Rate My Team thread

darego · 14-08-2013 11:41AM

Benimar wrote: »

@ darego: Good starting XI but what is your 'exit strategy'?

By GW3 you will have Cech (and no reserve keeper), Terry, Hazard and Benteke with no game. You will also have worries over Dzeko and his playing time, Toure and Coutinho will be playing Man U and Walcott and Soldado have the North London derby.

The bench isn't strong enough to cover that, even allowing for your 2 FTs

planning on wild carding for GW2, to get in on all the bandwagons and sort the chelsea players/ beneteke out since they have no game as you said in GW3. did the same last year and it worked out well

basically going for the strongest GW1 team i can find

hawkeyethenoo · 14-08-2013 11:42AM

never do too good in this anyone want to give me any tips on how to improve my team? thanks!

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bezuaua · 14-08-2013 11:44AM

After many attempts this is my latest team!

0.5 left in the bank. Planning on replacing Cech -» Hart (GW2) and Benteke -» ??? (GW3)
Also planning in using the wildcard to fit in RVP during the international break...

CECH

ZABALETA
KOSCIELNY
TOURE

HAZARD
WALCOTT
COUTINHO
MIRALLAS

BENTEKE
BERBATOV
DZEKO

SUBS: DAVIS | TURNER | CHESTER | THOMAS

Thoughts, anyone ?

Danger781 · 14-08-2013 12:01PM

I think I'm finally satisfied with this.. but if anyone gets injured it will screw up my plans..

Week One - If Lukaku isn't the main strike force at Chelski he will be out in favour of more than likely Bony, but it depends how he's doing over at Swansea. If he ends up being the main striker I will possibly swap out Dzeko for someone else. More than likely going to be plenty of rotation over at City with their abundance of strikers.

Week Two - Cole to Terry or maybe a non Chelsea player for GW 3. Might look at Coleman if he's doing well.

Week Three - Possibly swap to a 4-3-3 to accomodate for Chelsea not playing. Either that or bring on Morrisson. Really depends how he is doing.

14-08-2013 12:05PM

Jax Teller wrote: »

A

Or

B

B all day for me. You could downgrade boruc to free up an extra .5 if you really need it.

Mr.SlumDuck · 14-08-2013 12:15PM

I've gone for Sturridge upfront. I also have Coutinho. I have no Man City players and was thinking of which will score more points a combo of

Coutinho/Sturridge

Or

Silva/Sturridge

With everyone going for Coutinho I'm leaning towards Silva.

Also thoughts on Nolan over Mirallas. Nolan is .5m cheaper and in far less teams. Nolan also has the easiest first 6 fixtures. Anyone else think Nolan might be the better option.

Finally, I have Walcott and Giroud. I usually don't like having 2 of my front 7 front the same team but think this combo might run well together.

I have Giroud, Sturridge, Soldado as my top three right now. All 3 gtd starters and goalscorers for top 5 teams. Any thoughts?

Mr.Prodston · 14-08-2013 12:18PM

@Jax

A for me. Mertesaker may outscore Toure alright but your lack of a back-up 4.5 defender (namely Turner) you have to hope all 3 are fit realistically plus there'll be weeks when you really wouldn't fancy Coleman to keep a clean-sheet. I'm not sure if Brayford will actually start at RB it could be Connolly with Hudson and Caulker at CB

darego · 14-08-2013 12:18PM

Mr.SlumDuck wrote: »

I've gone for Sturridge upfront. I also have Coutinho. I have no Man City players and was thinking of which will score more points a combo of

Coutinho/Sturridge

Or

Silva/Sturridge

With everyone going for Coutinho I'm leaning towards Silva.

Also thoughts on Nolan over Mirallas. Nolan is .5m cheaper and in far less teams. Nolan also has the easiest first 6 fixtures. Anyone else think Nolan might be the better option.

Finally, I have Walcott and Giroud. I usually don't like having 2 of my front 7 front the same team but think this combo might run well together.

