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FPL GW16 Scout Picks - Final Selection

Raya Martin

Lewis-Potter
Chalobah
Andersen

Szoboszlai
Saka
Bruno Fernandes
Eze

Raúl Jiménez
Haaland
Thiago

Dubravka
Spence
Heaven
Le Fée

GW16 Captain Poll

Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Rogers	AVL	7.0m	105.4%	Very Likely
Wilson	FUL	5.5m	98.4%	Likely
Roefs	SUN	4.7m	101.5%	Very Likely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	100.6%	Very Likely
Palmer	CHE	10.3m	84.7%	Unlikely
Matheus N.	MCI	5.3m	86.3%	Unlikely
Van Hecke	BHA	4.5m	87.9%	Unlikely
Rúben	MCI	5.6m	79.1%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.5m	87.8%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	79.2%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.2m	81.7%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	75.0%	Unlikely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.6m	64.9%	Unlikely
Truffert	BOU	4.5m	76.2%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.5m	73.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	63.8%	Unlikely
Raya	ARS	6.0m	69.2%	Unlikely
Andersen	FUL	4.6m	67.0%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	65.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	66.4%	Unlikely
Verbruggen	BHA	4.4m	65.2%	Unlikely
Livramento	NEW	4.9m	66.1%	Unlikely
Tete	FUL	4.5m	61.2%	Unlikely
Ballard	SUN	4.6m	58.1%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	5.0m	57.2%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.4m	55.3%	Unlikely
Dúbravka	BUR	4.0m	56.2%	Unlikely
Tavernier	BOU	5.5m	55.2%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	54.1%	Unlikely
Romero	TOT	5.0m	53.8%	Unlikely
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	61.3%	Unlikely
Cash	AVL	4.9m	50.9%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	15.0m	45.2%	Unlikely
James	CHE	5.6m	46.8%	Unlikely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.5m	47.3%	Unlikely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	47.5%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	45.0%	Unlikely
Pickford	EVE	5.5m	43.0%	Unlikely
Wilson	WHU	5.8m	41.3%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	38.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mateta	CRY	7.9m	154.5%	Very Likely
Minteh	BHA	6.2m	101.5%	Very Likely
Longstaff	LEE	4.9m	101.2%	Very Likely
Bobb	MCI	5.2m	100.7%	Very Likely
Nallo	LIV	3.8m	100.7%	Very Likely
Neave	NEW	4.4m	99.8%	Likely
Rodon	LEE	4.1m	99.8%	Likely
Jordan	BUR	4.0m	99.8%	Maybe
Gudmundsson	LEE	3.9m	100.1%	Maybe
Muniz	FUL	5.4m	99.0%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.3m	96.2%	Maybe
Anthony	BUR	5.3m	90.1%	Maybe
Morgan	BRE	4.4m	97.2%	Maybe
Elanga	NEW	6.6m	94.4%	Maybe
Broggio	AVL	4.5m	92.7%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	94.4%	Unlikely
Kulusevski	TOT	6.4m	93.5%	Unlikely
Yarmoliuk	BRE	5.0m	94.9%	Unlikely
Fitzgerald	MUN	4.4m	93.2%	Unlikely
Barnes	BUR	4.3m	93.4%	Unlikely
McKenna	BOU	4.0m	92.7%	Unlikely
Colwill	CHE	4.8m	92.2%	Unlikely
Jair Cunha	NFO	4.3m	92.0%	Unlikely
Balcombe	BRE	4.0m	91.8%	Unlikely
Bentley	WOL	4.0m	89.8%	Unlikely
Tasker	BHA	3.9m	91.9%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	90.1%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	5.0m	89.9%	Unlikely
Irving	WHU	4.4m	86.6%	Unlikely
Toti	WOL	4.3m	90.4%	Unlikely
L.Guilherme	WHU	4.9m	86.8%	Unlikely
Fer López	WOL	5.2m	85.7%	Unlikely
Nørgaard	ARS	5.2m	87.3%	Unlikely
Worrall	BUR	3.9m	86.3%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	85.9%	Unlikely
Danso	TOT	4.3m	83.2%	Unlikely
McAtee	NFO	5.1m	86.3%	Unlikely
Coleman	EVE	4.3m	82.8%	Unlikely
Sels	NFO	4.7m	77.8%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	80.8%	Unlikely

