Now that WBA have signed Gamboa, might be worth reconsidering Wisdom. Other than that it looks damn fine to me.

Not bad. but still not sure about Wisdom now that Gamboa's got a work permit. And the sub's bench is weak. I'd downgrade Hazard.

Is Cameron likely to start? Even if he is, are you confident doubling up on Stoke's defence under Hughes?

Not sure how your GKs and defenders rotate and work together beneficially based on fixtures

For 9.5 on GK, I expect to see Speroni/Green or a 5.5 starter with a 4.0 backup

Defense... Think about fixtures. There are international breaks after weeks 3, 7 and 11, how will your group be faring at those break points?

Quite expensive at the back and a lack of captain options could hurt you -- not that it really matters with Rooney and his first 6 fixtures. Might still be worth considering if Kolarov and Evans are worth the extra investment over a mid upgrade.

As far as punts go, Jovetic is a good one.

Fun team. See you on here a fair bit so know you've thought about Davies and Jovetic and Mariappa. Hope it does you proud .

This is almost the same as mine (I've gone with Costa/Sanchez/cheap def over Giroud/Hazard/Cahill). I don't think either are better, though. I'm just not convinced on Giroud's fitness.

Only main watchout: Dummett. Newcastle fan here and I can tell you almost categorically that Haidara will start over Dummett.

I would switch NTaylor to someone with a better week 1 fixture so you can bench Clyne week 1

Interesting pick in JWP, good risk for 5.0 imo.

Only issues I see are Eriksen (Lamela stealing his points maybe?) and the match fitness of Giroud for the new season.

Agbonlahor is not good enough for a starting striker spot for me, especially without a strong bench.

Going Krul every week is bold, as is hooveild who's probably behind even yoshida after his awful performances last season when given a chance. Then not sure about AJ or gabby (think weimann's a better pick).
What I'd do is Sanchez>Ramsey free up cash, upgrade Given to 4.5 with decent rotation, upgrade hooveid to 4.5 with decent rotation potentially rosenior/mariappa. Then in midfield id say AJ to arny or upgrade to DeJong

Nice team. The Jovetic/Dzeko headache just reminds me of Negredo/Dzeko headache at the start of last season. If you get it right it could result in big points, but I would never be confident enough to commit to one myself!

Wisdom seems ok for 4m

To quote a fellow manager "Isn't that new bloke Gamboa going to affect Wisdom's pitch time?"

Would downgrade one of DDG, Costa or Rooney and upgrade Odemwingie. Even if you get the player pick wrong, you're probably going to want some midfielder in the 7 to 8.5 price range at some point early in the season

Doesn't the fact that you'll have to play Odemwingie or Alrbrighton every week worry you? Too weak defence to account for such an underwhelming mid.

really don't like your keepers, yes newcastle have decent fixtures but their defence is ropey at best.
Don't see the point in having a front 8 benching headache either.
Id drop one of fab mata and sort defence out

I'd try and get some more cash into that back line - looks horrible. Benching issues with the front 8?

JWP to Marney, Fletcher to Austin or Wickham, and I think you're done

7.

Not too sure on both Davies and Cameron, as you could get stuck.
Not too sure on Fletcher's gametime. Nor on his value.
No Arsenal attacking cover, they usually start well

Studge Erikson for alexi and giroud

It's not bad at all, but I think I would downgrade Young and upgrade the keeper pairing, or Fab to Hazard. Not too keen on Pelle either tbh. But it looks quite well balanced for a Sanchez + Yaya team

The whole team, or a combination of players

You could add all of your players to your watchlist and then sort by % selected by.

Upson and Bruce might not be starters. Try to upgrade at least one of them, i recommend downgrading debuchy since Arsenal's first fixtures are tough

Don't like the keeper combo, nor the double 4.0 in the back. Apart from that it looks quite good, though I'd wait and see with Costa I think

I prefer Krul Foster as a pairing

I don't think Upson's going to start. I have no idea about Bruce

I've gone Austin as opposed to Long as a 6.0 striker.

This is all nitpicking though it's a good team

I would perhaps look for a better keeper rotation, I think Foster/Krul works better

Long for Bojan maybe? Bit of a punt but Stokes fixtures are good, and he has been in form in pre season.

Love the mid and attack. Do not like gks n def one bit

I like it. Quite similar to mine^^^^. Defence could be slightly stronger possibly down grade remy and upgrade a defender?

Unsure on Remy (has he had any pre-season?!) . It's a solid looking unit though which should get you off to a good start. Hard to pick many holes in it really.

Why Baird and N.Taylor? Collocini, PvA and Chester are all better options than Taylor, and is Baird even a certain starter at 4.0? Duff is.

Better keepers than Green at 4.5 as well.

Other than that - looks fun!

