2016/17 FPL Rate My Team Thread

Fenson · 04-08-2016 04:18PM

v3ttel wrote: »

I don't get love for Firmino, especially considering 4 of the first 5 games are away, which includes trips to Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea. That's as tough a run as it possibly gets.

The other "favourable games" of the first 5 GWs surely won't be that easy either (away to Burnley and home to Leicester)

In general I think Liverpool will shot a lot goals this season. They have a great offensive potential, so do other teams of course, but with Klopp (gegenpressing) and really intensive preseason (trainings) they will quick adapt to the matches. So in my opinion fixtures dont matter. The other side is their deffensive players. I bet the scores like 3-2, 4-3 will be happening.

Potential Underachiever wrote: »

Yep, all true and also it's very tough to know who of Firmino, Coutinho or Mane will be the best option, all 3 are worth consideration imo but potentially too much luck needed to land on the right one.

Dearg81 wrote: »

If you're gonna pick a Liverpool mid at the start I'd go for Coutinho. He scored a lot of goals in the games against big teams last season like Man City and Chelsea away. He's more fixture proof than Firmino I think.

So basically the front will be like:
Sturridge
Coutinho - Firmino - Mane
Can - Henderson (Wijnaldum)

Firminos biggest advantage is that he didnt have any international matches like Sturridge or Coutinho. He and Mane were availabe from the beggining for Klopp. Against Roma during the week, Firmino was very often doubling Sturridge position, when he was getting ball from the mids.

Whats more in 4-3-3 I bet that Firmino will play upfront rather than Sturridge. Klopp loves this Brazilian guy. Especially for his work rate.

And the thing with fixture proof.. Firmino scored 2 against Arsenal and had 2 goals and 3 assists against City in 2 matches. Not so bad, ehm? He is definitely bigger threat than Coutinho.

For me he is must have this season. :cool:

CSWS101 · 04-08-2016 04:24PM

Would much rather have Firmino in my team imo - think he will really kick on this season. Coutinho too inconsistent with his shimmy and shoot from 30 yards and the odd one flies in - think firmino has great value this year @ 8.5 if liverpool start well.

SantryRed · 04-08-2016 05:21PM

Think I'm coming to a team I'm happy to start the season with:

GK: Foster, Jakupovic
DF: Terry, Souare, Shaw, Mee, Evans
MF: Mahrez, Sigurdsson, Tadic, Townsend, Capoue
FW: Aguero, Ibrahimovic, Gray

0.5m in the bank to use but not sure yet where. Might upgrade to an Everton defender for Evans.

I think Leicester and Swansea attacking cover is essential for the first two weeks. Hull are a shambles atm!

v3ttel · 04-08-2016 08:45PM

Fenson wrote: »

In general I think Liverpool will shot a lot goals this season. They have a great offensive potential, so do other teams of course, but with Klopp (gegenpressing) and really intensive preseason (trainings) they will quick adapt to the matches. So in my opinion fixtures dont matter. The other side is their deffensive players. I bet the scores like 3-2, 4-3 will be happening.

So basically the front will be like:
Sturridge
Coutinho - Firmino - Mane
Can - Henderson (Wijnaldum)

Firminos biggest advantage is that he didnt have any international matches like Sturridge or Coutinho. He and Mane were availabe from the beggining for Klopp. Against Roma during the week, Firmino was very often doubling Sturridge position, when he was getting ball from the mids.

Whats more in 4-3-3 I bet that Firmino will play upfront rather than Sturridge. Klopp loves this Brazilian guy. Especially for his work rate.

And the thing with fixture proof.. Firmino scored 2 against Arsenal and had 2 goals and 3 assists against City in 2 matches. Not so bad, ehm? He is definitely bigger threat than Coutinho.

For me he is must have this season. :cool:

Okie doke, I don't agree with Firmino being a must have, nevermind being fixture proof. I'd consider Aguero as the only player in FPL that is.

Personally, I'll be avoiding the Liverpool attack until they have favourable fixtures (GW6 or GW9) or one of Mane, Firmino, Coutinho, Sturridge emerges as the main points scorer. Too much potential for those guys to take points off each other and too difficult fixtures for my liking.

