TalkChelsea EPL Fantasy 2013/14

[Ankit 3,176]

Been sorting it out over the last 2 days... Still unsure lol...

Need some opinions:

Countinho or Navas?

And would you have Bony, Countinho and Metresacker

or

Aguero, Paulinho, a shitty 4.5 mil defender i.e. garrido?

I'm liking the rest of my lineup as it is quite balanced. With a wide spread of teams which is often my downfall.

Coutinho over Nvas for me especially since Rodgers said Coutinho's best position is centrally behind the striker.

Aguero isn't 100% fit i guess, also i read somewhere where Pellegrini said that he will be using Aguero and Jovetic as a second striker with Silva wide and dzeko/Negredo upfront. Paulinho won't be fetching much points, Siggurdson has started all the pre season games for spurs so i expect him to start in the hole with Chadli and Lennon on wings, hence Paulinho may not be the best option! My choice will be first one: Bony, Mert, Coutinho!

[Azpinator 2,325]

I still don't know who to pick from our Blues (except Hazard).. it's so confusing.

[Barbara 15,149]

I still don't know who to pick from our Blues (except Hazard).. it's so confusing.

I have Luiz and Oscar, but I'll probably drop Luiz if it's confirmed tomorrow he won't play the weekend...

Mata probably won't play 60 minutes if he plays at all, so I wouldn't choose him either.

There's a chance Kevin can play, but am I the only one to think some of our players - especially the ones who never played EPL are very expensive?

I wanted to have Kevin but I'm way passed the point of having 8M to spend.

I had 10M to buy another 3 players when I realized that wasn't like my credit card

Keep in mind that Chelsea and Aston Villa will play twice in the first week so choosing players from both teams may give you a chance to double your points

[Azpinator 2,325]

I have Luiz and Oscar, but I'll probably drop Luiz if it's confirmed tomorrow he won't play the weekend...

Mata probably won't play 60 minutes if he plays at all, so I wouldn't choose him either.

There's a chance Kevin can play, but am I the only one to think some of our players - especially the ones who never played EPL are very expensive?

I wanted to have Kevin but I'm way passed the point of having 8M to spend.

I had 10M to buy another 3 players when I realized that wasn't like my credit card

Keep in mind that Chelsea and Aston Villa will play twice in the first week so choosing players from both teams may give you a chance to double your points

I don't know, my gut tells me that Mata will start at least once.. Oscar might not play 90 minutes in both games because you have Moses, Schurrle and De Bruyne available.. What confuses me the most is Lukaku, he can play 15 minutes in both but still score... Last year it was so easy with Mata and Hazard.. I used to have Azpi as well because he was worth 5.5 I think. But now our squad is so unpredictable it's ridiculous!

[Hutcho 8,443]

Coutinho over Nvas for me especially since Rodgers said Coutinho's best position is centrally behind the striker.

Aguero isn't 100% fit i guess, also i read somewhere where Pellegrini said that he will be using Aguero and Jovetic as a second striker with Silva wide and dzeko/Negredo upfront. Paulinho won't be fetching much points, Siggurdson has started all the pre season games for spurs so i expect him to start in the hole with Chadli and Lennon on wings, hence Paulinho may not be the best option! My choice will be first one: Bony, Mert, Coutinho!

I'm reliably informed that Pailinho was injured or unavailable for a lot of preseason and my Spurs mate really rates him but he may end up playing deeper.

Man city just have too many quality striker/wide man options that it's tough to pick and will have to share a lot of points between them.

So your probably right there.

Man city's team is looking very good i must say especially with all their new recruits they have brought in.

And chelsea wise, I have gambled with the belgians hazard (obv not a gamble), KDB, and lukaku. But I can easily transfer one of those out after our double game week if it would appear Jose is gonna go with a certain Spanish bloke.

[Barbara 15,149]

is there a way I'll get more money as the weeks go?

To have my perfect team I'm missing ONE FRIGGING pound! I can't believe it!

Please, lads, be nice to the hysteric girl and reassure her if she goes well she may have the extra pound to spend in a few weeks

[Azpinator 2,325]

is there a way I'll get more money as the weeks go?

