The Rate My Team Discussion

With so many of you seeking advice on their teams before August 16, we thought it would prudent to run a daily community article to provide a dedicated focus for “Rate My Team” (RMT) requests.

Each day ahead of the new season, we’ll select one of the Fantasy Football Scout team and post up their own RMT request to open up discussion and encourage others to post their own. We’ll turn the comments over to you to provide a useful place for those seeking advice and highlight some of the key decisions under deliberation.

Please nudge those posting RMTs in other articles to visit this daily RMT article. Also, when posting requests, please remember to be courteous to those who take the time to help out. Equally, if you’re an experienced Fantasy manager with some views on initial line-ups, take time out to dip in and contribute – the Fantasy Football Scout team will be doing their upmost to offer their feedback as the discussion develops throughout the day.

Next up is Demi who is looking for feedback on this team:

De Gea/Hamer

Mariappa, Wisdom, Davies, Debuchy, Terry

Mata, Sigurdsson, Eriksen, Hazard, Albrighton

Diego Costa, Rooney, Diouf

Demi says he is pretty set on having David De Gea and a non-playing keeper, and it’s one of the few positions that have remained constant in all his drafts. Juan Mata, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Christian Eriksen and Eden Hazard have all featured strongly in most of his thoughts too, but, apparently, he could be persuaded to start the season with Cesc Fabregas and use the extra cash to upgrade his defence. Speaking of which, John Terry is the one certainty in Demi’s rearguard: the others are more doubtful. Demi is currently undecided as to whether to keep an Arsenal defender in his side, with Debuchy his current preferred selection.

Up front, Wayne Rooney is locked in, but Demi has been really struggling for inspiration on the other two forward spots. Diego Costa seems as good as any option for the first three or four games; he’s not keen on Olivier Giroud or Edin Dzeko with their respective fixtures. Would he be better off downgrading Costa and instead focusing on solidifying his defence?

Feel free to get stuck in with your feedback. We look forward to scanning your RMTs throughout the day on this article.

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DIXON
9 years, 9 months ago
Help please

Current team...

De Gea Elliot
Baines Trippier Clyne 4.0m 4.0m
Sanchez Hazard Mata Siggy Hoilett
Rooney Dzeko Bojan

Thinking of upgrading Bojan to Austin with the 0.5 in the bank but don't want to double up on QPR.

Any suggestions or general comments about the team would be appreciated.
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1. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Personally, I think Trippier, as good as he is, is an expensive commodity. Your relying on a defender from a newly promoted team to get attacking returns, which can occur at any point, whereas clean sheets are the true bread a butter. When would you seek to bench him?
  
  Baines early season fixtures are horrible, so you may be disappointed with his returns.
  
  Wait and see the final Southampton pre-season fixture. Traditionally taken very seriously, and should see that team start the season. If Yoshida or someone else fills in at centre halve, I'd take them over the 5.0 Clyne.
  
  I like the mids and forwards, some punts with some big hitters. Watch out for Hazard, he had an extended break for the world cup, so no one is really sure when he will be match fit (although he probably will be)
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asquishypotato
9 years, 9 months ago
Just a quick one here, I'm well aware that points come from the midfield and forwards, and clean sheets are a nice bonus, but have a left myself a bit too light at the back?

