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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Schade	BRE	6.9m	96.5%	Maybe
Stach	LEE	4.7m	95.9%	Maybe
Truffert	BOU	4.6m	93.7%	Unlikely
Petrović	BOU	4.5m	85.9%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.0m	85.5%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	82.8%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	80.1%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	77.4%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	77.7%	Unlikely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.2m	68.7%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	75.3%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	73.7%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	73.1%	Unlikely
Bowen	WHU	7.5m	68.7%	Unlikely
Welbeck	BHA	6.1m	62.3%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	70.3%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	69.9%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	69.3%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.0m	62.5%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	64.9%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	64.7%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	61.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	59.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	55.1%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	54.5%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	52.9%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	51.5%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	46.5%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	47.8%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	47.1%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	46.8%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	45.6%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	42.9%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	44.3%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	41.0%	Unlikely
Iwobi	FUL	6.4m	42.2%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	40.9%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	40.8%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.3%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	38.2%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
E.Le Fée	SUN	5.0m	100.3%	Very Likely
Tchaouna	BUR	4.9m	101.9%	Very Likely
Carvalho	BRE	4.7m	100.0%	Very Likely
Isidor	SUN	5.1m	99.3%	Maybe
Soler	BOU	4.0m	99.5%	Maybe
D.Leon	MUN	4.2m	98.5%	Maybe
Scott	BOU	5.1m	95.7%	Maybe
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	94.5%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.6m	93.3%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.1m	92.9%	Unlikely
Clarke	ARS	3.8m	92.6%	Unlikely
Haaland	MCI	14.5m	91.5%	Unlikely
Marc Guiu	CHE	4.1m	90.8%	Unlikely
Benitez	CRY	4.0m	90.5%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	90.2%	Unlikely
Diakité	BOU	4.2m	88.8%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	79.0%	Unlikely
Bruun Larsen	BUR	5.3m	87.3%	Unlikely
Abraham	AVL	6.0m	85.1%	Unlikely
Pope	NEW	5.1m	86.1%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.5m	82.3%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	85.6%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	83.0%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	82.8%	Unlikely
Ramsay	LIV	3.8m	81.5%	Unlikely
Valdimarsson	BRE	3.9m	81.4%	Unlikely
Malacia	MUN	3.8m	81.4%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	80.2%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	79.8%	Unlikely
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	84.2%	Unlikely
Summerville	WHU	5.6m	76.1%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	78.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	79.6%	Unlikely
Areola	WHU	4.3m	77.0%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	76.5%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	72.4%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	72.1%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	71.6%	Unlikely
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	70.5%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	70.2%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 5:57pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Gordon	NEW	B
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A
Down	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

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[sbu_large_image] Community

6 August 2014 1924 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 nudge 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 line-ups, 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.

Next up is Athletico Timbo’s RMT.

Krul, Mannone
Cahill, Terry, Ben Davies, Wisdom, Moore
Mata, Eriksen, Ramsey, Sigurdsson, Albrighton
Rooney, Dzeko, Adebayor.

0.5 in the bank

Timbo tells us he is happy with his midfield and attack but has major concerns at the back. John Terry and Gary Cahill are season keepers, and he feels they will play every week but it’s the third defensive spot that worries him. Ideally he’d like another constant to play every week alongside his Chelsea duo so that he can use those precious transfers for more pressing matters, like jumping on the right bandwagons at the right time. He could be persuaded to have a couple of rotating cheap defenders instead of Ben Davies and Liam Moore – there’s a spare half a million floating around if that helps. Lastly, his goalkeeping combo seems to be collapsing around his ears. Is it too risky to stick with Vito Mannone? Should he go with David De Gea or is there something better out there?

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

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MORIS FC
11 years, 7 months ago
RMT please:

I only plan for GW 1-3:

Krul (GW2&3), Green (GW1)
Terry and Evans (GW1-3), Wisdom (GW1), Taylor (GW2&3), Bruce (Backup)
Fabregas (GW1-3), Erikson (GW1-3), Mata (GW1-3), Holliet (GW1), Sigurdsson (GW2-3)
Rooney (GW1-3), Costa (GW1-3), Dzeko (GW1-3)

0.0 in the Bank

Still Thinking about bringing in Hazard for Fabregas and Lukaku for Costa (with 0.5 in the bank)

regards from Switzerland! 😉
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1. LOCO ABREU
  11 years, 7 months ago
  like, wildcarding gw3?
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  1. MORIS FC
    11 years, 7 months ago
    thx. yes that's the plan
    
    fabregas & costa or hazard & lukaku?
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2. Tex
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Looks like a solid plan. Should see favourable fixtures for each of first 3 weeks.
  
