2018/19 FPL Rate My Team Thread

CSWS101

Wilberto wrote: »

Aguero > Firmino :
Still unsure about not having Aguero, but Firmino is 1.5m cheaper and should bag a nice price rise early on as well.

Why do you think he will bag a price rise early?

Shanotheslayer

Currently with the following team for a GW1 BB

Pickford
Bailly,Tomkins,Robertson,Kabasele
Sane,Neves,Sanchez,Salah(C),Richarlison
Aubam

Fabianski,Austn,Kamara,Bednarek.

Will Kamara start? Saw he played Pre season and scored.

First transfer barring anything disasterous could possibly be Robertson to Mendy

MattD

I think I'm going a bit mad Ted..:

Ederson / Stek - set and forget + 4m cheapie

PVA - Coleman - TAA/Cedric/Bennett

Two attackers , Cedric for early fixtures before TAA is proper back in the squad. 4m def

Salah, Mahrez, Moura, Pedro, Lennon

Lennon and Moura based off of preseason form. Moura will go for probably Richarlison if he's showing early signs of doing well under Silva. Lennon could change to Cairney

Aguero, Lacazette, Sorloth

Sorloth again - based on preseason form and all the 4.5m options just seem like a waste for a striker slot. Lacazette is playing centrally for Arsenal and might be on penalties?

Mostly going 3-5-2, but I think that even the cheapie players will be picking up points.

Have completely lost all faith in United everything, Chelsea Spurs and Arsenal defense (too unpredictable/expensive), and Everton attack...

Rate me?

Shanotheslayer

I noticed a few teams seem to have the following including you above Matt

Ederson 5.5
Coleman 5.5

Would the following not be better:

Pickford 5.0
Mendy 6.0

Mendy surely higher attacking returns than Coleman?

caviardreams

Not necessarily if Seamie has a season like he did a couple of years ago. Also Mendy is subject to possible rotation (pep being pep) whereas Ederson is not. Also if Everton have a tough fixture or a bad spell at the back you can bench Coleman but if Pickford it your set and forget keeper you still have to play him.

km79

Have removed both sanchez and shaw. No united for me as it stands. Mata a possibility as I need a 6.5 mid
Aguero back in
I,m going around in circles LOL

Cartman78

km79 wrote: »

I,m going around in circles LOL

Same...Spacecraft has magically appeared in my latest draft...I need to log out of FPL for a few days :-)

CSWS101

We go again:
Ederson (Button)
Robertson Bailly Tarkowski (Cedric, Wan Biss)
Salah David Silva Mane Cairney (Masuaku)
Auba Arnie Zaha
Went for Mane instead of Fimino so I could re-shuffle & upgrade Quaner for Zaha. Might look to bring in Mendy for Robertson & get TAA in for Tarkowski depending on how he starts.
Also considering swapping Auba for Aguero until Snul's fixtures brighten up.

km79

km79 wrote: »

Have removed both sanchez and shaw. No united for me as it stands. Mata a possibility as I need a 6.5 mid
Aguero back in
I,m going around in circles LOL

You don’t need to spend all of it.

If you find a nice team and have 0.5 or 1.0 left in the bank then why not leave it there for now ? Gives you room for early manoeuvre.

Plenty of sub 6.5 players offering more than Mata.

eagle eye

Well obviously Salah has to be part of my team and Aubameyang too.
I'm not in the Firminho camp at all, the second Liverpool guy has to be Mane imo.
I think having looked at all the teams put up to this point that a Fab/Foster combo in goals looks really good.
Defense for me has to include somebody from United, I'd like to have City cover too but I'll wait to see what personnel they use first. If things go to plan I can see Mendy replacing Robertson around week 5. Similarly I can see myself bringing in Bellerin for Coleman in a few weeks time.
I'm going with Salah and Mane in midfield, I'll take a chance in Mkhitaryan and I believe I'll definitely have one hit from Jota and Sessegnon.
Up top I've got Aubameyang with Arnie and the bench fodder in Kamara.

