FPL new signings: Pope to further improve Newcastle defence

Ideally £5.0m, but I think he will be £5.5m.

Martínez or Pope @ 5.0 would be worth the extra 0.5

You dizzy if you think he’s anything but 5.5

Botman probably trippier of the two.

Starters should be 5.0 across the board. They ought to be quite popular.

I'd probably get Pope and Trippier if they are £5m.

Either would be an absolute gift at that price.

Trippier 5.5 I think.

He wouldn't go there. Why would he

Definitely. I think, due to opening fixtures, I'd start with Raya at 4.5 before moving onto Pope later.

I think I'd start with Pope and just ride out the tougher fixtures.

Think he’ll be £5.5m, sadly.

If he’s £5.0m you’d jump all over that!

Tell me something I don't already know

That's a loooong month...

Who has joined Palace

I'll be looking out for Moder of Brighton and Colback of Forest. Romeu could be a fallback option. Basically, it's whoever is the most nailed-on to play 90 mins every game for a steady 2 points.

Donks

Hard to say.
But I’m not interested.
He was poor at Bayern, heavily rotated at Inter and Conte loves to rotate his WBs, this article wrote him off as an option for me:
https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2022/06/23/how-the-new-five-substitutes-rule-may-affect-spurs-wing-backs/

Essentially, Conte subbed him pre-60 in half his starts.

Not a good option for me.

Less mins?

I guess one of them might move to the left wing then,its hard to imagine that one of the world class players will be on the bench.

Saka can go to the left where he has played before & where a England currently use him.

I expect Odegaard to be more or less nailed too, likely to be named the
Captain

I think it’s Roteta!

Do you think Jesus will be rotated about with Nketiah? Can’t see him signing the extension without promise of some game time

Why not NKetiah instead?

Think the Tielemans deal isn't happening now, was reported interest in him cooled a bit before the Jesus deal was agreed and when it became apparent that a Raphinha deal is achievable

No to Perisic:
https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2022/06/23/how-the-new-five-substitutes-rule-may-affect-spurs-wing-backs/

Yes to the rest, plus TAA/Cancelo

Salah and Ayling. Will go without any Man U.

I will start with a strong defense and a strong forward line.

I'm going without a midfield.

No one is completely must-have for me before prices but I'm keen on:
- Håland, Son, Diaz
- Robertson & Cancelo/Laporte
- Trippier/Pope
- Martinelli/Saka
- Would like one of Chiwell/James/Mount but price-dependent & want to see how squad shapes up with new signings first
- Darwin Nuñez but probably cant afford him at start
- Maybe rotating 4.5m def from Wolves & Palace

Son, Cancelo & 1 of Salah or Haaland.

If you go without any one of Salah, Haaland or Son you’re likely going for one of the others instead - they can all outscore one another potentially anyway. Ayling’s probably the only absolute must have.

Realistically I'm most likely to go with Haaland, Son, Diaz, Chilwell, Cancelo, Robbo, and Saka or Jesus. That could well change but those are the ones that haven't moved from my main thoughts so far. Don't plan on Salah and while I'm open to changing any from the list above for other options, I think Salah is the least likely premium that I'll change to. Wolves have good fixtures but I don't trust them, vastly outperformed xGc in their good period last season but it caught up with them and hasn't really been any sign of them improving the squad just yet (bearing in mind Moutinho is gone and Neves may go too).

If Raphina significantly less than Saka, I'd take him (presuming he goes to Arsenal).

Haaland is my only guarantee regardless of price

I will almost certainly pick TAA, Cancelo and Salah.

I think a rested Salah has historically done very well at the beginning of season. If I had to choose between him and Haaland I would go for Salah every time, given he's the proven Premier League asset and always plays 90.

My team (no certainties other than Haaland) likely to look something like

5-4-1

4.5

Lpool/Lpool/Cash/Chelsea/Arsnenal

Lpool/Spurs/Harrison/Arsenal 4.5

Haaland 4.5 4.5

Probably TAA and Robbo. They should be fantastic value.

