| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Raya Martin | ARS | B |
| Up |  Pickford | EVE | B, Vs |
| Down |  Alisson | LIV | C, Vs |
| Down |  Donnarumma | MCI | B, Vs, Sus |
| No Change |  Kelleher | BRE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Dubravka | BUR | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  van Dijk | LIV | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Jurriën Timber | ARS | C |
| Up |  Keane | EVE | Vs |
| No Change |  O’Reilly | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Marc Guehi | CRY | A |
| No Change |  van den Berg | BRE | C, Vs |
| No Change |  Thiaw | NEW | C |
| Down |  Andersen | FUL | C |
| No Change |  Milenkovic | NFO | C, Sus |
| No Change |  van Hecke | BHA | A |
| No Change |  Mukiele | SUN | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Saka | ARS | A |
| No Change |  Foden | MCI | A, Vs |
| Up |  Matheus Cunha | MUN | A |
| No Change |  Semenyo | BOU | A |
| Up |  Wirtz | LIV | B, Vs |
| Up |  Grealish | EVE | B, Vs |
| No Change |  Bruno Guimarães | NEW | B, Sus |
| No Change |  Schade | BRE | C, Vs |
| Down |  Minteh | BHA | C |
| No Change |  Anderson | NFO | C, £ |
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change |  Haaland | MCI | A, Vs |
| Up |  Ekitiké | LIV | A, Vs |
| Up |  Bowen | WHU | B, Vs |
| Down |  Thiago | BRE | C, Vs, Inj |
| No Change |  Mateta | CRY | C |
| No Change |  Woltemade | NEW | B, Rest |
Paul This morning sees the return of that old favourite “Scout Scribbles”. We round up the most noteworthy of news or football rumours from the past 24 hours for your morning reading, with Spurs’ performance at MK Dons last night reminding us they have more than just one Croatian capable of making the headlines…
“Hopefully they’ll be one or two arrivals in the coming days…we’re at a stage where we’re nearer rather than further away from getting one or two in.”
Changed my team slightly. Don't want to change the attack although I'm tempted by Bent. Is this better?
Given/Robbo
Kmpany, Bosingwa, Warnock, (Johnson, Simpson)
VDV, Sinclair, O Hara, Barton (Dyer)
RVP, Hernandez, Carroll
U could always just swap Hernandez for bent in gw2 so leave it
That planned GW 2 transfer never comes good. If u want Bent than pick him from the start.
I just think the midfielders are hard to call right now so want 3 big guns upfront. Means I could easily go for bent or ronney or suarez when i do make a transfer or either drog or torres once it becomes obv how chelsea intend to play.
Options in midfield...
A) Sinclair, O'hara, Barton
B) Taarabt, O'Hara, Watson
C) Taarabt, Barton, Watson
I guarantee you that Hernadez wont start gw 1
Hi guys wounder if you could give me some advice with my team please
Given,ruddy
Kompany,rafael,huth,orr,simpson
VDV,Young,Albrighton,Dyer,N’zogbia
VP,Suarez,Holt
Feel the deffence is weak and holt is a bad choice.
young id stay away from. i had him in the begining but just dont think he will play every game and at the price he is see him as a luxury really
rafael, young and albrighton are all rotation risks imo. holt is unproven and who the ruddy hell is ruddy?
felix how do you make albrighton to be a rotation risk?? who is going to play right midfield for villa in a 4-2-3-1 formation??
Who would you say get and is everything else looking good ?
I like your striking force and u need Che attacking cover IMO.
Would kalou be a good shout or do you not think he would see the first team ?
and no need for 2 AV Mids.
Would you go for taarat for albrighton and someone from chelsea for young and try and tinker with the deffence ?
Basically Im guessing you will rotate your third striker and 5th midfielder, so get two rotating players not from the same team
Yeah that was my plan.
Just like to thank everyone now for there advice ...
Think i could be happy with this
Given,Al Habsi
Huth,Kompany,R Johnson,Orr,Simpson,
VDV,Taarabt,Morrison,N'Zogbia,Kalou ?,
Vp,Suarez,Zamora
Kalou is the one i am unsure of, any advice is great.
I am becoming more and more of a Yossi fan personally.
Watching the Blackburn/Villa match, any thoughts on what Mauro Formica will come in priced at? Anyone know whether he'll be looking to get regular field time this year? He hasn't been too sharp this game, but potential could be there. If he's a dirt cheap price, could be a decent option to hold down a cheap midfield spot.
Any Norwich around who can confirm if any of their 4.5 midfielders are first choice?
(don’t ask)
Bin' waiting for you to show up ... this is close to what you wanted:
Kenny, Moreira
Rafael, Simpson, Cole, Kompany, Baines
Lampard, Thomas, Tiote, De Jong, Neville
RVP, Rooney, Johnson A
Possibly the best summary of Chelsea's prospects under AVB I've seen so far.... well worth the read, especially for the tactics board photos
http://backpagefootball.com/premier-league/season-preview-chelsea-2/
Great link - the first 11 still worries me when choosing other than Lamps, Terry and cole!
