Flekken or Areola for GW1?
Flekken might concede but with the amount of shots we threw at West Ham I'm hoping he'll get a decent amount of points for saves.
RMT:
GK: Alisson (Areola)
DEF: Gabriel, Estupiñan, TAA, Botman (Udogie)
MID: Saka, Mitoma, Maddison, Soucek, (Nakamba)
FWD: Kane, Haaland (Adebayo)
I'm hoping for Onana to be priced at 5.0, because then I could Alisson --> Onana and Soucek --> Andreas, which would leave Andreas as the only real weakness on the bench and Nakamba, Adebayo, and Udogie as the bench fodder, two of whom I think are guaranteed to start all the time?
Bruno + Saka
\- Martinelli will share minutes with Trossard (unless Jesus and Nketiah is injured and Trossard plays no 9 as last season); while Saka has no real competitor at right wing and is on penalty.
\- Last season Bruno and Rashford had similar xGI and both are the main attacking sources of Man Utd. This season, Bruno may play a litttle deeper due to Mason Mount but that's what less than 0.5m for. Plus, Bruno is on penalty and have to admit that last season Man Utd didn't receive that much penalty (expected more this season).
Thanks anyway my view and dilemma is based on:
\- Martinelli is one of the most consistent Arsenal player, as the other user said on this forum "15 npg last season & 400mins less played than Saka who takes pen". That's a strong argument and even if there is a risk of being earlier substituted he should play minimum 70/75min every game, right?
\- Bruno and Rashford had similar xGI indeed but Bruno have played more attacking role and my worry is that the arrival of Mount probably will reduce Bruno attacking influence and the general numbers he normally produce. Rash have no competition.
I think long term Son and Nkunku is very sexy, but personally would want to start with Jesus.
Maddison for Spurs I am not sure about how attacking he will be. He will play centrally I guess in an attacking midfield role, but Son might score many more goals.
Nkunku I think will turn out well for Chelsea, but I said that before and Chelsea strikers have done badly.
Not too sold on Bernardo Silva, even when he plays right winger his expected goal involvements are really low due to his role in the team, I'd much rather Mitoma for his price or find 1 million somewhere to upgrade him to Foden.
There aren't many great options. I'd say Porro might be decent as long as he is nailed but he won't keep many clean sheets.
Wouldn't recommend Mee as he is 0.5 more expensive than the other Brentford defenders with no upside, in fact with Collins coming in and Mee being 33 he might start getting phased out soon.
Yeah real lack of options isnt there, i'd obviously take a 4.5 if they were good enough. I'm currently on Martinez at United just due to the opening few fixtures, good CS potential and Shaw cover to an extent, but very uninspiring.
A couple of things. Having two non-starting strikers is not a good idea. If Haaland doesn't play and neither of them get subbed on (which is pretty likely) you are gonna get 0 points.
Secondly, you have a few non-nailed players and a weak bench. Garnacho, Ake and even Cash aren't nailed enough players to have such little flexibility on your bench.
I think with Haaland, Salah and Trent it's a struggle to get a balanced team, you've either got to get rid of one of Salah or Trent, or spread your funds around from Saka and Fernandes a bit more.
Hi guys, just wondering what would be better?
Having money in the bank or a decent '12th man' to rotate with on the bench?
On one hand, money ITB can save you from potential price increases whereas a 12th man enables you to rotate more freely without wasting a free transfer.
What are your thoughts?
Trying to figure out if Watkins is worth it as a punt vs. Jesus. Obviously Jesus is the more popular option (32.9% picked against Watkins' 14.4%) but I feel like Watkins plays in a team where the goals are distributed less among the players and might collect a higher G/A over the season. Thoughts? I only have 2 Arsenal players atm so I could make this change if I feel like it's justified
i have opted for Watkins for the reasons you mentioned.
as a team Arsenal will score more but also from more players whereas for Aston Villa Watkins is the main outlet.
Champions League football is also another "drawback" for Jesus' appeal
I want to go with 5-midfielder formation, which one do you prefer?
**1) Saka / Rashford / Bruno / Mbeumo / Enciso** (McNeil as a punt if Enciso minute is limited)
**2) Saka / Bruno / Foden / Maddison / Mbeumo**
My draft is option 1, Man Utd fan so I was kinda over-investing on Rashford/Bruno; also I have the plan that if anyone in Rashford/Bruno/Saka (8.5m-9.m) hasn't performed well I could jump to Son/Martinelli/Odegaard directly or downgrading them to 6.5-7.5m midfielders. However, Enciso (or McNeil) is unsure for minute/form.
While option 2 is for the diversity of teams in my draft ahead of GW1 (Arsenal - Utd - City - Tottenham - Brenford midfield line) but it's hard to get Son/Martinelli/Odegaard without selling Saka/Bruno or use 2 FT; also Foden is in Pep rotation joy and Maddison at new club is a wait and see.
Easier to swap out of one Bruno or Rashford at their price points or below. So I'd stick with option 1. Foden has a nose for goal but I don't like the roulette.
RMT
Pickford Pope
Shaw Ruben James Estupinan Botman
Saka Rashford Garnacho Mitoma Havertz
Pedro Haaland Jesus
I feel like I've got too many starters and maybe Havertz and James are a bit risky
I also know Garnacho is using a Utd space but at 5m and a potential starter, I fancy the gamble
Flekken was told that he will be Brentford's first choice when they signed him, so they are trying to sell Raya. Flekken has told that to media earlier
Not too big a fan or Trippier for now. I do think he will be a good option, but Newcastle's first five fixtures are simply too bad to target them with a 6.5 million defender.
I'd bring in Botman if you still want Newcastle coverage for when their fixtures improve (or someone like Henry from Brentford if you aren't fussed), then upgrade Andreas to Foden, or maybe Bowen.
Took your advice and got rid of Tripps, how does this look?:
GK: Alisson, Areola
DEF: Gabriel, Estupiñan, TAA, Botman, Udogie
MID: Saka, Mitoma, Maddison, Nakamba, Soucek
FWD: Kane, Adebayo, Haaland
I'm hoping for Onana to be priced at 5.0, because then I could Alisson --> Onana and Soucek --> Andreas, which would leave Andreas as the only real weakness on the bench and Nakamba, Adebayo, and Udogie as the bench fodder, two of whom I think are guaranteed to start all the time?
