a

no doubt about it

G.Ramirez, Sissoko(assuming an attacking role), or Morrison for me

Hoola Hoops.

who then?

Not much good stuff around there. Maybe Hernandez for 6.0, but the fixtures are fairly rubbish

Thats tough. I personally think Sissoko could offer decent value but i would rather wait.

If you don't want Snodd, i suggest either go cheap (5 or 4.5) or find the extra pound and get Mirallas

I see RVP in SZ's team 🙂

No idea about the mid as I haven't looked... yet.

Jarvis (don't all laugh!)

De Guzman?

wilshere?

Fer 😉

Shitty price range. Ramirez and cabaye look ok

Silva & Collins, but I haven't figured out whether Zab will get as many minutes as he did last year.

Second

None

Fit wife

Might not be nailed on.
United have tricky fixtures. Not sure they will keep too many cleanies in gw 1-3

No need for United defenders yet. Keep an eye on first few games and see who is playing when fixtures ease up.

reminds of a rubber jonny

Assist-machine

Ruiz is apparently one of those due to benefit from the new BAPs system and he did well for his price during stretches last year. I like him, but I think JRod has more upside potential.

He's so classy ay. I'd wait until he shows he can get consistent returns. I'm not convinced

I think we could see jovetic play as false 9 on some occassions usually against small and mid-table sides, negredo against smaller sides and aguero against top teams

What is Pellegrini's preferred formation? Is he likely to play 1 upfront, or can he play Aguero and Negredo?

agree.

yes

I'd pick one of Coutinho/Sturridge

yup. maybe if they were all like 2m cheaper lol

Get rid of Sturridge. Even if he is fit in a few weeks he'd have had zero pre season

torres 😯

night

Night 🙂

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Why would he leave? Did he not sign a new contract just a few months back?

asa liverpool fan not sure on toure's game time. but if we do not sign another CB then the defence is pretty solid. but perhaps look at a west ham defender like Rat or Collins if toure is as expected to see limited game time. Other wise its pretty decent. i had a draft with both RVP and Bale but i have since decided that just one of them (Bale atm) gives me a stronger all-round team

Ha I have nine of them lot. Very nice

is mannone nailed on? genuine question cause i have no idea.

i feel like i already commented on this team 😛 i don't like baker 'cause of villa's fixtures, although might benefit you later on. prefer clyne to shaw. don't really understand the point of hazard currently, and i'm personally in the "ignore rvp at your peril" camp. also not 100% sure nasty will start every game.

Definitely not.
*insert joke here about how his missus is worth having.

N to the O. At 6m I would much rather have Anelka or Rodriguez, for the coming season!

Sund: Johnson

this is just an idea for who represents the best value for money in each of the prem teams

I'd disagree with alot of those but it's hard to say

A, For me until Bony proves if he can do the prem life.

like clyne, don't mind mertesacker, don't like either of those striker choices though... i'd get kone and upgrade elsewhere.

I'm currently debating the same thing

Nasta wouldn't be a rotation risk? Why not Merts instead?. And you should consider a Chelsea defender..

Nice team

I approve.

Make sure Mannone is nailed on as you'll not be needing to be stuck with Boruc every week, as a red I have hopes for Aspas but I'm not sure about Anelka, if he gets the game time then he's more than capable of banging a few in for a cheap price, time will tell with that one.

Good stuff one of the better teams i've seen for this moment in time

why not from the start then mate? Looks good enough in places to me!

Just need to monitor Vermaelen, he's currently at playing 50/50 with a back injury.

haz

All depends on what plan the manager has for Lamps especially game time, the price of Lamps over Hazzard is a tempter I'd hang fire for a couple for weeks to see what shape they may be taking. If I had to pick one it would be Hazzard.

See my post below for my take on it

i think chelsea will have a new striker by the time of gw1, and this lukaku stuff is wishful thinking, but you never know. i'd expect oscar to play rather a lot too, keep in mind he's in the brazil first team and his reputation is ASTRONOMICAL, even though IMO we've only seen flashes at chelsea so far. i can see him establishing himself as a regular quite easily in the next couple years.

azpilicueta will presumably get plenty of gametime too. and don't forget mikel, he's not gone anywhere just yet.

Interested in this myself and I'm either having Lamps/Hazzy come week 1 + Luiz if double is confirmed...

Jose says No one is guaranteed even JT 😮 (Cole/Cech the safest)

Hopefully lamps will get a spot in a DMF position beside either Ramires or Essien

and the 3 Attacking mids will be Hazzy Mata, Oscar, Moses, Shurrle and the likes

Jose also mentioned that the Spanish chaps may miss the opening game due to Intl duty - http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/jul/22/chelsea-juan-mata-fernando-torres

Serbia are away in Colombia at the same time as Spain are in Ecuador. Ivanovic as captain of Serbia is just as likely to miss the first Chelsea game. Could even have Essien as RB.
Japan also at home to Uruguay so could affect Kagawa.
Sometimes one can lose out though by thinking too much. 2 years ago I took Aguero out of my team due to being an injury doubt pre-season and he came off the bench to score 2 goals v the Swans. Same last year. Had Hazard last year for a month pre-season and then replaced him before game 1 when he became an injury doubt and he then got 3 assists I think.

I'd love to get Shurrle if he's nailed on.
Don't forget De Bruyne and Ba by the way

Kons is injured. watchout

That should be Thomas not Taylor

paulinho too defensive, clyne preferable to shaw, not 100% about nastasic/toure starting, lukaku still a major doubt for regular first team action. rest is fine.

Mignolet is nailed on, now Reina has gone to Napoli

mig is likely to be nailed on now yeah.

is garrido nailed on? i recall reading otherwise.... turner might be a safer bet.

lukaku isn't nailed on. get rid of moore; i realise you're presumably benching him (he won't play), but the fact is he's owned by a lot of folks so may drop in price. if you're going for someone that cheap, get someone with less ownership.

Long will start most of the time up front for WBA anyway. Anelka shouldn't be in anyones plans.

Yep