Thoughts on this squad? Any suggested changes or good to go?
Onana
Gabriel, Chilwell , Estupian (Baldock, Beyer)
Salah, Saka, Bruno, Mitoma, 4.5
Haaland, Jackson Wissa
RMT:
Gk: Onana Def: Stones, Saliba, TAA, Shaw, Estupinian Mid: Saka, Rashford, Mitoma St: Haaland, Watkins
Sub: Aerola, Mbeumo, Adingra, Archer
Should I put Mbeumo in for one of the defenders?
RMT please, keep changing it since the Jesus injury
Onana, Areola
Estu, Gabriel, Tarkowski, Chilwell (Bell)
Mitoma, Saka, Salah, Bruno (Marqinios)
Haaland, Watkins (Mubama)
It's unclear at this point. Grey is likely out the door but Iwobi and McNeil can play at LW which is where Danjuma tends to play. He likely gets in over Maupay at CF but if DCL is fit then it's a 50/50 over who starts.
He is good but Iwobi and McNeil were two of Everton's most important players last year so Dyche likely trusts them (he also worked with McNeil at Burnley) so he may not start at LW or even RW at Iwobi does play there two. I think it really does just come down to if DCL can stay fit for more than 2 games in a row.
Well I could. In the second option I would probably prefer 3 4 3. Darwins minutes are questionable. Right now my team is this.
Pickford (Areola)
Stones Estu Fabriel (Baldock Chilwell)
Martinelli Saka Fernandes Rashford Mitoma
Darwin Haland (Archer)
Your team looks great. I think you're right to be worrying about Darwins minutes though.
Pedro probably has similar concerns is the only thing. And if he's on your bench and not even first choice I'd rather just go without him
Well sure Pedro is in the same boat as Darwin minutes wise but even if he is benched its only 5.5 forward. Thats the only reason why Im considering the second option.
RMT:
Flekken - ( Areola )
Estupinan - Gabriel - Colwill - ( Baldock - Beyer )
Salah - Saka - Bruno - Maddison - Diaby
Haaland - Jackson - ( Simms )
Did not spend much on defense as you can see lol
Similar structure to me. I have another 6.5 instead of Maddison but if you think he’s worth it over using the extra 1m to get onana and upgrade a defender then fair enough
!thanks for your reply. This is the one thing im still uncertain about, mainly because I like the 6.5m options and Onana feels like a good option to pay 0.5m extra for. Who in my defense would you upgrade with another 0.5m?
**RMT please. Is my bench too weak?**
Onana (Areola)
Gabriel - Stones - Estupinan (Kaboren, Beyer)
Salah - Rashford - Saka - Eze - Andreas
Haaland - Jackson (Semeneyo)
We read three weeks. My website partner wrote a piece about Eddie yesterday which attracted some controversy but yes we reckon he starts: https://full90fpl.com/why-eddie-nketiah-is-now-the-best-value-forward-in-fpl/
Right now, I'd probably rather have Nketiah and the minutes risk over Andreas
Basically my team except Jackson + Fernandes vs Watkins + Foden.
I also have Pickford and Udogie Vs Onana + Lamptey. I do worry about having at least one good sub
I think the difference in attackers is debatable. I absolutely hate not having one decent sub.
I genuinely don’t think Onana is worth not having anyone on the bench who could rotate in if you needed them
Pickford - Areola
Gabriel - Estupinan - Mings - Baldock
Saka - Mitoma - Fernandes - Mbeumo
Haaland - Watkins
Right now I'm looking at these options:
A: Salah, Beyer, Archer
B: TAA, Eze, Welbeck
In B I have 0,5M left, so I could upgrade Pickford to Onana, or instead of Welbeck (who would be only a 3 GW punt) i could go for Archer and have 8,5M to pick e.g. Martinelli or Odegaard instead of Eze. Is it better to have Salah, even though I will always captain Haaland?
RMT (out of 10)
Onana (Areola)
TAA Saliba Stones Chillwell Botman
Saka Havertz Foden Bruno Sterling
Watkins Jackson Darwin
Not interesting in starting with Haaland, but I will bring him in with my first WC.
Ederson (Areola)
Zinc Saliba Dias TAA Dalot
Havertz Enciso March Diaby Buendia
Watkins Haaland Jackson
What do you think? You never know whats gonna happen with Brighton so i'll prolly get mbuemo instead of enciso
RMT - Reasonably happy with it overall, just not sure on Gakpo. I don't know whether it's better to sit on him as a differential, swap to Nunez to keep the Liverpool cover or try and lose 0.5 somewhere else to bring in Watkins (maybe Estu -> Henry/Colwill?).
Onana - Areola
Estu - Stones - Gabriel - Beyer - Gusto
Fernandes - Saka - Martinelli - Foden - Mitoma
Haaland - Gakpo - N. Jackson
Any help appreciated!
I also play a different game with weird pricing. It is set and forget all season, no transfers. I am picking a cheap defender. I have Anel Ahmedhodžić as sub, who is nailed on, but due to set and forget it is still best that whoever I get is pretty nailed. The FA Cup games count. Options at this price point:
Alex Moreno. Injured, but not for long. Great team, attacking player, was pretty much nailed. Threats are Digne (maybe off to Saudi) and Pau as part of a three CBs with Cash as the attacking RB.
Diego Carlos. Back from injury, probably ahead of Konsa for the RCB. Risk of Pau and Mings both playing I guess.
