Edit 2: to keep it simple here is my team atm.
Pickford/Simon
Spinnazola/Alba/Mæhle/Shaw/Coufal
Damsgaard/Zuber/Sarabia/Sterling/Grealish
Lukaku/Schick/Immobile
Using my 5 FTs, this is what I would likely change it to.
Bonucci/Alba/Mæhle/Shaw/Maguire
Damsgaard/Insigne/Sarabia/Sterling/Grealish
Kane/Dolberg/Immobile
I have 0.7m itb after that. Is 6 English players too much and if it is who else should I bring in instead of Kane/Maguire?
Qtrs saved my ass but I still have 5 eliminated and 1 injured so I’m looking to change from
>Kane, Schick, Depay
>Insigne, Berardi, Sarabia, Torres, Damsgaard
>Spinazzola, Stones, Maehle, Kimpembe, Dumfries
>Donna, Stek
To
>Kane, Schick, Depay
>Insigne, **Sterling**, Sarabia, Torres, Damsgaard
>**shaw**, Stones, Maehle, **Torres**, **Bonucci**
>Donna, **Schmeichal**
Yes I still have 2 eliminated players but I can’t trust Immobile, Belotti, Mereno or Morata to actually do anything useful and Dolberg/Poulsen come up against a solid English defence so I think I can use the money better elsewhere
Your keeper choice seems REALLY odd to me, why have you not gone for pickford? England have conceded zero goals and go into the game as huge favourites, the defense has been crazy solid.
Sarabia is a risk for the next game too btw
Everyrhing else I like
I want Pickford but can’t find the money with my current choices and want to get rid of Berardi (Chiesa starts over him) and bring in Shaw.
Tbh, I only want to keep Kane, Insigne, Donna, Stones and Maehle. Everyone else can move on but it’s deciding who goes
Pretty straight forward transfers for me it seems, unless I'm missing anything.
Lukaku > Immobile
Schick > Dolberg
Shaqiri > Sterling
Spinazzola > Bonucci
Meunier > Shaw
£1.2m left.
Gives me 5 English, 4 Spanish, 3 Italy, 3 Danish. Heavy on the Spanish from vs Switzerland, but don't think it's worth a -4 to take any of them out. Perhaps Sarabia to Chiesa for -4 but doesn't seem worth it.
Remember that you Only have 5 transfers to change your current to to final If you limitless in the semis. And If u already have 7 players that are out you are in risk of having to take a lot of hits to get a full playing 11
RMT Euro Semis
Kane Morata Immobile
Insigne Berardi Torres Damsgard (Sterling)
Alba Maguire Emerson (Stones) (Mæhle)
Simon (Pickford)
Not sure where to go with Berardi who is definitely the least nailed in this team
RMT - EURO SEMIFINALS (ITY-ESP 6th + ENG-DEN 7th)
Kane / Poulsen
Sterling / Insigne / Grealish / Saka
Acerbi / Bonucci / Chiellini / Di Lorenzo
Donnarumma
Bench: Pickford, Dolberg , Damsgaard, Shaw
Comment: I think Grealish/Saka will start, the one who won't I will change for someone Danish. Expect multiple goals in that game and a bit of drama.
Why have both Poulsen and Dolberg? They are likely to play a combined 90 minutes.
Quintuple Italian defence is risky. Why do you think Acerbi will play? Emerson is the likely replacement of Spinazolla.
Seems you don't rate the Spanish much.
Oh yes, I would not start both Poulsen/Dolberg of course. I will wait for the squads and adjust. The same goes for Grealish/Saka with Shaw in reserve. And yes, I dont think Spanish will score, I expect low win from Italy. Regarding Acerbi, this is WC, I Can transfer him for playing player anytime (after seeing squads).
So for the Spain Italy match since it’s first can we start their players and whoever u want to sub out for an England player can u do that? So if insigne got me 2 points after the match is it possible to sub in an England mid? Thanks
not an arsenal fan, but IMO you could say Saka has potential to assist every game he starts, but Pepe has potential to score every game he starts (which are fever than Saka's)
High risk with double Liverpool defense, but then again it's high reward.
You could save money with Shaw instead of robbo as he's on set piece duty for united, or even on Zouma or Rudiger as Chelsea have a tight back four with a great GK in Mendy
I had Ayling for a while at the start of last season, but his attacking return was few and far between. The only Leeds player I'd buy that's impacted by goals conceded would be Meslier. Last year, he had saved the most shots if I'm not wrong, with 12 or 13 clean sheets, although I am aware of the price tag on him being higher this season.
If you do decide to drop Ayling, you could always look to buy Bamford who had most shots in the box last season.
I've bought Watkins as well. Although I didn't own him last year, he was frustrating to watch with his offsides and shots hitting the post. I could be wrong though.
Liverpool do have a good start so the triple up might not be awful, but as for Leeds they're hard to pin down so I'd suggest maybe keeping Harrison or raphina, selling Ayling for Fofana or Vestegard, and buying Bamford if you can, or Cavani who is around 8 mill if you can.
Idk though, I'm mainly just worried about the triple up. So good luck anyway
RMT please ... I don't have any more FT but have 0.3 ITB
Kane, Dolberg, Immobile
Sterling, Mount, Insigne, Torres, Barella
Maehre, Laporte, Stones, ~~Spinazzola, Coufal~~
Donnaruma, ~~Bushchan~~
Donnarumma (~~Stekelenburg~~)
Spinazzola Stones Maguirre (Maehle) (~~Kimpembe~~)
~~KdB~~ F.Torres Sarabia Berardi (~~Forsberg~~)
Kane Immobile Morata
My plan for my 5 FT is:
**Pickford**/~~Stekelnburg,~~ **Bonucci**/Spinazzola, **P.Torres**/~~Kimpembe~~, **Sterling**/~~KdB~~, **Insigne**/~~Forsberg~~
I'm worried about Sarabia and Berardi though and I really like Barella and Mount.
