FSA FPL Rate My Team Thread 2015/16

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.

thanks for the feedback, appreciated

Last one of the day

Silva is costing me a lot - Sterling and Yaya are cheaper options which would free up cash. Yaya would give me enough cash to bring Pelle back in.

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!!!

Couldn't remember the name yeah. Read something somewhere saying he'd be fighting it out with Hutton for RB but looking at ffs you're spot on I'd say.

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: 2.0m

Courtois: 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 needed

Ozil: 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?

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?

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

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.

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.

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?

Goalkeepers
Ruddy - probably be number 1 for me all season depending on how they do the first while.
Alex McCarthy as backup.

Defenders
Clyne - guaranteed starter although .5 dearer than Moreno/Sahko. May downgrade depending on how Rodgers lines up as I quite like Moreno when they use 3 CB's.

Yoshida - cheap option for Southampton who are a bit light at the back. Have nice fixtures and he has scored a few last year and in preseason

Huth - Did quite well for Leicester and probably one of their better defenders. I want Fuchs given his quality at set pieces but Schlupp did quite well last year so pretty much waiting to see who Ranieri prefers at LB

Mings - Record signing for Bournemouth and very highly rated by Ipswich fans ( and obviously Bournemouth). Hopefully can make the transition to the premier league smoothly.

Coates - Advocaat seemed to like Coates and he did quite well when he got in the team. Sunderland have decent fixtures at first so going to risk Coates.

Midfield
Ozil - has his off days but is quality when he needs to be. Switching him and Cazorla like crazy - probably my biggest headache.

Sterling - doing well in pre season and can see him being nailed on starter. If he starts well he should rake up points.

Milner - again, not sure between him and Henderson. Another one I'm going to look at but would be happy with both.

Fabregas - pretty self explanatory, assist machine.

Anya - quick direct player, should get a few assists. Mostly be used for the simpler home games.

Strikers
These are pretty explanatory

Rooney, Benteke & Costa.

Thoughts?

Current draft

Panti/Krul

Yoshida STaylor Mings Huth Ward
Sterling Ozil Milner Hazard Redmond
Rooney Costa Ighalo

.5 in the bank.

Trying to keep 2m in the bank so can upgrade Costa to Aguero but it's a struggle.

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: 2.0m

Courtois: 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 needed

Ozil: 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?

Just going to shamelessly bump this seeing at there was probably no one awake when I posted it!

OneColdHand wrote: »

Just going to shamelessly bump this seeing at there was probably no one awake when I posted it!

Skrtel - I'd wait and see if Liverpool are 'stable' first. Maybe use a West Brom defender for the Phone effect.
The Arsenal midfield is this years gamble. I'm going with Walcott. He finished last year brilliantly.
If Arsenal don't buy a striker Girou will also be a good option.
Maybe better 4.5 priced midfield options. Lots of threads on this alone.

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.

I had mane in my team for a long time ......but his 8 ml price is awkward if he starts off with one of his barren spells!
I could and still might switch ozil to mane and keep the .5 to allow a transfer up .......he is an explosive player no doubt about it

2nd Draft. Bit more balanced, and brought Silva in for Sanchez. Not sure on Lescott, but I'll keep an eye on any movements such as Caulker to Southampton.

Ruddy and Butland for rotation, Kelly/Coates for Lescott, and Ki for Zaha.

Any suggestions?

what do you guys think, first attempt at this league malarky and unsure exactly what i need to be looking for tbh