see below

Or Knight!

Can I have my knighthood please "The Knights Template"?

Not sold on Pope opening fixtures, Bailey is a risk, Perisic too (although high reward).

7.5/10

Walking in a Bailey wonderland

There are about 15 PL teams playing this weekend, just imagine how many players will be in and out of the template today

Yes I'd take that

But will he start games

He won't start but at 5m a direct goal scoring winger of his caliber is a good punt. Probably starts with 30 minutes a game and the chance to force himself into starting 11

haha is this almost identical to Panda07's on purpose 😆

Rashford to Sancho and you are on to something special

Exactly my team, but i have sancho.- so its great

still 50/50 over Haaland and Kane.

Remember the hype of Werner last year.........look how that ended up

Son yeah, not Kane

in a way, but I'd bet a huge amount of money that they both play more minutes than Haaland

Haaland will be managed more

If haaland is fit he starts. If haaland starts he scores. Yeah he'll get subbed off when games are won. That's man city players for ya

Diaz, Rashford, Bailey, Haaland + 1.0M

I would take pre-season with a pinch of salt. Under van gaal I remember united were cooking and destroying teams in pre-season then they lost to swansea at home first game and lost 5-3 to Leicester

Countinho hasn't looked great since the very start with Villa, think he had 4 returns in his last 16 apps of the season (13/14 starts IIRC), wouldn't go near him

TAA missing

Neto > Bailey, Robbo > TAA

Trent + 4.5m over Robbo + Cash.
Or Neto > Bailey.

Not that wild about Cash personally.

Nice way to include Sancho. I'm just scratching my head about their first two fixtures.

Mitrovic and BJ better picks

Odegaard's a great player to watch and he's always involved but is an 'assist the assister' type

I held onto him for way too long last season because he always looks like he'll get a return but never does

A

I don't think they've started the league yet

Depends on rest of team

I'd go ramsdale neto

A

need to factor in captaincy. assume you'll cap haaland a lot more than maddison or sancho

It's slightly confusing given positioning, isn't there a 3rd player in the combination question? If you're going to captain Haaland a few times in the 1st 6-10 games then A, if not then probably Maddison and Sancho.

Depends how much you think you will captain Haaland......If never.....no issue

As much point as this comment 😛

And all the advice for anyone deviating is "yeah it's OK but not good enough until you get rid of [insert non template player] with [instert template player]"

Insane innit. Its like 1000s of people choosing a collective team and the key strategy is conforming

What’s the point of playing FPL if you just copy other people’s picks? Seems extremely dull.

prob the best non salah team you can get

Arise, Sir HollywoodXI!

Great team, I'm also going without salah. I'm going with

Ederson
Arnold, Robertson, cancelo, James, zinchenko

Son, martinelli, coutinho

Kane, jesus

I wanted son so made some sacrifices. Should I make any changes.

Thanks

choooo chooooo

Gerrard on Bailey:

"He made more than an impact. He changed the game. He showed energy, speed & a hunger to cause problems. He's come back in pre-season a different player. He is sending a massive signal to me that he wants to be in our 11."

But the real thing isn't tomorrow! Stop that train CJ

he just said 'his end product reminds me a lot of Luis Suarez' !!

He is my Benrahma. Early season pump and dump.

Keep it on the down low mofos

I'd say it'll be fairly close between Aaronson and him for me before deadline the way it's going. Haven't really considered him like others have but he keeps popping up. Having a full week break between all games for a while for non-Europe teams will be a big help too. The fact he was subbed on at HT with only two other outfield players suggests it was more of a tactical change than just fitness too (the rest of the subs happened with about 30 mins left)

He’ll be a rotation risk long term, but given we’ll all wildcard early he’s very tempting…

just have a feeling one bad game and he's out

Neither

Chilwell if fully fit tho.

Wait until tomorrow

Who?

My thinking right now is – where do I go in GW4 when his fixtures become offputting (West Ham, Arsenal, City)? There are not really other options at that price point in midfield, so it means two transfers for a 5.0m player who isn't nailed

…but he could be explosive those first three weeks

Ok I guess

Fairly priced and not getting anywhere near the attention he deserves

A good option, Spurs' defensive stats since Conte were very good and he's good for save points generally

Get Pope in goal.

Trust me.

his youtube compilation is much better than someone like Werner's and Pepe's were, variation wise - headers, left foot, right foot, power, tap-ins - pretty sure he isn't a donkey (imo)

Good finisher? No, not from what I've seen. He has a good finish in him (2nd goal the other day and goal against Liverpool at Anfield come to mind) but generally I don't think he's a great shooter. But he'll get a lot of chances, has very good movement and positioning

To me, neither represent the opportunity that Jota at 7.5 was last year

It's not a like for like comparison, but Alisson, Robbo, VVD *guarantee* an extremely solid return year on year that looks too good to pass up for the early fix. Darwin or Diaz can always be hopped on if they emerge

Imo Robbo a better pick than these two.

He is an excellent finisher. Combine torres goalscoring and direct running with kuyt's workrate, andy carrolls touch and fpl virgins passing ability

Mendy
Chilwell
Martinelli
And Coutinho

Would you consider Bowen + Martinelli --> Saka + Rashford?

yeah, but could have had a better first fixture

Tomiyasu injured atm
Doherty might not play

Other than that it's fine