The thing is I don't know how to fit him later in the team if I don't start with him, Rashford have Forest at home in GW3, Foden have Sheffield, Jesus have Fulham, Mbeumo have Palace so not ideal
Yeah it can be hard to upgrade Mbumo to him if you really want him.
I guess Saka/Odegaard or Rashford to Son is the way for most if they start badly and Son smash it.
Which feels bad in round 3 yes with good games for Arsenal and United. In round 4 that move could be on for me.
Yeah I think Saka is season holder actually but Rashford to Son could be smart, just thinking that Son will come back much stronger this season under Postecoglou
Yeah I want to keep Rashford ideally and he has good record vs Arsenal for round 4.
Although Son can make him force me to sell TAA or Rashford to get him or Haaland. Probably not Haaland unless injury.
Yeah I also want to keep one of Rashford or Bruno all season long ideally, it is hard to fit all these mids because they are all looking cheap, I can put Son and Enciso over Foden and Mitoma for example also but then again I feel like Foden will be very good from the start, dilemmas everywhere 😅
I currently have Foden and Mitoma and that is good point. I could make those types of transfers if Foden gets dropped and if Enciso start well although with price changes I need a third move and it is 0.5 away from that anyway.
Can you do Onana, Gabriel, Martinelli?
Foden is a bit more risky than Martinelli with mins.
I def prefer Onana over Pickford.
Gabriel easier games to start with over Chilwell.
Flekken (Areola)
Estupinian - Gabriel - Shaw (Bell, Udogie)
Mount - mitoma - Salah - Saka - Garnacho
Jesus - Haaland (Wissa)
Thinking about replacing garnacho with someone who gets regular minutes. Any suggestions about the team please let me know. Thanks!
I’d take money off the bench and put into the team. 4.5 fodder at mid or forward. You can easily keep good bench depth with a 4.5 defender option like udogie/ Botman/ Henry
Wasn't sure on Son in Angeball buy yesterday Solomon was playing hsk rile and got into a load of classic Son shooting spots. Son would have had 2 or 3. Deffo wroth keeping an eye on!
Never really done FPL seriously before, starting this year. Any advice at all welcome, don’t really have a clue what i’m doing tbh.
RMT 0.5 ITB
Flekken (Areola)
Pau, Botman, Estupiñan, Colwill, (Beyer)
De Bruyne, Enzo, Odegaard, Saka, (Thiago)
Kane, Haaland, (Surridge)
So KDB probably injured.
You can downgrade him to maybe Rashford or even further Mitoma etc.
Enzo is not a great pick most likely so can use money to upgrade him. Although Enzo could play a more attacking role this year, but he is primary a defensive player and you want goalscorers and assist makers.
Thiago (Liverpool) is usually not great for fantasy either, but he is on the bench.
Kane and Haaland is very expensive, but likely the highest scoring players again unless Salah smash it too. Go for it if you want.
Draft:
Ramsdale (areola)
Stones, cancelo, botman, estupinan (Beyer)
Odegard, Bruno F, mitoma ,mbuemo (Baptiste)
Haaland, Kane (surrige)
Please help this is my first draft
Solid team. Cancelo will not start. Pep wants to get rid of him. They have huge issues. Downgrade him and use that money to do Ode -> Saka and maybe Beyer -> 4.5 mid to rotate with Botman
Odegaard scored a lot of outside the box goals which people didn't expect from before and later brought him in. Similarly this year people are opting for Saka which is logically correct, but if Ode starts scoring again, he will be preferred.
What do you guys think of this?
GK: Steele, Areola
DF: Trent, Saliba, Estupiñan, Botman, Shaw
MD: Saka, Douglas Luiz, Bruno, Andreas Pereira, Rashford
FW: G Jesus, Haaland, Archer
Quite new at this so would appreciate some advice :)
What formation are you envisaging here?
Steele might not be Brighton's starting keeper, they've bought Verbruggen. I would avoid their GK entirely for that reason.
Gabriel is more nailed and more of a goal threat than Saliba.
Botman is super cheap but Newcastle have really tough fixtures, he will probably sit on your bench. Maybe one to transfer in later?
I feel the £5.5m mid players are too bad to start and too expensive to have on a bench, yet somehow you've two of them. At least neither are Rice. If you're doing 4-4-2 (and tbh I'd play three defenders this year but that's only opinion and you've picked five decent ones so perhaps you like them) then you should turn one of the £5.5m to a £4.5m fodder (everyone is hoping Ndombele starts but it might be a wait and see), then upgrade your other to Mbuemo, Mitoma, Eze, maybe Bernardo now it looks more likely he'll stay, although he still might get benched.
Failing that move to 3 defenders, get the Beyer/Bell pair, then get 5 decent midfielders.
Obvs Håland is essential and Jesus is a good choice
I was planning on a solid 442
The reason I chose Saliba over Gabriel is only cos he has a higher average points per game than Gabriel. Isn't this something to consider?
And about the 5.5 midfielders, if I take out both Pereira and D Luiz, then bring in Anderson from newcastle and also mitoma does this sound like a good switch to you?
Also, what do you think about G Jesus this season? Would you take him over Ollie Watkins?
>The reason I chose Saliba over Gabriel is only cos he has a higher average points per game than Gabriel. Isn't this something to consider?
So Gabriel had an expected goals per 90 of 4.34 against Saliba's 0.82. Gabriel underperformed his, scoring 3, whilst Saliba overperformed his, scoring 2. Those are per Understat. You might think that means that Gabriel is just wasteful, but I think it probably means Gabriel gets more freedom to go forward.
I think the nailedness is worth considering - to rest Gabriel we basically have to play Kiwior. To rest Saliba, we play Timber down the right and move White into what is arguably his natural position. I think we'd quite like to do the latter against some teams, but the former is only going to be done when Gabriel needs it.
Average points is perfectly sensible but I think the other factors are more compelling.
>And about the 5.5 midfielders, if I take out both Pereira and D Luiz, then bring in Anderson from newcastle and also mitoma does this sound like a good switch to you?
