| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | C |
| No Change |  Alisson | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Donnarumma | MCI | C, Sus |
| Up |  Kelleher | BRE | C, Vs |
| Down |  Ramsdale | NEW | C |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C, Inj |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | C |
| Up |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| Up |  Marc Guehi | CRY | A |
| Up |  van den Berg | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Fernandes | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | C |
| Up |  Szoboszlai | LIV | C |
| No Change |  Minteh | BHA | B |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | A |
| No Change |  Schade | BRE | C, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | B, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | B |
| No Change |  Thiago | BRE | A, Vs |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| Up |  Ekitiké | LIV | B |
| Down |  Welbeck | BHA | C, Rest |
| Down |  Woltemade | NEW | B |
Paul Having rolled out a Selection Guide to Goalkeepers earlier this afternoon, we now switch focus to the Members Projections for our search for the men between the sticks. While Joe Hart predictably sits out on top, we focus on value in this first Members article, examining those keepers who are expected to deliver the best points per million ratio for the season and the first six Gameweeks…
First time commenting on here, any advice on this team would be much appreciated:
Friedel/Federici
Rafael/Clichy/A.Cole/Cuellar/Gorkss
Kagawa/Lampard/Bale/Noble/Britton
Torres/Tevez/Petric
I have 2 million set aside for the obvious Torres-Rooney switch. My main dilemma is whether it's worth finding 2.5 million to get Aguero in for Tevez, possibly by putting Pienaar in for one of the pricey midfielders, but as an Everton fan I always anticipate a slow start.
I like it. I'm risking Tevez too.
Nice balance, I can't see too much wrong, apart from Rafael (competition at RB).
i had money set aside for the same move & as like you wanted to get aguero in there, i got rid or hazard & graham for taarabt (any 6m) & aguero. now thinking of going w/o rooney
Harry Kane looking very promising
Green + Al Habsi or Fabio + Figueroa.
Pros: Both teams with good defensive form at the end of last season, cheap and good rotation (particularly juicy from GW5-13). Likely to be overlooked by many
Cons: Not the best stats to back them up.
Discuss!
I have a Fabio/Alcaraz rotation.
Are you 100% settled on that? Are you also having SUN cover?
Yep a Santon/Cuellar rotation as well. 90% sure of sticking with this although the individual players may change.
Interesting.
so your going for one big hitter plus 4 rotating defenders for 2 spots. A Cole/Lescott the big hitter with Hart/Cech in net?
My back line will likely be
Foster – Begovic
Ivanovic – Fabio – Alcaraz – Santon – Cuellar
Not sure atm who Ivanovic will end up being.
I'm going to be totally honest and say I don't like it!
I think your keepers could really frustrate you as you've got 3 bad fixtures in the first 4 weeks. Begovic/Sorensen rotation could also really cause you problems and Foster isn't strong enough to rely on every week.
I'm also not convinced by the New/Sun rotation route since they also have 3 tricky fixtures in the first 7 weeks. I agree it will be solid over the course of the season but I'd rather have someone else than a Newcastle defender for the time being.
I also think missing out on City defence could be a huge mistake, especially given the generous pricing of Clichy and Lescott (although I agree there is the risk of rotation for the former). I also think that a United keeper for 6m is impossible to ignore!
Yeah it's not the strongest (especially at the start), but it should be great value over the course of the season.
New/Sun/WBA/Sto/QPR/Wig are all strong at home and should keep plenty of CSs.
Ivanovic will become Lescott or Rafael/Vidic within the first couple of weeks.
I think the money is much better utilised up front in attack as that's where the points are.
Perhaps a few of those will keep plenty of cleanies but I don't think they will all do well. I wouldn't count on many clean sheets then and just hope your more expensive attackers do well!
I honestly think there will be great value picks at the back this year from the likes of City, United, Chelsea, Arsenal etc. so I'm going down that route. Best of luck to you.
