FSA FPL Rate My Team Thread 2014-15

FHFC · 06-08-2014 11:18AM

Goddamit I thought I was in Mr P hipster mode picking Bojan and now it seems everyone has him.....

Mr.Prodston · 06-08-2014 11:31AM

FHFC wrote: »

Goddamit I thought I was in Mr P hipster mode picking Bojan and now it seems everyone has him.....

You had him before it was cool though :cool:

I think a lot of it in here might just be all the names we have for him now, the FSA likes to have it's heroes!

IsMiseMyself · 06-08-2014 11:33AM

I'd far rather have Sanchez and him not do too much and have to transfer him for the extra million than have to work him into my team should he start well.

Hence his inclusion. I'm keeping Bojan because it's kinda funny. Probably stupid but funny. I hope he has a cracker. :pac:

FHFC · 06-08-2014 12:03PM

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

You had him before it was cool though :cool:

I think a lot of it in here might just be all the names we have for him now, the FSA likes to have it's heroes!

Was considering swapping him for the lad from Leicester to save the extra 0.5m, but I can't now!!

Nerdlingr · 06-08-2014 12:37PM

Foster
Debuchy - Evans - Davies
Mata - Ramsey - Fabregas - Arnautovic
Remy - Rooney - Dzeko

Guzan - O'Shea - Coloccini - Sigurdsson

Can rotate goalkeepers, Debuchy/Davies, O'Shea/Coloccini & Arnautovic/Siggy when needed re home fixtures.

Not too sure about Dzeko, could be changed to Bony or Giroud.

Any thoughts?

MagicIRL · 06-08-2014 12:40PM

Dzeko is a bit meh. 8.0m for Jovetic? Will with of them play? Save yourself .5m but the risk is arguably higher. His pre-season form deserves him a start but that's pre-season for ya!

dahat · 06-08-2014 12:43PM

Keep coming back around to this. Not sure of the value of a central defender like Evans in a 3-5-2,so got De Gea back in goal..

Austin and Rooney I am going to keep I'd say. 3rd spot is still up in air and with €1.5 left I have a little room to change.

Mata, Hazard, Ramsey and Siggy speak for themselves maybe a little doubt around Siggy for first 2 GW..

Any thoughts welcome, backline especially.

MagicIRL · 06-08-2014 12:47PM

I love Mata as much as the next guy, but I think someone like Rooney up front is better value, especially with such good players in the 9m bracket.

I have Rooney up front, which covers United's attack, and Silva, Ramsey, Hazard and Erikson behind him. That's United, City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs covered. I would like to have a Liverpool attacking player, but I can't fit any in right now.

Mr.Prodston · 06-08-2014 01:01PM

MagicIRL wrote: »

I love Mata as much as the next guy, but I think someone like Rooney up front is better value, especially with such good players in the 9m bracket.

I have Rooney up front, which covers United's attack, and Silva, Ramsey, Hazard and Erikson behind him. That's United, City, Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs covered. I would like to have a Liverpool attacking player, but I can't fit any in right now.

You have those teams covered but do you think Mata will score less than those mentioned?

MagicIRL · 06-08-2014 01:05PM

Mr.Prodston wrote: »

You have those teams covered but do you think Mata will score less than those mentioned?

I haven't a clue how it's going to work out. You have me debating dropping Shaw and Erikson and putting in Mata and some other defender now! :cool:

spindex · 06-08-2014 01:13PM

What about YaYa ? Very few people seem to have him in their teams here. Why not ? I know he has a big price but surly it is worth having him.

CSF · 06-08-2014 01:14PM

spindex wrote: »

What about YaYa ? Very few people seem to have him in their teams here. Why not ? I know he has a big price but surly it is worth having him.

He would be a very expensive differential at this point but a differential nonetheless.

MagicIRL · 06-08-2014 01:19PM

Mr. Podston got inside my head. Just when I thought I had things figured out, too...

G'wan- tear it apart.

An Ciarraioch · 06-08-2014 01:27PM

Exactly €100m spent on:

Goals: Begovic (5), Schmeichel (4.5)
Defence: Shaw (6), Zabaleta (6.5), Coleman (7), Vlaar (4.5), Lovren (5.5)
Midfielders: Mata (9), Henderson (6), Barkley (7), Puncheon (6), Yaya Toure (11.0)
Forwards: Dzeko (8.5), Lambert (7.5), Ings (6).

CSF · 06-08-2014 01:30PM

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

Exactly €100m spent on:

Goals: Begovic (5), Schmeichel (4.5)
Defence: Shaw (6), Zabaleta (6.5), Coleman (7), Vlaar (4.5), Lovren (5.5)
Midfielders: Mata (9), Henderson (6), Barkley (7), Puncheon (6), Yaya Toure (11.0)
Forwards: Dzeko (8.5), Lambert (7.5), Ings (6).

