Not so sure about doubling up on City Defenders, not too sure on Davies and i have no idea who Ephraim is, but apart from that its quite good chap.

Kevin Davies has terrible fixtures early on get Ba or maybe Holt instead. I'd say Clichy is more nailed on in City's defence than Richards. You could downgrade Hangeland to Hughes and use the 1.5 to upgrade Eprahim

Doubling on City is a gamble, but might pay off. I personally like nthe double-defender gambit ... just wondering if Richards is better than Clichy.

VDV has vicious fixtures weeks 2-5, although you mkight be thinking he's class enough to produce anyway.

Since you have Reina and will, presumably, be starting him 95% of the time ... why not downgrade Al-Habsi to Ruddy and get Hart/Cech instead?

Davies will get you more yellows than goals. 2 QPR mids might be a little over reliant. Hangeland is too dear imo, especially when Hughes is only 5.

Has potential though.

Orr and Simpson are the most popular here.

Andy wilkinson, Orr, Simpson,

good shout. wouldn't mind him as a 5th mid at all

Cheers jonny. I hear he did well on loan last season. What position would he take at norwich?

Steven Taylor from Newcastle has an eye for a goal from corners

Have Bramble and Al Habsi, so my preference would be. Bramble, Alcaraz then Givet/Salgado.

purely fixture related i think. otherwise i think you'd see a few dawsons and assou-ekottos flying about

poor fixtures

Only one decent defender Dawson in there team so always likely to concede.

Nothing much wrong with that tbh, Rafael is a rotation risk, and i think there are better options than Beattie.

rafael huge risk
jones played at rb last night its between the twins jones and smalling all have a chance of games at rb gonna be rotated all season

Solid mate!
Only thing is Beattie...not going to get much better for 4.5 I suppose, but he only started 9 games last season for Swansea

Some gamble picks (Benayoun, Gervinho) but I like to see teams with variation
Looks good

gervinho and benayoun still rotation risks despite great preseasons

Pretty solid, like the fact your taking a chance on Gervinho.

Rooney, 10 for aguero imo

Same here- 4 home, 7 away for my starters

Not too worried, I'd rather build my team for the first 6+ weeks, not just for GW1.
Any value lost will surely be made up if your picks are solid!

Good observation, but I think strikers generally underachieved last year. Berbatov only got a handful of games post feb, malaria caught Drogba and Rooney was poor pre-christmas. I cant see the same this year, also theres more value in cheap keepers than there is in cheap strikers. I'd much rather 2 keepers for 10 million, than 2 strikers for the same price.

How many goals did Hart score again? 😛

Comparing prices at different positions is apples & oranges, to me.

But I do think that, sometimes, the best guarantee of playing and getting CS for less is in the 'keeper.

A massive divide exists between the '2 cheapies' and the 'one top-shelf, one bottom drawer' GK philosophy. Best thing about the latter is the absence of decision-making each week about who to start.

Wrong choice resulting in your bench 'keeper CS, saves, and PK stopped will make you want to strangle a puppy.

A

Definitely A for me.

tough tough tough. i'm actually leaning towards B with norwich's relatively kind early fixtures and holt's apparent penalty duties

nice balance. any team that manages baines kompany vdv rooney and rvp without looking completely shit is good. Personally I'm holding off on N'Zog because Craven Cottage has become a bit of a fortress and dont see villa performing there.

I thought you'd sorted this hours ago FW. Two weeks leave duly granted,then come back and get Gabbidon out. 🙂

zamora is proven holt isn't. if there was a 4th striker spot i would likely have zamora in it and ditch duff

Limited funds means we need to find a couple diamonds in the rough. 2 from hoolahan, moses, dobbie, holt, graham etc let's you afford the players you really want.
I'm 90% sure zamora will have better ppg than holt though 😛

holt graham or bothroyd. but if u want qpr coverage its obvious who the man for them is. I'd say holt personally with Swansea having the tougher fixtures early.

Certain Attila's opinion last time he posted.

I think they'll both be starters. Competition would be Ryan Taylor for Simpson and Williamson for Taylor I think.

Simpson is nailed on as is Coloccini and Enrique.

Taylor will definitely rotate with Williamson, just like he has done for the past 2 seasons.

Nice except for Senderos. Rotation risk imo and Kelly pending Enrique doesnt move. Otherwise I quite like it.

You not think tevez will go gubbins? Hes 2/5 to go to Inter now on sky bet... hmmm..

hart
richards kompany lescott clichy
de jong yaya
johnson silva
aguero tevez

either of these:
Toure De Jong de jong barry
Silva yaya
balotelli dzeko Aguero johnson aguero silva

Aguero 9.8 in The Mail.

Torres was 10. I think schevchenko was 11+. Drogba was double figures I think?

I think FPL got caught with too many good cheap players last year and are possibly over compensating this.

I was going to have Given and Dunne but decided not to double up on villa.

all posts should start with that line

back to the drawing board imo

I hate Zamora and think he is a terrible player so I would say B!

Not bad.. but I'd choose one of Baines or Cole and downgrade one of them, use the extra cash upgrading midfield or forwards.. you probably need some chelsea coverage in attack.

I had VDV but got rid due to fixtures and to spread funds but then again that could bite me in the ass.

Kompany, A. Cole, Baines are all reliable but spending 21.5 on 3 defenders is a tad expensive IMO.

Looks certain to grab starts...and the odd goal here and there 😉

well that would depend a lot on how much money you have left..