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Danger781 · 12-09-2013 02:01PM

FutureGuy wrote: »

Vidic will play more than that I think.

Depends how the Champions league fixtures line up. . Could be rested at the weekend in favour of CL

thomasm · 12-09-2013 03:07PM

Any thoughts, WC played

Ming, Davis
Lescott, Cahill, Vidic, Coleman, Chester
Walcott, Hernandez, Paulihino, Delph, Brady
Van P,Giroud, Soldado

0.8 in bank

Soldado will probably be substituted for Lukaku next week leaving me 3 million to boost midfield after seeing another round of games. Looking at 5-2-3 or 4 -3-3

FutureGuy · 12-09-2013 03:50PM

Danger781 wrote: »

Depends how the Champions league fixtures line up. . Could be rested at the weekend in favour of CL

I think it'll be the opposite. I'm certain himself and JT will get PL games but rested in European games.

who_ru · 12-09-2013 04:00PM

ok folks - Can i finally put up yet another variation of my WC shenanigans.

Minger (Lewis)

Coleman---Vidic---Terry---Zab--Wilson--

Ozil---Walcott---Hernandez--Fer-Morrison-

Lukaku--Giroud---Soldado

Phew, don't know what else to do.

Midfield a bit weakish, was going to go with either Coutinho/Lamela instead of Fer, but that meant not having Vidic/Terry and having Lovern/Turner at the back instead. Thnk defence is solid, midfield not great, forwards ok for now.

any thoughts?

LeaveitOff · 12-09-2013 04:13PM

Any thoughts?

This is my wild card. Coleman will come back in for easier fixtures and i'll probably get in Lampard for Yaya and use that money to get in Negredo for Giroud in a few weeks if he becomes first choice.

I fancy Swansea to get something out of the Pool game this wkd so that's why i went with Marshall. Mignolet is my number 1.

Mr.Prodston · 12-09-2013 04:50PM

Selecting midfielders is turning into a farce. If Walcott doesn't perform then I just don't know. I'm no closer to deciding the rest of it. I might keep Brady as he has good fixtures coming up and perhaps Ward-Prowse but I can see him getting dropped to the bench pretty soon. That leaves me with 12.8 to spend on my other 2 mids.

I'm thinking about keeping Mirallas now that he dropped in price but with 5.4 I have absolutely no notion who to pick. RVP, Soldado and Giroud occupy my forwards for now but that leaves me without any Chelsea, Liverpool, City or Benteke attacking threat and 2 from Arsenal :eek:

That's before I even come to developing balls of steel and dropping Mickey for the next 4/5 GWs. Thinking I might bring in Walker for a couple of weeks and leave the .3 that I'd need for Luiz and see how he gets on until they play each other in GW6. Having spent the whole WC thinking of dropping Shaw I'm toying with keeping him as his fixtures aren't too shabby.

Iused2likebusts · 12-09-2013 05:12PM

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Selecting midfielders is turning into a farce. If Walcott doesn't perform then I just don't know. I'm no closer to deciding the rest of it. I might keep Brady as he has good fixtures coming up and perhaps Ward-Prowse but I can see him getting dropped to the bench pretty soon. That leaves me with 12.8 to spend on my other 2 mids.

I'm thinking about keeping Mirallas now that he dropped in price but with 5.4 I have absolutely no notion who to pick. RVP, Soldado and Giroud occupy my forwards for now but that leaves me without any Chelsea, Liverpool, City or Benteke attacking threat and 2 from Arsenal :eek:

That's before I even come to developing balls of steel and dropping Mickey for the next 4/5 GWs. Thinking I might bring in Walker for a couple of weeks and leave the .3 that I'd need for Luiz and see how he gets on until they play each other in GW6. Having spent the whole WC thinking of dropping Shaw I'm toying with keeping him as his fixtures aren't too shabby.

Moses 6.2 might be a good option for you. Hangelaand to chester will save you a million or shaw to chester and luiz to terry/cahill would also finance that move. If he starts which I think he will to enable coutinho move inside it boxes off your liverpool coverage.

Lemlin · 12-09-2013 05:26PM

FutureGuy wrote: »

I think it'll be the opposite. I'm certain himself and JT will get PL games but rested in European games.

As I've said previously, I agree. Mourinho's goal for me will be the PL first and Champions League second.

He always says that a league is where a team really tests itself, over a high number of games. Anything can happen in a cup competition.

