RMT. No city or United week 1

[Taylor2009]

Just a first draft based on United and city not playing until week 2, I plan to change a couple before they kick off

Ramsdale cheap in a decent side

TAA
Robertson
Chilwell

Ziyech
Traore swapped for KDB week 2
Zaha
Willian swapped for Bruno week 2

Auba
Mane
Werner

4.5 left for transfers week 2
Was a bit worried about the new signings of Chelsea

Thank you for taking a look all comments welcome

Paul

[Skilly]

Any reason for choosing mane over salah? Toss of a coin I know but salah on pens...

[Nightowl]

Do you have a plan in case Willian and traore hit the ground running or are they still coming out after week 1 regardless?

[Nightowl]

All in all your team could do decent from the start but do you think there's a lot of gambles in it ? Meaning new players to the league and players all ready in the league joining new clubs?(suppose the joys of having 5 transfers this year is you can correct it quickly )

[Taylor2009]

Update —- and the continuous changing begins

Allison

Robertson
Boly
Chilwell

Willian
Pepe - KDB week 2
Ziyech- Bruno week 2
Madison

Auba
Werner
Salah

5.5 left in bank for week 2 . Bruno can be swapped in for any of the midfield

Thoughts ?

[superclarets]

Looks decent but no TAA would be a concern for me.

[Taylor2009]

Allison for Leno
Boly for TAA ?

Same transfers week 2. Is that better ?

[Nightowl]

Allison and boly , liv and wolves , yet you change to Arsenal and Liverpool Leno and Trent, while Leno is not in position of holding the gk jersey if charity shield is anything to go by ? Why not straight to Rui Patricio to keep your wolves Liverpool cover which you must have been happy with in the first place ? Patricio more nailed to start too

[Taylor2009]

Thank you for advice , appreciate it

So the team now stands at

Rui Patricio

TAA
Robertson
Chilwell

Pepe (KDB week 2 )
Saka
Ziyech ( Bruno week 2 )
Madison

Salah
Auba
Werner

5.5 left to make the transfers

[shakermeister]

Patricio picks up few 7+ ratings and without Europe could struggle for 60+ points . Martinez started the charity shield because he played most of the games and helped Arsenal get there . Plus there’s rumours he may end up moving shortly . I’ve got Leno pencilled in as Arsenal are getting a lot better defensively .

[Biddles32]

Leno isn’t nailed though Shakermeister. Chilwell probs won’t play first gameweek either

[Biddles32]

Same goes for Madison

[Taylor2009]

Sounds like Martinez might be sold so Leno maybe number 1. Any opinion on a good replacement for chilwell and Madison if you don’t think they ll start beginning of season

Chilwell 3 m
Maddison 3.5

Thank you all

[BigTeamPlayer]

Patricio picks up few 7+ ratings and without Europe could struggle for 60+ points . Martinez started the charity shield because he played most of the games and helped Arsenal get there . Plus there’s rumours he may end up moving shortly . I’ve got Leno pencilled in as Arsenal are getting a lot better defensively .

Are Arsenal getting that much better defensively? Even through pre-season they conceded their fair share
I know Wolves don't have Europe but defensively they're solid.

[shakermeister]

Patricio picks up few 7+ ratings and without Europe could struggle for 60+ points . Martinez started the charity shield because he played most of the games and helped Arsenal get there . Plus there’s rumours he may end up moving shortly . I’ve got Leno pencilled in as Arsenal are getting a lot better defensively .

Are Arsenal getting that much better defensively? Even through pre-season they conceded their fair share
I know Wolves don't have Europe but defensively they're solid.

I think if you look at Arsenal after lock down and their new signings they are improving . Last year and the season before Patricio didn’t pick up many ratings . He got about 30 points from Europe last year which he won’t get this season . Plus Doherty has now left and Jonny is out for sometime .
The only issue with Arsenal is they may rotate the keeper for Europe or cup games which is a shame .
It is a tough call though .

[shakermeister]

Chelsea defence may be a bargain this year , but the general consensus is the players weren’t the only issues last season with team set up and coaching playing a big part in their defensive frailties .
Two new defenders with no pre-season I would think will take a while to settle .
Will they make that much difference to begin with ?
Will Thiago play every game ?
Do we need to take that risk ?
I think I’d prefer setting my team up with known starters and bring in their players over the course of the season if they perform .