  I want Hazard too but not sure if he's going to 100% in time for Burnley. So I'm thinking of Fab at least temporarily to fill the spot.
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  1. MORIS FC
    11 years, 7 months ago
    that's the reason why I'm struggling with this...
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    1. Tex
      11 years, 7 months ago
      I'm almost hoping Hazard isn't ready so that his value could come down a bit. He's owned by 20%+ so if he were to be eased in and fall down a bit in price and Fabregas rocketed up it could see extra money for the wild card.
      
      He probably will be fit though. For now I'm just waiting for more information.
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Vernon Anita-Dobson
11 years, 7 months ago
Ok folks, would REALLY appreciate some feedback on this:

Krul Elliot

Debuchy P.Jones (Cameron /Taylor alternating) Wisdom

Sanchez Sigurdsson Mata Ramsey Nasri

Rooney Dzeko Bojan (alternating with sigudsson)

I’m pretty happy, thoughts tho??
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1. ACCOUNTING ON CHRIS
  11 years, 7 months ago
  I'd get rid of Ramsey for someone else like fabregas possibly.
  
  Nasri to Eriksen?
  
  Word is Cameron is not nailed on
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awgJose
11 years, 7 months ago
RMT

DDG, 4.0
Cahill, Pieters, NTaylor, Coloccini, Duff
Mata, Eriksen, Fabregas, Silva, Siggy
Rooney, Dzeko, Bojan

0.5 in the bank
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ted24
11 years, 7 months ago
Stuck between this 3-4-3 and 3-5-2. Which team do you think is better? Cheers

Speroni
Caulker Davies Luis
Fabregas Sanchez Puncheon Barkley (albirghton)
Costa Lukaku Rooney

de gea
Jags Debuchy Luis
Fabregas Sanchez Mata Puncheon Barkley
Costa Lukaku (Zamora)
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1. Tex
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Short term i prefer the 3-4-3 option. With the 3-5-2 personally I'd move Barkley to a cheaper option like Sigurdsson, Snodgrass, maybe even Arnautovic and make Zamora a playing forward.
  
  Longer term the 3-5-2 might be the stronger lineup. But I'd go 3-4-3 option for now.
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Takedog1
11 years, 7 months ago
curtois
cahill verm vlaar
ramsay mata silva snoddy
costa rooney bojan

rmt plz lads thanks
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1. Takedog1
  11 years, 7 months ago
  subs krul albrighton mariappa bruce . still have 1 mill in bank but dunno where to put it
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2. TruManUtdFan
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Courtois? Are you sure that he's going to start over Cech? Same goes for Cahill.. Ivanovic, Terry and Cahill fighting it out for two spots.
  Vermaelen may have a competition with Chambers seeing Verm wants out.
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Kurt Zouma
11 years, 7 months ago
RMT Please:

DDG / Hamer

Luis / Debuchy / Davies / Pieters / Duff
Hazard / Mata / Ramsey / Siggy / Albrighton
Rooney / Costa / Bojan

Would be ideal if United sign Vlaar before the start of the season!
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Borgus Aurelius
11 years, 7 months ago
RMT please guys! I feel so close yet perfectly ready to start from scratch building from defence!

DDG/ (£4.0m)
Debuchy - Davies - Cameron - (Taylor) - (Bruce)
Sanchez - Mata - Sterling - Lamela - (Albrighton)
Rooney - Costa - Bojan

Had Ramsey instead of Sanchez and a better defence but I can't get past the idea of 4 forwards in a team!
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1. djenzio
  11 years, 7 months ago
  nice team. cameron risky but should start imo
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Milan
11 years, 7 months ago
Current RMT, feel free to comment

Foster/Krul
Jones/Ward/Huth/Ferdinand/Hutton
Hazard/Ramsey/Mata/Erikssen/Sigurdsson
Rooney/Dzeko/Bojan
0.5 in the bank for flexibility