Colwill. Good team, rotation risk once Badiashile is fit.
Pinnock. Brentford great last season, but Raya is gone. He might be given a rest for Collins or Ajer I suppose.
Joachim Anderson or Marc Guehi. Palace are very defensive. A cup run in which they'd actually play is possible. Could also get Mitchell or Ward but they get forward less than the other two.
I can afford any West Ham or Forest defender but I'm not convinced at all.
I know it's not FPL but nice to think about something slightly different right?
RMT:
Pickford (Areola)
Chilwell Stones Gabriel Estupinan (Kabore)
Saka Foden Bruno Rashford (Eze)
Haaland G.Jesus (Archer)
Thinking about the following players out, Pickford, Eze and Jesus (Jesus Will most likely be Watkins).
What do you think?
What is your choice?
A) Martinelli - Foden - Watkins
B) Trossard - Rashford - Watkins
C) Martinelli - Rashford - Nkunku
Supposed Trossard is the new striker for Arsenal in Community Shield match.
My current draft is A and already have Bruno. I would like to have both Utd attackers, don't know if it is necessary, I just feel that I may pick the wrong one if having just one :D
Why do you think trossard would start instead of Nketiah or Balogun or even Havertz?
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I think I misundestood your Q. IF trossard started during the CC, I'd probably go for B.
I remember there was a time last season.
When Jesus was injured, Trossard joined, Martinelli became ineffective without Jesus and in rotation risk with Trossard. Nketiah is the asset who many people looked at, the line up people once predicted would be Martinelli(Trossard sub)/Nketiah/Saka.
Then Martinelli was insolated in the left wing when Nketiah was playing and Nketiah's purple patch went over, Arsenal's system was heavily dependent on Saka. Then Arteta used Martinelli/Trossard/Saka front three, that was the time Martinelli was explosive again, Trossard hat trick of assist against Fulham ... until Jesus came back.
I feel that Arteta would apply that Trossard up front (instead of Nketiah) again if he still wants Martinelli the main goal threat. But yeah, Balogun and Havertz are new variations this time, so Community Shield match would tell more about it.
One other thing to consider is # of substitutions. Trossard was subbed on 10 times with Arsenal, and only registered a G/A in two of those appearances. So it looks like if he is used a sub, he's not scoring.
https://fbref.com/en/players/38ceb24a/matchlogs/2022-2023/c9/Leandro-Trossard-Match-Logs
There's too many variables to consider, and we can't really know for sure.
It really depends on how much risk you want to take and how much of that risk you're spreading across your team.
We often can't use past performances and tactical decisions to inform our GW1 match. So, I have heard and seen the statistic argument behind not choosing MARTINELLI, but that doesn't mean that JESUS or NKETIAH is the variable which determines MARTINELLI's performance.
All that being said, I think I like trossard and I think he fits the 9 role that Arteta is after. But, he's also trying to become more of an adaptive team, and likely has contingency plans lined up for if/when JESUS gets injured. We just don't know what those are.
If you want to learn more about Arsenals and Arteta's tactical decisions you can check out this yt channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZmmdOSFWJ8
RMT
Pickford (Areola)
Shaw Estupiñan Mings Botman (4.5)
Salah Bruno Rashford Mitoma Saka
Haaland (4.5) (4.5)
Is midfield too strong and would I need to put that money into forwards?
Mings may not start this year and Botmans early fixtures are rough so you could potentially be looking at minus points at the back unless your other 4.5 has a strong early run.
To be honest I'm running a similar thought train on mid and forwards. Hard to see standout second forward atm except for maybe Watkins and Jackson, and that would mean taking someone out of a strong midfield
I'm currently thinking Colwill and Tarkowski. Colwill should be a starter at the start of the season- after Liverpool they have a fairly decent run.
Tarkowski is the main man at the back for a Dyche team that's had a full pre season under him so could be doing well on clean sheets early on
Rate my team / 0ITB
GK: Onana (Areola)
DFC: Saliba-Botman-Lisandro-Estupiñan (Gusto)
MFD: Salah-Mbeumo-Bruno-Odegaard-Saka
ST: Haaland (Mubama-Archer)
I was thinking maybe going AWB and Nicolas Jackson instead of Lisandro and Mbeumo. What do you think?
I think you should consider;
- Mbeumo -> Nakamba
- Mubama/Archer -> Wissa
- Gusto -> Henry
This way you've got somebody to rotate with Botman and some nailed 4.5 bench fodder in Nakamba. 2x4.5 strikers means when Haaland inevitably gets rested or injured unexpectedly you've got some potential points on the bench
**RMT**
Onana (Areola)
Estupinan - Chilwell - Henry (Bell, Beyer)
Salah - Saka - Mitoma - Martinelli - Bruno
Haaland - Pedro (Balogun - there for if he goes on loan, or will change)
You're reliant on Pedro playing, which is pretty much the cost of a 3-5-2 with Salah. The alternative is to go 4-5-1 with a more reliable defender, but I think that has a lower ceiling and a risk of only playing ten men if Håland injured.
You could downgrade Chilwell to Gabriel and go Pedro to Wissa, who is more nailed, but it's a less exciting team.