To have my perfect team I'm missing ONE FRIGGING pound! I can't believe it!

Please, lads, be nice to the hysteric girl and reassure her if she goes well she may have the extra pound to spend in a few weeks

Oh no, 100 pounds throughout the whole thing.. your only chance is when that missing player's value drops 1 pound.

[Barbara 15,149]

Oh no, 100 pounds throughout the whole thing.. your only chance is when that missing player's value drops 1 pound.

don't crash my dreams like that, K!

I worked around my budget and I ended up with only Hazard and I'm quite content with what I have, but I want to replace Jagielka for Ivanovic or Terry. It's a 0.5-1 pound difference *cries copiously*

I want my defence to be Chelsea, ManC and Arsenal

[Azpinator 2,325]

don't crash my dreams like that, K!

I worked around my budget and I ended up with only Hazard and I'm quite content with what I have, but I want to replace Jagielka for Ivanovic or Terry. It's a 0.5-1 pound difference *cries copiously*

I want my defence to be Chelsea, ManC and Arsenal

Sorry dear, world is cruel I know.. I think Jagielka is a good choice, plus having your defenders from the top teams doesn't earn you lots of points all the time.

[Barbara 15,149]

Sorry dear, world is cruel I know.. I think Jagielka is a good choice, plus having your defenders from the top teams doesn't earn you lots of points all the time.

My defence was the only part I would have top teams only players

I think our defence will be the best in the league under Mourinho... I'll sack Mertesacker for someone cheaper so I can afford Ivan

My starting XI is 2 Chelsea (gave Carzola up to have Terry), 2 Arsenal, 1 Swansea, 1 West Ham, 1 ManU, 1 Sunderland, 1 West Brom, 1 Southampton and 1 ManC

[Ankit 3,176]

I'm reliably informed that Pailinho was injured or unavailable for a lot of preseason and my Spurs mate really rates him but he may end up playing deeper.

Man city just have too many quality striker/wide man options that it's tough to pick and will have to share a lot of points between them.

So your probably right there.

Man city's team is looking very good i must say especially with all their new recruits they have brought in.

And chelsea wise, I have gambled with the belgians hazard (obv not a gamble), KDB, and lukaku. But I can easily transfer one of those out after our double game week if it would appear Jose is gonna go with a certain Spanish bloke.

Paulinho will play deeper as you say, hence don't see him scoring that much!I have Soldado because Spurs have some tasty fixture at tha the start.

Man City are a landmine, no one knows who is fit and nailed on. I have zabaleta and i am scared he might be rotating with Richards! Dzeko too. . considering he started 6 of the 7 pre season games.

For my Chelsea coverage i have Hazard, Cole and Lukaku. I think your KDB gamble may turn out to be very good! I also feel Schurrle has gone under the radar and he might be a surprise package!!

[Ankit 3,176]

don't crash my dreams like that, K!

I worked around my budget and I ended up with only Hazard and I'm quite content with what I have, but I want to replace Jagielka for Ivanovic or Terry. It's a 0.5-1 pound difference *cries copiously*

I want my defence to be Chelsea, ManC and Arsenal

And that's the whole game miss. You just have to find the best balance with the money alloted.

One basic rule of FPL which a lot of people don't adhere to: It's a marathon, not a sprint. The players you think may be game changers now might turn out to be liability at that price and players who nobody gave a chance at the start will be in everyone's team before long! This is how this game flows!!

[hjperdeath 2,226]

Glad to see people doing well with their teams.

[Barbara 15,149]

And that's the whole game miss. You just have to find the best balance with the money alloted.

One basic rule of FPL which a lot of people don't adhere to: It's a marathon, not a sprint. The players you think may be game changers now might turn out to be liability at that price and players who nobody gave a chance at the start will be in everyone's team before long! This is how this game flows!!

I don't have a clue of the first thing, Ankit

I tried to convince my brother to join - he said he forgets to update his team way too often - and when he asked me if it was like the one we have in Brazil for our league I couldn't say.

I thought the main thing was to make money - having a valuable team, but he explained me that it's probably the case of receiving points based on the players' performance. Then I decided to read the entire help section...

He was right and I'm still the most clueless person playing this ever.