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Watchlists

	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, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:16am

	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, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:28am

	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, £

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:34am

	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

Last updated: 13 Dec, 2025 10:43am

GW16 Free Transfer Poll

GW16 Chip Poll

Community

5 August 2014 2908 comments

J0E

With so many of you seeking advice on their teams before August 16, we thought it would prudent to run a daily community article to provide a dedicated focus for “Rate My Team” (RMT) requests.

Each day ahead of the new season, we’ll select one of the Fantasy Football Scout team and post up their own RMT request to open up discussion and encourage others to post their own. We’ll turn the comments over to you to provide a useful place for those seeking advice and highlight some of the key decisions under deliberation.

Please encourage those posting RMTs in other articles to visit this daily RMT article. Also, when posting requests, please remember to be courteous to those who take the time to help out. Equally, if you’re an experienced Fantasy manager with some views on initial lineups, take time out to dip in and contribute – the Fantasy Football Scout team will be doing their upmost to offer their feedback as the discussion develops throughout the day.

First up, I’ve decided to post my current lineup. I’ve opted for a squad that has a spread of money across the positions, with two rotating goalkeepers and a strong focus on the four to five teams I think are most likely to profit from goals and clean sheets. It also shows a strong bias towards those teams with favourable early fixtures and, hopefully, it’s set up to be flexible enough to make quick early repairs.

Guzan (Krul)

Terry Evans NTaylor (Wisdom, Duff)

Ramsey Hazard Mata Henderson (Albrighton)

Rooney Adebayor Dzeko

0.5m in the bank

My main deliberation surrounds whether to go with Diego Costa up front and and an 8.5 midfielder, probably Rahaeem Sterling, instead of my current selection of Emmanuel Adebayor and Eden Hazard. That gives me a Gameweek 2 option to possibly swap one of Jordan Henderson or Sterling for Gylfi Sigurdsson, although I’m happy to keep both those Liverpool midfielders if a transfer is urgently required elsewhere. I do feel that Hazard will be the top source of Chelsea points, however.

Alternatively, I could stick with Hazard and a 9.0 striker. Of this group, the main options seem to be Romelu Lukaku and Adebayor. This also gives me flexibility to hop on any emerging strikers who show promise for 8.5 or less. As you can see, I’m currently favouring this option.

Feel free to get stuck in with your feedback. We look forward to scanning your RMT’s throughout the day on this article.

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Whiskerz
11 years, 4 months ago
Torn atm between:

DDG (4.0)
Cahill / Enrique / Caulker rotating with (Mariappa) (Bruce)
Mata / Sterling / Ramsey / Lamela (Marney)
Rooney / Costa / Bojan

or

DDG (4.0)
Jagielka / Enrique . Ferdinand rotating with (Mariappa) (Bruce)
Toure / Sterling / Ramsey / Mirallas (Marney)
Rooney / Costa / Bojan

So basically the question is:

a) Cahill + Caulker + Mata + Lamela
or
b) Jagielka + Ferdinand + Y. Toure + Mirallas
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1. HippY
  11 years, 4 months ago
  A. All day long!
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Ridgewell's scores
11 years, 4 months ago
What do you all think?

Foster (Krul)
Van Aanholt, Chester, Ward (Duff, Clyne)
Ramsey, Fabregas, Eriksen, Mata (Sigurdsson)
Austin, Rooney, Diego Costa

Haven't made any changes to it in quite some time. I think this will be my final draft.
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1. Whiskerz
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Spurs seem to be (from the friendlies) playing Lamela in the hole so he might be a consideration if you're looking at throwing your hat into the Tottenham MF. Although Eriksen does have FKs I think.
  