Mannonne, Krul,

Huth, Moore, Chester, Davies, Phil Jones,

Sanchez, Siggy, Mata, Lamela, Albrighton,

Costa, Rooney, Jovetic.
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1. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Anyone? Not a single person glanced over?
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  1. rbir
    9 years, 9 months ago
    I like it, I think your defence is just about strong enough in terms of value. The only thing I'd suggest is rejigging the investment so you have 2 x £4m subs and a slightly stronger first team defender. So perhaps downgrade Chester to Wisdom and upgrade Huth or Davies.
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    1. asquishypotato
      9 years, 9 months ago
      I could downgrade to Wisdom or another (that Swansea bloke has been floating his name around), who would you recommend upgrading Davies or Huth to? Could jump onto Shawcross for the clean sheets, guaranteed playing time, or Davies to someone else?
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      1. rbir
        9 years, 9 months ago
        Yeah N Taylor is another option for the downgrade. Huth was out injured for a lot of last season so I'd be hesitant with starting him in week 1. At £5.5 there's Debuchy which I think is a good option as long as you're confident he will start. You could also downgrade Davies as well to a £4.5 and get a £6m defender like Mert or Azpi to go alonside Jones and rotate the 3rd defender depending on the fixture. I like Davies but there's a bit of uncertainty given that he's a new signing.
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        asquishypotato
        9 years, 9 months ago
        There are a lot of options round Davies, so if he doesn't start I can easily switch. I don't like bringing in expensive defenders straight away unless their fixtures end up being gorgeous (I brought in Mertesacker right at the start of his run). I'd say Huth was a sure fire to start, but the Scout doesn't fill us with the full team selection, so I'll have to do some research.
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        rbir
        9 years, 9 months ago
        If he's fit then he'll start for sure but he's been out for about 9 months. I know what you mean about expensive defenders but I prefer to have a couple that I know can confidently start in almost any fixture - I've gone with Cahill & Jones and the rest will rotate. It might be a bit different this season with the new points system though.
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        eljinj
        9 years, 9 months ago
        still not convinced mannone will start, should but not sure. replacing gk rotation may be costly.
        
        Jovetic might be a risk too.
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        asquishypotato
        9 years, 9 months ago
        Switched it to foster/krul. Reasonable rotation and save points.
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Venom Snake
9 years, 9 months ago
How to improve this lot

Speroni
Evans - Clyne - Coloccini - vAanholt - Wisdom
Eriksen - Mata - Siggy - Sanchez - Wanyama
Dzeko - Costa - Rooney
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1. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  How often will you play your 5th mid? There are a couple of other options out there, otherwise Wanyama may be good only for 1 point yellow cards.
  
  Keep an eye on Wisdom, just in case. Other then that I like it.
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Headless
9 years, 9 months ago
A RMT please.

DDG

Azpi / Debuchy / V Aanhott / Coloccini / Baird

Mata / Ramsey / Henderson / Eriksen / Marney

Jovtic / Rooney / Costa

Jovetic is in short term
Money in defence means I won't have to make any changes there for a while.

Any thoughts on improvements?
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1. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Any reason to choose Henderson? I know he will improve his goals over the year, but the starting few weeks are not great and there are other options at that price range.
  
  Whilst Arsenal are good defensively, I'm not convinced to get them until their fixtures ease up, they face a fair few strong sides early on.
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  1. Headless
    9 years, 9 months ago
    Thanks for the input.
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    1. asquishypotato
      9 years, 9 months ago
      Your welcome. Its all just preference really, I like Debuchy for later on in the season, just no with the fixture list to start with.
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Jimbojoneshello
9 years, 9 months ago
Hi guys would super really some help. Got 0.5 in the bank and concerned about Dzeko not starting.

De Gea (Gilks)
Debuchy, Cahill, Cylne (Moore, Wisdom)
Hazard, Eriksen, Henderson, Ramsey (Albrighton)
Rooney, Dzeko, Giroud

Many thanks in advance!
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1. eljinj
  9 years, 9 months ago
  dzeko to bony if your not sure of starts, but if you think your subs will then thats why there in.
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Saosin
9 years, 9 months ago
RMT

Mannone - Krul
Evans - Debuchy - Terry - Chester - Dummet
Ramsey - Lamela- Hazard - Siggy - Albrighton
Dzeko - Rooney - Giroud*

* Go for Bony instead?

Cheers 😀
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1. Jimjam
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Bony is a great player but you'd be doubling up on Swansea which I would be hesitant to do
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Dcon
9 years, 9 months ago
Team A or B please and any comments appreciated.

