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General FPL Chat 2015/16

FHFC

I think its time!!

We might as well talk about the fixtures and rotation in the first proper new season thread?

Bring it on baby!

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finnharpsboy

The most picked players so far

manual_man

I only have 3 of them!

2nd Row Donkey

Wanyama at 4.5 must be everyone's 5th midfielder

Ziegler1988

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Wanyama at 4.5 must be everyone's 5th midfielder

I don't like picking 5th mids from teams I could see myself trebling up on, but as of now I have no other Soton players so he's in my side

NoviGlitzko

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Wanyama at 4.5 must be everyone's 5th midfielder

Why would you pick him? He doesn't do anything apart from getting minutes.

Ziegler1988

NoviGlitzko wrote: »

Why would you pick him? He doesn't do anything apart from getting minutes.

That's all you need from a 4.5m mid. Anya has been playing fullback otherwise they're all defensive

GLaDOS

Looks like Sterling to City is happening, could be an interesting option if he gets back to his top form.

Iused2likebusts

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

Wanyama at 4.5 must be everyone's 5th midfielder

I'm looking at mulumbu

Paully D

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Looks like Sterling to City is happening, could be an interesting option if he gets back to his top form.

I'm really starting to think a loaded midfield may actually be the way to go at the start this year.

FHFC

Paully D wrote: »

I'm really starting to think a loaded midfield may actually be the way to go at the start this year.

Gonna have a serious look at 352 all right.

FHFC

Sterling to Man City agreed apparently.

FHFC

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I'm looking at mulumbu

That is a very excellent shout....

manual_man

Schneiderlin having medical at Man U according to BBC

FHFC

Back on team names for a minute, does this work or will I stick with The Kolarov Mané??

6034073

Paully D

manual_man wrote: »

Schneiderlin having medical at Man U according to BBC

Manchester United could be very solid at the back with the acquisition of him and Schweinsteiger.

GLaDOS

Paully D wrote: »

Manchester United could be very solid at the back with the acquisition of him and Schweinsteiger.

Can be hard to predict how these things go but I think I'll be starting with a united defender.

Ziegler1988

Paully D wrote: »

Manchester United could be very solid at the back with the acquisition of him and Schweinsteiger.

I'll wait and see. Lots of new starters for them, especially if DDG leaves

98q76e12hrflnk

Who will be the paired next to fonte, will it be yoshida?

jimmii

declan2693 wrote: »

Who will be the paired next to fonte, will it be yoshida?

More than likely they're going to bring someone in. Yoshida at that price would be pretty dam tempting otherwise!

Paully D

I have been completely cheapening out on defence on all of my mock teams so far which has been worrying me slightly. I almost always find the need to play my wildcard early (by GW3) so I thought it'd be interesting to have a look at how the bigger teams (who therefore tend to have the most expensive defenders) got on from gameweeks 1-3 over the last 5 seasons to see if there's a trend in showing whether it's a position worth splashing out the initial cash on.

The number beside each team is the amount of clean sheets they kept overall from gameweeks 1-3 inclusive for each of the following seasons:

2014/2015

Chelsea - 1
Manchester City - 1
Manchester United - 1
Arsenal - 0
Liverpool - 1

2013/2014

Chelsea - 2
Manchester City - 2
Manchester United - 1
Arsenal - 1
Liverpool - 3

2012/2013

Chelsea - 2
Manchester City - 0
Manchester United - 0
Arsenal - 3
Liverpool - 0

2011/2012

Chelsea - 1
Manchester City - 1
Manchester United - 1
Arsenal - 1
Liverpool - 1

2010/2011

Chelsea - 3
Manchester City - 2
Manchester United - 2
Arsenal - 1
Liverpool - 1

Average amount of clean sheets kept by the so called bigger teams from GW's 1-3 over the last 5 seasons = 1.3. My own personal opinion is if you play the fixtures a bit, there's numerous £4.5m defenders this season who will get you 1 clean sheet over the course of the first 3 games. It's no easy feat on hitting on them granted and takes a bit of luck, but it's certainly possible.

So yeah, while I personally always think it looks strange when I create a team with no representatives of the big teams in defence, it may not actually be a bad idea when starting off, especially if you tend to wildcard early.

Going cheap, using the freed up cash to increase your attacking output where it's easier to predict how things will go and therefore having more time to see patterns emerge before changing things up with the wildcard seems like a canny idea. It also allows things such as the promoted sides bubble to burst a bit, new signings to integrate, teams to settle etc. Last year for example Villa went on a ridiculous run of clean sheets at the start of the season, so if you'd gone for a Villa defender over a £6m Arsenal defender in your initial team you were laughing.

This season, if you went for 2 £4.5m defenders early on this season instead of say 2 £5.5m's from the top teams, that's a £2m saving overall and perhaps the difference between starting off with a Bolasie/Tadic/Cabella type £6.5m midfield player and an £8.5m Mata/Depay/Ozil/for example.

Your thoughts?

manual_man

jimmii wrote: »

More than likely they're going to bring someone in. Yoshida at that price would be pretty dam tempting otherwise!

i fancy Vlaar might make the move to the Saints. himself and Fonte could form a decent partnership

touts

Bleating Lamb wrote: »

As a Utd fan was thinking of Rooney and possibly Shaw...defence will definitely be improved by Bastian and Carrick being in team....and can see Rooney playing off the shoulder of last defender up top this year.

Will definitely have some Man U players in my team but I'm holding off to see who they sign next. Schneiderlin & Schweinsteiger add real strength to their midfield and make their defenders and attackers really appealing. If they sell DeGea and don't sign a striker or goalkeeper then Depay and Valdes could be real bargains. If they sign someone like Benteke or Kane then they will be the ones to go for.