  I'm not sure how much of an attacking role Fabregas is going to be given at Chelsea. He's on my wait and see list.
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  1. Ridgewell's scores
    11 years, 4 months ago
    I'm pretty sure I'll go with Eriksen, but I'm thinking about replacing Fabregas.
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    1. Whiskerz
      11 years, 4 months ago
      Not tempted by Sterling for 0.5 cheaper and upgrading your back line a little?
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      1. Ridgewell's scores
        11 years, 4 months ago
        Not a bad idea at all! I liked the look of Sterling yesterday.
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Stevee10001
11 years, 4 months ago
hey fellas what do you think of this team?

szczesny myhill

evans davies ward cameron wisdom

mata fabs ramsey eriksen albrighton

roo costa austin
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1. TorresMagic™
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Nice team. No major flaws.
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AgentRed
11 years, 4 months ago
A) Hazard+Eriksen

or

B) Fabregas+Mata
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1. SG8
  11 years, 4 months ago
  B
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Gurra
11 years, 4 months ago
De gea (myhill)

Baines - Luis - Gibbs (Dummet) (Duff)

Mata - Eriksen - Sterling - Siggy (El ahmadi)

Rooney - Giroud - Lukaku

What do you think of my team?
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1. Louis
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Avoid Giroud. He was clearly not fit and out of form against Arsenal. I wouldn't go near him until he shows some form.
  Rest looks good.
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2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Gibbs injury prone so a bit risky. Giroud to Dzeko or Jovetic and you're set i reckon
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SG8
11 years, 4 months ago
Team A

Foster Krul
Terry Evans Mariappa Ferdinand Wisdom
Hazard Mata Ramsey Siggy Albrighton
Rooney Sturridge Bojan

or Team B

Foster Krul
Colocinni VanAanholt Mariappa Ferdinand Wisdom
Hazard Mata Ramsey Sterling Siggy
Rooney Costa Bojan

cheers
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1. HippY
  11 years, 4 months ago
  B
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2. Spencer
  11 years, 4 months ago
  I prefer B. I'm guessing playing 3-5-2? Wouldn't know which midfielder to bench.
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  1. Da Funk
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Bojan & Siggy rotate
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3. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Think Bojan will flop personally. Maybe wrong tho
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Don Van Vliet
11 years, 4 months ago
So, if I'm getting rid of Giroud because of lack of fitness and poor form, who should I replace him with? Dzeko?
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1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Consider Jovetic mate. A bit cheaper and good alternative to Aguero until he's fit. He's been scoring during pre season too.
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2. Ben Mee Over A Table
  11 years, 4 months ago
  He would be the obvious choice, but in fairness there are 4 options that you can look at, Dzeko, Bony, Adebayor and Jovetic.
  
  They are all going to be better picks at the start of the season than Giroud imo, but choosing the right one will be difficult.
  
  Obviously Jovetic should only be considered as a short term option, but could very well be explosive and kick start your season.
  
  Bony and Adebayor are the focal points of their respective attacks, which makes them fairly safe, but with Adebayor perhaps not suiting Poch's playing style and lingering transfer rumours involving Bony, these 2 will need to be monitored right up until the deadline to establish their likelihood of getting decent amounts of game time.
  
  Dzeko looks as if he'll be playing a lot for City in the early stages of the season, and his previous seasons will tell you that he can rack up points quickly, which I believe makes him the best choice at 8.5 for the start of the season.
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  1. Don Van Vliet
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Thank you both!
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JPeg
11 years, 4 months ago
RMT

Krul, Foster,
Shaw, Cahill, Cameron, (Vlaar, Taylor)
Sánchez, Hazard, Sigurdsson, Mata, (Wanyama)
Rooney, Dzeko, Austin
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1. TorresMagic™
  11 years, 4 months ago
  8, quite good.
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2. SC not pearls before swine
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Tight team. I'd be a little nervous about Shaw, not sure he's worth the .5 over Evans/Jones.
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Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
11 years, 4 months ago
Not sure Shaw is ready yet. Consider Evans as he seems to be a favourite with VG. Not a fan of sanchez. Maybe too early yet. Good team tho mate
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1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Reply to Jpeg
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  1. JPeg
    11 years, 4 months ago
    thanks
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Pedram
11 years, 4 months ago
Can i get a RMT ?