Until Al-Habsi came in at 5.0 I was hell bent on having him in my team paired up with Schwarzer. GW 4 aside he's an excellent rotation with Green for the first 10 wks though so I totally get your thinking!
Have Wigan signed Ramis? If so that may put Figueroa at risk and make the decision for you!
Yeah I'm not too sure about who will start for Wigan and the choice of starting 4.5m defenders will heavily influence my decision. It also depends if I go for DdG or 2 rotating keepers.
Demi said it would be Boyce as RWB, with Caldwell, Alcaraz and Figueroa as CBs and Beausejour as LWB. He also said that if they sign a new CB then they would replace Figueroa.
Cheers. Think I'll wait and see before getting stressed trying to figure out what to do.
Eeeuuurrrggghhh!!! 🙂
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Do enlighten us!
Sorry, TinkerMan - I just think that Wigan and QPR have got their work cut out just to chisel a few points, never mind be in my team.
Yeah I know, I hadn't even considered it a viable option until just now. They could be this year's surprise defensive packages considering their form at the tail end of last season. If it doesn't work out, at least I've not wasted too much cash!
I just don't see many viable alternatives!
Recent changes regarding Mr Pienaar and Sigurdson has brought me to a new line up.
I still plan on holding back 3.5m in case I chose to upgrade Tevez or Torres to Rooney.
DDG, Federici
Cole, Hangeland, Rangel, Fabio, Clyne
Noble, Taarabt, Pienaar, Hazard, Siggy/VDV
Torres, Tevez, Graham
3.5m bank
Thoughts on this team and the plan I have in mind?
too much in bank and not sure Graham will have the season he had last year. better options there IMO. Nice rotation options tho. not bad.
The bank is so I can get Rooney in GW2 and to enable other upgrades as certain must have players present themselves. Its a very specific tactic I'm keen to try out.
Just had a thought regarding United's defence for the first few games. A current CB crisis could see Jones and Vidic together at CB. With Rafael also away with the Brazil squad at the Olympics he may not start at the beginning of the season. This could mean Valencia playing at RB with Young and Nani on the wings
almost certainly for first game. plus Vidic has a knee issue.
Sliced up a potato and baked them with no oil in the oven. Added some rosemary, salt, pepper and dash of butter on the side. Brilliant stuff. Healthy as well.
Btw, anyone experienced problems login into the member's after paying their membership fee?
Hey ya Gaz ... sounds tasty Sir, not sure about the healthy part (i guess potatos are a vegetable) ... but who cares when it is covered in BUTTER! Now i'm hungry.
Apparently quite a number of ppl have had trouble processing their payments. Mark was on here earlier looking at sending out direct debit transfer details to ge tppl underway ... probably best send them an email.
How's your squad shaping up?
Cheers, just e-mailed.
My squad is looking good. Dzeko and Ba (c) up top, with Friedel in goal. It's the assistant manager's work though while I'm on FF holiday.
Planted some seeds and trimmed me strawberry plants this evening
APPROVED
There's an innuendo in there somewhere... Getting into this gardening thing in all honesty
Good Evening Gentlemen.
... And what a splendid night it is 🙂 !
You speak for yourself!!! 😉
Hiya - got a weather forecast for Cardiff tomorrow?
thanks 🙄
Weather for My place.... 10 miles or so from Cariff
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2635689?day=1
Cheers mate
Evening Evs, you talking weather or you have your team finalised and are so happy with it, you're not opening FPL again until the evening of the 18th to survey your massive score?
Just things in general.
Pretty happy with my team, looking for to team GB playing in Cardiff. Sell out I believe. I imagine crowd will be well behind them (apart from when the anthem is being played)
Keepers are DDG + Federici, but what about that defence?
a) Cole, CLICHY, DEMEL, Cuellar, Rangel
b) Cole, S.TAYLOR, HANGELAND, Cuellar, Rangel
Richards and Rafael likely to start 1st few weeks?
I’d love some advice on this but I posted it just as new post came so it was lost, cheers.