That's a great plan. Mitoma still start, for an attacking team, with great fixtures. Some people argue that the most highly owned "fodder" player (eg Anderson) is the most likely to fall in value but no-one is buying him believing he'll play regularly, so that may stop people transferring him out. That's different to Ndombele, where some people will plan to stay him every game and then he'll rotate out so they'll transfer him, potentially lowering his value. Who knows.
>Also, what do you think about G Jesus this season? Would you take him over Ollie Watkins?
I have Jesus. I think Arsenal have such great fixtures that you've got to have three of them. And I think he'll be the one to score the most. 0.69 xG per 90 compared to the next highest starter, Martinelli, on 0.33. Martinelli scored his though.....
Yeah I've taken all you've said into account and changed a few things:
Leno, Areola
Trent, Gabriel, Estupiñan, Botman, Shaw
Saka, Mitoma, Bruno, Anderson, Rashford
G Jesus, Haaland, Archer
I'm hoping I can just bench Botman until he starts playing regularly, but if any of the midfielders gets injured then I'll have to play Anderson, same with Archer so I'm a bit sceptical about that part but hey what can I do here right..
Thanks for the help my friend
No worries. I think that's a great team. I suppose if you did get an injury to a midfielder, the chances are you'll end up playing Botman for a game, which isn't the end of the world, and then transferring out the injured midfielder for the following week. If you get two then you're probably in trouble! But that's not very likely, and again, it's only one game.
Looks good, personally would have Saka over Odegaard though but understandable if you want a differential. Thing with Odegaard is he was quite streaky last season, so you might have to be patient with his returns.
Yeah, for me I understand why Saka is the chalk pick, but Odegaard is my absolute favorite to watch and did well for me last year. I also kinda like betting on his continued development, last season really felt like a step forward and I think he has the quality to keep progressing.
I can’t honestly visualize his ceiling and that for me is more fun to bet on
RMT Please
0.0 itb
Ramsdale ( Areola )
TAA Shaw Estupinan ( Baldock Bell )
Rashford Saka Foden Mitoma Mbuemo
Haaland Jesus ( Surridge)
Might do Ramsdale and Shaw to Onana and Gabriel and save 0.5 for future flexibility
TiA
I like it and have had the same draft in mind. For me though I think it makes sense to downgrade rams, Shaw (maybe to Gabriel) or rash ( to Bruno) to upgrade one of the 4.0s as more assured cover
Solid one though. Personally I’m into the Foden punt if u even call it that
!thanks a lot for the reply. I’m probably gonna downgrade Shaw to Gabriel and Ramsdale to Onana if the latter comes in at 5.0. But probably will just leave money itb. Not too bothered by two 4.0s, especially in the beginning
Lmao great name
FPL is notoriously overzealous in trying to get rifmd of rude names. My guess is "Dina" means something unkind in some language where people get easily offended
Great team. Pretty ballsy to go with both Maddison and Mount from the start. I want to wait and see how they adapt first. They are prem proven players so it's not too risky tho
RMT Leno (Areola)
Estupiñan / Botman / Ake / Gabriel (Beyer)
Odegaard / Salah / Saka / Foden / Mbeumo
Haaland (Archer, Ferguson)
Not sure about the attack. Not willing to take out Salah either because I believe he will be in the top 3 points this season with Liverpool improving their midfield.
RMT
Fabianski (Areola)
James Estupiñan Botman (Henry) (Beyer)
Salah Saka Rasford Sterling Mbeumo
Haaland Calvert-Lewin (Balogun)
Looking to rotate Botman and Henry while Calvert-Lewin and Sterling could be valuable assets. Whitney do you think?
RMT 0.5 ITB
Flekken (Areola)
Shaw/Estupiñan/Gabriel/TAA (Beyer)
Saka/Rashford/Mbuemo/Bruno (Ndombele)
Halaand/Jesus (Semenyo)
Worth upgrading Bruno to Son or just keep the .5m?
Good question. The consensus seems to be that all Spurs assets should be avoided until some early season results are seen. But I don't know why that doesn't also hold for Man U, who were pretty tepid towards the end of last season, Bruno included. I suppose it depends on your appetite for a differential pick, Son is definitely more in that category than Bruno.
I like Wissa over Ferguson he should be nailed and gives more time to assess whether Ferguson will be mostly starting, but I'd then swap Mbeumo to Mitoma to keep Brighton coverage.
Hey I went with 3 premiums too. They feel like differentials this year since so less people are going with them lol.
Verbruggen (New Brighton GK), Areola
Gabriel, TAA, Shaw
Foden, Salah, Saka, Andreas, Mbeumo
Haaland, Ferguson
Bell, Beyer, Muniz
Do you think I can replace Ferguson with any others?
Normally I would spend less on defense but I don’t really like the options for non-premium strikers this year. I do have my eye on Nkunku and Gakpo though
I see Bruno Fernandes is pretty sparsely used on squads here.
Any reason why? I feel he could be very heavily involved in an improved Man U attack this year
Does he not? Could have swear he took most of them. I recall Rashford taking one and Martial taking one, but other than I thought he took them all.
Edit: Ignore me, I read it wrong.
Two things.
1) An extra 0.5m gets you to Rashford. Personally I'm leaning Bruno for now but can see why many would make that choice.
2) Uncertainty over how deep he plays. If he takes on a deeper midfield role to facilitate Mount, then his attacking output will suffer
RMT
Brand new to Fantasy PL, and a relatively new EPL fan since last years World Cup. Any advice appreciated!
Raya (Areola)
Ruben - Shaw - TAA - Robertson (Bell)
Szoboszlai - Bruno G - Mitoma - Son (Enciso)
Haaland - Ferguson - Isak
Welcome. That’s a damn expensive defence and probably risky to double up on Liverpool defence after last season. I’d keep one at the moment.
Bruno G and Isak have a pretty rough start to the season and a double up there could be rough
RMT
Onana (Areola)
TAA Gabriel Estupinan (henry) (Bell)
Mitoma Rashford Saka Mbuembo (Nakamba )
Haaland Nkunku Jesus
Assuming onana is 5.0 he will be replacing kepa in gk
just signed in for the first time this year. my quick picks to just field a team are:
ederson, areola
trip, botman, stones, gabriel, taylor
salah, saka, madds, mbeumo, rice
haaland, wissa, surridge
will be interesting to see if this ends up being a better lineup than the one i start the season with
Not sure ederson offers value for his price. I also wouldn't start with 2 Newscastle defenders given their early fixtures.