DDG
Luis - B.Davies - van Aanholt - Cameron - Wisdom
Ramsey - Mata - Fab - Eriksen - Albrighton
Rooney - Costa - Austin
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1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Shoukd do ok. Who's the sub keeper
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  1. Pedram
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Gilks
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  2. Carroll to the rescue
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Fab might not be giving you as many points as you think as he might be subject to a deeper position.
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binyamin44
11 years, 4 months ago
Aaaaaaaaaaah Happy with this one !

Foster - Krul
Evans - Pieters - Luis - Wisdom - Hutton
Mata - Sanchez - Sterling - Fab - Wanyama
Rooney - Dzeko - Austin

thoughts?
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1. TorresMagic™
  11 years, 4 months ago
  I like it.
  Probably different to mine but very strong.
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  1. Ben Mee Over A Table
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Gone from TorresMagic to TM and changed your grav, is this a Torres crisis?
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  2. binyamin44
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Always had Hazard till now but he won't perform in the early fixtures
    Sanchez will explose imo
    Mata and Rooney are must!
    
    I hope manage to keep this team haha
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Fekir right in Debuchy
11 years, 4 months ago
A:
Krul
Debuchy Lovren Shaw
Mata Siggy Sanchez Barkley
Costa Giroud Rooney

or

B:
Howard
Debuchy Lovren Shaw
Barkley Lamela Sanchez Siggy Mata
Rooney Dzeko

Thoughts would be appreciated guys, im struggling!
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1. TorresMagic™
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Giroud may not start so B.
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HippY
11 years, 4 months ago
Hutton may not start, Wanyama will most likely get lots of minutes, but take note if he's playing higher up the pitch this season, if not there might be better choices for a 5th mid. I'd only go Austin if Remy went, otherwise I'd have Ideye or Bojan to start with.

Not worried with lack of Chelsea attack?
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1. HippY
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Reply fail to Binyamin44
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2. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Agree with this. Hazard shoukd be in everyone's team imo. Costa is a wait and see. Fab may play a bit deep. Haz will score points no doubt
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  1. binyamin44
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Haz hasn't a good preseason... not in form for the early fixtures
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3. binyamin44
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Think Fab will play second striker till hazard will be in form.
  Austin or Bojan, yes still hesitate.
  Hutton and wanyama are not really considered to play. Is it compatible with good team ? (newbie in the fantasypremierleague)
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Merteswagger
11 years, 4 months ago
Evening all. Thoughts on this team?

3-5-2

Begovic/Fabianski (really like the rotation)
Debuchy/Cahill/Evans/B.Davies/N.Taylor
Fabregas/Mata/Eriksen/Arny/Siggy
Rooney/Lukaku/Zamora

0.5 in bank
Few thoughts, went for cahill as considered more nailed on than luis imo but is this possible to be reversed and have 1 mil to play with
In addition, was unsure over hazards fitness for the start of the season and went for fabregas who appears to be playing in the hole. Then used the cash to upgrade to arny as unsure of barkley.
Finally up top Lukaku is the big decision atm with Dzeko/Jovetic scrapping, Giroud unsure and Bony meh...
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sweglet
11 years, 4 months ago
Think i'm finally settled

Begovic

Luis Cameron Debuchy

Fab Sanchez Mata Sterling

Rooney Costa

subs: myhill bruce zamora moore

Any thoughts would be very helpful
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1. sweglet
  11 years, 4 months ago
  albrighton as 5th mid
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2. TorresMagic™
  11 years, 4 months ago
  An 11th player would help. Looks good.
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Hazard for Ballon D'or
11 years, 4 months ago
Silva and costa

Or

Yaya and 8.5 striker(if so which one)
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1. Carroll to the rescue
  11 years, 4 months ago
  A
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AgentRed
11 years, 4 months ago
Krul

B.Davies Ward Caulker

Mata Fab Ramsey Siggy

Roo Dzeko Sturridge

Bench: Myhill, Vlaar, Wisdom, Albrighton
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1. Carroll to the rescue
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Defense is a tad bit weak. Front 8 look gr8.
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  1. AgentRed
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Front 8 comes at a price unfortunately…any alternative options at 4.5 or 5 you'd opt for over what I've got?
    
