The Boot Room – FPL Fantasy Premier League GW21
With less than nine days to go and counting until the next deadline we all have plenty of thinking and tinkering time left… The January Wildcard is now available should you feel inclined to use it. Will you activate it immediately, possibly with a view to maximising your team value or will you wait until the transfer window has shut and judge what impact that has had, if any? Whichever you decide is the best strategy for you ahead of the next game-week we welcome your questions and also your advice to others. Please feel free as ever to post your thoughts, questions and feelings about whatever you want to but in particular if you would like others to take a look at your team ahead of GW21 and offer their thoughts and suggestions please post it below or link it and we are sure you will get plenty of feedback. Some of which may be constructive but we can’t promise anything!
Is this a decent wc team?
Current team is:
Howard (Marshall)
Terry Coleman Chester (Turner, Flanagan)
Walcott Hazard Nolan (Ramsey, R. Morrison)
Lukaku Suarez Rooney
I want to switch it to:
McGregor (Speroni) Cheap goalies allowing me to beef up other things
Sagna Coleman Chester (Turner, Gabbidon) As you can see I’ve gone for cheaper defenders to beef up mf
Hazard Walcott Silva Gerrard (Mutch)
Suarez Rooney Rodriguez
A lot of it boils down to whether I should take Lukaku away cos my plans only work if I switch him to J.Rod, but everton have really good fixtures coming up. If I keep Lukaku, then im on -2.1m so if anyone is willing to try to find away to somehow keep him in and make my squad better, be my guest haha <3
This team also doesn't let me get in aguero with my wc, so im confused..its kind of my first draft so I'm not expecting it to be anywhere close to perfect
Chelsea, are you definite on Rooney ? Injured, playing deep…..
Maybe swap Rooney for J Rod or Adebayor and then look to work Aguero in when fit.
I actually was thinking about taking Rooney away instead, would give me lots more flexibility..what do you think of my silva over yaya? And do you think cheap goalies are the way to go if it allows me to get those 4 big hitters on mf?
My advice is don’t even think about having a team without Kun, work around him. My wild card will be used as soon as Kun is fit. I have Rooney and have doubts about him, in terms of his fitness and where Moyes will play him.
Hmm, tinkering around with a aguero team..
Mcgregor Speroni
Koscielny Coleman Ward Chester Speroni
Hazard Walcott Gerrard Cabaye (4.4m or less midfielder)
Aguero Suarez Lukaku
Problem I see is doubling up on Hull and Palace defenders, but they are the only cheap ones haha..
Chelsea, cheap goalies are fine, assuming they have a half-decent chance of a clean sheet at home…Hull, Palace etc.
I am currently not planning for Rooney in my wc team, for the reasons I gave above.
Silva over Yaya – I have Silva right now and everytime City play, I am scared of Yaya scoring !! Then again, Silva’s return is pretty impressive too, so I would said go with it, though others would tell you Yaya is a must. I don’t think he is a must – if I’d bought him at 8.5/9mln I would be dancing – I’m not sure I’d be spending 10+ on him.
I’m not sure I’d want to double up on Hull in the back with McGregor and Chester. Hull’s next 5 home games are against Chelsea, Tottenham, Southampton, Newcastle, and Man City. I’m going to keep Chester in my WC team, but I’m looking at other budget keepers besides McGregor. I have a feeling they aren’t going to do as well at home in the second half of the season.
Hull and Palace also have a good rotation over next few weeks so you could alternate keepers for the team that is at home. That is my plan with Palace and Hull Defenders. also Sunderland and Cardiff also rotate over next few weeks.
Hi guys,
my latest wc team below for feedback please
Do ye thing Davis is nailed until Boruc is back? He and McGregor do not rotate until a few weeks time and Southampton fixtures mean I would be playing Davis most of the time.
Coleman is more a placeholder – not sure who I want there and at what price
Want to leave money for Rooney to Aguero.
Not seeing better options than Lukaku.
McGregor, Davis
Coleman, Merte, Chester,Brown,Ward
Silva, Lallana, Walcott, Hazard, Johnson (Norwich)
Rooney, Suarez, Lukaku
Palace and Hull rotate well, as do Cardiff and Sunderland. Look at their keepers and defenders over next few weeks.
Again no team should be without Kun, especially after using wildcard.
thanks busby. I have 3 defenders from those 4 teams. Is there someone specific from Cardiff you would replace in defence or keepers?