My team,

Fab, Fabianski
Bailly, Coleman, Robertson, Janmaat, Wan-Bissaka
Salah, Mane, Mkhitaryan, Jota, Sessegnon
Aubameyang, Arnautovic, Kamara

Necronomicon

Just experimenting with different ways to visualise my drafts. I'm honing in something I'm happy with, but there are a few areas where I'm torn between different combinations. Hope this is legible! It seems to be coming down to whether I want a bit more invested in first XI defence or squad midfield.

Option 1 | Option 2 | Option 3

Fabianski Patricio Ederson Stekelenburg Fabianski Stekelenburg
TAA TAA Robertson Cedric Tomkins Bennett Wan-Bissaka
Salah Ramsey Sane Mata Cairney Masuaku Masuaku
Firmino Aguero Zaha

I'm debating a few of the options that are shared across all combinations too:

• Aguero: How long before we're all fearing the Pep Wheel of Rotation again? Tempted by Auba instead
• Zaha - Arnie has had a great pre-season; it's hard to separate them
• Mata - seems nailed to begin with, at least, but United's pre-season has not been inspiring. Jota and Sessegnon possible replacements, but it's a big chunk of budget for PL debutants
• TAA is in two drafts, but could be replaced by another 5.0 like Shaw. It's likely I'm going early WC, so I'm willing to risk having a few potentially short-lived options

Main things I'm monitoring: the price of Mitrovic when he comes in, whether or not we're likely to have a starting 4.5 Everton defender, and the prospect of a 5.0 Chelsea goalkeeper if transfer rumours are to be believed.

Anyway, this is mainly for my own reference, but if anyone has any thoughts they'll gladly be heard

boccy23

First draft so far:

Allison - Steklenberg
Roberston - Azpi - Mendy - Cedric - Wan-Biss
Salah - Sane - Milivojevic - Lennon - Masuaku
Aguero - Arnautovic - Zaha

I think somehow that the more expensive defenders could be worth more than the mid/high end midfielders, Ramsey etc.

Any thoughts?

HenrysLeftHand

Current draft:

Fabianski & Stekelenburg

Mendy, TAA (possibly Clyne), Cedric, Peltier & Wan Bissaka

Salah, Sigurdsson, Sane, kenedy & Deulofeu

Firmino, Aubameyang & Arnautovic

Any thoughts /opinions welcomed

Big Borg

Mint Sauce wrote: »

More tinkering...

Any suggestions on how to get a Spurs midfeilder into this squad?

Ryan Speroni
Azpilicueta Mee PVA Bellerín Daniels
Salah Gudmundsson Groß Fernandinho Mooy
Firmino Lukaku King

How about Dier?

Shanotheslayer

HenrysLeftHand wrote: »

Current draft:

Fabianski & Stekelenburg

Mendy, TAA (possibly Clyne), Cedric, Peltier & Wan Bissaka

Salah, Sigurdsson, Sane, kenedy & Deulofeu

Firmino, Aubameyang & Arnautovic

Any thoughts /opinions welcomed

Richarlison over Siggy for me

Deise Vu

First draft:

Fabianski sub: Speroni (won't play but £4M)

Mee; Aké; Lovren ; Coleman - Sub Zanka

Salah;Eriksen; Sessegnon; Jorginho Sub: Stephens

Kane & Auba Sub: Quaner

No doubt the WC will be out early again this season.:rolleyes:

F1ngers

Deise Vu wrote: »

First draft:

Fabianski sub: Speroni (won't play but £4M)

Fabianski, great price but first 9 games include: liv/ars/eve/CHE/MNU/TOT.

Get McCarthy and rotate gives you: BUR/BOU/LEI/WOL/BRI/CHE for the first 6 GWs.

Deise Vu

F1ngers wrote: »

Fabianski, great price but first 9 games include: liv/ars/eve/CHE/MNU/TOT.

