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He played as a poo most of the season. Zero upside.

Slightly less cheap than last year, and his 4.5 price-point has been usurped by Vinagre.

High risk of rotation and likely when he does come on you'll have benched his points.

Despite the old golden rule of “always pick and captan a fit Aguero” he could be a huge differential (vs the million or so active players)

Not going to happen

No one sane on mind would fire Pep. Especially Man City's sporting directors. Unless he wants to leave it's not going to happen.

Even less credible than Messi to City.

I like it especially being able to fit in the big 3 midfielders. Shaw is a rotation risk with Williams though pal and struggles to stay fit. Personally I would downgrade him to a 4.0 and upgrade your 4th midfielder, there are some good 5.5mil options in Saint-Max, Harrison, even McGinn to name a few.

No one is essential.. it is all about team balance and captaincy. If you are not captaining TAA then imo he isn't essential.

It's so unbalanced. No from me.

You're still missing tons of big hitters. Kane, Rashford, Martial, Aguero, Sterling. You will have to rotate those attackers.

There's more than 1 way to play the game. Don't think it's the worst strategy but it's probably better value to downgrade Auba and bring in TAA

I think VVD could be worth it over TAA.

TAA is a 4.0+3.5m
VVD is a 4.0+ 2.5m

Looking at spare money on your baseline squad, TAA costs 40% more.
Assuming you’re always interested in saving money to spend elsewhere, TAA needs to far exceed VVD to be worth it.

Obviously on the other hand. He’s only 7.5m and will almost certainly outscore most/all 7.5m forwards and mids - but if you can turn Son into Bruno or whatever you think is a good midfield upgrade because of it, it could be, maybe, time will tell, worth it.

My concern would be that some weeks you might only have a 9-man/ 10-man team. I appreciate you have 5 big hitters in there but I think it's a very risky strategy.

It's an option for sure.

Great for a ghost team but will make a lot of GWs very hard to watch

Might go double (VVD) in a back 4 with Laporte which still allows utilising Vinagre & Charlie Taylor's value - rotating those two guys plus leaves a decent first sub most weeks

Triple could be unreal though

I think we need to see a few games before making a decision like that. Double-up is possible, but for me not a triple-up.

Seen one here. Looked a strong squad tbf.

That's me (again).
And triple City.
And triple United.

I guess it's big risk, big reward. I wouldn't just because I'd be crushed when LFC concede; it would be deflating if I was watching the game. I have taa and Robbo though

I prefer A.

B for me

Of those B for me probs

Suspect Antonio was a late season wonder a la Perez and consistent returns won’t translate. Also Sterling for me is likely to be a fixture run player if alongside KdB more than a hold

Tough. B for me I think

I think Foden\Antonio could match Ziyech\Mitro, and thats 1M cheaper

I think it depends on fixtures. If City's are good then A and if United's are good B/C.

Who is Johnson. Will he start?

Not if West Ham are scoring and winning.

Will West Ham score and win a lot?

Not for the value.

Soucek at 5 is in for me, Antonio is fixtures dependant Vs Wood etc

Unfortunately, we have to have enablers like those two or similar this season.
It's not too much.

I'm avoiding having both for that reason, plus Antonio's positional change works against him (a point less for each goal, and no CS point)

Cheers guys. Soucek is in, I guess Antonio could be Mitro at that price point

b

I don't think KdB is optional. Watching the Lyon game, he did absolutely everything. Took all set pieces, was the primary creator.

Impossible. I'm sure John Lennon passed away years ago.

Now choosing between:

A) Pieters + JWP
B) Maguire + Soucek

Pulisic is still injured

Looks decent, a lot of Saints fans prefer Armstrong over JWP which could save you 0.5. My only concern would be double Wolves defence but with Boly and them showing signs of being more tight at the back it's not a bad option

Don't fancy kdb over sterling?

Like this side, good until fixtures are revealed atleast!

