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First wildcard draft, any thoughts?

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Story with Agger? Have 1 free transfer but happy enough with the rest of the team...

On wildcard now. Here's my team at the moment. It's set up as 4-3-3. I still have 4.9 in the bank too. Not sure yet if I'll go with it. Any thoughts??

Mignolet
Lewis

Zabaleta
Coleman
Ferdinand
Enrique
Whittaker

Ozil
Ramsey
Whittingham
Cowie
Ward-Prowse

Benteke
Giroud
Sturridge

I am also using wc and need advice please.my team is

Boruc
Begovic

Zabaleta
Coleman
Jose enrique
Gabbidon
Whittaker

Ozil
Walcott
Eriksen
Brady
Cowie

Rooney
Sturridge
Lukaku

I have .2 left if needed.could upgrade eriksen to lampard but also not sure about having two arsenal mids in team..

FHFC wrote: »

4 expensive defenders if you're playing 343. Fonte, Collins, Dawson or Wilson might do for one spot freeing up cash to upgrade midfield. I think Walcott may score more than Ozil long term, so you could save 0.5 there too and maybe upgrade Lampard?

On wildcard myself, so loaded up on the many rising players between now and end of week to gain a few quid too. My temporary midfield is Ozil, Ben Arfa, Ramsay, Erikson, Barkley which should gain me 0.5m by the end of the week, with only Erikson and HBA likely to be keepers.

Hope that helps, bear in mind I know very little of what I'm talking about!

Yep will try to jump on the price rises this week but the important questions still are:
1. Is it still best to keep a 3-4-3 formation or go back to a 4-4-2 since all the defenders are raking in the bonus points?
2. If yes, isinvesting in 3/4 good defensive players a better option than investing in 4 good midfielders, as there have been few good options there?
3. RVP, is he for getting after the before or after the City match?

Forever And Ever wrote: »

Thats the best side ive seen on here

I agree

I've been hanging around here a bit more than usual this week with my wildcard active, ye're probably sick to the teeth with me criticising/advising other teams. Here's a chance for revenge, this is currently the team I am thinking of going with, no Ramsey at the moment, that will decide a lot, it's a choice between him and a premium centre back or Michu and Whittaker, at the moment I'm thinking


Boruc McGregor

Luiz(or Walker?) Whittaker Coleman Vidic Wilson

Walcott Michu Ben Arfa Eriksen Livermore

Sturridge Soldado Giroud


Plan to replace one of those strikers with Rooney and Downgrade a midfielder in the next fortnight.

Thanks for the input, I'm actually considering Sakho as a replacement for Coleman but need to know he'll play this week, then Whittaker would have to go for a 4m player. I've been mouthing off a bit about Soldado so I'll have to put my money where my mouth is, I think I may have said 25 league goals for him somewhere:P.
I have a problem with expensive goalkeepers, probably a flaw in my thinking but I hate investing big in a player who will only ever return a max of 6 points and for whom all can be lost after a few minutes(like Mig on Monday night)

Forever And Ever wrote: »

Can see Sakho getting 5 or so goals this season from defence

I can see him getting 5 or so red cards tbh the way he lunges in, I thought he was very very green the other night and wouldn't be suprised to see him lose he's place when they have everyone back.

shayno90 wrote: »

Yep will try to jump on the price rises this week but the important questions still are:
1. Is it still best to keep a 3-4-3 formation or go back to a 4-4-2 since all the defenders are raking in the bonus points?
2. If yes, isinvesting in 3/4 good defensive players a better option than investing in 4 good midfielders, as there have been few good options there?
3. RVP, is he for getting after the before or after the City match?

1. What I'm hoping to do is be able to go either 3-4-3 or 4-3-3 depending on fixtues, so I hope to have 3 expensive Defs and 2 decent backups to rotate, e.g. Collins and Wilson.

2. I'm then hoping to have 2 top mids, 2 decents mids and a filler cheapie - Ravel Morrison is 4.4m, and is actually a punt as if he gets his place has potential to be a great player.

3. I'm about to give in to RVP I think, which then limits the options to achieve 1 and 2 above as I want to have two other top FWDs as well, i.e. there won't be a Kompany / Zab / Ivanovic in that back line. Some comments above about Rooney are food for thought, and may do that short term as Rooney might rise a few 100k and could then be swapped for RVP. As for timing, if I am going for RVP I'll probably leave it till after City game, mainly as I'll set the cash aside and keep Sturridge for another week hoping to make a few more value rises off him before selling.

Still a couple of price rises of being able to afford this but the team at present is looking like.

Mignolet, Joe Lewis
Ferdinand, Koscielny or Dawson, Coleman, (2 of Clyne, Wilson, Collins)
Moses, Erikson, Walcott, Ben Arfa, Morrison
RVP, Benteke, Giroud

Longer term may swap down Giroud to Lukaku and get in a 6m+ defender.

Also may temporarily swap Walcott for Ramsay to ride the bandwagon for cash while hopefully picking up points while he remains in the team.

Any views welcome.

This is my second draft. 1.0m in the bank and 4-3-3. I'm torn between Eriksen, Ben Arfa and Toure in midfield, but I've went with Eriksen for the moment.

Mignolet
Lewis

Walker
Zabaleta
Coleman
Vidic
Whittaker

Ozil
Eriksen
Ramsey
Whittingham
Cowie

Benteke
Giroud
Sturridge

Forever And Ever wrote: »

Maybe downgrade Kyle Walker and get a better back up MF than Cowie?

I'd rather have four quality backs than mids tbh. Defenders are scoring better than midfielders so far.

Swiper the fox wrote: »

It's a very good team considering Van Persie is in it, light in midfield but Ramsey might prove to be worth an awful lot more than what you're paying for him. I genuinely think you could improve by changing RVP to Rooney but that's your call. Distin is a good call, looks sure of his place and is dangerous from set pieces, plus he should be good for bonus points IF Everton stay mean at the back. Personally I wouldn't have Nolan but he can be a bit of an enigma, possibly worth a chance considering it's hard to see where else West Ham's goals will come from. I'd have concerns about Toure also but this weekends lineup will tell a lot for the short term, is he a full back? Brady might be out for this weekend so you may consider someone else.
Long story short, what I'd do(I'm also wildcarding) is change Van Persie for Rooney and Nolan for Walcott(I'd also have a preference for Soldado over Giroud long run but I'll get little support for that)

Very good team though, worth going with it if it's your gut feeling that Van Persie will comfortably outscore Rooney??

Swiper the fox wrote: »

It's a very good team considering Van Persie is in it, light in midfield but Ramsey might prove to be worth an awful lot more than what you're paying for him. I genuinely think you could improve by changing RVP to Rooney but that's your call. Distin is a good call, looks sure of his place and is dangerous from set pieces, plus he should be good for bonus points IF Everton stay mean at the back. Personally I wouldn't have Nolan but he can be a bit of an enigma, possibly worth a chance considering it's hard to see where else West Ham's goals will come from. I'd have concerns about Toure also but this weekends lineup will tell a lot for the short term, is he a full back? Brady might be out for this weekend so you may consider someone else.
Long story short, what I'd do(I'm also wildcarding) is change Van Persie for Rooney and Nolan for Walcott(I'd also have a preference for Soldado over Giroud long run but I'll get little support for that)

Very good team though, worth going with it if it's your gut feeling that Van Persie will comfortably outscore Rooney??

Thanks for the detailed response. Always good to hear others ideas/opinions. Def going to stick with RVP, he is a points machine.

I actually had a better look at teams fixtures for next few weeks and I changed the squad a bit - now its:



I think it's a bit better, again would love some opinions tho!