That is not a punt ever since Clichy left! Now Traore is a punt!

But otherwise it's definitely Sagna Koscielny Vermaelen Gibbs.

How good is Jenkinson? Is he going to offer competition to Sagna?

Got 5.5 left over for defender! Who you think is best option? Thinking walker/dawson/gibbs. Cheers

I'm hoping the same camzy. I see a good first season for him like when torres came to liverpool

Or the Suarez category this season. I'd bite your hand off if you offered me Aguero at £9.5m

I can't see anyone coughing up 50million for Tevez in a country that he will move to, I think he'll stay at city, he loves money.

Errr... Tevez?

Silva definitely, take him out your team straight away.

Weird one: Doni, Flanno, Kelly, Soto, Robinson, Degen, Poulsen, Shelvey, Cole, Insua, Carroll

Cheers both.

reserve team, bad news for kelly imo Doni, Insua, Flanagan, Kyrgiakos, Kelly, Robinson, Degen, Shelvey, Poulsen, Cole, Carroll

The logic makes sense though to be fair.

Yes this is all theoretical, but over time, the trend will be more or less the same.

At the end, Lampard will most likely outscore the best players from the other team by a good 30-50 points.

That's a large sum more in captaincy points. Also, there's the bench points lost, and you will get it wrong enough times to cost you. Benching Taarabt the week he gets 12 and Benayoun when he makes a sub appearance etc.

Basically, what I'm trying to prove here is that having a few really expensive reliable captaincy choices is a better strategy than having a good squad of 15.

Aye. Just Cam thinking he's some sort of Fantasy Footy guru again after 1 good season despite finishing a millionth in the previous two.

This i my opinion of the way the game works - please feel free to correct me 🙂

At the end of the day this game is all about evolution of your team.

You pick your team at the start based on your 'best guess' of who is going to perform well, however reality is often a cruel cruel git, who laughs at your well thought out plans, kicks sand in your face and then mocks you while walking off with your girl. Or at least thats how it can feel 🙁

Keeping your ear to the groud and keeping your team agile enough to respond to the changing nature of the game without points hits is key in my opinion. Being in the right place at the right time to pick up the bargains just as they come on song is brilliant and can often net you a heap of points before others catch onto the bandwagon, by which time you are cashing in on the price rises and better able to pick who you want towards the end of the season, where other players don't have the budget to get the next big bandwagon player.

Picking the right captain at the right time is crucial to stay ahead, but even the best players have dips in form (ala drogba around xmas last season).

I also think that the first 10 weeks of the season are crucial. You need to be getting a healthy advantage over your competition while the teams still have lots of differentials. After a while all the teams end up almost the same anyway, and room for manouvre is harder at the end of the season after the good players get price hikes.

Pretty much in a nutshell - you snooze you loose.

sure..and what about Stefan Savic still not update, and Kule Naughton after 20 days...

i won't die and lose the season for waiting one or two weeks. he might not even start right away and just make a sub appearance or something knowing mancini. it's just a risk and there are a lot of strikers to choose from for gw 1.

true, guess i was getting a bit carried away

defense could do with one more regular.

it is not impossible that none of rafael, wilkinson, simpson malouda, moses or dyer(if qpr) might not start the first game - then what are you left with?

if you're a gambler go with it

i'm ditching rafael for a cheap liv defender - hopefully enrique. they rotate awesome with wolves/everton and i have johnson/jags

I guess i'll wait and see what price aguero comes in at, if he's 9.5 (which i very much doubt)i don't need to change anything to get a 6.5 striker in. I do like the looks of Graham as a player though, think he could have a good future ahead of him.

lol

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+1

Yeah, a bit worried about rotation of those but will only pick 3 to play each week.

Surely Luiz is a nailed on starter? Same for Rafael - who else is there at right back now O'Shea, Brown, Neville are gone?

Briggs is only 4mil and may actually play midfield apparently - hopefully another Coleman!

Thanks for the comments

Do you reckon midfield/strikers good then?

Dang, thats a long time.

Oh well, atleast Aguerro will show up on FPL before the season starts.

I wonder what he is going to be valued at, any guesses??