Yeah Sancho started only one game vs Ukraine right?Sancho lightly used In Euros?
If Telles out, it’s Shaw or Williams.
Or Phil Jones
.A midfielder in the price range of 5.5-6.5 is much valuable and will provide more points than a striker worth 5.5-6.5. There aren’t any good strikers in that price range except Toney. So go with an extra midfielder rather than starting Welbeck.
Yeah the problem is a 4.5 mid is better than a 4.5 or 5.0 forward.
I think Wood and Barnes from Burley but they score like once in 3-4 games. It’s annoying. If I’m only going to get 2 points consistently I might as well have a 4.5 player who plays often.
'Barnes from Leicester
. Should have said that.Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Wood is going to the Olympics, "woodn't" get him in at the start of the season & for 7.0m there are better options in a similar price range.
Wood scored 2 goals in the Olympics, but I think New Zeeland might go out early.
He is underrated. If it wasn’t for his injury last season he would have easily scored over 150 points.'Barnes from Leicester
Thus 3-5-2 vs 3-4-3, but I go fairly strong on def for potential rotation.
I was thinking for weeks about getting him in. Got him for the double and injured straight away.
I currently have Saint-Maximin as a 6.5 striker, but could upgrade Gilmour to Raphina, Harrision, Saka or Smith-Rowe if I drop Saint-Maximin to a 4,5 striker to sit on my bench.
There are so many in that 5.5-6.5 range: Buendia, Cantwell, Mbeumo, Harrison, Soucek, Saka, Raphinha, Bowen, Trincao, Sarr, Smith Rowe etc. all these are better than a 5.5 striker.
That's a very well rounded team. You're only issue would be the bench. Hopefully you won't need them.Managed to get in Trent. Had to sacrifice Sancho.
The only issue is where does he fit in if they play 3-5-2? They aren’t going to drop Iheanacho cause he was on fire.
Meh. It’s easier to go from a premium to mid price rather than the other way around. So worst case I take a -4 hit and switch out two players.
Cavani, Mahrez and Cancelo aren’t guaranteed to start every game. Also the switches you are talking about is harder to do unless you’re using a wildcard. It ll take less move to move from a premium player to lower priced player rather than the other way around.
I do think they are very nailed for the first month. Cancelo a Pep favorite and no euros, same with Mahrez, little competition for RW and then Cavani who will have a weeks rest pr game for the first month with no CL.
Very very similar to my own. I have Buendia and Bowen where you have Grealish and Soucek. This enables me to have Fofana and Coufal on bench where you have Veltman and LongManaged to get in Trent. Had to sacrifice Sancho.
Yeah I didn’t want too much money sitting on the bench. Veltman is a starter and Brighton have a decent start to the season. I will use a wildcard a few weeks in and change subs so I can use that bench play chip.
Decent XI, though downside is you’ll be cheering on Liverpool each week? … presume with that cost that other four are cheap?
Ps. Havertz. His next five fixtures are Arsenal, Villa, Liverpool, Spurs, City
Digne then swap to a City player from GW7 (when Everton play United)?
I feel that attack got high potential.
Digne out of this list. You could look at Dunk or Coufal or Cresswell too. If you go with the first two you get 0.5m you can use elsewhere!
Toughie but Digne should be solid I'd say. Had him a fair bit last year and he seems to be very good at getting bonus points also
Yeah Arsenal are alright for Havertz I believe. But don't fancy him in the others, so he's definitely a placeholder with decent 2 first games - then I can see whether Kane moves to City, if Sancho kicks off or if Buendia looks good in first game before deciding what to do with Havertz. I think first gw will be all about monitoring new great valuepicks and being ready to move in/out.
Reece James could well be worth a look. Very attacking RB/RWB.
Bench can't be ignored, especially with Covid still lingering, two major tournaments (and Olympics) being played just before the season and the usual risk of rotation and injuries. With that said, I don't want too much tied up on the bench. My current bench is Ayling, White and Gilmour. Players that should be guaranteed minutes if I need them.
I fancy Havertz as a placeholder for a move to a City mid in GW2 as well (Mahrez, Foden, Torres). Obviously not ideal to plan a transfer in but it would be a nice one to make if nothing esle to worry about. Can see Chelsea whooping Palace trying to play attacking football.
No Salah, no Bruno, no Trent, RIP. Lets say Trent is going berserk at the beginning, how do you get him in with one transfer? You can't. Therefore there's another transfer or a 4/8 point hit having to be taken.
I hope you aren't playing Bissouma over players like smith-rowe / toney. 4-4-2 statistically performs worse than 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 also. Apart from that, looks alright if you're happy with Kane > Bruno. If it was me I also would look at replacing Martinez with a 4.5. Yes he had great returns last season & everyone had him, because he was a bargain. Now at 5.5m, he isn't a bargain, Villa also have some nasty fixtures after GW3.
Looks decent, unsure on the Chilwell pick unless you're planning on keeping him long term. Greenwood could be a good punt if he starts the season > Sancho/Cavani, however I feel like there may be better options for players that are nailed on to play e.g. Raphinha, Harrison, Sarr amongst others (which also allows for 1.0/1.5m elsewhere).
