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That’s what I read on here, not considering Nyland myself

A

Go for a 4.5 mid and upgrade Soucek or one of those 4.0 def.

what do you think about both Armstrong and ASM? West Ham's fixtures are awful and I wouldn't really like to always play one out of Mitchell, Ferguson, Soucek or Davis...

Armstrong finished the season on a high

D - Ziyech and Gordon for Greenwood and Soucek.

Bring Greenwood in GW2.

as a West Brom fan Pereira has the potential to get heaps of assists. highest last season in the championship. however the problem is who he'll be assisting, currently we don't have a premier league quality striker, last season Austin & HRK got 20 between them, which is very poor for a team finishing 2nd in the league (the previous year we had Gayle & Rodriguez who got about 50 between them).

so I'd watch who we sign up front before making a move. I'd expect he'll drop in price abit given our tough start.

I was looking at Egan.

I'd choose Egan

Not sure Sheffield is going to be as tight this year

Spurs will be tighter, I’m definitely on the latter

I think spurs will be tight at the back this year. Mourinho will make them hard to beat and feel Davies will get a few assists. Also just feel a new GK for sheff will change there defence and be nowhere near as solid.
So Davies but I’d choose a 4.5 option over both.

A for me but if Utd don't sign anyone you will need Greenwood due to his ownership.

A for sure
Want to see greenwood fit and firing, same with foden, not picking hype players

Yeah and whether to plan for gw1 or gw2

Probably going to go Auba to KDB after a couple weeks & Son to Puli when fit

Looks strong. Whose Doc?

Looks good to me! Reason for picking Ryan over McCarthy?

Looks solid. Perhaps consider a way of adding a Manchester United attacker

Southampton double up too much. Vinagre and Ferg won’t start, Adams not nailed and greenwood over rashford to start

Incredible fail

I’d keep dry powder, the night is long and full of terrors

WC is very important this season due to Covid uncertainty.

Your arguments against and big reasons not to; you will want a different team by gw 5 or 6

Thanks all. Good points

Against
3. You only have 100m to choose from. Later in the season you can BB with >103m

For me I like to keep chips and use when there is double GW or incredible fixtures you crnt ignore. BUT I seem to get it wrong every year so maybe it’s the right move.

Against.

BB has much greater chance of success in a double because you can basically guarantee 16 points if you get 4 starters on the bench

Thanks all. Everyone's against! Seems conclusive

Done and dusted, no Vinagre for us

As an arsenal fan, can you confirm if Martinez will start over Leno? He was way better..

Good analysis but AMN has stated he wants a CM role and I feel if he has moved he will of stressed that to the buying club (Wolves) I expect him to fight for a role in the midfield.

Wolves consistently play 3 in the middle. Also Mouthino is 33 and like any good team they will be starting to look for a replacement. I just think AMN has stressed he wants to play CM, if he is leaving Arsenal i believe he will be pushing to play that role. On that basis I still think Vinagre could be first choice LWB if no more signings are made.

Ings at 8.5 feels a little Callum Wilson-ish to me

Werner only 1 more..

Nice to see you back.

1. TAA, but I depends how wisely you reinvest the money.
2. Auba, ful and west ham, plum fixtures.
3. Yes, he is a gamble, but myself and many others have him

1) Both
2) Yes
3) Not for me, Pulisic’s injury makes him nailed the first 4 weeks between the left attacking position and the #9 role, we can play Giroud/Tammy or Mount/CHO around him depending on how we want to attack them, either way I think he is nailed from the start. Ziyech is the one I wonder about; lamps demands a lot defensively with the high press, I need to see that Ziyech won’t be a passenger and is willing to do the work, otherwise I fear Mount May be used situationally in the right attacking mid role to facilitate the press

surely Jiminez is a much better prospect than Ings at the same price. I worry Ings could be a 1 hit wonder

Werner may alternate between left wing and striker in the start, alternating starts for CHO and OG, I think Ziyech is fairly nailed on the RW, but lamps likes to play mount out there to press teams high so expect some rotation

...Only for some to then get rotated for GW1!

My gut feeling is Chelsea struggle first 4-7 game weeks due to
So many signings. I’m avoiding until they start clicking.