A
Speroni, Pantilimon
Kompany, Vertonghen, Ward, Yoshida, Moore
Ramsey, Lamela, Fábregas, Young, Shelvey
Jovetic, Rooney, Lukaku

B
Krul, Pantilimon
Trippier, Cresswell, Rafael, Moore, Ward
Eriksen, Özil, Silva, Mata, Albrighton
Remy, Dzeko, Rooney
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1. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Team B for me, although Rafael may not work out how you would like.
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2. Jimjam
  9 years, 9 months ago
  A for me
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  1. eljinj
    9 years, 9 months ago
    pantillimon or mannone might be a risk for in rotation pair. If you get the wrong one krul plays man city day 1 and speroni plays arsenal.
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The Finnisher
9 years, 9 months ago
Haven't tinkered for a while besides getting Vert so probably well out of date. Not sure if I am going to change the money spent in defence or not;

Krul
Evans Vertonghen Terry
Hazard Ramsey Eriksen Sigurdsson
Rooney Sturridge Austin

Elliott 4.5 Wisdom Moore
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1. Walsh
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Looks pretty solid. Secure on Austin? I am considering him as none of the 3rd forward choices are inspiring me but I am worried about funds if I want to upgrade him early on despite their good fixtures..
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  1. The Finnisher
    9 years, 9 months ago
    Not secure on anything 😆
    
    I just keep comparing his numbers to Lambert who I had in his first PL season, no logic behind it though.
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2. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  My only worry is Hazard, as I keep telling people. Perhaps Fabregas and keep the change so you can join a bandwagon or upgrade to Hazard.
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  1. The Finnisher
    9 years, 9 months ago
    As in, you dont think he will be ready to start the season?
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    1. asquishypotato
      9 years, 9 months ago
      Mourinho mentioned in his comments that certain players would need a rest and then to begin training again. I'm reading this as Salah getting a start against Palace instead of Willian/Oscar/Schurrle, since its a fairly easy game to start with.
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  2. eljinj
    9 years, 9 months ago
    hazard to fabregas is easier after week 1 than upgrade unless u plan on leaving 1m aside.
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3. Sigga -Cardiff City-
  9 years, 9 months ago
  don't like krulleiot
  olther than that awesome
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  1. The Finnisher
    9 years, 9 months ago
    I dont really like it either. Happy saving money on keepers as it has always been the way, but Newcastle are pretty shite. Wish Mannone was nailed on.
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Crockstar
9 years, 9 months ago
Keep trying to alter this team but always end up back where I started, any help from you guys?

Mannone / Krul
Azpi / Mariappa / van Aanholt / Dummett / Wisdom
Sanchez / Fabregas / Mata / Siggy / Wanyama
Rooney / Costa / Jovetic

Thinking that if all the defenders play they offer a decent cheap rotation between them and want to keep sanchez due to the high ownership and if you flops I can easily downgrade.
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1. Walsh
  9 years, 9 months ago
  I reckon you should downgrade Jovetic to fund some upgrades to your defense. If things go badly for you there is a chance you may not be able to field 3 starters back there.
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2. Jimjam
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Will Dummet play?
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  1. Crockstar
    9 years, 9 months ago
    I'm hoping so ha, I was unsure but after reading this I was sold http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2014/08/06/the-best-4-0-priced-defenders/
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Sigga -Cardiff City-
9 years, 9 months ago
hey guys I have .5m spend where should it go?

DDG
Cahil - Luis - Debuchy
Hazard - Mata - Tadic - Arnie
Rooney - Dzeko - Austin

Bench:
GK: Gilks
1; Mid : Siggy
2 ; Def : Wisdom
3 ; Def: Moore
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1. Walsh
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Switch one of your 4.0s to a 4.5 defender maybe?
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  1. Sigga -Cardiff City-
    9 years, 9 months ago
    thinking Moore to one of
    Taylor from Swansea,
    Mariapa of palace,
    Vlaar @ southie if it happens
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    1. Sigga -Cardiff City-
      9 years, 9 months ago
      or Chester/ rosenoir of hull
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Jimjam
9 years, 9 months ago
Begovic (Gilks)
Luis - Evans - Bavies (Van Aanholt - Mariappa)
Hazard - Ramsey - Eriksen - Siggy (Albrighton)
Rooney - Lukaku - Dzeko

How's it looking? Any glaring issues?

Would Lukaku & Hazard -> Costa & Sterling be an improvement?
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1. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  The Lukaku and Hazard change appeals too me, Sterling could go big, but I'm avoiding Liverpool assets until a) sturridge is confirmed alive, and b) post Man City fixture.
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  1. eljinj
    9 years, 9 months ago
    baines! happy someone else has him,...maybe im not crazy
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preisman
9 years, 9 months ago
STRUGGLING - RMT two options please?