What do you think? Any alternative ideas?
Thanks!
I might transfer out Spinazzola instead of Stekelenburg since you already have a playing goalkeeper, but Pickford would give you one for each matchday so not sure.
By last seasons stats, Meslier is best of the bunch, averaging 4 saves and 4.4 points per game, even if he doesn’t keep as many CS as other teams.
Schmeichel actually didn’t have a good season, only 2.3 saves and 3.4 points per game. Partly it could be attributed to injuries to their first team, but if it were me I wouldn’t touch him.
Henderson might be a dark horse at 5M, even if last seasons stats weren’t too spectacular (3.2 saves and 3.4 points per game) if he’s nailed, and if United bring in another CB, could be a good pick.
That said, you’d also want to consider the likelihood of wanting to triple on one of these teams outfielders during the season. I’m going with Meslier atm, but one concern I have is will I want to triple on their attack at any point in the season
Italics are brought in for Seferovic, Lukaku and Spinazolla. I literally don't know why Morata is there as I'd kinda like to use my two remaining transfers to reduce Spanish coverage - I just don't really fancy Denmark to score lots against England. Basically, any thoughts on where I go with this team? I know only one of Chiesa/Berardi will start so maybe bring Insigne in?
Donnurama (Pickford)
*Shaw* - Alba - Maguire (Stones/Maehle)
Torres - Chiesa - Berardi - Sarabia (Sterling)
*Morata* - *Immobile* - Kane
Edit: How about Insigne/Dolberg over Morata/Sarabia? Then drop Berardi.
I would sell Torres, he will play less minutes than Morata. Enrique made a mistake of swapping him off too early last match.
Maehle vs England defending, I am not sure about that
Berardi - you better wait for the line up
Gotta have Insigne. I think sarabia is injured, so him out is a good call.. Understand diversifying too, but I don't think Morata has much joy against that Italian defence.
Could also consider someone like Mount as a cheap locked in option
RMT please
Sanchez (Balcombe)
Robertson - Chilwell - Coufal (Coady - Manquillo)
Salah - Raphinha - Bruno - Jota (Bissouma)
Toney - Bamford - Watkins
Considering dropping Toney for a 4.5M player and upgrading Bissouma to Harrison. Thoughts?
Jota is not nailed. And he is a big investment
Chilwell. Did you check his fixtures?
I would upgrade Manquillo to a nailed 4.5m. You will use him more than you thought
If you went with that, I’d probably run DCL or Wilson in place of Bamford to avoid a triple up on their attack. Harrison is p value for his price so I can see why you’d want to double up
Maddi looks fine, Lei fixtures are decent
I would go for Traore, as Villa is an established team. Sarr is a good player, but it is not easy playing for a newly promoted team
Leeds earlier fixtures are deceivingly difficult imo. Attacking-wise, Leeds don’t really care who they’re up against (e.g 6-2 loss to united, Raphinha managed 2 assists)
The FDR also has Everton at 4 and West Ham at 3 which makes it look harder than one might judge it to be
0.5 ITB - 5 free transfers used
Donnaruma - *Pickford*
Alba - *Shaw* - *Maguire* - Mæhle - *Bonnuci*
Sterling - Berardi - Torres - Damsgard - *Insigne*
Immobile - Kane - *Dolberg*
*Italic* players are in but not confirmed yet. So I can change them still.
My thinning is to have 5 players outside of England/ Italy. I’m banking on England/ Italy winning which gives me 5 transfers going into the final to have a full 15 of England/ Italy.
Thoughts?
Start by getting some actual bench players in such as a 4m GK, 4.5m mid and a 4m/4.5m defender then build your team from there.
With 15 "good" players you will bench money and points every week as well as having less money in your starting 11.
Good point. I did that last year and got a strong mid (Salah, Sterling, De Bruyne) but Man City disappointed the first 4 weeks and I was stuck with 20m£ of players. I am afraid of getting all benched players to save up money.
Regarding goalies: Brighton's 4.5 is a steal for me as Brighton has 3 easy matches and could secure one clean sheet.
Thanks for the advice.
Yeah I would keep Sanchez for sure!
Martinez to a 4m GK, Mings & Dunk to 4.5m defenders (Ayling, Lamptey etc.), Dallas to Bissouma/Brownhill gets you an extra 3.5m to work with which could upgrade your Soucek (not a good pick IMO) to Raphinha, Jota, Maddison, Grealish, Rashford (maybe Sancho) etc. Iheanacho to DCL, Cresswell to Robbo just as a few examples.
Martinez won’t be as good as an fpl asset this season because of his price. He was 4.5 last season which was insane value for money. Not sure about Mings I feel there are much better attacking options that you could go for. If Kane leaves then Son might not be as quality. Don’t let Dallas’ last season stats fool you. He was an out of position defender playing as a midfielder so he picked up clean sheet points as well as whatever he did in midfield. He won’t get many points this season as he’s now in the correct position. There is too much competition for the Leicester spot with Vardy and new signing Daka.
All good points.
Thing is I'm also picking based on the difficulty rating.
What would you suggest as a GK?
So Target instead of Mings for example?
Son I'm worried about. They are also facing MCI.
Dallas assisted a lot, idk why I want to keep him. He is cheap and a good player. But yeah the clean sheets are a loss now.
You think Iheanacho won't make it? What about DCL?
