General Chat 2019/20

Rikand

razorblunt wrote: »

Hourihane or Grealish?

Hourihane ofc

Rikand

Finding it tough to get a few big hitters in the team early on this year

[Deleted User]

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Hopefully a few 4.0 midfielders will be available.

Any thoughts as to why no 4.0m midfielders or even strikers for that matter ?

They introduced a couple of 4.0m midfielders towards the end of last season and I was hoping it was a sign of things to come for this season.

It really takes away formation flexibility.

I wanted to look at playing 4, or maybe even 5, at the back but it means having 1.0-1.5m of extra dead money on the bench.

There are plenty of deadwood midfielders and strikers that could be 4.0m so why do they price up the deadwood defenders at 4.0m ?

It just encourages more people to play 3-4-3 or 3-5-2

It’s ****ing stupid.

manual_man

I don't think there's a better season to play 5 at the back

I'm on: VVD TAA Robertson Digne Laporte and it'll take a lot to convince me to change

CSF

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Any thoughts as to why no 4.0m midfielders or even strikers for that matter ?

They introduced a couple of 4.0m midfielders towards the end of last season and I was hoping it was a sign of things to come for this season.

It really takes away formation flexibility.

I wanted to look at playing 4, or maybe even 5, at the back but it means having 1.0-1.5m of extra dead money on the bench.

There are plenty of deadwood midfielders and strikers that could be 4.0m so why do they price up the deadwood defenders at 4.0m ?

It just encourages more people to play 3-4-3 or 3-5-2

It’s ****ing stupid.

Were there 4.0 midfielders last year?

manual_man

CSF wrote: »

Were there 4.0 midfielders last year?

Yes added towards the end of last season like klopparama said

manual_man

manual_man wrote: »

I don't think there's a better season to play 5 at the back

I'm on: VVD TAA Robertson Digne Laporte and it'll take a lot to convince me to change

I have my eye on something similar but it means my deadwood are all sitting there at 4.5m each.

That’s 1.5m and it really impacts the quality of the rest of the team.

It’s the difference between having Lacazette rather than Kane.

Edit - one would have to be 4.5m so it’s 1.0m extra spent on deadwood. So it’s having Alli over De Bruyne.

manual_man

Deleted User wrote: »

I have my eye on something similar but it means my deadwood are all sitting there at 4.5m each.

That’s 1.5m and it really impacts the quality of the rest of the team.

It’s the difference between having Lacazette rather than Kane.

I don't know if you should think about it like that though. My view is that the 5 defenders i mentioned will likely outscore the majority of similarly priced - and indeed more expensive - midfielders and forwards

Also notice there are no players at the 10 or 10.5 mark.

So it’s a leap from 9.5m to 11.0m for strikers or 9.5m to 11.5m for midfielders.

manual_man

manual_man wrote: »

I don't know if you should think about it like that though. My view is that the 5 defenders i mentioned will likely outscore the majority of similarly priced - and indeed more expensive - midfielders and forwards

I’ll leave the decision until later and whilst I’m leaning toward agreeing with your point I still think it takes away from the game and leads to similar approaches by the majority.

Surely they could have tried to stop everything feeling a little templatey.

manual_man

Deleted User wrote: »

I’ll leave the decision until later and whilst I’m leaning toward agreeing with your point I still think it takes away from the game and leads to similar approaches by the majority.

Surely they could have tried to stop everything feeling a little templatey.

I'm not sure i agree with you there. Last season didn't feel very templatey to me (and i liked it), and i think this season could be the same. A lot of people are so invested in the idea of 3-4-3 and will probably stick with it. I think teams playing 5 at the back will still be pretty few and far between, so it could be a good way to get an advantage. At the very least it will make things more interesting

extra gravy

manual_man wrote: »

I don't think there's a better season to play 5 at the back

I'm on: VVD TAA Robertson Digne Laporte and it'll take a lot to convince me to change

Agree, there's no 6.5 mids that compare with the potential of VVD or Laporte. I'll have 4 premium defs at least. The big decision will be 3 Pool or 2 plus Salah/Mané.