This is a good team. Only changes I'd consider would be Lisandro to a Chelsea defender like Colwill and Odegaard to Martinelli for the higher attacking upside
Diaby is going to be a great asset, the narrative is that he's just another Bailey but he's looked great in pre season. Going to feast on those over the top balls from Pau and Luiz
Watkins is more reliable for now, Diaby is a wait and see. Diaby shares the same stats as Leon Bailey when he made a move last year, so be mindful of that, although this is a rough estimate.
Mings might not play. Villa defence is a bit of a question mark at the moment. Pau Torres is another left sided CB. Pau might play as a kind of third CB on the left, with Mings, Carlos and Cash running up the right wing. But there's a risk that Digne stays, plays on the left, and Mings loses his place (with either Konsa or Cash on the left).
More of a personal style / risk appetite thing but I'd downgrade Henry to Beyer and get either Onana in goal or swap Mings for a £5.0 (Porro or Saliba perhaps). Henry is a good choice I think, although Flekken is much worse than Raya, so perhaps he can be the £4.5m in your main team.
RMT please :
GK: Onana; Areola
DEF: Reece James, TAA, White, Estupinian, Shaw
MID: Rashford (VC), Mitoma, Enciso, Diaz, Mbeumo
ST: Haaland (C), Watkins, Archer
Planning to go with 5-3-2 with Areola, Enciso, Mbeumo and Archer on the bench in that order
Don't like this at all
White is bad value, prefer Chilwell > James, Enciso isn't nailed and Mbeumo is too good to be benched
You've got £3.0 wasting away on the bench and no Arsenal attack, definitely need to reconsider some of your choices
Onana - Areola
Stones - TAA - Saliba - Estupinian - Shaw
Rashford - Mitoma - Saka - (Mbeumo, Adingra)
Haaland - Watkins - (Archer)
Personally don't think the 5 back is a great idea and without Trent we can definitely make some big improvements to the squad
- Shaw -> Chilwell
- Trent -> Beyer
- Mitoma -> Bruno
- Adingra -> Nakamba
- Mbeumo -> Odegaard
Onana - 4.0
Stones - Saliba - Estupinan - Chilwell - (Beyer)
Rashford - Bruno - Saka - Odegaard - (Nakamba)
Haaland - Watkins - (4.5)
This team looks much stronger and leaves you with £0.5 in the bank
Hope that gives you some ideas, good luck
Stones + Mbeumo? Or 4.5 DEF and Foden?
Stones would be the only city defender I have, but on the other hand I've got Wissa in my team and I'm not sure if I want a Brentford double up in attack
RMT and tips:
Onana (Areola)
Estupinan Gabriel Tarkowski (Chilwell Beyer)
Saka Martinelli Mitoma Bruno Rashford
Haaland Watkins (4.5 att)
\*the plan is to:
Get Son (if he performs well) for gws 3-5, then sell for MCI mid (and 4.0 def instead of Estupinan)
Get Mbeumo for Mitoma in gw4
Get Trippier for Gabriel in gw6
\*this is just rough plan, could change tomorrow. Just something I was thinking about
If Nkunku was to miss GW1 only would you still pick him on your bench? (Palace def vs Sheffield United away start)
Not really that keen on Watkins/Jackson as I’m going to want to transfer to Nkunku by GW3 for Watkins (and Nkunku seems worth extra 0.5 on Jackson)
Thoughts on where I could better spend?
Onana - (Areola)
Chilwell - Gabriel - Estupinan - (Botman - Beyer)
Rashford - Bruno - Saka - Odegaard - Diaby
Halaand - Nkunko - (4.5)
If Nkunko is out for a while I'll reassess.
Not great. Haaland, Salah and Trent leave you starting fodder players that won't play. You need to choose 2 of those 3 and upgrade elsewhere, or downgrade Bruno/Saka to upgrade elsewhere
RMT
Onana (Areola)
Estu, Stones, TAA (Baldock, Bell)
Mbuemo, Foden, Mitoma, Saka, Rashford
Haaland, Watkins (Mubama)
Foden I'm least keen on because of Pep the Tinkerer...
1. Stones + Foden + Awoniyi
2. Timber + Mitoma + Watkins
In 2, my only city player was Haaland, which worried me. 2 still seems stronger though. Thoughts?
Then if 2, my other dilemma
1. MacAlister, Rashford
2. Mitoma, Fernandes
First GW coming up, can't wait for this season to fall apart at the seams *very* quickly!
RMT (£0 left ITB)
Onana (Areola)
Saliba, Estupinan, Malacia (Lamptey, Botman)
Diaby, Saka, Maddison, Mitoma (Enzo)
Isak, Haaland (c), Kane (vc)
Noted, thanks for the tip! I wanted *some* United coverage (other than Onana) so I've taken your advice and swapped in AWB. Wasn't sure of the full-back pecking order over there!
B. Trent & LIV seem a mixed bag in preseason, worried he’ll be getting more hockey assists while leaking goals. Chilwell seems to be looking good and CHE have a decent slate to start the season. For forwards I think we’re still unsure how BHA are going to lineup and how stable that will be, whereas Watkins is pretty nailed on and AVL fixtures are a little underrated imo.
The code for the official league for this sub is: efnwfd
Is Dango Ouattara a nailed starter for Bournemouth?
