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FSA FPL Rate My Team Thread 2014-15
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It's Saturday night, I'm stuck in and really should be doing some work, but instead I'm contemplating a switch to 3-5-2. :pac:
It's just a mock team, but what do you guys reckon?
GK: Manchester United have a fantastic start and I think it's imperative to have some sort of defensive coverage from them. De Gea and Shaw are their only guaranteed starters at the minute.
DF: I've wrote a bit on Terry and Debuchy in my previous teams, both play for sides who should be there or thereabouts at the top of the clean sheet list at the end of the season, though I would expect Arsenal to regress from the 17 they kept last year. The new BP system should suit Debuchy. Spurs have one of the best starts of anyone in the league, they paid double figures for Davies to fill a problem spot for them, their new gaffer should tighten them up a bit and again, the BP system looks like favouring FB's.
MF: Sanchez a risk as he's expensive and new to the league but a superb converter of chances and he should get plenty. He may even end up playing a bit as the main forward. More of a striker than a midfielder in any case. Hazard is Hazard, consistent from a FPL perspective as his hauls over the last two years show. Eriksen and De Jong should have their respective sides built around them and both take set pieces, Siguardsson also takes set pieces, will play off the main striker similar to De Jong and has a relatively nice start. He and De Jong are bargains at £6m and £7m respectively IMO.
ST: You can't read too much into pre-season but Rooney looks sharp and van Gaal has said he's playing with 2 central strikers. With their start, you need some sort of Manchester United attacking coverage. Dzeko should get a leading role at the start what with Aguero's World Cup and injury niggles. City scored a mountain of goals last year no matter who they played against so despite a relatively difficult start I'm happy to have a striker of there's who will/should start at that price.
Bench: GK - meh, De Gea will play every week when fit. DF - it'll be two £4.0m defenders who look like seeing game time. ST - no £5m will be a regular but Bent looks most likely to see game time at the beginning. It can be re-evaluated after a few weeks as I usually look to the wildcard on that first international break or soon after anyway which usually causes a dramatic shift in my team.
Overall Well, what started as a bit of a mess around I've come to like quite a bit. The main reason for going experimenting with 5 in midfield is that I just don't trust any of the £6.0m strikers all that much. For example, it could be Wickham or Fletcher up front for Sunderland. I'm far from convinced on Jelavic or Long at Hull. Austin, Ideye, Ulloa and Ings have never kicked a ball at this level. I think all 5 of those midfielders should have significant and prominent roles for their sides this season. Plenty of set pieces and playing close to the striker too.
Critique and comment more than appreciated!
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It's Saturday night, I'm stuck in and really should be doing some work, but instead I'm contemplating a switch to 3-5-2. :pac:
It's just a mock team, but what do you guys reckon?
Ha, we were thinking along similar lines late last night. I was out but coming home hearing the Man U result had me taking 352 seriously for the first time. This is what I came up with.
For now it's in the hope of Vermaelen to United which still seems a runner. If they don't sign him, then I might have to sacrifice Hazard. Agree fully with your comments on the defence, that's the teams I'd build around ideally but am sacrificing Debuchy as my Arsenal cover in favour of Chelsea, United and Spurs with three rotating for one spot. Villa and WBA rotate well and hopefully Targett comes through as Saints are still feasible for rotation defenders.
My motivation was that Mata will be hard to leave out if his preseason form keeps up and this formation continues to give him his dream role. I had De Jong in my 4 man midfield originally but had decided Sigurdson was a must given the Swans start and the price, so I've had to give him up, otherwise my 4 man midfield was the same as yours bar De Jong, and I've added Mata to be the 5th big mid.
Up front is probably light in my team, but might work. I had Dzeko/Bent in for a while and looking at your team that's probably stronger. Other option would be downgrading Hazard to Fabregas which I'm not totally averse to, and either upping the defence or going Rooney/Dzeko/6m Striker.
Good to explore this and it might work give Sanchez could be effectively a third forward.
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It's Saturday night, I'm stuck in and really should be doing some work, but instead I'm contemplating a switch to 3-5-2. :pac:
It's just a mock team, but what do you guys reckon?
GK: Manchester United have a fantastic start and I think it's imperative to have some sort of defensive coverage from them. De Gea and Shaw are their only guaranteed starters at the minute.
DF: I've wrote a bit on Terry and Debuchy in my previous teams, both play for sides who should be there or thereabouts at the top of the clean sheet list at the end of the season, though I would expect Arsenal to regress from the 17 they kept last year. The new BP system should suit Debuchy. Spurs have one of the best starts of anyone in the league, they paid double figures for Davies to fill a problem spot for them, their new gaffer should tighten them up a bit and again, the BP system looks like favouring FB's.
MF: Sanchez a risk as he's expensive and new to the league but a superb converter of chances and he should get plenty. He may even end up playing a bit as the main forward. More of a striker than a midfielder in any case. Hazard is Hazard, consistent from a FPL perspective as his hauls over the last two years show. Eriksen and De Jong should have their respective sides built around them and both take set pieces, Siguardsson also takes set pieces, will play off the main striker similar to De Jong and has a relatively nice start. He and De Jong are bargains at £6m and £7m respectively IMO.
ST: You can't read too much into pre-season but Rooney looks sharp and van Gaal has said he's playing with 2 central strikers. With their start, you need some sort of Manchester United attacking coverage. Dzeko should get a leading role at the start what with Aguero's World Cup and injury niggles. City scored a mountain of goals last year no matter who they played against so despite a relatively difficult start I'm happy to have a striker of there's who will/should start at that price.
Bench: GK - meh, De Gea will play every week when fit. DF - it'll be two £4.0m defenders who look like seeing game time. ST - no £5m will be a regular but Bent looks most likely to see game time at the beginning. It can be re-evaluated after a few weeks as I usually look to the wildcard on that first international break or soon after anyway which usually causes a dramatic shift in my team.
Overall Well, what started as a bit of a mess around I've come to like quite a bit. The main reason for going experimenting with 5 in midfield is that I just don't trust any of the £6.0m strikers all that much. For example, it could be Wickham or Fletcher up front for Sunderland. I'm far from convinced on Jelavic or Long at Hull. Austin, Ideye, Ulloa and Ings have never kicked a ball at this level. I think all 5 of those midfielders should have significant and prominent roles for their sides this season. Plenty of set pieces and playing close to the striker too.
Critique and comment more than appreciated!
Actually i think it's probably the best i have seen besides but the subs are weak. Maybe for United coverage bring in Mannone to save 1.0 and upgrade Debuchy to Shaw for 0.5 and upgrade Bent for a regular 6.0 stater.0 -
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Insane Rambling wrote: »Thoughts please?
This is just the first draft. Would like opinions as have started really bad the last few years
Markovic and Herrera are questionable shouts IMO.0 -
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Insane Rambling wrote: »Thoughts please?
This is just the first draft. Would like opinions as have started really bad the last few years
Too many risks 7 players in your starting eleven would be making their debuts for their new club.0 -
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extra gravy wrote: »
Another 3-5-2 here, similar to Nuts' team. Subs not great though.
Strong defence though. Dropping Hazard back to Fabregas really helps give it balance.0
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