Best £4.5m defenders for FPL 2024/25

I'm going with Eve/Cpl def rotation

I’m currently on Flekken and Henderson.

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A but have gone Alisson instead

I like it. Very similar to mine.

You could always use your .5 to upgrade Nkunku to Eze depending on where they're both likely to start.

I don't know if Raya is worth the extra money given the fixtures.
You need one of Rogers and CHO to play every week which may not be the case come GW1

You can take Pickford's left leg

PS: the relevance of that is that

A it is pressing

And B she is a hooligan

Especially when the football is on!!

Not got any experience with that but I assume the first step is making a police report
Sorry to hear of your troubles and hope things work out for you

It's almost impossible to make a bad draft with the pricing this season! You've done well to fit in decent picks around Haaland, Salah, Isak, two premium defenders and a 5.0 keeper.

I have reservations in a couple of areas. I'm wary of Liverpool under new management - I'm holding back (same with Chelsea) until I see how they line up and perform, So I'd cry off a 6m defender for now.
Secondly, I'm not sure how Everton's defence will be impacted by the loss of Onana (conversely, he could make Konsa a better prospect). So I'm going against the grain in swerving Mykolenko's opening fixtures and I'm not hot on Pickford either.

Finally, you're trusting Forest's attack to be prolific. I see Nuno more as a defensive manager and have more faith in their (cheap) defence.

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I watched the game. Don't think it's serious, but it was another appearance where he did naff all.

Grealish and Oscar Bobb look interesting for the start of the season, if an early WC is on the cards

Nice team. I think there are better options than Grealish in that 6.5 role., considering he isn't nailed on in Man C's starting 11.

Bernardo seems more nailed and a Pep fav. Consistent but not explosive, returns past seasons.

MGW seems to be developing te.lkate traction.

Garnacho/Mainoo/Kudos/Hee Chan/Szosboszlai/McTominay are all interesting and differential picks too to consider.

Good luck.

I heard Jack uses warm buratta to hold down his wild bonce. Lunatic if true. Avoid.

I am 50/50 on using BB in week 1.
My advice would be to play a lot safer with picks - Wouldn't surprise me if you only had 12/13 starters with your current squad.

*Just realised your plan is probably BB in week 1 without using wildcard in week 2, in which case I wouldn't.

Looks good. I have Bobb in for Grealish with those extra money spent on defence.

I was in the same boat and I've shifted to Rogers for the 0.5m saving. Maybe keep an eye on him over the next couple of weeks

So he's not injured then. Precaution sub.

So many thoughts swirling through mine head!

Problem is TV is low, so getting a good bench where everyone starts is tricky.

Do it pretty much every season, but this is the first season I'd probably advise against it.

The rolling of up to 5FT being the main reason. Usually I find it messes with your team structure late in the season so I'm happy to be shot of the chip by then, but if you've got enough FT banked, you'll be able to redistribute the funds much easier.

I tried it but couldn’t get a team I liked

Maybe too much uncertainty about starting 11s given England players coming back late to preseason would put me off.

Value over replacement player VORP

baseline of Henderson, Myko, Rogers, Pedro

How many extra points per million for your choices?

I interpret it as you saying the difference in points between a 4.5/5.0/5.5 keeper is small thus going for the cheaper option is cost--effective.
The gap between a premium and mid-price defender is wide so go for the expensive option.
The gap between midfielders separated by price points is wider still so go big. Is that it?
Don't think I agree, and you're looking at the whole season rather than small fixture-oriented chunks which is how we play in practice.

Not till now
You better have 2 keepers with 4.5

I’m going pope (5) & Fabianski (4)

I had a similar draft with the same front three, only problem is the midfield is some what weak.

Brave for no Isak IMO. But good luck on being different.

I'll Flekken your Areola!!

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What is your favourite cheese?

See below. Thinking similar but I have no Salah.

Put the money where you want it if you think it scores points 🙂

I'd recoup some cash from TAA and pop it in the midfield.

I think the former scores more

Second pair imo

Interesting. Solanke's in my current draft, but I've not seen him mentioned until now. With those combos, however, I'd edge towards the 1st. I'm on Haaland with Solanke actually.

Good, stout and informative post. Tis post of the day and an exemplar to lollygaggers throughout the kingdom.

He's not in my squad at the moment, but I'd say he's a good pick. The secret ingredient that no one's mentioned is, for me, Onana. Everton defence's loss is Villa's gain - with him screening the defence, Villa might improve on their clean sheet record.

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Maybe, but I'm in the 92.8% who thinks he needs to prove he's back in form first.

Yeah I'd take son for 1 week only

Looks good to me. Although I am definitely in the Haaland over Salah band camp and I think Havertz is a bit of a risk.

For me, the jury is out on Spurs assets. End of season form was woeful.
Johnson for price could be OK.
I am in the doubters camp on Wood.
I like the White pick; never mind the price.