Lemlin · 12-09-2013 05:28PM

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Selecting midfielders is turning into a farce. If Walcott doesn't perform then I just don't know. I'm no closer to deciding the rest of it. I might keep Brady as he has good fixtures coming up and perhaps Ward-Prowse but I can see him getting dropped to the bench pretty soon. That leaves me with 12.8 to spend on my other 2 mids.

I'm thinking about keeping Mirallas now that he dropped in price but with 5.4 I have absolutely no notion who to pick. RVP, Soldado and Giroud occupy my forwards for now but that leaves me without any Chelsea, Liverpool, City or Benteke attacking threat and 2 from Arsenal :eek:

That's before I even come to developing balls of steel and dropping Mickey for the next 4/5 GWs. Thinking I might bring in Walker for a couple of weeks and leave the .3 that I'd need for Luiz and see how he gets on until they play each other in GW6. Having spent the whole WC thinking of dropping Shaw I'm toying with keeping him as his fixtures aren't too shabby.

Go with Redmond for a mid less than 5.4. Norwich may have tough fixtures but they could surprise you. I can see Norwich giving Spurs a game at the weekend for example.

Redmond has been very impressive. He's really stood out for me since the season started.

Mr.Prodston · 12-09-2013 07:26PM

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Moses 6.2 might be a good option for you. Hangelaand to chester will save you a million or shaw to chester and luiz to terry/cahill would also finance that move. If he starts which I think he will to enable coutinho move inside it boxes off your liverpool coverage.

Yeah he's certainly been in my thoughts but I'd imagine he'll be rotated with Aspas and Henderson. If I were to have Chester in my team again I'd much rather have Mickey :pac: but I take the point. It's just finding the right combination of players in the right positions.

Lemlin wrote: »

Go with Redmond for a mid less than 5.4. Norwich may have tough fixtures but they could surprise you. I can see Norwich giving Spurs a game at the weekend for example.

Redmond has been very impressive. He's really stood out for me since the season started.

Well I know all about Redmond and I've been thinking about keeping him as a Mickey fail safe if I went without but the fixtures truly are awful.

I'll end up keeping both of my Norwich duo despite my doubts :pac:

kilburn · 12-09-2013 08:03PM

:eek: My heart skipped a beat there when i saw no Mickey Turner in your team ! :eek:

no12 · 12-09-2013 08:40PM

Ok have a good start to the season and wild carded as planned this week this is my current selection anyone make a changes?

Mr.Prodston · 12-09-2013 09:27PM

kilburn wrote: »

:eek: My heart skipped a beat there when i saw no Mickey Turner in your team ! :eek:

Come Saturday morning it'll be very difficult to let him go :eek:

Lemlin · 12-09-2013 09:35PM

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

Come Saturday morning it'll be very difficult to let him go :eek:

This break up could cause more controversy than when Roy left United.

kilburn · 12-09-2013 10:54PM

Lemlin wrote: »

This break up could cause more controversy than when Roy left United.

Rumour has it the media are setting up camp outside Prodston Towers as we speak in anticipation of Saturdays team selection deadline, it is bigger than the Bale to Madrid story

Mike Ehrmantraut · 12-09-2013 11:13PM

kilburn wrote: »

Rumour has it the media are setting up camp outside Prodston Towers as we speak in anticipation of Saturdays team selection deadline, it is bigger than the Bale to Madrid story

Nobody saw it coming :eek:, it'll all end in tears!

Mr.Prodston · 13-09-2013 12:14AM

kilburn wrote: »

Rumour has it the media are setting up camp outside Prodston Towers as we speak in anticipation of Saturdays team selection deadline, it is bigger than the Bale to Madrid story

We'll have to get Mr.Prodston the Chief Mickey Turner Correspondent on the case standing outside....oh wait :pac:

All I'll say for now is there was a debate at the Mickey Turner Appreciation Society EGM tonight weighing up the pro's and con's. It got rather heated towards the end

Danger781 · 13-09-2013 08:24AM

Right so..

Think I'm finally settled.

Defenders from the top 5 teams in the league. I will quite possibly drop Coleman in the coming weeks in favour of a Tottenham defender, more than likely Dawson at around the same price. Captain of the team and should be nailed on. Really like Tottenhams team this year. You might be wondering why I have DeGea in goal instead of jumping on the Mignolet bandwagon. Well, after adding up the cost of defenders from all the top teams, this combination seemed to be my cheapest way in. I love DeGea anyway so I'm happy.

With my midfield I pretty much went for last years 3 highest goal scorers. Michu and Walcott should be good for assists also. Not settled on Nolan at all, but I can't seem to find anyone else that jumps out at me, so for now, I'm sticking with him. May end up bringing in Silva, but he isn't exactly performing at the moment, and he has Manchester United next week as well.

