Rate My Team thread

Any opinions on my team?

The only serious concern I have is with my forward line. I'm not sure about all three of them.

@Jimmy WAY too much tied up in your back line. Every year without fail its mids and forwards who outscore defenders. By quite a bit

Rooney10 wrote: »

Are you concerned that Ivanovic may be rotated for the Villa game? Azpilicueta will miss the first game apparently, but may be rotated in for the second.

I would probably use Hazard as captain due to Chelsea having a DGW.

as it stands only hazard and ivanovic from chelsea have more ownership than lukaku and ivanovic only has more by 0.1%.

i imagine a lot of people haven't adjusted their teams yet to factor in the dgwbut still seems quite a lot of people have faith in lukaku. will certainly monitor chelsea a bit more in pre season but i'd be amazed if the transfer window closes and they haven't signed a big name striker.

manual_man wrote: »

@Jimmy WAY too much tied up in your back line. Every year without fail its mids and forwards who outscore defenders. By quite a bit

I know but it's intentional. I can't see many other defenders that I'd like.

I plan on using my WC soon so I can sort things out again.

Rooney10 wrote: »

Are you concerned that Ivanovic may be rotated for the Villa game? Azpilicueta will miss the first game apparently, but may be rotated in for the second.

I'm a little concerned but are there really any defenders that are guaranteed in the Chelsea team? I don't think Cole is even certain of a place these days.

The close proximity of the games is a headwrecker.

tony1980 wrote: »

I would probably use Hazard as captain due to Chelsea having a DGW.

Good point. I never made any changes after the DGW was announced.

Henwin wrote: »

De Gea

coleman mertesacker Johnson

Paulinho Arteta Gerrard Fellani

Defoe Lukaku Berbatov



subs: Boruc, zabaletta, carrick, mcauley


I wud love sum advice on my team, trying to beat my brother an sister in law this year:)

Where to start?! I don't mean to offend but I think you will get a lot of advice if you catch my drift.

Personally I wouldn't go for De Gea but if you have him you will play him every week so there is no need for Boruc (10.5m is too much to have tied up in keepers, but if you are go for Hart as he has an easier start than De Gea)

You have too much tied up in defence. Coleman & Mertesacker are good picks. So are Zabaleta and Johnson but having all 4 is a waste. You have made my point by benching Zab at home to Newcastle. Pick 2 of the 4 (probably the first 2 and bring in a couple of 4.5m defenders from Norwich/Southampton/West Ham/Cardiff/Hull. Ditch McAuley, too expensive for a mid table defender.

Arteta, although on penalties, and Carrick won't give you much FF-wise, certainly not as much as Walcott/Santi etc. Fellaini is also likely to be playing deeper this season. Look at Miralles if you want an Everton mid.

Defoe may not play, especially if Spurs sign Soldado. Lukaku is ok for the Double but Chelsea have poor fixtures. Use the money saved in defence to upgrade midfield and forward line.

Two final points:
- don't forget Chelsea and Aston Villa play twice in GW1. You currently only have one player who will play twice.
- Going without Bale AND RVP is either brave or madness. My money is on the latter!

Sorry to be so harsh, but you do want to beat your brother!

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I'm a little concerned but are there really any defenders that are guaranteed in the Chelsea team? I don't think Cole is even certain of a place these days.

The close proximity of the games is a headwrecker.

It's hard to know. They've so many options, it's very difficult to guarantee that anyone will start both, except Cech. Terry probably won't play both, Apil will probably be rotated in after missing the first game. Including Cech ruins my goalkeeping strategy though. Ivanovic is a goal threat as well as serious cleansheet potential.

Finding it hard to make a call there, and up front. It's probably the team that I'd least like to have a DGW in GW1. I hate going for players who aren't nailed on.

slingerz wrote: »

Anyone predict Chelsea's first choice 11?

Schurrle is the cheapest attacking option on Chelsea's midfield and is usually played as a wide forward. Would lukaku be first choice striker for Chelsea with schurrle, Mata and hazard behind?

I can't see them having a consistent attack and midfield for the first 3 games at least. Hazard is the safest bet I would say. I'd be surprised if Schurrle is thrown straight into the team on a consistent basis, with the likes of Oscar and Moses there too.

bodking wrote: »

http://gyazo.com/8b2c1e5f7b259bddd5c662cbfe75a705.png

Can i have some coments/improvments on this line up please

2.5M in the bank

I'd lose Anelka anyway. A lot of people have him but I honestly can't see him starting everyweek. With the extra 2.5 I'm sure you could find a better striker than him anyway; maybe Van Wolfswinkel, or Hooper when he comes in?

bodking wrote: »

http://gyazo.com/8b2c1e5f7b259bddd5c662cbfe75a705.png

Can i have some coments/improvments on this line up please

2.5M in the bank

Get Westwood the hell out of there. Villa defensive midfield playing Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in 1st 3 games. If he gets you more than 3 points in 3 games you will be doing well.

bodking wrote: »

Westwood has 7 assists and 2455 play time and im only having him in for the DGW then he is gone . If anyone can come up with a better Villa choice ??

Yeah but if we don't expect Villa to score then having 7 assists is futile. Benteke is the only (somewhat) viable option against Arsenal and Chelsea away from home.

Maybe he will score but it wouldn't be a logical choice. By all means if your gut tells you to go for it then work away but Villa aren't clear cut at the best of times.

bodking wrote: »

Westwood has 7 assists and 2455 play time and im only having him in for the DGW then he is gone . If anyone can come up with a better Villa choice ??

Benteke as mentioned. If you want to go budget, go with Weimann, if (big 'if', I know!) Villa score there's a good chance he would be involved

MagicManCan wrote: »

What do ye think lads?

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Vorm

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----Cole----Coleman----Koscielny

Bale--Hazard(C)--Snodgrass--Walcott

---Bony---Sturridge---Kone

Not having a go at your team specifically, but it is impossible to make a proper judgement unless all 15 players are given.

The 11 look solid enough but I wouldn't have Vorm (fixtures) and Sturridge may not be ready for the start of the season. No City players might be a mistake given their fixtures.

MagicManCan wrote: »

What do ye think lads?

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Vorm

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----Cole----Coleman----Koscielny

Bale--Hazard(C)--Snodgrass--Walcott

---Bony---Sturridge---Kone

I wouldn't be mad about Kone, I'd probably put in Long instead of him. You'd have £0.5m left over from that, which you could use to replace Vorm with Mignolet. Other than that I like your team.

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Just for some "Banter" and "The Lolz" I made a team which didn't feature any clubs involved in Europe. Assuming Liverpool aren't?

great thing about that team is their would be no rotation worries. A lot of the big hitters dont always get 90 mins in and around european games and internationals. It would be an interesting expirement to see how that team would do quite well I'd imagine. The double points for captain would be the major downfall to a team like that.