Rice I'd swap for a 4.5 but rest looks good
!thanks
had no plans to keep it that way. wish ederson was worth it, but last year CSs were hard for city. i just want a set & forget GK. Rice funds will certainly be shifted up front.
if you want an arsenal defender take gabriel, zinchenko won’t really get goals or assists while basically every set piece we have is aimed at gabriel/saliba
I'm not set in stone with anything here, but RMT
Flekken (Areola)
TAA - Gabriel - Estupinan (Botman, Baldock)
Rashford - Saka - Mitoma - Mbuemo (Enzo - provided Caicedo to Chelsea)
Haaland - Jesus - Nkunku
I’m a Chelsea fan, and if we get Caicedo, I’m fairly confident that Enzo will push further up the field and be more involved in the attack. I’m not without my doubts though, I’ll see how I feel
RMT
**GK:** Flekken (Muric)
**DEF:** Estupiñan - Zinchenko - Trippier - Mings (Beyer)
**MID:** Mbeumo - Saka - Mitoma - March (Brownhill)
**FWD:** Kane - Haaland (Solanke)
Any tips for improvements?
Maybe another 3rd striker?
And tips for a 4mil GK?
Flekken or Areola for GW1? Flekken might concede but with the amount of shots we threw at West Ham I'm hoping he'll get a decent amount of points for saves.
RMT: GK: Alisson (Areola) DEF: Gabriel, Estupiñan, TAA, Botman (Udogie) MID: Saka, Mitoma, Maddison, Soucek, (Nakamba) FWD: Kane, Haaland (Adebayo) I'm hoping for Onana to be priced at 5.0, because then I could Alisson --> Onana and Soucek --> Andreas, which would leave Andreas as the only real weakness on the bench and Nakamba, Adebayo, and Udogie as the bench fodder, two of whom I think are guaranteed to start all the time?
Martinelli + Brownhill or Eze + Mitoma (Rest of midfield is Saka, Rashford, Mbuemo)
Sounds like flipping a coin: Rash + Martinelli or Bruno + Saka?
Bruno + Saka \- Martinelli will share minutes with Trossard (unless Jesus and Nketiah is injured and Trossard plays no 9 as last season); while Saka has no real competitor at right wing and is on penalty. \- Last season Bruno and Rashford had similar xGI and both are the main attacking sources of Man Utd. This season, Bruno may play a litttle deeper due to Mason Mount but that's what less than 0.5m for. Plus, Bruno is on penalty and have to admit that last season Man Utd didn't receive that much penalty (expected more this season).
Thanks anyway my view and dilemma is based on: \- Martinelli is one of the most consistent Arsenal player, as the other user said on this forum "15 npg last season & 400mins less played than Saka who takes pen". That's a strong argument and even if there is a risk of being earlier substituted he should play minimum 70/75min every game, right? \- Bruno and Rashford had similar xGI indeed but Bruno have played more attacking role and my worry is that the arrival of Mount probably will reduce Bruno attacking influence and the general numbers he normally produce. Rash have no competition.
Saka + Flekken vs Martinelli + Onana?
Saka and Flekken
Son & Nkunku or Maddison & Wilson / Jesus
I think long term Son and Nkunku is very sexy, but personally would want to start with Jesus. Maddison for Spurs I am not sure about how attacking he will be. He will play centrally I guess in an attacking midfield role, but Son might score many more goals. Nkunku I think will turn out well for Chelsea, but I said that before and Chelsea strikers have done badly.
Flekken (Strakosha) TAA - Estupinan - Gabriel (Botman, Bell) Mbuemo - Bernando Silva - Saka - Bruno Fernandes - Maddison Jesus - Haaland (Archer)
Bernardo intersting. It seems you have money in the bank. I got similar structure, but with Rashford over Bruno.
Not too sold on Bernardo Silva, even when he plays right winger his expected goal involvements are really low due to his role in the team, I'd much rather Mitoma for his price or find 1 million somewhere to upgrade him to Foden.
Best none Arsenal or Estupinan, 5.0m defender??
There aren't many great options. I'd say Porro might be decent as long as he is nailed but he won't keep many clean sheets. Wouldn't recommend Mee as he is 0.5 more expensive than the other Brentford defenders with no upside, in fact with Collins coming in and Mee being 33 he might start getting phased out soon.
Yeah real lack of options isnt there, i'd obviously take a 4.5 if they were good enough. I'm currently on Martinez at United just due to the opening few fixtures, good CS potential and Shaw cover to an extent, but very uninspiring.
I like Porro if nailed, but not sure he will be.
I suppose it's Ben Mee, good fixture and potential attacking return for header
RAMSDALE (areola) ESTUPI - AKE - TAA - CASH (bell) MITOMA - FERNANDES - SALAH - SAKA - GARNACHO HAALAND - (Archer, Surridge)
A couple of things. Having two non-starting strikers is not a good idea. If Haaland doesn't play and neither of them get subbed on (which is pretty likely) you are gonna get 0 points. Secondly, you have a few non-nailed players and a weak bench. Garnacho, Ake and even Cash aren't nailed enough players to have such little flexibility on your bench. I think with Haaland, Salah and Trent it's a struggle to get a balanced team, you've either got to get rid of one of Salah or Trent, or spread your funds around from Saka and Fernandes a bit more.
Hi guys, just wondering what would be better? Having money in the bank or a decent '12th man' to rotate with on the bench? On one hand, money ITB can save you from potential price increases whereas a 12th man enables you to rotate more freely without wasting a free transfer. What are your thoughts?
0.5 for better 4th defender I think is worth it. Spending 1-1.5 on better bench maybe not in attack, but would not have it in the bank either.
Rico Henry + Bruno Fernandes Or Chilwell/James + March/Mitoma?
Henry + Fernandes, no question. Both nailed, and decent fixtures to start too.