3-5-2:
Krul
Terry-Koscielny-rotating 3rd back (Wisdom/Bruce/Vlaar for now)
Sanchez-Mata-Silva-Sterling-Young
Roo-Lukaku (Zamora cheap bench striker)

OR, a crazy 4-5-1:
Krul
Baines-Coleman-Debuchy-Luis (Wisdom backup)
Sanchez-Mata-Fabergas-Sterling-Young
Roo (Zamora and VazTe backups)

Completely crazy to go with both Baines and Coleman, right? Thanks!
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1. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  the 3-5-2 hands down, although I'd change Lukaku out for someone else, but thats a personal preference.
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  1. preisman
    9 years, 9 months ago
    Thanks Squishy! Suggestions on replacing Lukaku? Dzeko, even with playing time concerns? Or something more drastic?
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    1. asquishypotato
      9 years, 9 months ago
      City cover is always good, and both Dzeko and Jovetic will start the first game thanks to the other two's injuries. Long term prospects dependant on their form. A Tottenham forward could be useful dependant on who gets the spot.
      
      There are a lot of options for that 2nd forward spot of yours, so my only concern would be finding a replacement for Young if/when he loses his spot to either Rafael or Valencia.
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DIXON
9 years, 9 months ago
Decent back 6?

DDG
Terry - Ward - Caulker - van Aanholt - Coloccini

Was thinking of rotating Ward/Caulker and VA/Coloccini where either QPR or CP have a difficult fixture.
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1. A.T
  9 years, 9 months ago
  That works. My guess would be Cahill to be the safest Chelsea pick.
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Your Mum's Athletic
9 years, 9 months ago
Rip into this please guys:

Krul Elliot

Evans Ward Huth Naylor Duff

Sanchez Mata Fab Sterling Siggy

Rooney Dzeko Bojan

Siggy/Bojan rotating, Huth/Naylor rotate pefectly, any thoughts?
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1. Jimjam
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Looks well reasoned to me
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2. Walsh
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Looks fine. Don't subscribe to rotating attackers, but hope it works out for you.
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  1. Your Mum's Athletic
    9 years, 9 months ago
    both stoke and swansea are more inclined to play 4-5-1 or at the very least more defensive away from home making both siggy and bojan less likely to either play or be on the wings which requires alot more tracking back...
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3. Your Mum's Athletic
  9 years, 9 months ago
  cheers lads
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4. djenzio
  9 years, 9 months ago
  pretty much same team as me apart from defense....
  
  i have
  
  krul heaton
  
  ward pieters simpson wisdom bavies
  
  so....9/10 🙂
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Andy Unsocial
9 years, 9 months ago
How about this team for GW1?
Begovic
Luis Evans Chester
Sanchez Hazard(vc) Eriksen Siggurdson
Rooney(c) Dzeko Lukaku

Bench: Gilks,El Ahmadi,Wisdom,Moore.

Key points:
1.Going for Lukaku despite tough fixtures as there'nt too many reliable options below options...also,Everton have City and Chelsea to play at home which means they should be able to score.Bony is another option but two Swansea attackers is overkill.
2.Hazard instead of Fabregas because of uncertainty regarding Fabregas' position.
3.Luis because I'm dead sure he'll start.
4.Always like to go light in defense at the start.

Thoughts?
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1. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  I like it, I just have a personal problem with Lukaku, always have and always will.
  
  El Ahmadi is not for me, especially with Lambert trying to reinforce his midfield.
  
  I'm with you on the Luis thing, hes a specific player for a specific role.
  
  When you say for GW1, are you wildcarding soon after? Or is this your team good to go?
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  1. Andy Unsocial
    9 years, 9 months ago
    Thanks 🙂 i like saving up the wildcard for the end stages..going by your advice,I'll get Wanyama for El Ahmadi...cheers!!
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sinik
9 years, 9 months ago
thoughts on where to go from here?

