Wildcard 2018/19

Close to final draft I think. Ings in, Fraser out and back to 3-4-3. Not a fan of having a Southampton forward in general but after looking at Ings' stats and taking on board what klopparama said, I think he's worth investing in at that price.

Ederson
Mendy Robertson Monreal
Salah Mkhi Pedro Ricky
Auba Aguero Ings

Am on WC...
Have a post on FPL chat page today re who are best options as 4.0 def and 4.5 m midfielder....W Bas obvious and have him but want a second....have Stankovic there at mo....
Have Guendouzi as fodder midfielder....
Given the amount of price fallers this year I think your bench need to be lads safe from a price drop if at all possible.
Who do people reckon are safest bench fodder picks?
If ye gave time look at my post about it on FPL chat page...my WC team there too.


Thanks.

letsgo2018 wrote: »

Opinion of this

Looks a good first team to me. Got wildcard team set myself and very similar. This week my line up is the same except I have Robertson instead of Trippier, and Fraser and Wilson instead of Pedro and Mkhitaryan. I have a bit more value tied up on the bench than some might recommend but I think it's good to have some choices on the first team depending on fixtures.

extra gravy wrote: »

Close to final draft I think. Ings in, Fraser out and back to 3-4-3. Not a fan of having a Southampton forward in general but after looking at Ings' stats and taking on board what klopparama said, I think he's worth investing in at that price.

Ederson
Mendy Robertson Monreal
Salah Mkhi Pedro Ricky
Auba Aguero Ings

I've settled on a very similar team, but am 0.1 short for a 5.5 def, so no Monreal for me. Unless a price change or two goes my way tonight, I'm looking at Pereira.

Has anyone actually made money off a player that they won't actually keep in their team this week? Alonso looks like he'll be the only one I get after his rise tonight, thought I'd get from Wilson too but he won't get a second rise tonight.

shineon23 wrote: »

Well I decided to not buy Lloris in case he gets incarcerated.

Ended up on this.

McCarthy-Hamer

Alonso-Mendy-Robertson-Bennett(Wolves)-Wan-Bissake

D.Silva-Salah-Richarlison-Kante-Stephens

Ings-Aguero-Aubameyang


Don't know how I'll get a Spurs attacker without 2 moves and losing a big name.
and not happy with my 2 budget MFs, McCarthy will be swapped for another 4.5 when Southampton's fixtures turn.

Any thoughts?

I'd be worried about going with McCarthy and Hamer as both could lose their place . Hamer probably will this weekend . McCarthy if he has a bad game
I can't get behind playing Kante every week.........when everyone is available (very soon ) he may well revert to the role he has played his entire career outside of the last 2 games .......

I stuck with my preseason plan and wildcard
I set up for those 2 weeks and hoped to get a decent start . I have even if I'm still 30 behind in main league. The plan was then to jump on a couple of tea!s who have a really really good run of fixtures. I've also avoided a fair few price drops .
So it's a little experment. A proactive rather than reactive wildcard . Let's see how it goes . It's also set up with a specific week in mind ............best laid plans and all that..........
I've spent WAY more on keepers and defence that usual but that's due to the value in midfield this year
I had Ings in for Arnie but I don't trust Southampton/Hughes and I didn't need the extra money in the end
Mane and auba the 2 players I fear not owning as they will be in a lot of teams around me
Kane isn't

GK
Schmeichel /Hennessy- decent rotation and more importantly when Palaces fixtures turn Leicester have good ones. At that stage I won't need a second playing keeper hopefully and will downgrade .........

Def
Robertson Mendy WanB Alonso Steve cook
already owned first 3. Alonso could be a disaster but if he is its easy to downgrade to Bavies . Steve Cook will be my 5th defender . I needed a defender from a team with a good fixture for one particular week..........I got his first rise and hopefully knock a second out of him. Doherty when he dropped to 4.4 tempted me as did Holebas at 4.6
Reality is he won't be played hopefully bar that one week

Mid
Salah Ricky Miki Pedro Fraser
This was the main reason for wildcarding . Couple of 50/50 calls wrong and wanted in on Arsenal and Chelsea attack
Pedro a risk but lots of other options of he doesn't work out. Maddison being the number one target

Fwd
Aguero Arnie Mitrovic
Had the first 2 . Been very very impressed with Mitrovic despite what I said preseson .
Happy to chance him for a few weeks
Arnie could have become zaha but I just prefer Arnie. He has more of an eye for goal and has pens. And he is a lunatic !!!

0.3 ITB

It's a different team set up than usual for me so be interesting to see how it goes

One final note . I wildcards basically over one evening . Sunday I think it was . And !add a few changes Monday and that was it. Much more relaxed about it as I had the bones of the squad together and the rest in my head since preseason.

How do things work these days. There were no chips back when I played. 1 wildcard between now and the new year? And one chip that can be used any time?

There surely won't be many obvious opportunities to use towards the winter break.

What's the most common strategy? Early wildcard to maximise profit after a few weeks?

S.M.B. wrote: »

How do things work these days. There were no chips back when I played. 1 wildcard between now and the new year? And one chip that can be used any time?

There surely won't be many obvious opportunities to use towards the winter break.

What's the most common strategy? Early wildcard to maximise profit after a few weeks?

That's the reason I went for it last week. Saw some good players going up in value and not in team so reckoned it was a good time to get in on the price rises and improve the weak spots in the team. Made 0.1mill profit on selling Richarlison for Walcott about 10minutes ago.