I also have Nasri as a doubt which could mean I need to rely on 2 players from my bench for this next gameweek.

My team is very similar and I also have 2 free transfers;

Given, Hilario
Baines, Kompany, Warnock, Simpson, De Laet
Silva, Moses, Dyer, Nzogbia, Henry
Rooney, Suarez, Torres

I want RVP in but don't know who to downgrade now, initial thoughts are to downgrade Nzogbia but cant find midfielder for 6.3 or less that I like... Struggling

can u afford the last 2?

jelly.

reheated? or cold? I prefer reheating myself but that just means you need to wait longer to eat it ....

1. I think that you will be in trouble if you overlook both Arsenal and Chelsea....look ate Walcott/Arteta or Mata/Lampard budget providing.

2.Having 1 of the 3 is fine but going all out top heavy will work every so often but I think a balance is required...I've gone for Rooney Dzeko and I am trying to find a decent 3rd striker on a budget. Also I don't see the fuss with Baines, yes he'll have more set piece duties but I think at 8 mill it doesn't represent decent value.

3. Either Silva/Rooney I've gone Silva

To conclude I would personally downgrade Suarez and Baines and beef up the midfeild.

Similar to mine, the main difference being that I have upgraded Suarez to RVP and therefore got a cheap defender instead of Baines. A cheap defence is basically my M.O. and its worked up to now.

So, to answer your questions...

1. I obviously felt that Arsenal coverage was needed and, for me, RVP is all the coverage you ever need. Chelsea not necessary yet but maybe in two weeks - keeping a close eye on Mata
2.I've gone Dyer, Petrov and Brunt (but Cabaye could be a good punt as well) - I think that's fine. There seem to be a dearth of options in the 6.6 to 9.4 range so you might as well go cheap or you need to go 9.5+

3. For me RVP makes the decision easy (one of the reasons I went that route). For you I would go Silva if you can stand the small rotation risk or Rooney as a safe be if not. I would be too concerned about Dzeko being on the bench to go that route.

I think its safe to say that Arteta will slot straight into Arsenals midfield. Whether he will have an immediate impact or not is anyones guess. So I think he is a gamble but might be worth it at 8.0.
Sturridge, imo, will not start this week. When/if he does get consistent starts with Chelsea I believe he will be a steal. A wait and see job i think.

I think Sturridge is at more risk of not starting that Arteta.

Arteta is a good risk to take. But Sturridge is just too much of a rotation risk. Chelsea have 2 tough fixtures I think its a good time to look at how Mata and Sturridge will do, before you get them in.

I think Arteta will not score much but will get assists. Even more with the new rules, because hes one of the most fouled players in the premierleague.

Only for the fact that no-one has any idea as to how they will play, having not featured for their teams this season, I would say be careful...but the flip side is the expectation for good results and the feeling of having called those transfers before bandwagons is also very tempting.

Be cautious if you're chasing but if you're in a decent position in your leagues I think you should go with it..just imagine scoring high on both before others...

Good luck with whatever you decide..

I'd ignore Arteta and only go for Sturridge, if only to be different.

Taylor, Ward, Brown in order of priority to play.

RVP and Young altho not having Rooney could come back to bite u in the ass.
Also, please stop yelling.

V difficult ... that's why I've got Rooney, RVP & Walcott 🙂

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Definitely De Laet for me ... other one up for grabs (see my post above!)

Get rid of Ferguson, it can't be said enough times.

For me its an easy move, just do it (sold Nasri and Jarvis myself, although I collected 0.1 profit for Jarvis :))

Silva for me

Silva.

Yeah man was at the game, Barba is a freak!

Torres and Hilario are your major issues at the moment.

I'd also consider Nani and Toure's role in my team.

For me you should go Toure -> 6m (Brunt is my first choice option, but you could take a punt on O'Hara or Cabaye as well). Then use the funds to get RvP for Torres.

Hilario may cost you value when he drops as the masses take him out, but Given is ok for now. Just watch the fixtures and sub out Hilario when Given has a shocker.

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Defence is good enough but I'd look to get in some in form/great fixture players in midfield and attack. How about taking a -4 and offloading Nani, Torres and Bent for three out of RVP, Rooney, Dzeko, Nasri, Silva or Walcott? Ideally you'd want to keep Nani but you'll have to cut somewhere to fund RVP if he's the one you want.

well, on first glance you're probably late to the WC train for this GW, having lost out on dzeko/young/rooney rises and having further lost 0.2m on torres and 0.1m on nani.

that said, with yaya looking set to drop before the deadline and the rest of your midfield looking weak, the WC might be a decent option.

if you were to WC, i'd look at the following moves:

hilario > a keeper who will play (no bank change)
baines > a 5.0 or cheaper defender (ward, s/r taylor, etc) (bank +3.4)
nani > young (bank -0.3)
torres > rvp (bank -1.1)

leaving you with 2.0 in the bank to tweak the midfield further, getting yaya out (perhaps for arteta at no cost), and upgrading one of sess/taar/moses, or leaving those three and upgrading yaya to silva/mata/nasri.

that's if i've done my maths right.
torres > rvp

First off, cheers for the swift replies.

I think I may pull the WC trigger, I realise there's a lot of dead weight and some I'd rather remedy sooner than later. Thinking about it, waiting until GW 7-8 to WC won't really put me in a much better position at all and the deficit on my league leaders could skyrocket in 3 weeks given my current efforts.

I'll end up spending the rest of the day now trying to fit Baines into a decent WC team, followed promptly by giving up.

haha nice one

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He will play for sure, as a right winger.

Oi...Dem's fightin' words!

Haha...Just kidding...I think he will start and on the right...with Chelsea playing Mata Torres Sturridge as the front three...

Mikel over Simpson for me.

Not convinced enough, NOT. Re-read your own posts man!

Wildcarded to fix some major issues, and get players in before price increases.

he's always been doubtful, and then pulled off a world class performance v Russia, I'm playing Kenny over Given this week though.

I'm never too worried about a keeper out for a week or two, the other can always come in.

Lovely...that makes it 3 for me....
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