Begovic / Friedel
Clichy / Cole A / Hangeland / Cuellar / Fabio
Silva / Hazard / Maloney / N’Zogbia / Noble
Graham / Torres / Aguero
Clichy is a big doubt with rotation in my opinion. Is there no other way of maybe fitting in Lescott?
New post
Hi,
A. Mignolet and Hangeland
Or
B. Friedel and Hughes
Thanks.
i am finally able to see member articles 😀
projection rocks
sorry to say this, but it is pretty much lottery...
Projections ... bleeeuuurrrgggh.
How would you improve this team?
Friedel Federici
Ivanovic Saylor Cuellar Fonte Fabio
Hazard Hoilett Sinclair McClean Noble
Aguero Rooney Petric
Cheers for opinions
Guthrie to score and assist on DGW! I... don't jinx well. Trust me.
Erm excuse me, that's my bandwagon...
Hows this team?
DDG Green
Ivan Rafael Hangaland Gorkess Cuellar
Silva Hazard Noble Pienarr Larsson
Aguero Torres Pog
Think Friedel and either Federici/ Green could be the best option.
Schwarzer/Green is nice but I'd prefer to have Hangeland as Fulham cover to add that attack threat in case.
No mention of Szczesny in the goalkeeper rotation article, and now, not in this one either. At just 5.5m, what gives? He's a much better punt than Friedal, imo, and I've found a 4.5m keeper he rotates with for some of Arsenal's trickier fixtures.
this sounds interesting!
He misses out by 0.1 on the current top ten for value - he could well sneak in in a later revision. He is excellent value - no doubt and he gets a mention in the defenders article coming up tomorrow.
Ok, that makes sense, if the list was determined by points return last season divided by cost this season. I'm projecting Arsenal's defence to be a little stronger this year, so I think he could be worth it.
The defenders article will be interesting. I so would like Vermaelen in my team, but there's both Szczesny and Koscielny at the 5.5m mark, which is difficult to ignore.
why will Arsenals defence be better this season than last?
Cant see it myself. Arsenal need to buy a couple of players or they are gonna struggle to make top 4 imo.
Mainly down to injuries at the back and def mid last year. Injuries to Vermaelen and Mertesacker, meant neither started 30+ league games.
With Jenkinson at RB, yeah?
I'll pass.
+42
Arsene will sort that before the end of the transf.........OH HANG ON!
Hahaha!!! 😆
Possibly, or Djourou. I'm going to look more long term than a few games though, so I don't have to use a wildcard or FT's sorting my GK situation out.
Man city, chelsea and liverpool in his first 6 games though..
I've been musing over defender pairings and you can find some of my musings here. Based on the 'difficulty' rating I've assigned to teams (which in turn is based on last season's actual results and projected 'generic' results for the promoted teams), I can't see a better combination at 10m or below.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkQk4QrJ-jJ3dDQ5NDdJTzhXdVI2MnAzUXZKUTBNRmc
I'd be trusting the Arsenal defence in more away games than typical for budget keeper rotation approaches, but with Diaby back, I rate him and Song to protect Vermalen and Koscielny pretty well.
Statistically the worst high end keeper last season
If by 'high end' you mean City, United, and Chelsea, then those keepers are 0.5-1.5m more. Szczesny is nailed on at 0.5m less than DDG (who isn't), and if Vermaelen stays fit then him and Koscielny are as good as any centre back partnership in the league. Pair that with Diaby and possibly Wilshere's return, and a team that keep possession, and I think Arsenal will keep more clean sheets this year.
At the end of the day, I'm trying to find value with my picks, and 5.5m is unquestionable value, imo.
The only downside is not wishing to double up on the Arsenal defence with Vermaelen. This is a shame as I believe he had the highest PPG value for a regular starter than any other defender.
