With the way this years boni system seeming to favor attacking players more so than ever, I'm a bit worried by current squad is not optimally balanced.

Interested to get some numbers from you fine folk and see where I stand.

Balance of £104.2 counted on the transfer page, not the selling price)

GK'S: £9.1

DF'S: £26.6

MF'S: £37.4

ST'S: £31.0

Bank: 0.1

So that's £104.1 distributed across 4 departments, am I defensively top heavy?

Thinking of downgrading one of my 3 marquee defenders (Enrique) into a cheapie and using the liquefied funds to upgrade my mid priced striker (Sturridge) into Suarez, Bent etc.

£106.8m

GK's: £9.9

DF's: £25.2

MF's: £41.7

ST's: £30.5

£0.5 in bank

£104.2m

GK's: £9.6m

DF's: £23.3m

MF's: £42.0m

ST's: £26.0m

£3.3m in bank

The money in the bank could go anywhere - I'm going to upgrade one defender but might downgrade another, and the rest would typically shift between MF and ST depending on who's on form.

£103.7m

GK's: £8.8

DF's: £25

MF's: £39.9

ST's: £30

£2.7 in bank

My defence value will drop even more in a couple of weeks to 23.3 allowing a better front line. I am not convinced it pays to spend money at the back this season.

Selling prices -
GK 8.8: 2 cheap
DF 24.7: 1 high, 2 medium, 2 base
MF 38.7: 1 premium, 2 high, 1 medium, 1 cheap
ST 31: 2 premium, 1 medium

Bank 0.3. Total 106.1 displayed

I rebalanced with wildcard Baines to Dempsey+Aguero. I have the option of a cheap bench, but my cheapos must get a regular game and often rotate in based on fixtures.

Balance of 105.8 M as per 'Current price'. Pretty light at the back and heavier at mid and up front, just as I was last season. Will probably be somewhat similar after the Wild card (GW24) too.

GK: 9.6 M
DF: 24 M
MF: 42.2 M
ST: 30 M

Bank: 2.1M

GK 9.5m
DF 25.2
MF 43.8
ST 29.8
Bank 1.2
Total 109.5

I plan to upgrade the attack by 2.0 and downgrade the defence by 1.2 (leaving 0.4m in the bank).

Looks like I've got the only attack below £30m (after liquidfootball2 upgrades)! I've got RVP, Sturridge and Fletcher, having had Ade instead of Fletcher for quite a while. Is that really such an odd front line to have?

And looks like, as I suspected, I have too much money invested in my defence and as a result my midfield is light.

Will most likely downgrade Enrique to Taiwo next GW.

Thanks guys, very insightful.

GK - 8.6
DEF - 25.1
MID - 38.5
STR - 27.3

Team value 108.5 Total sell price = 99.5 with 5.1 in the bank. Will be upgrading strike force over the next two weeks by 4.5m approx. Overall rank 799. Judge what you will from that on my team balance.

Balance of £106.9

Currently :-

GK'S: £8.7

DF'S: £27.5

MF'S: £38.6

ST'S: £31.0

Bank: 1.1

If all goes according to plan, after my next 4 transfers it should look something like this :-

GK'S: £8.8

DF'S: £28.3

MF'S: £38.9

ST'S: £30.9

Bank: 0.0

I think percentages would be a better way to record this, but this is mine:

Team value: 103.1
Bank: 5.2

GK: 9.2 (8.9% of current TV)
Def: 23.7 (23.0%)
Mid: 38.5 (37.3%)
Att: 31.7 (30.7%)

I would say I have too much money...


...in the bank.

Team value 108,9


GK: 9,2

Def: 24

Mid: 44,0

Forw: 31,7

I've spent far too much on underperforming chumps. Will that do?