Wildcard 2018/19

manual_man

Contemplating something like this:

Patricio (Hamer)
PVA Alonso Mendy Robertson (Wan-B)
Milner Hazard Pedro Dilva (Guendouzi)
Aguero Kane (Kamara)

AdpRo

manual_man wrote: »

Contemplating something like this:

Patricio (Hamer)
PVA Alonso Mendy Robertson (Wan-B)
Milner Hazard Pedro Dilva (Guendouzi)
Aguero Kane (Kamara)

Milner won’t be first choice in all likelihood.

manual_man

AdpRo wrote: »

Milner won’t be first choice in all likelihood.

Not true. He looks absolutely nailed. That might change, but for now he's good, on pens, and some set pieces.

km79

manual_man wrote: »

Not true. He looks absolutely nailed. That might change, but for now he's good, on pens, and some set pieces.

Fabinho ?

manual_man

km79 wrote: »

Fabinho ?

Milner is playing brilliantly. If anyone is to make way I'd say Wijnaldum for Fabinho. But honestly I can't see Klopp changing anything at the moment. 3 wins out of 3 and 3 clean sheets. Why would he.

km79

manual_man wrote: »

Milner is playing brilliantly. If anyone is to make way I'd say Wijnaldum for Fabinho. But honestly I can't see Klopp changing anything at the moment. 3 wins out of 3 and 3 clean sheets. Why would he.

True
Champ league time soon
Milner is prime candidate for rotation imo

manual_man

manual_man wrote: »

Milner is playing brilliantly. If anyone is to make way I'd say Wijnaldum for Fabinho. But honestly I can't see Klopp changing anything at the moment. 3 wins out of 3 and 3 clean sheets. Why would he.

Wijnaldum was clear man of the match, for me, today.

manual_man

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Wijnaldum was clear man of the match, for me, today.

Yeah he was good today. As was Keita. No argument for dropping any of the mids for now

The real mccoy 91

Is 4-5-1 a bad idea?

Sitting on

Foster hamer
Bellerin robbo mendy bavies wan b
Hazard Salah mhki Anderson walcott
Aguero kamara success

It's a very rough draft but just messing with ideas at this stage

bantee

The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

Is 4-5-1 a bad idea?

Sitting on

Foster hamer
Bellerin robbo mendy bavies wan b
Hazard Salah mhki Anderson walcott
Aguero kamara success

It's a very rough draft but just messing with ideas at this stage

Lovely midfield, would be nice if you could get Kane instead of Kun when he hits form and Alonso instead of Bellerin

km79

The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

Is 4-5-1 a bad idea?

Sitting on

Foster hamer
Bellerin robbo mendy bavies wan b
Hazard Salah mhki Anderson walcott
Aguero kamara success

It's a very rough draft but just messing with ideas at this stage

With that squad it would be 541
Anderson is a dodgy pick

The real mccoy 91

km79 wrote: »

With that squad it would be 541
Anderson is a dodgy pick

He very much passed the eye test yesterday looked the best player on the pitch fixtures aren't great for the next few weeks but he's on my watch list

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The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

He very much passed the eye test yesterday looked the best player on the pitch fixtures aren't great for the next few weeks but he's on my watch list

You get could Pedro instead, I know you'd be doubling up with Hazard but their next few fixtures could be worth it

basillarkin

AdpRo wrote: »

Milner won’t be first choice in all likelihood.

no mane firmino or salah will hurt in the long term

dahat

Aguero, Zaha and Ings to light a front line? I. Trying to fit Hazard in midfield.

km79

km79 wrote: »

I stuck with my preseason plan and wildcard
I set up for those 2 weeks and hoped to get a decent start . I have even if I'm still 30 behind in main league. The plan was then to jump on a couple of tea!s who have a really really good run of fixtures. I've also avoided a fair few price drops .
So it's a little experment. A proactive rather than reactive wildcard . Let's see how it goes . It's also set up with a specific week in mind ............best laid plans and all that..........
I've spent WAY more on keepers and defence that usual but that's due to the value in midfield this year
I had Ings in for Arnie but I don't trust Southampton/Hughes and I didn't need the extra money in the end
Mane and auba the 2 players I fear not owning as they will be in a lot of teams around me
Kane isn't

GK
Schmeichel /Hennessy- decent rotation and more importantly when Palaces fixtures turn Leicester have good ones. At that stage I won't need a second playing keeper hopefully and will downgrade .........

