frimpong wrote: » People are picking Rooney because it's clear now that he will play up front.
Iused2likebusts wrote: » I'd get rooney in for dzeko and downgrade pelle to one of the 6 million lads and Luis to Enrique or Davies. I'd keep sturridge he has scored goals consistently for 18 months with or without suarez in the team. If sturridge gets a couple pre season teams around here will start to get him in. Very few teams had rooney until he scored a couple against galaxy. I think you have to go with your gut instinct it's very easy to be sucked into a template team which inevitably develops on the likes of here and ffs. Most teams are utd defender, chelsea defender ,debuchy, ramsey or sanchez, hazard or fab, rooney it used to be Rvp.
roryc wrote: » I think you need to take a good look at your defence!
MagicIRL wrote: » You need someone from City in that team. Silva is a must imo.
SpaceCowb0y wrote: » This is becoming more stress than fun, i should have waited until the week before things kicked off to start tinkering like last season The only way to fit Silva in would be to downgrade Luis for someone in the 5mil bracket from which i don't see too many good options and my defence is weak enough as it is!
MagicIRL wrote: » It should be worth it I reckon. Everything City do goes through that little magician one way or another. Plenty of goals and assists in him too. With such a potent attack last season, not cashing in now may come back to haunt you if the prices start to rise early on!
Iused2likebusts wrote: » and more importantly because he has scored 4 goals in 2 games . I was just pointing out there is a template team developing and people that think outside the box e.g sturridge will sometimes change their mind due to what the pack are going with. Rooney has been in my team since day 1 as I felt he was a better option starting off with than rvp. I agree with rory C never let who you support or have a dislike for cloud your judgement when selecting FF players. For me the facts are sturridge has been the most consistent goalscorer(bar suarez) in the PL over his 18 months at liverpool. For that reason Im going with sturridge and Rooney.
Lucas Hood wrote: » Surely Suarez not being there any more has to factor into the decision?
Iused2likebusts wrote: » I didnt have sturridge in my initial draft so I checked back on the stats when suarez missed games through suspension. So liverpool without suarez in 9 league games picked up 20 pts and sturridge scored 9 goals in 9 games. Obviously its a small enough sample size and maybe the fixtures they had in those 9 games arent reflective of what will happen over the course of the season however you could balance that by saying the signings they have made should give them a stronger team than they had in the 9 previous games without suarez.
PARlance wrote: » First attempt and I think it needs to be the last for a week or two: De Gea Terry, Dawson, Debuchy Mata, Fabregas, Silva, Ozil, Sigurdsson Rooney, Giroud Subs: Myhill, Bruce, Dummett, Zamora Who knows what the final selection will look like, but not exactly blown away by my bench at present
Dr. Bre wrote: » so many have target in their team . is he guaranteed starter?
FHFC wrote: » Quick one. A) Hazard + De Jong Or Fabregas + Eriksen
Posada wrote: » I have to say I don't understand the de Jong love. He has been a professional for 12 years and he has scored 16 league goals in all that time. He will also be a yellow / red card magnet. Each to their own.