Way too much spent on defensive players, maybe 2 really strong options in your front 8 (Mata and Toure), switch it around a bit I say

LightningBlue · 06-08-2014 01:34PM

Any thoughts on this?

kennyb3 · 06-08-2014 02:05PM

MagicIRL wrote: »

Mr. Podston got inside my head. Just when I thought I had things figured out, too...

G'wan- tear it apart.

It's lovely to a degree - lovely midfield, but I see transfers in your future - Jovetic is a certainty after GW2/3/4. If Bojan doesn't perform? How many games would you give him before you think about out (1,2,3)?

Say Luis or Bavies (say 1 for example) don't start the first game - do you panic and make a transfer?

That's all before injuries and bandwagons.

I'd downgrade either Hazard or Sanchez (Fab & Ramsey) and upgrade your bench or change Jovetic to someone more long term (Bony/Lukaku etc). Nolt saying they are amazing options but likliehood is Jovetic will some points then be a minus 4 out.

I'd gamble on him if the rest of the team and bench was set.

iamanengine · 06-08-2014 02:11PM

Never done this before, flew through the selection and came up with this.

De Gea

Debuchy
Terry
Shaw

Sanchez
Fabregas
Sigurdsson
Henderson

Jelavic
Costa
Rooney

Subs - Mannone, Vlaar, Caroll and Cameron.

Thoughts? Advice?

km79 · 06-08-2014 02:12PM

iamanengine wrote: »

Never done this before, flew through the selection and came up with this.

De Gea

Debuchy
Terry
Shaw

Sanchez
Fabregas
Sigurdsson
Henderson

Jelavic
Costa
Rooney

Subs - Mannone, Vlaar, Caroll and Cameron.

Thoughts? Advice?

Carroll is out for the next month
I wud not have de gea and Shaw
I'd downgrade Shaw
no mata........
Cameron is not first choice anymore for sure
and villas fixtures from 4-8 are against all the top teams

CSF · 06-08-2014 02:16PM

iamanengine wrote: »

Never done this before, flew through the selection and came up with this.

De Gea

Debuchy
Terry
Shaw

Sanchez
Fabregas
Sigurdsson
Henderson

Jelavic
Costa
Rooney

Subs - Mannone, Vlaar, Caroll and Cameron.

Thoughts? Advice?

Good team, you can use the Henderson and Fabregas money better in my opinion though. You could switch Carroll to a player who will play in midfield instead.

iamanengine · 06-08-2014 02:24PM

I need a decent Defender and Midfielder for the bench but only have 9mil left...anyone decent spring to mind?

Edit - My mistake I have 10mil!

Edit 2 - Have changed it around a good bit.

Krul
Mannone

Debuchy
Terry
Lovren
Ward
Vlaar

Sanchez
Mata
Sigurdsson
Johnson
McCarthy

Costa
Rooney
Jelavic

Think that's a bit better then the previous, I hope!

v3ttel · 06-08-2014 02:56PM

Draft 1:

At the back:
I think United and Chelsea will be the strongest two teams defensively over the season, and they have a favourable fixture list at the start so I've gone for De Gea and Luis. Swansea/Stoke and Palace/QPR have home & away rotation. I should be guaranteed two of my defense will be at home most weeks. Added bonus that Caulker and Huth are both goal threats. Pulis' teams are always solid at the back. Having 1 keeper means no more "Damn it, why didn't I play the other guy" frustration.

In the middle:
Sanchez, Mata and Fabregas speak for themselves. Hazard hasn't had much of a pre-season and didn't play well in the world cup. Yaya is too expensive, Silva doesn't convince me, and Sterling has difficult enough fixtures. I think Siguardsson is the best option at 6.0. Arnatovic may be a mistake, but he is capable of big scores as we seen towards the end of last season.

Up front:
Rooney has fantastic fixtures and seems to enjoy being pushed right up front in LVGs new system. Pelle is probably a mistake but I picked him for two reasons, an incredible goalscoring record in Holland and favourable fixtures. It's a bonus that he'll probably be their main man. Austin may struggle at PL level, but has scored goals in every league he's played so far. He will be the main man if Remy goes.

Feel free to rip my logic to bits.

MagicIRL · 06-08-2014 03:00PM

No City players? They shipped a small country worth of goals last season.

Paully D · 06-08-2014 03:02PM

Draft number 2,986,547 but I'm getting closer. I'll be leaving it like this until next week anyway:

2 things are digging at me, but that's all, which shows I'm getting happier and happier with my team.

1) Getting Eriksen in for Sigurdsson. I could do it easily by downgrading Sanchez to Ramsey and Chester to a £4.0m (or Austin to Fletcher if he's starting), but in all honesty I'm not comfortable not being with Sanchez (and don't want Fabregas over Hazard) at the start. If things don't go well I can easily "downgrade" him to Ramsey freeing up plenty of funds, but I'd rather be with him than against him at that price at the beginning. I do think Sigurdsson will score well so no hassle here.