Lamps is a must for me. Even though both he and Chelsea were poor for the majority of last season he still managed 10 goals. Considering he was injured a lot, thats a good return.
I'll probably start with Malouda and downgrade to Yossi if it looks like he's going to be first choice....
Interesting that the article doesn't consider Yossi
indeed
Self-confessed tactical hybrid of Sir Bobby Robson (4-3-3 attacking style with three forwards), Mourinho (defensive organisation and pressing) and Pep Guardiola (possession football).
OMG is this even possible?
Have you drafted a team full of differentials Dunc?
Ha! No not yet.... my tactics to start the season are usually to pick 11 safe bets, then wildcard in GW3 or 4 once it becomes clear who the differential bandwagons will be. Can usually get team value up to 105-106 within few weeks doing this which sets team up for rest of the season
I'm tipping you as a dark horse to do well this season.
That should be enough to ruin your chances.
excellent article, cheers
Great read, thank you. Seems relatively certain that Luiz will start? Especially considering the importance of his ability to bring the ball out from defence, as the article highlighted. Thoughts?
How does this team look?
Given al habsi
Cole kompany Enrique bramble Simpson
Vdv Silva n zog sessengon 5m mid
Suarez bent holt
what are peoples thoughts on Marvuex and taarabt?
im liking them as cheap options but not sure if they will play?
graham or holt?
bent or ablonglahor when price in consideration?
will ashley cole start season? has not been featured in pre season yet...
My first RMT. Maybe the next and the last one will be near the start or maybe I won't do any RMT at all again.
Given (Moreira)
Cashley, Dunne, Alcaraz, Orr, Simpson
Lamps, Toure, Taraabt, Sess, Moses
RVP, Bent, Holt
Kill it with comments.
Will Yaya actually see much of the crucial passes and scoring opportunities of last season - I fear he may be a bit of a white elephant points wise.
Which formation do you want to play each week?
2 strong DF - I assume rotation between the other 3 (Have you checked these so you get a good Home rotation each week?)
Lamps a must....
Toure - be careful maybe playing more defensive this season due to Aguero purchase...
Taarabt is a bargin
Sessingnon has poor fixtures (Javis better option imo)
RVP and bent great pairing but goes back to my first point, which formation would you use?
I will play 3 4 3 one of the 3 cheapish will play next to Cashley and Dunne. I plan to wild card early too.
Sess after first GW has excellent fixtures. That first fixture Moses will play.
Ok, 3-4-3 is a good formation
Defense looks solid
Sessingnon - not solid on "excellent" - home to newcastle (derby), away to swansea (Unknown quantity), home to chelsea (nuff said), home to stoke (Known for being solid at the back), away to norwich (see Swansea)
I can see why you would get him though... Sunderland do attack alot!
Moses good shout now Zogbia is gone!
how do you figure taraabt is a bargain?
what will be cites first choice back 4?
Richards Komp Lescott Clichy ? ?
id say so
I'm going BIG at the back and BIG up front. Not so big in midfield though.
Anyone else thought about this tactic? It means you can cram 5-6 monster players into your squad...plenty of captaincy options.
ive done the same
given
kompany, cole, luiz, rafael
wilshire, nzog, taarabt
suarez, rooney, bent
bench: marvuex, simpson, dyer
Not unlike my team!
I really like it as a strategy.
am thinking taking cole/luiz out getting someone like bardsley and upgrading dyer. if i have any injuries ill be goosed!!
anyone else think its REALLY expensive this year? carroll has doubled RVP joint highest player? crazy trying to get value.
oh and my first 11 is better 😉
Schwarzer Given
Cole Samba Bramble Williams Gabbidon
Lampard Moses Watson Ireland X
RVP Tevez/Aguero Rodallega
X ≤ 5.0 million
Any advice? Preferably someone with a decent first fixture.
What about the rest of the team? Quite out of the loop at the moment, so would really appreciate any help, other than people pointing out that I have 3 Wigan players - I already know that. 😉
How come you don't have Taarabt or Sinclair in there?
Oh, and I'm definitely playing my wildcard after week 3.
only 2 chelsea? if i was Wildcarding after gwk3 id go for 3 chelsea in there
Who'd have thought Broad would play as well as that? I was on the verge of posting something on Twatter after his first over, which was utter filth.
And from that point, he was excellent. He even showed some grace when Bowden was turning down blatant wickets.
A corner turned, I hope.
ahh ok
i wouldnt bother with schwarzer, i imagine youll play given gwks 2/3 so id go with a cheaper keeper for gwk1
yesot, how goes it? Are you going to start with vdv? Currently in my team (along with 8 other penalty takers) but looking abit light with him there from the start.
Hows it going jamsiep. You not going down the vdv (can play him against anyone) route then. Stuck on what to do with him at the mo. Quite a bit of money there on keepers.
i wont be touching any spurs players until gwk10 with their fixtures
ha, dont worry about post above! Playing the fixtures with all apart from rvp, or even he is a slave to his fixtures?
