FPL Question Time – Consult our panel ahead of Gameweek 1

Team A or B look stronger and any reasons why? Thanks

A

Pope (Button)
Robbo, VVD, Zinchenko,Ake (Lundstram)
Sterling, Salah, Perez, Barkley (Dendoncker)
Kane, King (Greenwood)

B

Pope (Button)
Robbo, VVD, Zinchenko, Digne (Lundstram)
Sterling, Salah, KDB, Perez (Dendoncker)
Jota, King (Greenwood)

So after tinkering all summer it has come down to these options.. thoughts?
442
Ryan
Trent robbo digne holebas (kelly)
Fraser sterling Salah perez (den)
Wilson jota (Greenwood)

VS
Same team except moura for Fraser and king for jota

Vs!!!!!!! This 352
Ryan
Trent digne holebas (4.0 4.5)
Fraser moura Salah sterling perez
Wilson jota

Are either of these worth it?

Punting on Moura and then getting a Chelsea or United mid in gw 2.

Punting on deeney and then getting haller or kean in gw 2.

First RMT for 3 weeks. Stuck with a 5-4-1, any thoughts?

Ederson
TTA/VVD/Digne/Coleman/Zinc
Salah/Sterling/Fraser/Barclay
Wilson

Subs: Dendoncker/Greenwood/Wickham

Out of interest make a team without Salah or Sterling.... realise that you have 11 quality players with no obvious weak link.
Make a team with Salah and Sterling... realise that the rest of your team is unbalanced and weak.

I'm now thinking the real 'punt' is ploughing £24.5m in to just two players.

Which of these two?

1. KDB + King
2. B.Silva + Wilson

I own Sterling/Laporte so this is my third city player

A few things from me that I'll probably talk about in more detail on the Scoutcast (and on something new that Luka a.k.a D1sable and I are in talks about...). Just some of my early observations!

1) KDB seems an easy 200+ pointer if he stays fit. Looks sharp and hungry after nearly a year out. Great price at 9.5 too.

2) Gross looks like he may be a bit part player this year, with Potter trying different formations. The more flexible players will surely start, which means Locadia and Trossard could be shrewd picks. Montoya at Wing Back could be tasty too.

3) Ceballos at 5.5 looks a steal as long as he gets minutes. May be the next Rambo, or may play at number 10. There's a few options in his price range too, so not the end of the world if he doesn't start the first couple - just move him out.

4) I'm favouring 6 / 6.5 forwards over 6 mil defenders. a 6 mil forward (like Wesley) and a 4.5 defender means your team is much more flexible, and will be able to cope better with any squad suprises (Bench wise) than if you had a 6 defender and a non-playing 4.5 attacker.

5) No more than 3 'real' punts. Likely to go with Ceballos, Montoya and Wesley. The rest will be tried and tested PL players who have done well and decent seasons and I think have the potential to do well again.

6) You only really need two strong captaincy picks. Breaking your team to get in 3 of Salah, Sterling, Kane, Aubameyang and even Vardy just makes your team so imbalanced. You can't captain them all! But good to have options. Need to pick your premiums and stick with them IMO.

7) Leicester are going to have a banging season with or without Maguire. Will certainly challenge the top 6.

8) Arsenal are showing no signs of signing a centre back or sorting their defence out and I'll be happy to play attacking players against them. They are going to have to score a LOT of goals to win games, which makes their attackers even more attractive.

9) If you're wondering if a player is first choice... don't pick him. Zinchenko seems a transfer waiting to happen, but at least there are options at his price point. Don't take the risk with 4.5 / 5 million defenders as you don't want to have to use a transfer taking them out

10) Plenty of decent 4.5 goalkeepers! Save your cash and go for Pope / Ryan / Heaton or Henderson.