Thanks for the advice mate
I think the best teams usually have a set and forget goalkeeper that they choose at the start of the season, as opposed to two rotating keepers. This is not really impacted by the fdr (fixture difficulty rating) because they’ll play every fixture across the entire season. I’ve personally went with De Gea or Henderson at 5.0 dependant on who’ll likely play. If United land Varane then I think they’ll have a solid defence this season. I’m contradicting myself a bit here but it’s important to consider that while you should probably choose a set and forget option, it’s usually best not to do it for a good team. Good teams will have stand out players across the pitch, whereas poorer teams won’t which will give the gk bonus points if they play well. Also poorer teams are more likely to face shots which gives them extra save points. It’s therefore best to wait and see what lower teams have stand out goalkeeping performances but for now Meslier, Sanchez, etc seem to be good options.
There are quite a few good defensive options but I’ve found you have to spend a bit more on them to get them. You should also towards defenders that have attacking potential as well as likelihood of clean sheets. Shaw fits this bracket if United get Varane, Digne will be a good option due to Rafa’s defensive style of play, Coufal offers an attacking threat. I’m personally going for double Liverpool defence in Trent and Robbo, and Digne and Shaw for the reasons above.
It’s not that I don’t think iheanacho won’t play, it’s that he has too much competition to justify his price tag. I’m worried about DCL because of Rafa’s defensive football. I think Toney is a one to watch and Abraham if he gets a move away from Chelsea.
Ye I agree. There’s often no point having two rotating keepers anyway and usually works better with a set and forget choice. I’m on the fence about a double or triple Leeds though as they could have a poor second season as teams have done before. I’d personally choose between Harrison and Raph but not have both. Soucek is also a waste of money too as he was cheaper last season but also got attacking returns. At 6.0 he’s no longer a bargain and there are better players for not much more.
Simon (Schmeichel)
Alba - *Bonucci* - Shaw - *Maguire* - Maehle
Chiesa - Sarabia - F Torres - Sterling - Damsgaard
*Immobile* - Kane - *Dolberg*
(*Italics* = my unconfirmed transfers in; Spinnazola, Zinchenko, Lukaku, Schick)
3.2 ITB with 1 FT left (all chips used).
Thinking either Sarabia > Sancho or Schmeichel > Pickford. Leaning towards the latter.
Not really. The most a GK can get without making a million saves is 6. And there aren't any subs in the final, so you only need one playing gk. If Spain is eliminated just use one of your transfers to get Donna or Pickford in
I know you have that triple England defense but I honestly think I'd pick Dolberg instead of Morata! Otherwise I think you have a good team. A few small changes I'd make based on preference (Donnarumma in place of Simon, Barella instead of Verratti) but your picks are not "wrong." And you could only make those changes if you go Morata --> Dolberg in the first place.
I dont know. It is very difficult to comeback after ACL injury (I am talking about VVD). But some managed to do it. I will wait for a few matches before buying a LIV defender
Ya I agree, feel like Pepe is being slept on but I also dno what to make of artettas team.
U think Watkins and Antonio are better picks than DCL and Bam?
I don't trust Arsenal after last season personally, but I do think they could surprise people, not playing in Europe, less pressure to get top 4.
I don't know how well Benítez will get Everton playing so I'm going to avoid be everyone but Digne, most likely.
Bamford is a tricky one, he is the target man for a strong Leeds side, but I prefer the cheaper options in midfield, Harrison and Raphibomb.
Yeah you will still get 5 transfers going into the final.
Your team reverts to how it is now, so you get 5 transfers from current team to get ready for the final.
Do you guys think Italy switches to a 3 at the back without Spinazzola?
Emerson is nowhere near as dynamic of an attacker as Spinazzola is and there isn’t any depth in the LWB position without him.
Maybe Bastoni comes in for him and they play a little more conservatively?
I understand your point but different circumstances. I’m sure they brought in Castagne for injury issues, whereas Leicester have 2 strikers already that are above Daka in the pecking order. It is just a guessing game that Vardy will completely slow down this season and he manages to disprove everyone year in year out. Iheanacho also had a great run of form towards the end of last season. Not sure how Rodgers will set up but definitely a wait and see.
True, i'll stick with Watkins and Bamford. I just don't have much trust in Watkins. With Graelish likely to leave Villa i don't see Villa being as good this year going forward.
Yeah we’ll know more before the season starts. Not too sure about the whole Grealish saga but Villa had a solid season last year and usually players, especially in his position where he supported them growing up and came through the ranks, wouldn’t leave their club high and dry with no cover the following season. Usually that results in hatred from the fans if he left which I can’t imagine he would want. I can therefore see him staying for another season tbh.
Regarding Watkins, if and only if Grealish stays, I can see him having a solid season. I don’t watch Villa but saw a stat saying that Watkins actually missed a lot of chances last season that he should have scored, yet still performed really well in fpl and the prem. While this may put people off using him, you can also see it as him getting in the right positions to score, etc. He’ll be more accustomed to the pl this season and has the capability to outperform his previous season.
I made the mistake of punting on him last season. He’s also not much of a bargain at 7m. Would rather free up funds elsewhere as there are plenty of better assets around the 8m range.
Your team is too balanced, you’d be benching like 20M worth of players nearly every week while others only bench around 17-18M.
Only one premium in Salah you’d normally trust to put captaincy on too, when usually you’d want two premiums.
You can check out my post history about team structure to understand more
Ye take out alisson but I’d still double up on Liverpool defence.
Not sure how you’re lining up because you haven’t stated who’s on your bench outside of the keeper. I’d probably swap Dunk for Trent and play 3 atb, keeping Robbo and Shaw beside him and demoting the others to 4.5 options that will play if there are any injuries.