Def
Robertson Mendy WanB Alonso Steve cook
already owned first 3. Alonso could be a disaster but if he is its easy to downgrade to Bavies . Steve Cook will be my 5th defender . I needed a defender from a team with a good fixture for one particular week..........I got his first rise and hopefully knock a second out of him. Doherty when he dropped to 4.4 tempted me as did Holebas at 4.6
Reality is he won't be played hopefully bar that one week

Mid
Salah Ricky Miki Pedro Fraser
This was the main reason for wildcarding . Couple of 50/50 calls wrong and wanted in on Arsenal and Chelsea attack
Pedro a risk but lots of other options of he doesn't work out. Maddison being the number one target

Fwd
Aguero Arnie Mitrovic
Had the first 2 . Been very very impressed with Mitrovic despite what I said preseson .
Happy to chance him for a few weeks
Arnie could have become zaha but I just prefer Arnie. He has more of an eye for goal and has pens. And he is a lunatic !!!

0.3 ITB

It's a different team set up than usual for me so be interesting to see how it goes

One final note . I wildcards basically over one evening . Sunday I think it was . And !add a few changes Monday and that was it. Much more relaxed about it as I had the bones of the squad together and the rest in my head since preseason.

Should be top of that league tonight !

Porthallian

Looking at getting Hazard Mane Salah Aguero and Alonso in

Begovic Boruc
Mendy Alonso Gomez Holebas Wan-B
Hazard Mane Salah Walcott Mendy
Aguero Ings Kamara

Tempted to go now before the inevitable rises....

COH

Porthallian wrote: »

Looking at getting Hazard Mane Salah Aguero and Alonso in

Begovic Boruc
Mendy Alonso Gomez Holebas Wan-B
Hazard Mane Salah Walcott Mendy
Aguero Ings Kamara

Tempted to go now before the inevitable rises....

Two Mendys is a masterstroke :pac:

Porthallian

COH wrote: »

Two Mendys is a masterstroke :pac:

One plays for Leicester. Not too highly owned and has played both matches since he arrived.

Any other thoughts on it?

COH

Porthallian wrote: »

One plays for Leicester. Not too highly owned and has played both matches since he arrived.

I'll get my coat

Porthallian

Porthallian wrote: »

Looking at getting Hazard Mane Salah Aguero and Alonso in

Begovic Boruc
Mendy Alonso Gomez Holebas Wan-B
Hazard Mane Salah Walcott Mendy
Aguero Ings Kamara

Tempted to go now before the inevitable rises....

Should I downgrade Walcott? Maybe have Mitrovic and play 4-3-3?

The real mccoy 91

The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

Is 4-5-1 a bad idea?

Sitting on

Foster hamer
Bellerin robbo mendy bavies wan b
Hazard Salah mhki Anderson walcott
Aguero kamara success

It's a very rough draft but just messing with ideas at this stage

After a little tinkering I can make a nice team without salah but I'm hesitant

Foster hamer
Alonso bavies mendy robbo wan b
Mane hazard walcott mhki Fraser
Kane Joselu Jimenez

Is a premium backline really the way to go this year?

Benimar

The real mccoy 91 wrote: »

After a little tinkering I can make a nice team without salah but I'm hesitant

Foster hamer
Alonso bavies mendy robbo wan b
Mane hazard walcott mhki Fraser
Kane Joselu Jimenez

Is a premium backline really the way to go this year?

I'd be reluctant to go without Salah. I'd be reluctant to go without Aguero.

No way I'd go without both at the moment to be honest. I'd have Aguero ahead of Kane in that team.

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

So the difference by going Mkhi over Aubameyang means going 3-5-2 over 3-4-3

The main difference is -

AWB, Westwood, Ings and Aubameyang in a 3-4-3

Westwood on bench

Or

Alonso, Mkhi, Mitrovic and Kamara in a 3-5-2

Kamara on bench

It looks very clear doesn’t it. But I don’t want to do it. And can you believe the 3-5-2 leaves me with 0.3m in the bank.

It’s amazing when you write something down how it can influence you. And in fairness the 2-3 who responded to my post couldn’t believe I was considering the 3-4-3.

I was sold on 3-4-3 until I put together the 3-5-2 team with Mkhi but without Aubameyang.

I didn’t want to go without Aubameyang but I did in the end.

I could see it, as per my last paragraph above, but didn’t want to do it.

I was still wavering and then the news on Ozil came through on Saturday morning so that completely made my mind up.

I went 3-5-2 without Aubameyang and I kinda feel lucky I did because I was so obsessed with including him.

Also Lacazette showed on Saturday that they are a better team with him in it so in fairness he deserves to start the next few games.

Like Km79 I wanted to play my WC from a position of strength and not to be reacting to a shït weekend. I used it when I was top 25k and now sitting top 2.5k but that’s before the United game on Monday.

My only mistake is that I went with Fabri as my keeper so looks like I have to rectify that already. ****ed off about that too.