A) Barkley + 0.5 in a 4-5-1

B) Deeney or another 6.5 striker in a 4-4-2

Lloris
VVD, Robbo, Stone, KWP
Salah, kdb, Fraser, Perez, *
Kane, *

Bouncing back and forth between these two lineups, the first gives me a much stronger 3rd defender and a decent bench, the second gets me KDB. Leaning towards A.) but any thoughts gratefully appreciated:

A.)
Pope (4.0 bench fodder)
Van Dijk, Digne, ROBERTSON (Lundstram, DUNK)
Salah, Sterling, Perez, FRASER (Dendoncker)
Wilson, Woods / another 6.5, Murray

B.)
Pope (4.0 bench fodder)
Van Dijk, Digne, ZINCHENKO (Lundstram, KELLY)
Salah, Sterling, Perez, DE BRUYNE (Dendoncker)
Wilson, Woods / another 6.5, Murray

in your opinion, best three player combination for total 19.5 (will play in my 11 every week)
- 1 mid & 2 fwd

Which pairing

Sigurdsson / Simpson
Or
Barkley / Zinchenko (means playing Zinchenko over Dendoncker)
Thanks

My first RMT of the season.

Schmeichel - 4.0
Ake - WannBiss - Alderweireld - Coleman - Hanley
Salah - Barkley - B Silva - Martial - Longstaff
Kane - Firmino - Joelinton

Any help appreciated

Is Wood worth a punt or not given the fixtures? What are people's thoughts?

I like his GW1 fixture but it also feels like I'm being trapped into focusing too much on GW1 so currently not on my draft.

Hiya, me again. Start Zinchenko or Haller for GW1?

Rmt - going to swap one of the Leicester mids for Fornals after gw1

Heaton (Button)
VVD Walker Digne (Rico, Gibson)
Salah Sterling Fraser Perez Tielemans
Wilson Haller (Wickham)

Who do you prefer:
A. Fraser and Wood (or any other 6.5)
or
B. Pérez an Jiménez

Good to go?

Ryan
Alexander-Arnold, van Dijk, Digne
Salah, Sterling, Sigurdsson, Perez
Wilson, Jota, Gray

Button; Rico, Dendoncker, Lundstram.

Andre Gray is a short term punt. May even switch to Wesley as early as GW2. I know Deulofeu may be fit but still think Gray will start after 4 goals from 4 games in preseason.

A or B?

A) Ake (starting?) & Lundstram (bench)
B) Cathcart/Dunkk (rotating)

Did Pep say anything after the game about Sanè?

Will Pepe start immediately for Arsenal?

Is Redmond a viable choice this season? He was a key player last season, being involved in about a 3rd of Southampton's goals since Hasenhuttle was appointed, but Redmond has only gotten a solitary assist this preseason. Instead, Ings and Adams have been the form players during preseason

Nobody have any interest in Gunn?

what do we think of pepe's chances of starting gw1?

RMT please
Pope
Doherty, Coleman, Fredericks
Salah, Sterling, Son, Perez
Rashford, Abraham, King
Heaton; Lundstram, Hanley, Hayden
Trying to to pick only one player from each club because I'm a bit different but I like it...
Also who to have instead of HMS first 2 weeks? Cheers.

What are people's thoughts on Barkley now that he didn't start the last game of the preseason? To start GW1 or a risk?

Sterling is a great FPL player, however I can't help but feel between him and Salah the vast majority of the RMTs I see on here are basically the same except the occasional few punts or formation switch.

It makes sense to have him, it is the safer option that will probably lead to a decent rank somewhere about 100k+. To me however, this is almost too 'safe' and boring (I know, 'safe' and 'boring' choices are usually what leads to a higher rank).

I also know the FFS community is a relatively small slice out of the overall number of players, so there's that too. I'm not saying everyone needs to go out and buy Pepe like a maverick or a load of differentials, but too much of the feedback here seems to be pushing people towards the standard template.

A) Laporte + Greenwood (benched)

B) Stones + Greenwood (benched) + 1m for flexibility

C) KWP + Ings (to be rotated/provide a bit more depth)

Team as a whole:
Ryan Button
TAA VVD Coleman XX Lundstram
Salah Sterling Moura Perez Dendonker
Wilson King XX

Pick two: Fraser/Moura/Barkley for GWs 1-3

Evening chaps. Could you RMT please?
(5-3-2, early WC planned)

Heaton - (4.0))
Van Dijk - Digne - Walker-Peters - Duffy - Taylor
Salah - Sterling - Lucas Moura - (4.5) - (4.5)
Aubameyang - Wilson - (4.5)

Which would you prefer?

A) Bilva + Laporte + .5
B) KDB + Zinchenko

Siggy or Ryan Fraser