Versus – Low to Mid-Price Midfielders

Coloccini to a 4.0, 1m makes Simpson ot Talyor to Evans/Jones Man U

DDG to Bego would save you 0.5m and you could bring in Evans for Huth

I'd rather have Henderson instead of Sterling. Rather have Costa than Lukaku as well.

wardinho over dann?

dont like jags to begin with

Apparently Liverpool have turned their interest in a striker to Bony, that's from a reliable source, don't know if that turns you off him.

Any advice for me in team above?

I think the main problem is knowing which new players will take to the prem straight away and which of the previous high scorers will continue to do well.
For me the mid-fielders look to be a nightmare to chose, with so many potentially great ones.

I think this is a good point, and I am changing my strategy and taking fixtures strongly into consideration.

In past years I have generally played my wildcard early with much knee-jerkery and impatience. I would love to say that this is going to change, but I have little patience for non-performers and an appetite for bandwagons.

I quite like the front eight. Are you rotating Siggy and Bojan?

This looks a lot like my backup plan, solid

B.

I would recommend 2 4.5s in rotation over a single 5.0 defender and a 4.0 on the bench.

I don't believe Simpson and Wisdom are nailed on, especially Simpson now that QPR is gettting Isla from Juventus on loan

Arsenals fixtures are a bit bogey, so you would be relying on players who aren't really nailed on some weeks. I'd have some doubts over Simpson, as previously mentioned above, Wisdom and Yanga Mbiwa.

Get Naylor for 4.5

i like rom cos he scores in hard fixtures

but dzeko is also a good shout

I personally would go with Lukaku

Lukaku.

Thanks chaps. 😉

😆 me to!

I keep making it worse, then hope I inadvertently end up with my original team back two minutes before deadline.

It's just to keep you on your toes Sarjeant. 😉

no he will frustrate the hell out of you

You're probably right, but seems favourably priced.

I spend to much time here I woke up this morning with a plan for bringing Ramsey in.

next thing you know, you'll have torres! 😉

I've got him, and I feel ok about that.

Hi TM. How are you?

Google ftw 🙂

How good a cook are you?

Lean Meats (turkey, chicken)
Walnuts, Salty Peanuts, Pistachio
Tuna
Probiotic Pills
Meal Replacements (20)
Energy Bars (20)
Protein Bars (10)
Creatine (1 tin)
Multivitamins
Chopped up Red Peppers
Carrots
Cucumbers
Coffee
Brown Rice
Regular Potatoes
Peas
Nutella
Sunflower Seeds
Olives
Turmeric
Cherry Juice
Peaches/Pear/Strawberries/Plum
Kidney Beans
Beetroot
Fish/Vinegar
Tomatoes

These are the foods I eat when working out. They are good for recovery and bulking. I'm a very picky eater too so you might like of these suggestions.

stop buying those sweeties 😉

minimise fast food and takeaway - try cooking

also don't eat too much...reduce portion size if possible...

try making fresh smoothies (no juice in them though)

muesli, granola, quinoa, oats (or porridge) all crazy good foods, just add a little something something to make them taste better

Only eating pies diet? Anything surrouned in pastry is fine

Eat more fruit and especially vegetables, its not rocket science despite what a nutritionalist or dietician may try and tell you

Hi Sarj, good to hear you are looking to make a change for the better...

The best advice I can offer you is to focus on your will power and just do it, if you really want to make the change it should just happen naturally...

I used to drink a lot of sugary drinks like coke and eat sugary sweets in between meals, but I always wanted to stop cos I knew it wasn't healthy, but I never did anything about it, until after my birthday, then for some reason I really felt it was time to stop, and I just did...

I stopped 'cold turkey', but that might not work for some... I did have a sore head (caffeine withdrawals) for about 3-4 days, but after that it was fine...

I found that having a set routine in the morning/afternoon allowed me focus on that and avoid thinking about the urges to drink or eat sugar... and as silly as it might sound, that would usually include tidying/cleaning/cooking/planning my day...