...................De Gea
..........Cahill - Ward - Huth
Sanchez - Fabregas - Mata - Nasri
........Rooney - Dzeko - Bojan

Myhill - Albrighton - Bartley - Wisdom
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1. Walsh
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Don't like Nasri or Bojan. Rest looks fine. Would probably be more secure with just 1 4.0 in defense also.
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  1. sinik
    9 years, 9 months ago
    why the nay to both?
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    1. Walsh
      9 years, 9 months ago
      Too many better options around Nasri's price range for me and while he's a fairly consistent point scorer he doesn't seem to have enough goal threat for me at 8.5. Seems more of a luxury player to throw in for a couple weeks if City have good fixtures and our TV is way higher than 100. Bojan just does nothing for me, wouldn't want to punt on 3rd striker spot for someone who will not even be playing as the no.9
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      1. sinik
        9 years, 9 months ago
        for 5.5m as a striker, if he's starting that's pretty good. If Naismith starts alongside Lukaku (like some on TFPL think) then I'll get him in stead and upgrade Nasri to Silva
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        Walsh
        9 years, 9 months ago
        Could do. Still think you're going to be taking an early hit to fix that third striker spot once a bandwagon emerges - but that's why they give us transfers after GW1 😉
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        sinik
        9 years, 9 months ago
        what's your striker lineup?
        
        the cheap 3rd striker is the price paid to have a premium mid..if I'm confident Young will start regularly then I could also get him in as a 4th mid and upgrade the striker but I'm not sure how he'll fit into the plans with Shaw, Rafael and Valencia in the mix (though on his preseason, LVG has to give him the benefit of the doubt at the beginning)
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        Walsh
        9 years, 9 months ago
        That is something I am still trying to work out. I have Siggy and Jovetic currently as my 4th mid and 3rd striker. I am staying far away from the cheaper United options as I don't want to treble since I have Rooney and Mata. I don't like Jovetic really at all but I am struggling for another option. I sort of like Pelle even though that tough GW1 fixture, he is nailed as the main man and I think he could get decent service and am tinkering with the idea of going with him and Arnie instead. While I think Siggy will do well this year I don't think you could get too burned by not going with him from GW1. Really not sure though, but these are the things left I have to sort out I think.
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        Walsh
        9 years, 9 months ago
        Didn't even answer your question haha. Rooney - Costa - XXX right now.
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  2. sinik
    9 years, 9 months ago
    also if both 4.0's are nailed, what's the problem? my other defenders are solid
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    1. Walsh
      9 years, 9 months ago
      Both are far from nailed. Bartley has the edge over Amat I guess but who knows - maybe Monk buys a new CB. Wisdom nailed for a couple weeks but we don't know how Gamboa will fit in or what system they will play. He could easily miss out some games.
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      1. sinik
        9 years, 9 months ago
        Gamboa's work permit fell through I thought
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        Walsh
        9 years, 9 months ago
        No, he's signed officially either yesterday or today I believe.
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        sinik
        9 years, 9 months ago
        interesting, suppose I'll drop Wisdom and Cahill and pick up Chester Luis and hold onto Bartley for now
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        Walsh
        9 years, 9 months ago
        Could be safer. Wasting a transfer early doors on a defender is far from ideal.
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        sinik
        9 years, 9 months ago
        truth
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      2. sinik
        9 years, 9 months ago
        also could easily get Luis instead of Cahill and upgrade one of the 4.0's to a 4.5
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budilove
9 years, 9 months ago
RMT Please

This is my 5th Selection

Schmeichel Boruc

Cameron Jagielka Caulker Wisdom Rosenior

Eriksen Ramsey Fabregas Mata Shelvey

Pelle Rooney Dzeko
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1. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Avoid Jagielka. Horrible starting fixtures, better options out there. Shelvey is a bit of a waste of funds, I'm assuming he will be benched most of the time, so having 5.5 sat around isn't great. Downgrade him to a 5 or 4.5 and keep the change, or use it to upgrade to Baines.
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  1. eljinj
    9 years, 9 months ago
    if your unsure of shelvey....
    
    pelle < tadic (free kicks and pens). Then swap shelvey for a 5.5 striker (bojan maybe)
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A Fat Spanish Waiter
9 years, 9 months ago
latest iteration - go nuts.