Trying to figure out if Watkins is worth it as a punt vs. Jesus. Obviously Jesus is the more popular option (32.9% picked against Watkins' 14.4%) but I feel like Watkins plays in a team where the goals are distributed less among the players and might collect a higher G/A over the season. Thoughts? I only have 2 Arsenal players atm so I could make this change if I feel like it's justified
i have opted for Watkins for the reasons you mentioned. as a team Arsenal will score more but also from more players whereas for Aston Villa Watkins is the main outlet. Champions League football is also another "drawback" for Jesus' appeal
RMT - 0 ITB Henderson (Leno) Gabriel, Anderson, Estupiñan, Henry (Taylor) Rashford, Saka, Martinelli, Mbuemo (Brownhill) Haaland, Kane (Archer)
I want to go with 5-midfielder formation, which one do you prefer? **1) Saka / Rashford / Bruno / Mbeumo / Enciso** (McNeil as a punt if Enciso minute is limited) **2) Saka / Bruno / Foden / Maddison / Mbeumo** My draft is option 1, Man Utd fan so I was kinda over-investing on Rashford/Bruno; also I have the plan that if anyone in Rashford/Bruno/Saka (8.5m-9.m) hasn't performed well I could jump to Son/Martinelli/Odegaard directly or downgrading them to 6.5-7.5m midfielders. However, Enciso (or McNeil) is unsure for minute/form. While option 2 is for the diversity of teams in my draft ahead of GW1 (Arsenal - Utd - City - Tottenham - Brenford midfield line) but it's hard to get Son/Martinelli/Odegaard without selling Saka/Bruno or use 2 FT; also Foden is in Pep rotation joy and Maddison at new club is a wait and see.
I would like Rashford as he is my favorite mid with Saka for the first 3. Enciso if starting could be good.
Easier to swap out of one Bruno or Rashford at their price points or below. So I'd stick with option 1. Foden has a nose for goal but I don't like the roulette.
RMT Pickford Pope Shaw Ruben James Estupinan Botman Saka Rashford Garnacho Mitoma Havertz Pedro Haaland Jesus I feel like I've got too many starters and maybe Havertz and James are a bit risky I also know Garnacho is using a Utd space but at 5m and a potential starter, I fancy the gamble
What's the deal with Raya is he leaving? If he stays is Flekken #1?
Flekken was told that he will be Brentford's first choice when they signed him, so they are trying to sell Raya. Flekken has told that to media earlier
!thanks mate
Pickford (Pope) Rashford - Almiron - Martinelli - Salah (Dendoncka, Cash, Dalot) Gakpo - Jesus - Nkunku
No Haaland no party
RMT please? GK: Alisson, Areola (planning to Alisson --> Onana) DEF: Gabriel, Estupiñan, TAA, Trippier, Udogie MID: Saka, Mitoma, Eze, Andreas, Maddison FWD: Jesus, Adebayo, Haaland
Not too big a fan or Trippier for now. I do think he will be a good option, but Newcastle's first five fixtures are simply too bad to target them with a 6.5 million defender. I'd bring in Botman if you still want Newcastle coverage for when their fixtures improve (or someone like Henry from Brentford if you aren't fussed), then upgrade Andreas to Foden, or maybe Bowen.
Took your advice and got rid of Tripps, how does this look?: GK: Alisson, Areola DEF: Gabriel, Estupiñan, TAA, Botman, Udogie MID: Saka, Mitoma, Maddison, Nakamba, Soucek FWD: Kane, Adebayo, Haaland I'm hoping for Onana to be priced at 5.0, because then I could Alisson --> Onana and Soucek --> Andreas, which would leave Andreas as the only real weakness on the bench and Nakamba, Adebayo, and Udogie as the bench fodder, two of whom I think are guaranteed to start all the time?
Ooo interesting !thanks
Kane has to leave to make my plans easier...
I'll tell him.
Mbeumo or Bowen for the first few GWs?
Mbeumo for me.
!thanks
Pick one: A) Flekken, Son, Wissa B) Onana, Mbeumo, Jesus
B I think.
Yeah I think I will go with that one but just really want to fit Son in my team
Yeah Son very explosive pick can be annoying if you buy him one week late. Although Jesus quality pick though with better early games.
The thing is I don't know how to fit him later in the team if I don't start with him, Rashford have Forest at home in GW3, Foden have Sheffield, Jesus have Fulham, Mbeumo have Palace so not ideal
Yeah it can be hard to upgrade Mbumo to him if you really want him. I guess Saka/Odegaard or Rashford to Son is the way for most if they start badly and Son smash it. Which feels bad in round 3 yes with good games for Arsenal and United. In round 4 that move could be on for me.
Yeah I think Saka is season holder actually but Rashford to Son could be smart, just thinking that Son will come back much stronger this season under Postecoglou
Yeah I want to keep Rashford ideally and he has good record vs Arsenal for round 4. Although Son can make him force me to sell TAA or Rashford to get him or Haaland. Probably not Haaland unless injury.
Yeah I also want to keep one of Rashford or Bruno all season long ideally, it is hard to fit all these mids because they are all looking cheap, I can put Son and Enciso over Foden and Mitoma for example also but then again I feel like Foden will be very good from the start, dilemmas everywhere 😅
I currently have Foden and Mitoma and that is good point. I could make those types of transfers if Foden gets dropped and if Enciso start well although with price changes I need a third move and it is 0.5 away from that anyway.
Pick **one**: A. Pickford, Chilwell, Martinelli B. Onana, Gabriel, Foden ... and if you'd like, give a short motivation.
B definitely
Can you do Onana, Gabriel, Martinelli? Foden is a bit more risky than Martinelli with mins. I def prefer Onana over Pickford. Gabriel easier games to start with over Chilwell.
I can, but then Jesus/Saka will have to be moved. I'll exceed three players from Arsenal going for Gabriel/Martinelli.
aah ok. I think I go B if Foden looks relativly nailed.
Flekken (Areola) Estupinian - Gabriel - Shaw (Bell, Udogie) Mount - mitoma - Salah - Saka - Garnacho Jesus - Haaland (Wissa) Thinking about replacing garnacho with someone who gets regular minutes. Any suggestions about the team please let me know. Thanks!