Hopefully it works out for you though!

km79 · 04-08-2016 09:04PM

I don't think I can face into Leicester at home to the shambles that are hull without mahrez. I may even go with him instead of hazard first as they are a similar price .or possibly both!
I'm also now looking at the legend that is Fuchs again

Iused2likebusts · 04-08-2016 09:06PM

km79 wrote: »

I don't think I can face into Leicester at home to the shambles that are hull without mahrez. I may even go with him instead of hazard first as they are a similar price .or possibly both!
I'm also now looking at the legend that is Fuchs again

Hull are at home if that makes any difference to you.

km79 · 04-08-2016 09:09PM

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Hull are at home if that makes any difference to you.

Oh yes of course sorry the foxes have back to back home games after that so I should have known !
I'm sitting down properly tomorrow to have one good go at it
Then tear it all up next week
Fuchs Is 5.5 thought he was 5
That's a shame

Paully D · 04-08-2016 09:14PM

Starting to see a little bit of a template taking place on here now. It has taken a while but there's a bit of a pattern between some GK/DEF's/FOR's

GK's: Foster/Jakupovic
DEF's: Terry/Shaw
FOR: Aguero/Ibra/Gray or Negredo

Midfield seems to be quite different for many.

Ziegler1988 · 04-08-2016 09:16PM

Friend is template as well

km79 · 04-08-2016 09:24PM

Paully D wrote: »

Starting to see a little bit of a template taking place on here now. It has taken a while but there's a bit of a pattern between some GK/DEF's/FOR's

GK's: Foster/Jakupovic
DEF's: Terry/Shaw
FOR: Aguero/Ibra/Gray or Negredo

Midfield seems to be quite different for many.

I'm leaning towards VVD over Terry now

Paully D · 04-08-2016 09:34PM

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Friend is template as well

Yep, completely agree.

km79 · 04-08-2016 09:35PM

Paully D wrote: »

Yep, completely agree.

he is currently also holding a place in my team
will someone tell me why !???

Mr.Prodston · 04-08-2016 09:40PM

Contrary to my post in the general thread:

How long before Sanchez starts getting mentioned as he's due to play this weekend along with Ramsey?

caviardreams · 04-08-2016 09:41PM

I've got Schmeichel in goal - breaking the mould or stupidity?

remoteboy · 04-08-2016 10:03PM

Here's where I'm at. It's a bit templately at the moment.

Valdes / Jakupovic
Stones / Evans / Friend / Francis / Paredes
Mahrez / Mkhitaryan / Tadic / Townsend / Kightly
Aguero / Ibra / Gray

0.5 in the bank

I never get my goalie selections right so just keeping it cheap for now and see what develops.

Stones and Evans are in there in the hope/expectation of a move to bigger clubs but seem decent value regardless. Paredes is bench fodder. Torn between Francis and Ake. Friend seems to be a popular choice in the price bracket.

Mahrez has to be there at least for the Hull match. Mkhitaryan might go for Hazard. Have a good feeling about Tadic. Townsend is a throw of the dice - think if he starts well he's a keeper. If not there's plenty more fish in the sea. Kightly is bench fodder.

Front three is template.

Comments?

Iused2likebusts · 04-08-2016 10:35PM

km79 wrote: »

Oh yes of course sorry the foxes have back to back home games after that so I should have known !
I'm sitting down properly tomorrow to have one good go at it
Then tear it all up next week
Fuchs Is 5.5 thought he was 5
That's a shame

I'm waiting till next week. Its pointless doing it too seriously before now. The last set of friendlies and the charity shield will see people make lots of changes. Vardy or mahrez scoring will see ownership soar. Rooney or Martial scoring will see people move towards them. Ive tinkered with my team a bit but compared to previous seasons I'm very chilled out about the whole thing so far. Next week will be a different story I'd imagine.

FHFC · 04-08-2016 11:16PM

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I'm waiting till next week. Its pointless doing it too seriously before now. The last set of friendlies and the charity shield will see people make lots of changes. Vardy or mahrez scoring will see ownership soar. Rooney or Martial scoring will see people move towards them. Ive tinkered with my team a bit but compared to previous seasons I'm very chilled out about the whole thing so far. Next week will be a different story I'd imagine.

Exactly the same. I wore myself out picking teams last year and its a waste of time. Swore I wouldn't do that this year and I haven't. I picked a team. Made couple of changes to defence. Swapped in Mahrez and thats it. Have hardly logged into site, but keeping a good eye on here and on twitter.

I'm fairly happy with the team as it stands too. But the real test will be the Charity Shield and the final week.

iroced · 04-08-2016 11:19PM

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Friend is template as well

Who is this guy by the way? How come he's in so many teams? Is he even a starter for £4.5m?

alchemist33 · 04-08-2016 11:23PM

iroced wrote: »

Who is this guy by the way? How come he's in so many teams? Is he even a starter for £4.5m?