Foster guzan
Clyne Evans Koscielny (vlaar wisdom)
Hazard Eriksen Mata Tatic (albrighton)
Rooney Lukaka Pelle

No, I don't have a Jones for Southampton. The just seem to have added some quality, and with the exception of week 1, their fixture list is easy.
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1. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Agreed, but watch how they play their final pre-season game. If they play well and keep a cleanie or score lots of goals, with Tadic and Pelle being essential, keep them. If not, look elsewhere.
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  1. Andy Unsocial
    9 years, 9 months ago
    2 Southampton attackers is overkill IMO...the goalkeeper pairing is not convincing too..
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DIXON
9 years, 9 months ago
Snoddy or Arnie??
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1. budilove
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Snoddy
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Jimbojoneshello
9 years, 9 months ago
Hi guys, latest iteration - not sure what to do with my extra 0.5!

De Gea (Gilks)
Debuchy, Cahill, Cylne (Moore, Wisdom)
Hazard, Eriksen, Henderson, Ramsey (Albrighton)
Rooney, Dzeko, Giroud

Many thanks in advance!
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RVP fc
9 years, 9 months ago
Please RMT

Begovic Gilks

Luis Evans Ben Davis Marriapa Wisdom

Mata Cesc Sanchez Siggy Albrighton

Rooney Costa Austin

I have gone for just playing begovic every week. No selection dilemma and a solid defence. Also i think gilks may get games in first team

Defense has spurs united and chelsea players along with marriapa and wisdom to chip in when davis fixtures are poor

Midfield i have the 3 big hitters. Think sanchez will score alot of points and can downgrade to ramsey if it emerges he can get as many points as sanchez. Mata has great fixtures and so does cesc. siggy is great value. albrighton = bench

%Rooney is just essential imo. Have costa but unsure having 3 chelsea.. What do you think. Could get in adebayor/bony/ lukaku abd upgrade elswhere. think austin is great value and will get goals.

What do you all think?
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1. Walsh
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Mariappa will not be starting for us for long. If TP doesn't buy someone before the Arsenal game he will do so before the end of the transfer window - would not start with Mariappa under any circumstance. Besides that looks fine. Liking the look of Austin with their kind fixtures to start.
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2. asquishypotato
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Agreed with Walsh, look outside Mariappa. Other then that I like it. The Tottenham forwards appeal to me, it just depends which ones.
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3. Mr. Rabbit
  9 years, 9 months ago
  I think it's a very good team and I would have no problem with havinng 3 CHE players with their early fixtures. Bavies playing time the only concern
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  1. RVP fc
    9 years, 9 months ago
    thanks for replys. Do you think that i should get speroni in goal to cover palace and get a stoke defender maybe cameron or just go safe with collocini or ferdinand
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    1. Walsh
      9 years, 9 months ago
      If you aren't willing to plump for 5.0s I would go safe with Collo and Ferdy.
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    2. Paul Psychic Octopus
      9 years, 9 months ago
      Speroni not guaranteed to start - 50/50 over whether Hennessey is number 1 instead
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      1. RVP fc
        9 years, 9 months ago
        Thanks you were a big help
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WithEase
9 years, 9 months ago
Krul, Foster

Terry, Reid, Shaw, Debuchy, Dann

Mata, Albrighton, Sanchez, Eriksen, Siggy

Lukaku, Bojan, Rooney

Thoughts?
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1. Raging Kaboul
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Good team all in all. However personally I would leave shaw and debuchy for gameweek1 as there is no certainty they will be knocked
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  1. WithEase
    9 years, 9 months ago
    Cheers mate, I'll keep an eye on Debuchy and Shaw.
    
    Tried to go as balanced as I could with a sprinkling of heavy hitters and dependable budget options.
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2. Mr. Rabbit
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Defence is much too expensive. Debuchy and one of Reid or Dann should go for players worth 4/4.5. You'll be playing Shaw, Terry and just one other most weeks. Then you can use the money to upgrade midfield/attack.
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  1. WithEase
    9 years, 9 months ago
    Know what you mean, but at the moment I can't see many viable cheaper options at the back that would potentially score higher and allow me to beef up the attacking side.
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    1. eljinj
      9 years, 9 months ago
      shaw maybe rested so if you go for a 4.5 u can do lukaku->costa...
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Saosin
9 years, 9 months ago
A

Mannone - Krul
Evans - Debuchy - Terry - Chester - Dummet
Ramsey - Lamela- Hazard - Siggy - Albrighton
Dzeko - Rooney - Giroud