    I reckon Davies will do well like Shaw under Poch last season. Ward is attacking plus Pulis defense usually equals points. Caulker there for goal threat.
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Toast
11 years, 4 months ago
Would you good people mind RMTing the below?:

Mannone / Krul

B Davies, Azpi, J Evans (Mariappa / Baird)
Ramsey, Mata, Hazard, Siggy (Hoilett)
Rooney, Boney, Jovetic

100m total

GK: Mannone can change to Pantimillion if he plays the last friendly. Cheapest rotating GK pair and I need the cash.

DEF: I think Davies and Apzi will start. I think the versatility of Apzil will see him have more playing time as he can play both flanks. Mourinho also stated a team of Apzis would win the champions league so he rates him. I don't rate Rose and Davies is a Poch signing and very good inmho.

Mariappa and Baird rotate to cover bad games from my über defenders. I feel Baird will start as DFM and not sure who Mariappa competition is so willing to risk it.

MID: I toyed with Fab but feel he will drop back and Haz was a monster last season. Siggy and Hoilett rotate well and Hoilett is playing in the hole.

FWD: Taking a risk on Jovetic as his form is so good and Augero will only have one preseason game, so doubt he will be ready for the first game. Did have Giroud but his firm is awful and Bony is more nailed on and has good fixtures after the first. Also he scored most if his goals against top four last season.

Let me know your rating out of ten and would love any feed back. Thanks
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1. gravless
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Baird is very risky IMO.
  
  I don't understand the Palace defence love fest, well I do, but I think they'll bite many-a-person on the arse this season.
  
  I think you're brave with the Swansea double-up.
  
  7.5 / 10
  
  😉
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  1. Toast
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Cheers mate. I'm struggling to find another striker at 8.5m. Could go back to Giroud if he does well in the charity shield.
    
    Pulis has a Rep for tight defences so think the Palace love is justified. Other option is Cameron but won't rotate with a 4.0 as far as I know
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    1. Toast
      11 years, 4 months ago
      I have been considering a Dzeko / Jovetic double up. Am I mad?
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      1. Ben Mee Over A Table
        11 years, 4 months ago
        Put it this way, it's not just you 😉
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      2. gravless
        11 years, 4 months ago
        I wouldn't but it could be genius.
        
        A fine line and all that. 🙂
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2. Twelve years a slave
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Very solid although MAriappa and Mannone might end up out in the cold
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3. JPeg
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Krul/Foster > Krul Mannone
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toklo17
11 years, 4 months ago
plz RMT

Begovic (Gilks)

FilipeLuis Ferdinand Vlaar ( Trippier, Bardsley)

Siggy Sanchez Ramsey Tadic Cabella

Rooney Lukaku (Joel Campbell)
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1. gravless
  11 years, 4 months ago
  😯
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2. AgentRed
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Any money in the bank? Can't really see where it's gone apart from Rooney and Sanchez. A lot of differentials in there which could pay off, but could massively flop.
  
  Ferdinand a worry with fitness/consistency and not much attacking threat.
  
  Tadic and Cabella I'd wait and see how they get on first.
  
