FHFC wrote: » Hutton by no means certain of his place either with that new signing.
CSF wrote: » Seeing as you're going with Costa, Rooney, Hazard, Courtois, Darmian which is taking up 44 million from 5 players, I'd suggest dipping into the value players out there rather than splashing out another 8.5 on Mata, 9 on Giroud and Alderweireld for5 when there'd be players out there for less who'd have just as much point potential. You could then use that money you've saved to flesh out the squad because you won't get far with Ki, Wanyama, Taylor, Baker.
Knex. wrote: First rushed draft, not taking into account fixtures or anything. Might look into downgrading Mignolet, bringing Wisdom in for Turner when he moves there, or something.
CSF wrote: » Crespo? Don't really see him making too many inroads straight off. Defence for me is still Amavi, Clark, Richards and Hutton with their places to lose. The attacking positions are the much bigger conundrum right now but it is a conundrum I'm very happy with!!!
2nd Row Donkey wrote: » Do you plan on using Dier. He has Vertogen, Toby Alderweireld and Fazio and possibly the other new guy - Wimmer ahead of him at CB. He has played RB s few times but not since Walker returned from a long term injury and now Trippier is ahead of him in that position too.
Jesper wrote: » I'm torn between Sterling & Lakaku = 17 Or Deepay (?) And Benteke = 17 Would also like to upgrade Alderwood. Using my phone so don't know how to upload the photo as a screen shot?
OneColdHand wrote: » Apparently Lukaku picked up a knock, so on that basis I'd go Depay and Benteke. If you got 4.5m defender for Alderweireld, you could get Benteke in for Lukaku.
Jesper wrote: » I would be left very short at the back then I think. 6.0, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5, 5.0
OneColdHand wrote: » I disagree, that's 24.5m. That's probably about average, if not slightly higher. I've spent 24.0m. Have a look back through some of the teams in this thread, some are probably as low as 22.0m. Don't forget, you also have Courtois in goal who will cover Chealseas clean sheets.
patmac wrote: » FFS my whole team revolved around Lukaku first game and then Kane in to sub. Ah well back to the drawing board. Will Naismith replace Lukaku?
OneColdHand wrote: » Ok, time to post my team and get some feedback. Courtois --- Elliot Skrtel --- Mertesacker --- Bassong --- O'Shea --- S. Taylor Hazard --- Ozil --- Mata --- Ki --- Westwood Costa --- Benteke --- Sahko Itb: 2.0mCourtois: A good way into the Chelsea defence. Will cover any clean sheets that chelsea get. Obviously won't get any attacking returns like Ivan will, but is a useful 1.5m cheaper.Elliot: A low-ownership 4.0m GK. (sidenote: Schwarzer is highly owned - 10%. Am I missing something? Will he start?)Skrtel: A guaranteed starter for Liverpool. Didn't score too many goal last year, but scored 7 the year before. Finished the season strongly last season, so hoping this continues. Mertesacker: Not certain on him. Have 5.5m to spend here. Ars, Liv and Manu all have a similar start (over say 8/10 games). Have 2 slots for 2 5.5m players. So essentially its a choice of 2 of Skrtel, Mert, Bellerin, Shaw or Jones. Mert is currently the highest owned of these players, so will stick with him for the moment.O'Shea, Bassong, S. Taylor: Sund and Norwich have good opening fixtures and rotate pretty well (though not perfectly). O'Shea is 4.5m, and is a guaranteed starter for SUN, so he's in. Bassong I need to double check, but I'm pretty certain off the top of my head that he's a guaranteed starter, so he's also in. Adding a newcastle defender to these 3 helps the fixtures, and give me an opening first 10 games of: CRY NOR STO ast BOU WAT whm LEI NOR NEW. Going with S. Taylor is a bit of a risk, as he's not a guaranteed starter, but even without him O'Shea and Bassong have good enough fixtures, and based on what I've been reading on here there's and off chance he'll start.Hazard: No explanation neededOzil: I feel and Arsenal mid is necessary. Cazorla is very highly owned (double Ozil or Walcott), so has the potential to do damage. Walcott is very dangerous - I've owned him quite a bit in the past. But I'm going with Ozil as I feel he's guaranteed gametime that Walcott isn't beyond the first few GWs.Mata: I'm really not certain on this. I don't have Rooney, and feel I need some United coverage, as I feel they will improve on last season. Depay is an option, obviously, but I feel I'd rather give him a few games. Although I will monitor him in friendlies.Ki: Bit of a risk here, but need a budget mid, and Ki scored 7 goals from December on last season, 8 in total. Not many mids scored more than that . I'm hoping he'll continue that into the new season.Westwood: Not certain about this one, but some 4.5m mid will be in this spot!Costa: Started last season brilliantly, so hoping he does the same this season. Have 2.0m in the bank to upgrade to Aguero when the time is right.Benteke: Personally this he's a brilliant player, capable of scoring all kinds of goal. Did very well for a utterly useless Villa team.Sahko: Seems to be the best option in this price bracket considering West Ham favourable opening home fixtures. Pros: - Eack 'line' is well balanced - a mix of cheap, mid-priced and expensive players - A pretty good spread of coverage across the top clubs (though not perfect). - 2.0m in the bank to upgrade to Aguero. Cons: - No city players. However their opening few games aren't great, and I have the funds for Kun. - Ki is a risk. Would rather Hendo/Milner, and the 2.0m in the bank is very tempting! Opinions?
Paddy Dreadful wrote: » Myhill Hennessey Yosida Huth Francis Coates S Taylor Sterling Ramsey Hazard Depay Carzola Rooney Benteke Graham Thoughts?
OneColdHand wrote: » Just going to shamelessly bump this seeing at there was probably no one awake when I posted it!
km79 wrote: latest incarnation GK : ruddy butland ( was tempted just to go ruddy and Rudd.......but Butland will cover ruddys tough gw4 and 6 fixtures) Ivan Mert Cedric Huth Mulumbu...........Had my heart set on Kos but looking at last years points used the .5 to get Butland ...........I also wanted Shaw but would mean 2 non playing 4ml defenders so im going for a 5ml /4.tml rotation. Southampton/Leic seems a good one even though I know nothing about Cedric! M : Hazard Walcott Ozil Ritchie Mulumbu..........still tempted by Depay or Mata instead of Ozil.......3 arsenal players may be too much F : Rooney Beneteke Sahko..........for GW1 I am very tempted to have Lukaku in for Benteke and then bring him in from GW2 on.........but its prob a waste of a transfer and its LUKAKAU .......of course if Costa is out then Falcao........ Anyway Im edging closer to the finished product but would appreciate any feedback
Mike Ehrmantraut wrote: » This seems to get tougher every year, first draft. Any thoughts lads? Krul/Speroni Bellerin/Clyne/Azpuilliceta/Richards/ Cedric Hazard/Silva/Ramsey/Chadli/Anya Benteke/Lukaku/Berahino
spock. wrote: » Very similar team to mine. Same keepers, same strikers same midfield expect I have Mane instead of Ritchie. You've spent more on defence than me though. (I'm on Shaw, 5.0, 3 x 4.5) I like your team but I may be biased because it's so similar to mine.
