I know how you feel, what with being up in the air and all!

Don't get rid of Holt. I think thats a good team personally, Defence is a bit weak, but you got rotators in there I guess, your starting attacking line is looking a lot like what mine is going to be.

Taraabt isn't worth the money IMO, perhaps Tchoyi, check out my midfielders article 😉

That will give you the funds for Malouda GW2.

P.S: Can we introduce it to them now? Please? Pretty please?

That team makes me realise how much having Baines in my team is weakening my front 8...

HOdge.......Good team, no weakness, if RVP starts. Lots of flexibility. (I don't know Kenny). The only possible improvement would be another 4.0 D and save the .5 for changes in GW2, when everyone's team turns brown. Go get 'em.

Expected to be on the bench with Bothroyd up front supported by an attacking trio of Taarabt, Campbell and Tommy Smith.

Looking at that I think we're all playing the wrong game over here 😀

Decent 15 with 1-2 fringe players

Squad. Better to have a few options you can rotate than three players you're basically just wasting money on. Keeping on top of injuries is one thing but sometimes circumstances included injuries/suspensions/missed fixtures etc will conspire to the point where you'll be struggling to piece together an eleven. Nothing wrong with having a fairly weak bench if you want to spend elsewhere, just make sure they're at least regular starters with a bit of potential.

From previous seasons i think your bench players need to be half decent especially now with all the rotation happening. I try to go with a balanced team throughout.

Either tactic can be effective. I prefer to rotate to stay on top of fixtures. E.g. I'd go with 3 rotating mid price attackers rather than 2 starters and a cheapie for the bench.
Budget restrictions mean you'll have to find a couple dirt cheap gems to be able to afford the top players you want though.
There is no right way imo

Around 36 including keepers

Nani is number one on my team sheet.

As for the strikers, i'd avoid Rooney and RVP combo until GW4

Downgrade Rooney to Drogba and play around with it from there!

Don't think it's possible to get those three with Baines in the side without murdering the midfield. If you swapped him for a 4.0, played Enrique/Kompany every week and rotated the others, the 4.0 could be strictly backup. Then shave 0.5 elsewhere, potentially Kenny to Ruddy.

That's the quickest route I can see that keeps a couple of big hitters in midfield.

Same strike force as me nearly, I got AJ instead of Holt. Is Tchoyi even a starter anymore with the arrival of Long and Gera? Solid team otherwise, I don't like Silva FPL wise but I can see the appeal.

Maybe you should lose the vice then? 🙂

I think I'm doing the same, minus Lamps. I reckon Drogba will fly early tbh. If anything, I think it could he profitable..

ye very good observation, im very tempted to do that, if only i knew drgs was a sure starter....

RVP, Suarez, Aguero, Drogba

Lampard, VDV, Malouda, Silva, Nani

IMHO...

Suarez, Augero, Drogba, RVP (inevitable injury)

Nani, Lamps, Silva, Malouda, VDV

Rvp suarez aguero drogba
Vdv Silva lampard nani malouda

Damn the mids are tough. Ppg I'd have a very different response.

I like it! haha. 🙂

Fair play, good idea, can anyone write for it or is just the two of you?

It's a good read boys... another one to add to the list of articles to read whilst at work!

I get the impression some of the articles were written a while ago: "As long as Shane Long doesn’t move to West Brom, I think Tchoyi will be one of the picks of the season" is a wee bit redundant now, for example!

The Championship article is interesting... as a Leeds fan I hope your prediction that they'll be challenging for automatic promotion is accurate!

Dribbler's right about nothing new for people who read this site BUT I did enjoy the read. As thehodge said "Rome wasn't built in a day". Keep working on it. I do like the format.

50%
I'm sure he'll be fine to play but the squads big enough to bench him for one game. It's a long season.
Pure guess of course

If he is then my fantastic team suddenly becomes a shambles.

Agger and Baines may rotate perfectly but are you really gonna bench him every other week? In fact are you ever gonna bench a £8m defender?!

Team is good though

Having an expensive defense is all well and good, but it kind of limits your captain options. It'd be nice to have a different structure to the masses though, could pay dividends for you.

I presume Given is your keeper not listed?
Thoughts on your team:

Samba a doubt?

Benayoun and Welbeck a gamble to start? look elsewhere to replace.

Swap Figueroa for another def as no point doubling on Wigan defence.

Overall a balanced team, but only really 2 captain choices after GW1.

I'm more than happy to have him, but an unnecessary risk to put the C on him. Go with the guys you pay big bucks for. I'm going Rooney/Silva.

Hell no

Really solid front 8, but it shows in defense. I'd rather not have two Norwich representatives in the Clean Sheet department.

Nice

"Planning on wildcarding after GW3"...so pick something like:

given
cole/terry/agger
malouda/nzogbia/taarabt
carroll/bent/suarez

better than your lot and you can carry on longer than 3 weeks if you change your mind

Wouldn't go anywhere near the Arsenal defense ever. You're just asking for 2 points every week IMO.

rvp and DJ for me

Yeah you'd at least want your 5th sub playing.

I wouldn't have both Rodallega and Moses. If it was me I'd downgrade Rodallega and upgrade Ferguson. There is no such thing as bench fodder in this game. Have a strong 15 man squad going into the season when you can make as many transfers as you want or you'll regret it later.

It's all about the first couple gw's

Bandwagon? Isn't he the most selected player in the game and didn't he get the most points last season of any player?

Can you really call it a bandwagon?

def not