Maresca himself came out and said he's a key player

Kind of what might make him an excellent pick. Or a rubbish one.

I’d not be too surprised if he scored 30 points in the first three weeks.

I’d also not be too surprised if he scored 3 points in the first three weeks.

Get and captain those two or three players who score 100 points in the first three weeks

Close one, I'd say A, but working Szoboslai and Semenyo together would be great.

B has more upside

Ndiaye is off now?

Boring

In isolation Sarr. But it depends what you do with the extra 0.5 if you go with Le Fée

VVD for me

Tarkowski

VVD only because of fixtures

VVD, better set & forget option. Better fixtures, slightly better goal treat and also good for DEFCON, just like Tarkowski. For me its worth the 0.5 more

VvD

VVD

It is best to play when you have 15 players guaranteed to start, in good form, with good fixtures.

It rarely works when you expect it to, so using it pre-WC is probably a sensible approach

I want it out of the way, and doing it basically on a wildcard means I can target players

Going GW2 as Sunderland, Coventry and Leeds allow for a good bench

GW1

GW2.

Getting it out of way to maximise WC.

Don't like both options tbh. But B for more secure minutes. Spence to much risk for me with Udogie and Robertson around

I’m going Vuskovic and B Thomas but not based on fixtures, instead on the merits of them regardless of fixture (DEFcon, set piece threat)

maybe garner or whichever new forward they add

VVD

Nobody knows yet, but they've only been awarded 3 or 4 penalties over the last 2 seasons combined, so don't get your hopes up on this one.

Baines.

PFA

1 but no anderson sarr or schade

BSR

DWB

Vuskovic not nailed no, remains to be seen who will be first choice CB's, the fullbacks are more nailed.

Its a punt. Szobo has defcons and PKs in his favor. Foden will have to contribute in terms of G/A, so pressure is on him.

Szobo feels a much safer pick to start the season with. I guess we will soon see how City are looking when their pre-season friendlies get going.

I expect a real slow start for them. They had so many players at the World Cup, most haven't even started to train yet. If I want 1 defender, it's O'Reilly but he may not start the season in GW1.

Too early to determine as they haven't gotten into preseason yet. Any of Foden, Doku or Cherki can make a mockery of their price.

Semenyo will start and score well I believe

Maresca made comments to the effect that there are three pillars to his team - Haaland, Foden, Gvardiol. What he might have meant by that is TBD.

I've got my doubts as well, but if Rodri goes does NOR move to midfield and open up space for Gvardiol?

It's easy enough to make some adjustments once you get a look at the Community Shield, but the idea of treading carefully with City assets didn't exactly leave the club with Pep.

But 8.5% ownership is far from "everybody"...

Depends if you've got a strategy to shift them once the ips FUL games are out of the way? WC, bench them, etc.

Not for me - Hume, Le Fee and Brobbey for BB GW1

I don't own one...

Cheers guys, may go dcl

Courtois
Arbeloa - Carvalho - Varane
Beckham - Modric - McManaman - Ozil
Bale - Van Nistelrooy - Ronaldo

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Haven't seen him on here for a while

Got to GW 21 or something last year and then a late opta recalculation got me. Looking forward to it.

Yeah, agreed.

Should've been 30m imo

I think 15.5 is fine, its the highest price ever in the game

But the issue is the lack of premium alternatives, we could really do with a Vini Jr or someone else of that level coming to the league so there is another premium option.

The members area of the site you are on.

Fpl.team is free and has projected points. More of a planning tool but gives you the gist

FPL Review one of the best but not online yet (they always launch late - curiously around the same time that all content creators teams converge to one template).