The tough task facing new Brighton manager Potter

Lampard or Oli?

I think Lampard will do a great job at Chelsea.

Youth playing Champions League football and without pressure can only be a good thing for the club.

As a United fan I'm a little more concerned.

Because we look at the points the top defenders accrued last season and do the maths.

Because premium defenders matched those strikers points output for half their price.

Two premium mids smashed those strikers points wise too.

The facts show that premium strikers aren't the best value for money for ppm.

Coupled with the fact that most everyone who doesn't have either of those two will almost certainly have Salah and Sterling and will surely be captaining one of those two every week.

And unless you're going to captain your 11/12m striker every week what's the point of having him?

Truth is that there are cheaper options up top that won't be too far behind, points wise, who will enable players to significantly improve other areas of their teams

Some people will still want the security of an expensive premium striker, but most managers have seen the trends and moved away from that template

Kun is no spring chicken and will, most likely, increasingly have his minutes managed. Could end up with his lowest score come the end of the season.

Kane yes
Aguero no

Aguero is over priced, cannot see any reason to go with him when sterling always outscores him at the same price point and Kane over the years has outscored him for 1m less. They messed up the aguero pricing.

I'd love to own Kane but atm I like Vardy & Wilson up top to begin with and Kane has burned me a number of times captaining against so called "lesser" teams.

Last season yes. We take into account TAA has matured as a player over the year and is less likely to be rotated and maybe outscore Robbo this year.

TAA on set pieces which is huge imo.

I've got both

Thanks all.

Think there's a small chance robbo could miss first game too...

Wrong forum

given his age, he might end up with the most grand slam victories

Spot on

Very nice.

Maybe Maddi->Perez/Tielemans to save 0.5m

PS: I would play Dunk week in week out over DenDonkey

Ederson -> 4.5
Madison -> Perez
Donkey -> Brooks

You'd have to downgrade Vardy, Fraser and Noble to gain cash to do BSilva to Sterling. BSilva is not that good of an FPL option btw...

I'd definitely be looking to use all 3 Liverpool slots, going without both TAA and Robbo is a scary prospect.

No way Mendy. You want nailed-on players and he prob won't start

Easily B

B

Don't like either. But if I had to choose then Ryan and Moura

Yes, I'm debating getting him. Currently have Wilson - not sure Rashford is worth £0.5m though.

He was meant to be the main man end of last season and failed miserably

I don't like his price point. Rather spend a little more and get Vardy or drop down to a 6.5 that will likely match him if not far off, e.g. King

We only reached the quarter finals pal

Holebas to Cathcart, Fraser to Siggy?

Like it though

Holebas to Cathcart, Fraser to Tielemans and Ryan to Ederson

Good team.

I like the Holebas pick he likes a yellow but takes a great set piece. Does Cathcart have any goal threat?

I love the vardy pick.
maybe digne to coleman and holebas to zinchenko (if nailed on)

Yeah it's decent. If Jorginho is on penalties does not need much changing

Almost the same as mine, except I went for Noble instead of Jorginho (as Noble is guaranteed pens) and Ryan over Pope. But that might change when Burnley's GK situation is sorted out...

Change Moutinho to a premium defender then yes it's good

Adam to due?

Looking good assuming Dunk does go to Leicester.

Gunn is an interesting one. Soton defence was very leaky last time out. But there must be a chance that a full preseason with Ralph and his new system could turn things around.

The downer if you’re looking to hold WC awhile is the fixture list which turns horribly quite quickly

Agreed, I think people have been picking Ryan based on him being nailed, whereas Heaton/Pope, Boruc/Begovic and Gunn/McCarthy are all unknown right now, and also Ryan's back up is 4.0m. But I think the other clubs will have a settled keeper by the end of pre-season, and Brighton have City, Tottenham and Chelsea in the opening 8 games, that's not a good start.

Personally I see Brighton, along with Norwich as certainties for relegation.

I don't want Ryan but I like the thought about not having to think and Ryan Button set and forget for hopefully 130 points I'll take.

I like sterling + maddi more. Only thing i don't like about kane is gw2 vs city.

B.Silva doesn’t ‘cover’ Sterling, which must be the only reason you are including him in your comparison.

City can often score 3, 4 or 5 goals with B.Silva getting no more than an solitary assist or less. It’s rare Sterling wouldn’t be very involved when there are multiple goals.

*Pereyra

Looks good. Obvious doubts are Zinchenko and Heaton but preseason should answer those questions.

If you're looking ar 6mil Watford mids then consider Doucoure too.

If Giroud actually gets the nod then A is a no-brainer

First. But Brooks over perez if you got tielmans

I wouldn't be looking to double up on Leicester Mids, just pick one.

First. See the article for the trainwreck that is the Brighton defence, and Moura is only live for 2 games.

A

B

a

6.5(Jota, Deulo,King)+Sterling

A

Hmm. Currently on B. 0.5 short for the deu move. Got King

A

C

C

C

Out of that lot I've only got Salah. But B is the painful one - not sure I can go a month without Sterling back in my draft.

Currently C but could have ABCD if Siggy were downgraded to a 6.0

C

Still seems bizarre to me to have Digne in this company.

Robbo TAA Mo Sterling Kane is doable with 5.5 defender (Zin Trips Coleman) and 4.5 keeper and 10.5 on a mid and defender. Get Vvd instead then you have Digne too instead of 5.5

So if you play Stephens Romeu or Donkey for a 2 pointer you get an extra 6.0 defender. Play O’Connell or Dunk you get a 6.0 mid

I didn't have Sterling or Kane in the first draft I created this weekend.

Just C

Kane. Don't really see much of a reason to go for him other than hope really

I have all four, which you can do if you chose one 5.5 defender (Trippier/Coleman/Wan Bis) in a 442...

I'd be worried not having TAA or Robbo. It does help you get Vardy in though which I like

Dunk if he goes to Leicester and spend the elsewhere

A

A

A

A

A

I like it. That being said, I think you will be bored on matchdays as you will be hoping for clean sheets in the main.

Huge early spend heavy on defence never works but every team I see that's gone out the window

lack of pre-season and continued speculation about future. can see him missing gw1

I agree with you.
Expect 10 goals from midfield, with a few VAR assisted penalty assists from Wilf this year.
As Bambi said the AFCON involvement isn't helping his chances of starting GW1, however I think if he's still at Palace, then he's too important to them not to play.

A

Perez and vardy.

Vardy unless something drastic happens. Nailed, pens, attacking system and no European distractions.

Will be taking a very close look at Perez in preseason, but he's in my current draft.
Vardy would be nice, but currently can't afford him.

Dunk
One of Perez/Tielemans/Vardy

Salah has the most points and most goals since he came back to England. Going without him will make things difficult in my opinion. It's not far fetched that he will score big against Norwich, how would you get him for Saints?