Forward line - Bentekkers is calling my name but decided to go with Sturridge instead.. He may come in for Soldado yet

But now my question - If you were given 0.7 to upgrade this team, what choices would you make? Would you keep the money for future investment, or change a few things up?

Danger781 · 13-09-2013 10:15AM

Dowgraded Michu to Erikson to save 1.0

Downgraded Lucas to Morrisson to save 0.1

Downgraded Sturridge to Benteke to save 0.1.. unless he looks like he will rise I will bring him back.. Just feel like Benteke stands more of a chance against Newcastle

Now have 1.4 spare... What do

Swiper the fox · 13-09-2013 10:22AM

You bollocks(only kidding) the post below is about your first team, still not mad about your new team, I'd rather Sturridge to Benteke, and Lamela seems more likely to score big than Eriksen(but we'll see)

Danger, I'd have a lot of issues with that team but it's your call at the end of the day, it may be brilliant. Your defence is terribly expensive and at least three of them would seem to be subject to occasional rotation or losing their place, one is not a first choice player although he may get a few games in the next couple of weeks.
For a team with no RVP your midfield seems terribly weak, Walcott being the obvious exception, Michu is overpriced this year IMO and Nolan will probably go 10 or 12 games between goals like he did after a strong start last year, What is Lucas likely to yield?
Your frontline is typical of one without RVP, nothing wrong with it.

I've said on a number of threads that I think Dawson will be out of the team soon, he's likely to play another couple of weeks but like Friedel last year he'll be moved aside for a younger(Chiriches) or better(Kaboul) model, I'd be wary of Spurs defenders outside of Vert and Walker.

Put simply I'd save a little in defence and put in one more big hitter in midfield(plus dump Michu giving you 3 decent mids) Lamela being an example(you sald you like Spurs team, show a little faith in them). Good Luck.

Mocha Joe · 13-09-2013 10:32AM

Not sure about Fellaini.

Danger781 · 13-09-2013 10:40AM

Swiper the fox wrote: »

You bollocks(only kidding) the post below is about your first team, still not mad about your new team, I'd rather Sturridge to Benteke, and Lamela seems more likely to score big than Eriksen(but we'll see)

Danger, I'd have a lot of issues with that team but it's your call at the end of the day, it may be brilliant. Your defence is terribly expensive and at least three of them would seem to be subject to occasional rotation or losing their place, one is not a first choice player although he may get a few games in the next couple of weeks.
For a team with no RVP your midfield seems terribly weak, Walcott being the obvious exception, Michu is overpriced this year IMO and Nolan will probably go 10 or 12 games between goals like he did after a strong start last year, What is Lucas likely to yield?
Your frontline is typical of one without RVP, nothing wrong with it.

I've said on a number of threads that I think Dawson will be out of the team soon, he's likely to play another couple of weeks but like Friedel last year he'll be moved aside for a younger(Chiriches) or better(Kaboul) model, I'd be wary of Spurs defenders outside of Vert and Walker.

Put simply I'd save a little in defence and put in one more big hitter in midfield(plus dump Michu giving you 3 decent mids) Lamela being an example(you sald you like Spurs team, show a little faith in them). Good Luck.

Benteke is possibly temporary.. We'll see. I just feel like he will score better this week than Sturridge will, possibly even possibly equal in the long term.. For now I'm happier with Bentekkers for this weekend :P

Yeah I didn't feel confident in Dawson at all, but I had Ozil and Walcott for a while hence why I needed to drop Kosc. Dawson seemed the obvious choice with their decent upcoming fixtures.

Lamela looks good.. By all means, he does.. But with Erikson slotting in nicely behind the forward line, and looking at his record so far.. He should fill that assisting role that Tottenham have lacked this season. I actually have the money to upgrade him right now if need be.

Yes, I spent a lot in my defence. I went for the cheapest combo I could find that included defenders from the 'big 5' and Coleman. I think it's a very worth investment to be honest. A majority of them will be getting 6+ points every week, whereas if I invested a lot in midfield I would be seeing a lot of 3 pointers. That's my logic anyway.

Like I said, I have 1.4 spare at the moment.

Possible ideas for now/future transfers..