Good shout, although their early fixtures put me off. Migs gets no mention either which i find a bit odd
Doesn't make many saves, read on Opta he had the lowest saves to shot % in the league. I'd rather get a combo with near perfect fixtures, and then maybe get Szczesny in if he's fallen in price and when Arsenal's defence is at full strength. Good shout though, he served me well at times last season.
Kagawa, Hazard, Rafael, Torres...Too many risks/unproven prem players/unreliable players? I'm a little worried about my midfield because I am very dependant on Kagawa and Hazard.
So I'd assume that you have no problem having those "risk" players mentioned?
Why start with Kagawa? Tricky away fixture against Everton in GW1 means you can judge if SAF trusts starting him in away games. If he does play, you can't expect big returns from that fixture, so plenty of time to judge his talent/form and take the plunge in GW2.
I have him mainly for his great value and the promising signs that he will play behind the main striker (and his Bundesliga stats too). But yes you are correct, Everton away has never been a great fixture for Utd.
Instead of Kagawa, who would you get? 9.0 limit.
I like Arteta at 8.0m but fiixtures aren't the best. Podolski could surprise a few. There are mid-priced midfielders wth potential for greater returns than last year catching my eye at the minute - Cabaye, Pienaar, Taarabt, Hoilett, Ramires.
For United coverage, probably Valencia then can always 'downgrade'.
sensible soccer - what a game! So many wasted hours on that game. I can remember the music and menus, everything
simplicity at its best 🙂
I would try get the risky picks down to 1 or 2 perhaps. With more it means you could well have to spend points to fix it up.
Very sensible, trying to get the balance right. I will have to drop one of those four players.
A lot of people talking about lindegard. Surely de Gea will get a lot more games this year as hes finally playing to his potential. last season he was chopped and changed but still outscored cech and reina.
Every goalkeeper who got more points last year than him played 700mins+ more than him.
I never owned him last year but this year i don't see the bargain pairs working as well as last.
I'm more worried about ferdinand starting than lindegard to affect his points total.
It is hard to say. Linde clearly doesn't want to just sit and play second fiddle to DDG even if DDG maintains some good form we could see Linde coming in every now and then to keep him happy.
Linde played a lot of games last year, mainly while de gea was looking very dodgey. I think lindegarde will be the cup keeper for the year and de gea to play nearly all league games.
I think it is going to come down to form and what Fergie feels like doing. Impossible to say what he has planned.
True. De Gea on form is far better than Linde. So I guess it'll depend on the first few games. Hoping ddg gets the time to make the no.1 spot his. Not even a united fan but i think he wasn't given enough time last year.
So.. if you get a midfield of
9.5 Pienaar Sinclair Noble Maloney
You can play the 9.5, Sinclair(Michu if worried about olympics) and Pienaar(apart from GW 1) every week till GW 8.. Then you can rotate Noble and Maloney fixture difficulty wise.
OR is that midfield too weak? allows for Torres Aguero Rooney upfront
A or b
A. Vdv, aguero, michu
B. bale tevez kagawa
Friedel - Federici
Cole - Clichy - Cuellar - Fonte - Fabio
Mata - Valencia - McClean - Sinclair - Ireland
Tevez - Torres - Petric
2M in bank
Think Clichy will play most games this season. Not sure whether to double up on Swansea attack and get in Graham for Petric. Also, anyone reckon Allen represents value at 5.5 if his transfer to Liverpool goes through??
Hoping to join up tonight. Worth it even if just as a donation.
A. Lescott McCartney
B. Saylor Fabio + 1 mil to spend elsewhere
Where has the idea come from that Van der Vaart will be played OOP/in the hole?
If this is the case then I'm surprised that his current ownership stands at just 4.6%
Well it's his regular position, and where he's played most of his Spurs' career. He would be in my team but there's the siggy factor, don't think AVB would play them both in most games.
Players: 2.5 million
FFS Readers: 25,000 ...
You'd think Maloney is a 'must have' reading on here.... He has 1% ownership.
After tomorrow's defensive article every defence here will consist of Hangeland S.Taylor Rangel Cuellar Fabio i bet
