Double Everton defence.... I think they look really vulnerable to conceding goals

nailed the template

Tell me about why picking Mahrez over Sane...

Better get a claw hammer and pull the nails out - awful 😉

Agree with double Everton. Coleman to a United defender perhaps? And seeing as you have salah, I'd be tempted to downgrade Firminho to upgrade one of the three cheap mids

Leno instead of Pickford maybe ?

decent apart from the 2 eve defs
maybe a bit punty on the supporting mids

no Salah confirmed

Kun/Aub rotation - interesting ...

Why would you rotate any of your city players (Or arsenal for that matter)?

Very interesting indeed - although would probably be more useful if we had 100% nailed options for City.

Kdb most nailed, right?

Fine as long as you have Salah(c) permanent. There is little value in a 10m+ player unless you plan to captain them. That is why I have not got Salah and gone with Auba / Aguero as my (c) options.

You may not even get 11 on the pitch come GW1 😉

Your gonna find it difficult to compete without any premium forwards

Too skimpy in attack if Salah fails.

I guess you plan to wildcard within the first few weeks? Also, the worst forward line I've seen on here so far, congrats!

Interesting idea but I'd be nervous each week with all 3 of those City players. Though i will likely have Sane too as we don't really have much choice. Shaw we need to wait and see on too.

people on here usually hates teams like this, I'd like to see how you get on - I quite like it (still not sure/convinced by Mkhi game-time though)

shaw will drop out once young is back
stones not nailed
double utd defence gamble due to rotation risk
sane & mahrez rotation risk
leno a gamble
wood upfront

I thought you said Shaw was knee-jerk? ;D

Your problem would come if striker above 6.5 becomes essential early on. You are looking at multiple transfers to try catch price rises etc IMO.

Like the structure, if not all of the personnel. I was even entertaining the idea of going Salahless and captaining Auba to spread funds around even more.

It works. I wrote an article last year that compared all the formations and there was very little difference between them. In fact 343 was one of the worst, but the points difference was less than 2 per week. It’s more to pick guys that have value than how they lineup and I think you have that.

Leno (4)
Robbo (5) Bailly (4) Shaw (4.5) Stones (4)
Salah(8+8) Mane (5), Sane (5.5), Mahrez (5.5), Mkhi (5)
Wood (4.5)
Ballpark estimated weekly points, gives 61 points, which is competitive. The winner is around 65.

My only concern would be are Bailly Shaw and stones regular starters.

Hope none of those get rested or injured

v v risky to pack defence with premiums at the start of the season

Depends what you mean by potential - but Richarlison has better fixtures, knows the league and will be playing for a manager who loves him.

So of the two, I would favour Richarlison at this point in time.

B if he goes to Everton

B

Seen quite a bit of Anderson in Serie A and he strikes me as a streaky player.

FPL rule - always go for the already Premier League proven players. Felipe Anderson to much of an unknown.

not much in it, eg mikhi vs tosun

A

Sane & Zaha/Arnie

B. Lots of solid picks in 7m striker bracket. zaha, Tosun, Arnie, etc.

depends if zaha or arnie play up top

Million dollar question this one.
Tosun, Mikhi, gross, Yarmolenko, Zaha... all have potential to be explosive, consistent or frustrating

I'd go A as Firminho is nailed and there are more 7m mid options

It’s a big question

Who else will play there?

Thanks. Worth nothing that Mendy is back already though. And why has Smalling missed so much?

excellent info. spurs, city, man u look like they'll defo be depleted for a 1-3 GWs

Doesn’t look very accurate to me.

Laporte 33?

Otamendi 26 but Aguero 19?

Mendy is clearly incorrect.

Maybe Richarlison instead of Lamela...

weak forward line

Quite like it. Mahrez your only city asset might be the big risk

Think the ultra weak bench is too risky for me, especially with rotation risks in your starting 11

Eriksen for Sane to have spurs cover?
Alonso a risk due to formation change.
Trent away with England so is he back? Same for Pickford.
Cedric may not feature until second week.

defence is a worry for me

You may get zero playing defenders week 1..

5, pretty mixed for me. I like a lot of what you have but I don’t like:

1. No Salah.

2. Alonso probably a risk and less attacking now Chelsea likely to play a back 4.

3. No bench

4. TAA a rotation risk & likely to miss start of season.

I’d switch Alonso to Robertson and use the other 0.5 to get a 4.5 defender for your bench.