(i wont be starting with him)
nah no rvp for me
looking at a lamps/suarez switch to rvp/ars.mid after gwk3
interesting that you starting with suarez, assume a simple switch to carrol if it turns out he wont play.
yeh altho im guna look at ways to squeeze rooney in in stead for teh first 3 weeks if possible
need to have a good look for cheap options
i am going down the route of the 3 top players from the promoted sides (all on set pieces etc) with the expectation that 2/3 from will be OK. Can transfer out the crap one and should be set for value rises from the outset.
only way to get in rooney for me would be to get rid of bent which could be on the cards if downgrade kuyt to nzog.
I love VDV! - First name on my team sheet for me...apart from Rooney...and Zamora <_<
Gabbidon? Ffs.
Do you want a ticker?
Think this is the best i've done so far, so RMT:
Given (Moreira) - 9
A.Cole-Kompany-Jose Enrique (Orr-Simpson)
Malouda-Silva(c)-N'Zogbia-Taarabt (Sinclair)
RVP-Rodallega-Holt
*If Enrique goes to L'pool i will have 3 reliable def's and 2 chippies who will also play.
*Chealsea midfielder is a must imo with the starting fixtures, Silva is also a must for me, N'Zog since he is in A.Villa, Taarabt freekick and corner taker and Sinclair the same with also very positive starting fixutres both of them.
*RVP might be swapped with Rooney and Rodallega for 6.5 is great option especially with Wigans starting fix and no Nzog for pens. Holt for 5.5 is a must imo since he had 19 goals in championship.
Thoughts of any improvement?
http://itotd.com/articles/411/hymirs-cauldron/
An interesting story about Thor
How overpriced are Midfielders this year...it's crazy, especially Man U (Nani, Young etc)!
Having a real problem trying to balance the team out properly...so what do you reckon I've got 0.5 in the bank...I'm a bit worried about no arsenal coverage or VDV to mention a few names:-
Given
Enrique Kompany Jagielka
Sinclair Malouda Silva N'Zogbia
Holt Rooney Suarez
Subs
Ruddy
Simpson
O'Shea
Dyer
good team, not sure about Sinclair - I think he is a bit overrated and be one of those players that everyone has at the start and just causes frustration with his 1-2 points.
I had Jags at the start of last season and he did pretty well but I'm always cautious about Evertons bad start...in saying that I hae Baines <_<
I would upgrade Dyer to somebody like Moses or downgrade O'Shea and swap Dyer for Barton
Ended 1-0 Aston Villa, god pre-season can be lame sometimes.
Jamsiep - welcome back 😉
A. Torres and O'Hara or
B. Suarez and N'Zog
a) Baines + 4m defender
or
b) Luiz + Raphael
I suppose the latter 2 aren't both 100% guaranteed to play. I have City (Kompany) and Liverpool (Skrtel) cover at the back though so I could equally replace those. But they seem more nailed on starters...
I would downgrade Skrtel to upgrade your 4.0 defender
"Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic, who is fast becoming as invaluable to the team as John Terry, has commented on how steady the back line has been in pre-season."
http://www.givemefootball.com/premier-league/blues-in-good-shape-ahead-of-the-new-campaign
I wish they would play...
Bosingwa-Ivanovic-Terry-Cole
Luiz-Mikel
Yossi-Lampard-Malouda-
Torres
If someone who knows a little about championship football could help me out I'd be much obliged:
Taraabt/Wilshere
De Laet/Taylor/Orr
Holt/Graham/Beattie
Taarabt atm
Orr
All unproven but i would have to choose Graham
Options in midfield…
A) Sinclair, O’hara, Barton
B) Taarabt, O’Hara, Watson
C) Taarabt, Barton, Watson
or can anyone see a better way of spending the cash?
How's this look? Planned GW2 transfer (assuming no injuries and Malouda starts GW1, is VDV -> Malouda)
Given, Ruddy
Baines, Kompany, Orr, (Simpson), (N Taylor)
Lampard, VDV, Taarabt, O'Hara, (Sinclair)
RVP, Holt, Rodallega
Personally VDV doesn't have that good a fixture anyway + having 3 cheap defenders is a bit excessive
I don't see the problem with 3 cheap defenders, if you are going to spend the cash on Kompany and Baines - you pretty much have to play them every game and they are both capable of scoring good points even in away games.
Then you just have to rotate the last spot between 3 players depending on fixtures
although I don't approve of having a planned transfer already.
RMT if you'd be so kind 🙂
Given (Ruddy)
Enrique, Johnson, Kompany (O'Shea, Jagielka)
Malouda, Taarabt, VDV, Sinclair (Sessegnon)
Holt, Bent, Zamora
RMT Please!
This is nearly final draft!
Al Habsi-Given
Bardsley-A Cole-Kompany-Samba-Alcaraz
N'Zogbia-Richardson-Modric-Sinclair-Gamst Pedersen
Drogba-Rodellega-Bent
Thanks
hernandez and yaya.....or....rooney and VDV/silva?
sorry messed that up haha, rooney and yaya or hernadez and VDV/silva
oh, haha, then that makes it harder....
I would say Rooney and Yaya just because if Man City play like they did last year, Yaya will still be among the points
Rooney and VDV easy