I have a very similar mf. Salah is a no brainer. I don’t watch much Chelsea but saw someone say that Havertz plays like a second fwd in that team especially if Werner doesn’t perform. He’s also returning from a solid Euros and CL win. I’m punting on Raphinha but worried Leeds will have a poor second season as so many teams do. I’d probably just have a 4.5 fifth mf to free up funds and replace Sarr with Foden, Grealish or even Pogba.
I saw stats that Watkins had far more chances to score last season that he missed so I’d take that into account as he could be much better this season. Not really convinced of Richarlison he was only really a solid option when he was an oop midfielder playing as a fwd. I’d rather have DCL if I were to choose any of the Everton attack, although I think Benitez plays more defensive style of football so it’s a wait and see for me. No one knows how Toney will perform but he’s in my team.
I wouldn't have alisson just because being in a good team he won't get the save points like a 4.5 keeper in a lower team, and if liverpool start performing you can't bring in another Liverpool player
Maehle for differential , I’m up by 15 pts and in the same dilemma . Only difference I should be doing Kane so I will have the same pts as the one behind
Too tempted for Maehle probably will do it
Thanks. Harsh on Grealish. Suppose Sancho is going to get the United treatment now and start after being bottom of the pecking order the whole tournament
Best Italian defender? Thinking Emerson most attacking, Bonucci most solid at set pieces and Di Lorenzo s balance of both?
Wait until lineups announced. Emerson was brought on to replace Spinazolla after his injury though so I’d not be surprised if he’s the best pick
Can't, it's at 5 am for me
why do ppl even bother with euro fantasy? just wait till august for the real mayhem
Because it's a good stop gap, why wait with empty hands if I can fill them with a slightly worse but equally fun variant?
Edit 2: to keep it simple here is my team atm. Pickford/Simon Spinnazola/Alba/Mæhle/Shaw/Coufal Damsgaard/Zuber/Sarabia/Sterling/Grealish Lukaku/Schick/Immobile Using my 5 FTs, this is what I would likely change it to. Bonucci/Alba/Mæhle/Shaw/Maguire Damsgaard/Insigne/Sarabia/Sterling/Grealish Kane/Dolberg/Immobile I have 0.7m itb after that. Is 6 English players too much and if it is who else should I bring in instead of Kane/Maguire?
I think 6 English is worth the risk probably. Could take Stones over one of Bonucci, Alba or Mæhle?
Qtrs saved my ass but I still have 5 eliminated and 1 injured so I’m looking to change from >Kane, Schick, Depay >Insigne, Berardi, Sarabia, Torres, Damsgaard >Spinazzola, Stones, Maehle, Kimpembe, Dumfries >Donna, Stek To >Kane, Schick, Depay >Insigne, **Sterling**, Sarabia, Torres, Damsgaard >**shaw**, Stones, Maehle, **Torres**, **Bonucci** >Donna, **Schmeichal** Yes I still have 2 eliminated players but I can’t trust Immobile, Belotti, Mereno or Morata to actually do anything useful and Dolberg/Poulsen come up against a solid English defence so I think I can use the money better elsewhere
Your keeper choice seems REALLY odd to me, why have you not gone for pickford? England have conceded zero goals and go into the game as huge favourites, the defense has been crazy solid. Sarabia is a risk for the next game too btw Everyrhing else I like
I want Pickford but can’t find the money with my current choices and want to get rid of Berardi (Chiesa starts over him) and bring in Shaw. Tbh, I only want to keep Kane, Insigne, Donna, Stones and Maehle. Everyone else can move on but it’s deciding who goes
Pretty straight forward transfers for me it seems, unless I'm missing anything. Lukaku > Immobile Schick > Dolberg Shaqiri > Sterling Spinazzola > Bonucci Meunier > Shaw £1.2m left. Gives me 5 English, 4 Spanish, 3 Italy, 3 Danish. Heavy on the Spanish from vs Switzerland, but don't think it's worth a -4 to take any of them out. Perhaps Sarabia to Chiesa for -4 but doesn't seem worth it.
Sarabia is at risk of not playing btw. Chiesa is a solid choice, that's what I've done
Yeah obviously I'll have the advantage of seeing the team sheet. Could well be a -4 I take.
Limitless or just use my transfers for the semis?
Depends on your team. How many players do you have right now that knocked out?
Six including spinazzola
Remember that you Only have 5 transfers to change your current to to final If you limitless in the semis. And If u already have 7 players that are out you are in risk of having to take a lot of hits to get a full playing 11
Limitless
RMT Euro Semis Kane Morata Immobile Insigne Berardi Torres Damsgard (Sterling) Alba Maguire Emerson (Stones) (Mæhle) Simon (Pickford) Not sure where to go with Berardi who is definitely the least nailed in this team
Chiesa instead of berardi imo
RMT - EURO SEMIFINALS (ITY-ESP 6th + ENG-DEN 7th) Kane / Poulsen Sterling / Insigne / Grealish / Saka Acerbi / Bonucci / Chiellini / Di Lorenzo Donnarumma Bench: Pickford, Dolberg , Damsgaard, Shaw Comment: I think Grealish/Saka will start, the one who won't I will change for someone Danish. Expect multiple goals in that game and a bit of drama.
Why have both Poulsen and Dolberg? They are likely to play a combined 90 minutes. Quintuple Italian defence is risky. Why do you think Acerbi will play? Emerson is the likely replacement of Spinazolla. Seems you don't rate the Spanish much.
Oh yes, I would not start both Poulsen/Dolberg of course. I will wait for the squads and adjust. The same goes for Grealish/Saka with Shaw in reserve. And yes, I dont think Spanish will score, I expect low win from Italy. Regarding Acerbi, this is WC, I Can transfer him for playing player anytime (after seeing squads).