Get McCarthy and rotate gives you: BUR/BOU/LEI/WOL/BRI/CHE for the first 6 GWs.

I have used exactly 100M so don't have funds for McCarthy. I have always had Fab in my team when he was at Swansea. Even against the bigger teams he racks up lots of saves / bonuses and the occasional peno save. Versus the odd hammering, I'll take the chance.

I hadn't realised he had such a tough start though, thanks. I might reconsider.

Iused2likebusts

Are we 100% that fabianski will start. I certainly wouldn't be going fabianski with a 4 million non starter.

Gaillimh1976

Tarkowski or Mee ?

caviardreams

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Are we 100% that fabianski will start. I certainly wouldn't be going fabianski with a 4 million non starter.

I definitely think Fabianski will start the season anyway, but agree a 4.5m back-up is wise.

Tempted to pair him with Foster, but will Foster definitely start? Gomes surely must still have a chance of starting ir at least being in contention.

Already have Cook so would rather not double up with Bournemouth by going for Begovic.

caviardreams

Gaillimh1976 wrote: »

Tarkowski or Mee ?

I think it's a toss up tbh - possibly Mee as he is/was stand-in captain while Heaton was out

Shanotheslayer

My latest draft has no City. Am I mad? Then plan a - 4 for GW2 and being in 2 city V hudders

km79

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

My latest draft has no City. Am I mad? Then plan a - 4 for GW2 and being in 2 city V hudders

Yes

Preplanned transfers are a bad idea at the best of times
But the start of the season is always a little bit more of a minefield

Who_8_Paul?

First attempt...

Fab Begovic
Cedric Dunk Yedlin Zanka Tomkins
Salah Eriksen Miki Silva Stephens
Lacazette Firmino Arnie


Stuck between

Lacazette Firmino Silva

Or

Auba Zaha Sane


The second seems to be popular on here but Lacazette could score not far off Auba and I much prefer Firmino to Zaha...

extra gravy

Latest effort...

Fab Foster
Mendy Robertson Tomkins Cedric Wan B
Salah Mané Ramsey Ricky Chalobah
Aguero Arnie Zaha

Mané may become Mahrez and Aguero may become Auba...the two main decisions I'm wrestling with.

manual_man

extra gravy wrote: »

Latest effort...

Fab Foster
Mendy Robertson Tomkins Cedric Wan B
Salah Mané Ramsey Ricky Chalobah
Aguero Arnie Zaha

Mané may become Mahrez and Aguero may become Auba...the two main decisions I'm wrestling with.

That's a very solid looking team... Solid picks, probably the two def with most explosive potential starting out (Mendy and Robbo), hard to find fault with it really. Nice coverage from the big 2 (City and 'Pool), mid pricers bang in form (Arnie and Zaha), and probably the most sensible Everton attacker (Ricky). I really want to go with Rambo myself but i just don't think i can bring myself to do it starting out (or any Arsenal) - my argument is that their first 5 fixtures aren't great and we don't really know how they'll start so i'm adopting a wait and see approach. Still wouldn't be surprised to see Arsenal start strong though and Rambo's potential is high.

I'm currently on:

Patricio Steklenburg
Robbo PVA Mendy Coleman Obi-Wan-Bissaka
Salah Mané Mahrez Sané Cairney
Zaha Arnie Madine

Very adventurous with my defenders. Cheap gk but i don't want rotating gk so am happy to go Patricio starting off. Midfield pretty much speaks for itself i'm hopeful of a lot of points there. Cheap frontline but i'm confident Arnie and Zaha can both do well. Cairney as already opined could be great value at £5m, he's an option to start instead of one of my def depending on fixtures, otherwise not a bad first sub.

Mr_Roger_Bongos

Paully D wrote: »

Pairing up with McCarthy from Southampton for example would give you:

BUR, BOU, LEI, WLV, BRI, CHE, wlv, bri

Is Forster injured?

