratio and finished the season well.

Lacazette could be the last seasons Zlatan, not sure if I wanna take a punt on him and well Rooney is Rooney, as much as I'd love to see it as a Man U fan, I don't think he'll set the world alight for Everton, tough tough start too.

Father Hernandez

First draft of many many drafts

De Gea / Elliot: De Gea is in as he is guaranteed to start and cheap with Uniteds nice start, Elliot a bench fodder

Tripper/ David Luiz/ Francis/ Cedric/ Long: Tripper is in for Spurs coverage as is David Luiz for Chelsea, the cheapest I could afford. Cedric has a lovely start and rotates well with Francis, Long is in as a bench fodder

Pogba / Tadic / RLC / Walters / Sane: Pogba's in as I think with Uniteds nice start and Lindelof in the team, he'll be more attacking and complement Lukaku, second season too. Tadic is in as Southampton have a lovely start, been burned in the past with him so taking a gamble. RLC is already the favourite 4.5 here as is Walters at 5.5. Sane is in as I mentioned in the post above, i THINK he's a Pep fave and had a great end to the season, City coverage too

Lukaku / Kane / Firmino: Going for Lukaku, he's proven goalscorer, in a relatively better team and I think this step up in club stature will spur him on to be even better. Kane as top PL GS last season, wary of Spurs August slow start and the Wembley effect and Bobby Firmino is nice & cheap in a team that is renowned for scoring goals, he should be at the front and centre of it

Wary over having too much United, no Jesus or Aguero but not sure who'll start, Coutinho be nice to have and if I have Kane, I won't go Alli. Would love Azpi in but sure Luiz had a great defensive record last season.

Last time I went with a premium GK with a cheap bench fodder was with Courtois 2 seasons ago when he was sent off early in the season so wary of history repeating itself!

caviardreams

I have the same frontline Father H - and very similar overall. Sane is my pick from City too - I have Mane over Pogba and like you with United I am wary of too much Liverpool coverage so may change - concerned I have no Chelsea or Arsenal attacking coverage for example, which is the only think I see with yourself too. As a United fan myself, I feel we might still start off slowly but I think Pogba could have a great season, so it's hard to know.

Very, very solid defence there too.

alchemist33

Father Hernandez wrote: »

First draft of many many drafts

De Gea / Elliot: De Gea is in as he is guaranteed to start and cheap with Uniteds nice start, Elliot a bench fodder

Tripper/ David Luiz/ Francis/ Cedric/ Long: Tripper is in for Spurs coverage as is David Luiz for Chelsea, the cheapest I could afford. Cedric has a lovely start and rotates well with Francis, Long is in as a bench fodder

Pogba / Tadic / RLC / Walters / Sane: Pogba's in as I think with Uniteds nice start and Lindelof in the team, he'll be more attacking and complement Lukaku, second season too. Tadic is in as Southampton have a lovely start, been burned in the past with him so taking a gamble. RLC is already the favourite 4.5 here as is Walters at 5.5. Sane is in as I mentioned in the post above, i THINK he's a Pep fave and had a great end to the season, City coverage too

Lukaku / Kane / Firmino: Going for Lukaku, he's proven goalscorer, in a relatively better team and I think this step up in club stature will spur him on to be even better. Kane as top PL GS last season, wary of Spurs August slow start and the Wembley effect and Bobby Firmino is nice & cheap in a team that is renowned for scoring goals, he should be at the front and centre of it

Wary over having too much United, no Jesus or Aguero but not sure who'll start, Coutinho be nice to have and if I have Kane, I won't go Alli. Would love Azpi in but sure Luiz had a great defensive record last season.

Last time I went with a premium GK with a cheap bench fodder was with Courtois 2 seasons ago when he was sent off early in the season so wary of history repeating itself!

Nice team, Fr H. My only quibble, and its tiny, is that Elliott is proving so popular that he's bound to lose value unless he unexpectedly starts. You might also find it hard to get in Sanchez if he a) starts the season b) does well and c) doesn't go out of the league

razorblunt

Begovic, Heaton
Walker, Azipilicueta, Lindelof, Cedric, Cresswell
Pogba, RLC, Walters, Iwobi, Alli
Lukaku, Lacazzette, Gabbiadini

alchemist33

razorblunt wrote: »

Begovic, Heaton
Walker, Azipilicueta, Lindelof, Cedric, Cresswell
Pogba, RLC, Walters, Iwobi, Alli
Lukaku, Lacazzette, inanimate carbon rod

I just made your team 50% better

(Apart from that, you've invested a lot in defence. I'd downgrade there and upgrade Iwobi)

razorblunt

In Rod we Trust.

I'll take a look at the defence over lunch tomorrow.
Who am I kidding, it's Friday, it will be the first thing I do when I get into the office!

SlickRic

I like this.

Fabianski Foster
Trippier Lindelof Cedric Dunk Long
Sanchez Fabregas Sane Walters RLC
Lukaku Aguero J-Rod

Lack of Spurs attacking cover is the only worry.

Cartman78

Foster, Begovic

Mawson Lindlof Daniels Yoshida Duffy

Pogba Fabregas Coutinho Ozil Walters

Lukaku Jesus Mitrovic


It’s amazing how this game sucks you back in so quickly.

