Is Richarlison or Gylfi Sigurdsson better FPL value at £8.0m?

*Too soon

Season doesn’t start for another six week.

I have to say that was my immediate reaction.

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Zinchenko vs Mendy is going to be a very tricky one to gauge and that's enough for me to avoid. 1st time I've seen Firmino too.

I like the double captaincy strategy with S and S.

We've just the thing...

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/06/29/is-it-worth-paying-extra-to-have-digne-over-coleman/

Have both. I am. Then you can decide to downgrade either of them for another decent def if there's no cleanies or attacking returns.

Not considering them until I see how they set up, where Zouma is and what price he gets, and most importantly whether they return to a back 3 to get the best out of Alonso.

Alonso is the key for me.

Yep - I currently have Luiz. But that puts me in a minority as all Chejsea defenders are 10% owned at best

Aside from that Mou season they’ve consistently delivered under a range of managers.

Part of my thinking is to get premium defenders in from a range of clubs. It’ll change of course but this big back 6 has Everton Liverpool City Chelsea Spurs - plenty of attacking potential and minimal exposure to double ups - consistent cs feel probable.

Lloris/Ederson
Vvd TAA Luiz Digne Mendy/Trippier

No, bit up in the air although I’d expect Azpi to be the guaranteed starter.

Definitely interested in him. Become the Siggy of Swansea only for a better team. And on pens!

Leicester theory... He was in unbelievable form back end of last year. Coleman as well.

Of all the fullbacks to start 10 or more games, Only Digne, Trippier and TAA created more chances per 90 than Targett. Courtesy of WHOSCORED

Who will he be competing with?

B an C for me.

D lol. see above

I have Fredericks in at the moment. He's attacking and likely to be more or less nailed now I think. Targett has some decent stats mind you - he'd be the other I'd look at.

B is the one to monitor for me

A or D

A) penalties

Sterling
They're both so evenly matched but sterling does better on the bonus points and hes just that touch cheaper which could come in handy elsewhere

A with Bilva for me

Salah has a busy summer. That puts me off somewhat.

A - better fixtures, likewise/replacements are around the same price, potential penalties

B - can be either Aguero, de Bruyne, although I don’t think they will match him

I think it depends on what you do with your other LIV/MCI spots, and how the funds balance out. Right now, I think Salah/KDB + to LIV defs and Laporte/Ederson looks like the best option. But 3 x LIV defenders and no Salah could be the way to fund Kane.

Currently Sterling - though he feels a bit overpriced

I’m waiting on Mo to get over Afcon and hoping KdB returns to fitness in which case he could be brilliant value paired with Mo.

As it stands I’m compensating for no Mo with both Vardy and Kane

A. top scorer last 2 seasons.

A all day (although I am getting both)

He will want a big season and I expect him to be firing on more cylinders than last season (just a hunch)

Penalties and lack of rotation competition help to nail it further

A with KDB and Kane looks OK for me atm

I'm going Salah and kdb.. I just know that when son is fit il want him in and kdb is the perfect swap without leaving me with spare cash

In the long run yes. But the article pointed out he has a LOT of blanks between those hauls. If you are on board you gotta endure that.

The one thing that would tempt me to Rich is that he has twice started the season in a blaze of glory.

I'm just waiting for Digne to take a penalty in pre season 🙂

Wouldn’t exactly hail Giroud as a king he isn’t that good

IF Burnley go back to how they used to defend and IF Maguire goes to city and IF Giroud starts up front then it's ok. Otherwise too many IF's atm.

VERY similar to mine. I’ve got Ryan, Digne, Gomez and Arnie instead of bur keeper, Maguire, Robbo and Giroud. So yes I like it a lot 🙂

Not at all. Everton never play that system. He just plays striker sometimes. Much better off the wing with DCL to run off though

Kinda template but that doesn't make it bad. Lots of opportunities for points.

I like it - especially the Deulo pick: definitely has potential to do well

Not sure re. Mendy personally of all the MCI defs

The father of modern economics. the OG Adam Smith.

