Nor-Cal Villan Posted July 19 Share Posted July 19 4 hours ago, tomav84 said: genuinely have no idea how anyone will have haaland in their teams. this is my first draft attempt and found it really difficult anyone that has haaland is seriously compromising the rest of their teams IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted July 20 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20 Feels like Haaland is going to be a pick for specific periods. Like post a wildcard for a few weeks with a plan to get rid after a few weeks. But it’s exactly what the game needed. He was a no brainer before and ruined the captaincy part of the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted July 20 VT Supporter Share Posted July 20 8 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Feels like Haaland is going to be a pick for specific periods. Like post a wildcard for a few weeks with a plan to get rid after a few weeks. But it’s exactly what the game needed. He was a no brainer before and ruined the captaincy part of the game yep 100% agree. i think (hope) that those that have him in their teams from the start will regret it. yes, he might haul against ipswich in GW2 but the question you have to ask is whether the players you're unable to select because you have him will collectively score less than just him alone...i suspect they wont Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villatillidie95 Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Ben white and Morgan rogers or saliba and philogene? I’m thinking of sticking with the former atm due to Rogers likely to play a lot in that support striker position whereas philogene is super talented but still we don’t know his game time…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted July 21 Moderator Share Posted July 21 17 minutes ago, Villatillidie95 said: Ben white and Morgan rogers or saliba and philogene? I’m thinking of sticking with the former atm due to Rogers likely to play a lot in that support striker position whereas philogene is super talented but still we don’t know his game time…. Just go with Saliba instead of White for a start. Gabriel and White have a bigger minutes risk this season I think. Extra £0.5 on White is a waste IMO. Definitely Roger’s over Philogene 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Pretty certain I'll start with Salah and Haaland. Easier to start with Haaland and then get rid imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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tomav84 Posted July 24 VT Supporter Share Posted July 24 so my thinking so far and %'s of how certain i am of keeping them: GKs - will wait before finalising. Chelsea trying to sign a keeper which will surely be 5.0 and i want to keep my keepers to 4.5m and lower DEF TAA/Robertson: 90/10% Gvardiol: 100% Maatsen: 95% (presumably will be starting for us) 4.5m defender, likely quansah (85%) 4m defender, maybe holgate (85%) MID Salah 95% Saka 95% Palmer 95% Rodgers 95% Andreas/Nkunku (interlinked with the trent/robertson decision. if i go with robertson, the extra 1m will upgrade to nkunku) FW Watkins (100%) Wood - 70% - not sure about this one. Might go with joao pedro and use the extra 0.5m on a better keeper or something Muniz - 90% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 (edited) (A) Pickford & Porro or (B) Flekken* & Walker *=open to suggestions for another 4.5 keeper this decision has me flummoxed. Not loving the idea of a 5.0 keeper and certainly not loving the idea of Porro. But if I go with a 4.5 keeper I will need to come up with another .5 to afford a second 4.5 keeper for rotation. my squad as it currently stands Edited August 2 by Nor-Cal Villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 2 Share Posted August 2 On 24/07/2024 at 09:19, tomav84 said: so my thinking so far and %'s of how certain i am of keeping them: GKs - will wait before finalising. Chelsea trying to sign a keeper which will surely be 5.0 and i want to keep my keepers to 4.5m and lower DEF TAA/Robertson: 90/10% Gvardiol: 100% Maatsen: 95% (presumably will be starting for us) 4.5m defender, likely quansah (85%) 4m defender, maybe holgate (85%) MID Salah 95% Saka 95% Palmer 95% Rodgers 95% Andreas/Nkunku (interlinked with the trent/robertson decision. if i go with robertson, the extra 1m will upgrade to nkunku) FW Watkins (100%) Wood - 70% - not sure about this one. Might go with joao pedro and use the extra 0.5m on a better keeper or something Muniz - 90% Like the idea of Pedro & keeper upgrade. Not that you solicited my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 3 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3 17 hours ago, Nor-Cal Villan said: (A) Pickford & Porro or (B) Flekken* & Walker *=open to suggestions for another 4.5 keeper this decision has me flummoxed. Not loving the idea of a 5.0 keeper and certainly not loving the idea of Porro. But if I go with a 4.5 keeper I will need to come up with another .5 to afford a second 4.5 keeper for rotation. my squad as it currently stands i'm not keen on flekken...i don't think brentford will be good this season (but i say that every year) so i'd be looking at other keepers. walker is at least a safe way of getting a city defender i don't think porro is a bad pick at all...he's in my current draft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 3 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3 this is mine currently with 0.5 in the bank...the decisions i still have are: eze - might change to luiz/jota if one of them is nailed to start (jota has been playing CF in pre season) boly is a placeholder - they've been playing with wing backs in pre season (both 4.5m) and if that continues i'll probably switch to one of them...might even upgrade my 4.0 bench defender and have both of them if we get conclusive info on who chelsea's #1 is then i'll probably have them instead of neto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 6 hours ago, tomav84 said: i'm not keen on flekken...i don't think brentford will be good this season (but i say that every year) so i'd be looking at other keepers. walker is at least a safe way of getting a city defender i don't think porro is a bad pick at all...he's in my current draft Thank you! Since I posted that I blew up my team a bit, with Pickford being the only one of the four I mentioned making the cut. Speaking of Pickford, do you prefer him or Martinez/other 5.0 keeper? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 3 VT Supporter Share Posted August 3 4 hours ago, Nor-Cal Villan said: Thank you! Since I posted that I blew up my team a bit, with Pickford being the only one of the four I mentioned making the cut. Speaking of Pickford, do you prefer him or Martinez/other 5.0 keeper? probably emi given the choice if you have a 3rd villa slot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 (edited) 6 minutes ago, tomav84 said: probably emi given the choice if you have a 3rd villa slot I definitely have a 3rd slot Thanks Edited August 3 by Nor-Cal Villan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 6 Moderator Share Posted August 6 Hmm, just pissing about to look at what a team containing Haaland, Salah, TAA and Gvardiol looks like This team gets 91/100 on that FFHub Ai team bollocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomav84 Posted August 6 VT Supporter Share Posted August 6 8 minutes ago, bickster said: Hmm, just pissing about to look at what a team containing Haaland, Salah, TAA and Gvardiol looks like This team gets 91/100 on that FFHub Ai team bollocks i don't hate that at all some are talking about going with something similar with the view to an early wildcard if it doesn't work out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 6 Moderator Share Posted August 6 1 minute ago, tomav84 said: don't hate that at all Me neither, some of the positions are just placeholders I couldn’t be arsed transferring out like Livaramento who will only be seriously considered if Trippier takes the petrol dollar and runs I'm also yet to be convinced that Sbozoszlai is the right mid for that price point Im not even convinced you need to WC out of it with the new 5 transfers rule. You should only need 3 for a fairly major rework Even 2 transfers takes Salah and ESR out for Saka and Gordon with 0.5 to spare Take Haaland out and the world is your lobster with £6mil between him and Ollie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nor-Cal Villan Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 18 minutes ago, bickster said: Hmm, just pissing about to look at what a team containing Haaland, Salah, TAA and Gvardiol looks like This team gets 91/100 on that FFHub Ai team bollocks I’ve got a draft that is similar, only significant differences are no Trent, upgraded mids (Bowen, Gordon, Rodrigo along with Salah) & Watkins over Isak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 6 Moderator Share Posted August 6 7 minutes ago, Nor-Cal Villan said: I’ve got a draft that is similar, only significant differences are no Trent, upgraded mids (Bowen, Gordon, Rodrigo along with Salah) & Watkins over Isak Bowen isn’t an upgrade on anyone in that midfield Absolute troll of a player for me Im not exactly convinced Ollie is going to play in GW1 and Isak should have pens and I really hope Ollie doesn’t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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