As this is now a competition of sorts, I'd start by recommending you Bobby Zamora upfront.

Gotta have Sturridge that's for sure

Arnautovic, Holtby

Have a feeling Eriksen could do well against West Ham

Long

Hutton, Naughton and Wisdom.

Let's load up at the front 😎

Chambers

On a budget:
Ireland
A Young
Austin

Bojan for sure with Rooney and Costa.

Vergini and Hendo among others.

Didnt Gully get the New system. Is it the community vs the Scouts?

Begovic

Naughton Terry Chambers

Sterling Mata Ramsey Young

Rooney Costa Sturridge

I think that's 85m

Ashley Young

Begovic
Terry, Chambers, James
Silva, Ramsey, Fabregas, Sterling
Rooney, Sturridge, Austin

£84m

😎

definitely Bojan facing Villa at home.....

Blackett

It looks like Begovic is our pick in goal, he was my first choice as well, any objections?

Diouf, Sterling...Ferdinand/Dunne.

Begovic

Terry, Chambers (I would prefer Cahill to Terry, thoughts?)

Ramsey, Sterling

Rooney, Costa

I think this should be a good 'spine' to the team that most would agree on. If you don't like a pick let us know why.

Other players proposed so far:

Def - Naughton, Vergini, Blackett, Ferdinand, Dunne
Mid - Mata, Fabregas, Silva Eriksen, Holtby, Arnautovic, Ireland, Young, Henderson
For - Sturridge, Long, Austin, Bojan, Diouf

Any others we should consider?

Begovic in goal, popular pick on here and solid fixture.

Chambers has to take a slot in defence. He is extremely good value for the first few, and a CS looks on the cards for this fixture.

I also believe one of Naughton, Blackett or James has to take a spot. All at 4.5 offer fantastic value, and we would expect a clean sheet from each of them. With the injuries in the respective teams, they have to have a shoe in for GW1 at least. My pick would be one of the United boys personally, given the fixture. Of course, you could stick Naughton in there too for another defender spot.

The final defender spot has to be taken by a Chelsea defender. Cahill is looking the most popular right now, however a punt on Ivanovic perhaps, since he loves scoring GW1.

For midfield, Young looks the flavour of the week. Either him or Sigurdsson should take the cheaper 4th midfield slot in my opinion.

I also believe Mata is a must for the scout picks this week, fixture is brilliant and he is a very popular pick. No brainer.

Ramsey has had a brilliant pre season, and is very popular. He is expected to do well, and would be one of my picks. Alternatively, Fábregas would be a good pick with their fixture. Especially since Oscar is out, he looks a starter at #10 for the opening game.

Sterling is the flair pick for me. Shown great form pre season, very energetic and against a loosely put together Southampton side.

Up front, you have to have Rooney. The fixture and his form combined provide captain material for almost everyone one here. He is a must. Similarly, I don't think you could go without Costa. Bagged a brace last game and against Burnley he could explode.

The final spot for me, goes to Sturridge, given the fixture. Leading the line for an attacking Liverpool side.

I would consider others like Lukaku to for a punt, or maybe for on the bench. Bojan is also popular, and IMO should be on the bench despite the fact I think he will flop.

Exciting times for Southampton fans with all these star players joining!

Yoshida Kamikaze

Yoshida noooooo