Soldado -> Rooney (0.8)
Terry -> Ivanovic (0.5)
0.1 spare

Nolan -> Nani (0.1)
Erikson -> Hazard (1.3)
0.0 spare

Nolan -> Kagawa (0.3)
Erikson -> 9.0 MF (1.0)
0.1 spare

Terry -> Ivan (0.5)
Toure -> Sakho (0.5)
0.4 spare to upgrade Nolan.. (Looking at Nani/Kagawa)

Swiper the fox · 13-09-2013 10:50AM

It seems more likely to me(considering the money he has spent on certain players of which Erikson is one of the cheapest) that in order to accommodate them Eriksen will play on the left of a midfield 3, it'll be a shame if Lamela doesn't start this weekend because we won't know for sure what AVB's favoured system will be. The thing is that Lamela is guaranteed a very advanced role, I don't think Eriksen is.

Santi101 · 13-09-2013 10:58AM

I really dont see the rush for players like Lamela and Eriksen.

Also think Fellaini is a waste of money at 8.5m. He'll surely just replace Cleverley in the midfield, United dont need him playing higher up.

Danger781 · 13-09-2013 10:59AM

Swiper the fox wrote: »

It seems more likely to me(considering the money he has spent on certain players of which Erikson is one of the cheapest) that in order to accommodate them Eriksen will play on the left of a midfield 3, it'll be a shame if Lamela doesn't start this weekend because we won't know for sure what AVB's favoured system will be. The thing is that Lamela is guaranteed a very advanced role, I don't think Eriksen is.

See, other people are saying Erikson will play the more advanced role, with Lamela on the right of Soldado so he can cut in to his stronger left foot. Which makes sense to me.

Something like this..

Soldado

-Chadli---Lamela-

Erikson

Lemlin · 13-09-2013 11:37AM

Santi101 wrote: »

I really dont see the rush for players like Lamela and Eriksen.

Also think Fellaini is a waste of money at 8.5m. He'll surely just replace Cleverley in the midfield, United dont need him playing higher up.

I agree with both these points, particularly the first. Wait and see how they bed in and then jump. No need to go now.

None of us are even sure how Spurs are going to fit in all these midfielders.

tomissex · 13-09-2013 11:45AM

Only 6 transfers needed to get this team... any tips before I confirm?

0.4m left in the bank

Mignolet -- Boruc
Zabaleta -- Toure -- Terry -- Coleman -- Chester
Brady -- Hazard -- Walcott -- Ward-Prowse -- Mirallas
Giroud -- Soldado -- Sturridge

Harvey Low Fat Milk · 13-09-2013 11:45AM

So after a WC my team looks like this;

Mignolet/Boruc - 10m

Hughes/Nastasic/Koscielny/Coleman/Chester - 24.6m

Nani/Walcott/Paulinho/Ward-Prowse/Barkley - 33.1m

Soldado/RVP/Giroud - 32.3m

With .3 left over.

My goalkeepers won't change this season barring injury I think.

In defense I think Fulham have some good CS potential over the next 4-6 weeks, Nastasic and Koscielny are first choice and cheap at top four teams. Coleman has been in since week one and will probably remain in the team. Chester is a cheap option and Hull are capable of CS at home imo.

Midfield is definitely not how I want it to be tbh but happy with Walcott, Nani is a punt but if he works out I think he will be FF gold, Barkley is in for his ever increasing value. Ward-Prowse is a good option and appears to be relatively nailed on with the good assist potential. Paulinho is the one I'm worried about, with Eriksen and Lamela in I can't see him getting forward as much especially coupled with Capoue's injury.

Up front I think I'll rake in the points over the next 4-6 weeks but will re-assess as I go but I have three very viable captain choices now on a weekly basis and there's a lot to be said for that.

Swiper the fox · 13-09-2013 11:46AM

Lemlin wrote: »

I agree with both these points, particularly the first. Wait and see how they bed in and then jump. No need to go now.

None of us are even sure how Spurs are going to fit in all these midfielders.

You'd certainly be taking a risk on Eriksen IMO, Lamela may not start tomorrow but after that he'll be a FF midfielder who would be expected to score 15 league goals a season plus assists. There's not a glut of premium mids this year and Spurs have a good run of fixtures till the end of November so if he impresses with however long he gets at the weekend he'll be a real option.

Iused2likebusts · 13-09-2013 12:05PM

tomissex wrote: »

Only 6 transfers needed to get this team... any tips before I confirm?

0.4m left in the bank

Mignolet -- Boruc
Zabaleta -- Toure -- Terry -- Coleman -- Chester
Brady -- Hazard -- Walcott -- Ward-Prowse -- Mirallas
Giroud -- Soldado -- Sturridge

good team u could maybe take a punt on nani instead of mirallas to try get some utd attacking coverage as your team is solid nearly all guaranteed starters. Leaving miralass in also makes sense i think he will come good.

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