B

DDG - Hammer
Evans - Debuchy - Terry - Chester - Dummet
Ramsey - Lamela- Hazard - Siggy - Albrighton
Jovetic - Rooney - Ade

Wich 8.5 forwards are you going for?
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1. Raging Kaboul
  9 years, 9 months ago
  B although jovetic comes with a risk. A cheaper option such as pelle or rivière seem to be a lot more enticing and would give options to improve elsewhere
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  1. eljinj
    9 years, 9 months ago
    all those 8-8.5 strikers have rotation risk. if you go for costa and bojan you have starters and money.
    especially with other rotation risks in your team.
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Liquidate
9 years, 9 months ago
Would appreciate advise on my current selection please !

Begovic, Elliot

Evans, Filipe Luis, Davies, Van Aanholt, Wisdom

Erikson, Sanchez, Hazard, Sigurdsson, Albrighton

Rooney, Diego Costa, Nugent

Thanks in advance!
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1. Mr. Rabbit
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Not much to say. Solid selections. Very template apart from Nugent, but that's not necessarily a bad thing to start the season.
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  1. Mr. Rabbit
    9 years, 9 months ago
    and by week i mean weak, obviously
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    1. Mr. Rabbit
      9 years, 9 months ago
      well that reply ended up in the wrong place
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2. Raging Kaboul
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Decent team. Although maybe hazard could be changed as he faded away towards end of season + Costa May takeover his penalty ditues
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skybluecam
9 years, 9 months ago
Help please:

Team:
Begovic
Cameron - Cahill - Felipe Luis
Sanchez - Y.Toure - Ramsey - Nasri
Crouch - Costa - Austin

SUBS: GK: Myhill CB's: Bruce, Wisdom MID: El Ahmadi

What do you think?
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1. Mr. Rabbit
  9 years, 9 months ago
  You need some United attack and your strikers are week. Ergo I think you need Rooney. Rejig your midfield to find the money for Crouch to Rooney. As far as I'm aware Crouch isn't even likely to play since Stoke bought DIouf.
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2. dribbler
  9 years, 9 months ago
  if I was going to pick Sanchez and Yaya (who are very appealing players with tricky fixtures)...I'd still want Rooney, Mata and Hazard...and if you can put together a decent team with those 5 you're smarter than me
  
  so my advice is start with Rooney and Mata...have a hard think about Hazard and those Chelsea fixtures...and then pick your other players
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  1. dribbler
    9 years, 9 months ago
    I like your CHE-CHE defence but it's only good for 4 weeks in my opinion and you don't really want to be transferring defenders
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Raging Kaboul
9 years, 9 months ago
RMT please. DDG/ Gilks. Cahill/ Debuchy/ De laet/ Ben Davies/ Chester. Sanchez/ arnie/ siggy/ eriksen/ de Jong. Rooney/ costa/ jutkiewicz 0.5 in the bank
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cjogrady
9 years, 9 months ago
De Gea - Gilks
Luis - Davies - Huth - Taylor - Coloccini
Hazard - Mata - Sterling - Eriksen - Siggy
Rooney - Pelle - Austin

I had Bony in the team for a while, but I was struggling to figure out how to make the back line work. I figured I'd take a shot with Pelle. My other consideration was dropping Hazard to Fabregas and either going back to Bony or investing more in defenders. Thoughts?

Caveat: I play in an all-Spurs league where Arsenal players are prohibited. Judge as you please.
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1. dribbler
  9 years, 9 months ago
  good team...I'd be interested to know the best overall finishing positions for guys from your league?
  
  (a) keep Haz
  (b) consider Bojan and the stoke/swansea rotation thing
  (c) not too keen on your spurs-newcastle defenders but I like the other 3
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  1. cjogrady
    9 years, 9 months ago
    Thanks.
    
    I had Bojan in one draft with the intention of rotating him with Siggy but switched up to Austin. I'll look at it again, because I like the idea.
    
    I threw Colo in there after reading the rotation article about filling in for heavy hitters. Newcastle offers a good sub for all of both Spurs' and Chelsea's tough fixtures, so those will be the times I use Colo. Other than that, it'll be Luis, Davies, and STO/SWA.
    
