jukebox2310 wrote: » Do people think Mannone is goibg to start ovet Pantmillon. Can't see him after leaving sitting on the city bench just to go sit on Sunderland bench
Paully D wrote: » For anyone looking for a very cheap defense, but one that might give you as many clean sheets as you could expect from such a defense, you may find this interesting. Stoke/Swansea rotate perfectly all season and would give you the following in the first quarter of the season - AVL, BUR, WBA, LEI, SOT, NEW, NEW, SWA, LEI, WHM, ARS, BUR, CPL, QPR. Players to look at there would be: Neil Taylor (£4.5m), Erik Pieters (£5m), Huth (£5m), Bardsley (£5m) or Cameron (£4.5). Palace/QPR rotate 34 out of 38 games and would give you the following over the first 10 weeks - HUL, WHM, SUN, BUR, STO, LEI, AVL, SUN. Players to look at there would be: Marriapa (£4.5m), Ward (£5m), Delaney (£5m), Simpson (£4.5m), Ferdinand (£4.5m), Caulker (£5m). West Ham rotate perfectly with Palace also and have the likes of Reid, Tomkins and Demel for similar prices, but no guaranteed starters at £4.5m. Anyway, the point of all this is that you could very easily have 5 defenders who will play every week in your squad which would ease bench worries about the £4.0m guys. These 5 defenders could consist of one big hitter (for example a Terry or Luis), Taylor, Pieters/Huth Mariappa and Simpson/Ferdinand which would give you a Chelsea defender plus two other home defenders playing in 34 out of 38 weeks. If anything goes wrong and you need to call on your bench, you will have the few points coming into your side. It could conceivably only cost around £24.5m-£25m (a little more if you wanted £5m's instead of the £4.5m's, or Terry instead of Luis) for a big hitter and a guaranteed two home defenders almost every week. Stoke (4th best home record in the league last year) and Palace (well, Pulis) are quite solid at home too so it's not as if you are picking scraps. Go with a keeper from a top team and you're increasing the likelihood of more clean sheets. Of course it's based on current squads and it could all be blown apart in the next couple of weeks with transfers, but what do you lads reckon? A decent strategy or is it trying to be too clever? Better to just get two defenders in from top sides a couple of squad fillers and move on?
Paully D wrote: » Of course it's based on current squads and it could all be blown apart in the next couple of weeks with transfers, but what do you lads reckon? A decent strategy or is it trying to be too clever? Better to just get two defenders in from top sides a couple of squad fillers and move on?
Lemlin wrote: » I had a look at incorporating this strategy and, while I think there are definite strengths to it, the problem is a lack of 4.5 options IMO. If I go with Taylor for example, I'll need to spend 5 million a Stoke defender which IMO will be Huth. To get a Palace defender also guaranteed to play you are looking at 5 million again. So, for example, defence would be: De Gea (5.5). Given (4.0) = 9.5 on keepers Terry (6.5), Huth (5.0), Taylor (4.5), Ward (5.0) and Simpson (4.5) = 25.5 million on defenders. That's 35 million on defence. I wouldn't be overly happy about having a QPR defender either. I'd prefer O'Shea or a Sunderland defender but Palace/Sunderland don't rotate. whereas my actual team: Krul (4.5), Mannone (4.5) = 9 million on keepers. Terry (6.5), Evans (5.5), Taylor (4.5), Targett (4.0), Wisdom (4.0) = 24.5 million on defenders. That's 33.5 million on defence. Now I realise I have a problem in that it appears that Targett and Wisdom won't play but I'm happy enough to go with 4 defenders if I can find one 4 mil cheapie who will as I'll play Terry and Evans every week and rotate Taylor/4 mil cheapie. The big difference for me is that the 1 million I am saving is allowing me to have Hazard instead of Fabregas.
Mr.Prodston wrote: » Well Cameron could be first choice for Stoke, for me Bardsley is a headless chicken who is almost just another utility player. Jerome Williams of Palace should come into the game at no more than 4.5 and if he doesn't play it's Marriapa's position to lose. For now it's a matter of playing the waiting game like much else in this game.
SpaceCowb0y wrote: » Has anyone got a decent idea of which £4mil priced defenders are certain starters or even almost certain?
Nuts102 wrote: » WAs it PaullD said he saw a poll from Stoke fans who will start Cameron or BArdsley and the majority said Bardsley.
Iused2likebusts wrote: » A soution to that could be for the same 33.5 DDG given 9.5 Terry 6.5 o shea 4.5 new def 4.5 taylor 4.5 wisdom 4.0 24million You get the same defensive coverage with the added bonus of an extra playing defender there are a few weeks in the first 8 you may be happy to play both sunderland and newcastle defenders something you cant do if you have the coverage as GK's.
kennyb3 wrote: » ^^^ Totally agree, if palace and stoke had 4.5m options I'd be all over it but the guaranteed players are 5m. And to me I'd prefer B.Davies at that price. or €5.5m for JEvans. @ Lemlin For same cost would you consider DDG + 4m & O'Shea/Colocinni rotation (18.5m) over krul/mannon/evans/4m (same cost) Or do you reckon the save points for the lesser teams keepers will give some added value?
[Deleted User] wrote: » Just got an email telling me that my team name is too offensive and I have to change it. Goodbye "Rolf Harrisment", hello "DontCall Me Schürrle". How would they have copped it was offensive? I'm not in any leagues yet, bar the default ones. There's hardly some poor sap scrolling through a list of team names eliminating the dodgy ones?
cathmhaoil1 wrote: » luke moore wouldnt be a bad 'cheap' filler either
Lucas Hood wrote: » Liam you mean. Luke plays for Toronto Fc.
cathmhaoil1 wrote: » have used ' Diaby does Gallas' every year. If that fails 'Crystal Phallus' always gets a laugh
SpaceCowb0y wrote: » Have been using 'Chamakh My Pitch Up' for the last 3 years or so now, there's always some funny fuckers out there with great names though each season.
Lemlin wrote: » There's a girl here in work that is from Leicester and follows them. She reckons Liam Moore will be a 4 million starter.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam_Moore 30 appearances last season, Young Player of the Month in September, has been a member of the England U21s and was the subject of a failed transfer bid from a then PL club Fulham in January. Looking at Leicester's pre season, they have played Ilkeston, Everton and Walsall. Moore played a half against Ilkeston, the full game against Everton (despite the fact that Leicester fielded a hugely different team in the second half as opposed to the first) and thirty minutes against Walsall. Leicester have four friendlies left but for now I am going to keep an eye on him. Leicester start with Everton home, Chelsea away and Arsenal home but I just want a 4 mil defender who will get a point or two for the appearance in the unlikely event they are needed.
roryc wrote: » Is Neil Taylor guaranteed to start?
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