Scorpion Sting

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Is Forster injured?

Out of favour with Hughes.

Mr_Roger_Bongos

Does anyone have a link to an excel with all the fixures?

farranreeboy

Fabianski

Cedric
TAA
Wan-Bissaka

Salah
Miki
Neves
De Bryune

Firmino
Kane
Arnie

Patricio Stephens Daniels Zanka

Paully D

Mr_Roger_Bongos wrote: »

Is Forster injured?

Nope, just ****e.

Southampton have spent decent money on Gunn anyway so while McCarthy looked nailed on at the time of writing - not so much now.

Shanotheslayer

Am I missing something here? Is Wan Bissaka a known starter? I see him in a lot of teams in a first XI.

Shanotheslayer

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Am I missing something here? Is Wan Bissaka a known starter? I see him in a lot of teams in a first XI.

Yeah. I believe he’s started 4 of their preseason games.

But I’m the same guy that told you Quaner was a starter. Although I did read he’d started 2-3 of their games.

Wan Bissaka will be in everyone’s team within 2-3 weeks as the 4.0m playing defender. So he could see a few price rises quite early.

Shanotheslayer

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Yeah. I believe he’s started 4 of their preseason games.

But I’m the same guy that told you Quaner was a starter. Although I did read he’d started 2-3 of their games.

Wan Bissaka will be in everyone’s team within 2-3 weeks as the 4.0m playing defender. So he could see a few price rises quite early.

I can understand him being in the team as a potential starter based on pre season. But I don't think I can put him in my XI.
Playing LB means he's behind Schlupp and Ward? Pretty sure Kelly is the RB.

I also have Bednarak in my team so two 4.0m defenders seems risky for me

Shanotheslayer

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

I can understand him being in the team as a potential starter based on pre season. But I don't think I can put him in my XI.
Playing LB means he's behind Schlupp and Ward? Pretty sure Kelly is the RB.

I also have Bednarak in my team so two 4.0m defenders seems risky for me

Wan-Bissaka looks to be currently ahead of Kelly for the RB slot.

PVA is the nailed on LB and I think Schlupp has been getting games pre-season OOP on the left of midfield.

Bednarak could be at risk as they’ve just spent about £18 on a new CB iirc.

Edit - I think we could find at least 2 regular playing 4.0m defenders within the first 2-3 weeks. My plan is to have 3 and rotate in the best fixture each week.

tomwaits48

I've 3 drafts on the go, setting up for GW 1-13, 1-5 and 1-8. Not sure yet what option to go.

Current 1-5 set up is

Foster
Mendy Robertson Luiz
Mata Pedro Sane Salah
Long Aubayang Tosun

Subs Speroni Cairney Wan Bissaka Benarek

1m in the bank.

Shanotheslayer

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Wan-Bissaka looks to be currently ahead of Kelly for the RB slot.

PVA is the nailed on LB and I think Schlupp has been getting games pre-season OOP of the left of midfield.

Bednarak could be at risk as they’ve just spent about £18 on a new CB iirc.

Edit - I think we could find at least 2 regular playing 4.0m defenders within the first 2-3 weeks. My plan is to have 3 and rotate in the best fixture each week.

Christ it's early got my RB and LBs mixed up

Shanotheslayer

tomwaits48 wrote: »

I've 3 drafts on the go, setting up for GW 1-13, 1-5 and 1-8. Not sure yet what option to go.

Current 1-5 set up is

Foster
Mendy Robertson Luiz
Mata Pedro Sane Salah
Long Aubayang Tosun

Subs Speroni Cairney Wan Bissaka Benarek

1m in the bank.

Is that Shane Long? Use the 1M ITB to get him as far out of there as possible imo.