Defence and GK rotation works fine for first six weeks. In 6 seasons always used WC early, so not much stress there-

Other combo is Erikssen/Bojan for Ade/Albrighton.
+ is 0,5 more cash for flexibility or I could get 6 mil defender for Ward (although not really in need for it)
- is thin bench, Siggy plays always since Albrighton has bad bad fixtures
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1. djenzio
  11 years, 7 months ago
  id stick with ward.
  
  good team overall
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juzug
11 years, 7 months ago
Been a hardcore reader here for many days now, and still havent seen this option yet (451), so here it goes:

Foster (Krul)

Mariappa-Chester-Pieters-Yun (Bartley)

Yaya-Sanches-Hazard-Mata-Fabregas

Roooney (4,5 + 4.5)

Soo, hit me 🙂
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1. djenzio
  11 years, 7 months ago
  think its far too risky
  
  wouldn't be happy playing chester and yun every week
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  1. juzug
    11 years, 7 months ago
    U think this attack might work?
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    1. djenzio
      11 years, 7 months ago
      no.
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2. Milan
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Disaster. Only Pieters in defence nailed on. Where will you find two playing strikers ofr 4.5? Trust me, change.
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  1. djenzio
    11 years, 7 months ago
    he did say 5 4 1 but its still a bad idea imo
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    1. Milan
      11 years, 7 months ago
      With no attack he at least needs extra quality defence. Here he has no playing defence. Good possibility that he will end up with 8 players in GW1 with this team.
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3. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  It's a good idea in theory, but if Rooney flops then you are relying waaaaay too much on that midfield, and almost half your salary is injected there!!!
  
  I'd suggest finding at least one more premium striker alongside Rooney (Costa, Giroud, Lukaku), and bringing in Sigurdsson, Albrighton or another cheaper midfield option. I'd drop Fabregas out of that bunch. Goalkeepers seem alright, they should have decent rotations, but that defence is a little light, plus Mariappa and Pieters aren't completely nailed on yet.
  
  Just keep tinkering with it mate, it's got the makings of an awesome team 🙂
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  1. djenzio
    11 years, 7 months ago
    pieters is nailed on...him and shawX seem to be the only 2 nailed on at this point
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    1. Big Fudge
      11 years, 7 months ago
      Ah that's a relief, now we just gotta rely on Stoke clean sheets again 😛
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  2. juzug
    11 years, 7 months ago
    Just hoping Hazard/Fabregas covers Costa. Sanchez covers Giroud, Yaya covers dzeko/Jovetic until Kun is back. Yeah true that im all in on Rooney doing all time high seasonstart for himself 🙂
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    1. Big Fudge
      11 years, 7 months ago
      I think Hazard covers him fine, having both is super costly. I think Sanchez and Giroud could be worth the punt, because Arsenal are starting to look mighty good all over the park. Yaya is a pricey cover, but he could burst out of the gates again. Personally, I see him as too expensive right now. I agree that Rooney should have one of his best seasons this year, but having no real cover for him is madness 😛
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      1. juzug
        11 years, 7 months ago
        this could be very risky, but then again; what is the wildcard for :p
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        Big Fudge
        11 years, 7 months ago
        Exactly, I'm not telling you not to do it, cos it could be a masterstroke! I'm just giving you my opinion 😀
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        juzug
        11 years, 7 months ago
        everything is relying on Rooney here, but i can live with that one. Any other forwarder i try to chuck in, there is a better midfielder(s) to replace him with in the same team.. As to defenders, next week will show wich 4.0 and 4.5 will be nailed one. Keepers cant be better. Got money invested in couple of leagues so i guess i'll try this one out for starters 🙂 won 3/3 betting leagues last season. it was sooo much easier than this year, so far 🙂
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        Big Fudge
        11 years, 7 months ago
        You just chuck in Zamora and Vaz Te as your two 4.5 strikers? 😛
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        juzug
        11 years, 7 months ago
        yep 🙂 vaz te as sub1 :p
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        juzug
        11 years, 7 months ago
        Safer one:
        
        Chester Pieters Yun (Mariappa Bartley)
        
        Yaya - Sanchez - Hazard - Eriksen - Mata
        
        RoOney - Bojan (Vaz Teeee)
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Tiggsy
11 years, 7 months ago
I've been tinkering. I'm torn between these three teams.