My advice to people using their WC this week ?

Write down your teams so you can compare them to each other. I had about 30-40 screenshots to go through and deleted until I seen a screenshot that was a better team. I was left with 4-5 teams and finally decided on, what turned out to be, the best team.

eoghan104

I decided to wildcard this week as there was a couple of changes I needed to make.

My first draft is below

Etheridge/Fabianski

Alonso/Mendy/Robbo (Bennet, AWB)
Mane/Mkhi/Hazard/Walcott/(Gray)
Kun/Arnie/Mitrovic

.9 ITB

What are peoples thoughts? I love my 3 starting defenders and have no worries throwing AWB in if necessary.

Any glaring errors?

Thanks

Shanotheslayer

eoghan104 wrote: »

Any glaring errors?

No Salah

extra gravy

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It’s amazing when you write something down how it can influence you. And in fairness the 2-3 who responded to my post couldn’t believe I was considering the 3-4-3.

I was sold on 3-4-3 until I put together the 3-5-2 team with Mkhi but without Aubameyang.

I didn’t want to go without Aubameyang but I did in the end.

I could see it, as per my last paragraph above, but didn’t want to do it.

I was still wavering and then the news on Ozil came through on Saturday morning so that completely made my mind up.

I went 3-5-2 without Aubameyang and I kinda feel lucky I did because I was so obsessed with including him.

Also Lacazette showed on Saturday that they are a better team with him in it so in fairness he deserves to start the next few games.

Like Km79 I wanted to play my WC from a position of strength and not to be reacting to a shït weekend. I used it when I was top 25k and now sitting top 2.5k but that’s before the United game on Monday.

My only mistake is that I went with Fabri as my keeper so looks like I have to rectify that already. ****ed off about that too.

My advice to people using their WC this week ?

Write down your teams so you can compare them to each other. I had about 30-40 screenshots to go through and deleted until I seen a screenshot that was a better team. I was left with 4-5 teams and finally decided on, what turned out to be, the best team.

I was obsessed with including Auba too but unfortunately didn't see the light like you did. Taken a hit to rectify it this week somewhat but I'm still left without Mané when I could have had him as well as Alonso. Lesson learnt...I hope!

eagle eye

Activated the wildcard as I had made two changes and really needed to get Alonso in as he is a must have at this stage imo.
Transfers in are in bold. Players out are Foster/Fab, Peltier, Shaw, Ricky, Jota, Kenedy, Aguero, Ings.

Team now is

Etheridge/McCarthy
Alonso Mendy Robertson Holebas WanB
Salah, Mane, Pedro, Walcott, Pereyra
Morata, Zaha, Wilson

Thoughts welcome please.

PARlance

eagle eye wrote: »

Activated the wildcard as I had made two changes and really needed to get Alonso in as he is a must have at this stage imo.
Transfers in are in bold. Players out are Foster/Fab, Peltier, Shaw, Ricky, Jota, Kenedy, Aguero, Ings.

Team now is

Etheridge/McCarthy
Alonso Mendy Robertson Holebas WanB
Salah, Mane, Pedro, Walcott, Pereyra
Morata, Zaha, Wilson

Thoughts welcome please.

No Kun could kill you. Haven't seen much from Morata to justify him being there tbh.

Not sure what formation you'll be playing but a bit of fodder could free up funds.

extra gravy

eagle eye wrote: »

Activated the wildcard as I had made two changes and really needed to get Alonso in as he is a must have at this stage imo.
Transfers in are in bold. Players out are Foster/Fab, Peltier, Shaw, Ricky, Jota, Kenedy, Aguero, Ings.

Team now is

Etheridge/McCarthy
Alonso Mendy Robertson Holebas WanB
Salah, Mane, Pedro, Walcott, Pereyra
Morata, Zaha, Wilson

Thoughts welcome please.

I'd downgrade one of your mid priced mids and upgrade Morata to Aguero.

eagle eye

Thanks for the comments guys. You are right, wasn't thinking straight.

Team now.
Etheridge/McCarthy
Alonso Mendy Robertson Bennett WanB
Salah, Mane, Pedro, Walcott, Mendy
Wilson, Zaha, Aguero


Thought welcome as always.

Shanotheslayer

eagle eye wrote: »

Thanks for the comments guys. You are right, wasn't thinking straight.

Team now.
Etheridge/McCarthy
Alonso Mendy Robertson Bennett WanB
Salah, Mane, Pedro, Walcott, Mendy
Wilson, Zaha, Aguero


Thought welcome as always.

Mitrovic instead of Zaha in my opinion. Or if you can get Mitrovic/Zaha/Aguero up top

eoghan104

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

No Salah

Yeah good point. I have taken the opinion from the start of the year that he is just too expensive. Their fixtures are not as good as some others coming up and I think Mane is good cover.

