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FSA FPL Rate My Team Thread 2015/16

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stephenl15

PARlance wrote: »

With Aguero on the Horizon, is your team too balanced?
Rooney, Walcott & Hazard all seem like they're firmly in your plans... so getting Aguero in seems like it could be a 2-3 transfer move. Is there a plan there?

I would also have a slight concern over your "explosive" midfield. On it's day it could give you 50+ points but there could be a few 8 pointers as well.
All 4 blow hot and cold imo, to varying degrees obviously.
Hazard & Walcott can't be argued with but Hazard can frustrate with a spell of poor weeks, Walcott could frustrate with a few games with limited game time.
Mane & Zaha offer more hope than anything for me. I don't see them as consistent performers but I do seem them potentially racking up big scores from time to time.
If it was me, I would prefer to see a steadier player or two in there with Hazard & Walcott with a Mane to a Henderson type move.

Good point, definitely food for thought regarding the hot and cold, you're spot on. Mané is the one most at risk there after that, but I don't think I fancy Henderson over Mané as a fantasy asset. Maybe Sigurdsson or Payet? Zaha, I'm just being drawn to him at 5.5 :P

Raoul

stephenl15 wrote: »

Thanks guys

Yeah I actually realised that after I posted, bit stupid of me i'll be getting another 4.5 def anyway i'll need to find another decent 9.0 rotation.

I'll rarely be playing my 5th mid so don't really believe in spending any more than 4.5. Think there was a ffs members article last season where he had some ridiculous touches in the box stats, plus I think Palace will have a v. good season think I'm gonna go with Wilf Zaha

Very good point on Wanyama, out he goes also frees up a Saints spot in case I want Pelle or somebody going forward. I think I'm gonna stick with Ivan and see how it plays out first couple of weeks. Always said I was going to start with him after 3(?) amazing season starts in a row.

Who do you go with if you don't have Wanyama?

Iused2likebusts

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Is Martin really a risk?

He played 90 mins in 45 league games + 3 playoff games as last season mainly at Cb. Captain an all I'd assume he'll be starting?

The op has Ruddy as GK so I was thinking having Martin aswell is a bit much. The op mentioned he was rarely going to use Martin for that reason so I'd feel in his situation he is a bit of a waste and could afford a risk on someone like gomez.

v3ttel

stephenl15 wrote: »

Ivanovic - traditionally explosive starter, get burned every year by him.

stephenl15 wrote: »

Walcott - Fantasy gold, extremely explosive, first name on my team sheet with Rooney.

stephenl15 wrote: »

Mané - Between himself and Siggy good vs bad fixtures. Explosive.

stephenl15 wrote: »

Zaha - IMO best pick at 6.0 or less. Should have a key role for Palace. Potentially explosive.

stephenl15 wrote: »

Rooney - Guaranteed spot in my starting team. Main man up front at United with Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Depay and Pedro providing ammunition!

FC MurderDeathKill seems adequately prepared.

stephenl15

Thanks guys

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Good team I'd change Martin to another 4.5 as he is a bit of a waste of a rotation option if you don't want to double up. A Sunderland defender maybe even pva at 5 or as you don't want to really use Martin you could take the punt on gomez.

Yeah I actually realised that after I posted, bit stupid of me

i'll be getting another 4.5 def anyway i'll need to find another decent 9.0 rotation.

Nuts102 wrote: »

Use the 0.5 to upgrade Wanyama to Scott Sinclair maybe he has been impressive in pre season and more attacking.

Also think with the starting fixtures and going by pre season Maharez is a better option than Zaha starting off.

I'll rarely be playing my 5th mid so don't really believe in spending any more than 4.5. Think there was a ffs members article last season where he had some ridiculous touches in the box stats, plus I think Palace will have a v. good season think I'm gonna go with Wilf Zaha

FHFC wrote: »

Very strong team. Nothing to criticise in any of the players selected. Be a bit wary of Wanyama as he's the highest owned cheap mid afaik and could incur price drops if he ends up beibg benched the odd time.

