I was seriously considering him but was hoping he would be less than £6m. Think Ba or Ben Arfa may be better Newcastle options. Am taking a wait and see approach with Cabaye.

Not surprised he has a groin injury - have you seen Alex Curran?

your post is too long.

I like the idea of doubling up on city defence, and I think your team looks pretty good, not sure about having taarabt and dyer in your midfield though, just because we dont know how they'll fair in the premiership yet, maybe someone abit more proven?

looks like a good team. after all the MOST important thing is picking the correct captain. tevez will have you sweating until 3pm GW1 though.
im 50/50 on picking lamps at the mo....think he may be deployed in a defensive role....will pick ether him or malouda myself....but its going to be basically a toss of a coin.

Hart can draw prettier pictures.

hart, better fixtures.

I don't care as long as you promise to repost your team if you have to make any more changes at all.

not enough captain options

great team...
will duff play for sure though?
only thing id change is maybe swap nzogbia...u could get better value for money

both

In isolation Taarabt. However ive gone for Sessegnon because he has a homne game in wk2 which suits my team better. Currently most have away fixtures wk2 so im trying to minimise it.

sessegnon for me

Both Currently.

I like the value in the 6 - 7 market for mids and defenders.

i like it, I had rvp but looking at the 1st 3 i've changed to rooney

Well i'm still torn between ignore or criticise!

Why have you left us all with such an impossible conundrum?

I'm afraid you only get one question.... which is it to be?

i think ben arfa could be a great bargain(if fit).
if villa hit some form and play 4-4-2 agbonlahor could be a great bargain, but is a major gamble.
also kenny for qpr looks a good buy.
jonathon woodgate could be the bargain of the season if he remains fit...but again is a major gamble

agree with you on those 4. Perhaps nzogbia too... and maybe lescott is on a par with kompany imo.

I think Bent is the best striker, at least for a draft roster.

Kompany will absolutely devour the BP's this season.

(In simple terms): consistently above average doesn't mean consistently top 3 players on the pitch!

+1

very possible. but almost every1 has given, thats why dunney monster is getting picked

Problem with Dunne is that they give minus points for own goals now.

De Jong is a poor choice. Lots of yellow cards and little potential for goals and assists. Rest of the team look like decent options though I'd replace Lescott for Kompany.

I have some toughts my Rastafarian brother!

Big man ting! deh pon a endz! memba me tell yu - loud up de ting!

Inna di morrows!

NeedleVor is the most annoying poster pretty much every day he posts.

Unfortunately, those days are getting more regular.

Maybe if we ignore him he'll leave us alone- like when there's a crazy homeless guy on the underground. You feel bad about it initially but the continuous ravings confirm that it was the right thing to do.....

Today?

probably a very small one!

I like Rodallega over Odemwingie for the first few, then switch back to odemwingie at GW4

I think you're a bit short on captaincy options......

Good post, love all the reasoning. If Carling made RMTs...

Why are you so sure Luiz will be 1st choice?

Is S Taylor nailed on first choice?

Are you worried you haven't got RVP in your team? He scored 12 points away at Newcastle last season.

b for me.

I dont think suarez will miss the start of season, if anything copa + 3 weeks will be good prep imo. apart from cashley and terry, none of the rest of the back 4 are nailed on.

also doubting the service bent will get without downing and young.

Damn it! I thought my plan to hack into your computer and alter Liverpool's fixtures to look alot better had worked but obviously not!

Nothing gets past Soup.

no. im not doubling up on any defenders this season

who would you put with kompany? richards?

I hear Roberto Mancini is quadrupling up.

Considering it, maybe triple with Clichy although I like the idea of variation with Baines and a.n.other.

I

I'm considering Kompany & Hart. I had Boselli at the start of last season so pinch o' salt etc when it comes to my choices. This new index/bp system does make them look more appealing tho imo.

Considering it, Clichy and Zab?

yes i am.

kompany and lescott

Its double up with Clichy or Dunne and 0.5 for me currently. Both are appealing.

Week 2 and 3 arent great for City defensively so im leaning towards Dunne and 0.5

Kompany is great value (as are all City defenders).

Lescott could be THE defender of next season, plays in a defensive team and scores goals.

Think Lescott will outscore Kompany so he's the one to get if you choose but getting both is a good option imo.

The defence will get Pardewed. Not sure on Barton now with the new arrivals and Bothroyd just doesn't really float my boat. Will Downing be nailed on too?

Has had a season to to 'bed in' so should improve. Problem is City's footballing philosophy under Mancini.

If Tevez is still there - NO

If Tevez isn't - YES

Silva did well when Tevez was injured last season, scoring 5.4ppg when Tevez was missing compared to 3.8ppg with Tevez there.

your first 10 posts have to be rating other people's teams 😀

don't like luiz, de laet, or balotelli

you have no man utd either

I'm tempted to pick Super Mario too but think its a bad idea. He is just as likely to be brilliant as he is to do nothing or get sent off. Then you have the high risk of him not starting and being brought on or starting and being brought off. In short, Mario is too much of a liability.

Liking the rest of the team IF Malouda and Walcott are first choice at their clubs.

Expect City to sign someone else if Tevez goes.....

Loving this team actually, screams points everywhere! Only question is RVP's fitness but you can easily change him for Bent and have money leftover! Think Torres will come good too this season so he's another option with a nice early fixture list.

3 (three) Man City defenders?!? And I thought I was Greedy...

At least one of them should be Lescott.

Cheap and cheerful midfield which could pay off but could be a pain if Lampard or VDV or Young gets a hattrick GW1 and becomes "must have".

Very strong attack, but why no Chelsea?

3 citeh defenders???

Not sure having three expensive strikers is a good idea. There is likely to be at least one cheap to mid price option that scores highly. Would replace one of them with someone like Ba/Holt/Zamora/Odemwingie and upgrade one of the midfielders to a top player.

Baines

Jags could be a good option if he goes to Arsenal. Likely to be one of the first choice centre backs considering the rumoured transfer fee.

3-4-3 is my standard on the basis that midfielders and attackers tend to score higher. Having said that my midfield currently has four 6-6.5m players so may use 4-3-3 quite a bit depending on fixtures.

It's been pointed out that creative midfielders may suffer under the new BP system with Charlie Adam being the best example based on 2010/11 stats.

richard dunne

Maybe once fixtures improve

Got everything to prove still

Neither

Anybody play Telegraph Fantasy Football?

Opinions on this team please – I am still tinkering with it.

GIVEN
HUTH-KELLY-RIISE
KUYT-WALCOTT-LAMPARD-ADAM
GERVINHO-CARROLL-HERNANDEZ

Thanks

yes, DBrondaldo helped me out but thank you.