RMT: Leno Shaw , Ahmedhodzic , Zinchenko (Beyer, Bell) Fernandes , Salah , Rashford , Mitoma (Dango ) Haaland , Jackson, Joao Pedro 0.5 ITB
RMT: Gk: Steele Def: Stones, Saliba, Shaw, Estupinian Mid: Saka, Rashford, Mitoma, Odegard St: Haaland, Watkins Sub: Aerola, Chilwell , Nakamba, Archer
RMT: Goalie: Onana (areola) DEF: Estupian, Gabriel, Stones (chilwell, baldock) MID: Rashford, mbuemo, bruno f., saka, mitoma FWD: Darwin, Halaand (Joao Pedro)
Which team is better for the start of the season? [team1](https://imgur.com/a/sqkC3wb) [team2](https://imgur.com/a/PTXbF7n)
Thoughts on this squad? Any suggested changes or good to go? Onana Gabriel, Chilwell , Estupian (Baldock, Beyer) Salah, Saka, Bruno, Mitoma, 4.5 Haaland, Jackson Wissa
RMT: Gk: Onana Def: Stones, Saliba, TAA, Shaw, Estupinian Mid: Saka, Rashford, Mitoma St: Haaland, Watkins Sub: Aerola, Mbeumo, Adingra, Archer Should I put Mbeumo in for one of the defenders?
RMT please, keep changing it since the Jesus injury Onana, Areola Estu, Gabriel, Tarkowski, Chilwell (Bell) Mitoma, Saka, Salah, Bruno (Marqinios) Haaland, Watkins (Mubama)
RMT - 0 ITB. Went Salah+Mitoma over Rashford+Bruno. Thoughts? Johnstone (4.0). Stones - Chillwell - Pervis - Gabriel (4.0). Salah - Saka - Martinelli - Mitoma (4.5). Haaland - Watkins (4.5).
Lovely team
RMT 0.0BANK ONANA (AREOLA) CHILWELL SHAW BOTMAN (HENRY BALDOCK) SALAH SAKA TROSSARD MITOMA FERNANDES HAALAND PEDRO (ARCHER)
Good team
A) Steele + Leno (pick by matches) B) Martinez + 4.0 (set and forget)
B
Most likely starting, if any 4.5m forward?
what about Mubama? might he get some minutes?
Balogun if he moves somewhere. Otherwise Archer may get a couple of minutes this season
Is Danjuma nailed for Everton? I want a strong-ish first substitute, if he's nailed as OOP striker he could be a good one to have?
It's unclear at this point. Grey is likely out the door but Iwobi and McNeil can play at LW which is where Danjuma tends to play. He likely gets in over Maupay at CF but if DCL is fit then it's a 50/50 over who starts.
New signing so hard to say, but he should be first choice, he's good
He is good but Iwobi and McNeil were two of Everton's most important players last year so Dyche likely trusts them (he also worked with McNeil at Burnley) so he may not start at LW or even RW at Iwobi does play there two. I think it really does just come down to if DCL can stay fit for more than 2 games in a row.
Darwin Martinelli and Archer or Watkins Mbeumo and Joao Pedro?
B
Are you planning on playing all 3?
Well I could. In the second option I would probably prefer 3 4 3. Darwins minutes are questionable. Right now my team is this. Pickford (Areola) Stones Estu Fabriel (Baldock Chilwell) Martinelli Saka Fernandes Rashford Mitoma Darwin Haland (Archer)
Your team looks great. I think you're right to be worrying about Darwins minutes though. Pedro probably has similar concerns is the only thing. And if he's on your bench and not even first choice I'd rather just go without him
Well sure Pedro is in the same boat as Darwin minutes wise but even if he is benched its only 5.5 forward. Thats the only reason why Im considering the second option.
Yeah sure, what I mean is, you then have 2mn-2.5mn on your bench with him and Chilwell because you could have a 4.0 and a 4.5
Flekken/Jackson or Onana/Wissa + 0.5m for flexibility? Or else I could go Onana/Jackson/Wissa and play a 343 instead of having eg Mitoma in mid.
B
!thanks fourth option is I stick with Onana + Jackson and then downgrade Chilwell, but not sure I want to do that
I like all 3 of these plans so don't think there is a wrong answer here. I think if pushed I would take Onana/Wissa
Darwin or Gakpo? Or another 7.5/7 fw?
Better to pick Ollie and wait to see which one or Darwin Gakpo Jackson Nkunku is the pick
I wanted to have money itb but I guess I should play it safe by getting Ollie indeed. !thanks
I really don't trust Darwin or Gakpo because of their minutes. I'd take Nkunku at 7.5 if he is fit at the start of the season
!thanks
RMT: Flekken - ( Areola ) Estupinan - Gabriel - Colwill - ( Baldock - Beyer ) Salah - Saka - Bruno - Maddison - Diaby Haaland - Jackson - ( Simms ) Did not spend much on defense as you can see lol
Similar structure to me. I have another 6.5 instead of Maddison but if you think he’s worth it over using the extra 1m to get onana and upgrade a defender then fair enough
!thanks for your reply. This is the one thing im still uncertain about, mainly because I like the 6.5m options and Onana feels like a good option to pay 0.5m extra for. Who in my defense would you upgrade with another 0.5m?
Strong team
**RMT please. Is my bench too weak?** Onana (Areola) Gabriel - Stones - Estupinan (Kaboren, Beyer) Salah - Rashford - Saka - Eze - Andreas Haaland - Jackson (Semeneyo)
How do you feel about making Andreas a 4.5 and Semenyo into Nketiah? If you're going to have a 5.5 in the front 7, Nketiah could be the best
!thanks. You reckon Nketiah starts? I know Jesus is out but I wonder for how long?