You've identified the potential problem yourself imo. Its harder to fit Aguero in when you have the money spread around the team with a big hitter like Ivan in defence and Haz in midfield.

If you really want to have a route to get Aguero without a GW2 or 3 wildcard try starting with him in the team, take him out and put the surplus into a luxury player somewhere who you can downgrage.

That's what has led me to a very cheap defence, extra big hitters in midfield, one of whom can go to an on form 6 or 6.5 mid to accommodate Aguero.

Very good point on Wanyama, out he goes

also frees up a Saints spot in case I want Pelle or somebody going forward. I think I'm gonna stick with Ivan and see how it plays out first couple of weeks. Always said I was going to start with him after 3(?) amazing season starts in a row.

Invincible

km79 wrote: »

it's pretty much come down to this
A :Ivan huth along with darmian PVA and targett
B : Ivan huth along with Kos Coates targett
C: Ivan huth along with mert cedric and Staylor
which is best?

A, looks more flexible, option of Ivan & Darmian, PVA/Huth compared to Ivan & Kos, Huth/Target.

I like PVA's attacking prospects.
Coates &Targett starters?

PARlance

stephenl15 wrote: »

Right lads, about time I posted my team, please critique! I have given plenty of my own advice so far on this thread so it'd be nice to get something back

GK

Ruddy, Butland - Rotate very well early on

Def

Ivanovic - traditionally explosive starter, get burned every year by him. Easily downgradeable if it doesn't work

Cedric - 5.0 for nailed on attacking saints defender, no brainer

Martin, Francis - Norwich Bournmouth rotate well. Will try not to double Ruddy with Martin

Huth - Very good fixtures, set piece threat nailed on for 4.5

Mid

Walcott - Fantasy gold, extremely explosive, first name on my team sheet with Rooney.

Hazard - Mostly the fear of going without

Mané - Between himself and Siggy good vs bad fixtures. Explosive. Was on Siggy for most part due to his fast start despite bad fixtures last year but Mane edged it lately.

Zaha - IMO best pick at 6.0 or less. Should have a key role for Palace. Potentially explosive.

Wanyama - Serious lack of 4.5 mids. This could be anyone. Got a goal or two last year and nailed on.

FW

Kane - Edges Benteke as nailed on, main striker 90 mins per match and good fixtures.

Rooney - Guaranteed spot in my starting team. Main man up front at United with Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Depay and Pedro providing ammunition! Opening day captain.

Sakho - PL pedigree edges it over Deeney or Wilson for me.

0.5 ITB. Only problems are Costa and Aguero. Costa is gettable by downgrading Sakho to Deeney and upgrading Kane but I think I'll go without due to Haz and Ivan. Aguero is a wait and pray job.

With Aguero on the Horizon, is your team too balanced?
Rooney, Walcott & Hazard all seem like they're firmly in your plans... so getting Aguero in seems like it could be a 2-3 transfer move. Is there a plan there?

I would also have a slight concern over your "explosive" midfield. On it's day it could give you 50+ points but there could be a few 8 pointers as well.
All 4 blow hot and cold imo, to varying degrees obviously.
Hazard & Walcott can't be argued with but Hazard can frustrate with a spell of poor weeks, Walcott could frustrate with a few games with limited game time.
Mane & Zaha offer more hope than anything for me. I don't see them as consistent performers but I do seem them potentially racking up big scores from time to time.
If it was me, I would prefer to see a steadier player or two in there with Hazard & Walcott with a Mane to a Henderson type move.

JamBur

Cookie_Dough wrote: »

Maybe downgrade Krul as you have Courtois & use the extra 0.5 to upgrade midfielder, maybe Sterling for Firmino? At least he's a proven PL player & might get some goals/assists while Aguero is out.

Not bad suggestion, although I think Sterling is more at risk of rotation\subbing

Lemlin

I've had another look over this concoction that I did at the weekend and made one change:

Myhill
Ivanovic Kolarov Huth (Muniesa, Saylor)
Hazard Walcott Sterling Milner (Fletcher)
Rooney Lukaku Sakho

I'm fairly happy with it to be honest. I have absolutely no plan on how to get Aguero in though. I might just downgrade Ivanovic/Lukaku to someone 2.5 mil cheaper and then Rooney to Kun. Looks the easiest way to do it.