I have Giroud, Sturridge, Soldado as my top three right now. All 3 gtd starters and goalscorers for top 5 teams. Any thoughts?

would you not be better going navas over silva?

martin101 · 14-08-2013 12:22PM

Thoughts on my team lads? RVP is a major headache but if I don't have him in it could cost me badly

Mr.SlumDuck · 14-08-2013 12:24PM

darego wrote: »

would you not be better going navas over silva?

All I know about Navas is

He's from Spain
Has nervous breakdowns
Is good at football

You reckon he will be as certain a starter as Silva? Also is it not a big risk to pay 9.0 for a player with severe, well documented mental problems, playing in his first season abroad?

I'm all for convincing though. Love having a punt on someone with a bit of character.

darego · 14-08-2013 12:25PM

Mr.SlumDuck wrote: »

All I know about Navas is

He's from Spain
Has nervous breakdowns
Is good at football

You reckon he will be as certain a starter as Silva? Also is it not a big risk to pay 9.0 for a player with severe, well documented mental problems, playing in his first season abroad?

I'm all for convincing though. Love having a punt on someone with a bit of character.

i was asking you haha i am in the same situation. tis between silva and navas, look's like i'll be going with silva after your post :P

Lex Luthor · 14-08-2013 12:43PM

A has 0.5m left in bank

or

B (0m in bank)

Would appreciate any thoughts????????

Jax Teller · 14-08-2013 12:49PM

Deleted User wrote: »

B all day for me. You could downgrade boruc to free up an extra .5 if you really need it.

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

@Jax

A for me. Mertesaker may outscore Toure alright but your lack of a back-up 4.5 defender (namely Turner) you have to hope all 3 are fit realistically plus there'll be weeks when you really wouldn't fancy Coleman to keep a clean-sheet. I'm not sure if Brayford will actually start at RB it could be Connolly with Hudson and Caulker at CB

How about this ?

Mignolet has only missed 1 game in his last 56 games . So I'd be pretty happy with just him for the time being .
Ward should start for Palace , i don't think they've another RB and Turner is back in .

Santi101 · 14-08-2013 12:57PM

Think Bony could be this year's Benteke but I'm not getting him in for the start. Think he'll need a little time to start firing.

Cantona's Collars · 14-08-2013 01:00PM

Danger781 wrote: »

I think I'm finally satisfied with this.. but if anyone gets injured it will screw up my plans..

Week One - If Lukaku isn't the main strike force at Chelski he will be out in favour of more than likely Bony, but it depends how he's doing over at Swansea. If he ends up being the main striker I will possibly swap out Dzeko for someone else. More than likely going to be plenty of rotation over at City with their abundance of strikers.

Week Two - Cole to Terry or maybe a non Chelsea player for GW 3. Might look at Coleman if he's doing well.

Week Three - Possibly swap to a 4-3-3 to accomodate for Chelsea not playing. Either that or bring on Morrisson. Really depends how he is doing.

Kagawa has just scored for Japan,would worry about him starting Saturday after travelling half way around the world.

Mr.Prodston · 14-08-2013 01:02PM

Jax Teller wrote: »

How about this ?

Mignolet has only missed 1 game in his last 56 games . So I'd be pretty happy with just him for the time being .
Ward should start for Palace , i don't think they've another RB and Turner is back in .

Yeah I have Ward myself too he seems like the best Palace option and they have the most favourable GW3 fixture too of the cheap players which is when he may be needed. That does look stronger overall and Mig really should be playing every game.

Iused2likebusts · 14-08-2013 01:07PM

zerks wrote: »

Kagawa has just scored for Japan,would worry about him starting Saturday after travelling half way around the world.

He will probably be back in manchester before most of the squad. He will be fresh and ready to go for training friday morning. Huge difference in having a game in japan compared to south america because of the time difference.

Mr.SlumDuck · 14-08-2013 01:09PM

Ok so boils down to this for me.

Walcott hazard silva Nolan Kim
Soldado Giroud Sturridge

Or

Walcott hazard Coutinho Mirallas Kim
Soldado Giroud Lukaku
(And use .5m to upgrade weak DEF no.3 from 4.5m to 5.m option)

Or

Walcott hazard Coutinho Nolan Kim
Soldado Sturridge Lukaku

Please give some analysis as to your choice.

