| 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.”
At this rate I'm going to have to start Orr in GW1. Ugh.
Orr? Huuuuuuhh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv5BYEOQYLo
Ossome!!! 😀
Hay guys,Rate me bleedin team please:
Given Ruddy
Luiz Kompany Hughes Rafael Orr
Benayoun Downing Silva O'Hara Tchoyi
Torres Suarez Zamora
Luiz, Benayoun and Torres, none certain starters. Well, Torres probably is but he's forgotten how to play football. Rest of the team looks solid enough, if a bit samey as everyone else on heres teams.
Hope that helps! 🙂
Try again!!
Good team, if Torres is dialed in you might as well say Benayoun will be playing. I'm a bit suspicious of Downing. The rest of the midfield is strong, dare I say fixture proof. Though starting Tchoyi against MU, may be pushing it, but I couldn't talk myself out of it either, I have a good feeling about him this year.
Neither!!!
Does anyone think that with the way they've set the game up this year they've kinda run the risk of putting a final nail in the 2nd WC coffin. It looks like they've achieved in mixing the options up but the 2nd wild card will more than likely lead to genric teams, which cancels out the objective.
I agree, last season guy in my league wildcarded at the same time as me and we picked the exact same team except that one different def but played for the same team. They should mabye just give two free transfers at the end of the window instead.
Do away with both WCs I say... You get your one free transfer a week, but allow the unused ones to roll over indefinitely. That might teach you whippersnappers a thing or two about commitment.
I would agree, however the way the fixtures panned out last season there was a lot of 'argument' as to what week to play it, it's a rule that also favours the season players of FPL rather than the ones who pick a team and leave it. The vice captain rule is a big plus( I think!).
Btw looking forward to the H2H6 league Damo.
WHAT!! generic teams after the 2nd wildcard?....what about now?? We all have the same 25 players between us!!
Bring it :-). The VC Rule is the job alright but you just know that it's gonna bite ya in the ass at least once.
Not really because there will always be something large that all of us don't see that will need to be corrected on our side.
jamsiep you'll never get a first ever top 100 finish with that team. I realise that you realise you have three wigan attackers but it's wigan ffs. Roda was crap even with nzogbia's supply
I have two Wigan defenders, and a goalie, for no more than 3 weeks. And they may start all 3 matches. I anticipate a lose up in Wales...but you never know. Roda will eat in one of the three. BTW do you think they will have a roster update well before the start, they need to move N'zog.
Chelsea XI vs Kitchkee:
Turnbull, Ferreira, Rajkovic, Terry, Cole, Benayoun, Lampard, Zhirkov, Kalou, Malouda, Drogba
Are you his mum? Is his dinner ready? 🙂
Rest after Copa america. In other news, stop saying Hernandez won't play regularly, it's utter boswalocks.
He WILL , but not at the start
I disagree. Will gladly be proven wrong if it turns out to be the case though
Not saying that he won't get a lot of gametime, but will be subject to a certain degree of rotation IMO.
Sir Alex Ferguson
Manchester United
World Cup
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has welcomed back Javier Hernandez to their preseason camp in the US.
Hernandez only began training today and the United boss does not want to push him too hard.
“He has had a month’s holiday, which he needed after the Gold Cup,” said Ferguson.
“It was a long season and he played in the World Cup as well, so he has not had a lot of rest in the last year.
“The most important thing for us is to give him some proper training before we even consider him for the first team.”
I'm staying away regardless. He will be a scouting report victim. He can be guarded by simply putting a hard working small quick defender to sit on his runs. Yes there's no stopping utter poaching the way it was impossible to keep Dennis Rodman off the boards. But this kid (and I rode him like a mule) has not real on the ball face-up game, no real shot, I'll bet Chamakh took more 10+yard shots. I'll put him on 12 goals this season off poaching, 8 in league.