Prehistoric economics that leaves no room to produce public goods and sends people into starvation. Wouldn’t read too much into him

Brave to go with giroud but now without higuain and hazard then someone has to score

Nice team, I would not go with Giroud but rather get Zaha or TAA to start with and possibly switch later

Saints will likely be dangerous this year with a full Ralphie pre-season under their belts

Will we get a viable price tag? Any chance of 5.0 or 5.5??

Will you be able to make his 4222 work though? Looked terrible last year

What does it mean for Long and Austin?

Dendoncker as a starter feels slightly too cheap. How sure on you on Vardy? I'd probably downgrade him to upgrade a mid. Lots of good striker options

If you're gonna play 5atb each week then i would have Ederson. That midfielder is not someone you're lookking to get many returns from. Full info I have Ederson anyway.

Do you really want to double up Everton's defence?

Looks promising the way the finish last year but I will wait and see.

Of course the dilemma is who to keep.

But why not heavier in midfielders.
Only two of them?

Starting Dendoncker is absolute puke mate

I like it
6.0 mids are meh

Penalties.

No one ever ends up permacapping, remember this chat all pre season last year then everyone (rightly) switched to Kun by GW2 for example, people just use it as a justification for spending so much on one player I reckon.

Sterling last season didn't improve his goals /assists from the year before.

Salah had a poor season compared to his first season and was still top scorer by 20-odd points.

Only £0.5MN in them and I think Salah is more liekly to top score again than Sterling is

Pep roulette

Pens and some corners. Takes decent free kicks too.

Salah: less prone to rotation
Me: less prone to frustration

less likely to miss a game?

Pens, less rotation risk. The fact that City now have won two in a row also should see them be a bit less fired up while Liverpool will be going all out.

Yea not bad. Zaha over mad dog for me and you can do better than Cathcart. Dendoncker way more attacking than Hayden. I like what ur up to tho

Klopp with binoculars, our media team is class!

What kind of striker is he?

Good Luck to Che, came on so much last season.
Is a cheeky 5.5m too much to ask?
Great first touch, quick, control and turns quickly and finds the bottom corner time and again.

Of course i'm baised but a great little player, i'll have him to start unless price is silly.

Not sure on Jota.

Rest looks solid

Looks inflexible to me. That's the most important part gw1. That and the fixtures of course. But the exact personnel is a lottery with no form to gauge so best to be flexible and ready to adapt as we see some footy and understanding of form

Essentially identical to mine (below) so I like it!

Can't see past the 4-4-2 setup

Is this a ransom note?

Brooks

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A

Of those 2 only I would have to say Brooks for now until we see what Groß is like starting back

Definitely on the watchlist - but need to see it first before paying 6.5... when he’s good he’s good though

For sure mate. Quality player

Unsure if he fits new hipster manager style. Would probs play deeper which is a bit gross

Hoping to see Brighton play with more attacking intent so he is worth keeping an eye on

In my team currently, good fixtures worth a punt imo.

He's definitely got it in him and was disappointed he wasn't able to show it last season. I'll be watching him but will wait on it

nice.

I'm considering Maddison + Fraser over Siggy/Zaha

Decent idea but I'd only really be considering Kane as an alternative, who I'd want for GW1.

Awful reason but one of the main reasons I am almost certainly going to start with Sterling over Kun this year is that I did the opposite last year and I think it really can be swings and roundabouts with those 2.

Each has pros and cons and you just need to decide and go for it

Both were ridiculously good last year. I'm keener on Maddison, purely because Leicester looks so good under Rodgers last year.

...he also has 83 GA's vs 51 of Fraser..also has better min/chance than Siggy...

I am constantly switching between these exact 2 and also between Siggy and Zaha....
Not easy working out who to take the initial plunge with!

Any thoughts on my current draft mate (above)?

Hoping for a decent season!

For sure but fixtures for LEI are quite mixed at the start of season, I will wait until GW9 until getting him in.