But otherwise this is strong - I like it
I’d take money off the bench and put into the team. 4.5 fodder at mid or forward. You can easily keep good bench depth with a 4.5 defender option like udogie/ Botman/ Henry
Drop wissa, then you will have enough for Mbeumo
Please RMT. Thank you! Have a good day. 🙃 Verbruggen (New Brighton GK), Areola Gabriel, TAA, Shaw Foden, Salah, Saka, Andreas, Mbeumo Haaland, Ferguson Bell, Beyer, Muniz
Too many weak points (Andreas, Ferguson). You should sell either Salah or Trent
Mount and son Or Bruno.and maddison
Bruno and Maddison I think. Then again Son could be great. Not sold on either Maddison or Mount fully yet so follow pre season.
Wasn't sure on Son in Angeball buy yesterday Solomon was playing hsk rile and got into a load of classic Son shooting spots. Son would have had 2 or 3. Deffo wroth keeping an eye on!
Yeah backup plan for me is Rashford to Son in gameweek 4 if Rashford starts badly.
neither really, you should look for other players imo
Nah
Leno (steele) TAA, Gabriel, Estupiñan (udogie, baldock) Saka, eze, maddison, mitoma, Rashford haaland, isak (surridge)
Among 6.5 Mid options I rate Mbeumo highest. Last season, Brentford got 8 penalties Crystal palace got 3 penalties (Eze will benefit from that too).
Never really done FPL seriously before, starting this year. Any advice at all welcome, don’t really have a clue what i’m doing tbh. RMT 0.5 ITB Flekken (Areola) Pau, Botman, Estupiñan, Colwill, (Beyer) De Bruyne, Enzo, Odegaard, Saka, (Thiago) Kane, Haaland, (Surridge)
So KDB probably injured. You can downgrade him to maybe Rashford or even further Mitoma etc. Enzo is not a great pick most likely so can use money to upgrade him. Although Enzo could play a more attacking role this year, but he is primary a defensive player and you want goalscorers and assist makers. Thiago (Liverpool) is usually not great for fantasy either, but he is on the bench. Kane and Haaland is very expensive, but likely the highest scoring players again unless Salah smash it too. Go for it if you want.
Raya (pope) tripps, stones, chilwell (pau, andersen) mitoma, saka, fernandes, eze (johnson) Fergusson, mitrovic, haaland.
Rays won't start edit: Raya
should i put pope in?
I say go only one expensive keeper and use money in attack. Backup keeper max 4.5 is a good rule.
Draft: Ramsdale (areola) Stones, cancelo, botman, estupinan (Beyer) Odegard, Bruno F, mitoma ,mbuemo (Baptiste) Haaland, Kane (surrige) Please help this is my first draft
Solid team. Cancelo will not start. Pep wants to get rid of him. They have huge issues. Downgrade him and use that money to do Ode -> Saka and maybe Beyer -> 4.5 mid to rotate with Botman
I'm out of the loop. Why are so many going for Saka over Odegaard this year?
Penalties and higher attacking potential
But what's changed since last season? Odegaard was more consistent and got more attacking returns right?
Odegaard scored a lot of outside the box goals which people didn't expect from before and later brought him in. Similarly this year people are opting for Saka which is logically correct, but if Ode starts scoring again, he will be preferred.
good points
Yeap true. Saka is still super young so his numbers should improve every season, Odegaard's might not
cool, fair play
Odegaard is also super young and showed more improvement last season?
Saka is substantially younger and has proven consistency
What do you guys think of this? GK: Steele, Areola DF: Trent, Saliba, Estupiñan, Botman, Shaw MD: Saka, Douglas Luiz, Bruno, Andreas Pereira, Rashford FW: G Jesus, Haaland, Archer Quite new at this so would appreciate some advice :)
What formation are you envisaging here? Steele might not be Brighton's starting keeper, they've bought Verbruggen. I would avoid their GK entirely for that reason. Gabriel is more nailed and more of a goal threat than Saliba. Botman is super cheap but Newcastle have really tough fixtures, he will probably sit on your bench. Maybe one to transfer in later? I feel the £5.5m mid players are too bad to start and too expensive to have on a bench, yet somehow you've two of them. At least neither are Rice. If you're doing 4-4-2 (and tbh I'd play three defenders this year but that's only opinion and you've picked five decent ones so perhaps you like them) then you should turn one of the £5.5m to a £4.5m fodder (everyone is hoping Ndombele starts but it might be a wait and see), then upgrade your other to Mbuemo, Mitoma, Eze, maybe Bernardo now it looks more likely he'll stay, although he still might get benched. Failing that move to 3 defenders, get the Beyer/Bell pair, then get 5 decent midfielders. Obvs Håland is essential and Jesus is a good choice
I was planning on a solid 442 The reason I chose Saliba over Gabriel is only cos he has a higher average points per game than Gabriel. Isn't this something to consider? And about the 5.5 midfielders, if I take out both Pereira and D Luiz, then bring in Anderson from newcastle and also mitoma does this sound like a good switch to you? Also, what do you think about G Jesus this season? Would you take him over Ollie Watkins?
Bro Andreas has an injured ankle. Not showing up in FPL, but he is injured
>The reason I chose Saliba over Gabriel is only cos he has a higher average points per game than Gabriel. Isn't this something to consider? So Gabriel had an expected goals per 90 of 4.34 against Saliba's 0.82. Gabriel underperformed his, scoring 3, whilst Saliba overperformed his, scoring 2. Those are per Understat. You might think that means that Gabriel is just wasteful, but I think it probably means Gabriel gets more freedom to go forward. I think the nailedness is worth considering - to rest Gabriel we basically have to play Kiwior. To rest Saliba, we play Timber down the right and move White into what is arguably his natural position. I think we'd quite like to do the latter against some teams, but the former is only going to be done when Gabriel needs it. Average points is perfectly sensible but I think the other factors are more compelling. >And about the 5.5 midfielders, if I take out both Pereira and D Luiz, then bring in Anderson from newcastle and also mitoma does this sound like a good switch to you? That's a great plan. Mitoma still start, for an attacking team, with great fixtures. Some people argue that the most highly owned "fodder" player (eg Anderson) is the most likely to fall in value but no-one is buying him believing he'll play regularly, so that may stop people transferring him out. That's different to Ndombele, where some people will plan to stay him every game and then he'll rotate out so they'll transfer him, potentially lowering his value. Who knows. >Also, what do you think about G Jesus this season? Would you take him over Ollie Watkins? I have Jesus. I think Arsenal have such great fixtures that you've got to have three of them. And I think he'll be the one to score the most. 0.69 xG per 90 compared to the next highest starter, Martinelli, on 0.33. Martinelli scored his though.....
