Defenders have been such a challenge this season. I think Trent might be ok, question is if you want him longer term. Keeping Sels makes sense. Raul should be ok. I have doubts about Pedro too, mins, form, injuries. I am looking for a sub 6.2 forward and Evanilson, Wissa and Welbeck on my mind. Great to hear your thoughts! 🔥
I believe in the opposite, you want midfielders/ strikers you can set and forget. Defenders rely on clean sheets mainly. Once their clean sheet is gone (which can be no fault of their own) you are hoping for an attacking contribution which this season is really rare. I went Haaland, Salah, Palmer, Saka and Raya and then filled the rest with the best value (Rogers, ESR, Raul). Right now I just rotate the defenders based on fixtures/attacking threat than the team they play for. The advantage of this is you can get the value of clean sheets with "weaker" / cheaper defenders because the defenders around them are better e.g. Konate, Lewis. In the future I'm looking at Faes -> Yoro, ESR -> OReily, Raul -> Pedro, Mazroui (if he's not a starter) -> Brighton/ Chelsea defender (because of fixtures).
I really enjoy your laid-back style and hearing your thought process ... thanks for recording this 😎
Defenders have been such a challenge this season. I think Trent might be ok, question is if you want him longer term. Keeping Sels makes sense. Raul should be ok. I have doubts about Pedro too, mins, form, injuries. I am looking for a sub 6.2 forward and Evanilson, Wissa and Welbeck on my mind. Great to hear your thoughts! 🔥
I believe in the opposite, you want midfielders/ strikers you can set and forget. Defenders rely on clean sheets mainly. Once their clean sheet is gone (which can be no fault of their own) you are hoping for an attacking contribution which this season is really rare. I went Haaland, Salah, Palmer, Saka and Raya and then filled the rest with the best value (Rogers, ESR, Raul). Right now I just rotate the defenders based on fixtures/attacking threat than the team they play for. The advantage of this is you can get the value of clean sheets with "weaker" / cheaper defenders because the defenders around them are better e.g. Konate, Lewis.
In the future I'm looking at Faes -> Yoro, ESR -> OReily, Raul -> Pedro, Mazroui (if he's not a starter) -> Brighton/ Chelsea defender (because of fixtures).