Thanks

Danger781 · 14-08-2013 01:27PM

zerks wrote: »

Kagawa has just scored for Japan,would worry about him starting Saturday after travelling half way around the world.

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

He will probably be back in manchester before most of the squad. He will be fresh and ready to go for training friday morning. Huge difference in having a game in japan compared to south america because of the time difference.

I have a feeling he will play.. I wanted Nani as I am expecting big things this season from him but hes currently injured..

Only other options are Zaha and Valencia.. Kagawa will be played if Rooney is still "injured"

Danger781 · 14-08-2013 01:32PM

Mr.SlumDuck wrote: »

Ok so boils down to this for me.

Walcott hazard silva Nolan Kim
Soldado Giroud Sturridge

Or

Walcott hazard Coutinho Mirallas Kim
Soldado Giroud Lukaku
(And use .5m to upgrade weak DEF no.3 from 4.5m to 5.m option)

Or

Walcott hazard Coutinho Nolan Kim
Soldado Sturridge Lukaku

Please give some analysis as to your choice.

Thanks

For me its option B..

I would class Mirallas as being better than Nolan, especially considering he is 'out of position' since he is classed as a MF but generally plays closer to the front. Could you put Silva in there over Coutinho? Coutinho looks great and all but is a bit of a gamble compared to Silva for the same price.

Nothing wrong with your strike force. I'm not the biggest fan of Giroud though. Is Bony the same price? Or perhaps go with Dzeko.

markcahill1985 · 14-08-2013 01:37PM

Danger781 wrote: »

For me its option B..

Or perhaps go with Dzeko.

Is Dzeko likely to be staring saturday (seems a big gamble with both Negrego and Jovetic signed)

Danger781 · 14-08-2013 01:42PM

markcahill1985 wrote: »

Is Dzeko likely to be staring saturday (seems a big gamble with both Negrego and Jovetic signed)

Pelligrini has said Dzeko is his main man. Performing well in preseason.

I can imagine there will be plenty of rotation though.. Aguero won't want to be benched. Negredo is a £29m signing so he would be a very expensive bench warmer. Jovetic is still young so will probably be last in line for chances..

Jax Teller · 14-08-2013 02:35PM

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

He will probably be back in manchester before most of the squad. He will be fresh and ready to go for training friday morning. Huge difference in having a game in japan compared to south america because of the time difference.

It's a 12 hour flight to and from Japan that's a full day travelling , that's bound to affect anybody never mind a professional footballer . I don't think he started many games last season after coming back from International duty .

Lex Luthor · 14-08-2013 02:59PM

went off for lunch, had a bit of a think and did a bit of juggling around...here is my latest offering

keano_afc · 14-08-2013 03:06PM

Lex Luthor wrote: »

went off for lunch, had a bit of a think and did a bit of juggling around...here is my latest offering

Colback is the anthesis of FF.

OneColdHand · 14-08-2013 03:17PM

Lex Luthor wrote: »

went off for lunch, had a bit of a think and did a bit of juggling around...here is my latest offering

I wouldn't spend 5.5 on a sub keeper.

Reservations at Dorsia · 14-08-2013 03:22PM

Please offer opinions guys

Thanks

jamesbere · 14-08-2013 04:15PM

Reservations at Dorsia wrote: »

Please offer opinions guys

Thanks

What's the thinking behind Giroud

Swiper the fox · 14-08-2013 04:18PM

Right lads, great to have this back, I've put together a team quickly just now, here it is!

Cech, Westwood

Brayford, Toure, Coleman, Cuellar, Terry

Walcott, Hazard, Mirallas, YaYa, Huddlestone

Sturridge, Soldado, Anelka.

.5 left in the bank, will probably downgrade defence once the 4m starters become more obvious, Bale to replace Hazard probably if the situation sorts itself.
Anyway I think its not a bad starting team. What ye think? Haven't read the other threads here yet, so much to get through, ye really are a sad bunch of f##ckers:P

darego · 14-08-2013 04:23PM

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