But I've got the team I want to play the entire season with. I'll do two changes in two weeks for now - coincidentally when Chelsea won't play - to settle that team and I'll only use the first wildcard if I do really bad or if there's this one player that I paid a lot for that became a liability as you said. Otherwise I only plan to do changes in the January window if it affects my team too much.

I will follow it weekly, but I decided to face it more realistically and pretend if my team was a real club I wouldn't have the chance to keep adding players every week.

I know it makes no sense to think like that, but as I said, if I do really, really, really bad, I'll use the wildcard to set up a new team.

Do you want to see my team and see if I'm not embarrassedly too off the mark? And don't copy me if for some sort of miracle it's a good one.

[Ankit 3,176]

I don't have a clue of the first thing, Ankit

I tried to convince my brother to join - he said he forgets to update his team way too often - and when he asked me if it was like the one we have in Brazil for our league I couldn't say.

I thought the main thing was to make money - having a valuable team, but he explained me that it's probably the case of receiving points based on the players' performance. Then I decided to read the entire help section...

He was right and I'm still the most clueless person playing this ever.

But I've got the team I want to play the entire season with. I'll do two changes in two weeks for now - coincidentally when Chelsea won't play - to settle that team and I'll only use the first wildcard if I do really bad or if there's this one player that I paid a lot for that became a liability as you said. Otherwise I only plan to do changes in the January window if it affects my team too much.

I will follow it weekly, but I decided to face it more realistically and pretend if my team was a real club I wouldn't have the chance to keep adding players every week.

I know it makes no sense to think like that, but as I said, if I do really, really, really bad, I'll use the wildcard to set up a new team.

Do you want to see my team and see if I'm not embarrassedly too off the mark? And don't copy me if for some sort of miracle it's a good one.

Your players will fetch you points, and if you have someone who is firing on all cylinders(take the case of RvP last season), then his value keeps on increasing as more and more users tried to get him into their team. Hence Rvp started at 13.0M(i guess) but due to his goal scoring and the fact that so many people transferred him IN to their sides, his value shot up to 13.3, the following week to 13.6 and by the end of the season , he was close to 14.5. So for someone who got him when he was just 13, he earned a profit of 1.5M for his team by the end of the season. Similarly the player value drops too, like for Torres who started at 10 was down to 9.2 because no one had him and the people who gambled on him transferred him OUT of the team, resulting in value drop. So lets say you have Jovetic who is new to the EPL, he is 9.5 and he starts banging in the goals, his value will shot up, to say 9.8 or even 10(depending on how many people transfer him IN), now suddenly you feel he is losing his form and suffers an injury, you will have an extra .3 or .5 M to spend which he earned for you. You can invest that and get someone else who you wanted in the first place but couldn't due to shortage of money. But you have to do read the situation, keep yourself updated with the players you have in your team and then sell/buy them as you like. You will have one free transfer every week, if you don't use your one transfer/week, the next week you will have 2 free transfer. But it will only add to two consecutive weeks, not more!

You need to asses the first few gameweeks, to see who is the team's main man. What are the manager's tactics and who is his favorite players and then slowly you form a core of your team. You cannot form a stable team now since you don't know who are the starter for their respective teams. Who is in form, who is not! Hence use those one free transfer you get, slowly you will get to have grip on your team. Hence, your team will be more effected if you stop making changes to your team. Look at the fixture list of the next week, find a player who you think will fetch points, get him. Now i don't mean you transfer out your main player(unless he is out of form or injured) but certain fringe players who will get you points. For example, 2 season back, Swansea were defensively solid and hence everyone had one of the defenders in their team because they were cheap. Similarly you can transfer certain players in from the likes of Fulham,Norwich, West ham if you are looking for defensive covergae because these teams will be good at the back(Again, an assumption, you never know who will turn out what). Chadli of Spurs is someone who may explode and score goals and assists. Hence you need to study the players and the team for the first few weeks and then slowly and steadily your team starts taking shape!! If you feel you are getting into a loop with your shit players, you can always play the WC but i advise you to use it at the very end. It gives a nitro boost if you use it , say in the 31st GW.

I would love to see your team and no, i will not copy it!

This is mine, though! Quite set.