Having Hazard and Sanchez is nice, but you could down Sanchez to Rambo, use it on d/GK. Might be enough for a Chelsea defender.. I'm going with Luis assuming he will be starting.

I like the differentials, I think Evans will get the starts + the clean sheet points. Pieters will be nailed on for Stoke.

I like this team and think it has a good balance and is a nice change in comparison to a lot of teams that get posted here.

I would drop Clyne in that case. If you are sure on Nugent being a secure starter through and through, I'd probably go with that.

Not really.

Mourinho says he doesn't mind having 2 strikers on at once, but I think he meant torres. Drogba shouldn't get many minutes but I guess he could do

Defence is not good.

Colo -> Newcastle have had a poor pre season, clean sheets will be hard to come by
Azpi -> Ivan and Luis competing with him for the two full back spots
Mert -> Will be eased back in after the WC. Won't start the first couple of weeks
Duff -> Burnley looking for a new CB
Mariappa -> Not nailed on, Palace likely to get a new full back

Looks good. Time will tell with Azpi. Mids are a little weak, but those forwards are awesome.

Newcastle play Man C in first GW so Colo isn't that great option + Newcastle have been poor in pre-season.

I don't think there will be anything in it between those combinations. I'd probably go with the safety first option though with Punchy and Ramsey. The other two have to adjust to new team environments.

With the cheap striker, can't afford Albrighton in the team

Punchy & Ramsey, or even better I would contend, Siggy and Ramsey.

Also I'd turn one of your 4.5 defenders into a 4.0 and then turn Ward into Evans. Balances it out a bit better. Maybe Cameron since you already have Bego

I think Punchy/Ramsey just

Sanchez would be great, however I think this team is strong enough. Maybe look out for Cameron as he may not be gaurenteed to start.

B for me, Cant be sure of either of A's gametime

Ings just smells like Graham, for some reason

One of the few defences on here that actually looks quite solid, well done on that point

I'm thinking a Hendo downgrade (Albrighton?) and Zamora upgrade is the way to go.

Too many misses.. LOLkaku And the whole MF tend to disappear

It does look quite good, but I would defo do something about Zamora. The keeper combo is quite expensive, and the defense excessively so as well. You will be benching 9.5 there most weeks, which is too much. Plus double Stoke defense is not rocking my boat. Huth-> 4.5 or 4.0, Hendo-> to 5.0 or 4.5, and Zamora to someone relevant

There's having a good defence and then there's just frittering money away on it. If I were you I'd find a keeper pairing that's max 9.5, 9.0 even better (eg Foster and Krul).

Then I'd get rid of Debuchy (bad fixtures) for a 4.0. You'll play Cahill and Evans almost every week and then Huth and Naylor rotate perfectly for the third slot.

Then that money can be put to much better use up front upgrading Henderson or the corpse of Bobby Zamora

9/10. Cant see much wrong with it. You might be criticised for having a light midfield and too much investment in defence though. I don't mind it however.

It looks very good, actually, but who the hell is Sharp?

Only thing I would do for a 3-5-2 here is go Fab->Ramsey or Silva

great 🙂

not the best gks for me though...bego/speroni + 4 imo

Strong team.
Defence & Zamora the main issues. Playing 352 every week would suit it.

Will make selling players easy, no need for multiple transfers

I think Mannone is losing his job

Its good, but don't fancy Henderson much.

Downgrade one of the def and upgrade him and yer laughing

Not the biggest fan of Azpi, as he has zero attacking potential and might not be totally nailed on. Would probably downgrade Davies to a 4.5 and upgrade Henderson. Giroud is also a question mark for the first fixtures. Think I'd rather go Dzeko

get rid off giroud...

not a fan of the gks

azpi and davies arent nailed

good though 🙂

Good balance, lots of transfers upcoming

gks are meh
not a fan of vert
cameron aint nailed

good, love bony pick 🙂

Bit thin having Mirallas a big player.. Maybe ditch Shaw in light of having DDG

This seems like you haven't spent 100 million, which is probably not a good thing. Jovetic seems to short sighted for the price, Mirallas has too weak fixtures for me, and that double cheapo midfield is screaming for an upgrade

Mannone -> 4.0GK (+0.5)
Jovetic - > Dzeko (-0.5)
Mirallas and Lukaku are both inconsistent, but I'm going with Luk for now. I think you need to drop one of roon/dc to improve your mids, who is Ameobi? Try to upgrade him to a 6.0 mid. Overall not horrible, the 433 could work out.

I'd switch Lovren for someone like Huth then upgrade to DDG. Liverpool's defence was atrocious (relatively) last year anyway.

My preference would be for Siggy over Henderson

Otherwise it looks good but it'll take a lot for me to let Lukaku back in my team after what he did do me last year... repeatedly

Too weak in front and back