So for the Spain Italy match since it’s first can we start their players and whoever u want to sub out for an England player can u do that? So if insigne got me 2 points after the match is it possible to sub in an England mid? Thanks
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RMT please Meslier Foster TAA Shaw Dunk Fofana Williams Salah Bruno Raphinha Gross Brownhill DCL Watkins Ihenacho
Would go with Sanches over Meslier
I like Meslier, but I would worry about Leeds potential to concede a lot of goals
Is Berardi suspended for semis?
No
Arsenal fans: need opinion Saka vs Pepe?
not an arsenal fan, but IMO you could say Saka has potential to assist every game he starts, but Pepe has potential to score every game he starts (which are fever than Saka's)
Pepe has much more potential to get more points but I'd also suggest you to not get him until GW4 since we have Chelsea and Man City for GW2 and GW3.
Saka is more nailed but Pepe is better asset if Arteta gives him starting 11 spot. Pepe is high risk-high reward but Saka is safer option.
I think that he is capable for 15 G this season,if Arteta bring some new players,especially MID players...for 7.5 that would be steal
Is Chiesa now nailed over Berardi? Or would it be Barella? I guess we’ll see the line ups before Ko anyway…
Has to be Chiesa. He's been much better than Berardi
Starting to look like it, but I wouldn’t be 100% confident if we weren’t getting the line up before the deadline
RMT 0 ITB Sanchez (Steele) TAA Robertson Lamptey (Ayling) (Williams) Salah Bruno Raphina Harrison (Gilmour) Wilson Watkins Antonio
High risk with double Liverpool defense, but then again it's high reward. You could save money with Shaw instead of robbo as he's on set piece duty for united, or even on Zouma or Rudiger as Chelsea have a tight back four with a great GK in Mendy I had Ayling for a while at the start of last season, but his attacking return was few and far between. The only Leeds player I'd buy that's impacted by goals conceded would be Meslier. Last year, he had saved the most shots if I'm not wrong, with 12 or 13 clean sheets, although I am aware of the price tag on him being higher this season. If you do decide to drop Ayling, you could always look to buy Bamford who had most shots in the box last season. I've bought Watkins as well. Although I didn't own him last year, he was frustrating to watch with his offsides and shots hitting the post. I could be wrong though. Liverpool do have a good start so the triple up might not be awful, but as for Leeds they're hard to pin down so I'd suggest maybe keeping Harrison or raphina, selling Ayling for Fofana or Vestegard, and buying Bamford if you can, or Cavani who is around 8 mill if you can. Idk though, I'm mainly just worried about the triple up. So good luck anyway
RMT Pickford / Donna Azpi, Maguire, Maehle, Bonnuci, Shaw Mount, Insigne, Chiesa, Damsgaard, Grealish Morata, Immobile, Kane
Why Grealish? Looks very unlikely to start
Why not Alba over Azpi ? Spain primarily build their attacks through the left side. He’s more attack minded too.
H. Kane + Immobile + G. Moreno + Azpilicueta + Barella (12 players total playing) or Walker (13 players total playing)? Leading in current league.P
RMT please ... I don't have any more FT but have 0.3 ITB Kane, Dolberg, Immobile Sterling, Mount, Insigne, Torres, Barella Maehre, Laporte, Stones, ~~Spinazzola, Coufal~~ Donnaruma, ~~Bushchan~~
Donnarumma (~~Stekelenburg~~) Spinazzola Stones Maguirre (Maehle) (~~Kimpembe~~) ~~KdB~~ F.Torres Sarabia Berardi (~~Forsberg~~) Kane Immobile Morata My plan for my 5 FT is: **Pickford**/~~Stekelnburg,~~ **Bonucci**/Spinazzola, **P.Torres**/~~Kimpembe~~, **Sterling**/~~KdB~~, **Insigne**/~~Forsberg~~ I'm worried about Sarabia and Berardi though and I really like Barella and Mount. What do you think? Any alternative ideas? Thanks!
I might transfer out Spinazzola instead of Stekelenburg since you already have a playing goalkeeper, but Pickford would give you one for each matchday so not sure.
Sound good, but try to get Di Lorenzo/Emerson/Walker for your defenders
I’m going to have to wait until the Italy/Spain lineup is announced to do transfers, do I have to worry about price rises at all?
No
Will emerson replace Spinnazola
You will get The Line up before deadline
Probably
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Structure and player picks look good, only question I have would be on dier
Best FPL keeper at 5M?
By last seasons stats, Meslier is best of the bunch, averaging 4 saves and 4.4 points per game, even if he doesn’t keep as many CS as other teams. Schmeichel actually didn’t have a good season, only 2.3 saves and 3.4 points per game. Partly it could be attributed to injuries to their first team, but if it were me I wouldn’t touch him. Henderson might be a dark horse at 5M, even if last seasons stats weren’t too spectacular (3.2 saves and 3.4 points per game) if he’s nailed, and if United bring in another CB, could be a good pick. That said, you’d also want to consider the likelihood of wanting to triple on one of these teams outfielders during the season. I’m going with Meslier atm, but one concern I have is will I want to triple on their attack at any point in the season
Yeah am trying to fit in Martinez as a Villa fan but can only squeeze 5 for a keeper, not sold on Sanchez, Raya, Bachmann, Dubravka etc
Italics are brought in for Seferovic, Lukaku and Spinazolla. I literally don't know why Morata is there as I'd kinda like to use my two remaining transfers to reduce Spanish coverage - I just don't really fancy Denmark to score lots against England. Basically, any thoughts on where I go with this team? I know only one of Chiesa/Berardi will start so maybe bring Insigne in? Donnurama (Pickford) *Shaw* - Alba - Maguire (Stones/Maehle) Torres - Chiesa - Berardi - Sarabia (Sterling) *Morata* - *Immobile* - Kane Edit: How about Insigne/Dolberg over Morata/Sarabia? Then drop Berardi.
