Can Leandro Trossard build on his debut FPL season and dodge the Brighton rotation?

Playing 4-5-1?

451 could work especially if Brewster goes on loan.

I thought I'd do this before the game launched but I keep getting drawn to bargain basement defenders. It's a sickness.

You can easily have Salah KDB Fernandes with Werner 6.5 up top

I'm on 4-4-2 with Richa/Mitro/4.5 up front so see the appeal

I’m considering starting with Vardy and dropping to Werner.

Who is he, where did he come from, where is he going and what position is he?

6.0 I reckon

Template set up which is no bad thing

What are your thoughts on Leeds FPL options this season?

My team is... Identical.

Could upgrade dier to Doherty with that extra million. Or Ziyech to Son for Spurs' nice start.

I would say B, but Arsenal could be a bit disjointed if they don't get Ceballos back sharpish

A

Yes

Yup - Talksport have announced it but think I would wait on something more reliable than that

Yeah

If you're looking for cover just get Dier/Davies at 1M cheaper

Little bit, Darlow not terrible but Dubravka always good on the saves.

Defence wasn't particularly strong to start with but yeah, Dubravka is a better keeper than Darlow so it won't help.

Not sure I follow, AMN is a right back isn't he? Why would that affect Vinagre? Was AMN expected to take over at left back for Wolves or something?

Going Justin over Vinagre personally.

will be on this eventually, trying to do it from the start?

Yep. Contemplating those 3 at the back as an option. Were in my first draft. Figuring out what I think re Doherty now

i've gone round in circles, and after being set on the set-and-forget triple pool defence, along with doherty, i've ripped it up and gone 3 x premium mids with just TAA as an expensive defender, might change my mind again soon though 😀

Ferguson (injured) -> Someone else

Looks pretty good considering all the big hitters!

Always found this "find me a midfielder at price X who can match this defender" argument a bit weird. Applies to almost any half decent regularly starting defender.

Won't be many 4.5m midfielders outscoring Charlie Taylor. So what?

Yes. Wolves may be significantly weakened without Doherty and Spurs started to look quite good at end of the season.

He's clearly not as good an option as in Wolves IMO. Probably will be less attacking and Spurs not as solid at the back.

Agree

Will Mourinho allow him to get as far forward though?

Doherty will go forward anyway, he’ll play his own game to his strengths

i concur

Because I'm pretty sure his attacking stats will now regress and that was the main attraction of him as an asset.

B

B

B

If they are both playing B, otherwise C or Soucek and 1.0m.

Id say he'd be around 13-14 goal mark this time round

i'll doubtless not have him for the entire season so he just needs to perform well at whatever times i might have him, so hopefully pro-rata he'll have a better rate than 110points

He has got some amazing fixtures in the first 9 gameweeks. If he explodes out of the blocks before the eventual drop off in form he will be great value early on.

Yes.

That’s what you want from your cheap 3rd striker. Anything else, in my opinion, is a welcome bonus.

I think so
He's my differential forward pick 🙂

10% of the fee I think

Supposedly 10% but saw that Spurs might be trying to make it player plus cash so might end being a bit less. Still a nice windfall for them

Oops

McCarthy in Goals

*be

WC10 for me, hit those City/Liverpool fixture turns

nah. wk 5

Join the GW 2 Hacienda Manchester triple ups with me!

Yeah If one plans to use the free transfers to bring in City and Utd players in Gameweeks 2 +3 it leaves no room to remove any injured/suspended players or jump the early season bandwagons like Lundstram from last season without taking multiple hits

Depends on how well he adapts to a back 4

Should be fine going forward, less so when defending

For me - cos Villa.
For many - cos, like Burnley, missing from GW1.

Z and J

4.5 mid to 5.0 (Soucek)

5.0 mid will not outscore a 4.5 defender.

The defender. 5m mid - there's only one, with awful fixtures.
4m defenders - all dodgy > 4,5 def - plenty of choice, can hop from one to another according to f&f

Always the defender.

Too hard to generalise if you ask me, it depends upon the specific options available. If there's a regularly starting 4.0 defender for an ok team (Lundstram last year, AWB the year before) then you can probably upgrade the midfielder. If FPL have got their pricing right though then the extra 0.5 probably does more in defence.

I think he will be a pretty decent addition. I am greenwood bench and don't have another alot for 5.5. will probably get him, bruno and sterling in first 5/6 weeks

There does not seem to be any love for UTD defence. I won't be picking any either.

How do you get to Werner for example if he hits the ground running?

a playing 4.0m defender would allow you Werner, Mitchell/Johnson being touted, but might be a risk obviously

Do you prefer Auba (ful) for the captaincy instead of Salah (LEE)?

If you expect the other premium mids to outscore him, then it's very valid to go without. He's not that much more expensive than KDB though.

I wonder how often Pep will want to play the two aging attackers together rather than opting for a player who can actually press effectively? Wouldn't be surprised if Messi's arrival sees more rotation for Kun.

Sterling looks most interesting IF messi arrives. All the defs doubling up the left side where messi/kdb play leaving sterling with space and tap ins a plenty.

Although i doubt messi actually joins city

Aguero could be great especially if jesus goes the other way.

Already taking hits?

How bad are you expecting Everton to be...