Current lineup (3-4-3):

Foster / Krul
Ward(b) / Pocognoli / Gibbs / Shaw / Trippier(b)
Gerrard / Sanchez / Hazard / Siggy / Puncheon(b)
Pelle / Nugent / Rooney

Option 2 (3-4-3):

De Gea / Myhill
Baines / Pocognoli / Chester / Trippier(b) / Ward(b)
Ramsey / Hazard / Sterling / Albrighton / Siggy(b)
Pelle / Lukaku / Rooney

Option 3

Howard / Krul
Jones / Ferdinand / Gibbs / Ward / Bruce
Sanchez / Hazard / Sterling / Sidwell / Albrighton
Rooney / Costa / Bojan
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1. Bailly Given a Fuchs
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Has to be 3
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2. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  3, but Howard to Begovic/Speroni allows you to upgrade Sidwell to Siggy. Sidwell not nailed on and Siggy is underpriced with a decent run after the United game.
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  1. Tiggsy
    11 years, 7 months ago
    Interesting, as 3 has by far the lowest 6-week score on RMT.
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    1. Big Fudge
      11 years, 7 months ago
      By how much?
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      1. Tiggsy
        11 years, 7 months ago
        13-17 points fewer. 10-13 if Howard/Begovic and Sidwell/Siggy swaps made.
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        Big Fudge
        11 years, 7 months ago
        Well it's up to you then mate 😀
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        Tiggsy
        11 years, 7 months ago
        I keep giving myself headaches trying to fit other players in. I don't like having a duff defence which is why I like my current selection. I really like the strike force for option 2, but I think Sanchez could be a machine this season.
        
        Headaches.
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3. BurnySizz
  11 years, 7 months ago
  I read that pelles score is higher due to less competition and players etc
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  1. Tiggsy
    11 years, 7 months ago
    True, but he also scores a lot of goals.
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Bailly Given a Fuchs
11 years, 7 months ago
RMT pleeeease.

Krul/Mannone
Shaw, Debuc,Luis, (Wisdom, Bruce)
Mata, Haz, Rams,Snod, (Albrighton)
Rooney, Costa, Bojan.
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1. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Like the Snod punt, underrated at Hull.
  
  Not too sure on having such a heavy defence, maybe downgrade Shaw to Evans/Jones, then Luis to Ben Davies, then you could afford Siggy instead of Albrighton (better rotation with Bojan)
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Dele Harry
11 years, 7 months ago
RMT (:

Beg (Gilks)
Terry, Bavies, Caulker (Van Aanholt, Marriapa)
Mata, Rambo, Fab, Lamela (Siggy)
Bojan, Rooney, Jovetic

0.5 in the bank
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1. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  The Lamela punt is a good one, although Eriksen is "safer". Not sold on Jovetic, van Aanholt or Marriapa. You could downgrade the benched defenders to Moore and Wisdom, which would give you enough money to upgrade Jovetic to Giroud or Lukaku. With a bit more cash you could also get Diego Costa, but Fabregas/Hazard plus Terry seems like suitable Chelsea cover.
  
  Looks solid man 🙂
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SamMac92
11 years, 7 months ago
Hey guys,

Would be great if you could RMT.

Krul/Elliot
Jones / Luis / Van Aanholt / Bartley

Fab / Mata / Ramsey / Eriksen / Siggy

Rooney / Costa / Bojan

Had Sanchez in instead of Ramsey and downgraded Siggy.

Unsure!
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1. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Whose the 5th defender?
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  1. SamMac92
    11 years, 7 months ago
    Sorry, Moore.
    
    Hopefully playing 3-4-3
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    1. Big Fudge
      11 years, 7 months ago
      All good 🙂
      
      Looks very solid, following the template nicely. Just make sure you have a way out if Bojan flops. One option could be van Aanholt to Moore/Wisdom, then Luis to Ben Davies, which gives you enough to upgrade Krul to Begovic/Speroni and Ramsey to Sanchez.
      