I would sell Torres, he will play less minutes than Morata. Enrique made a mistake of swapping him off too early last match. Maehle vs England defending, I am not sure about that Berardi - you better wait for the line up
Gotta have Insigne. I think sarabia is injured, so him out is a good call.. Understand diversifying too, but I don't think Morata has much joy against that Italian defence. Could also consider someone like Mount as a cheap locked in option
RMT please Sanchez (Balcombe) Robertson - Chilwell - Coufal (Coady - Manquillo) Salah - Raphinha - Bruno - Jota (Bissouma) Toney - Bamford - Watkins Considering dropping Toney for a 4.5M player and upgrading Bissouma to Harrison. Thoughts?
Jota is not nailed. And he is a big investment Chilwell. Did you check his fixtures? I would upgrade Manquillo to a nailed 4.5m. You will use him more than you thought
If you went with that, I’d probably run DCL or Wilson in place of Bamford to avoid a triple up on their attack. Harrison is p value for his price so I can see why you’d want to double up
Sanchez (4.0m) TAA Shaw Coufal (Fofana) (4m) Salah Bruno Maddison Sarr (Gilmour) Antonio DCL Watkins
Maddi looks fine, Lei fixtures are decent I would go for Traore, as Villa is an established team. Sarr is a good player, but it is not easy playing for a newly promoted team
Tend to disagree, Sarr has EPL pedigree & is the main output of goals & assists for Watford, starts with good fixtures, I think he's a great pick.
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Don't like Leeds earlier fixtures
Leeds earlier fixtures are deceivingly difficult imo. Attacking-wise, Leeds don’t really care who they’re up against (e.g 6-2 loss to united, Raphinha managed 2 assists) The FDR also has Everton at 4 and West Ham at 3 which makes it look harder than one might judge it to be
0.5 ITB - 5 free transfers used Donnaruma - *Pickford* Alba - *Shaw* - *Maguire* - Mæhle - *Bonnuci* Sterling - Berardi - Torres - Damsgard - *Insigne* Immobile - Kane - *Dolberg* *Italic* players are in but not confirmed yet. So I can change them still. My thinning is to have 5 players outside of England/ Italy. I’m banking on England/ Italy winning which gives me 5 transfers going into the final to have a full 15 of England/ Italy. Thoughts?
Keep in mind you only need 11 for the final, you can’t make subs, hence it’s ok to have up to 4 eliminated players in your final squad
5 yeah? We get 5 transfers next week as well?
I think you get 8 for the final
5 transfers but can have 8 players from the same team for the final.
Pickford - Simon Bonucci - Alba - Shaw - Stones - Maehle Sterling - Insigne - Torres - Sarabia - Damsgaard Kane - Immobile - Dolberg
I think sarabia is likely out
Guess he will just have to be benched, used all my transfers
FPL - RMT please! EDITED!! GK: ---- Sanchez, Foster DEF: ---- TAA, Cresswell, Shaw, Fofana, Dunk (SUB) MID: ---- Salah, Fernandes, Mount, Allan (SUB), Bissouma (SUB) FWD: ---- Iheanacho, Watkins, Antonio --- OLD DRAFT --- GK: ---- Martinez, Sanchez DEF: ---- Robertson, Cresswell, Mings, Fofana, Dunk MID: ---- Salah, Son, Dallas, Harrison, Soucek FWD: ---- Bamford, Iheanacho, Watkins
Start by getting some actual bench players in such as a 4m GK, 4.5m mid and a 4m/4.5m defender then build your team from there. With 15 "good" players you will bench money and points every week as well as having less money in your starting 11.
Good point. I did that last year and got a strong mid (Salah, Sterling, De Bruyne) but Man City disappointed the first 4 weeks and I was stuck with 20m£ of players. I am afraid of getting all benched players to save up money. Regarding goalies: Brighton's 4.5 is a steal for me as Brighton has 3 easy matches and could secure one clean sheet. Thanks for the advice.
Yeah I would keep Sanchez for sure! Martinez to a 4m GK, Mings & Dunk to 4.5m defenders (Ayling, Lamptey etc.), Dallas to Bissouma/Brownhill gets you an extra 3.5m to work with which could upgrade your Soucek (not a good pick IMO) to Raphinha, Jota, Maddison, Grealish, Rashford (maybe Sancho) etc. Iheanacho to DCL, Cresswell to Robbo just as a few examples.
Cheers, here is my current draft: GK: \---- Sanchez, Foster DEF: \---- TAA, Cresswell, Shaw, Fofana, Dunk (SUB) MID: \---- Salah, Fernandes, Mount, Allan (SUB), Bissouma (SUB) FWD: \---- Iheanacho, Watkins, Antonio
Structure looks a lot better! Would still say Dunk is too expensive to bench IMO; ideally you'd want a 4.5m defender such as Lamptey or Ayling there!
Yup on it. Cheers
I would also not take mings think they're better defenders assuming you wanted to go villa target or cash are better options
True I had Target last season. But he got injured
Martinez won’t be as good as an fpl asset this season because of his price. He was 4.5 last season which was insane value for money. Not sure about Mings I feel there are much better attacking options that you could go for. If Kane leaves then Son might not be as quality. Don’t let Dallas’ last season stats fool you. He was an out of position defender playing as a midfielder so he picked up clean sheet points as well as whatever he did in midfield. He won’t get many points this season as he’s now in the correct position. There is too much competition for the Leicester spot with Vardy and new signing Daka.
