My draft which I haven’t touched for a month:
Sanchez
TAA AWB Digne
Salah Fernandes Sarr Raphinha Grealish
Toney Iheanacho
Virginia - Coady Idah Omobamidele
Funny, I’m considering an Arsenal defender double up. Chambers and White, the only thing stopping me is I have ESR and that Pepe is very under priced and I might want him
Current pass. Lots of decisions to be made. Just brought Veltman in for Fofana. Thought about Ben White but, statistics be damned, I can’t bring myself to buy an Arsenal defender.
Robertson over TAA purely for budget reasons. Considering AWB over Shaw for fitness reasons.
Bruno and ESR could easily become Sancho and Ziyech. Or Greenwood and Son.
Ings signing has dented my confidence in Watkins so swapped Watkins and Bowen for Buendia and Antonio.
I'm half debating of starting with Mane instead of Salah now, but keeping 0.5 ITB to make an easy swap if needed. Mane has found his scoring boots in pre-season.
foden didnt play much euros either, if they sign Grealish will be lots of rotation... sterling, torres, mahrez, silva
Not sure if Watkins out wide is a 7.5m striker though. He might get a chance to actually put some of his finishing last year behind him rather than Ings sauntering in anyway
Dias / Stones maybe (although Stones probably might need rest after the Euros) but certainly not many of the attackers I'd want to bet the house on
Could maybe say Mahrez for the first two and move off because he hasn't had Euros but even then you never know with Pep
hard to consider any city players with all the squad rotation, although kane surely a must if he joins
Jimi could be left off for a few weeks considering Wolves fixtures, think Nacho and Wilson are better options to start the season with
Richi is out for the start of the season due to the Olympics
Didn't know Sanchez was a doubt tbh....thanks for the heads up...had Bachman in most other drafts but don't really want the headache of rotating keepers.
Will stick with Watkins I think...should still produce even with Ings around and always good for an assist
Double arsenal defence? I'd ditch one of them straight away, like some of other pics and if Jimi hits any kind of form he is a monster but I'll give him a few weeks see how him and wolves shape up as don't fancy them much
Draft number 5497
Tried a tinker with Son, if he plays up top then I want him in my team! Bruno, Salah and Son tie up so much money though
Def: Trent, Digne and could only take some 4.5s after spending the money on the midfield
Mid: Salah, Bruno, Son, Raph, (Smith Rowe bench)
Fwd: Wilson, Toney (4.5 fodder)
Think Ayling or Smith Rowe are probably good enough for first bench spot most weeks
Think Sanchez is expected back before the start of the season but might be worth listening for an update in case he's still injured
Looks great, think I'd prefer Bamford to DCL but nothing wrong with DCL. Ricky might be out because of the olympics, think DCL is better without him because he's so greedy with the ball
Do you think you'll stick with Ollie with the Ings move?
Similar team to mine above. For some reason I'm not overally happy with DCL (and King for that matter but he's not in your team). Ings is throwing the lion among the poodles alright, turned me right off buying Watkins.
My second half serious draft.
Tried to leave Bruno out but the FOMO set in and it would probably take a hit to get him back in.
Is DCL a differential? Can downgrade him to Wilson, Richi, Nacho etc and upgrade to another 4.5 defender.
Or swap him for Ings and move Watkins on for a 7.5 striker. Ings moving to Villa is actually really annoying for FPL :-)
Any suggestions? My forward line isn't the best
Thanks, will look at that. Certainly Grealish will be rotated so that is a risk with him.
Broken leg apparently
Might want to swap out Fofana. Sounds like he’s been stretchered off with a serious injury.
latest draft with the Ings move. Playing BB GW1
Have Mendy in as keeper but them opening fixtures are tough. Looking into a different 6.0 keeper (I never actually usually go that high) as a placeholder and there are no real standouts to me apart from Allison & Ederson. TAA is already in the team so having 13.5 tied up in double Liverpool defence is a lot. Leno is semi appealing to me right now at 5.0, and he can be rotated out for GW2 & GW3 easily before back in for GW4. I do have White but the double up is not as risky at 9.5
Have 2.0 ITB at the moment. ESR, Son, Sancho or Mane may enter the team yet
I'd invest that 5mil. A 4 point hit early in the season would be better than 5mil in the bank.
A mixture of gambles and safe options... I'm sure only 2 of those players will be in my team come the 14th !
Id downgrade Grealish and upgrade coufal to Trent and play 442
A 3 premium midfield draft...
Shaw Digne TAA Coufal
Salah Mané Son Raphinha
Watkins Toney
Quite like this, moving away from Wilson and Antonio as options, just don't trust their hamstrings. Hadn't really been interested in Toney until now but 6.5 talisman on pens is worth a shot.
Think I'll stick with this.
Sanchez, Foster
TAA, Digne, Shaw, Fofana, Manquillo
Salah (c), Mane, Raphinha, Buendia, Bissouma
Watkins, Wilson, Antonio
Will bring KDB in for Mane in GW2.
£5 million in the Bank to cover Cavani to Kane if he moves to Spurs
Plus Kane has now gone awol. Might try squeeze Son in.
I’d be very surprised if Kane starts the season (for either Spurs or City). Wouldn’t be a fan of Maddison either.