The parts I am potentially thinking of changing and would like feedback on:

Muniesa/Huth - are they a decent 4.5 mil rotation? I want a Leicester defender and Huth is a good price and playing for the Tinkerman who plays defensive so is there any better rotation option than Stoke available?
Lukaku - I'm not overly happy with him but I'm thinking about freeing up .5 of a million somewhere so he can be Benteke in the second week. That said, Tekkers and Milner could be Liverpool overkill.

Cookie_Dough

JamBur wrote: »

Its that time of year again, so any feedback on this lineup?

Maybe downgrade Krul as you have Courtois & use the extra 0.5 to upgrade midfielder, maybe Sterling for Firmino? At least he's a proven PL player & might get some goals/assists while Aguero is out.

JamBur

Raoul wrote: »

Do you really have faith in that midfield? So many unproven players there.

Clasie has huge potential, and I see a lot of goals coming through him, so a lot of assists. Depay is LVG's marquee signing, he will get game time, if it doesnt work out then I can jump ship. Likewise for Firmino. Im hoping to see attacking play from Bournemouth, particularly early in the season while confidence is high, Richie is their main man.

Its a risk, but its the differences that earn points, not the similarities.

(I hope)

Potential Underachiever

JamBur wrote: »

Its that time of year again, so any feedback on this lineup?

Way too much spent on defence imo, downgrade at least 2 of them, that will free up money so you can strengthen your midfield, Firmino will almost dfinitely not start at the weekend, I feel he'll be eased into the season, so I'd swap him out, seems to be a bit of doubt surrounding Giroud starting too! Not being harsh but there is room for improvement.

Nichololas

Nearly settled;

Cech - Schwarzer

Bellerin - Yoshida - Janmaat - O'Shea - Moore

Hazard - Ozil - Sterling - Henderson - King

Rooney - Benteke - Sakho

With 1m in the bank for a bit of starting flexibility -> Benteke to Kane, Ozil to Walcott, or Sterling to Silva (hell, even Sakho to Falcao/JRod) if any of them goes wopper early on, and will likely wildcard around GW5-6 to fit Aguero in.

Janmaat rotating with O'Shea versus Williamson with PvA?

Lucas Hood

Ziegler1988 wrote: »

Martin is nailed, but Busts is saying that it's a bit of a waste to pick him as part of a rotating defence when you'd rather not double up on Norwich with Ruddy

My mistake, seen waste & rotation in the post and jumped the gun.

Raoul

JamBur wrote: »

Its that time of year again, so any feedback on this lineup?

Do you really have faith in that midfield? So many unproven players there.

JamBur

Its that time of year again, so any feedback on this lineup?

Ziegler1988

Lucas Hood wrote: »

Is Martin really a risk?

He played 90 mins in 45 league games + 3 playoff games as last season mainly at Cb. Captain an all I'd assume he'll be starting?

Martin is nailed, but Busts is saying that it's a bit of a waste to pick him as part of a rotating defence when you'd rather not double up on Norwich with Ruddy

podge018

How's everyone, never posted here before but intend to for this season. Long time player with decent enough success in my mini-leagues. Here's my history: fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/1718/history/

So haven't given it a lot of thought until this week and I've come up with this so far:

Any thoughts?

My worries would be whether or not Ritchie adapts to the prem and the lack of a bit of sparkle on the bench. Other than that Gomez/Lescott/Kaboul are interchangable, Hazard & Sterling will have big seasons I think, Henderson is a steal at 7m, Rooney & Costa is self explanatory and Sakho is my wildcard.

km79

it's pretty much come down to this
A :Ivan huth along with darmian PVA and targett
B : Ivan huth along with Kos Coates targett
C: Ivan huth along with mert cedric and Staylor
which is best?