Deise Vu

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

My latest draft has no City. Am I mad? Then plan a - 4 for GW2 and being in 2 city V hudders

Rotation is the enemy of FPL planning. I would never take a -4 to get City players in. In fact I don't even have any City players at all. Which is probably a fatal mistake.

km79

Deise Vu wrote: »

Rotation is the enemy of FPL planning. I would never take a -4 to get City players in. In fact I don't even have any City players at all. Which is probably a fatal mistake.

I took Sanchez back out again last night and brought Mahrez in
Already looking at reversing it LOL

Also united played 352 again with Shaw left wing back
Also took him out

hufpc8w3adnk65

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Wan-Bissaka looks to be currently ahead of Kelly for the RB slot.

PVA is the nailed on LB and I think Schlupp has been getting games pre-season OOP on the left of midfield.

Bednarak could be at risk as they’ve just spent about £18 on a new CB iirc.

Edit - I think we could find at least 2 regular playing 4.0m defenders within the first 2-3 weeks. My plan is to have 3 and rotate in the best fixture each week.

I’m on
Bennet
Wan-Bis
Peltier (tho I see he’s now yellow flagged)
Lowe
Mee

With 2 x 4.5 keepers also

hufpc8w3adnk65

I have Fabianski who’s the best keeper 4.5 or under to pair him with do people think?

tomwaits48

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Is that Shane Long? Use the 1M ITB to get him as far out of there as possible imo.

sorry, meant King from Bournemouth

km79

tomwaits48 wrote: »

sorry, meant King from Bournemouth

I have him in now as well
As long as he stays up front I'll probably stick with him
It's him , wood or Austin or just go back to quaner

Sanchez is back in and staying . He has been razor sharp in preseason despite all uniteds toils
I'll go with my gut on this one
And he is a very very easy downgrade to any city midfielder then

I have a nice spread of prices in midfield now as well to allow more flexibility
Salah Sanchez siggy gudmonnson cairney
Gudmonnson and cairney could become deulofeu and 4.5

My team structure is almost done now it's just a case of choosing the 5.5 ml defender out of the likes of Pva ,Coleman , Luiz, Bailly and the 5ml defender (might even just get a second 4.5) out of Shaw, Burnley , perhaps TAA but Clyne a worry, Sahko also of interest if I don't go for pva

Aguero is back in too. I'll stick with him only from city attack for first week .And sure Mendy is !ore or less an attacker too

eagle eye

Karina Tight Femur wrote:

I have Fabianski who’s the best keeper 4.5 or under to pair him with do people think?

I think Foster.

boccy23

eagle eye wrote: »

I think Foster.

I have him with Patricio from Wolves.

hufpc8w3adnk65

At the moment I’m on

Foster & Fabianksi
Wan-Bis Peltier Bennet Lowe Mee
Sanchez Salah Rambo Sane Cairney
PEA Zaha Austin

Both keepers are 4.5 and should both be number 1’s at their clubs. imo there is no point having one of them and say De Gea as you’ll never drop De Gea

My back line is like something you’d get on a Thursday morning in Aldi
Lowe Mee and 1 other will start the majority of games and by going this route I save money for other 8 players.

In midfield I went for 4 big hitters who will start for me and Cairney, first sub, who seems vital to Fulham. The start of the season will be hit and miss but those 4 are all training and playing at the moment and Sanchez has looked very good for United.

Uptop PEA could be playing left of a front 3 but I could change him out for KUN, Lukaku, Lacasette etc fairly easy.
Zaha finished the season well and could become Arnie or King if he’s not doing the biz and IF (it’s a big if) Charlie is fit and firing then he’s one of the best. If not maybe Wilson will come in or downgrade PEA and use the funds on Austin’s replacement.

Any thoughts?

CSF

What if the guys who we’re hoping might play as 4.0 starters aren’t that? They’re at that price because they’re only live outsiders to start tbh.

Wilberto

CSF wrote: »

What if the guys who we’re hoping might play as 4.0 starters aren’t that? They’re at that price because they’re only live outsiders to start tbh.

Then we're all screwed!







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