  You set on having double Arsenal mid? Might be worth swapping one out to bring in one of Haz/Fab/Mata etc.
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3. Zarathustra
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Love your Joel Campbell 3 strike cameo... but a really dumb one right now. Campbell will get some time, maybe a few goals, but right now he's a benched striker from a A-team
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Merteswagger
11 years, 4 months ago
Just posted on the last past and since changed my team *sigh*. Anyway, thoughts on this sorry lot any advice/criticisms welcome (hides under desk):
3-5-2
Begovic/Fabianski
Debuchy/Cahill/Evans/B.Davies/N.Taylor
Hazard/Mata/Eriksen/Siggy/Hendo
Rooney/Lukaku/Zamora
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1. TorresMagic™
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Times are tough if row Z is involved.
  Nice team.
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  1. Mikeharbrw
    11 years, 4 months ago
    lukaku to dzeko and spend the cash on zamora...? is that enough for bojan...?
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el flacooo
11 years, 4 months ago
RMT please:

Krul/foster

P Jones/ Rose/ Cameron/ Ward / Wisdom
Mata/ Mirallas/ Sanchez/ SIgurdsonn/ Hoilett
Costa/ Rooney/ Jovetic

any opinions are welcomed!
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1. Merteswagger
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Rose is surely back up this season to Davies and Cameron not guaranteed starts.Like the midfield (had mirallas last year, sub appearance frustration but so selfish its a must) and hoilett's a good punt. Up top Jovetic is a wait and see imo as depends what formation city play and Dzeko etc.
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2. royals forever
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Is Rose nailed on or will he be rotated with Davies apart from that good team
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no_nay_never
11 years, 4 months ago
RMT, reasonably happy after lots of tinkering

Begovic (Myhill)
Shaw, Baines, Cameron (Trippier, Clyne)
Sanchez, Snodgrass, Young, Arnautovic (Siggy)
Jovetic, Costa, Rooney

Bank 0.0

critique appreciated
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1. el flacooo
  11 years, 4 months ago
  do you believe in a young?!
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  1. Mikeharbrw
    11 years, 4 months ago
    reverse oop im not seeing the attraction
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2. Chrmani
  11 years, 4 months ago
  I like it - you've gone for a back line I've been umming and arring about in that you've primarily gone for attacking full backs. I've recently taking Trippier and Shaw out though - Trip to see how he gets on in the prem and he has some tough fixtures to start with. And Shaw cause I'm not sure he'll start given his 'weight issues'.
  
  You may want to consider taking Trip out and monitoring him and downgrading Sanchez to Ramsey, then bolster your midfield a bit as its the lightest area (although I like your choices, perhaps look to get Sterling, Mata, or Fab in.
  
  Nice work though.
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  1. no_nay_never
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Thanks for the replies, even if i don't know what "reverse oop" means
    
    Changed Shaw, Arnie, Sanchez to Debuchy, Ramsay, Sterling
    
    Begovic (Myhill)
    Debuchy, Baines, Cameron (Trippier, Clyne)
    Ramsay, Sterling, Snodgrass, Young (Siggy)
    Rooney, Costa, Jovetic
    
    Better?
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AgentRed
11 years, 4 months ago
Lost on last page…any more feedback much appreciated

Krul

B.Davies Ward Caulker

Mata Fab Ramsey Siggy

Roo Dzeko Sturridge

Bench: Myhill, Vlaar, Wisdom, Albrighton

Front 8 comes at a price unfortunately…any defence alternative options at 4.5 or 5 you'd opt for over what I've got?

I reckon Davies will do well like Shaw under Poch last season. Ward is attacking plus Pulis defense usually equals points. Caulker there for goal threat.
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1. Merteswagger
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Potentially Rosenior at the back at 4.5 or Taylor of Swansea
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Ridgewell's scores
11 years, 4 months ago
I tinkered with my team a bit!

Foster (Krul)
Van Aanholt, Chester, Ward (Collocini, Clyne)
Ramsey, Sterling, Eriksen, Mata (Sigurdsson)
Austin, Rooney, Diego Costa

Collocini should still be a certain starter, regardless of Lascelles signing, right?
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1. Redhulkster
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Solid team
  
  Had similar tram
  
  Just got yaya and downgraded Mata to young and pelle to Nugent and got him for tadic
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  1. Ridgewell's scores
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Ta!
    
