Looks good. I'm similar currently. The thought of no Salah is frightening me though

Hey mate, great team - similar to mine and yeah I did want Salah but that 2.5 m saving you get with Son makes a huge difference.

How often will we captain Salah with Haaland in the team as well? Probably not much.

Downgrade 1 or 2 of your defs to upgrade Mbeumo to Gordon or Havertz to Watkins

I have Salah and can’t see that my team is any weaker?

Raya/Allison
Gvardiol Porro Mykolenko
Salah Nkunku ESR CHO
Haaland Isak Havertz
4.0 Robinson Winks Barca

Cheers for the update. Yeah could be - only seen Tsimikas in one team here that I can recall. I guess there's also Gomez but doesn't seem like he's such a good fit for Slot on what I've seen & read so far.

Light training? Looks full contact training to me...

https://x.com/LFC/status/1821965415914123608?t=F_jDp1p3_GKto3jySvnF-A&s=19

Prefer B personally.

A

A

Can you squeeze Saka Johnson in?

A

It all comes down to whether you think Solanke starts first game....I don't think he will

Solid. Personally I'd prefer to have another 4.5m def to rotate with Myko rather than play him at Spurs & Villa away, but if Barco starts regularly he could do that job

I think there's too much compromise by having them both, hardly surprising as you're taking out over a quarter of the total budget on the two of them. I'm not actually thinking of your defence so much here either its the midfield. I mean the defence isn't ideal but its probably only a 4.5m instead of one of the 4.0's away from being okay so nothing drastic there. Its this lure at the moment of these 5.0-6.5 midfielders to enable it with a lot of potential upside but also a lot of question marks over. One, maybe two of them max is fine but you've got three of them and I think its too many question marks in an area of the park where typically most of the FPL points come.

My attempts at salah haaland drafts come out with a very similar structure.

I prefer these changes
MGW to ESR
Solanke to Havertz
Eze to Gordon

I think those picks score more. But other than that I quite like it. Some other different choices, like the premium defender, but yeah, I like it.

Agreed he is a good FPL pick but fixtures aren't great and Toney is still at the club

Yep definitely considering him in my team. maybe fixtures put people off.

Eze probably a better option as he is on pens? Similar teams in terms of where they are likely to be this season. Probably similar fixtures? I haven't paid that much attention to be honest to Brentfords. That said I'd prefer Mbuemo to a lot of the 6.5 punts if I could find the 0.5.

Considering him. Just the fixtures are the main drawback - looked up his record against the opening 6 & it wasn't great. Tempting captaincy option in GW3 though & don't mind the Spurs game; wouldn't even mind starting him v City if it was GW1-3 but by GW4 I think they'll be back to full strength with Rodri & co

definitelt worth the upgrade to nkunku for an extra 0.5

Foden ain't starting GW1

All roads point to Sels at the moment, but that isn't for definite.

Honestly I prefer Elliott over Szob. We still have no evidence on how liverpool will set up once everyone returns. So it's an avoid aside from salah for me.

Jebbison...

Maybe Jebbison, or could make a new signing

Unal would be ahead of Jebbison I'd have thought. They need to sign somebody or they are in deep trouble.

Semy smashed it last year & no Solanke could be huge?

Is Pedro fit, looks stacked with few differentials.
I’m trying to see the Porro train, so few CS last year?

You're a braver man than me if you can go into GW1 with Sels, Barco, Faes, Amad, Bobb and Pedro.

GTG into a GW2 WC.

Kinda depends on the rest of your team. In theory both good, but Havertz can play every GW, whereas ESR is a bit more of an unknown quantity and you probably don't want him for tougher fixtures.

False...

Ange Postecoglou:

"I have always felt that if you get the recruitment right then whoever it is hits the ground running. We signed Micky van de Ven three days before the first game last year, against Brentford, and we threw him straight in. He literally hit the ground running.
We are trying to identify players who fit into our style of football. There will be a bit of adjustment but hopefully they will already have those qualities to come into the group and contribute straight away. That is my expectation when we sign someone - they will be ready to contribute from the moment they arrive."

https://x.com/TheSpursExpress/status/1822023836390547954?t=VYEqlW64poLVAyBs9RYI3g&s=19

B

Could see early subs if he starts with Barnes/Miggy available so you would hope he gets the returns early in the game

Murphy should be nailed for a GW1 start. Miggy will get minutes in the friendly today. Always a chance that the starting RW is subbed by Howe on ~60 mins for fresh legs when the league starts.

I reckon Havertz. Arsenal in great form. Good in preseason. Seems certain to start. Keeps popping up with goals and assists.

Havertz for me too
Best value route into Arsenal attack, would like Solanke mind, can Johnson keep up with him?

Very similar to mine. 9/10 for me. I’m avoiding arsenal defence because villa spurs and city in the first 5. That change allows you to upgrade one of those 5.5 mids.

Really like it mate

Great team but no Haaland poses a big risk…

Triple Spursy
Like it bar VVD

Last time I seen that midfield, I laughed so hard I fell off my dinosaur

Never heard of a little ol team called Arsenal??

Looks good

7/10. I think Solanke may not go straight into the first team, but definitely a good long term pick. Still not sure about Jota’s minutes under Slot, so it’s a wait and see. I think there’s better 4.5 options than Konsa too, maybe Robinson

No Salah I would like Son.

Looks decent. Not overly keen on 3rd/4th mids being CHO & Winks

Too much red

Tasty

In peak form this time of year

Combine with Watermelon and psychical exercise and you will be one very tough sword.

Might be in a pickle come GW2

We have the same birthday, he's exactly 7 years younger than me.

Why are people going for Sels over Areola, Flekken, Henderson...?

I think I'd even prefer Neto, Sa or Muric.

Looks good other than that.

Not bad. Might be tricky not having a berth for Palmer/Saka/Son/Foden/KDB.

Prefer MGW to CHO.

Only Terry is.

If Palmer plays as one of two attacking 8s like we expect, then you'd think so. He'll probably be subbed early most weeks for a Madueke/Sterling/Mudryk though

Take it you’ve never actually watched Isak play then?