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Solid. Hopefully Walcott plays, otherwise you can always downgrade. You could trade Azpi for Koscielny, but that's really a nitpick. :]

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Don't know whether only the mods are supposed to reply, but I'll still give my opinion.

Overall I like it. Reasonably punty.

The only problem I see is that your bench seems very weak : in case of injuries you'll have trouble fielding a suitable replacement

Nice team! Only question would be how to get Aguero in but I guess that's for another day/week!:-)

Looks very good to me. Money invested throughout each position. Personally not convinced on Pelle. Like the Sterling and Shaw picks. Aguero plan?

Why did you go with Jenkinson ahead of Cedric ? . Leicester and Norwich rotate with Southampton . I am also not sure Pelle , Chadli and Fabs are better than Ritchie , Hazard and Sakho

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Brave to go without Hazard. Looks good but I feel it's missing a 'kick', especially seeing the lack of Hazard. I spent ~2.0m less on defence than you, yet still have Azpi & Jenkinson in defence, along with two 4.5s and a 4.0 (with a loan 4.5 in goals). This is my attack:

Hazard Ozil 7.0 7.0
Aguero Rooney 5.5

I think a funds distribution favouring attack heavily is more flexible (seeing as the crucial trends are usually in attack) at the start. Just my opinion.

Like the screenshot - gives me goosebumps! Team simulat to mine. All about a good start. Not a Chadli fan - prefer Milner/Tadic.

No Hazard is a risk. Reliable captain option for Chelsea early on I reckon. And the 53% ownership is scary.

Shaw over Arsenal defence? I'd have Mertesacker.

Rusell Martin over a Sunderland defender? Sunderland probably v. slightly more reliable and rotate well with Huth

Goalkeepers - I like the Pantilimon pick but what happens if he get's injured? Will you have to waste a FT to get in another keeper? I think you should have a rotating pair, get Krul as your second choice.

Defence - Very Nice, Huth is a good pick along with Shaw and Jenkinson but will Azpilicueta do as well under the new BAPS?

Midfield - I like this midfield very much but the only problem I see is that you do not have Hazard. I know this term get's used a lot but in my opinion I do believe that Hazard is "essential" - preseason has shown us this. I like the Walcott pick but once Sanchez is back in GW2 will he not be a rotation risk?

Attack- Pelle is someone who I have as I beleive he is the best Southampton pick as they have awesome fixtures. Rooney is also a good pick but I'm worried points might be spread in the United attack. However, Benteke is a risk in my opinion because I am worried he might not feature in the opening game at Stoke so that's 8.5 wasted in GW1. I don't this he's trained yet with the team.

depay or mata ??? both sucked pre season lol
your team is so near mine just different players from same team
I ve depay u ve rooney
I ve milner u ve benteke
I ve hazard u ve csec
me kane you chadli
all r same even panti cesar and Walcott pelle

I wouldn't worry too much about not having Milner and Ritchie.

You are a little light up front have you thought about captain options?

Too much spent in midfield for me - if you're planning on a 3-5-2 I'd suggest having a 4.5 forward who you don't use and try to beef up another of the forward slots.

With this strategy I would advise you have at least one of Kane/Rooney/Costa/Aguero (i.e. a big hitter) in order to maximise your forwards' points.

I prefer Mane to Tadic even if that means rotating 4.5s

Mane + rotating 4.5

Mane for me as well, with the rotation should be good.

Bellerin and Shaw are perhaps slightly risky picks. Maybe consider Kosc and a 5.0 defender.

Midfield looks good, though I'd agree about Tadic to Mane.

I prefer Mane to Tadic AND 2 4.5s to 1 5.0 so it's a no brainer from me.

Aguero's not nailed for week one so I wouldn't have a 13.0m guy not playing week one. His price aint going anywhere week one if he doesnt score. Spread the cash around and plan for a return week 4

I like this. Good spread of money across the positions...some good captain choices.

Lack of Hazard could be a worry, but Mata, Sterling, Cazorla, Fàbregas could make up for that.

Jags - you are a spoiling me. I'm very keen on him this season with the change to the bonus points, but beware after gwk 1 fixtures turn very nasty for Phil

A bit light up front and not too heavy in defence either. Your midfield isn't bad but who are you looking to captain each week?

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Very week front line , money itb ? If so , spend it
Jagielka - a no , till fixtures turn , otherwise good

Too light up top. I'd delete all the players and start from scratch, you'd be surprised how much it helps to regain balance.

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Huth, Francis, Martin. I think.

I would downgrade Walcott and upgrade Ki to Ritchie.

To rely on Ki as a 4th mid playing every week....

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Yes.
Nice team - prefer Cazorla. Not liking O'Shea ...