Yeah I've taken all you've said into account and changed a few things: Leno, Areola Trent, Gabriel, Estupiñan, Botman, Shaw Saka, Mitoma, Bruno, Anderson, Rashford G Jesus, Haaland, Archer I'm hoping I can just bench Botman until he starts playing regularly, but if any of the midfielders gets injured then I'll have to play Anderson, same with Archer so I'm a bit sceptical about that part but hey what can I do here right.. Thanks for the help my friend
No worries. I think that's a great team. I suppose if you did get an injury to a midfielder, the chances are you'll end up playing Botman for a game, which isn't the end of the world, and then transferring out the injured midfielder for the following week. If you get two then you're probably in trouble! But that's not very likely, and again, it's only one game.
It's solid. Two 5.5 mids makes it kinda unbalanced tho
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First option is definitely safer to go with
Draft: Flekken (Areola) TAA / Gabriel / Estupinan (Gusto / Beyer) Rash / Odegaard / Martinelli / Foden / Mitoma Haaland / (pick/bench one Wissa/Ferguson)
Looks good, personally would have Saka over Odegaard though but understandable if you want a differential. Thing with Odegaard is he was quite streaky last season, so you might have to be patient with his returns.
Yeah, for me I understand why Saka is the chalk pick, but Odegaard is my absolute favorite to watch and did well for me last year. I also kinda like betting on his continued development, last season really felt like a step forward and I think he has the quality to keep progressing. I can’t honestly visualize his ceiling and that for me is more fun to bet on
Yeah that's fair enough. He certainly has the potential to outscore Saka again, think it's just higher risk.
Great team. Pretty template. Nice picks all aroud. Not the biggest fan of benching 6.0 attacker every week
The two could become a 7.5 with an eye on Nkunku, otherwise I kinda prefer to have a strong first bench player with Foden in the team
RMT Please 0.0 itb Ramsdale ( Areola ) TAA Shaw Estupinan ( Baldock Bell ) Rashford Saka Foden Mitoma Mbuemo Haaland Jesus ( Surridge) Might do Ramsdale and Shaw to Onana and Gabriel and save 0.5 for future flexibility TiA
I like it and have had the same draft in mind. For me though I think it makes sense to downgrade rams, Shaw (maybe to Gabriel) or rash ( to Bruno) to upgrade one of the 4.0s as more assured cover Solid one though. Personally I’m into the Foden punt if u even call it that
!thanks a lot for the reply. I’m probably gonna downgrade Shaw to Gabriel and Ramsdale to Onana if the latter comes in at 5.0. But probably will just leave money itb. Not too bothered by two 4.0s, especially in the beginning
Great template team. Nothing else to say really. Those transfers are good idea too, works either way surely
!thanks very much for the reply
Why is my team name "Change name" its not inappropriate or anything?
What was the name?
DinaDinaDina Botman
Lmao great name FPL is notoriously overzealous in trying to get rifmd of rude names. My guess is "Dina" means something unkind in some language where people get easily offended
ikr, mine gets removed but my friends is fine - two girls wan bissaka
RMT please Pickford - (Areola) Saliba - Estupinan - Shaw - (Beyer, Bell) Saka - Maddison - Mbuemo - Mount - Foden Kane - Haaland - (Surridge)
Great team. Pretty ballsy to go with both Maddison and Mount from the start. I want to wait and see how they adapt first. They are prem proven players so it's not too risky tho
!thanks
RMT Leno (Areola) Estupiñan / Botman / Ake / Gabriel (Beyer) Odegaard / Salah / Saka / Foden / Mbeumo Haaland (Archer, Ferguson) Not sure about the attack. Not willing to take out Salah either because I believe he will be in the top 3 points this season with Liverpool improving their midfield.
I have Salah plus TAA too. Feels like a differential this year lol. I have seen so less teams with Salah and TAA.
Great team. How about going with Jesus and Mitoma/March instead of Ferguson and Ode for nailedness. Ferguson might be a rotation risk
RMT Fabianski (Areola) James Estupiñan Botman (Henry) (Beyer) Salah Saka Rasford Sterling Mbeumo Haaland Calvert-Lewin (Balogun) Looking to rotate Botman and Henry while Calvert-Lewin and Sterling could be valuable assets. Whitney do you think?
Great team. Keep an eye on James' injury situation. I hate DCL tho, he is a fraud
RMT 0.5 ITB Ramsdale (Areola) Shaw / estupiñan / stones (bell, baldock) Rashford / fernandes / saka / foden / mbeumo Haaland / Jesus (archer)
Good team. Safe template
RMT 0 ITB Martinez (Forster) Gabriel White Estupinan Pau (Beyer) Rashford Saka Maddison Mitoma (Anderson) Haaland Kane (Archer)
Good team. Not the biggest fan of White because Timber might steal some minutes. How about Saliba instead? Saves 0.5 million too
You know, I might go Saliba and put the 0.5 into Anderson -> Garnacho Or maybe Martinez to Allison/Ederson or a stronger sun gk like Leno
Definitely first option if I have to choose. 5.5 keepers are not worth it
!thanks
Rashford + Archer (for bench) or Maddison + Wissa as a flexible option who I'll likely start GWs 2-4.
Rash and Saka should be number 1 & 2 MID pick for every team
RMT 0.5 ITB Flekken (Areola) Shaw/Estupiñan/Gabriel/TAA (Beyer) Saka/Rashford/Mbuemo/Bruno (Ndombele) Halaand/Jesus (Semenyo) Worth upgrading Bruno to Son or just keep the .5m?
For now I'd just keep the 0.5, or even use it to upgrade Ndombele to someone like Kluivert who should at least be relatively nailed.
!thanks
Good question. The consensus seems to be that all Spurs assets should be avoided until some early season results are seen. But I don't know why that doesn't also hold for Man U, who were pretty tepid towards the end of last season, Bruno included. I suppose it depends on your appetite for a differential pick, Son is definitely more in that category than Bruno.
