Wildcard RMT please

Sanchez
TAA Cancelo James Perisic
Salah Martinelli Rodrigo Gundogan
Jesus Haaland

Ward Andreas Neco Stanisfield

Saka to Diaz or roll FT

0.7ITB

Sanchez
TAA - Cancelo - James - Walker
Salah - Saka - Martinelli - Aaronson
Haaland - Jesus

Ward - Patterson - Andreas - Archer

Roll

Any changes needed? 0 FT, 0.0 ITB

Sanchez
TAA, Cancelo, Walker, Cucurella
Salah, Son, Diaz, Martinelli
Jesus, Mitrovic

Ward | Saliba, Andreas, Plange

Worth 4ph Cucurella to Perisic and Ramsdale to Sanchez. Concerned with double CHE defense. 0 mib 1FT ... thanks!

Ramsdate - Begovic
TAA - Cucurella - James - Cancelo - Walker
Salah - Diaz - Martinelli
Haaland - Jesus

Can anyone tell me why Pep singed a big no 9 which was never going to be inclined to play pass and move football?

The article is from 29 July.

I will be very happy to not own Haaland at the start of GW6...

“First, we played with a striker [sometimes] last season, Gabriel [Jesus] is a striker,” he replied. “The second point: if we make good football, respect the process like we know, create a lot of chances, put the ball close to the box, what we saw in the numbers with the last pass, we know that Erling and Julián have this incredible talent to score goals.

“But they will not do it alone. We have to help them, and the way to help them is to make good processes, offensively, defensively, [create] the most amount of chances close to the box. And after we have the feeling that they will score. But if we play no good, if we play bad, they will not score goals that’s for sure.”

Guardiola does not believe City’s style will alter markedly following the arrival of Haaland and Álvarez. “They both have the ability to drop [off] and play football,” he said. “I don’t like strikers waiting in the box to score a goal, even for them it is boring. If you ask them, they want to touch the ball, they want to play and that is what we have to do. And after they have the special sense, smell, quality to score a goal – they will do the rest. I can’t teach them to score goals, they know what they have to do.”

In Haaland City have acquired one of the world’s most-coveted strikers. Guardiola offered an insight into his character. “He’s ready to play, and the first impression as a guy is really good – a funny guy,” said the manager. “He has settled really well with the team. That is important. Apparently people think it’s not one of the most important things but it is: good vibes in the locker room is more important than any advice or any other thing you can say.

“We try to settle well [his] family … try to get to know each other in training, see what we want to do, what we did in previous seasons. When I see [him] in the canteen and corridors around the club it’s really good. The new guys are embraced really well from the guys here from day one, that’s why it’s so easy.”

Haaland, though, is not 100% fit. “When I spoke with him over the last few days, he felt a little bit but he can train and move,” Guardiola said. “At the end of August he will be better. Now we have one game a week, with more training. After that we start the crazy schedule.”

Guardiola also confirmed that he will be without centre-back Aymeric Laporte until September: “He is injured. He had knee surgery after last season – [he] played the last two or three games with an important injury, making an incredible effort.

“So far he is doing really well but you have to be careful with a knee problem. I think August will be out, September I think maybe he will start to be with us.”

https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2022/jul/29/guardiola-backs-new-strike-duo-haaland-and-alvarez-to-fire-city-to-more-glory

A - Cancelo & Andreas
B - Perisic & Rodrigo

Currently have A with 2 FT's.

Which 2 score more points?

Waiting for a Rodrigo haul, get him to 6.8M.

Repost on this lovely Friday

Start one:

A: Bailey
B: Neto

Would you start
1. Gabriel

2. Bailey

I have Ramsdale

Sanchez
Trent, Cancelo, Perisic
Salah, KDB, Martinelli, Harrison
Jesus, Toney, Martial
(Ward; Andreas, Neco, Patterson)

old school 3-4-3 WC.

6.25% of managers in the top 10k have a combo of TAA, Cancelo, Salah and KDB
Add in Martinelli, 5.16%. Toney, 1.34%. Perisic, down to 0.07%. (7 managers)

So, those seven picks, the core of the XI, is already well off-template when grouped together, as standard as they may be as standalone picks. Add in a 3% owned Harrison (who I'm willing to be patient with) and a 1% punt on Martial (Mitrovic the exit strategy), and I'm thinking it's a wildcard safe enough to not absolutelty tank and different enough to hopefully make a solid dent in the ranks.

Sorry if WC posts are fast and furious this week, but can I get a blessing or a stern talking to?