    Regarding your team, I personally don't like what you've done. Don't think Yaya's worth it. Mata+Pelle > Young+Nugent are really bad moves in my opinion.
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royals forever
11 years, 4 months ago
Best combo to have out of

Coloccini and Caulker

and

Van Aanholt and Ward

Any ideas would be welcomed

TIA
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1. Redhulkster
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Caulker and van aanholt..
  Don't see castle keeping cs ..
  
  Watched the palace game..palace looked really bad..
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2. Jimjam
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Van Aanholt and Ward
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Redhulkster
11 years, 4 months ago
Tadic + Nugent

Or

Sterling + Zamora .

Gonna play 3-5-2 ..sometimes 3-4-3

Have room and Costa upfront ..
No pool coverage other than that
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1. royals forever
  11 years, 4 months ago
  A only because Zamora is not nailed on
  
  could you do Sterling and Nugent instead
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  1. Redhulkster
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Don't have cash for that :/
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2. Ridgewell's scores
  11 years, 4 months ago
  I'd rather have Yaya, Mata and Pelle 🙁
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  1. Ridgewell's scores
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Tadic, Mata and Pelle* sorry!
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Andy1
11 years, 4 months ago
Please can someone RMT?

Ddg gilks
Cahill Debuchy collocini van aanholt wisdom
Sanchez fabregas mata snodgrass siggy
Rooney dzeko bojan

0.5m in the bank
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1. Mikeharbrw
  11 years, 4 months ago
  collo or van aanholt to ward
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  1. Andy1
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Good shout. Anything else?
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    1. Mikeharbrw
      11 years, 4 months ago
      bojans a good punt, been in good nick pre season I like it
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Mikeharbrw
11 years, 4 months ago
Think I have cracked it lads

Mannone WBA (A)

Wisdom SUN (H) // Evans // SWA (H) // Terry BUR (A) // Debuchy CRY (H)

Hazard BUR (A) // Ramsey CRY (H) // Eriksen WHU (A)

Austin HUL (H) // Rooney SWA (H) // Diego Costa BUR (A)

Krul MCI (H) // Sigurdsson MUN (A) // Ward ARS // (A) Marney CHE (H)

Whaddya reckon...? Looking at a gw 3ish WC after the picture becomes clearer, I think for the first 3 weeks this is a solid team tho. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
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1. royals forever
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Mannone could be a rotation risk with Pantalimon try someone like Guzan
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2. Andy1
  11 years, 4 months ago
  Marney is my only concern
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  1. Mikeharbrw
    11 years, 4 months ago
    he's not gonna be featuring a lot for me if at all, just dont want to be a sheep and pick albrighton
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    1. Andy1
      11 years, 4 months ago
      I guess.
      Wanyama?
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Pedram
11 years, 4 months ago
A. Ramsey and Costa
B. Sanchez and Dzeko

Which one is better ?
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1. royals forever
  11 years, 4 months ago
  B
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2. Jimjam
  11 years, 4 months ago
  B
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finkfankfunk
11 years, 4 months ago
Hi! This is my first ever season and am very excited to get started. Not fully sussed out points and strategy, but this is my current thinking:

krul guzan

evans luis cameron (wisdom bruce)

mata hazard siggy eriksen (albright)

rooney dzeko costa

Any thoughts? Is the defence much too weak? If so, my plan would be to sell Costa and get Zarate instead (in order to bolster D). He's so much better than Bojan (the perennial player for the future) that so many on here seem to like despite him flopping everywhere apart from one mediocre season in a mediocre dutch league.
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1. stilicho
  11 years, 4 months ago
  The obvious worry is that 4 of your 5 defenders aren't nailed on, Cameron's probably worth the risk at 4.5 but you'll feel pretty silly if Luis ends up on your bench and neither of your cheapies are starting either. Other than that it's strong, and I think you've spent enough at the back, but it might be worth considering losing Luis for the time being and spreading that cash around a bit to ensure you've got players who are going to start.
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  1. finkfankfunk
    11 years, 4 months ago
    Great observations. thank you, stilcho.
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