Defense and attack look very strong.

I'd use the 2m to upgrade Chadli/Ki - perhaps Chadli to Mane/Payet and Ki to Ritchie/6.5.

Like as a Kun starting team. But prefer risking without early.
Not sure about Hennessey , starting ? Prefer Ruddy to Butland , although have both.
Not overly keen on Ki - but that means nothing , could be good

I like Ki or Redmond at the moment

Looks good - nice spread of funds.

Good. 7/10 but not sure about kun aguero. Someone said that he isn't fit. :/

Post just one could be better - but ask questions about others you are considering. Is Mata better than Depay, that kind of thing.

Terrific post. Difficult to achieve all this but this should be the RMT instruction manual.

Yep , in a nutshell

Rotating Ritchie and Deeney for final attacking slot.

Wouldn't be convinced of Walcott playing time. Would say Ramsey and Ozil only truly nailed on arsenal mids. Charity shield may reveal different but can see Giroud starting season and Ramsey playing right

I think Wilson is the better option. Don't rate Spurs defensively from an FPL p.o.v. maybe Jenkinson? Or a 4.5 and upgrade Targett as he won't play.

You may suffer from bench points every other week.

Keep an eye on the WBA keeper situation...also Target is a transfer waiting to happen when Bertrand comes back. Like the mid and fwd line though - very strong.

9/10. Lean and mean. Coates to 4.0 and Ramsey to Walcott.

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Solid team. Lukaku looks short term though.

Aguero's probably injured for GMWK 1 so I wouldn't bother having him in there.

Also City have bad fixtures week 2 and 3 so most people are looking at week 4 to bring him in.

Think JRod will be eased in so Pelle would work better. Having 2 Arsenal defence players could be a handicap if they are scoring well. Not sure on Baker.

Pelle.
Depay.

Mertesacker might be a roation risk so you are better off upgrading him to Koscielny.
Jenkinson is a good pick with great attacking potential.
Huth is a steal at 4.5.
Francis should get the odd assist here and there.
O'Shea yes I like the pick and he should be nailed on.

I like it, decided against Sterling in the end then?

Looks a decent team. Just need to see if Bellerin will start.

1. Chadli's gametime should be largely similar to last season or better imo - Spurs definitely haven't signed a replacement.

2. I feel that Benteke may take a little time to adjust and certainlyn Liverpool's fixtures aren't the kindest, so I'd consider someone like Pelle or Lukaku in this price range.

3. I think Azpi is fine - if you use 1m to get Ivan it will be even harder to bring Aguero in when you want without using a wildcard.

Seems silly making a defensive transfer after GW1. If you want to save your WC, you need to plan for a longer period and use transfers in attack over defence. If you want Aguero, someone needs a nice downgrade.

For me that would be insane. Arsenal are capable of really punishing weaker sides and they face a fair few early on. They could easily score four or five against West Ham in Gwk 1.

Probably not for me - I'll check the team on Sunday and decide from there (check Ludo's post above)

No - we saw against Lyon that Arsenal mids tend to share the points around them, with Sanchez and Walcott likely to be the standout options. So it's probably not the end of the world whichever you pick as they will all likely pick up some points.

I still consider Benteke a slight risk in terms of early starts - he hasn't had a Liverpool pre season and may be eased in with a gwk 2 start. Similar for Adebayor - who is a massive risk wherever he plays.

Like the midfield though, but I'd consider a prem defender in the backline - Chelsea perhaps. Always reliable. Azpilicueta if low on funds.

You're going to have to bench one of those front 8 every week so maybe downgrade Ritchie or Eriksen and upgrade defence?

I would downgrade Sterling or Eriksen maybe even Ritchie.

wow we have very similar teams

Solid team. Looks like 15 starters if Hennessey moves.

We are all in the same boat regarding forwards. Very few will have all 3 firing.
Nice team otherwise.

Any previous FPL winners about?

I will end up going cheap defence I think, prefer to be all about attack at the start. Will still try and fit someone like Azpilcueta in if I can though

Completely agree. Flexibility and funds distribution is an important, if not crucial aspect of the initial GW1 team. As Ludo eloquently summed up in a recent hot-topic, it's something to consider when assembling drafts.

I'm hugely against the Gmwk 4 WC. This season more than ever with the chips you're gonna want that 2nd WC for a double gmwk sometime around wk 30. That's 26 odd weeks between wildcards which for me is a big risk with the busy Christmas period where there's lots of rotations and then January transfers.

Plus it's always so difficult to plan your transfers, especially during the first few weeks when players nobody thought of start scoring and you want them in.

You're team actually looks pretty solid, but I'd look at Hazard over Costa if you're only going for one or the other

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