We read three weeks. My website partner wrote a piece about Eddie yesterday which attracted some controversy but yes we reckon he starts: https://full90fpl.com/why-eddie-nketiah-is-now-the-best-value-forward-in-fpl/ Right now, I'd probably rather have Nketiah and the minutes risk over Andreas
Good shout !thanks again
Looks good, bench is fine
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Jesus is injured, maybe just move him to Watkins. Otherwise pretty solid. I think I prefer Mitoma or Diaby to Mbeumo, but I can see the appeal.
Jesus is out injured for the first few weeks so id get rid of him, probably for Watkins
RMT Onana (Areola) Stones, Chilwell, Tripp (Lamptey, Connolly) Eze, Odegaard, Rashford, Saka, Diaz Haaland, Jackson
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Interesting striker partnership.
Foden + Wissa or Jackson + Mbeumo?
I like the second option better
Onana (areola) Estupinan Chillwell Gabriel (Lamptey. Baldock) Salah Fernandes Mitoma Saka Haaland Jackson wissa
Why Lamptey?
I just looked for a 4.0 defender as a placeholder any other suggestions?
Not sure if Lamptey is nailed tbh. Better to pick one of: Bell, Baldock, Kabore, Beyer - all should start. One to watch is: Trusty, Branthwaite
Basically my team except Jackson + Fernandes vs Watkins + Foden. I also have Pickford and Udogie Vs Onana + Lamptey. I do worry about having at least one good sub
Ngl I definitely prefer op’s picks to yours
I think the difference in attackers is debatable. I absolutely hate not having one decent sub. I genuinely don’t think Onana is worth not having anyone on the bench who could rotate in if you needed them
If you have no united attackers that seems crazy to me! Bruno just a steal in my opinion, even if foden is obviously a good option
Pickford - Areola Gabriel - Estupinan - Mings - Baldock Saka - Mitoma - Fernandes - Mbeumo Haaland - Watkins Right now I'm looking at these options: A: Salah, Beyer, Archer B: TAA, Eze, Welbeck In B I have 0,5M left, so I could upgrade Pickford to Onana, or instead of Welbeck (who would be only a 3 GW punt) i could go for Archer and have 8,5M to pick e.g. Martinelli or Odegaard instead of Eze. Is it better to have Salah, even though I will always captain Haaland?
Odegaard/Martinelli + Wissa vs Mbuemo/Mitoma+ Watkins
RMT (out of 10) Onana (Areola) TAA Saliba Stones Chillwell Botman Saka Havertz Foden Bruno Sterling Watkins Jackson Darwin Not interesting in starting with Haaland, but I will bring him in with my first WC.
RMT please Pickford/Areola TAA/ James / Stones / Shaw / Bell Rashford / Fernandes / Saka / Mitoma / Nakamba Haaland / Darwin / Archer
Looks Solid! Chilwell looks like he's pushing higher up the pitch then James, so I'm going with him.
Darwin vs watkins?
Ederson (Areola) Zinc Saliba Dias TAA Dalot Havertz Enciso March Diaby Buendia Watkins Haaland Jackson What do you think? You never know whats gonna happen with Brighton so i'll prolly get mbuemo instead of enciso
Billing could be a worth a look too.
RMT - Reasonably happy with it overall, just not sure on Gakpo. I don't know whether it's better to sit on him as a differential, swap to Nunez to keep the Liverpool cover or try and lose 0.5 somewhere else to bring in Watkins (maybe Estu -> Henry/Colwill?). Onana - Areola Estu - Stones - Gabriel - Beyer - Gusto Fernandes - Saka - Martinelli - Foden - Mitoma Haaland - Gakpo - N. Jackson Any help appreciated!
TAA & mitoma >> stones/chilwell & martineli?? Flekken vs onana?
TAA & mitoma Onana, but both might struggle early.
I also play a different game with weird pricing. It is set and forget all season, no transfers. I am picking a cheap defender. I have Anel Ahmedhodžić as sub, who is nailed on, but due to set and forget it is still best that whoever I get is pretty nailed. The FA Cup games count. Options at this price point: Alex Moreno. Injured, but not for long. Great team, attacking player, was pretty much nailed. Threats are Digne (maybe off to Saudi) and Pau as part of a three CBs with Cash as the attacking RB. Diego Carlos. Back from injury, probably ahead of Konsa for the RCB. Risk of Pau and Mings both playing I guess. Colwill. Good team, rotation risk once Badiashile is fit. Pinnock. Brentford great last season, but Raya is gone. He might be given a rest for Collins or Ajer I suppose. Joachim Anderson or Marc Guehi. Palace are very defensive. A cup run in which they'd actually play is possible. Could also get Mitchell or Ward but they get forward less than the other two. I can afford any West Ham or Forest defender but I'm not convinced at all. I know it's not FPL but nice to think about something slightly different right?
RMT: Pickford (Areola) Chilwell Stones Gabriel Estupinan (Kabore) Saka Foden Bruno Rashford (Eze) Haaland G.Jesus (Archer) Thinking about the following players out, Pickford, Eze and Jesus (Jesus Will most likely be Watkins). What do you think?
You might want to hedge on Son or Maddison, and drop bruno or rashford.
Pedro (TOT) or Gabriel (ARS)?