Could be proved wrong but that's my thinking. Hazard could be a great differential with upcoming fixtures too.

Porthallian

Similar team to the templates I've seen.

Hennesy Hamer
Mendy Robbo Alonso Wan-B Bennett
Salah Mane Pedro Walcott Guendozi
Aguero Zaha Mitrovic

Any feedback greatly appreciated.
Could do Hazard/Wilson instead of Mane/Zaha?

KathleenGrant

km79 wrote: »

Should be top of that league tonight !

Are you the same person who said "I have made a mistake" on Saturday?:D:D:D

km79

KathleenGrant wrote: »

Are you the same person who said "I have made a mistake" on Saturday?:D:D:D

KathleenGrant

km79 wrote: »

Nice growing up.

Chesty08

PARlance wrote: »

No Kun could kill you. Haven't seen much from Morata to justify him being there tbh.

Not sure what formation you'll be playing but a bit of fodder could free up funds.

You need Kane or Aguero... if neither you need some Spurs or City

Chesty08

Porthallian wrote: »

Similar team to the templates I've seen.

Hennesy Hamer
Mendy Robbo Alonso Wan-B Bennett
Salah Mane Pedro Walcott Guendozi
Aguero Zaha Mitrovic

Any feedback greatly appreciated.
Could do Hazard/Wilson instead of Mane/Zaha?

I would do this if I had Salah. Liverpool fixtures not too favorable & if Mane continues hot streak can easily switch back

Bleating Lamb

I would agree with Parlance that Morata has not done enough to be a premium striker pick on a WC.

Bleating Lamb

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

I would agree with Parlance that Morata has not done enough to be a premium striker pick on a WC.

It’s all about judging the player now.

I don’t think templates will get you very far this season and I’m happy about that.

Get the player in that has a big score coming rather than following the masses buying players that have just scored big.

Hopefully, this season, watching as many games as possible actually pays off.

S.M.B.

Mid wildcard and took Salah out of my team to try benefit from a double price rise. Squad looks a lot more balanced as a result. Maybe a little bit too much cash sitting on the bench.

What do people think of exiting a wildcard without Salah. Makes bringing him in a big challenge going forward but also can't see his price rising too much given he's already at >50% ownership. Maybe a few blank weeks will leave to him dropping a little.

Shanotheslayer

S.M.B. wrote: »

What do people think of exiting a wildcard without Salah. Makes bringing him in a big challenge going forward but also can't see his price rising too much given he's already at >50% ownership.

I'm considering this as time goes on. Probably after the international break and when Liverpool fixtures get more difficult.

He won't rise in price I just can't see it happen. So could just take a - 4 or - 8 if you really needed him back in. Mane will get close to the same points this year I think

eagle eye

I'm just thinking after last night that I need Kane, he scored at Old Trafford, has broken his August duck. Could be a great season or him.

Who do you get in for that other premium mid spot?

Hazard, Eriksen haven't really hit form yet
Bilva, Dilva, Sane & Sterling = too much rotation risk
Pogba = :eek:

Who are people eying up?

My current WC team:

Etheridge / Hamer
Mendy / Trippier / Cook / Wan-Biss / Bennett
Salah / Mane / Walcott / Pedro / Lucas Moura
Mitrovic / Aguero / Wilson

(Players in bold I've had since the start)

Walcott to be swapped back to Ricky asap and Moura only there in the hopes of a 2nd rise, will be swapped for Mkhitaryan if that happens.

jay0109

The template has always been strong mids and forwards with 1 or 2 decent defenders/keeper.
Everyone is now reversing that...but how long before we revert to the norm?

extra gravy

jay0109 wrote: »

The template has always been strong mids and forwards with 1 or 2 decent defenders/keeper.
Everyone is now reversing that...but how long before we revert to the norm?

I don't know if we will. Attacking full backs are so important in the game now, they've nearly replaced the traditional winger. It's unlikely any 6.5 mid or forward will matched the returns of Alonso/Mendy/Robertson this season.

The real mccoy 91

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

I'm considering this as time goes on. Probably after the international break and when Liverpool fixtures get more difficult.

He won't rise in price I just can't see it happen. So could just take a - 4 or - 8 if you really needed him back in. Mane will get close to the same points this year I think

+1 on this I think I've nearly settled on not having him and having robbo and mane as Liverpool cover it's opens up so many more options

dahat

Hazard & Ings

or

PEA & Brooks

I already have Alonso in if that's a factor.

COH

dahat wrote: »

Hazard & Ings

or

PEA & Brooks

I already have Alonso in if that's a factor.

Hazard and Ings for me