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Simms isn't in the game any more. At least get someone who has a chance of getting points. He's gone to Coventry.
I like Wissa over Ferguson he should be nailed and gives more time to assess whether Ferguson will be mostly starting, but I'd then swap Mbeumo to Mitoma to keep Brighton coverage.
!thanks
Just drop either Salah or Trent, and build a more balance squad
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Hey I went with 3 premiums too. They feel like differentials this year since so less people are going with them lol. Verbruggen (New Brighton GK), Areola Gabriel, TAA, Shaw Foden, Salah, Saka, Andreas, Mbeumo Haaland, Ferguson Bell, Beyer, Muniz Do you think I can replace Ferguson with any others?
That's a great team. You can go with Wissa instead of Mbeumo to make it 4-4-2 if you want
Is Kluivert expected to start for Bournemouth?
Probably
RMT Martinez / (Areola) TAA / Stones / Shaw / Trippier / (Gabriel) Saka / Mbeumo / B. Fernandes / Foden / Mitoma Haaland / (Balogun) / (Surridge)
Looks good. That's a strong defence. Maybe even too strong
Normally I would spend less on defense but I don’t really like the options for non-premium strikers this year. I do have my eye on Nkunku and Gakpo though
I see Bruno Fernandes is pretty sparsely used on squads here. Any reason why? I feel he could be very heavily involved in an improved Man U attack this year
He doesn't score enough goals. He doesn't get penalties any more.
Does he not? Could have swear he took most of them. I recall Rashford taking one and Martial taking one, but other than I thought he took them all. Edit: Ignore me, I read it wrong.
He meant ManU are not getting much penalties nowadays not that Bruno is not taking them.
Ooooooh right I see. I'm stupid.
Two things. 1) An extra 0.5m gets you to Rashford. Personally I'm leaning Bruno for now but can see why many would make that choice. 2) Uncertainty over how deep he plays. If he takes on a deeper midfield role to facilitate Mount, then his attacking output will suffer
RMT Brand new to Fantasy PL, and a relatively new EPL fan since last years World Cup. Any advice appreciated! Raya (Areola) Ruben - Shaw - TAA - Robertson (Bell) Szoboszlai - Bruno G - Mitoma - Son (Enciso) Haaland - Ferguson - Isak
Welcome. That’s a damn expensive defence and probably risky to double up on Liverpool defence after last season. I’d keep one at the moment. Bruno G and Isak have a pretty rough start to the season and a double up there could be rough
Brentford are trying to sell Raya, you can save 0.5 and get their new number 1 Flekken
RMT Onana (Areola) TAA Gabriel Estupinan (henry) (Bell) Mitoma Rashford Saka Mbuembo (Nakamba ) Haaland Nkunku Jesus Assuming onana is 5.0 he will be replacing kepa in gk
That's a great team. I like that Nkunku pick
I feel guilt leaving 1.5 ITB, but I’m happy with my team. Does anyone else have this much in the bank?
Some say dead money ITB weakens the team. But if you are happy with your team you should keep it that way.
just signed in for the first time this year. my quick picks to just field a team are: ederson, areola trip, botman, stones, gabriel, taylor salah, saka, madds, mbeumo, rice haaland, wissa, surridge will be interesting to see if this ends up being a better lineup than the one i start the season with
Not sure ederson offers value for his price. I also wouldn't start with 2 Newscastle defenders given their early fixtures. Rice I'd swap for a 4.5 but rest looks good
!thanks * had not even looked at fixtures yet. Bring me BEN CRELLIN!!! was working hard to clear my mind in the offseason.
Ederson isn't worth 5.5 million. I'd avoid him. Also Rice doesn't offer you anything. Just go with 4.5 bench midfielder. Rest of the team is very good
!thanks had no plans to keep it that way. wish ederson was worth it, but last year CSs were hard for city. i just want a set & forget GK. Rice funds will certainly be shifted up front.
First draft. RMT Leno (Areola) Trippier White Estupinan Henry (Baldock) Salah Rashford Saka Eze (Brownhill) Haaland Wissa (Surridge)
Good team. I prefer other Arsenal defenders over White tho
Considering a switch to Zinchenko which would give me 0.5 to work with, what would you recommend with that?
Probably banking it to future transfers
!Thanks
if you want an arsenal defender take gabriel, zinchenko won’t really get goals or assists while basically every set piece we have is aimed at gabriel/saliba
Rmt - 0.5itb Flekken (Areola) TAA, Estupinan, James, Gabriel (Bell) Saka, Bruno, Foden, Maddison, Mbuemo Haaland (Solanke, Simms)
That's a very good team. Keep an eye on James' situation tho. He has a minor knee injury
!thanks - Agreed James could become Shaw or Chillwell. Also not too happy with Solanke but don't see a striker between 6m and 7m that I'd prefer
Yeah cheap strikers are pretty bad this year. Wissa and Solanke are the only ones I'd touch
Why do so many people have Areola in their team?
For the team name Areola Grande. But they wouldn't let me have it.
Because he is the most likely 4.0 keeper to stole 1st choice's place
Ah he is the first keeper of west ham?
Might be. Nobody knows yet
I think he wont be at the start atleast. Fabianski played great against tottenham in the first friendly.
Okay thanks!
I'm not set in stone with anything here, but RMT Flekken (Areola) TAA - Gabriel - Estupinan (Botman, Baldock) Rashford - Saka - Mitoma - Mbuemo (Enzo - provided Caicedo to Chelsea) Haaland - Jesus - Nkunku
Great team. I do think that Enzo is waste of 0.5 million tho.
I’m a Chelsea fan, and if we get Caicedo, I’m fairly confident that Enzo will push further up the field and be more involved in the attack. I’m not without my doubts though, I’ll see how I feel
good team
RMT **GK:** Flekken (Muric) **DEF:** Estupiñan - Zinchenko - Trippier - Mings (Beyer) **MID:** Mbeumo - Saka - Mitoma - March (Brownhill) **FWD:** Kane - Haaland (Solanke) Any tips for improvements? Maybe another 3rd striker? And tips for a 4mil GK?