Some interesting line-ups here so far – mine is pretty-template-meh-vanilla but will jazz it up no doubt in the coming hours,days,weeks

First draft of many – not 100% happy with Pogba at the moment….will be keeping an eye of pre-season form. Ozil also interchangeable with Alli/Eriksen. Mitrovic interchangeable with anyone of the same price who looks like starting

Also need to do a bit more research on rotating options – I remember Heaton/Foster worked really well last year

Tylerdurex

Opinions please

Foster
Myhill

Tompkins
Francis
Lascelles
Fernandez
Mee

Eriksen
B.Silva
Coutinho
Mkhitaryan or Pogba
Cheek

Lacacette
Firmino
Jesus

skippy15

SlickRic wrote: »

I like this.

Fabianski Foster
Trippier Lindelof Cedric Dunk Long
Sanchez Fabregas Sane Walters RLC
Lukaku Aguero J-Rod

Lack of Spurs attacking cover is the only worry.

Like this team and good c options and good def
Similar team to mine up front except i have Ali instead of Sanchez allowing me have firmino or benteke up top.
You happy with j rod as a starter?

Lemlin

Quick first pick:

Pickford, Myhill
Francis, Trippier, McAuley, Luiz, Long
Alli, Mane, Walters, Tadic, some 4.5 mil no hoper
Jesus, Kane, Rooney.

Surprised that Rooney is in very few teams. Point to prove, Everton are short on strikers and he should be on penos and hog some free kicks. He could be a man reborn!

Benimar

Lemlin wrote: »

Quick first pick:

Pickford, Myhill
Francis, Trippier, McAuley, Luiz, Long
Alli, Mane, Walters, Tadic, some 4.5 mil no hoper
Jesus, Kane, Rooney.

Surprised that Rooney is in very few teams. Point to prove, Everton are short on strikers and he should be on penos and hog some free kicks. He could be a man reborn!

City, Chelsea and Man U away as well as Spurs at home in the first 5 GWs is off putting. Same reason I wouldn't be picking Pickford.

Lemlin

Lemlin wrote: »

Quick first pick:

Pickford, Myhill
Francis, Trippier, McAuley, Luiz, Long
Alli, Mane, Walters, Tadic, some 4.5 mil no hoper
Jesus, Kane, Rooney.

Surprised that Rooney is in very few teams. Point to prove, Everton are short on strikers and he should be on penos and hog some free kicks. He could be a man reborn!

Some quick changes:

Foster, Myhill
Francis, Trippier, Lindelof, Luiz, Long
Alli, Mane, Walters, Tadic, RLC
Jesus, Kane, Rooney.

Benimar wrote: »

City, Chelsea and Man U away as well as Spurs at home in the first 5 GWs is off putting. Same reason I wouldn't be picking Pickford.

I fancy Everton to have a good go this year and unless they sign a striker, Wayne's the man up front!

Tylerdurex

Tylerdurex wrote: »

Opinions please

Foster
Myhill

Tompkins
Francis
Lascelles
Fernandez
Mee

Eriksen
B.Silva
Coutinho
Mkhitaryan or Pogba
Cheek

Lacacette
Firmino
Jesus

Hello

bodking

Foster / Fabianski
McAuley / Cedric /Stankovic / Hünemeier/ Mawson
Cheek /Wijnaldum/Alli / De Bruyne / Sanchez
Lukaku / Benteke / Depoitre

352 or 343 formation


Thoughts please

F1ngers

3-4-3

GK:
Foster and Fabianski - rotate and 9 million.

DEF:
Lindelof and Trippier + one of 3 x 4.5 million, these three are subject to change, pending preseason.

MID:
Pogba, Ozil and Fabregas + one of Walters/RLC

ATT:
Kane, Lukaku and Benteke at the moment, but this position is up for grabs - looking at you Rooney.

Can't afford Sanchez, so went with Ozil.
No City at all, although Aguero at 11.5 is tempting(Jesus at 10.5), if I go with Jesus, I might be able to squeeze in Sanchez, hmm.
Also no idea what to do with Fabregas once Hazard returns.

Any thoughts?

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F1ngers

Tylerdurex wrote: »

Hello

Too much Liverpool and not enough Kane/Lukaku - at least one is needed.

bodking wrote: »

Foster / Fabianski
McAuley / Cedric /Stankovic / Hünemeier/ Mawson
Cheek /Wijnaldum/Alli / De Bruyne / Sanchez
Lukaku / Benteke / Depoitre

352 or 343 formation


Thoughts please

Will Stankovic or Hünemeier get any game time?
Downgrade Depoitre to a 4.5 and upgrade one of Stankovic and Hünemeier.
Hopefully there will be some 4.0 starters, but very unlikely.
Two is too many until we know.

patmac

Tylerdurex wrote: »

Opinions please

Foster
Myhill

Tompkins
Francis
Lascelles
Fernandez
Mee

Eriksen
B.Silva
Coutinho
Mkhitaryan or Pogba
Cheek

Lacacette
Firmino
Jesus

Tylerdurex wrote: »

Hello

Howya