If you're going to rotate them then surely it depends who you have in midfield to rotate them with?

Graham

I'm pretty biased, but I'll say Holt. He's probably our main man and will be the one to score the goals. Plus Graham has only just signed for QPR (stand to be corrected), so he might not have gelled with the rest of the squad yet.

There's no such thing as a 'must have' at this stage.

That said, he's a player that people should definitely be looking to get if they want a defender that they can leave in week in week out with a good shout for a cleanie.

Not sure about bonus. It will be interesting to see how things pan out - but there has been speculation that the new set up will really favour goalscorers above all else.

get to the point.....are you going to pick him?

Brilliant post.

Much much much better than the clowns that continue to come on here asking "RMT"!!

Even though their team is almost identicle to every other team!!!

5.5m

Doubt he'll be cheaper than Roberts or Hoilett so £6m would be my guess.

wouldnt go with kevin davies with boltons early fixtures

Davies?! Get a cheaper forward and upgrade foley to johnson, get enrique in for kelly if he moves and downgrade jaask to begovic/kenny/foster/al-habsi

Get a 6.5 striker with better fixtures (Rodallega, Ba, Zamora if you can stretch to 7.0), then you can bring K Davies in when his fixtures are better.

click on a players history to see their point over last 4 seasons

It will be him or Anelka starting at the top of the diamond midfield if they go with the 4132 or whatever it was that AVB played

If its 4-3-3 he will likely come on as a sub

Im not a Chelsea fan btw just been noticing how he has been used but been amazing anytime he was been on the pitch

Too much when you can have Kompany for 6 mil. However, if you want both, that could pay off??

I think a 7.0 Goalkeeper means you either go defence heavy and play a 451 or 541 formation as you wont be able to afford a decent strikeforce or have a budget defence and a rotating midfield... its possible and I would pick hart over cech just due to fixtures

Too much with such good value elsewhere in the City defence.

Not even my Father-in-law ...

Looks pretty good to me,

Not sure Adam will be worth the money though with all the other poterntial liverpool set piece takers

Adam? No thank you. Agger isn't a bad shout. He can be pretty good if you catch him on a good day and I still remember that 30 yard pearler he scored a few seasons back.

Downgrade Adam to Sinclair so you get someone who takes penalties. Not sure about what to do with the remaining funds. Maybe upgrade Agger if it doesn't work out.

acid bass, slap around the face! HAHAHAH 🙂

if he was fit would nzog be on the left, albrighton on the right?

*four

Bardsley - Bramble - Anton/Richardson - Brown

oshea bramble brown bardsley

was the majority verdict when i asked on their forum yesterday

Oops ignore this, AP has posted it.

Out of those options I'd go with the first one.

You're daft if you are thinking about swapping out RVP in GW2. You'll want him straight back in GW4. Be wary of these GW2 transfer plans, they should only be provisional as there will be other pressing issues in your team.

Out of those options I'd pick B.

You must have better options available than those - that said, you could do worse than Carroll and ethers.

And you're basing this on?

Like a stealth bomber. And like a stealth bomber, on the rare occasions when it flies, he will leave no trace ...

Injured bruv 🙁

That will allow Fergie to break out the Cristal ...

Always thought he had huge potential. Thought he was going to be a star for you lot.

Obertan!! Newcastle are a semi-pro team now?

Injuries and circumstances will make a mockery of your plan 🙁

Samba plays for Blackburn btw.

Samba plays for Blackburn dude!

You've studied 12 weeks in advance? Plans will always be broken, so there's no point in having a plan like that. Another thing, Everton never start the season well, so it might not be worth having Jags. How much money do you have leftover?

I didn't know Samba played for Wigan 😉

I'll wager a crisp fiver that you don't stick to that plan for 12 weeks.

- Too much money in defence.
- Not enough money in midfield.
- Good strategy to think when you will be wanting rid of players, but it is only a loose plan. Other pressing issues will emerge.
- Samba does not play for Wigan.

liking the plan as have done the same myself but im not liking the fact you're using your transfers on defenders n cheap midfielders, use your transfers to rotate the likes of rooney rvp torres etc imo

haha. ++++1

... Piers Morgan ...

Great team and original in parts. Go with it.

Beware of the generics who may now attack you.

Love a bit of Balo in there!

i like it apart from balotelli - dont think he'll start enough games, and you just never know what your gonna get. Theres better options for his price - like Carroll.

Kuyt is a good shout at the beginning of the season imo. Will be on pens with gerrard out and with gerrard out should also cement a role in the side. Plus, if suarez is out too he could play up top with carroll.

Overall I like it, but if you want feedback then you have to accept that it'll be critical, that said:

I'm downrating Hughes in my expectations this season, I reckon they'll concede a little bit more than last season. That said, Fulham do have decent fixtures from a CS perspective.

If you look at your opening GW you're starting an away keeper against teams who'll in all likelihood score (unless Wigan pull an opening day blunder ala last year vs Blackpool). Defensive you have Kompany and Hughes, but then 3 poor options (I can't be arsed to check how that plays out in later GWs)

Pennant is probably the third pick in the Stoke midfield - rather go for Walters at 6.0 or if you can spare the .5 go for Etherington.

Brunt has poor fixtures to start off with, there are a few other 6.0 mids you could consider (even more if you willing to dip into that 1.0 bank balance).

Finally, Balotelli is a massive risk for 9.0 - rather send the extra 1.0 to getting Bent and you can still do Suarez/VdV this way.

5.678543 out of 10

I would say yes, none of them are cheap either.

Some would say it's not, some would say it is. I don't think given Villa's opening fixtures, that there's a definitve answer

Maybe.

Shay Given makes sense, because Villa are looking to concede a goal or 2 each match.

He's probably going to get a chance to make a few saves, especially with Warnock and Dunne in front of him.

We know the same as you.

Stop asking us silly questions.

Yes, particularly with manager and player changes. 3 is a gmable. 2 would be enough.

My Lord, my spelling is terrible. Sorry for typos.

You could swap Robison and Warnock for Given and Givet, which could allow you to upgrade Ivanovic to Cashley. You'd probably get more points this way assuming Givet starts every week.

I don't like the midfield.

I love this team. I won't have Wigan as it stands, but if I was going your way - that's what I'd pick! 😀

i like it 🙂

duff

Thought Swans were great defensively last season, especially @Ashwilliams!

Not really... it was more their attacking play that got them promoted!

Norwich conceded 58
QPR conceded 32

Even Swansea had a better defensive record with 42 conceded, but they have lost their keeper now.

http://www.englishfootball.info/championship/table/

Ummmm. No. We were shocking. He's only in my team for the value. I'll play Given every week anyway

At the back it could alternatively be:

Given
Cole - Alcaraz - Kompany

for the same funds.

nobody knows! they may still sign modric

Also, what lotto numbers are u doing this weekend??

what donks have you on the bench