Suttner

Was it Fene who were signing Diego Costa?

Could pay off massively, but I don't see the point of avoiding Kaka and Kane but still not getting in Alonso.

Think I'd get someone cheaper in for Mkhi and use the funds to upgrade a defender or Tammy.

I'm really up in the air about Sanchez. Will he really come back and start knocking them in again?

Would worry not having either Kane or Lukaku

Pretty feeble excuse

Why would you get rid of Jones?

I'd rather Jones

Is that your front line? 😉

But yeah I wouldn't mind having them this week.

Mee?

Carroll

Trippier, then sell. Have Carroll first sub should Trippier not play.

Trips

Too many WCs being played to trust too much

Why to follow so much on price rise and fall...
if you wanted Jones then it doesn't matter at all

It's a good move so whether Ake fell or not is irrelevant.

Why do a transfer just because someone's price is falling?

I hate that.. punt on Trippier?

Let's see the rest of your team and if there isn't anything else you could downgrade! Also Rose is due back soon, wouldn't be the end of the world to go Cedric!

Downgrade a 4.5 def to 4.4?

Salah and Abraham ---> Brady/Jese/Atsu and Firmino?

Go 4-3-3 by downgrading salah/mkhi to a 4.5 mid bench fodder, upgrading abraham and upgrading a defender from your bench.

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kompany possibly injured

I'm keeping Jesus one more week against Calamity Lovren

You're very dumb

Considering it also haha. I have 1 FT, Stephens, Danilo and Mbemba so need to use it there. Liverpool ship goals, especially set pieces, so there's a chance of some points. Also I'm looking to get Sanchez or Hazard in rather than double up Spurs so why take a hit to get Alli in for 1/2 weeks?

I'd consider Mooy/Brady Mane Pogba > 4.5 Salah Eriksen personally.

I prefer Alli and Eriksen to Salah.

Vokes to Abraham? Considering Wood may take his place

Eriksen or Salah 😉

Match of the Day trumps stats 😉

Mané and Eriksen for me.

Can't you pay with some pieces of silver?
Or does ffs not accept blood money?

Might be their best choice if they don't have Kaku

G/W 6 I will be bringing him in.

Hopefully quiet 'till then.

agree for the formation. but, i went for 4 4 2 myself and didnt went good for now. so u were just lucky tbh. but getting 4 defs definitely frees up some mils for mid and attack.,

I agree atm. Have more up front and less at the back.

Although, I quite fancy Brady to do just as well as most 5.5 defenders tbh. And then you also have the caveat of there being plenty of good 5.0 defenders, so no need to go too heavy at the back

Stopped reading when i saw Gabbi 🙂

If I was going to have 4 at the back, I'd at least want Alonso as one of them. For me though, I'd rather have Firmino and a rotating big hitter to allow for a 4th strong midfielder (all the cheapish 3rd forwards are much of a muchness for me, Gabi is no better than Abraham).

Agree four at the back allows for decent options throughout ... though I went 442

I started off with this but having such poor midfield options from the bench didn't help and isn't something I would want long term.

I'm going to rotate between 4-3-3 and 3-4-3 as like you say there is amazing value in defence but I would rather an option like Brady (Zaha/King last year) who could explode and has far more potential than two 4.5s there who you'd be happy with a maximum 3 points from.

Also if your bench was ever called upon the likelihood is one of those cheap defenders could come in with a clean sheet while Chalobah might get 1 points.

Completely agree, I have played the same formation so far 🙂 With there being no playing 4.5 forward it took 4-4-2 out the equation for me. And no playing 4.0 defender limited the attraction of 3-4-3. With there being decent 4.5m midfield options in RLC and Carroll around too you could play them aswell if you wanted to switch to 3-4-3 for certain weeks.

Its good at the moment as you say, but if a cheap consistent points scorer emerges a formation switch should always be considered.

I'm not arguing against 4 at the back, it might work well this season. Your team seem to be doing OK.

You write: "I just can't get my head around why someone would want to start Brady or Ritchie when they could get Davies or Bailly who will yield more points. FPL is about points right?"

I am not sure if this is a genuine question - but let me treat it as one and try to answer it.

I can explain this to you. Going from Carroll to Brady costs you 1 mill. If you downgrade Davies or Bailly by 1 million, the options are plenty: 7 out of the top 10 scoring defenders so far are at least 1 million cheaper than Bailly, a lot of them also 1 million below Ben Davies. The options are good, and when you add in the ability to rotate them based on fixtures, a team with 1 premium and 4 defenders between 4,5 and 5 can get a lot of points.

So the extra million you spend on upgrading your defenders might not net you that much extra in points, compared to having a cheap'ish defender rotation.

In midfield or attack, what can you do with 1 million? Often a lot more. The difference between Gabbiadini and Firmino (granted, 1,5 million difference) in points potential is huge.

However, your point was about whether to have a 4th mid or not. While I agree that Brady or Richie isn't the most tempting of propositions, there tends to be someone in the 4th mid position that gets lots of points (see King, Zaha last year, Mahrez, Alli the season before). Perhaps that will be the time to change to a mid 4?

Personally I go with a cheaper defense and 7 attackers I am happy with. By just having 3 defenders playing most weeks, I can maximize the benefits of a good rotation and make sure they tend to have good fixtures. As an illustration, last week I got 9 points from Mbemba, 7 from Suttner, 6 from Bertrand, 7 from Fabianski - all with good fixtures ending in clean sheets. This saves me money to allow me to have Siggy as a 4th mid when Evertons good fixtures come.

Tough to call which is best so far. I'm on a front 7 of
Silva Pogba Mane Antonio Brady
Morata Kane
for now so sticking with 352 but 433 could be the way to go alright especially as midfield will be a big rotation risk soon

You could well be right but I'm going with my gut for now. My 3 at the back are
Alonso Naughton Jones
September will reveal a lot for the season and I do feel I will need Spurs defence but I want to see how their team settles first with so many options in defence now

b.

b easily

I like mane more than salah, but then I like jones farrr more than any 4.4 defender. so have to go with B

B

Mee's the popular one but Ward is a tasty differential.

Davies, I don't see rose back anytime soon

3. Can?

Brady for me.

Aarons and Murphy need to impact one game that Atsu fails to perform and they will be challenging with for a start.

Brady edges it, but I'm not sure he's worth the xtra 0.5

Fer

Not bad

Midfield looks weak

Very light in midfield.

C and d/f

Duffy definetely. Go with Cedric if you're happy with that, Watford looking better than I had predicted pre season.

I think prob A and C then

looks good

Gtg. Maybe hegazi over Zanka

Can you afford Willian + Jesus to Eriksen + Firmino?

C should be RLC, Jesus -> Pogba, Chicarito