Iused2likebusts

Paully D wrote: »

I have been completely cheapening out on defence on all of my mock teams so far which has been worrying me slightly. I almost always find the need to play my wildcard early (by GW3) so I thought it'd be interesting to have a look at how the bigger teams (who therefore tend to have the most expensive defenders) got on from gameweeks 1-3 over the last 5 seasons to see if there's a trend in showing whether it's a position worth splashing out the initial cash on.

The number beside each team is the amount of clean sheets they kept overall from gameweeks 1-3 inclusive for each of the following seasons:

2014/2015

Chelsea - 1
Manchester City - 1
Manchester United - 1
Arsenal - 0
Liverpool - 1

2013/2014

Chelsea - 2
Manchester City - 2
Manchester United - 1
Arsenal - 1
Liverpool - 3

2012/2013

Chelsea - 2
Manchester City - 0
Manchester United - 0
Arsenal - 3
Liverpool - 0

2011/2012

Chelsea - 1
Manchester City - 1
Manchester United - 1
Arsenal - 1
Liverpool - 1

2010/2011

Chelsea - 3
Manchester City - 2
Manchester United - 2
Arsenal - 1
Liverpool - 1

Average amount of clean sheets kept by the so called bigger teams from GW's 1-3 over the last 5 seasons = 1.3. My own personal opinion is if you play the fixtures a bit, there's numerous £4.5m defenders this season who will get you 1 clean sheet over the course of the first 3 games. It's no easy feat on hitting on them granted and takes a bit of luck, but it's certainly possible.

So yeah, while I personally always think it looks strange when I create a team with no representatives of the big teams in defence, it may not actually be a bad idea when starting off, especially if you tend to wildcard early.

Going cheap, using the freed up cash to increase your attacking output where it's easier to predict how things will go and therefore having more time to see patterns emerge before changing things up with the wildcard seems like a canny idea. It also allows things such as the promoted sides bubble to burst a bit, new signings to integrate, teams to settle etc. Last year for example Villa went on a ridiculous run of clean sheets at the start of the season, so if you'd gone for a Villa defender over a £6m Arsenal defender in your initial team you were laughing.

This season, if you went for 2 £4.5m defenders early on this season instead of say 2 £5.5m's from the top teams, that's a £2m saving overall and perhaps the difference between starting off with a Bolasie/Tadic/Cabella type £6.5m midfield player and an £8.5m Mata/Depay/Ozil/for example.

Your thoughts?

I nearly always start off with a cheap defence. I think last year it was 8.5 on gks and three 4.5 and two 4.0 defs. I'll be doing much the same again but will probably be five 4.5 defs as I can't see any playing 4.0 defs. Utd and arsenal defs were all the rage at the start of last season. I much prefer to spend big on my front 8 and upgrade defenders as trends develop.

Lemlin

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I nearly always start off with a cheap defence. I think last year it was 8.5 on gks and three 4.5 and two 4.0 defs. I'll be doing much the same again but will probably be five 4.5 defs as I can't see any playing 4.0 defs. Utd and arsenal defs were all the rage at the start of last season. I much prefer to spend big on my front 8 and upgrade defenders as trends develop.

This is the route I'll be following also. The likes of Joel Ward and O'Shea at 4.5 look decent value.

Iused2likebusts

Lemlin wrote: »

This is the route I'll be following also. The likes of Joel Ward and O'Shea at 4.5 look decent value.

I'll go o shea or Coates. Not sure on ward palace seem more geared to attack under pardew they didn't keep many cs last year when he came in. Between sun new sto palace bou nor Wat lei there are a lot of 4.5 options . You only need to pick 3 out of 5 and I'm always happy if I get 1 cs from my 3 playing defs anything else is a bonus.

Liam2012

With Sterling gone to Man City, does that rule out Nasri as a solid option?

OneColdHand

Liam2012 wrote: »

With Sterling gone to Man City, does that rule out Nasri as a solid option?

Was Nasri ever a solid option?!

54and56

jimmii wrote: »

All out attack play. Triple Captain. Bench boost. WTF!!!

Can one of these be chosen/played each and every week or are these once off options you can only play once during the season?

OneColdHand

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

I nearly always start off with a cheap defence. I think last year it was 8.5 on gks and three 4.5 and two 4.0 defs. I'll be doing much the same again but will probably be five 4.5 defs as I can't see any playing 4.0 defs. Utd and arsenal defs were all the rage at the start of last season. I much prefer to spend big on my front 8 and upgrade defenders as trends develop.

Ive generally done this in the past, but I'm trying something slightly different this year. I want to build in some flexibility in my squad this year from the start. So I'm going to go with one 5.5/6.0 defender (and then the rest 4.5/4.0). I just feel that if someone like Ivanovic starts to rip it up, it's difficult to get him in with all 4.0/4.5 defenders. If I have 1 6.0 player, it's not such a big move.

I think that makes this a bit easier (this year) if that there a good options in the 7.0 midfield range.

I am torn slightly on this though, as I think there are a lot of good options of 4.5 defenders.

Swiper the fox

Even before they buy the striker that they surely have to before the season starts it's very difficult to predict how united will line up and who will be certain to play 90% of the games. I felt myself that Herrera deserved a run in the team for his form towards the end of last year, now himself and Fellaini are sure to be frozen out. If you add a new striker to the mix where does that leave Rooney, Mata, Di Maria, Depay. Then you have Blind and Januzaj as well as a couple of others.
If these signings go ahead how do you see united lining out?