RMT
Given Kenny
Kompany Bramble Simpson RJ Hughes
Lamps Silva Moses O'Hara Sinclair
Rooney Bent Holt
Both Sun/New and Ful/Wol rotate quite well at the back so allowed me to put funds forward.
are gibbs and rafael sure starters or is it too much of a risk?
Gibbs should be unless Mr. Wenger pushes Vermaelen LB...he's played there before.
i think rafael will start.
my current def is
vidic kompany luiz bardsley gorrks
i need to trim 2-2.5m off this for mid,any ideas?
was thinking luiz/gorrks to hughes/orr
maybe vidic to cole
any better suggastions welcome.
Vidic isn't worth it at the start get Cashley insead. Bardsley can become Bramble, Luiz can be Hughes.
With 3 strong defs, could you save £1m on alt to Bardsley.
Vidic out
Luiz may not be a starter
Vidic IS worth it in the start, Luiz is not worth it, he's not a guaranteed dial in yet with AVB. some cheap Fulham or even Wigan (...yes I said WIGAN) defense coverage would work well. Not a fan of nabbing defenders from the newcomers. You can get cheap defenders from established teams and keep an eye on the newbies and wait for GW2 or 3.
A new look ... 😀
Kenny, (Moreira)
Baines, Enrique, Senderos, (Bramble, Simpson)
Malouda, Yaya Toure(c), De Jong, N’Zogbia, (Osman)
Bent, Rooney(vc), Johnson A
Get Rid : De Jong / Johnson A / Senderos
Enrique & Simpson - 2 newcastle defenders?
No.
If necessary - but he looks on his way to Liverpool.
Well, I knew you wouldn't - but you have to try to think outside the box ... 😀
Well you do if you want to win this game. Nobody wins by playing safe, but De Jong 😯 (Bet he gets more yellows than goals and assists conbined)
Also will Senderos be a regular feature in the Fulham XI, i'm not so sure MMW.
Strikeforce looks very good though 😀 And i like the Osman inclusion!
Gone off Beckford?
No. Can't afford him. 🙁
De Jong - check out EA Stats ...
Oh ... and I WILL bet you that De Jong gets double the number of bonus points as he will yellow cards ...
Pay up, then ... 😉
Double buddy? I'll take that too! LOL
He was +3 in 2009/10 (10 bps) (7 yellows)
and was -1 in 2010/2011 (8 bps) (9 yellows)
I want to believe he's not a dumbass meathead and has a great deal of intelligence. But I think he loves the contact and mixing it up.
It still maintains a certain De Jongness from the previous look....
how’s this squad?
alhabsi given
a.cole baines kompany hughes simpson
y.toure lampard n’zogbia taarabt moses
suarez zamora beattie
thoughts?
Not seeing Brunt in many teams
too exp at 6m? is he on pens?
ah yes. then they soften from GW3. one to watch out for I guess
yeah team looks good. have been looking at the same kind of players. lot of money in defence though, with no massive striker up front.
About 40624 people just couldn't wait to throw him in there.
With current situation it has to be A
Okay then How about this one then?!
Given Al-Habsi
Cole Kompany Hughes Bardsley Orr
Taarabt Malouda Silva Downing Tchoyi
Holt Bent Zamora
All those rate my team people do what every member on ffs will do wild-card on week 2 and copy Mark or granville's team 🙂
Right...bored of the same ( and I mean same) rate my teams!!
Name a player in your squad who is a little unusual from all the other RMT's...
Im going with Warnock to start you off
N'Zogbia.
Beattie is a new one alright thivagar
I think due to the crappy pricing that is going on this season it's a bit hard to find value in the midfield area, hence why the vast majority are posting similar teams.
Jagielka
no cesc - three players cox mccarthy terry!
Whoah!
schwarzer
Benayoun
Zamora
Thinking about it, surely Baines at 1.5m less, is better value then Silva. Both will score a similar amount, i'd back Baines to score more.
You might be trippin too.
Gentlemen! A or B?