Normally I always leave 0.5 ITB. I do this because I always aim to carry my transfer over into gw3 so I need to be able to handle price rises. This year is a little different given I'm starting with Auba knowing I will downgrade to KDB giving me my precious 0.5. However I'll probably keep the 0.5 anyway because if Auba hauls first 2 weeks I'll need to rethink.

I'm just picking the best 15 players as I see it. If it means I'm left ITB then so be it.

I think spend the budget but have a strategy for key players such as Aubameyang out for KDB in GW 3. I always think if you see something and players perform a -4 hit is nothing to jump
On the bandwagon.

Currently 0.5 ITB and 0.5 in Auba to KDB later.
Not on purpose, just worked out that way. For now

B but I think the prices can directly increase by 0.2 also.

Also, you sell the player for their current value.
No deductions like in fpl

E) Fanteam removes money from your bank account and puts it into theirs.

Mitro to Antonio, KWP to Dier/Bavies imo. Solid team

KWP to Dier (or Shaw if you can cope with GW1) and save 0.5 for later. Could be for Son to Rash later?

Agreed. I think Ryan/Button is a no brainier as you get a 4.5 playing GK and any injury you get his backup off the bench.

I feel like Doherty could outscore VVD the first few weeks.

I wouldn’t go double Chelsea personally, feel they will take time to click. Werner is class and guaranteed to start so would keep him and look for Ziyech replacement. I’d be tempted to downgrade greenwood and find room for Fernandes GW 2 as I feel he is best MU by a mile with pens.
Also souchek for me is great value as he will play every game and I feel he will get 5-7 gaols this year, more than any other in that bracket.
Final point I wouldn’t bother with double pool defence, TAA is enough with all his potential, is downgrade and help with Fernandes situation.

For me a free scoring United, Fernandes is must from GW2 but it’s only an opinion.
The midfield headache is crazy this year.
I want KDB, Fernandes, Salah, Mané, Pulisic, Aubameyang and Son any idea how to get all 7 in will be much appreciated.

Looks pretty good, personally i would have Bamford as a 4.5 and then invest the rest or save to give flexibility for transfers

Bamford to 4.5 (Brewster)
Upgrade Ferguson to 4.5/5 - if 4.5, pocket 0.5.

Vinagre won’t start with ASM coming in

Yeah I think so

I think neither and value is in 4.5 - KWP and Taylor (Burnley) even Justin whilst Perreia is injured.

Depends on KDB form and positioning

Midfield is a minefield this year.
Auba, Salah, KDB and Fernandes will be In the top 8 scoring players on the game this year. Picking the right one/two/three at the right time will be massive.

The plan isn't set in stone. I figure I have room for about 4 premiums (depending on where you draw the line for "premium") and I will try to own the best 4 premiums I can at any given time. So the question will be, is Auba still one of the best 4 premiums at that stage given the upcoming fixtures from GW3 onward? Is he better to have during a run of liv, SHU, mci, LEI, mun than a different premium with an easier run?

Mitro
Fixtures

I know many disagree but I see Greenwood as great 'cheap' route into United. Think I would be happy with him, if no other signings, especially if you want Salah and KDB / Sterling. He seems a great price to me

Martial also seems good value

Only united fans taking Bruno over Salah kdb Auba

He’ll score well but they won’t keep getting penos every other match

Greenwood is a brilliant option if united don’t sign Sancho.
He will play and looks different class.
I still feel Fernandes with penalties (looks like he has taken them off Rashford for good after Europa) will score 50 more points which makes him a must for me.

I do like all the cash on the pitch early. Me being naturally cautious might make Soucek to a 4.5 and Braithwaite ( guessing a 4.0 def?) to a 4.5 one

They were relegation favorites and he got a 1m price increase; it was low, but they have learned since then. Kane was the same price

I do like that, Saiss stands out a bit as alot of value at 4.5 def, depends what you could do with the cash

Its different which I dont mind, future plans look good.
Please dont get DCL

Will you cap Auba in the first 2 weeks?
If not, you can consider : Auba+ DCL - > Jiminez + Son

On my watchlist.

Thiago shouldn't affect his minutes directly, but still Azpi will play a role!
Personally expect James to start around 25 games.

He won’t play much when we play 4-3-3, will play wingback when we go 3-4-3

I'll bet 1000 bucks that this will not be your gw3 team.

Romeu, McCarthy, and Gordon. Slim pickings.

Stephens for the consistent 2pts

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