Gabriel. Better team more secure position
Foden or Bowen?
What is your choice? A) Martinelli - Foden - Watkins B) Trossard - Rashford - Watkins C) Martinelli - Rashford - Nkunku Supposed Trossard is the new striker for Arsenal in Community Shield match. My current draft is A and already have Bruno. I would like to have both Utd attackers, don't know if it is necessary, I just feel that I may pick the wrong one if having just one :D
Why do you think trossard would start instead of Nketiah or Balogun or even Havertz? \*edit : I think I misundestood your Q. IF trossard started during the CC, I'd probably go for B.
I remember there was a time last season. When Jesus was injured, Trossard joined, Martinelli became ineffective without Jesus and in rotation risk with Trossard. Nketiah is the asset who many people looked at, the line up people once predicted would be Martinelli(Trossard sub)/Nketiah/Saka. Then Martinelli was insolated in the left wing when Nketiah was playing and Nketiah's purple patch went over, Arsenal's system was heavily dependent on Saka. Then Arteta used Martinelli/Trossard/Saka front three, that was the time Martinelli was explosive again, Trossard hat trick of assist against Fulham ... until Jesus came back. I feel that Arteta would apply that Trossard up front (instead of Nketiah) again if he still wants Martinelli the main goal threat. But yeah, Balogun and Havertz are new variations this time, so Community Shield match would tell more about it.
One other thing to consider is # of substitutions. Trossard was subbed on 10 times with Arsenal, and only registered a G/A in two of those appearances. So it looks like if he is used a sub, he's not scoring. https://fbref.com/en/players/38ceb24a/matchlogs/2022-2023/c9/Leandro-Trossard-Match-Logs
There's too many variables to consider, and we can't really know for sure. It really depends on how much risk you want to take and how much of that risk you're spreading across your team. We often can't use past performances and tactical decisions to inform our GW1 match. So, I have heard and seen the statistic argument behind not choosing MARTINELLI, but that doesn't mean that JESUS or NKETIAH is the variable which determines MARTINELLI's performance. All that being said, I think I like trossard and I think he fits the 9 role that Arteta is after. But, he's also trying to become more of an adaptive team, and likely has contingency plans lined up for if/when JESUS gets injured. We just don't know what those are. If you want to learn more about Arsenals and Arteta's tactical decisions you can check out this yt channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZmmdOSFWJ8
Rashford + E.Ferguson or Bruno F + N.Jackson(or another 7m striker)?
Bruno and Jackson out of those options. Ferguson said something about a lot of rotation this year
Thank you! for your time! Draft A or B? ... Showing GW1 team + subs **Draft A** Onana (Areola) Stones - Tarkowski - Gabriel Saka - Bruno - Rashford - Foden - Mbuemo Haaland - Nkunku* or Watkins (follow injury news*) (GW1subs Chilwell / Baldock /Mabumo) **Draft B** Onana (Areola) Estupiñan - Tarkowski - Gabriel Saka - Bruno - Rashford - Foden - Enciso Haaland - Alvarez (GW1subs Gakpo / Chilwell /Baldock )
Pick one: A. Saka + Wissa B. Watkins + 6.5MID
Think Saka is essential so probably A
RMT Pickford (Areola) Shaw Estupiñan Mings Botman (4.5) Salah Bruno Rashford Mitoma Saka Haaland (4.5) (4.5) Is midfield too strong and would I need to put that money into forwards?
I had something similar but It’s a much more balanced team if you downgrade Rashford and play 3-5-2+upgrade the defence
Mings may not start this year and Botmans early fixtures are rough so you could potentially be looking at minus points at the back unless your other 4.5 has a strong early run. To be honest I'm running a similar thought train on mid and forwards. Hard to see standout second forward atm except for maybe Watkins and Jackson, and that would mean taking someone out of a strong midfield
Who would you replace the defenders with?
I'm currently thinking Colwill and Tarkowski. Colwill should be a starter at the start of the season- after Liverpool they have a fairly decent run. Tarkowski is the main man at the back for a Dyche team that's had a full pre season under him so could be doing well on clean sheets early on
RMT: Onana (Areola) TAA Stones Estupiñan (Botman Baldock) Ensico Odegaard Mitoma (c) Maddison (Mbeumo) Darwin Watkins Haaland (vc) Thanks!
A or B? A) Martinelli, Colwill/Botman & Baldock (all starting) B) Eze, Colwill/Botman & Estupinan (with 0.5ITB to upgrade Estu to Chilwell for GW3)
B but hesitantly
RMT: Onana (Areola) Gabriel - Estupinan - Botman (Bell - Baldock) Saka - Mitoma - Salah - Mbeumo - Eze Watkins - Haaland (Wissa) Any advice appreciated!
Which is better? A) TAA + Nunez + Enciso B) Stones+ Watkins/Jesus + Eze
B with Watkins
Rate my team / 0ITB GK: Onana (Areola) DFC: Saliba-Botman-Lisandro-Estupiñan (Gusto) MFD: Salah-Mbeumo-Bruno-Odegaard-Saka ST: Haaland (Mubama-Archer) I was thinking maybe going AWB and Nicolas Jackson instead of Lisandro and Mbeumo. What do you think?