Boro defender. Seems to be nailed on in a team that had a good defence in the lower division, and have good fixtures to start.

castletownman · 04-08-2016 11:37PM

Currently going with:

Mandanda*/Pickford

Azpil*/Shaw*/Evans*/Funes Mori/Friend

Tadic*/De Bruyne*/Mkhitaryan*/Adomah/Bolasie*

Aguero*/Negredo*/Grey

*indicates my locked-in starters. Rest rotated on home GW's etc.....Funes Mori in instead of Evans for season opener, 3-4-3 set up

With 1.0 left in the bank.

Ziegler1988 · 05-08-2016 12:13AM

iroced wrote: »

Who is this guy by the way? How come he's in so many teams? Is he even a starter for £4.5m?

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/middlesbrough-fcs-premier-league-xi-11690638

alchemist33 · 05-08-2016 01:13AM

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/middlesbrough-fcs-premier-league-xi-11690638

Any chance GazetteLive will do that for the other 19 teams?

Dues Bellator · 05-08-2016 06:54AM

Was thinking of Swapping Mkhitaryan for KdB id really appreciate any thoughts on my team thanks in advance lads

CSWS101 · 05-08-2016 09:45AM

castletownman wrote: »

Currently going with:

Mandanda*/Pickford

Azpil*/Shaw*/Evans*/Funes Mori/Friend

Tadic*/De Bruyne*/Mkhitaryan*/Adomah/Bolasie*

Aguero*/Negredo*/Grey

*indicates my locked-in starters. Rest rotated on home GW's etc.....Funes Mori in instead of Evans for season opener, 3-4-3 set up

With 1.0 left in the bank.

Why are you leaving that 1m in the bank? surely use it to upgrade bolasie or adomah.

Manutd_4life · 05-08-2016 10:23AM

Guys opinions on this please:

GK: De Gea , Jaku

Defenders: Shaw, Friend, Baines, Smith, Paredes

Midfielders: Ibe, Fabregas, Siggy, Payet, Feghouili

Strikers: Aguero, Ibra, Long

Scorpion Sting · 05-08-2016 10:29AM

Manutd_4life wrote: »

Guys opinions on this please:

GK: De Gea , Jaku

Defenders: Shaw, Friend, Baines, Smith, Paredes

Midfielders: Ibe, Fabregas, Siggy, Payet, Feghouili

Strikers: Aguero, Ibra, Long

Defence is a bit weak. I would downgrade Ibe to a 4.5 mid like Capoue and upgrade Paredes to a better defender. Also Payet may not be ready for GW1 as he was allowed extra time off after the Euros. I would also switch Fabregas for Tadic as I think he'll have a good start. Otherwise it's grand.

EDIT: Noticed you have Long already so double Saints probably not a good idea. Maybe Fab to Tadic and Long to Gray?

dahat · 05-08-2016 11:10AM

First serious draft for me, pretty set on frontline.

[url] https://www.dropbox.com/s/6qt02k8hou0feg0/fplDailyZlatan.url?dl=0[/url]

Scorpion Sting · 05-08-2016 11:25AM

dahat wrote: »

First serious draft for me, pretty set on frontline.

[url] https://www.dropbox.com/s/6qt02k8hou0feg0/fplDailyZlatan.url?dl=0[/url]

Solid team, only issue for me would be Wasilewski. I doubt he'll play. Maybe Brad Smith would be a better pick for a 4m defender. Otherwise can't really fault it.

markcahill1985 · 05-08-2016 11:32AM

Any feedback on this first draft:

Foster/Jakupovic

Shaw/Terry/Friend/Evans/Fernandez
Siggy/Cesc/Feghouli/Mahrez/Redmond
Aguero/Zlatan/Gray

Scorpion Sting · 05-08-2016 11:53AM

markcahill1985 wrote: »

Any feedback on this first draft:

Foster/Jakupovic

Shaw/Terry/Friend/Evans/Fernandez
Siggy/Cesc/Feghouli/Mahrez/Redmond
Aguero/Zlatan/Gray

Decent imo. Again I'm all for Tadic to start off with, I think he's a cracking player and great value at 7.5m. Redmond and Feghouli aren't 100% nailed on and Cesc may have a deeper role under Conte. I would try to fit Tadic in there anyway.