F1ngers

extra gravy wrote: »

The big decision will be 3 Pool or 2 plus Salah/Mané.

Need Pool attack imo, plenty of goals in that team.

km79

Deleted User wrote: »

I’ll leave the decision until later and whilst I’m leaning toward agreeing with your point I still think it takes away from the game and leads to similar approaches by the majority.

Surely they could have tried to stop everything feeling a little templatey.

I will have very little time "pre season" and for the first few gameweeks to be over analysing things due to real life ! This may not be a bad thing though.
I will set up for first few gameweeks as I always do and if I am planning on BB will have to go with 2 ****e 4.5 ml keepers.......just spotted Brighton have 3 decent home games in first 5.......and rotate well with Burnely. Very well in fact
A quick look at fixtures and knowing I will need a steady start means 3 pool is a given. Salah, Robbo/TAA and VVD most likely. I will have Digne as well i would say. A Bournemouth mid (brooks). Aguero and maybe Laporte. A few ****e promoted defenders/mids. And some more penalty takers. I won't be straying too far from template early on
And that template will be based mainly on last season..........
I will be playing varying formations. Hoping against hoping to unearth another AWB but doesn't look likely.
One player I will be watching closely over preseason is Mason Greenwood. If Lukaku goes (he will) there is absolutely no guarantees a replacement will be signed. This will leave Rashford as the main striker...........Greenwood would then get gametime. It also makes Martial and Sanchez interesting.......

Sanchez and Martial are very interesting indeed.

I think Martial is a smashing player and if he gets enough minutes in preseason he’ll be in my team.

Greenwood wasn’t on my radar so I’ll be keeping an eye on that one.

CSF

manual_man wrote: »

Yes added towards the end of last season like klopparama said

This completely skipped my notice somehow. Who was it?

Wilberto

CSF wrote:

This completely skipped my notice somehow. Who was it?

One was Harvey Elliott for Fulham so that explains why he's not there. :pac:

Ace2007

It's funny how one season can change people opinions, I went with a defence of Allison, Mendy, Tripper, Robertson, Alonso early on last season and was told I was mad.

Fast forward less than 9 months and it's all the rage do have the premium lads...

km79

Matt Targett has signed for Villa

km79

Ace2007 wrote: »

It's funny how one season can change people opinions, I went with a defence of Allison, Mendy, Tripper, Robertson, Alonso early on last season and was told I was mad.

Fast forward less than 9 months and it's all the rage do have the premium lads...

I was also on TRAM and I dont know how well it went.....I had a solid start though so I guess it went ok?

NoviGlitzko

Deleted User wrote: »

Sanchez and Martial are very interesting indeed.

I think Martial is a smashing player and if he gets enough minutes in preseason he’ll be in my team.

Greenwood wasn’t on my radar so I’ll be keeping an eye on that one.

Martial has PPM that'd rival Sterling/Salah. If he was a guaranteed starter he'd be gold.

Dr. Bre

AWB at 5.5 will be my only united player

km79

Dr. Bre wrote: »

AWB at 5.5 will be my only united player

Why are you paying 5.5m for a United defender?

jamesbondings

km79 wrote: »

Why are you paying 5.5m for a United defender?

Only reason he won't be in my team for the beginning of the season!

Wilberto

So, I've been playing around a little bit (and I mean playing around),and have come up with this :


DDG | 4.0m

VVD | TAA | AWB | PVA | AMN

HMS | JWP | RLC | KDB | MGW

PEA | DCL | 4.5m


3.0m ITB


:pac:

Panthro

Chernobyl Chivas activated.
Hello FSA folks!

Scorpion Sting

razorblunt wrote: »

Hourihane or Grealish?