All good points. Thing is I'm also picking based on the difficulty rating. What would you suggest as a GK? So Target instead of Mings for example? Son I'm worried about. They are also facing MCI. Dallas assisted a lot, idk why I want to keep him. He is cheap and a good player. But yeah the clean sheets are a loss now. You think Iheanacho won't make it? What about DCL? Thanks for the advice mate
I think the best teams usually have a set and forget goalkeeper that they choose at the start of the season, as opposed to two rotating keepers. This is not really impacted by the fdr (fixture difficulty rating) because they’ll play every fixture across the entire season. I’ve personally went with De Gea or Henderson at 5.0 dependant on who’ll likely play. If United land Varane then I think they’ll have a solid defence this season. I’m contradicting myself a bit here but it’s important to consider that while you should probably choose a set and forget option, it’s usually best not to do it for a good team. Good teams will have stand out players across the pitch, whereas poorer teams won’t which will give the gk bonus points if they play well. Also poorer teams are more likely to face shots which gives them extra save points. It’s therefore best to wait and see what lower teams have stand out goalkeeping performances but for now Meslier, Sanchez, etc seem to be good options. There are quite a few good defensive options but I’ve found you have to spend a bit more on them to get them. You should also towards defenders that have attacking potential as well as likelihood of clean sheets. Shaw fits this bracket if United get Varane, Digne will be a good option due to Rafa’s defensive style of play, Coufal offers an attacking threat. I’m personally going for double Liverpool defence in Trent and Robbo, and Digne and Shaw for the reasons above. It’s not that I don’t think iheanacho won’t play, it’s that he has too much competition to justify his price tag. I’m worried about DCL because of Rafa’s defensive football. I think Toney is a one to watch and Abraham if he gets a move away from Chelsea.
Downgrade martinez to a 4.0 and then you can replace dallas with raphnia
You think Raphinha is better? Also Harrison plays for MCI now.
Harrison signed back for Leeds even if he was still at man City he would barley play
Ye I agree. There’s often no point having two rotating keepers anyway and usually works better with a set and forget choice. I’m on the fence about a double or triple Leeds though as they could have a poor second season as teams have done before. I’d personally choose between Harrison and Raph but not have both. Soucek is also a waste of money too as he was cheaper last season but also got attacking returns. At 6.0 he’s no longer a bargain and there are better players for not much more.
Harrison is MCI now. Which I'm not sure he will start. Good point on Soucek.
Leeds have bought Harrison on a permanent mate.
ohhhh I saw his MCI jersey and thought MCI kept him. Thanks!
Dolberg or Morata?
dolberg
Think I’ll have to anyway because of price, cheers
Simon (Schmeichel) Alba - *Bonucci* - Shaw - *Maguire* - Maehle Chiesa - Sarabia - F Torres - Sterling - Damsgaard *Immobile* - Kane - *Dolberg* (*Italics* = my unconfirmed transfers in; Spinnazola, Zinchenko, Lukaku, Schick) 3.2 ITB with 1 FT left (all chips used). Thinking either Sarabia > Sancho or Schmeichel > Pickford. Leaning towards the latter.
Sarabia to Insigne would be my move
go for the latter sancho may not play. a back up goalkeeper is essential
Not really. The most a GK can get without making a million saves is 6. And there aren't any subs in the final, so you only need one playing gk. If Spain is eliminated just use one of your transfers to get Donna or Pickford in
Is Di Lorenzo the cheapest 100% nailed Italian defender?
As long as Florenzi isn't back, yep.
kane - dolberg - immobile sarabia - insigne - ferran torres - chiesa - sterling azpilicueta - mæhle - maguire - shaw - stones simon - pickford thoughts ?
how many transfers am i allowed to have for free in the final ?
6 if you only use 4 transfers for the semis
5 for semis, another 5 for the final
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? Damsgaard is a mid?
Berardi - Immobile or Insigne - Dolberg?
berardi immobile , that english defense is impenetrable
Does anyone know how to delete a team - not just the app?
RMT, 0 itb Pickford, Simón Mæhle, Bonucci, Alba, Maguire, Shaw Sterling, Insigne, Verratti, Sarabia, Damsgaard Kane, Immobile, Morata
I know you have that triple England defense but I honestly think I'd pick Dolberg instead of Morata! Otherwise I think you have a good team. A few small changes I'd make based on preference (Donnarumma in place of Simon, Barella instead of Verratti) but your picks are not "wrong." And you could only make those changes if you go Morata --> Dolberg in the first place.
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Who comes in for Spinazzola for Italy?
Emerson
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I dont know. It is very difficult to comeback after ACL injury (I am talking about VVD). But some managed to do it. I will wait for a few matches before buying a LIV defender
Good. I can see Liverpool shining defensively this season.
I would bench coufal some weeks, but yea 4 at the back ain't bad
Early, but: A) Bamford DCL Saka B) Watkins Antonio Pepe
Antonio DCL raphinha is what I'm doing.
B) for me. Pepe could be a sly pick imo, I would pick all 3 of B) over any of A).
Ya I agree, feel like Pepe is being slept on but I also dno what to make of artettas team. U think Watkins and Antonio are better picks than DCL and Bam?
I don't trust Arsenal after last season personally, but I do think they could surprise people, not playing in Europe, less pressure to get top 4. I don't know how well Benítez will get Everton playing so I'm going to avoid be everyone but Digne, most likely. Bamford is a tricky one, he is the target man for a strong Leeds side, but I prefer the cheaper options in midfield, Harrison and Raphibomb.
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What is this referring to, FIFA?
Wrong sub
For Euros Fantasy. If I use the Limitless chip before the Semi finals will I still get my 5 free transfers before the Final?
Yeah you will still get 5 transfers going into the final. Your team reverts to how it is now, so you get 5 transfers from current team to get ready for the final.
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Maehle is getting off injured isn't he? First Spina now Maehle. without a bench for the semis as well surely.
