FSA FPL Rate My Team Thread 2014-15

sword1 wrote: »

I did the oppossite with remy ,i.e took him out when i heard he was going to liverpool and put in sturridge.Is remy going to be a starter there ,you would imagine not to start with,cant see how they line out,he is a good player worth his price but untill if he is not starting games he looks expensive,as soon as it looks like he is starting i will try to get him in

Little Bubbles wrote: »

What ye think of this team.
De gea/myhil

Terry/debuchy/shaw(wisdom/Bruce)

Eriksen/ozil/silva/mirallas/Walters

Van persie/giroud(Vaz te)

Think Walters will always score.

8-10 wrote: »

I'm really surprised at Shaw being in all these teams. 6.0m for a player who only had 2 assists and no goals last year playing for a team who were awful at the back last year

Better value in that price bracket I reckon

Benimar wrote: »

Liverpool will play with only one striker, it's Rodgers preferred system. If Remy plays it will be on the left unless Sturridge is rested/injured.

Benimar wrote: »

He played two up for about half a season. He did it because Suarez and Sturridge were completely undroppable.

I'd say it's pretty common knowledge amongst Liverpool fans that Sturridge will play up front, supported from wide by Sterling and one of the multiple midfielders that have been signed.

Two strikers were bought as Sturridge was the only decent one on the books. Liverpool now have 3 in total, one of which can play wide. There is absolutely no way Rodgers will play two up front week in week out. Sometimes, yes. Often, no.

theRB wrote: »

Has he come out since the end of last season saying anything about his preferred formation though? I think he'll be keen to continue with the system that he used when he won 11 consecutive matches. Fair enough, it won't be the same without Suarez but I would be surprised to see Liverpool lining up without two central attacking players most of the time.

Paully D wrote: »

Here's where I'm at for draft #3 after putting a few hours research into it today:



I'm happier with this one than I have been with the other 2.

GK: Mannone and Krul rotate perfectly all season. Sunderland had 11 clean sheets last season despite it taking Poyet a while to get his system across to the players and undo the damage of Di Canio. I would expect a couple more this season hopefully. Newcastle had 10 and should get about the same again. While I wouldn't be all that confident in their defence, I do feel it's the best combination if you're going for rotating goalkeepers outside of Swansea/Stoke which costs £10m, £1m more than the Sunderland/Newcastle combination.

DF: While I can't say too much as per the charter, after doing some research into Shaw last season using the statistics on offer from FF Scout membership, I think it's safe to say that if Shaw puts forward similar statistics this season his goal and assist (assist especially) numbers will rocket from last season as he will be playing with superior players this season. His dribbling tendencies could lead to many BP's as per the new system too. Debuchy will be first choice RB in a side who were very solid at the back last year. I would expect them to regress a bit in terms of clean sheets but still be up near the top. His tendency for picking up a card is a worry, but similar to Shaw he should see his numbers improve due to playing with far superior team-mates. Chelsea would have to be the favourite to lead the clean sheet table this season. Terry is their leader and loves popping up in the opposition box. I may consider changing to Luis, but for the time being I stick with Terry as the full back situation at Chelsea is unclear.

MF: Sanchez has a conversion rate of just over 30% which is superb for someone listed as a midfielder. He should get chance after chance in that Arsenal team, especially if they sign a defensive midfielder to play alongside Ramsey in the pivot, which would free him up a lot more. He may take time settling in of course but for someone who will be more of a wide forward, I'll take the chance. Hazard speaks for himself and should take the vast majority of set pieces (and will almost certainly take penalties) now that Lampard is gone. I fancy de Jong to be the bargain of the season at £7.0m. He'll be on the vast majority of set pieces and the team will be built around him. Eriksen another who will take lots of set pieces and should see plenty of the ball if Pochettino has any sense!

ST: There's question marks over where Rooney will play and I may consider ditching him as things become more clear, but he racks up decent totals every year. With my defence and midfield, I just can't afford Van Persie without re-shaping my side completely. I may do it, but not for now. With Negredo out for a number of months and Aguero's injury problems/World Cup excursions, Dzeko should be the main main (or at least guaranteed a start) for a while. City racked up a mountain of goals last year and Dzeko got his fair share. I'd expect that to happen again. Wickham is my third striker for now. There's question marks over his contract and whether Poyet may want to give Fletcher (priced at £5.5m) a shot, but it's something I'll monitor. If he does start I think he'd be the best value of the cheap strikers. Borini will hopefully join, Johnson is there. That's better ammunition than any of the other sides can boast (e.g., Burnley for Ings) and as the main striker in a 4-5-1/4-3-3 whoever plays up front for Sunderland will essentially have the attack built around them. I would LOVE to get Bony or Giroud in there ahead of Wickham, but the only ways I could do it and be still be reasonably happy is by downgrading (Sanchez to Ramsey and Terry to Luis for example), but something keeps telling me not to do it. I'll leave it as is for now and re-evaluate over the coming weeks. I could drop Rooney and go Bony/Dzeko/Giroud with Terry downgrading to Luis. A few options anyway.

Subs: Albrighton should replace Lloyd Dyer at Leicester. A lively winger who is usually good for 3 or 4 assists a season and should get a couple more if starting more games. He got 5 goals and 7 assists in 1800 minutes in 2010/2011 for example. He fits the bill as a £4.5m, substitute midfielder. Wisdom's value as a £4.0m substitute defender looks good at West Brom, though there is talk that they are signing the Costa Rica RB soon. One would have to imagine Wisdom wouldn't be allowed to go to West Brom if he wasn't guaranteed game time however. The last £4.0m defender slot is basically going to be whoever is a starter from Duff, Upson, Wasilewski or Moore.

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Paully D wrote: »

Paully D's team and insight into selection

Paully D wrote: »

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