Robbo had a higher ceiling but with Tsmiskas coming in I'd rather go VVD and save the 0.5 because I don't see either option outscoring the other by much. You could also save another 0.5 by getting a 4.0 defender in but then what would you do with the spare 1 mil you have now? 😉

My concern would be the ~8m price point midfielder...
If one of Ziyech/Greenwood/Son etc explodes, you may not be able to get to them in two moves, without downgrading one of the premiums, which fixtures may make the decision very undesirable.

Looks good and template until fixtures come out. Keep an eye on Ake minutes 'pre-season' but otherwise wait n see.

Lovely to see a City defender in there. Different.

Bruno and Mitro. Penalties.

Close, I think I'd go A and wait and see how Ziyech adapts to the Pl before getting.

Cheers guys, I'm liking my draft so far!

The one without mitrovic

I’ve not gone as light in years, so much value at 4.5 that it reminds me of ‘good old times’ of picking Baines and 4.5s exclusively, now it’s TAA and 4.5s

Part of that streaky collective at Wolves

Prefer Podence as part of 5.5 club

They have Podence and Adama as decent options in attack, so Jota not too exciting

He's a "wait-and-see" for me.

Taken a while for him to get going in both seasons, so I'll happily wait on him & strike if I think he's about to enter a streak of form. Others have mentioned the rotation possibilities as well... nice price though, and far more of an option as a MID.

I started last season with 433 and it worked well for two weeks but it doesn’t offer enough flexibility. I think 4 mids formation is a must, either 442 or 343

I had a good toy with it but keep coming back to one or two good strikers as opposed to three mediocre ones.

No but leaning 4-4-2

442 or 352. Too many mid options

I had a similar predicament but Rashford replacing Martial in your options. Decided to go A because of Bruno's assist and goal potential and because he is on the majority of set-pieces.

A

Me and I'm sure very many others.

0 interest in that strategy because I see so much value at 4.5m.

Very much so

Have a different set up in my plan B side where Ziyech money is put up top and I roll with a cheap 4th mid. Just not sure I have the patience to roll with all that money at the back. Plan A is quadruple 4.5 at the back - it gives me more flexibility to hit high scorers in attack. Less value based but funner!

Yeah trying to minimise transfers in defence this season, unless forced.
3/4 solid defenders at the back lets you utilize your transfers further up field

Definitely

madness without fernandes

If Wolves sign a left wing back I will go for 3 set and forgets otherwise I couldn't justify dropping Vinagre for Doherty when it meant I could have Bruno.

I wouldn't go to the stake on that.

Nah.

Quite possibly.

Assuming Ings scores the same points as last season, then you get around 11.6 points per 0.5 spent. Ignoring captain points etc. Adams would need to get about 140 to be worth as much, economically speaking, which is definitely possible.

However, based on points scored per minutes played...they are very closely matched. if Adams played as many minutes as Ings, they'd have ended up with almost identical points. In which case 6.0 looks an absolute steal.

Both of these are quite crude calculations though....

I quite like that. Strong defence and midfield. I had a draft like that but decided the front line was just too weak. I'd upgrade Ayew and sacrifice one of your chosen.

your strikers may as well not be there

Who's your 5th def?

Massive price difference. Depends on how you spend the rest!

auba...but he's 3 mill more

Rash. Much cheaper. I don't think Auba's 30 or so more points over the season is worth 2.5m.

Yes. I'm on him but I seemed to be alone there. What I've done is partner him with 4m Nyland. If I'm unlucky and Leno gets the gloves, I still have a starting keeper while Heaton is injured. Gives me an opportunity to get a different 4.5 keeper. But until we hear for sure, I think it's worth risking Martinez - if he is first choice he's a heck of a bargain especially if Saliba is good enough and Arsenal are going for another top CB.

Sorry, McNeil

Not for me.

TV will play an important part this year. At some point all the big hitters will start to rock and you want to be able to afford as many as possible.

Possibly only Laporte.

Digne maybe. Everton need to sort themselves out though but this is a huge huge season for them...and he will be key