There's this other fella called Robin, he might have something to say about this idea.

P.S. When did Walcott play down the middle last season? I can't remember it ever happening.

Luiz is not a guaranteed starter

If you have to choose either I'd go for Tez

Why not Ashley Cole? If you don't have him that is....

Bent

goal scorers and assisters who stay on the pitch on winning sides. Therefore i agree bent will do really well under the new system.

As an owner of Bent for the whole of the season before last and part of last year I have been gobsmacked how he can score a brace but not get a bonus. That will change now.

I think the new system means that it pays to invest in attacker more than ever.

I'm spending £29m on attack at the start.

In terms of bale and bonuses have a think about who will get the most goals and assists throughout the season. If you think Bale for either of them then get him in.

for me I think VDV will continue to hover up the bonus.

cole to luiz and shittu to orr, cuz shttu won't necessarily start methinks.
Also you want 2 cheapie defenders who rotate well so change hughes to sunderland or simpson to swansea (tate)

Yaya --> Sessegnon

Has the owner read Moneyball?

They had a head start of 50 million ... 😉

They did manage to get £50m for Torres though...

Carroll at 35 mill is insane although when you put it in the context of Babel&Torres for Suarez&Carroll I know I would go for the later.

Hendersen at 20 mill is a joke though.

Indeed, they could have got TWO of Fernando Torres for that!

Switch VDV and Cashley for cheaper options. Simples...

what about gary cahill 3rd most selected defender

Cahill is the third most selected defender. Given Boltons fixtures I find that funnier.

It's bizarre. But he's English therefore amazing and a brilliant fantasy pick by default.

he's a good way into arsenal attack given that he started tons of games last season and will only start more with more experience...

I haven't got Wilshere but I remember Yaya Toure was selected by a lot of people on FPL at the start of last season and everyone on this site mocked anyone who had him in their RMTs saying he would just play defensive midfield.

For all we know Wilshere may end up getting involved more and could be a good buy at 6.5 especially since everyone seems to think that if you don't have Taarbat, Sinclair, Moses or Sessegnon you don't have much chance of competing.

your question was answered when you originally wrote it!

Sorry, that didn't copy and paste very well ... 🙁

Just a quick point out of that lot, you don't want Baines to rotate. Rotation is for cheap players not for 8 million defenders. If you have him he plays every game. Enrique at LIV and Distin/Jagielka could rotate however.

Nzogbia and Bent on pens seems a little ambitious.

Like the different Goalkeeper combo.

Hope you are right about Senderos.

Osman is an interesting pick, but with Baines as well could be a little bit too much Everton. De Jong is a rubbish pick, don't choose defensive midfielders!

Love your front line, matches mine to a tee for exactly the reasons you express. Malouda/Lamps is an opinion pick, I've gone the other way, but N'Zogbot spot on and agree with your De Jong reasoning, even if he's not in my team at the mo.

But GKs? Simply don't buy your cheap-tastic saves logic myself. I would prefer to have nailed on CS magnet (Hart/Cech) but given Given's (see what I did there?) discount, gone that way instead with an Al-Habsi kicker for early GWs.

Def tactics make sense to me, but you're makng a mistake on Kompany... what he loses in Baps this season will be compensated by CSs, and likely more so. Baines too pricey for me but each to their own, but never quite got the Enrique love, I think he's a poor defender who will get found out at a better club than Brown Ale.

Still, all the best.

C

A or C

C - Barton will be great for FPL this year.

D I'd go for, but C is fine too. I have nzog holt and barton anyway

I would keep Downing, could be a good purchase and a lot of people are frightened of putting him in.

The only one I'm worried about is Ireland - I wouldn't bother with him, especially since you have N'Zog

Hangeland > Hughes saves 1.5m
Luiz > Cole extra £1m is worth it
Jag > Distin more of a goal threat
Cahill > Dunne better fixtures

VDV + 0.5m above for Malouda (Very good games)

Downing & Ireland Don't see value in either added to the fact you will have N'zogbia covering Villa MF

Not sold on Suarez or Gervinho - too risky for me...

I don't care who it is, why did they reject it?!

Don't they have relatively small (based on current inflated prices) buy-out clauses for other players like Falcao etc. Something like £45m or along those lines...

Surely Hulk isn't that much better? I don't see how they could turn down that amount of money.

Malouda twice, Benayoun and I'm not sure about Sturridge's goal.

benayoun, malouda, malouda and not sure

Benayoun earned a pen, Malouda got 2 assists, no assist for the 4th.

mal got 2 assist

Get rid of Barsley, upgrade ivan to cole and then with the remaining money get someone like Samba

Yossi cos he played most minutes. Malouda maybe too.

Malouda 3
Benayoun 2
Lamps 1

we just don't know. A Cole and Terry are the only nailed on chelsea defenders. Yes it is likely Ivanovic will play, but not as likely as Terry and Cole.

Getting Ivanovic is still a risk, a calculated, good risk that could pay dividends, but nevertheless while bosingwa is in his thoughts, it is a risk.

Is your name anything to do with the mare?

realtes* following*

Did you not like the Everton one ... ? 🙂

Haven't seen Spurs in pre season, what's Bale done? I would much prefer VDV. How will Bale benefit from the new BP system?

No Taarabt sorry was tiote.

Hey man, yeah my girlfriend is already mad with me for paying too much attention to it even though I haven't mentioned it once!

Pfffft women.

Earl Morral?

I am not feeling the love for Baines, he is an assist machine for sure, but with uncertainty over how much Arteta will impact on his stats, I am holding fire, he can't go too far over 8, surely, if alot of people will have him from the start.

I prefer Cole over Baines (and I have chosen him), purely because at the start of every season I go cheap on defence and later regret not having at least two expensive-ish defenders, this year it will be Kompany and Cole for me to start, with Rafael/Briggs and Simpson (will see about Rafael still).

So, I prefer Briggs over Hughes (it seems like he is playing for Fulham in pre-season, but will have to watch that one obviously), with Hughes at least you have a gauranteed starter, btw, I have same keepers, nice.

Not sold on Silva, if Tevez does leave, I think yes, if not, not so sure. I have N'Zog, Sessegnon, Tarrabt also. Moses is a nice little punt for the opening 3 weeks.

RVP I am holding off for the first 4 weeks, Suarez and Rodallega are the business I think to start, especially as it now seems Suarez will start the season.

A 8.5 team for me, would have Drogba or Torres over RVP for opening games, and would have Cole over Baines.

Downgrade Baines and upgrade Silva to Malouda

Not a big fan of hughes, suarez doubtful but apart from that it looks good

£11m+

I doubt lone striker plays 4-4-2 at Athletico

No, barry or Ballotelli on pens (unless ballotelli wants to back heal them...)

with Tevez 9-10m

Just between those players, probably because of pens if they're both playing regularly.

But in the grand scheme of things, where money is tight I'm not so sure. If they're going to stick to 4-3-3 with Malouda as a left forward I'd happily go with him and spend £1.5m elsewhere

If modric goes to chelsea he would go in my team without a glance, i would go with malouda, but the midfield options are already looking crowded so i've gone for drogba

That is the golden question.

Based on the little information we have I say yes Lampard is worth the extra dough.

If villa boas does an ancelloti and says on a Friday lunchtime "hey, guys, Malouda will play tomorrow and start." then yes. but with so much competition I consider 1.5 quite cheap to pay for a guaranteed starter. I so want to get Malouda, but for 10.5m I want a player to be more nailed on than a final scene spartacus extra.