2021/2022 Wildcard thread.

I'm between (A) Calvert Lewin and Torres or Jota (3-4-3)

Or (B) Lukaku and a 4.5 mid (4-3-3)

I'll wait for the press conferences

yeah before I bought him for GW3 I reasoned that in that Everton team he should match last seasons tally of 16 and then hopefully another 5 maybe 6 on penalties. In the 3 games so far he has had 3.91 shots per 90 minutes (Salah is 4.33 to compare) so he has been involved a lot and his next few fixtures are decent enough. If it turns out to be a hot streak like last season I dont mind selling him later. I missed his early hot streak last year and it cost me a lot in points in a ML.

I have DeGea over Sanchez as I think Maguire/Varane will be a decent partnership you could go that route.

I like your Semedo/Ronaldo plan though, this is actually a great idea!

Tonight, ive taken out Torres for Jota due to Firmino injuries & 3 of City’s next 4 are away to Leicester, Chelsea & Liverpool.

Although I love(d) having Benny from the start I’m looking at Traore & Sarr for that spot as 2 WHU attackers has become the flavour and they won’t score 4 goals every week. They seem to also have more options ( Fornals) now also to get their goals.

*Sa for Wolves is the way to go for your strategy :)

But then you also have to factor in that TAA is potential captain material, the 4.5, Azpilcueta or Dias almost never will be.

I know I’ve played around with that too. I’m thinking of having a route to that structure in 2 transfers if both Lukaku and Ronaldo are hauling simultaneously

I see that they added Carson in at 4.0m - most seasons would never consider him as takes up a City spot but chances of having 3 of their players is very slim - might be worth a shout, although Leicester away isn't an easy game

While it’s possibly one of the highest scores in the game, it further highlights that no player is must have or set & forget as equating £ to points leaves you very shy here on overall points/rank.

its all about being on the right players at the right time.

Yes 180 is great score but he will have dips due to form & fixtures

Henderson could take De Gea's place

Option 2 sounds much better to me

Yeah but it's not always possible to get the big hauls unless you just set + forget some players. A few years back, LEicester away was one of TAA's toughest fixtures of the season on paper, got 24 points that night I think.

Each to their own, but himself and Salah are two that I just put in there, and forget about, It's easier when you're only thinking about 9 players for transfers than 11.

Week of humming and hawing, main decision was to go for one premium (Ronaldo) instead of 2 (Ronaldo + Lukaku)

Sa

TAA, Alonso, Dier (Duffy, Livramento)

Salah, Torres, Greenwood, Gray (Mendy)

Ronaldo DCL Antonio

SA a bit of a different choice, but superb fixtures, and looked solid so far. Not sure about Dier at the back, solid so far, but a few new faces to come in there, and he's no attacking threat. Shouldn't expect much for 4.6 I suppose. Midfield was the toughest choices, Jota, Raphina, Benhrama, ESR were considered

Granted price wise they are different, but if people where against doubling up on West Ham, i don't see how Doubling up on Everton players is any different.

At 5.6m, there are probably a few better options than Gray, that will give you exposure to other teams, the likes of Dallas - 8 goals last season, although played oop last year for some games. Bit of a left sided pick but Rodri is probably the most guaranteed player in City's team after Ederson/Dias, he does get goals and assists and for 5.5m isn't a bad pick imo. (obv if you have Torres probably wouldn't double up), Neves at Wolves another option who has goals in him and even better fixtures

The whole wildcard thing has my head melted haha.

This is what I have atm but could make changes yet.

Sanchez Bachmann

Shaw  Trent  Coady  Livramento  Williams

Salah Sarr Raphinha Jota Allan

Antonio DCL Ronaldo.

0.2 in the bank.

Long-term I'm keeping an eye on the Wolves midfielders and will more than likely swap Shaw out for a Chelsea defender. Up front I want Lukaku in soon so will have to drop Antonio and DCL unless I mess up the rest of my midfield.

Any comments or something im missing?

Agreed on the Chelsea comments, Rom should be getting 20+ goals this season, and defensively Chelsea look strong, and those fixtures from GW7....

he could even do the below if he wants to keep Ronaldo.

Sanchez, TAA and DCL to

4.0, 4.5, Luakaku