CSF

bodking wrote: »

4th and hopefully last draft

Pantilimon/Krul

Huth/cedric/ Francis/Oshea/Jenkinson

Hazard(C)/Walters/Sterling/Cazorla/Wamyama

Benteke/Ulloa/Rooney

Playing 3-4-3

Bank=2.5M

Walters, Wanyama and Ulloa bring you down a bit. Use the 2.5 million to upgrade all 3 of those IMO.

Raoul

FHFC wrote: »

Very strong team. Nothing to criticise in any of the players selected. Be a bit wary of Wanyama as he's the highest owned cheap mid afaik and could incur price drops if he ends up beibg benched the odd time.

You've identified the potential problem yourself imo. Its harder to fit Aguero in when you have the money spread around the team with a big hitter like Ivan in defence and Haz in midfield.

If you really want to have a route to get Aguero without a GW2 or 3 wildcard try starting with him in the team, take him out and put the surplus into a luxury player somewhere who you can downgrage.

That's what has led me to a very cheap defence, extra big hitters in midfield, one of whom can go to an on form 6 or 6.5 mid to accommodate Aguero.

Palace fixtures are pretty tough for the first few weeks. I was thinking about Cabaye. So why not sit them out in the first few weeks and then wildcard to get them in when you think you should get aguero in.

bodking

4th and hopefully last draft

Pantilimon/Krul

Huth/cedric/ Francis/Oshea/Jenkinson

Hazard(C)/Walters/Sterling/Cazorla/Wamyama

Benteke/Ulloa/Rooney

Playing 3-4-3

Bank=2.5M

Lucas Hood

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Good team I'd change Martin to another 4.5 as he is a bit of a waste of a rotation option if you don't want to double up. A Sunderland defender maybe even pva at 5 or as you don't want to really use Martin you could take the punt on gomez.

Is Martin really a risk?

He played 90 mins in 45 league games + 3 playoff games as last season mainly at Cb. Captain an all I'd assume he'll be starting?

FHFC

stephenl15 wrote: »

Right lads, about time I posted my team, please critique! I have given plenty of my own advice so far on this thread so it'd be nice to get something back

GK

Ruddy, Butland - Rotate very well early on

Def

Ivanovic - traditionally explosive starter, get burned every year by him. Easily downgradeable if it doesn't work

Cedric - 5.0 for nailed on attacking saints defender, no brainer

Martin, Francis - Norwich Bournmouth rotate well. Will try not to double Ruddy with Martin

Huth - Very good fixtures, set piece threat nailed on for 4.5

Mid

Walcott - Fantasy gold, extremely explosive, first name on my team sheet with Rooney.

Hazard - Mostly the fear of going without

Mané - Between himself and Siggy good vs bad fixtures. Explosive. Was on Siggy for most part due to his fast start despite bad fixtures last year but Mane edged it lately.

Zaha - IMO best pick at 6.0 or less. Should have a key role for Palace. Potentially explosive.

Wanyama - Serious lack of 4.5 mids. This could be anyone. Got a goal or two last year and nailed on.

FW

Kane - Edges Benteke as nailed on, main striker 90 mins per match and good fixtures.

Rooney - Guaranteed spot in my starting team. Main man up front at United with Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Depay and Pedro providing ammunition! Opening day captain.

Sakho - PL pedigree edges it over Deeney or Wilson for me.

0.5 ITB. Only problems are Costa and Aguero. Costa is gettable by downgrading Sakho to Deeney and upgrading Kane but I think I'll go without due to Haz and Ivan. Aguero is a wait and pray job.

Very strong team. Nothing to criticise in any of the players selected. Be a bit wary of Wanyama as he's the highest owned cheap mid afaik and could incur price drops if he ends up beibg benched the odd time.

You've identified the potential problem yourself imo. Its harder to fit Aguero in when you have the money spread around the team with a big hitter like Ivan in defence and Haz in midfield.

If you really want to have a route to get Aguero without a GW2 or 3 wildcard try starting with him in the team, take him out and put the surplus into a luxury player somewhere who you can downgrage.

That's what has led me to a very cheap defence, extra big hitters in midfield, one of whom can go to an on form 6 or 6.5 mid to accommodate Aguero.

