Stephens

Gunnarson? Not 100% on his role. Looked him up and hes got a few goals in his career though.

Chalobah , he was really good last season before his season ending injury , interestingly he came on as a sub for Andre Gray in the last game of the season against Utd with Watford chasing the game

Very worried about rotation nobody safe

But that's the point. He doesn't think in terms of a first-choice XI for all occasions. It's more a matter of trying to second-guess who'll get more game-minutes and whether their price correlates to value.

For me, the only certainty is Ederson, so I've got him in. I expect Mendy to be heavily used so am starting with Laporte with the intention of switching to Mendy when he's rested. Further up the pitch is a rotation minefield - I'm starting with Sane with the intention of switching to De Bruyne. After those three, I just don't have enough confidence to invest.

Ederson
Walker, Ota, Kompany, Mendy
KDB,Fernandinho (Jorginho),D/Bilva
Sterling (Mahrez), Kun, Jesus (Sane)

Could be sensible to minimise City and watch this space...could be seriously burned if you pick the wrong ones

Definitely still a concern, you dont want that type of worry going into GW1 and need to fix it before GW2. United do have a great team prediction thread (or they used to) on redcafe.net before games. People on there mostly get it pretty right.

i'd probably change Siggy to someone else as treble Everton is a bit too much , other than that its a good team

Looks good, I would just monitor foster v McCarthy pre-season

b for early fixtures and known quantity.

Aub cd well have a brilliant season but I'd like to see how the new manager uses him and a tricky first 2 fixtures is an ideal opportunity.

I will probably go with Auba. He is well rested and fixtues proof.

B for me.

Alli is an interesting differential with brace potential.

B

T & M

Tough call! Kinda 50/50 but are we 100% sure Walcott will be nailed? A edges it on that basis.

A - but I fancy a punt on Tosun and Jota.

Could you go Austin & Martial 😉

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Haha! 😀

*Mahrez

Normally the tactic i go for so can't knock it but really don't see many points in that back 5 and double Arsenal is a no to start with

I think Daniels has had his time. Bournemouth are far too leaky and he lost his real charm when he lost his pens.

Burnley have 6 Europa league games before GW4, and that’s before the group stages even start, I’d be avoid No them for now

Same, except Young = Stones

Coleman

Definitely Coleman for me - one of the first names in my squad.

Pickford!

start with kun maybe then switch to auba gw3?

Mkhi isn't nailed, auba or lacazette may hit form and could be important.

Pre-season will probably give us some idea, but the most popular option at the moment is start with Mhiki and Aguero and then reassess in gw3.

That's what I'm on currently - although I'm not a fan of planning transfers, especially at the beginning of the season. Might just start with Auba.....

It's sort of fortunate that they have those first two fixtures. You can't trust line-ups in pre-season friendlies, so we can assess how Arsenal do in the first 2 GWs before committing ourselves. I'll be watching with an eye on Auba, Mkhi and probably Sokratis.

They look a great source of FPL value this year, but the new manager leaves a doubt over everything to do with them.

Auba, Laca, Ramsey, Mkhi and even Ozil are all options at their prices. Monreal & the Goalkeepers (only 5.0’s!) too.

Just need to see some games to see how they’re lining up, hownthey’re Playing, who the managers favourites are etc.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see anything from new manager sacked by November, to Triple Arsenal being essential by GW5 & everything in between 🙂

FWIW, I am very positive on Mkhi & Lacazette & a bit neutral on Auba because of his position and price tag.

I’m not touching Arsenal for the first 2-3 gameweeks. New manager, tough fixtures, new tactics, new formation. Will hop on them with early wildcard.

Cheers guys, seems like the best option is to wait out preseason then.

My current draft has money tied up in Sanchez to allow me to quickly change to a front 3 of Zaha Auba Kun if needed but also allows a straight swap from Kun -> Auba if Jesus looks like the golden boy again.

Crazy that Kane might not be in my team for much of the season! Guess there's just a few more options emerging up top this year than last.

I love Arnie but his fixtures put me off.

Not sure whether Lingard worth that money -- personally, not a fan of him.

Ogbonna, really? WHU fixtures are awful, at least in the beginning.

Was there an option to face Croatia after more extra time and penalties? 😉

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I hope we smash the French 3-0 😀

I'll celebrate with some reblochon, bread, and a glass of wine.

In fairness, compare France to Colombia, Sweden and Tunisia!

England are lucky they are coming up against a tired Croatia team, it may be enough to see them through to the final, but jeez France would be a different beast altogether compared to what they have faced so far.

Still, you just never know in one game anyone can beat anyone.

They are 5m for a reason; however, I will be monitoring Kamara.

They seem to know how to take 'em, and have a keeper who knows how to save 'em, but surely their legs won't last a third 2-hour game. A young, fit England should run them into the ground before it gets that far.

He's only got the one season behind him. He may well relatively fade, or opponents suss him out.

He's still nailed on as captain to my teamsheet, but he's be easy to edge out if he does turn out to be flat.

Agree with Andy - Those guys did it season after season.

Looks very good imo.

Between Neves/Cairney, go for the Fulham mid.

Well,
GK good.
DEF - I lack your faith on BOU defence but otherwise good.
MID - Salah as cap, sure. I'm holding off on Spuds and L'Arse GW1. Spuds have too many players to be rested post-WC and a new stadium to bed in. Arsenal can wait until GW3 due to fixtures.
STR - with 2 viable strikers your formation is restricted to 442/352, in which case you need a stronger 5th Mid or 5th Def, imo. Personally I'd be wanting to spend a little more to replace Daniels + 4m Def.

Nice, Kamara could be a very astute purchase, not many options at that price range

Never any 4.0 start the season, when players go missing early in the season you will be already one player down.

Unlikely, he won one Vs Leicester so took it himself. Defoe, Wilson, King is my opinion.

I usually go by the set piece tab at the top. Though it hasn't been updated in a very long time. It still has Zlatan.

Defoe is a thorn in the side for those considering King...

Me not but he could be a good punt

Isn't he below Wood in the pecking order? One of them will probably be more heavily used early doors in the Europa fixtures.

Wait and see if Burnley manage to sign Jay Rodriguez before the season starts, if so I'd say Barnes's place will be seriously under threat.

Wood looks like the go to man for Burnley. Definitely being overlooked with Arnie, Zaha & Tosun around.

Generally City players are eased in but i think he's the long term Dilva replacement

Yup. Pep tends to make new players spend considerable time on the training ground to learn the Pep way before using them in top-level games, so I wouldn't want him in my initial squad.

I'm happy to back Wolves from the get-go although their players aren't that cheap.
Southampton have burned me these last 2 seasons with their flatter-to-deceive cheap defenders and killer opening fixtures, so this time it's a no from me.
West Ham start with horrible fixtures so I'll stand back and monitor them for about the first 10 GWs. Fabs could come in early doors if he racks up save points again, and Arnie and Wilshere will be on my radar but I won't commit too hastily with either.
The 'lesser' club I expect to do quite well and has good-value players is Palace.

I guess I am, considering I have Fabianski, Douglas, Jota and Austin in my team.

West Ham and Southampton under-performed last season and should improve - not sure about top 10 finish though.

Of the three promoted sides, I like Wolves the best as they seem to have some genuine quality in their squad.

Wilson? LMFAO