2) Who to choose as the £6m striker. I've done a bit of research on this but really I'm no closer. We can analyse Ings and Austin all we like but the truth is neither have kicked a ball at this level and we're guessing as to how they will do. We don't know who will start between Wickham or Fletcher so again we're guessing there.

Thoughts?

dahat · 06-08-2014 03:12PM

Are you sure on Mannone ? Poyet seemed unsure on first choice this season according to an interview I read somewhere.

CSF · 06-08-2014 03:18PM

Paully D wrote: »

Draft number 2,986,547 but I'm getting closer. I'll be leaving it like this until next week anyway:

2 things are digging at me, but that's all, which shows I'm getting happier and happier with my team.

1) Getting Eriksen in for Sigurdsson. I could do it easily by downgrading Sanchez to Ramsey and Chester to a £4.0m (or Austin to Fletcher if he's starting), but in all honesty I'm not comfortable not being with Sanchez (and don't want Fabregas over Hazard) at the start. If things don't go well I can easily "downgrade" him to Ramsey freeing up plenty of funds, but I'd rather be with him than against him at that price at the beginning. I do think Sigurdsson will score well so no hassle here.

2) Who to choose as the £6m striker. I've done a bit of research on this but really I'm no closer. We can analyse Ings and Austin all we like but the truth is neither have kicked a ball at this level and we're guessing as to how they will do. We don't know who will start between Wickham or Fletcher so again we're guessing there.

Thoughts?

Don't forget Long and Jelavic!!! Fletcher is actually someone who I would consider if the Wickham situation was to be resolved in his favour!!

Rdwrer · 06-08-2014 03:37PM

dahat wrote: »

Are you sure on Mannone ? Poyet seemed unsure on first choice this season according to an interview I read somewhere.

This is what I was just wondering. Surely Pantilimon will be number one for them? An awful lot of people seem to have Mannone in their squad.

CSF · 06-08-2014 03:41PM

HungryHenno wrote: »

This is what I was just wondering. Surely Pantilimon will be number one for them? An awful lot of people seem to have Mannone in their squad.

After Mannone's season you'd have to fancy that it is his to lose.

Paully D · 06-08-2014 03:41PM

dahat wrote: »

Are you sure on Mannone ? Poyet seemed unsure on first choice this season according to an interview I read somewhere.

Yeah, that's correct. I posted a link on here to it last week. Mannone was also ill for Sunderland's last pre-season game so Pantimilon got the full 90. I just think he'll plump with Mannone at the start anyway and up until Mannone gives him an excuse to drop him (i.e, making a howler or having a couple of bad performances).

Very difficult to drop arguably your best player last season and one who played such a huge part in keeping the club up.

CSF wrote: »

Don't forget Long and Jelavic!!! Fletcher is actually someone who I would consider if the Wickham situation was to be resolved in his favour!!

I don't really rate Hull in FPL terms and I'd be cautious on Jelavic as it looks like he may not be a starter from the off. From Bruce:

Maynor Figueroa and Nikica Jelavic will not be rushed back to feature in the club’s Europa League debut next week as Steve Bruce looks to protect his World Cup stars.

Less than a month has passed since Figueroa and Jelavic saw their time in Brazil ended with Honduras and Croatia respectively but today they return to training after an extended break.

Neither player will be included in any of City’s friendly games this week, and instead they will train away from their team-mates in a bid to quickly regain lost fitness levels.

Figueroa and Jelavic have just 10 days to prepare for a season opener away to either AS Trencin of Slovakia or Serbian side FK Vojvodina in the third qualifying round of the Europa League, and that date will almost certainly come too soon for them to be considered.

“They’ll not play a part in any of the games this week,” said Bruce, whose team begin pre-season with a double-header against North Ferriby United and Harrogate Town tonight.

“We’ll be working with them to ease them back first because there’s no point pushing them after such a short summer.

“The first couple of games in Europe might well come too soon for them but I’ve got to look at the bigger picture.

“Those two lads only finished a few weeks ago so it’s important they have a break. I hope I’m doing the right thing.”

I agree on Fletcher. He's the best option in that price range if he gets the starting role IMO, being £0.5m less than the others is no harm either.

v3ttel · 06-08-2014 03:51PM

MagicIRL wrote: »

No City players? They shipped a small country worth of goals last season.

Fair point. Dzeko/Jovetic are rotation worries though. Silva is often taken off and doesn't convince me. He just doesn't seem to get the big points hauls that the likes of Sanchez, Hazard & Fabregas are capable of, I think. Navas/Nasri are rotation risks.

Aguero and Yaya are the ones I'd go for, but I can't fit in either at the start, considering United/Chelsea's good fixtures.

I did swap Sanchez to Silva & Pelle to Giroud, at one stage, but I wasn't happy with that and ended up reverting back.

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