Cookie_Dough

stephenl15 wrote: »

Save 0.5 on Butland as you have Courtois. Bellerin slight rotation risk when fixtured pile up. Jedinak not strong enough as a 4th mid. Deeney or Wilson much better than Nugent for 5.5. I'd go Alder over PVA.

Thanks for the reply. I just noticed, probably be dodgy having 2 Sunderland defenders in my team.

What about Cedric? I see you have him in your team (as do a few people) he's also £5.0m I think?

Backstreet Moyes

stephenl15 wrote: »

Right lads, about time I posted my team, please critique! I have given plenty of my own advice so far on this thread so it'd be nice to get something back

GK

Ruddy, Butland - Rotate very well early on

Def

Ivanovic - traditionally explosive starter, get burned every year by him. Easily downgradeable if it doesn't work

Cedric - 5.0 for nailed on attacking saints defender, no brainer

Martin, Francis - Norwich Bournmouth rotate well. Will try not to double Ruddy with Martin

Huth - Very good fixtures, set piece threat nailed on for 4.5

Mid

Walcott - Fantasy gold, extremely explosive, first name on my team sheet with Rooney.

Hazard - Mostly the fear of going without

Mané - Between himself and Siggy good vs bad fixtures. Explosive. Was on Siggy for most part due to his fast start despite bad fixtures last year but Mane edged it lately.

Zaha - IMO best pick at 6.0 or less. Should have a key role for Palace. Potentially explosive.

Wanyama - Serious lack of 4.5 mids. This could be anyone. Got a goal or two last year and nailed on.

FW

Kane - Edges Benteke as nailed on, main striker 90 mins per match and good fixtures.

Rooney - Guaranteed spot in my starting team. Main man up front at United with Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Depay and Pedro providing ammunition! Opening day captain.

Sakho - PL pedigree edges it over Deeney or Wilson for me.

0.5 ITB. Only problems are Costa and Aguero. Costa is gettable by downgrading Sakho to Deeney and upgrading Kane but I think I'll go without due to Haz and Ivan. Aguero is a wait and pray job.

Use the 0.5 to upgrade Wanyama to Scott Sinclair maybe he has been impressive in pre season and more attacking.

Also think with the starting fixtures and going by pre season Maharez is a better option than Zaha starting off.

Iused2likebusts

stephenl15 wrote: »

Right lads, about time I posted my team, please critique! I have given plenty of my own advice so far on this thread so it'd be nice to get something back

GK

Ruddy, Butland - Rotate very well early on

Def

Ivanovic - traditionally explosive starter, get burned every year by him. Easily downgradeable if it doesn't work

Cedric - 5.0 for nailed on attacking saints defender, no brainer

Martin, Francis - Norwich Bournmouth rotate well. Will try not to double Ruddy with Martin

Huth - Very good fixtures, set piece threat nailed on for 4.5

Mid

Walcott - Fantasy gold, extremely explosive, first name on my team sheet with Rooney.

Hazard - Mostly the fear of going without

Mané - Between himself and Siggy good vs bad fixtures. Explosive. Was on Siggy for most part due to his fast start despite bad fixtures last year but Mane edged it lately.

Zaha - IMO best pick at 6.0 or less. Should have a key role for Palace. Potentially explosive.

Wanyama - Serious lack of 4.5 mids. This could be anyone. Got a goal or two last year and nailed on.

FW

Kane - Edges Benteke as nailed on, main striker 90 mins per match and good fixtures.

Rooney - Guaranteed spot in my starting team. Main man up front at United with Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Depay and Pedro providing ammunition! Opening day captain.

Sakho - PL pedigree edges it over Deeney or Wilson for me.

0.5 ITB. Only problems are Costa and Aguero. Costa is gettable by downgrading Sakho to Deeney and upgrading Kane but I think I'll go without due to Haz and Ivan. Aguero is a wait and pray job.

Good team I'd change Martin to another 4.5 as he is a bit of a waste of a rotation option if you don't want to double up. A Sunderland defender maybe even pva at 5 or as you don't want to really use Martin you could take the punt on gomez.

