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Maybe a dumb question, but how can you change the sequence of your substitutes?

Im sure it was drag & drop previously, but that doesn't work now.
 

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Maybe a dumb question, but how can you change the sequence of your substitutes?

Im sure it was drag & drop previously, but that doesn't work now.
Click, ”substitute”, click which player you want to change places with.
 

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The mental energy committed to this in the last few days is driving me crazy!

Having Salah and Sterling - worth the gamble?

I have Ryan / Heaton in goal and a back line of Robertson Van Dijk and Wan-Bissaka.

1) Martial Sterling B.Silva Perez Salah with Wilson upfront

or

2) Martial Sterling B.Silva Perez DeBruyne (or other ) with Firminho upfront

The latter would give me an extra 1.5 in the bank - can't get Alisson / Ederson / De Gea as have 3 from Liverpool / United and City. Where to spend that 1.5m?

This is too hard.

Kane / Aubemayang and DeBruyne is surely better than Salah and Wilson?
 
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----------------Ryan
---Holebas - Ake - Robertson
Martial - Sterling - Fraser - Salah
----------Rashford - Jimenez - Jota


What do you think, lads? I consider getting Walker-Peters but don't know if for Holebas or Ake.
 

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I have the following 11, good balance or nah?

Patricio

AWB-VVD-Digne-Ake

Sigurdsson-De Bruyne-Salah-Martial

Jota-Aubemeyang

Martial seems like good value at 7.5 consider Ole might play him as a striker, Sigurdsson over Richarlison because of set-pieces and Aubemeyang will be Arsenal's main man.

I have avoided Chelsea players now until Seeing how they line up or is Pulisic worth the punt given his low price and the need for creativity to come from somewhere, I think he might be their main man.
 

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Cancelo is great value, right? 5.5.
 

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The mental energy committed to this in the last few days is driving me crazy!

Having Salah and Sterling - worth the gamble?

I have Ryan / Heaton in goal and a back line of Robertson Van Dijk and Wan-Bissaka.

1) Martial Sterling B.Silva Perez Salah with Wilson upfront

or

2) Martial Sterling B.Silva Perez DeBruyne (or other ) with Firminho upfront

The latter would give me an extra 1.5 in the bank - can't get Alisson / Ederson / De Gea as have 3 from Liverpool / United and City. Where to spend that 1.5m?

This is too hard.

Kane / Aubemayang and DeBruyne is surely better than Salah and Wilson?
Not sure you need KDB, B. Silva and Sterling. I’m going with Salah and Sterling as there is too much of a chance of Salah scoring big points given how easy Liverpool’s start is. Plus it’s normally easier to take him out if he’s not playing well, than adding him in later.
 

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I am going with:

Alisson / Button
Robertson / Ake / Walker-Peters / Wan-Bissaka / Cancelo
De Bruyne / Sigurdsson / Perez / Martial / Barkley
King / Rashford / Firmino

Plenty of options.
 

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I am going with:

Alisson / Button
Robertson / Ake / Walker-Peters / Wan-Bissaka / Cancelo
De Bruyne / Sigurdsson / Perez / Martial / Barkley
King / Rashford / Firmino

Plenty of options.
That’s a great squad, but surely you’re just going to have too many wasted points on your bench each week! Rotation decision nightmares
 

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That’s a great squad, but surely you’re just going to have too many wasted points on your bench each week! Rotation decision nightmares
I will have lots of headaches but some of them will probably be rotated.
 

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Not really, if the plan is to rotate him and Walker. I would wait a few rounds to see how much he'll play.
Well it works for me because I have a team of 14 players who are likely to play. He doesn’t get on field, he gets replaced by someone good anyway.
 

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Robertson
Aké
AWB

Bernardo Silva
McGinn
Mané
Doucouré

Haller
Aubameyang
Firmino

Bench: Button, Kelly, McArthur, Lascelles

Think I have an alright team. Did it in seconds, will look to improve it at some point today if I can find the time.
 

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I’ve gone defence heavy this time around

Henderson
Digne, Robertson, VanDijk, Laporte, Zinchenko
Mane, Sterling, Sigursson, Tielemans
Rashford

Weak bench but hoping they want be called upon with my first team pretty much nailed on starters....Zinchenko might slip behind Mendy after recovering from injury. Thoughts?
 

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DDG

Robertson
Aké
AWB

Bernardo Silva
McGinn
Mané
Doucouré

Haller
Aubameyang
Firmino

Bench: Button, Kelly, McArthur, Lascelles

Think I have an alright team. Did it in seconds, will look to improve it at some point today if I can find the time.
Don’t go double United defence... At least wait and see.
 
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Allison​
Digne Ake VVD Dunk​
Tielemans B.Silva Sterling Mouthino
Augero Jiminez
Bench: Ryan, Cathcart, Perez, Greenwood

Thoughts? I have 0.5 left
 

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Allison​
Digne Ake VVD Dunk​
Tielemans B.Silva Sterling Mouthino
Augero Jiminez
Bench: Ryan, Cathcart, Perez, Greenwood

Thoughts? I have 0.5 left
No need for a 4.5 GK when you have Allison. Perez should start which makes Tielemans/Moutinho redundant. Use the cahs to upgrade Dunk/Ake
 

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I have to remove Perez because everyone in our league has him. No idea who to replace him with though, I have no spare funds.
 

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I have to remove Perez because everyone in our league has him. No idea who to replace him with though, I have no spare funds.
Pereyra had good spells last season. Grealish as a punt. Possibility that Perez ends up one of those that everyone hypes up before the season then is a letdown anyway.