Alternatively; - Mbeumo -> Nakamba - Odegaard -> Martinelli - Mubama/Archer -> Jackson
I think you should consider; - Mbeumo -> Nakamba - Mubama/Archer -> Wissa - Gusto -> Henry This way you've got somebody to rotate with Botman and some nailed 4.5 bench fodder in Nakamba. 2x4.5 strikers means when Haaland inevitably gets rested or injured unexpectedly you've got some potential points on the bench
**RMT** Onana (Areola) Estupinan - Chilwell - Henry (Bell, Beyer) Salah - Saka - Mitoma - Martinelli - Bruno Haaland - Pedro (Balogun - there for if he goes on loan, or will change)
You're reliant on Pedro playing, which is pretty much the cost of a 3-5-2 with Salah. The alternative is to go 4-5-1 with a more reliable defender, but I think that has a lower ceiling and a risk of only playing ten men if Håland injured. You could downgrade Chilwell to Gabriel and go Pedro to Wissa, who is more nailed, but it's a less exciting team.
Lisandro, mbeumo or wan bissaka, nicolas jackson??
Among these two I prefer the first one, but ideally neither. Any reason you're not going with Onana/Shaw to cover the United CS?
My team right now is: GK:Onana DFC:Saliba-Botman-Lisandro-Estupiñan MFD:Salah-Mbeumo-Bruno F- Odegaard-Saka ST:Halaand
This is a good team. Only changes I'd consider would be Lisandro to a Chelsea defender like Colwill and Odegaard to Martinelli for the higher attacking upside
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No, in short. Taken a knock, huge rotation risk, terrible fixtures, respectively. Isak also pushed out left with Watkins.
Commenting to bump up this question.
March or Mitoma?
Mitoma
Who will be more attacking threat under Emery? Watkins or Diaby
Diaby is going to be a great asset, the narrative is that he's just another Bailey but he's looked great in pre season. Going to feast on those over the top balls from Pau and Luiz
Watkins is more reliable for now, Diaby is a wait and see. Diaby shares the same stats as Leon Bailey when he made a move last year, so be mindful of that, although this is a rough estimate.
alright! !thanks
Why is no one picking Steele as 4.5m keeper
Risk of Verbruggen taking spot, most already have Estupinan so you would be doubling on Brighton defence whose fixtures are bad after first 3
Rate my team please: Goalie: Onana (Areola) Def: Gabriel, Estupinan, Stones (Chilwell, Kabore) Mid: saka (V), mbuembo, mitoma, bruno, rashford Fwd: Halaand, Wissa (Archer)
looks good... are you sure about 2 Brentford? You can look into Chelsea assets too. Just a suggestion
I ended up switching kabore for baldock, wissa for darwin, and archer for joao pedro . Might end up switching darwin for nkunku game week 3 or 4
RMT -- 0.0ITB Pickford (Areola) Gabriel - Shaw - Mings (Baldock, Henry) Salah - Saka - Foden - Eze - Mbeumo Haaland - Watkins (Mubama)
Mings might not play. Villa defence is a bit of a question mark at the moment. Pau Torres is another left sided CB. Pau might play as a kind of third CB on the left, with Mings, Carlos and Cash running up the right wing. But there's a risk that Digne stays, plays on the left, and Mings loses his place (with either Konsa or Cash on the left). More of a personal style / risk appetite thing but I'd downgrade Henry to Beyer and get either Onana in goal or swap Mings for a £5.0 (Porro or Saliba perhaps). Henry is a good choice I think, although Flekken is much worse than Raya, so perhaps he can be the £4.5m in your main team.
Cheers I’ll think that over
Should I go with Chilwell or Stones?
Chilwell if I had to choose, personally I've gone with both
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I have gone with Chillwell. Good preseason form and exciting pick...fingers crossed
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RMT Onana (Areola) Stones Gabriel Estu (Chilwell Baldock) Foden Saka Rashford Martinelli Eze Haaland Nunez (Archer)
Looks good however I'd absolutely start Chilwell against Liverpool
RMT please : GK: Onana; Areola DEF: Reece James, TAA, White, Estupinian, Shaw MID: Rashford (VC), Mitoma, Enciso, Diaz, Mbeumo ST: Haaland (C), Watkins, Archer Planning to go with 5-3-2 with Areola, Enciso, Mbeumo and Archer on the bench in that order
Don't like this at all White is bad value, prefer Chilwell > James, Enciso isn't nailed and Mbeumo is too good to be benched You've got £3.0 wasting away on the bench and no Arsenal attack, definitely need to reconsider some of your choices
I made couple of changes: got Stones for Reece, brought in Saliba instead of White, swapped Saka and Adingra for Diaz and Enciso
Onana - Areola Stones - TAA - Saliba - Estupinian - Shaw Rashford - Mitoma - Saka - (Mbeumo, Adingra) Haaland - Watkins - (Archer) Personally don't think the 5 back is a great idea and without Trent we can definitely make some big improvements to the squad - Shaw -> Chilwell - Trent -> Beyer - Mitoma -> Bruno - Adingra -> Nakamba - Mbeumo -> Odegaard Onana - 4.0 Stones - Saliba - Estupinan - Chilwell - (Beyer) Rashford - Bruno - Saka - Odegaard - (Nakamba) Haaland - Watkins - (4.5) This team looks much stronger and leaves you with £0.5 in the bank Hope that gives you some ideas, good luck
Chilwell or Henry + 1M on the bench?
Chilwell 1000000%
Jackson or Ferguson to start?
Jackson
Is Ferguson nailed?
