With just seven days to go until the 2021/22 Fantasy Premier League (FPL) season kicks off, now seems like a good time to share my latest draft.
And it is very much a draft, and one which is evolving on a daily basis right now!
However, I don’t envisage too much changing between now and next week’s deadline, providing Harry Kane (£12.5m) and Romelu Lukaku don’t turn up at Manchester City and Chelsea that is.
'scored pretty well last year for the price' probably a huge understatement there too
on my watchlist for sure, would prefer to punt on him over Bamford myself anyway...only trouble is Raphina, Harrison and even Dallas all look better value
That doesn’t effect meslier,ayling,Harrison, Raph or Bamford so fine by me
Yep. I popped him in and switched Jota for Raphina. Brilliant.
RMT, plz?
Sanchez | Fodder
TAA Digne Shaw
Salah Son Grealish Barnes Buendia
DC-L Antonio
¦ Fernandez Dier Obafemi
0 ITB
Like it
The only decision in confused with is;
A) TAA + Ings (double up)
Or
B) Robbo + Cavani
A for sure
Grealish won’t start gw1, but you know this
Like it!
Similar to a no-Bruno draft I made.
Maybe Digne to 4.5 and Grealish to Mahrez?
Prefer Ings to DCL
Best combination from these?
A) Obafemi - Son (4-4-2)
B) Ings - Buendia (3-4-3)
C) DCL - Buendia (3-4-3)
Cheers!
C
C
B
Evening......any views on best option here please? Thanks
Bachman foster
Taa shaw digne white manquillo
Salah bruno buendia xxx xxx
Antonio Toney xxx
A..... raphinha, brownhill, Ings 343
B.... mahrez sarr davis 352
A
A
B. I like benrahma at 6.0
A or Raphinha, Brownhil, DCL
Folks, Manè at 3.6% owned is a viable alternative to Bruno for the first 2gw’s before making the swap right? Considering I won’t be captaining Bruno anyway?
Manè (nor, BUR) vs Bruno (LEE, sou)
Wow only 3.6% he is a very good choice as it is normally him or Salah every week so if you have both covered a lot of ground
Pool fan here. There's not much in those fixtures in terms of difficulty so I'd rather spread the risk
seeing quite a few people on twitter suggesting Pogba might play LW GW1!? is that actually possible?
He’s played there last season so why not indeed.
a strong possibility considering Rashford, Sancho and Cavani are all unavailable to start the game
So where would Greenwood play?
off the right or perhaps centrally first game or two dependant on who Ole goes with
Cavani will play
Nice team Tom, got a similar draft.
No interest in Coufal instead of the rotation Veltman and Ayling?
Spurs fan here
What’s this Romero fella like? Any good?
No expert but according to reports the best defender in seria a last season. Although there is concern about whether he can carry on the same form for spurs or whether he was just the right fit for the Atalanta system
Solid defender, loses his head a bit too often tho, quick, good in the air but yellow cards magnet.
Needs someone really organised next to him to guide him
442
Bachmann
TAA - Coufal - Veltman - White
Salah - Bruno - Mahrez - Jota
Watkins - Ings
Decent, not a jota fan myself
Jota -> Raph and Veltman -> Digne?
Now you´re talking..
Jota scored the other day in the friendly. Looked very fit and ready to go. I don't have him but I'm worried he could explode against Norwich
Coufal + Buendia or Digne/Shaw + Traore?
Villa have signed so many attackers I doubt traore gets minutes
Maybe he means the big guy from Wolves
Any feedback very much appreciated.
Sanchez / Bachman
TAA / Shaw / Digne / White / Coady
Salah / Sancho / Grealish / Buendia / Bissouma
Calvert-Lewin / Bamford / Toney
Ole has confirmed that Sancho won't start GW1
Go for it
What do you prefer?
A. TAA + 4.5 defender
B. Chilwell + Digne
A easily
B will get more points over the whole season I reckon especially if you like your defenders set and forget
No such thing as set and forget if you WC by GW7
you can keep both even if you wildcard you know 😉
No if you wc you have to change every single player, lmfao
We’re all going to regret not going with potential ‘season keepers’ meslier, Harrison and Raphinha because of ‘bad fixtures’ aren’t we?
How is Meslier a season keeper?
Leeds concede for fun at times especially at the min
I'm worried that second season syndrome may strike in, a la Sheff United
Great pics to accompany Tom's team reveal:
Sanchez: "I really need to think about this..."
Maguire: "WTF..?"
Son: *Laughing*
Toney: *Big thumbs/fingers down*
No offence Tom. 😀
I wouldn't go that far but he's taking the piss with double MUN defence surely. Varane will be unavailable to start the first game at the very least and we still haven't signed that DM we so badly crave.
I was just finding humour in the pics to accompany the article.
haha see what you did there...I thought you were criticizing his Son and Toney picks lol
Phew!
still double MUN defence from the start is borderline insanity imo...but I bloody hope I'm wrong and he's proved right as a fan!
Dier off the list now too, many of the exciting 4.5 defenders dropping like flies. Really see more value in the 5.0s….tierney, Spurs wingbacks, coufal, villa, etc. finding myself liking these players….