Haven't analysed the data properly yet, but they appear to be in a league of their own:

TAA: 6.5 ppg
Robb: 6.4 ppg
Cancelo: 5.6 ppg
James: 5.4 ppg

I do wonder if Cancelo's output will increase though. Cucurella joining may be a sign Cancelo is moving to RB to deliver crosses for Haaland.

Easiest way is probably to enforce 2FA through connecting a phone number to each account (so a text confirmation whenever you log-in each time / on a new device). Not too sure many will want to do that though

imagine all the crying on here when someone does a classic Lampard deflection goal and gets an extra point for it 😆

3 extra points for an overhead kick

4+ points for an own goal (smile)

One point less for inside the six yard box

I like this idea! 🙂

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Oi don't diss Fred! He has been phenomenal this year, United's best outfield player.

Nailed on starter for Brazil, over the likes of Bruno Guimarães. He may even be a World Cup winner soon...

Why are you creaming yourself about Mr Ayling? Has he suddenly become a Maldini or am I am missing some kind of Elland Road joke?

"The name Ayling is from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of the Britain and comes from the given name Ayling, an ancient Anglo-Saxon personal name derived from the Old English word ædeling which means prince, a derivative of ædel which means noble."

I'm guessing that's why.

Not expecting anything anymore other than disappointment

I think they might just give it a miss this season.

Expect radio silence until July. Given the amount of transfer activity between teams, probably a good idea

I expect further price rises.

It's all guesswork isn't it, here's hoping the reveals start this week for a 1st July opening

spend the next four days building stats ad points per million data so you can pick the most effective team, as FPL won't release until July, it's a time to hang your boots up for a week, and breath deeply, and relax!!

But what about THE SON

Don't know about you, but I have tickets to Germany v Spain in 16 days!

Wake me up when June ends

In 5 days 🙂

You can't look at Salah's salary in isolation. Smashing the club pay structure means every new contract and new signing will expect a larger wodge, and salary inflation will spiral.

That’d make him higher paid than Martial. Liverpool need to calm down.

Sometime in July. I’d be surprised if it’s next week, tbh.

My guess is Wednesday 6 July with prices being trailed from 1July

Can't see it myself. Mind you, he is in DeClyne.

Seemed like he took precedence over Ward for most of the season so a bump to 4.5 is probably in order

Would be lovely but reckon he’s 4.5m, other CPA defenders 5.0m

Yes very much like that, would consider a cheaper mid than Grealish and instead a 6-7m striker just for flexibility 🙂

Looks over budget so well done

Double NEW back line when they have MCI & LIV in the first five is bold.

Nice otherwise though.

That's Leeds relegated.

Such a unique player sold for lesser than his value!

Ait Nouri was a bit of a pain to own last season, lots of seemingly random rotation. Semedo seems pretty nailed, but Lage hasnt had both him & Jonny fit at the same time yet. He also flatters to deceive in terms of attacking returns. Jonny is more appealing attacking-wise, but I don't feel super confident that he starts every game

Semedo is leaving for Atletico Madrid

I think Jonny Semedo

I dont know if there was any point in time where that was questionable

I had Colback as my random 5th mid/3rd bench 4.5 mid, but people said he's a card magnet so I dropped him. Open to a 4.5 mid promotee on my bench if he's a guaranteed starter.

Brennan Johnson makes the occasional appearance. Seems likely to be a forward now though which maybe diminishes the appeal

Only 3rd striker bench fodder option
Moore at Bournemouth 4.5 mil on livefpl but remains to be seen if this price is replicated

Colback, but he's really just a placeholder atm.

It's a shame that none of the promoted teams have a nice opening run - I usually opt for a promoted striker in GW1 but I don't think that will be happening this year unless we see a standout performer in preseason

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Good signing

Very good option if you are considering going Haaland-less but I think he will be too expensive to pair up