Moses is great because he's so cheap. If he flops, he just stays out of the team. 5.0 isn't a large amount to have just sitting on your bench. It's a risk of course to choose Moses, but a risk with more reward than potential loss.

Get more money.

Ben Arfa maybe??

Hoolahan. Rotates reasonably well with Moses too.

sorry, should read:

a) Malouda, Moses, Silva, Carroll
b) Lampard, O'hara, N'Zogbia & Suarez

A.

Two captain choices.

tony hibbert - fanstasy gold under the new rules.

You sir, are a thinker. I very much am now going to re-evaluate my team based on your second point. Mostly on the value for additional money. BOOM!

Should be 4*2+4*5+4.5*5+5*3=65.5

Btw, re your base price for a team - only 3 strikers.

You caught me on my last legs for today.

Great team on the whole. I changed Kenny to Al-Habsi in my team simply to avoid doubling on QPR defense. Like the fact you have Terry in there, could be great.

Bit worried at how many gambles you're taking in midfield. Toure won't be a big point scorer week in, week out, and that's what you need from a midfield mainstay. I'd choose one of Sinclair and Taarabt, and switch the other to a more proven player.

You're very close though to having a super team ready for the start.

I would prefer Albrighton and Taarabt

Taarabt, Albrighton no doubts. I wouldn`t even go near Ethers with the fixs they have,

Arteta will probably miss the start of the season

Nooice team. If Enrique goes to pool you could consider him for Hughes - although many would argue avoid liverpool defenders but I think that is a bit last season. Arteta - nah, may miss the start and pretty much did squat last season. Wilshere's potential depends on what happens with personnel at the Arsenal

Because he hurts team structure, and because a Chelsea defender is a better choice at that price.

It's late, and I'm heading out, but if you want more analysis, feel free to trawl back to earlier pages.

I'm rotating with Holt

I'll play him every week for the first three, because he's a cheap forward whose nice run coincides with Lampard's, who is obviously over-expensive.

May well get rid when I'm no longer scrimping for cash to afford Fatty.

Thinking of taking a punt on Mark Davies (bol) with his new position could pay off. Rotates well with Moses and is only £5.0

>> especially Camzy

beggars can't be choosers.

Is a nice team. Very nice

Arsenal don't have a nice start, so why waste all that money?

he was in my team for a while but as you say his future's in doubt and there's no rush to put him in the team because arsenal's fixtures get better after gw3

Enrique To Bramble....
If required....
😀

I like it. Good balance. Not much else to say 😛

Again, you can't afford that team...

At Which position does Luiz play who are other players to compit him ?

briggs is a big risk - otherwise good side

rotation risk with torres
can u rmt above?

youd take out one not guaranteed player with another?

Think you need to upgrade the defence, VDV injury doubt

lulz

You have no captaincy options. Get Moses in there!

Hart and Chech don't rotate very well.

You will be forced to play too many not great options week in week out regardless of fixtures

I'm not one of these fanatics about team structure because i know from last season it doesn't stay the same anyway.

You'll find yourself altering your structure throughout the season as different players become must-haves

It really isn't difficult to accommodate baines and cole and then later downgrade one of them (either have a bit of cash in the bank for one week, or save a transfer/ take a hit and upgrade a midfielder the same week)

Also, talking of hits, at the end of last season I realised taking hits is fine if it is for the long term... but the absolute worst thing to do is take a hit because of the next gameweek - it needs to be justified over 6+ fixtures, or there should be a double gw somewhere soon.

My problem with Baines is that Everton have been stagnent for a few seasons now and yet another summer of no spending they are in danger of becoming a bottom half team.
Baines will no doubt still score fairly well but you should be aware that his points total could take a hit like Evertons total points most likely will.
He'll have less goals, less set-piece opportunities and less assists.
and for 8.0 in DF is it worth it?

If Baines scores the same number of points this season as he did last season then he is worth it. Nobody could produce a sensible argument to say he isn't.

However, we are not rerunning last season and he may struggle to reproduce that total. There were certainly periods of last season (such as the start) where his points scoring was poor. Other times, particularly when Arteta was out, he was a beast.

As for your team you could downgrade Baines or maybe Hughes and look to upgrade Ephraim.

B. with Orr

😀

i agree with that am thinking given and dunne at the back for villas good fixtures.

Couldn't agree more, although I may not double up on defenders if was going for H2H glory.

A pretty empassioned speech about the merits of Baines to then find out you dont even have him in your team 😉

Well said. Basically, great site but some people don't really know what they're doing mate.

Someone above is begging for advice from someone whose average finish in the last 3 years is around 500000.

The game isn't overly difficult, play the percentages and fixtures, think logically and keep abreast of news.

FWIW I'm running only with City (triple block), Chelsea (Lampard ooooh-he's 12 mil for a reason doncha know), Villa and Fulham players for 3 weeks and then WC when things become clearer. Should give me a jump-start that I can them consolidate when RVP/Rooney's fixtures improve. I have another WC in Jan and that's all I'll need. Good players can afford to treat the WC fairly frivolously I feel. It's not something to treasure and protect, I use it early doors to restructure my team based on emerging patterns.

Good luck and keep thinking for yourself, I'm certainly looking forward to 18+ points next Monday night from my City boys.

Top post fella, and some good points made there.

Top post jimbo. It's funny it seems as though if enough people post the same unfounded idea and proclaim it to be a fact it becomes ffs law. Reminds me of religion 😛

I agree that you can't make 'rules'.

Take defence for example, last season I went with a back line of cheaper rotation defenders, and made a lot of transfers. Another guy in my league had 3 expensive lynch pin defenders and didn't change at all.

Its all down to how you want to set out your team.

Oh and as for the 'x is too expensive' argument...excluding last year...I said that ever year about Lampard... 🙁

Excellent post, the Church of Camzy is infuriating. Making up "proven" laws and telling them as facts to anyone who'll listen after having one good season.

I agree with all your points here, also: why does everyone need this certain, mythical "team structure" where you need a beastly midfield with at least 2 captaincy choices? The times of squeezing in 3 of Lampard, Gerrard, Fabregas and Ronaldo is over.

PS no-one will read this 😀

not convinced about Silva as a fantasy player. Otherwise looks good. BTW, I've seen Orr in a lot of people's teams. Is there any special reason for this? There are lots of other 4.0 defenders but everyone seems to be going for him.

I have the same problem when not on a wifi. When on wifi I get on it no trouble. It is rumored they are working on an app.

Gotta say MF is looking superb and of course upfront a RVP + Roon combo is lethal. Shame Holt has to go in there, it kinda spoils the asthetics.
I'm guessing your DF must be fairly vomit inducing if the most expensive is Bramble though

If he signs for them I'd say he's a nailed on starter

not much competition at lb - a sure starter, just like downing at left mid

He is now in my team, so I hope so ...

Toure and N'Zogbia for me ...

Silva, but it kind of depends on how you plan to spend the cash if you go for zogs