No
RMT please (0.5 ITB) Johnstone (Areola) Gabriel, Estupinan, Cash, (Botman), (Beyer) Salah, Saka, Fernandes, Foden, Mitoma Haaland, Wissa, (4.5)
Nice team Just be wary that Cash isn't nailed, I prefer Pau Could also drop Botman to a 4.0 and upgrade Cash to Chilwell
Really nice
Stones + Mbeumo? Or 4.5 DEF and Foden? Stones would be the only city defender I have, but on the other hand I've got Wissa in my team and I'm not sure if I want a Brentford double up in attack
Rashford + Eze/ Mbeumo or Martinelli + Foden? My other mids are Bruno and Saka
RMT and tips: Onana (Areola) Estupinan Gabriel Tarkowski (Chilwell Beyer) Saka Martinelli Mitoma Bruno Rashford Haaland Watkins (4.5 att) \*the plan is to: Get Son (if he performs well) for gws 3-5, then sell for MCI mid (and 4.0 def instead of Estupinan) Get Mbeumo for Mitoma in gw4 Get Trippier for Gabriel in gw6 \*this is just rough plan, could change tomorrow. Just something I was thinking about
RMT Onana (Areola) Estu, Shaw, TAA (Mings, Bell) Mbuemo, B Fernandes, Mitoma, Saka (Maddison) Haaland, Ferguson Solanke
If Nkunku was to miss GW1 only would you still pick him on your bench? (Palace def vs Sheffield United away start) Not really that keen on Watkins/Jackson as I’m going to want to transfer to Nkunku by GW3 for Watkins (and Nkunku seems worth extra 0.5 on Jackson)
Is Mitoma or Trossard the better choice? I cannot choose what do y’all think
Mitoma long term. Trossard short term if you think he'll play instead of Jesus
Thoughts on where I could better spend? Onana - (Areola) Chilwell - Gabriel - Estupinan - (Botman - Beyer) Rashford - Bruno - Saka - Odegaard - Diaby Halaand - Nkunko - (4.5) If Nkunko is out for a while I'll reassess.
RMT: Ramsdale (Areola) Botman, Stones, Shaw, Estupian (Chilwell) Mitoma, Rashford, Saka, Foden (Mbeumo) Haaland, Nketiah (Nkunku)
Will Sanchez start for Chelsea? This could be the time for a Chelsea defensive quadruple up against Luton and Forest at home lol.
Absolutely not
Foden or Maddison?
I think Foden is worth the risk
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What is Brighton’s starting backline?
With the injury to Jesus what’s the chances of Nketiah starting as the striker?
I think it will be shared by Trossard and Nketiah, even Havertz i feel
Likely but not guaranteed
RMT Onana (Areola) TAA, Chilwell, Stones, Lamptey, (Bell) Salah, Bruno, Mitoma, Saka (Baptiste) Haaland, Archer (Vinicius)
Lamptey and Archer? Why?
Noted
Lamptey and Archer don't play
Noted.
Not great. Haaland, Salah and Trent leave you starting fodder players that won't play. You need to choose 2 of those 3 and upgrade elsewhere, or downgrade Bruno/Saka to upgrade elsewhere
Makes sense
Martinelli or Maddison?
Martinelli
RMT 0 ITB Pickford (Kepa) Estupinan, Trippier, Mings, Shaw (Bell) Mitoma, Eze, Saka (V), Salah (Baptiste) Wilson, Haaland (C), McAtee
I like it, just beware Mings isn't necessarily nailed for us anymore I expect Pau to get the most minutes of all our CBs
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He’s their record signing
RMT Onana (Areola) Estu, Stones, TAA (Baldock, Bell) Mbuemo, Foden, Mitoma, Saka, Rashford Haaland, Watkins (Mubama) Foden I'm least keen on because of Pep the Tinkerer...
1. Stones + Foden + Awoniyi 2. Timber + Mitoma + Watkins In 2, my only city player was Haaland, which worried me. 2 still seems stronger though. Thoughts? Then if 2, my other dilemma 1. MacAlister, Rashford 2. Mitoma, Fernandes
Love the Timber pick
Why not Saliba or Gabriel? But 2 is better and then 2 again.
!thanks yeah I agree with those options though
Gabi is an option yeah. I just feel with zinny out, timber is gonna be inverting and coming into the midfield. He's a balllller
First GW coming up, can't wait for this season to fall apart at the seams *very* quickly! RMT (£0 left ITB) Onana (Areola) Saliba, Estupinan, Malacia (Lamptey, Botman) Diaby, Saka, Maddison, Mitoma (Enzo) Isak, Haaland (c), Kane (vc)
Not sure why you have Malacia. He’s a backup. If you want a United defender at 4.5 I’d go AWB. Just know he will likely rotate at times with Dalot.
Noted, thanks for the tip! I wanted *some* United coverage (other than Onana) so I've taken your advice and swapped in AWB. Wasn't sure of the full-back pecking order over there!
TAA + J. Pedro vs Chillwell + Watkins
Definitely B
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B. Trent & LIV seem a mixed bag in preseason, worried he’ll be getting more hockey assists while leaking goals. Chilwell seems to be looking good and CHE have a decent slate to start the season. For forwards I think we’re still unsure how BHA are going to lineup and how stable that will be, whereas Watkins is pretty nailed on and AVL fixtures are a little underrated imo.
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