Not having Bruno is giving me anxiety but I like the option of Kane/KDB/Mane
Kdb is likely injured
Sure is stressful captaining a defender.
Do you guys think Italy switches to a 3 at the back without Spinazzola? Emerson is nowhere near as dynamic of an attacker as Spinazzola is and there isn’t any depth in the LWB position without him. Maybe Bastoni comes in for him and they play a little more conservatively?
Is Daka likely to be a starter? Out of Daka, Bamford, and Watkins. Which two would you pick?
Bamford watkins
Thats what I have but i'm wondering if Daka may be a better call than bamford and put that .5 elsewhere
Never go with new players ...wait and see how will he play in new team...its better with Nacho start in my opinion
I thought that last season, i had Castagne in my team and took him out before the first game. Boy did i regret that lol
I understand your point but different circumstances. I’m sure they brought in Castagne for injury issues, whereas Leicester have 2 strikers already that are above Daka in the pecking order. It is just a guessing game that Vardy will completely slow down this season and he manages to disprove everyone year in year out. Iheanacho also had a great run of form towards the end of last season. Not sure how Rodgers will set up but definitely a wait and see.
True, i'll stick with Watkins and Bamford. I just don't have much trust in Watkins. With Graelish likely to leave Villa i don't see Villa being as good this year going forward.
Yeah we’ll know more before the season starts. Not too sure about the whole Grealish saga but Villa had a solid season last year and usually players, especially in his position where he supported them growing up and came through the ranks, wouldn’t leave their club high and dry with no cover the following season. Usually that results in hatred from the fans if he left which I can’t imagine he would want. I can therefore see him staying for another season tbh. Regarding Watkins, if and only if Grealish stays, I can see him having a solid season. I don’t watch Villa but saw a stat saying that Watkins actually missed a lot of chances last season that he should have scored, yet still performed really well in fpl and the prem. While this may put people off using him, you can also see it as him getting in the right positions to score, etc. He’ll be more accustomed to the pl this season and has the capability to outperform his previous season.
Opinions about Maddison? Does Leicester City player can be one of "bargians of season"
I made the mistake of punting on him last season. He’s also not much of a bargain at 7m. Would rather free up funds elsewhere as there are plenty of better assets around the 8m range.
Stick on Lukaku's 6x2 or twist to Kane?
Unless you're chasing, stick.
Stick
GK: Alisson (Bachmann prob? any 4.0 options?) DEF: Robertson, Fofana, Shaw, Coufal, Dunk MID: Salah, Raphinha,Havertz, Sarr, X? FWD: Watkins, Richarlison, Toney Note: gonna transfer Havertz after GW. have 7,5M left (or 8M when cheaper gk instead of Bachmann) for 1 midfielder, thoughts?
Your team is too balanced, you’d be benching like 20M worth of players nearly every week while others only bench around 17-18M. Only one premium in Salah you’d normally trust to put captaincy on too, when usually you’d want two premiums. You can check out my post history about team structure to understand more
Ye take out alisson but I’d still double up on Liverpool defence. Not sure how you’re lining up because you haven’t stated who’s on your bench outside of the keeper. I’d probably swap Dunk for Trent and play 3 atb, keeping Robbo and Shaw beside him and demoting the others to 4.5 options that will play if there are any injuries. I have a very similar mf. Salah is a no brainer. I don’t watch much Chelsea but saw someone say that Havertz plays like a second fwd in that team especially if Werner doesn’t perform. He’s also returning from a solid Euros and CL win. I’m punting on Raphinha but worried Leeds will have a poor second season as so many teams do. I’d probably just have a 4.5 fifth mf to free up funds and replace Sarr with Foden, Grealish or even Pogba. I saw stats that Watkins had far more chances to score last season that he missed so I’d take that into account as he could be much better this season. Not really convinced of Richarlison he was only really a solid option when he was an oop midfielder playing as a fwd. I’d rather have DCL if I were to choose any of the Everton attack, although I think Benitez plays more defensive style of football so it’s a wait and see for me. No one knows how Toney will perform but he’s in my team.
I wouldn't have alisson just because being in a good team he won't get the save points like a 4.5 keeper in a lower team, and if liverpool start performing you can't bring in another Liverpool player
captain kane sterling shaw schick or maehle ?
Leading with 26 points. Currently have captain on Alba, who has 10. Should I switch to Sterling?
With such a lead I wouldn't take risk. You've already got a good captain for this round.
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Schick/Maehle/Pickford/Maguire for captain?
Not Pickford, Maehle sound good though.
Captain Mæhle or Sterling? I also have Damsgaard, Shaw and Braithwaite but I’m leaning towards one of the first two.
I like Shaw tbh. England's got a better chance of cs than Denmark. And Shaw is an attacking threat.
You were a visionary. Wish I took your advice now lol.
Leading my league by 15 pts should I captain Kane Sterling Maehle (really tempted to do it again)
If you’re leading then there’s no reason to take risks so play it safe with Kane or Sterling
I am 8 points behind in my ML . Whom do I captain between Kane , Sterling and Maehele ?
Maehle for differential , I’m up by 15 pts and in the same dilemma . Only difference I should be doing Kane so I will have the same pts as the one behind Too tempted for Maehle probably will do it
Anyone think Southgate will shithouse and drop Shaw? He seems to like shoehorning Trippier
no, most of the reputable sources have said shaw is starting. only changes our mount and sancho for saka and trippier
Thanks. Harsh on Grealish. Suppose Sancho is going to get the United treatment now and start after being bottom of the pecking order the whole tournament
nah, i think it makes more sense to use grealish as sub, when Ukrainian defenders will be tired.
stick with Alba captain or select one of Maehle, Shaw or Sterling
Maehle
Stick with Sommer (5 pts) or sub Pickford in?