Ace2007 wrote: » His team is actually in decent enough shape, without having to make major changes. Clean sheets are at a premium this season, so having Ryan isn't that big of an issue imo, could get Pope in for run of fixtures, but they haven't kept a CS yet, whereas Brighton have. Defence - VVD and Lundstram both play so no issue there. Coleman has 2 CS from 4 games, in a season where CS are at a premium, he's doing ok, so don't think there is any rush to get rid of him. Hanley may be injured but more than likely will get his place back so should keep him. Rico - well he was never in anyone's long term plans of playing anyway? So only really need to transfer one defender. Midfield - Salah, KdB, Sterling - all good. Ceballos has played well, and good easily have got a goal yesterday, at 5.5m I wouldn't be rushing to get rid of him. Possible could upgrade to the likes of James, if worried about game time of Ceballos, but it's not urgent. Dedoncker @ 4.5m - well your probably not going to be playing him, or be expecting much from him. so no pressing issue, except maybe upgrading Ceballos. Forwards - Aguero all good. Greenwood - he's a bench fodder who will always get mins for united, he more than likely won't be startling in the league in the coming months, unless gets goals in other cup games. Again @ 4.5m what do you expect? King - Bournemouth have great fixtures coming up, and King is on penalties. So all in all, you probably need one defender, and maybe upgrade a player in midfield/or downgrade to a playing 4.5m player and upgrade King to Barnes/Pukki/Abraham/Haller/Wilson/Jimenez/Kean I think playing a WC would be a waste, you already have the likes of Aguero/Sterling/Salah/KdB/VVD.
Chesty08 wrote: » Having Greenwood, Hanley & Rico means he will have to play Dedoncker who doesn’t looked nailed on for 2 points. You can make cases for most players as that is why we choose them in the first place but by and large Ryan, Dedoncker, Coleman, Ceballos & King should all be moved on along with the 3 dead woods on his bench.
Wisesmurf wrote: » WC Team: Pope (Ryan) Robbertson , TAA, Zinchenko, Kelly (Hanley)Mount, James, Salah, Pulisic (Cantwell) Aguero, Abraham (Barnes) I want to get rid of the dead wood that i've been hiding so far and players I think have run their course: Button, Perez - Vardy/Lundstram/Bernardo Thoughts on below? I'm half thinking of not doing the WC yet but I think CHE players are a must
Wisesmurf wrote: » Trying to keep competitive in a fairly meaty money league and currently top 5. Managed to resist the Pukki train and a good number of others have done a WC I've rotated Kane, Auba and Aguero to good effect with transfers. Current team: Pope (Button) Robbertson , TAA, Zinchenko, Kelly (Lundstram)Bernardo S, James, Salah, Dendonker (Perez) Aguero, Vardy (Greenwood) WC Team: Pope (Ryan) Robbertson , TAA, Zinchenko, Kelly (Hanley)Mount, James, Salah, Pulisic (Cantwell) Aguero, Abraham (Barnes) I want to get rid of the dead wood that i've been hiding so far and players I think have run their course: Button, Perez - Vardy/Lundstram/Bernardo Thoughts on below? I'm half thinking of not doing the WC yet but I think CHE players are a must
Ace2007 wrote: » Mount and Pulisic is over kill imo, Chelsea are not good enough to have 3 forward players in a team, yet alone 2 midfield players, they aren't keeping CS, so your losing the CS point x 2 by having both of them. Are people sold on Mount being a good FF player, yes he has 2 goals to date, though one of them in against Norwich who are simple just terrible in defence. Not sure why you would sub out Lundstram for Hanley, given Hanley is injured and plays for Norwich. Kelly and Zinchenko are both at risk of losing their place, while you can downgrade Zinchenko if that happens, Kelly will be dead wood. The most glaring omission is the absence of Sterling and/or KdB. Personally I'm not a fan of having both TAA and Robbertson - if you had a 7m forward who only got 12 points from 4 games, you wouldn't be long getting rid of him, Liverpool in defence isn't the same as last year, have been shaky and with Adrian in goal - there is always a risk of errors. Out of Liverpool's next 8 games, that include Chelsea, United, Spurs, City and Leicester, how many CS do you see? You talk about places that have run their course - Button was never ever going to play, so you are getting exactly what you thought you would when you got him in the first place. Lundstram is a 4.0m player who plays - again what more do you want from him? He is also an enabler to more expensive players. Vardy has 3 goals in 2 games, don't see why he is an urgent reason to get rid Bernardo is the trap of being a great PL player but not a great FF player, so by all means move him on. Perez gamble that didn't work out - easy to fix. On your actually team, you have Barnes in brackets - but surely you would be playing him every week - he is way to good to be ever on the bench, if you are benching him you might as well stick with Greenwood.
Ace2007 wrote: » His team is actually in decent enough shape, without having to make major changes. Clean sheets are at a premium this season, so having Ryan isn't that big of an issue imo, could get Pope in for run of fixtures, but they haven't kept a CS yet, whereas Brighton have.
Scorpion Sting wrote: » Burnley kept a clean sheet in GW 1, 3-0 home to Southampton.
Islander13 wrote: » Zinchenko is highly likely to be out of the City team after the International break. Mendy and Angelino will be ahead of him by end Sept
crushproof wrote: » I don't have him either but I reckon he'll stay in the team considering how we'll he's played so far this season. Mendy will challenge but prob get injured again!
The Phantom Jipper wrote: » Agreed on Zinchenko. City have won every game he's played in, except for one drawn game. I think Laporte being out makes it more likely he'll keep his place aswell, rather than throwing a new variable like Mendy into the mix.
Porthallian wrote: » They only have 2 fit CBs in Stones/Otamendi so I wonder had Zinchenko ever played CB? He could fit in beside Stones with Mendy/Danilo at LB
Axwell wrote: » Be doing well to have Danilo tog out for them since hes gone to Juventus :pac:
elefant wrote: » What could you possibly be basing Angelino being ahead of him on?
Dr. Bre wrote: » Was thinking ceballos in. Will he be regular tho? I noticed he was benched v spurs
DaMorganator wrote: » At the moment you might see him rotated for big games where Arsenal will look to use 3 of their more defensive minded midfielders like against Spurs at the weekend. But in saying that he should start the majority of the other fixtures, and with 2 prolific goalscorers in front of him I'd expect plenty of assists!
The Phantom Jipper wrote: » Is anyone else tempted by either Son and/or Aubameyang with their upcoming fixtures? I'd like to get in both but would likely require sacrificing Sterling to make up the bulk of the cash
