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REALLY REALLY LIKE THIS TEAM>>>> CANNOT SEE ANY WEAKNESSES>>> CAN ANYONE???

If your worried about Jones and Smalling and want to plan for DGW20:

Jones Assou-Ekotto
Larsson Valencia

Then you have 3 definate starters in defence, 3 spurs players for the doubler.
You lose a good ManU player in Jones... but you make up for it by bringing Valencia in and maximising the returns from the good fixtures... Also Larsson has some tough fixtures coming up so you dodge that too

Next week Walters Drenthe... maybe Donovan?

that is a pretty good option.. though i've already done N.taylor-Mcaulley...

so i could still do what you propose for a 4pt hit...

im not keen on getting rid of Jones unless cheap... BA Rooney... and Larson cheap... but that would be 8pt hit at any rate and trades 3 players for 1.... so does that mean i cannot have RVP, ADE, Rooney without weakening the rest of my team so much that i will actually be worse?

I wouldn't take any hits as your team should score good with the fixtures.

You could take a chance that 1 of the 3 injured defenders will play..... N.Taylor had a late fitness test last game so he might recover in time.

Only other thing I can think of is Smalling Assou-Ekotto

will smalling miss the game?? bc his game is easier than BAE this week

Yeah good point. You could save the transfer untill saturday and see if Jones & Smalling play. If they don't you can transfer one out for a Tottenham defender ready for DGW20.

Then you have 3 tottenham players and 1 spare transfer if you want to get an Everton player

The deadline is Friday night so if you want a certain starter you have to wait for team news and then pick a Liverpool/Newcastle player.
I think you need to weigh up the risk/rewards here. All being fit you're playing 3-4-3 with Smalling, Jones and Shawx. If one is fit then it's Smalling/Jones, Shawx and Macauley. If neither is fit then it's Shawx, Macauley and Simpson.
If Macauley lets in 1 goal and Simpson 3 goals for example then you get 3 points assuming they don't get booked/sent off. If you do another transfer then your new guy needs to get 7 points to break even. If you don't do an extra transfer and Jones and Smalling play then I think they've got an excellent chance of a clean sheet so you're chucking another 4 points away.

In short, don't take points hits for defenders.

I hear u. Thx.

I think I'm gOnna do very boring ba sturidge

And i did.. And then saw the news of smalling being out for 3 months!!
Arghhhh! Looks like a 4pt hit coming Bae/ jagielka ???

I wouldn't take a hit for defenders, you are only guarunteed 2 points back and you lose 4 points making the transfer

Just hope that N.Taylor plays and fix it next week

Hey guys, thinking of using the winter WC now.. my rival in mini league has almost eaten up my 80 pt lead in last 5-6 wks all thanks to Enrique, Krull and R. Taylor... so here is my team and my proposed team... any thoughts? im not sure about valencia/sinclair... maybe segesson.. but he hasn't really scored well FPL wise...

Option 2....

anyone ...anyone wanna weigh in on my choices? it would be much appreciated. thanks in advance.//

Too much up front... one of the heavy weights have to go... most likely Rooney.
Do Rooney Sturridge and then use the extra to upgrade Ramires Valencia and perhaps also Bogdan Krul.
I would also consider upgrading Kelly Senderos is any money is left over.

I prefer the look of option A, but

bogdan has been terrible and has let in some howlers, last weekend was the 1st good game he's had. As soon as JJ is fit he'll be back in. Is kelly 1st choice? will Evans be 1st choice? we don't yet know if Cahill will be 1st choice.

so (to me) you've got questions over half you defence being regular starters.

Do you need 2 sunderland midfielders? theres plenty other options around 6.6 - you've got one of them in team B.

As ironfist says - rooney is the more likely to allow some more tinkering, I would change bogdan/kelly/Sess minimum.

but thats just my opinion.

all valid points thx...
bogdan is there just as place holder as i plan to play vorm all the time.
i do need to rework that defence... evans would be 1st choice but he prob wont keep his place... i guess i was betting that out of all of those defenders at least 3 will play at any given time.. not really caring whcih 3..

segesson ... i dont kow about him... he LOOKS exciting but hasn't really produced...

prob downgrading rooney is the way... and upgrade def and midfield

i have sutrrige but he hasn't done much latelely

this leaves 13.4 in the bank for 2 MF..! a lot of options here

1. segesson & sinclari and 0.5 in bank to upgrade jones to kompany perhaps
2. dyer + 8.7 (Ramires and 1.7 left to upgrade defense or sturrige...??)
3. ramires and sinclair
4. Dempsey & Dyer/Mclean?
5. Gerrard + Mclean/dyer and Jones J.evans / Kelly (ful)??????
6. ANYONE HAS A BETTER IDEA??

i also dont know if to wait till the big boys play eachother this week and WC next week. prob is my rival is eating into me at 10-15 pts/GW.. he has R. taylor, enrique, krull, sinclair.....

Thank you in advace for your input

if you plan to play vorm all the time then theres no point in picking ruddy - norwich have not kept a CS all season. Pick swanseas reserve, tremmel. Hes cheaper at 4.0 and if vorm is out you'll still have a keeper playing.

kompany is a good idea, but obviously he comes at a price. Man U's defence is annoying at the mo, if I knew he would start I'd take smalling over bae. Option 4 looks ok and I think Walters is about the only mid you've left out of your choices.

think about your formation - it looks like you'd stick with 3-4-3 there (unless stoke & newcastle have good games in the same week) so 1 mid you can comfortably bench is ok.

If you;re so worried about your oppo catching you you can stick some of his players in although thats not my preference, plenty of time left yet.

so i've reworked it to this... any thoughts?

i think this will be my wc. any criticisms? thought about ramrires... but nahhh

I think im gonna WC after this week.... Kompany will come in after BAE plays wigan next week though..

WHAT DO YOU ALL THINK I REALLY REALLY LIKE THIS TEAM>>> does anyone see weaknesses??? planning mostly 3-5-2 with keane only playing sometimes or being the 1st sub.
may swap him out for morrison or zamora and downgrade one of the defenders if it doesnt work out...

Well...

1. Stop using SHOUTING CAPITALS, we hear you just fine
2. atm, I think Vorm should go. Cash in and get Lindegaard or Sorensen or even Mingolet...
3. Jones and Kompany are low VFM atm. Both Manchester teams allow goals in and both these players aren't that much of an attacking threat In gerenral. Get Evans and Clichy if you want coverage of these two teams, IMHO it's worth the rotation risk.
4. Prefect Midfield. Don't touch. Consider switching Sess out in a few GWs time when he dries up and Sunderland fixtures go potty.
5. Keane? Hmm... not so sure. Might be a nice differential but Villa aren't the scoring candidates... Get Bellamy!

appreciate your comments.. what do you think of this then?
after wigan game BAE clichy

An amazing resemblance to my current squad with exactly the same midfield.
The only differences are in defence where I have O'Shea instead of Brown and Enrique instead of Bosingwa. In goal I still have Vorm (but may cash in ) and attack where Adebayor is in, but only for the Wigan game as I'm planning to swap him for Aguero straight after.