Mannone has been in great form, but he was 2nd choice before Westwood injury.
My plan over next 6 gameweeks approx is to have Marshall in goal rotating with Mannone. Rotate very well for number of weeks. To have chester and gabbidon also rotating. bar this week when hull and palace have tough fixtures they rotate very week with nice fixs, they do play each other in two to three weeks though. after about 6 games rotation wont happen anymore in some cases so you will nee to readjust then. But for next 5/6 weeks the above is my plan.
One thing I have learned this season over most, you don’t do good in this by having the best players all year, you do good by having the best players when they are doing good for 5/6 weeks, obv exceptions like suarez and augero but for cheap players like the hull’s and crystal palaces of this world.
don’t use your WC until kun is fit and back and work your team around him.
my wc is in play already – got trigger happy – whats your thoughts re Davis?
Would only appreciate Davis there if you would not mind wasting a transfer when Boruc is back.
Also dont like 2 from Hull. I currently hold both McGregor and Chester and you have no idea what a nightmare it is when both have tough fixtures. It puts me out of options.
Whats up on Johnson? Is he nailed?
Lukaku for further 2 GWs would be enough, but after there im looking into Bony. He is 7.3M and will start getting good opponents. If in coming 2 GWs Bony gets game time, im jumping on BonWagon. If not then my other options will be K2 or Berbs.
Im thinking with those nice fixtures that taking Davis out might not be an issue.
Ya I agree re Hull. Have had them all season. Need to think that one through. Cardiff have a few tough games short term.
Johnson is simply cheap (4.4) and has played the last 7 games. Was injured I think before that.
Bony after the next 2 could be interesting. Who is K2?
Adebayor. I wonder why no one is familiar with this nick name! Gosh!
Hi all. Have a good new years? Ive only just recovered haha
Anyway back to thw important things…
Howard Gazzaniga
Distin dawson clyne ward chester
Silva walcott hazard henderson ravel
Suarez rooney negredo
I habe 2FT and 0.0m in the bank
Looking at using my WC late in the month…
But things need to change… think ravel and distin are the things that need to change… but for who?
Else any other ideas n thoughts?
Think Kolarov and Mutch in for Distin and Mutch is fine?
Sorry meant Ravel not the 2nd Mutch haha
Hi Shep,
How about Distin to Baines, Ravel to a cheapie ?
If I do Distin to Baines then I have 2.5m to replace Ravel… so cant
but will see what I can do when I use my WC.
Kolarov and Mutch good move so long?
Sorry Shep, I read 2FT for 2mln!! Sorry.
Mutch is currently injured isn’t he ? How about Koscielny for Distin…..
No worries
I could do that but who can I get in the mid for 4.5m?
Basically I have 9.9m to get a def and mid…
By Mutch it says hamstring injury and 75% chance of playing… that being said he has city and united away in his next 3 games…
Ravel is back in training so might just leave him… Distin has an SP of 5.2m for me… so then if I just leave Ravel and transfer Distin who is the best def to get for 5.2m?
short term Alcaraz….or Nastasic. They’re the two names I would concentrate on. You alos have Evans…..
Or I can get Redmond… think his worth more of a shout
Well woth Alcaraz and Redmond I have 1.0m left over… and can actually do henderson out for cabaye all this for just a 4 point hit…
With Stevie G back think Henderson will go back to being quiet…
Shep, I think I’d be inclined to go for Redmond, on the basis that West Ham look to be imploding and Morrison is always liable to do something stupid when the chips are down.
I don’t think buying Cabaye for a hit is worth it mate
Ravel is known for stupid things… also WH might rush him back as well… think Redmond is the safer bet for a 5th mid.
Think Cabaye might be worth it since Henderson will just be a safe 2 points… with Cabaye he can do alot more… that and dont wany his price going up else I cant afford him
I would stay away from Davis to be honest, try leave some money in bank to upgrade striker to kun, I would upgrade rooney to kun.
For the past few days, I’ve been doing nothing except helping my friends with their team. I had three of them joining last week. Today, I found out one has already used his wildcard (despite joining last week and having quite a balanced team). One of them benched Eden Hazard and played Caulker just before the deadline. One of them just took a 36 point hit messing around with transfers. I understand what you experts must feel like…i