huh...where did you read that?

Wow! Hadn't even read about this potentially being a deal. Good to see more UK players going abroad.

Trippier playing under Simeone, gonna be interesting.

Wow

Probably Dani Alves will go to Spurs then

Walker-Peters. Nice.

Well I may have to remove him from my team now 🙁

It's good apart from Jagielka. Downgrade Zaha to Brooks and upgrade Jagielka to Dunk/ Aké?

Really nice team

It's those first 2 fixtures.

Decent fixtures, cheap and should be on pens. Not bad for 6.5 if Wilson doesn't completely take his limelight

Athletico not Real!

He hardly played last season, Kyle Walker-Peters could maybe get the spot? Or worse, share the minutes?

I've heard Spurs is going to sign with Dani Alves

Vertonghen

Is Davies/rose not an option?

I'd wait for the new right back 🙂

Walker-Peters will be their only RB in pre-season now if the deal is finalised with Aurier injured so we prob won't know who is first choice by GW1.

Walker-Peters is an odd one. There were so many opportunities last season for Pochettino to give him a run out, and he still preferred an out of position Foyth. I'd be amazed if they don't make a move for a new RB soon, I'm sure I read Aarons was of interest.

That's a bit too simplistic a rule

I think the only reason people aren't following that is Raheem Sterling. Same price, better underlying stats, and an extra point for a goal and a clean sheeet.

my rule is to get as many points as possible

I do think he's going under the radar on here.

Fixtures aren't an issue IMO, his biggest hauls last season came against Chelsea and Arsenal, and we don't really have any concrete evidence to suggest Jesus will see more PL minutes.

The De Bruyne effect is also important. When playing together last season for over 45 minutes, which didn't happen much, Aguero was explosive. It was something like 9 goals and 3 assists in 7 games, including both of those hat tricks.

or you can just Sterling that is less injury prone and gets more minutes.

a

Countinho 10.5, Bale 12 would be my guess.

Bale 11.0
Coutinho 9.5 (like KDB)

Bale would be a Mid I assumed?

They wont come back

Mendy is missing most of pre-season so Zinch looks favorite but they also brought back Angelino so he prob won't be nailed.

There's a good chance. We don't know yet.

A

That's my dilemma

I have B, but its very much temporary, will be ditching Kane for Sterling in probably GW4

a not even close

Thats the million dollar question. Gone B myself. Like the home fixtures for TOT

I get the feeling vardy may rotate with Perez

Says you've been on here 4 years

You get that as a non member too

Yea and its still slightly lower than Milivojevic

no

People aren't expecting him to start, so can't imagine too many will transfer him out because he doesn't start (if that makes any sense - I may well be talking bllx)

I've gone with Norris for that very reason

Mass sale to whom?

I've been putting the case. There's a huge Ryan/Button bandwagon where people assume they'll play a Brighton keeper all season. I forecast Potter's defence will be a trainwreck, as his record, suggests, so people will be dumping on mass and moving on to Pope or maybe Gunn or quite possibly both. If you're not first out of the block you're going to have Ryan at 4.4 and Button at 3.9. I think many cheap goalie sorts will want to switch to rotating 4.5s at that point and with the Brighton pair they'll find themselves severely restricted and taking hits.

sure is

Yes IMO
Only reason to get Button is if he have Ryan

He is the best of the £4m options anyway in terms of skill and chances of starting making him a season keeper if you're a set and forget keeper player (which I am) so it doesn't matter if he drops as he won't be moving from team anyway. If you're not a set and forget keeper player then you wouldn't have a £4m keeper to begin with (probably 2 £4.5m ones) so his price rises/drops are of little concern to you.

Difficult to fit him in if you also want Salah and Sterling. That's the main reason

It's just one game.

Have him in one of my drafts. Fell off him for three reasons.

A - Questions on what system Arsenal will play. With Martinelli signed and Zaha being chased after, how does this fit with the two CF? With a classic Emery front three, and one winger signed and another being heavily linked, who gets yhat central berth? Preseason observance is a must I think before I pick an arsenal striker.

B - the price point. Auba is fine as I can switch to Kane in GW3. Laca, its not too clear, who to switch him out with. Vardy, maybe? 9.5 is such an awkward pricepoint for a premium option, the feasible sideways or dowgrades options are limited.

C - Laca played a decent amount of less mins to Auba.

The problem is Emery not Bruce, if he was nailed he would be a good option but with the random rotation , most would rather just go Vardy or pay extra for Kane/Auba.

Emery wants his 4231 back. Means laca has to get benched again until he asks to leave in jan then emery tries to play them together again and it makes them play frigidly again

rather have auba

Tielamans? Not sure about him

Probably both I would think.

Nailed on for 2 pointers

Will have to wait on more preseason matches, but both impressed in the first game. Think they both have good chances of starting.

jwp yes ings no

Probably time to change it then.

Triple captain flop would be better

I'm more annoyed with names with hammer & sickle icons in them. There's no need and I don't get why it's allowed.

He was so hyped up before last season. Seems that hype totally died down after last season.

We have been linked with him for awhile , is he really worth 70-90mil?

I've not followed Serie A as much as I shoulf have. Is he actually class, or just a pretender?

Only happening if Pogba leaves.

Sounds difficult to afford though, I think it’ll be one of Sterling or Aguero for me, probably Sterling.

If it were possible we'd all be on it.

just pick 2 premiums stick with them and get on with it

It's doable, but of course you'd have to rotate someone like Noble and Dendoncker for your fourth midfield spot. That rotation would give you lei, bha, BUR, NOR, avl.

I just put this together, which I quite like...

Pope
TAA, Robertson, Zinchenko, O'Connell
Salah, Sterling, Perez, Dendoncker
Aguero, Jota

Button, Noble, Hanley, Greenwood

Not asking for much are you

lol

There are 3 Liverpool defenders that get a significant amount of attacking returns don’t worry about who the 5.5 is

Even if Gomez or Matip is nailed at 5.5m , yes they will be a better option than any other 5.5m def but it would still be worth it to upgrade them to TAA/Robbo or VVD so not worth a Liverpool slot for me.

Too risky.

matip good value but risk attached

Too early to say. If one of the 5.5 nails it. he's golden. But even Lovren is staying as Klopp won't let him go, so guess which of 3 is too much of a risk at this time.

I think Gomez will get the starting position. However in Fantasy terms I'd prefer a double up between TAA VVD and Robbo they offer much more offensively

Rumours of Cancelo coming in. Pep doesn't seem to fancy Danilo and is ready to offload him, if the whispers are to be believed.

zinch and walker 🙂

B

B

More of Aurier I guess. 5m could be good.

Probably means they will sign a new right back. Don't think Aurier can be trusted to play the full season + CL games.

Lloris -> Pope/Heaton (the one who seems nailed)
Coleman -> Digne
Walker -> Zinchenko
Azpi -> Robbo

this looks good...but, maybe a back 4?

Wood can be an interesting one if partnered with jrod

no thank you

I quite like Rodriguez but not sure I can be that brave

Looks alright from GW5 to 10.

bri, NOR, avl, EVE, lei

All three keepers (Pope, Heaton, Hart) played 45 mins each

Yes - if you like using stats to inform your decisions

no