      You'll be rotating between 3-5-2 and 3-4-3 with that team 😛
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      1. SamMac92
        11 years, 7 months ago
        Thanking you!
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    2. SamMac92
      11 years, 7 months ago
      Any Suggestions?
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      1. Big Fudge
        11 years, 7 months ago
        Gave you some above ^^
        
        🙂
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2. martinstubbs
  11 years, 7 months ago
  very similar to my team but dzeko instead of costa, feel man city create more chances than chelski, my def is evans/terry/wisdom/cameron/vermaelan (only if man utd sign him)
  
  bojan rotates well with siggy good team
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cykedizzle
11 years, 7 months ago
RMT

Mannone/Krul
Caulker/Baines/Cameron/Chester/Wisdom
Sterling/Ramsey/Hazard/Lamela/Siggy
Rooney/Dzeko/Nugent

Unsure of defense, Nugent/Bojan, Dzeko/Jovetic based on form
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1. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Don't choose a team solely based on pre-season form. We all still wear the scars of the "Boselli Incident" 😉
  
  Everton's early run doesn't justify starting Baines this early, so downgrade him to someone with better fixtures like Evans/Jones or Luis. Midfield is good, Dzeko is a little iffy, Nugent could be a nice differential. Maybe downgrade Cameron to Moore/Hutton and use the extra dosh to get Giroud or Lukaku over Dzeko because we all know what Man City are like with their rotations. It's a roller coaster ride you don't wanna be on 😛
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2. Birds of Prey
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Really solid, defense is versatile with a stud.
  
  You already know Bojan over Nugent.
  
  Then there's Dzeko or Jov? that's undecided, until Aguero gets damaged. I'd go Giroud initially.
  
  Good for u, I'm trying to figure out how to get back to a healthy Baines.
  
  Isn't the Arsenal midfield a wonderful crapshoot? I'm not touching that cluster-F.
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Birds of Prey
11 years, 7 months ago
Can I get some help solving this?

A) Januz -Fabregas
B) Mata-Henderson * leaning this way
C) Henderson-Januz
D) Fabregas -Henderson

Thx for any insight.BOP
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1. Ady87
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Mata will score big this season. I'm not a fan of Henderson from an FPL perspective though.
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2. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Mata and Siggy
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Ady87
11 years, 7 months ago
What would you change if anything? Any good?

Mannone

Shaw Wood B.Davies

Mata Nasri Sterling Fabregas

Rooney Dzeko Giroud

Subs: Elliot Vlaar Albrighton Wisdom
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1. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Not sold on Nasri, Eriksen or Lamela would be better choices IMO. Dzeko is an interesting one, if he can finally nail down some consistent game time then he's a steal at 7.5m, but this is Man City we are taking about, game time isn't guaranteed unless you're Joe Hart. Bench options are solid, not sure about Wood but he could be alright. Sterling with a tough run after Southampton, but he's turning into a class player.
  
  Team looks good man 🙂
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  1. Ady87
    11 years, 7 months ago
    Oops, I meant Ward lol.
    
    Thanks for the response. Nasri was consistent for me for large parts of last season with an Assist or Goal most weeks but if i can try find an extra 0.5m i might swap for Nasri.
    
    I think Sterling can do it against anyone and i'm a Man Utd fan, but I'm worried if they don't get another striker that his assists wont be what they could be.
    
    I did have Eriksen instead of Nasri in my last draft but with Lamela playing in the hole pre-season Eriksen hasn't done anything and worried that may continue in the league. I'll maybe bring Lamela in though after a couple of weeks if he is doing it!
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    1. Ady87
      11 years, 7 months ago
      swap for Silva!!
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      1. Big Fudge
        11 years, 7 months ago
        Not a bad plan 🙂
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    2. Big Fudge
      11 years, 7 months ago
      It's a toss of the coin with those 2. Chances are I'll pick the wrong one and you'll pick the right one 😛
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    3. Birds of Prey
      11 years, 7 months ago
      Sterling plays for LIV. He will not be assisting on any Rooney goals in the near future.lol
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      1. money face bandwagon
        11 years, 7 months ago
        apparently he is speaking from a utd fan's point of view..not meaning sterling will play for utd lol
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        Ady87
        11 years, 7 months ago
        Yep
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Tinchy Sneijder
11 years, 7 months ago
How about this?
Mannone (Krul)
Baines O'shea Cameron ( Coloccini) (Bruce)
Fabregas Ramsey Ward-Prowse Hazard (El Ahmadi)
Costa Rooney Jovetic