OneColdHand

stephenl15 wrote: »

Right lads, about time I posted my team, please critique! I have given plenty of my own advice so far on this thread so it'd be nice to get something back

GK

Ruddy, Butland - Rotate very well early on

Def

Ivanovic - traditionally explosive starter, get burned every year by him. Easily downgradeable if it doesn't work

Cedric - 5.0 for nailed on attacking saints defender, no brainer

Martin, Francis - Norwich Bournmouth rotate well. Will try not to double Ruddy with Martin

Huth - Very good fixtures, set piece threat nailed on for 4.5

Mid

Walcott - Fantasy gold, extremely explosive, first name on my team sheet with Rooney.

Hazard - Mostly the fear of going without

Mané - Between himself and Siggy good vs bad fixtures. Explosive. Was on Siggy for most part due to his fast start despite bad fixtures last year but Mane edged it lately.

Zaha - IMO best pick at 6.0 or less. Should have a key role for Palace. Potentially explosive.

Wanyama - Serious lack of 4.5 mids. This could be anyone. Got a goal or two last year and nailed on.

FW

Kane - Edges Benteke as nailed on, main striker 90 mins per match and good fixtures.

Rooney - Guaranteed spot in my starting team. Main man up front at United with Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Depay and Pedro providing ammunition! Opening day captain.

Sakho - PL pedigree edges it over Deeney or Wilson for me.

0.5 ITB. Only problems are Costa and Aguero. Costa is gettable by downgrading Sakho to Deeney and upgrading Kane but I think I'll go without due to Haz and Ivan. Aguero is a wait and pray job.

A nicely balanced, well thought out team. Any changes would only be minor. I see the appeal of Kane, but I prefer Benteke. The 1.0m edges it for me. I personlly woundn't go for Zaha, but that price bracket is tricky to predict. Going for Beneke over Kane might allow you to do something with Zaha?

stephenl15

Cookie_Dough wrote: »

Hi Folks.

Trying to figure out a decent team and so far I've come up with this-

Courtois--Butland
PvA--Shaw--S Taylor--Bellerin--O'Shea
Walcott--Depay--Hazard--Jedinak--Wanyama
Rooney--Costa--Nugent.

Save 0.5 on Butland as you have Courtois. Bellerin slight rotation risk when fixtured pile up. Jedinak not strong enough as a 4th mid. Deeney or Wilson much better than Nugent for 5.5. I'd go Alder over PVA.

stephenl15

Right lads, about time I posted my team, please critique! I have given plenty of my own advice so far on this thread so it'd be nice to get something back

GK

Ruddy, Butland - Rotate very well early on

Def

Ivanovic - traditionally explosive starter, get burned every year by him. Easily downgradeable if it doesn't work

Cedric - 5.0 for nailed on attacking saints defender, no brainer

Martin, Francis - Norwich Bournmouth rotate well. Will try not to double Ruddy with Martin

Huth - Very good fixtures, set piece threat nailed on for 4.5

Mid

Walcott - Fantasy gold, extremely explosive, first name on my team sheet with Rooney.

Hazard - Mostly the fear of going without

Mané - Between himself and Siggy good vs bad fixtures. Explosive. Was on Siggy for most part due to his fast start despite bad fixtures last year but Mane edged it lately.

Zaha - IMO best pick at 6.0 or less. Should have a key role for Palace. Potentially explosive.

Wanyama - Serious lack of 4.5 mids. This could be anyone. Got a goal or two last year and nailed on.

FW

Kane - Edges Benteke as nailed on, main striker 90 mins per match and good fixtures.

Rooney - Guaranteed spot in my starting team. Main man up front at United with Schneiderlin, Schweinsteiger, Depay and Pedro providing ammunition! Opening day captain.

Sakho - PL pedigree edges it over Deeney or Wilson for me.

0.5 ITB. Only problems are Costa and Aguero. Costa is gettable by downgrading Sakho to Deeney and upgrading Kane but I think I'll go without due to Haz and Ivan. Aguero is a wait and pray job.