A) GK: Given,Kenny
DEF: Kompany,Hughes,Baines,Ward,Simpson
MID: Nzogbia,Malouda,Sinclair,Sessagnon,Taarabt
FWD: Torres,Carroll/Suarez,Holt
B) GK: Given,Kenny
DEF: Kompany,Samba,Hughes,Alcaraz,Simpson
MID: Silva,Nzogbia,Sinclair,Taarabt,Tiote
FWD: RVP,Bent,Suarez.
For the guy who was asking about Sylvain Marveaux earlier, he was taking corners and some freekicks in Joey Bartons absence last night again and doing a much better job of it.
With Mareaux being a straight out winger he could possibly rotate with Barton this season as Joey isn't a natural winger and was played OOP there all last season as we had no one else with Routledge on loan.
If people continue with all these RMTs then all that will be achieved is that everyone will have a team with 12/13 same players. Pointless. Better to use the forum to discuss ideas and players etc. and make your own mind up.
Heres one for discussion: Rafael - will he be first choice RB at Manutd?
I reckon he will
I think Fabio will start the season at right back at least as Rafael lost his place after getting sent off. It'd be close though as O'Shea wouldn't have been sold if Fergie didn't think either player was good enough.
And he was a bit injured too, Rafael will start, he is the more defensive of the two. SAF has no interest in encouraging forward pushing expeditions with the squad he has now.
NEW POST!!!
Peoples – pls RMT:
Schwarzer (De Vries)
Baines, Bardsley, Kompany, Luiz
VDV, N’Zogbia, Silva, Taarabt
Rooney, Holt
Bench – Graham, Moses, Martin R.
I figure the Mids will cover the goals for the 2nd/3rd fwds.
Alternatively:
My other option is to turn Taarbt into Tiote and then Graham into Zamora
Thoughts??????
Luiz may not start and think overall the defence may be too top heavy in price.
Everton seem to be slow starters so I'm leaving Baines alone.
Bardsley + Kompany look decent picks.
Turnbull, Ferreira, Rajkovic, Terry, Cole, Benayoun, Lampard, Zhirkov, Kalou, Malouda, Drogba
I assume it's 4-3-3 again but what positions are these people playing in? After reading that article from Big Dunc I'm wondering why they are playing 4 of their "widemen"? Lampard seems to be the only true centre mid in this equation. Who are the other two in the midfield 3?
Just goes to show that pre-season friendlies, more than anything, just dilute our thinking.
Must be:
Benayoun Lamps Zhirkov
Kalou Drogba Malouda
Very meh.
Rooney or RVP will be one I will have to think about until the last day
RVP can score vs anybody but GW4 for him does look sweeter for him.
What's your thoughts on:
Kompany Cole Clichy + Simpson Orr
and basically playing those 3.
well, the thing with Clichy is he should be first choice but might face rotation with Kolarov. the rest I like (although I am one of the few who prefers Richards to Kompany).
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.
Benayoun before Kalou, I hope and think his days are numbered there. I'd be sweating Morrison too with their early fixtures.
Hey guys, rate me frickin' team please! 🙂
De Gea (Given - I'll be putting him in from gw2 with villas match lineup!)
Hangeland Luiz Kompany (Samba, Simpson)
N'Zogbia Taraabt (providing he stays) Barton Downing (Tiote)
Suarez Hernandez (Odemwingie)
I'll be switching Samba, Tiote and Odemwingie around a bit depending on fixtures I think.
Thanks!
I'm actually liking this team. It's great in my opinion
Nzog and Rooney or
Kuyt and Bent?
Currently:
Given (Ruddy)
Baines, Luiz, Kompany, Orr, Simpson
Lamps, Kuyt, Taraabt, Watson (sinclair)
Bent, Zamora, Holt
watson/ohara/barton?
OK just having a play, but surprised at the decent lineup I created:
Given (Ruddy)
Cole Clichy Kompany (Simpson, Orr)
Walcott NZogbia Barton Yaya (Ferguson)
Bent Zamora Rooney
This is me thinking of a team for the first 3 weeks and then Wild Carding, once a better idea of form and starting 11s.