Reguilon looks good
Also really like 442 until we find a playing 4.0 defender (or somehow a playing 4.5 forward). A viable player like gilmour/brownhill is massively valuable as bench
433 with Brownhill and Gilmour on the bench?
I really like Brownhill as cover
Trent and Grealish
Or
VVD and Mahrez
First pair by a mile for me
Yep. Def 1st 2
Undecided on Watkins now, was convinced I'd have him for GW1 but Ings has put the cat amongst the pigeons.
Ditch for Antonio? Have DCL aswell
Seems legit
Be gutted if Watkins point scores though.
Which one should I ditch folks?
Has to be one
Barnes
Jota
Greenwood
Greenwood for me.
Barnes, as can swap either to Harvey at a later date if Barnes and Leicester look good
Barnes has looked good in pre season though, I'm definitely starting with. Lovely stats too
yup, GL with him, all three look decent punts to start off the season with tbf...I'll just go with one I think though (Greenwood) and punt Gundo for the first couple I think
Son and Toney or Mahrez and Antonio??
M&A
Close one that probably B just
Everton interested in Dumfries
I don’t fancy Everton this season for some reason
Not sure what type of team they will be under benitez, it's a wait and see. Less excitement about them this season than last though yes
Only because they've not chucked money at people. People thought WHU would do badly because they only really signed Coufal and Dawson, but look at where they ended up.
I think EVE will finish 7th or 8th.
He'd be a great option. Looked absolutely superb in the Euros. Be interesting to see if he'd have such attacking license under Rafa though
Are they? They've only been linked with him for the past 5 months constantly.
And they can't buy him before they sell due to the PL Profit and Sustainability rules.
Messi in PSG...good bye.... 🙁
What already?
news will come tmrw
State funded fun
Team looks great Tom but no Villa, Chelsea and no Everton suggests it’s too much of a gamble, and you’re not taking advantage of the good fixtures of those teams. Any reason why you’ve avoided these teams?
Hey mate, to be honest, I see the teams you mention being more of a gamble.
Chelsea’s fixtures put me off a little. Quite like Havertz, but no so much if Lukaku arrives.
Villa, maybe I’m being too pessimistic but I don’t seeing it clicking immediately, will watch Sunday’s friendly then decide.
Everton, I like Digne, quite a bit actually, but nobody else, DCL hasn’t even featured in pre-season yet.
The only gamble is to ignore the fixture ticker. Really like the new look Villa, and they’re a known quantity with a solid defence and some good attacking acquisitions. Chelsea, who finished v strong last season are playing palace for Gw 1. I’m seeing too many teams set up for the season rather than looking at Gw1-3. I’m trying to focus on short term which means leaving Leeds out until later for example and making use of my free transfers. Anyhow, thanks for article and interesting to see your initial thoughts. Hope it works out
Hopefully Gundo has a fairly quiet game in the Community shield...think he'll prove a canny diffy over the opening games 😉
Definitely, so many decent options in midfield. I'd love Gundo but simply can't squeeze him in 🙁
we can't have em all...loads of choice this season, should be a fun and equally frustrating season 😉
'think'
I’m really confused to what to do with grealish
One moment want him, one moment don’t
Fitting him in squad is really tough too!
not fit enough according to pep to start tomorrow, would wait for news on the press conference next week to see whether he's going to be fit next week
Gametime, tricky fixtures
That game vs norwich his really frightening
Loads of goals coming most likely
Change your user name to Gundo The Great and move on accordingly 😉
It’s because of wilshere 😉
But I may change my username yes.
🙂
Just been watching the Adam Armstrong highlights package
Quite looking forward to Palace having the most prolific striker from the Championship last season*. It'd also be rather amusing if Southampton really do go for Sorloth 🙂
Pens don't count
He'd Harvey Elliott last season who was sensational with him for Blackburn. Not sure JWP will have a similar impact on his performance
RMT, plz?
Sanchez | Fodder
TAA Digne Shaw
Salah Son Barnes Buendia
DC-L Antonio Ings
¦ Gilmour Fernandez Dier
0 ITB
That's basically my team bar Watkins instead of Antonio. Looks good
Has everyone seen this BBC report? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58036460
"Manchester City midfielders Kevin de Bruyne and Phil Foden will be "out for a while" because of injuries, says boss Pep Guardiola.
De Bruyne, 30, suffered ankle ligament damage at the European Championship and played with a tear in Belgium's quarter-final defeat by Italy.
Foden, 21, missed out on England's loss in the final because of a foot problem.
Record signing Jack Grealish will be on the bench for Saturday's Community Shield match against Leicester City."
Mahrez time 😎
He's been in my draft for ages. 😎 Won't be my differential anymore though...
Many with Bruno/Salah/Son etc so will be a mini differential 🙂
That makes Mahrez and Gundogan options. Gundo was excellent without KdB.
A)Bruno, Buendia and Toney
B)Son, Barnes and Ings
KDB and Foden out for a while...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58036460
old news at this stage 😉
Haha, we posted at the exact same time!
Mahrez HYPE
2 years, 8 months agoAlso... Rodrigo playing CAM for Leeds in preseason, 'nearly nailed' these days? he scored pretty well last year for the price