    The wrinkle is that if Vermaelen goes to ManU, I'll swap him in for Luis and swap DDG out for Courtois to save the 0.5. I keep going back and forth on DDG/Luis or Courtois/Evans because either way Chelsea's rotation scares me; I figure a defender not playing at least offers more of a chance of a sub.
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    1. dribbler
      9 years, 9 months ago
      I really don't like spending cash on my keeper...DDG isn't a daft choice but I'd not want to spend that much and I'd never spend more
      
      I wouldn't worry about Verm...he's injured and he's not going to make the start of the season because he's not training yet so far as I know...Barca rumours for weeks...if he goes to Utd EVERYONE will get him WHEN he's fit
      
      Colo...Newcastle were abject at the back last season...it's good to look at fixtures of course but you really need to think hard about whether or not you want to invest in a team, whether you like the manager (does he rotate etc), whether the player's nailed on etc...Colo ticks some of those boxes but I still don't want to invest in their defence
      
      there's a team who obviously have good defensive prospects that you're ignoring...their fixtures aren't as good but there's a decent chance you'll be glad all over if you invest in them
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      1. cjogrady
        9 years, 9 months ago
        Had a thought and retooled the defense:
        
        Speroni - Green
        Cahill - Evans - Cameron - Taylor - Wisdom
        
        I get the Chelsea & ManU representation I want, preserve the STO/SWA rotation, and Wisdom's fixtures offer reasonable coverage for Cameron if he doesn't play.
        
        I am hunting for the team you teased... thanks for giving me something to think about!
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Saosin
9 years, 9 months ago
Last post for today, A or B.

A

Mannone - Krul
Evans - Debuchy - Terry - Chester - Dummet
Ramsey - Lamela- Hazard - Siggy - Albrighton
Dzeko - Rooney - Giroud

B

DDG - Hamer
Evans - Davies - Terry - Chester - Dummet
Ramsey - Lamela - Fabregas - Siggy - Albrighton
Costa - Rooney - Remy
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1. A.T
  9 years, 9 months ago
  B
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2. A.T
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Best to just show the differences and not type the whole teams Saosin. It makes it easier to understand.
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  1. Saosin
    9 years, 9 months ago
    Will keep that in mind. Cheers.
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86ds
9 years, 9 months ago
Thoughts on alternative system to what most people here have gone for.

My team as it stands is a pretty conventional 3-4-3 with the usual suspects:

GK: Begovic; (Myhill)
DF: Evans; Coloccini; Vlaar; van Aanholt; Rosenior (with all 5 in rotation)
MF: Hazard; Sterling; Ramsey; Sigurdsson; (Albrighton)
FW: Rooney; Costa; Dzeko

After reading the article on 4-5-1 however, I thought I'd experiment. The idea would be to pack the defence and midfield out with high quality players and depend on just one high quality forward. In theory, you could keep this set-up (with the odd rotation) and aim to transfer the forward quite regularly, depending on form and fixtures:

GF: De Gea; (Myhill)
DF: Luis; Cahill; Evans; Bruce; (Wisdom)
MF: Hazard; Yaya; Ramsey; Sterling; Sigurdsson
FW: Rooney; (Naismith); (Barnes)

In practice, I'll probably stick with 3-4-3. But the advantage of the 4-5-1 might be - if the first few fixtures of the season go as we expect (a big if) - to accumulate a big lead on other players who stick with the more conventional formation. It would obviously be risky and depend upon certain clubs (e.g. United and Chelsea) performing highly at the start of the season.
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1. A.T
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Forwards are where the points are. 3-4-3 is the best again this season.
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2. dribbler
  9 years, 9 months ago
  if you want good players with good fixtures why don't you have Mata?
  
  both those teams stink
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  1. 86ds
    9 years, 9 months ago
    I can accept the objections to the second team but the first one is fairly strong I think. The reasoning behind not including Mata in the first midfield (instead of, say, Sterling or Ramsey) is so I am not too reliant on Man United. Fairly decent reasoning I think.
    
    What is your team then? That presumably doesn't 'stink'.
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Baby Cuties
9 years, 9 months ago
why am i seeing so little man city in these RMTs?
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1. A.T
  9 years, 9 months ago
  Starting fixtures not the best
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