Rate My Team thread

basillarkin wrote: »

I did say looks a certainty the problem with Chelsea's mids is they have too many, add in William and it will be impossible to pick there attacking 3 midfielders, i would like to try oscar but he will no doubt be roated also, i don't want to be left without Chelsea coverage, I see them as favs for the league but it is impossible to find a bargain way into their team, i am going to chance Lampard for now. Lescott will get a chance to nail down a spot in the City defence, with natasic already out and Kompany out for the next month or so he has little competition imo. Would love to go with Zab but i can't find the extra .5

Lescott could be out after this weekend. Nastasic is going to be back and Kompany expects to be back for GW4 after the international break.

Benimar wrote: »

I don't think managers prioritise competitions per se. They tend to prioritise individual games.

If Arsenal have Hull at home on Saturday and a must win game against Dortmund on Tuesday, there is a good chance players will be 'rested' for the Hull game.

If the Dortmund game was meaningless (Arsenal already qualified) then a full strength side would be used for the Hull game.

It's not really possible to 'know' when players will be 'rested' (hate that word) until the importance of individual games are known.

I agree with what you are saying but on a number of occasions I've seen people say that teams have CL games so players may be rested, people automatically assuming that the CL will take precedence.

Two seasons ago, for example, Balotelli started every CL game iirc for City when he was not first choice PL striker. Aguero who was first choice started fewer than Balotelli and Dzeko. That, for me, showed that Mancini was prioritising the league if anything.

Chelsea have often used players like Oscar or Moses in CL games who were not at the time nailed on PL starters.

I expect huge rotation at Chelsea this year, for example, but my gut feeling is that Mourinho will play his better team in the league in the group stages as his priority will be to win it above other competitions.

JokerD wrote: »

Wildcard needs to be used before Saturday, need to make a decision, what ye think of this?

Mignolet Daniels
Coleman Shaw Zabaleta Ward Walker
Walcott Paulinho Nolan Ramsey Barkley
RVP Sturridge Dzeko

Lack of Chelsea coverage is a worry imo, midfield a bit weak also, 2 from Arsenal. Paulinho not shown much with Spurs yet but it is early doors. Good strikefore but will Dzeko hold on to his place? Barkely gone up to 4.9 with alot of players transferring him in, will he be a flash in the pan but should be guaranteed a place if Fellani goes to UTD.

G1032 wrote: »

You could improve your defense ya. A lot of bonus points are being given to central defenders who keep a clean sheet.
RVP really limits what you can do with your team imo. But that's just my opinion and there are plenty of FF players who will play RVP
I won't tell anyone to sell him though. Very much a personal choice

What you think of this bad boy will take out larson next week havent decided for who yet haha. Have 3.3 in the bank

Keepers
Jääskeläinen
£5.5
Mignolet
£5.6

Defenders
Walker
£6.0
Fonte
£4.5
Vidic
£6.0
Collins
£4.5
Coleman
£5.1

Midfielders
Oscar
£8.5
Ward-Prowse
£4.5
Larsson
£6.0
Ramsey
£5.5
Silva
£9.1

Forwards
Giroud
£8.6
Soldado
£9.5
Dzeko
£7.7

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I think Dawson is under severe pressure to keep his place at Spurs, even before they get Chiriches, Kaboul will be battling hard for that place alongside Verthongen, I wouldn't go there at the moment.

Could verthonghen get shifted to lb instead of rose. BAE seems to be out of favour.

F1ngers wrote: »

Downgrade Jaaskalainen to Boruc(4.5m) or a 4m keeper without rotation.
With that 1m + your 3.3m you can upgrade your midfield.
Since you're getting rid of Larsson, you could get Nolan for 7.1m, he is a good buy at the moment as West Ham have a few "easy" fixtures coming up.

Cheers Dude.
Nolan did cross my mind alright. I suppose Im trying to keep some money in reserve to get Van Persie in when he starts banging them in i.e. against crystal palace but having that kind of money in reserve while waiting for RVP to do something could be the death of me

JokerD wrote: »

Thanks for the reply, this is my team with Aguero. I've Barkley already in my team.


Mignolet Daniels
Coleman Shaw Walker Ward Zabaleta
Walcott Paulinho Silva Barkley Sinclair
Aguero Sturridge Lambert

Or

Mignolet Daniels
Coleman Shaw Ward Zabaleta Toure
Walcott Paulinho Michu Barkley Sinclair
Aguero Sturridge Benteke

Toure is injured but has been in my team from the start, was going to spend an extra million for Walker which would give about 7.7m for a striker in Team A.

Getting Michu in for Silva gives me an extra 0.3m and keeping Toure gives me money for a 9.3m striker so Benteke is on fire but Lambert is also playing great.

Did Shaw come off injured last week? He played 45 mins

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Could verthonghen get shifted to lb instead of rose. BAE seems to be out of favour.

I wouldn't like to predict what will happen and how the Spurs team will line out in a few weeks time, it is believed that with Erikson, Lamela and Chiriches they have now finalised their incomings although Hulk is still on the radar.
If it was me in charge I'd want Vert at CB, I don't know anything about Chiriches but I assume he's come to Spurs to play, Dawson is under threat and to be honest Kaboul could quite easily make that place his own as well, he wasn't available when Dawson took over from Caulker last year.
As for left back Rose is playing brilliantly but he's a fantasy midfielder, BAE's form was dreadful last year when he came back but the year before(I'm biased obviously so let me say this) he was among the best full backs in the league, I can see him coming into form and holding down that place. If their is any sign of that happening he'll be a steal at 5.3m.
The upshot is that at the moment the only Spurs players with immediate guarantee of regular game time are Lloris, Walker, Vert, Paulinho, Soldado and Lamela once he's settled in.
Dawson is the name that keeps on coming up around here and I would just advise caution on him.

dahat wrote: »

Opinions please?

Have 1.7 left in the bank still,upgrade Chester maybe?

Wouldn't be too sure about deGea for the next 3 weeks. Liverpool and City still to play, very likely to concede against both teams. Could downgrade to a cheaper keeper to save more money which can be used to upgrade.

I don't know enough about Chirches but I think Dawson is vulnerable, that's the size of it for me, he's solid but not much more than that, Kaboul is solid but more of a threat in the oppositions box, Chirches hasn't come to stay on the bench, and 9m is a lot of money to pay to a Romanian club, to be honest I haven't got a clue, saying that I thought Caulker would take his place back last year as well, Dawson is a warrior.

Westwood- Boruc

Collins-Coleman-Nasty (Ferdinand,Turner)

Walcott-Silva-Nolan-HBA (Whittingham)

Negredo-Soldado-Sturridge

Bank: 0.8M

IrishIrish wrote: »

Don't know if your team has been set up for the weekend or not but just in case I'd definitely not be playing Chester away to city. He could easily end up with minus points. I'd start Ward-Prowse even though I don't think he'll start many more games in the future.

How come you think Ward Prowse will be dropped?

Have wildcarded. Any last minute advice?