Aim is to upgrade defence to one more chelsea player and debuchy when prices rise and to maybe put RVP in (depends on Rooney's performances though!)
Hit me with your suggestions please!!!
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1. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Ward-Prowse will still struggle for game time, they just singed some more good wingers. Jovetic will be challenging Dzeko and Aguero all season and struggle for solid game time. Baines is too pricey for this early in the season, get a Chelsea or United defender instead and use the leftover money to upgrade your defence. Ben Davies would be solid back there 🙂
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Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
11 years, 7 months ago
I got Rooney, Shaw and Mata and no Arsenal players whatsoever. Ramsey over Mata yes or no? Ty
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1. Ady87
  11 years, 7 months ago
  No, too much competition for points in that Arsenal team now. If Ramsey were £6.5m it's a different story but £9m is too much considering they have players like Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez. United have Cleverley, Fletcher and Herrera from midfield.
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  1. Abusive_Sgt_Daelrhos
    11 years, 7 months ago
    Ty guys
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2. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  No, but an Arsenal mid would be good. Sanchez or Ramsey depending on your price range.
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Essrick
11 years, 7 months ago
Thoughts?

GK - Krul, Mannone
DEF - Kompany, Debuchy, Vermaelen (Providing he moves to Utd), Clyne, Cameron
MID - Fabregas, Mata, Sterling, Eriksen, Albrighton
ST - Dzeko, Giroud, Bony
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FC Arse-lona
11 years, 7 months ago
RMT please!

De Gea---Myhil
Debuchy---F. Luis---Vlaar---Cameron---(Bruce)
Mata---Sanchez---Eriksen---Sterling (Albrighton)
Costa---Rooney(c) (Zamora)

My concern is should downgrade one of my midfielders and invest in my defence?
And will F. Luis start for Chelsea?
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Vernon Anita-Dobson
11 years, 7 months ago
Thoughts guys??

Krul Elliot

Debuchy P.Jones Wisdom Moore Bartley

Sanchez Sigurdsson Mata Hazard Nasri

Rooney Dzeko Bojan (alternating with sigudsson)
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NACH OS
11 years, 7 months ago
Any thoughts ?

Speroni + (4.0GK)

Cahill + Debushy + Vlaar + Moore + Wisdoom

Erikson + Silva + Ramsey + Henderson

Costa + Rooney + Bony

Peace 🙂
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1. NACH OS
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Oh i forgot Albrighton in MID 😮
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Ninjaa
11 years, 7 months ago
Thanks for advice so far, points taken.
views please lads

Krul Foster

J.Evans Luis Ben Davies Ferdinand Bartley

Hazard Sanchez Sigurdsen Eriksen Holliet

Rooney Costa Weiman
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1. fourtynine
  11 years, 7 months ago
  This can't be a 100mil. squad! Impressive 🙂
  
  Please RMT :
  
  Green - Speroni (rotating H-A)
  
  Cameron - Caulker - Jagielka - Vlaar - Ward (two rotating pairs)
  
  Sanchez - Lamela - Hazard - Mata - Shelvey
  
  Sturridge - Bojan - Berahino
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  1. money face bandwagon
    11 years, 7 months ago
    cameron may not start..jagielka bad fixture..only 1 proven striker in sturridge who is injuried and tough fixture..rely too much on midfield
    
    sell jags for a utd def, vlaar for Ntaylor and u will have a better defensive rotation.
    
    no rooney is dangerous too
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    1. fourtynine
      11 years, 7 months ago
      This way I will have 3 United players, something I'm trying to avoid in the first gameweeks (having 3 players from ANY team).
      What you'd suggest as United defender - Shaw being the obvious choice, of course.
      Can't afford another 10+mil. striker without redoing the whole team - maybe replacing Sturrige with Rooney ?
      What makes you think Ntaylor with outscore vlaar ?
      Thanks for you reply.
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    2. fourtynine
      11 years, 7 months ago
      And do you mean Neil Talor (SWA) ? Is he certain to start ?
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  2. Ninjaa
    11 years, 7 months ago
    Minimum jags lamela and Sturridge > jevans siggy and Rooney. They will save you 3m to improve berahino or Bojan.
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2. Daniel Levy- Not the Chairm…
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Why get Weimann when you can have Bojan for exactly the same price.
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  1. Ninjaa
    11 years, 7 months ago
    Weiman is guaranteed game time.
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  2. Ninjaa
    11 years, 7 months ago
    Weiman is guaranteed game time
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jimmy1990
11 years, 7 months ago
what does anyone think?