McGinn

km79

Wilberto wrote: »

So, I've been playing around a little bit (and I mean playing around),and have come up with this :


DDG | 4.0m

VVD | TAA | AWB | PVA | AMN

HMS | JWP | RLC | KDB | MGW

PEA | DCL | 4.5m


3.0m ITB


:pac:

I don’t like you sub keeper or 3rd striker
Ruins the balance of your squad

Wilberto

km79 wrote: »

I don’t like you sub keeper or 3rd striker
Ruins the balance of your squad

Fixed it!!



DDG | ARB

VVD | TAA | AWB | PVA | AMN

HMS | JWP | RLC | KDB | MGW

PEA | DCL | ISA


0.5m ITB

Shanotheslayer

I have no idea what I'm doing again.

A core of

VVD/Robertson/Digne/Laporte
Salah/Sterling
Wilson

The rest are interchangeable.

Father Hernandez

Shamelessly stolen from Reddit

It's begun..

Wilberto

Set and forget.

km79

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

I have no idea what I'm doing again.

A core of

VVD/Robertson/Digne/Laporte
Salah/Sterling
Wilson

The rest are interchangeable.

Similar to me except I’ll prob go aguero over sterling and Fraser or brooks or king over Wilson

The real mccoy 91

Father Hernandez wrote: »

Shamelessly stolen from Reddit

It's begun..

On a Saturday evening worrying about fantasy football I thought these days were gone for another month :O on the other hand I'm nearly set on an arnie king kane front line unless west ham get a new striker

Shanotheslayer

km79 wrote: »

Similar to me except I’ll prob go aguero over sterling and Fraser or brooks or king over Wilson

Don't come crying to me when my core wins KM79 :pac:

stephenl15

Building my team around 3 Pool and 3 City - Currently Ederson, Sterling, Bernardo, TAA, Robertson, Salah.

razorblunt

Rikand wrote: »

Hourihane ofc

As a Corkman myself, I should have known better than asking the question. I’ll have Egan too.

Scorpion Sting wrote: »

McGinn

For some reason he never played well when I watched him. I hope he’s more Fraser than Armstrong.

manual_man

Mexico through to Gold Cup semis where they'll play Haiti(should be an easy win). Gonna be a late arrival to preseason for Jimenez.

km79

manual_man wrote: »

Mexico through to Gold Cup semis where they'll play Haiti(should be an easy win). Gonna be a late arrival to preseason for Jimenez.

I am very wary of second season syndrome coupled with Europa league for Wolves as it is........

SlickRic

First attempt (as pointless as it is at this stage).

No Salah.

Heaton Button
VVD TAA Stones Digne A Smith
Mane KDB Siggy B Silva Zaha
Jota King Long

Not sure I like no Salah or Sterling.

Wilberto

From the makers of TRAM, we now have.....


...LARD!


Laporte
Alexander-Arnold
Robertson
Digne

:pac:

NoviGlitzko

Why are people going 3 City? Apart from Sterling none are consistent or worth their price.

Shanotheslayer

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

Why are people going 3 City? Apart from Sterling none are consistent or worth their price.

Laporte says hi.

alchemist33

Laporte, Aguero and Bilva in my first draft. Alison, TAA and Salah too. All subject to change depending on international results.

bodking

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Laporte says hi.

Ederson

bodking

Salah or Sterling ?

Dr. Bre

bodking wrote: »

Salah or Sterling ?

Both

DJIMI TRARORE

Well holy GOD,this arrived unannounced,wasn't expecting this for at least 7-10 more days. Another season of ups and downs all round,3 x pool and city is a strong possibility from the start and i'm leaning towards an early defensive setup

Rikand

No Salah

5-3-2

Edersen (McGovern)
DRAWL
Sterling Richarlison Fraser (Kouyate Drinkwater)
JOTA FunBobby (Long)

Drinkwater in the hope he might get a move away from chelsea

Digne
Robertson
Alexander-Arnold
Wan-Bissaka
Laporte

DRAWL

PARlance

bodking wrote: »

Ederson

Bilva could be an absolute steal if he continues as he has done.