There is nothing quite like an omelette in the morning to get rid of my sugar urges... you can put in anything you have in the fridge, but I usually just have about 4-6 eggs (with shallottes and cheese mixed in to the beaten eggs), tomatoes, onions, peppers, and whichever meat you have in the fridge... obviously you'd cook the meat first, then the vege's, then add the egg mix at the end...

I made that change to my diet about 4 months ago when I turned 30, and I've never felt better... best decision I've ever made...

I now allow myself a couple of pieces of dark chocolate every week, which I'm happy enough with...

Good luck...

Same. There's 3 mids to everyone 1 good striker. 3-5-2 looks to be the way to go, but 3-4-3 is definitely more sensible.

I feel the game favours 3-4-3 overall but 3-5-2 is tempting this year with the amount of good mids

352 seems logical to me as well but I always transition to a 343 eventually so I'm just starting with it to save some potential transfers

He'll be fit for the season. Rodgers expects him to play in the Dortmund friendly.

Currently on A:

Begovic Murphy
Luis Evans Ward Ferdinand Wisdom
Mata Fabregas Ramsey Sigurdsson Marney
Rooney Costa Remy

Yeah definitely A

personally not a fan of vertonghen but overwise nice 🙂

The team looks strong. If you are going 3-5-2 would it not be better to have 4 heavy hitters in the midfield as opposed to 3 with 2 lower mid priced players (arnie & Sig).

Moore is the most nailed on one, but he's got awful fixtures. I'll go with Wisdom.

Duff until Burnley sign a younger (read quicker CB)

People going with the tried and tested and the big money transfers it seems - Sanchez, Bony, Barkley, De Jong and Lukaku being favoured.

Tadic is a quality player but this is his first time in the prem and no idea what southampton are going to play like now after having sold half their first team.

Where did tadic play last season

Have a look at Pelle's goals from last season (find it on youtube). There is no way he's getting that much time and space in the Premier League. I think he'll be a bit like Bony was last season. Start off slowly as he adjusts to the pace and quality of the defenders then he'll work it out for the 2nd half of the year.

Tadic could be anything and is on my watch list for sure.

I follow Italian football and I can tell you about Pelle, don't fall for this prolific goal rate he has in the dutch league. Pelle when back home in Serie A was really struggling hardcore in that league. He never really found his footing no matter where he went and couldn't score really in his homeland and the moment he landed in that dutch league, he scored goals for fun. 55 in 66 games I believe. The point I am trying to bring up is that when he was in a tougher league, he did nothing but when he went to an easy league like holland, he scored like nothing. Keep in mind, the likes of Alfonso Alves was a goal scoring machine in holland and when he went england, he did nothing..... I'm not saying Pelle will end up like that, I'm just saying I can understand people not going for Pelle at all. I have to see to believe with that guy

Can probably take some value out of defense and put into better 3rd striker. Strikers generally earn more points than defenders in this game. You have 4 'big' defenders there and if your looking to invest more in defense its probably better to get 2 Chelsea defenders.

Maybe someone like Bony or one of the new strikers like Pelle or even Remy for 3rd striker.

Like that team a fair bit mate. Strong starting 11.

Ive gone hazard but not sure at all

Sanchez Definitely not essential, good pick but prices accordingly

Evans

Wish i knew how that back 4 would shape up. Could be any combo of 4 from 5 and maybe that is the intent

Costa
No
Evans
Terry over all else to start the season

Both
No
Evans
Not from gw1 but safer if you get cahill

@MrFibbles

Don't really like the defence apart from Taylor and I think you need more United (particularly Mata who's looking good). I would downgrade Hazard to Mata, upgrade Campbell to at least a 6m striker (Austin/Long/Jelavic) and make some changes in the defence.

There's an ok chance but it's more likely he will be 5.0

either a 5m def or a 5.5 mid imo

Not a chance

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Presuming you have Rooney I'd go B)

B

Hey Freak

B) for me