DDG (myhill)
Oshea / Vertonghen / Cahill / (Vlaar(any other 4.5?) Bartley)
Mata / yaya / hazard / siggy (albrighton)
Rooney / bojan / dzeko(or adebayor or giroud)

anyone see any potential improvments, possibly vertonghen out for 5 miller,
hazard for Fab then dzeko/giroud/adebayor for Costa?
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1. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Vertonghen out for Davies sounds good, then you can use that money to upgrade Dzeko to Giroud or Lukaku (adebayor isn't a good idea).
  
  Hope that helps 🙂
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JWB83
11 years, 7 months ago
Ok so here is my second draft....

Begovic/Gilks

J Evans, Cahill, Wisdom, Mariappa, N Taylor

Hazard, Mata, Sterling, Erickson, Siggy

Rooney, Dzeko, Bojan

Not convinced how Ramsey/ Sanchez will fair early on and I will likely wildcard gameweek 4.

How does this look for the first 3 weeks?
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1. roscola
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Watch out for Mariappa losing his place.
  
  I'm skeptical of the Siggy/Bojan rotation that you're obviously planning. Last time Siggy was a Swan, he scored 6 of his 7 goals away from home. Doesn't mean he'll do the same thing this time, but it does highlight the problem of rotating attacking players.
  
  Avoiding Ramsey and Sanchez is probably a very wise thing to do, but you will need to prepare for at least one of them to have risen in price by GW4.
  
  Sound team for all that.
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  1. JWB83
    11 years, 7 months ago
    Thanks for your thoughts. Yes, as a Palace fan I agree about Mariappa and desperately wanted to put Ward in. We did play Ledley at left back a few times last season too, but unless TP signs another fullback I am fairly sure Mariappa will start the season.
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    1. roscola
      11 years, 7 months ago
      Aha, good to know. Thanks and good luck!
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Daniel Levy- Not the Chairm…
11 years, 7 months ago
Should I go with 3 8.0M+ strikers
OR
2 8.0M+ strikers and Bojan
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1. Big Fudge
  11 years, 7 months ago
  Rooney + Costa/Giroud/Lukaku/Bony/Sturridge + 8.5m or Bojan/Austin/Nugent
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Jubilanus / BSC Small Boys …
11 years, 7 months ago
Any thoughts?

De Gea (Myhill)
Cahill, Rosenior, Shackell, Ward, Cameron
Mata, yaya, Fabregas, Sterling, Siggy
Rooney, Austn, Bojan
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1. JWB83
  11 years, 7 months ago
  I like the Yaya pick, but it makes the defence and strikeforce weaker.
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will2win
11 years, 7 months ago
What do you think?

Krul
Wisdom. Baines, Moore
Yaya, Fabregas, Mata, Sterling, Sanchez
Rooney, Fletcher/Bojan

Duff, Zamora, Hutton, Elliot

I've spent all the money on the midfield and Rooney.
Haven't decided on Fletcher or Bojan.
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Big Fudge
11 years, 7 months ago
Busy rating other people's teams but I'll quickly pop mine up here. Just spent the last couple of hours tinkering with it after reading the articles and discussions. 90% happy with it so far:

Begovic/Myhill

B.Davies/N.Taylor/Wisdom/Moore/Hutton

Sanchez/Hazard/Mata/Eriksen/Albrighton

Rooney/Giroud/Bony

Nothing left in the bank. Bony will be amazing this season, calling it. Rest of the team is good, all I'm waiting on is confirmation that those defenders will play and get me points.

Tear it apart for me 😛
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1. JWB83
  11 years, 7 months ago
  I think Bony will have a great season too. Hopefully he stays at Swansea. Strong midfield and attack. Hate to be predictable, but defence could do with an upgrade.
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Daniel Levy- Not the Chairm…
11 years, 7 months ago
Regarding Fabregas, do we see him playing in the "hole" until Oscar proves his fitness (and form) or do we expect him to start alongside Matic in the "double pivot". Also, when he was at Arsenal was he used mainly behind the striker or deeper??
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