Now the problem here is the English transfer window closes in 3 weeks but France and other Euro countries have more time. A few PL clubs could face a disastrous situation where players down tools and demand a transfer to the continent when their home PL club cannot get a replacement.

Thanks, I’ll use this one

This is the format mine keeps ending up at.

Similar to mine, but I have 5, 4.5, 4 instead of 3x 4.5 defenders.

Then instead of Jota/Deulufeu I have Costa/Mkhi.

see below

I'd rather start with Sane over Eriksen, but pretty good otherwise - like it

B

i suppose one element is they've been handed relatively easy opening fixtures again

Completely agree. Some rose tinted specs on here. Just because Martial is only 7.5m doesn’t mean he’s worth a 2-3 game spell and a guaranteed transfer thereafter. Mou’s teams rarely rip teams apart to justify having him for such a short spell IMO.

Started last seson with 4-0, 4-0 and 2-0.
After 7 games they had scored 21 goals.

But I tend to agree with you.

For me, I wouldn’t want to have players in that will only play 2 games then be benched. Every season there are a couple of players in most people’s squad that don’t work out as planned and need changed. I wouldn’t want to have players I know I’ll definitely need to change before it’s started.

Similar output, just a nightmare to predict, like the rest of the city attack bar KDB

I think he’ll score more.

Should be nailed on, on set pieces, lots more goals from the Man City side so Mahrez should get lots of goal involvement, extra opportunity for clean sheet points too which should make a difference.

It's possible, but now he's in a team that created twice as many chances as Leicester did last season and you'd expect him to therefore be more involved. Smaller slice of bigger pie!

yeah maybe so

Pomdered over the merits of owning him, but felt that he needs to prove his worth first.
He's used to playing on a Foxes side content of being on the backfoot. Playing for a more dominating side might require time to adjust.

Don't like double Liverpool and United defence

Like the rest

same as ROSST. def a big, big gamble

Not bad for a non Salah team. Having both Shaw & Bailly could be a pain when everyone returns so one max for me.

There’s one on reddit r/FantasyPL.

Otherwise search twitter. But can’t find loads of good ones.

Define good?

Think there's better value in defence and midfield at that value, so if you're going 5.5 striker you may as well drop to a 4.5 one and put the million somewhere else

Um, that's why they're 5.5 or less! Look for one that's likely to start, not one who's likely to score. At the moment from the promoted sides there's Reid, Kamara or 2 or 3 Wolves options.

Depoitre, maybe Jimenez.

There’s nothing there really. A 5.5 defender is a mixed option I’d play with one more at the back if that’s all you have left

*cough*August*cough*

Costs a fortune, enough that he has to hit the ground running. Probably not needed for a captain if you have Salah so arguably he has to do even better to justify that price. I’m not convinced he is a better option than Salah so at 12.5 non captain he has to be scoring about 7 ppg for me at 12 million - notconvonced he will do that at the start having seen him for England

Reason why my rank was sh** last year

I do hate having wingbacks in the centre of my defence.

I always have to arrange mine by price from left to right.

I do this 😆

Current draft is a 4-4-2 and has Coleman at right back, Robbo left back. Problem is I also have Shaw & Mendy looking out of place as the centre backs 😆

I do mine based on colors...

Last season was the beginning of the end for Daniels, think you might have 3 nonplaying subs there once Tomkins comes in

On the whole a very nice team.

My main concerns would be Daniels and Masuaku. Not sure how West Ham will line up but with all the new players and players they already had he’s got a lot of competition.

I had a very similar dilemma and went b

Firmino a bit of a risk but with B your midfield is just too much of a punt for me

I'm looking forward flexibility...

Happy to wildcard in the 1st break....But great if I can save it....

Think it's a mistake to set up with a single wildcard strategy in mind.

Inevitably, I'll be wildcarding relatively early, but am trying to put a team together that is set up for success beyond a few fixtures and is flexible enough to incorporate returning players once they are available.

Would be loading up on City and Liverpool players anyway. And probably a United defender.

Too hard, if players surprise you and come back early or late then you’re scuppered. Seems likely they won’t all come back at the same time too. This is more of a risk of you have punts who will leave the team when the first choice comes back rather than missing returning players for a week or two

Interesting line of thought. Although I've pickef mine with early WC in mind, I havent fully commited to the strategy. Hoping for a possible saving of WC, but may have to accept its inevitability.

most will say no, and I agree somewhat - but it really depends on what your alternative captain does

No City attacker? Start again i'd say.

Like it! Better options than Ward though. Cardiff won't score many.