Maybe look towards an extra defender instead? More bang for your buck there.
 

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Aguero or Aubameyang?

I can save an extra 1m on Aubameyang to use elsewhere but Aguero. Both got 201/205 points last season. Both very close.
 

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Aguero or Aubameyang?

I can save an extra 1m on Aubameyang to use elsewhere but Aguero. Both got 201/205 points last season. Both very close.
I'd always be comfortable captaining Aguero, Auba not so much
 

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Mine is

Pickford (Heaton)
Robertson VVD AWB Walker-Peters (Lundstram)
Salah (C) Moura Siggurdson Martial (Drinkwater)
Kane King (Greenwood)

Can't decide whether to go with Ake or Walker-Peters.
I'm leaning towards the latter at the moment, expecting him to get a lot more game time this year.

The rest I think is pretty solid and Martial playing up top hopefully has a decent season.
You shouldn't bother playing if you're unable to remove the United blinkers. Having zero players from the best team in the league is insane.

I am going with:

Alisson / Button
Robertson / Ake / Walker-Peters / Wan-Bissaka / Cancelo
De Bruyne / Sigurdsson / Perez / Martial / Barkley
King / Rashford / Firmino

Plenty of options.
Looks pretty but it looks like you've focused on assembling the best squad rather than optimising points.
 

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Aguero or Aubameyang?

I can save an extra 1m on Aubameyang to use elsewhere but Aguero. Both got 201/205 points last season. Both very close.

I kept auba, aguerro and rashy up top. Went for left backs and right backs to fill my back 3 to get my forward line up stacked up.
 

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Pre deadline panic kicked in. Sterling & Wilson out in latest draft. Looking like this

Ryan (Button

KWP / TAA / Digne / Zinchenko (Rico)

Salah / KDB / Fraser / Siggy (Dendoncker)

King / Auba (Greenwood)

Pretty settled on 4-4-2 now as a formation. 4 pen takers in there to catch any early season VAR madness. I think Auba is a better captain option over the first 2 than Sterling but it'll likely be Salah for both anyway. Allows me to switch easily to Kane too if he starts off hot.

KWP is a gw1 punt and I'll probably switch to Zouma if he looks nailed for Chelsea.
 
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No need for a 4.5 GK when you have Allison. Perez should start which makes Tielemans/Moutinho redundant. Use the cahs to upgrade Dunk/Ake
Thanks replaced Ake with Alderweireld, swapped Perez for Dunk.
 

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Pre deadline panic kicked in. Sterling & Wilson out in latest draft. Looking like this

Ryan (Button

KWP / TAA / Digne / Zinchenko (Rico)

Salah / KDB / Fraser / Siggy (Dendoncker)

King / Auba (Greenwood)

Pretty settled on 4-4-2 now as a formation. 4 pen takers in there to catch any early season VAR madness. I think Auba is a better captain option over the first 2 than Sterling but it'll likely be Salah for both anyway. Allows me to switch easily to Kane too if he starts off hot.

KWP is a gw1 punt and I'll probably switch to Zouma if he looks nailed for Chelsea.
Very shrewd, I didn't even consider this angle when putting my team together.
 

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For the people with Dunk have you considered Montoya? I don’t watch any Brighton, but apparently he’s been playing as an attacking wing back pre season and doesn’t have any competition for his place.
 

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----------------Ederson
---W.Bissaka - Digne - Robertson
-Martial - B.Silva - A.Perez - Salah
----------Kane - King - Jota


0.5 in the bank as a safety net incase early changes are needed.

Thoughts?
 

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Well it works for me because I have a team of 14 players who are likely to play. He doesn’t get on field, he gets replaced by someone good anyway.
I promise you'll get annoyed about how many points you'll leave on the bench each round. Why not maximize a starting XI, with three starting, but very cheap, players on the bench? I also think it's madness to go without Sterling and Salah.

Good luck to you anyway, refreshing to see something other than a template team.
 

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AWB or Zinchenko?
Very tough one. I'm in the same boat. I've gone for WanB because I have a feeling he'll have a decent start, and I'm covered for City with Ederson.
Also a chance of Zinchenko being rotated isn't there?
 

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I'm torn between TAA and Robertson. Have VVD as my second Pool def.

TAA had a better points per game last season. Apparently more likely to get rotated though. However people see Robertson as the more attacking. So feck knows.
 

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If Perez does well then im fecked! Dont get the hype there tbh, but then again my record at FPL is average at best!
 

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I promise you'll get annoyed about how many points you'll leave on the bench each round. Why not maximize a starting XI, with three starting, but very cheap, players on the bench? I also think it's madness to go without Sterling and Salah.

Good luck to you anyway, refreshing to see something other than a template team.
I went all of last season without Salah and only had Sterling for the final 10-12 games, and I won my league comfortably. Besides they are just boring.

Thing is, even if I released some funds, I wouldn't feel confident investing them in someone else. I could downgrade King by £0.5m, possibly one of Ake/Walker-Peters to a £4.5m defender and perhaps in midfield I could swap Barkley for a £5.0m player and that would give me £2.0m to invest in an upgrade. But I wouldn't even know who to upgrade - I don't see a point upgrading Firmino, it's not enough to upgrade any of my defenders or midfielders to someone materially better.

I was dithering between B. Silva and Sigurdsson but Sigurdsson will play every game and take set pieces. That is better value.

Martial and Rashford are cheap and play for a top 8 team that barely has any pieces to rotate them with. They will be relied on to score goals for United with only Pogba being able to contribute significantly of all other players. I think they are way undervalued. Likewise Barkley - possible penalty taker and a starter for a top 6 team.