General chat 23/24

sheroman01

Best 4.5m defenders? Mostly interested in the below. Baring in mind they’ll be bench fodder for me

Botman - seems the best safest option. Difficult opening fixtures and high ownership might mean he drops in price early days.

Colwill - seems certain to start for Chelsea. Great opening fixtures. Maybe he’ll lose his place eventually and Chelsea are a bit unknown defensively at the moment.

Pau/Cash - seems certain to start and decent fixtures. Villa very defensively sound but can they maintain it this season? Cash apparently at risk for mins as Konsa can come in for him.

Green&Red

Hojland injured

Father Hernandez

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120942541#Comment_120942541

Pau for me. Have him in latest draft and will most likely start with him.

Expecting Villa to do well this year and be defensively sound. I even like Martinez as GK but not sure I’ll double up just yet.

caviardreams

Can't make a call on a keeper - am i mad to be considering Pickford for 4.5?

CSF

Still 1 spot left in the draft league if anyone is hungry for adventure

DAngelo Bailey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120943859#Comment_120943859

Yes Everton are terrible and will ship a huge amount of goals.

CSF

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120945762#Comment_120945762

I don’t think so. Not under Dyche. I think they’ll lose plenty of low scoring games and score very few goals. Not saying I’d go with their defensive assets, but I don’t see them as being in the top 5 most conceded when season ends.

dasa29

Hmm Robert Sanchez has gone from Brighton to Chelsea.

https://www.premierleague.com/news/3617038

skippy15

Foden on bench, proves risky especially as de bruyne still on bench might be enough just take him out of my squad

2nd Row Donkey

Spurs beat shaktar 5-1. Harry got 4 goals and Dean Scarlett got the 5th with the last kick off the game.

Have watched all 3 preseason gamed (4th game postponed in Thailand due to weather)

That was the 1st game where Postecoglou didn't change the entire team at half time

... In fact, he only made 4 substitutions all around 75+ minute.

Vicario

Emerson Davies Romero Udogie

Hjoberg Maddisson Sarr

Kula Kane Son

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Stay away from spurs defensively. They conceded 4 goals from 6 SOT in the first 2 games and conceded easily today although Vicario did pull off 3 or 4 smart saves today.

Hjoberg was a surprise starter today, hasn't featured much in preseason and heavily linked with a move to Athletico. Bissouma has been pulling up trees in training and pre season but he did go down with an ankle injury at the half time in the last game so maybe they are taking precautions. He probably isn't a FPL option but in the sky sports game with their slightly different way of accumulating points, for tackles, passes and intercepts - he's definitely one to consider.

Papa Sarr at 4.5 in FPL might be decent bench fodder.

Kula looked good today, involved in a lot. Maddison also had an assist for Kanes 2nd and was fouled for the penalty.

Son looked off the pace to me but he only has 45 mins of pre season under his belt so far and was late joining up with the squad on the recent tour.

caviardreams

Cheers donkey - wonder f Kane playing the full 9 gives an indication he will be staying? Would have thought they might have tried a plan b for some of the game otherwise. If he is staying he will be in my team for sure.

2nd Row Donkey

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120946842#Comment_120946842

Well he was captain for the day, you could take that either way.

He didn't celebrate any of the goals with much aplomb... but then again it was only a pre season friendly so no need to go nuts.

I watched him walk off, didn't seem particularly emotional about that, quite subdued if anything. Seen a few tweets that "he applauded all 4 corners of the stadium" etc etc but he wasn't anything like that.

I think he'll go if Levy accepts the bid. But he won't force anything. All depends on lent/enic I suppose.

DJIMI TRARORE

On this performance in front of goals Havertz isn't an option,

Pogue eile

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120947073#Comment_120947073

I won't be going with him but you could look at it two ways, yes he was wasteful. But he is playing upfront and classified as a midfielder, is playing for a team with brilliant fixtures and he won't be facing City again anytime soon, as I said I won't be going with him as I'm fairly locked in to Gabriel, Saka and Martinelli but both Havertz and Timber have given some food for thought.

Cartman78

Mbeumo flagged (dead leg) 😲

I see sheep

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120948242#Comment_120948242

Eze time 😎

fplfan12345

Still 1 place available for the draft league.

Draft happening at 10.30pm on Tuesday (tomorrow) night.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058306342/2023-2024-50-draft-league-h2h

I see sheep

Why is Gabriel way more popular then Saliba?

caviardreams

Kane back in play it seems - hard to leave him out, back to the drawing board!

Fitz*

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120949481#Comment_120949481

xGA of 5.70 vs 1.23 last season, I would assume.

patmac

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120949937#Comment_120949937

He’s still favourite to leave though, and you’ll have to leave out Salah or the robot.

Ace2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120951059#Comment_120951059

He won’t leave - if he wanted to if would be gone by now - do you think he would be risking playing 90 mins in friendlies if he was going to leave? This time next year he can name his salary / signing on fee etc with any club in world.

you can get salah, Kane and Haaland easily enough but is it worth it? Salah wasn’t exactly in fire at start of last season.

sheroman01

A. Ramsdale + Shaw

or

B. Onana + Gabriel (save 0.5m too) ?

I’m leaning towards option B.

Cartman78

Definitely option B for me.... especially if Arsenal sign Raya.

Just read there that Nkunku is having knee surgery.....does that make any other Chelsea forwards more nailed?

Surely Jackson starts right? Or Big Rom 😂

rekluse

Anyone else think they have royally fecked up the pricing of the mids this year ? No way rashoford / saka / Bruno should be the price points they are

Ace2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120952405#Comment_120952405

On what ground thought? Do you think they are cheap or expensive?

rekluse

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120952654#Comment_120952654

Too cheap I would have thought. Saka/bruno at 8.5 seems very low. Rashford also at 9.0 and martenelli at 8.0. Just feels like everyone is going to have the same midfield pretty much.

Shedite27

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120952755#Comment_120952755

I guess it's to compensate with Haaland/Trent being so expensive. Nobody can have all of them

Fitz*

They are definitely too cheap, IMO.

Rashford had his best goalscoring season of his career, is nailed starter, and on pens. The chief goalscoring outlet. He is still cheaper than he was in 21/22. He is 9.0 now. For comparison Sterling used to be around 11.0 or 12.0 at his best when playing for Man City and was not guaranteed a start or penalties. Maybe attacker #2 at best.

Like Haaland, Rashford becomes a default pick .And that is just one example of certain MIDs being under-priced. There should be a choice to make whether to go for Rashford or Maddison or Martinelli or Saka or Jota etc. Instead you can just pick 3 or 4 of them.

Ace2007

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120952755#Comment_120952755

But based on one season? Did Saka/Bruno have a consistently good season? Saka went missing for last third of the season and only scored high against relegated teams. If you consider the likes of Son who got 20+ goals+assists a season for 6 season and what he's priced at - is he too cheap as well?

What do you think Saka/Rashford, one season wonders pretty much should be priced at - and then compare that price to what Salah/Kane have done season on season for last 5/6? What Son/Kdb did etc.