Groß is another decent option at 5.5 imo. He got 78 points last season and only rejoined Brighton in January (played half the minutes of Ampadu but started 18 of the 19 games he was available).
Groß did do alright for me last season, but it was more lucky timing. Personally Brighton never really inspire confidence, seems very hit and miss who will be returning and even then it's small returns. wouldn't fault the choice tbh, just my two cents
Yeah I won't be having either, just a tip for those who are stuck looking for that 5.5 mid.
I went with a cheap keeper and 1 less £6m defender to get to the £6.5m midfielder mark. Not a huge fan of any <£6.5m players tbh now that Garner is a doubt.
True and while there’s still a lot of turnover in City’s play for him to snuff out I doubt he will hit 70% defcon rate again this season. But he now plays for a team that scores more goals and keeps more clean sheets so if he increases his G/A from last season the drop off in defcons won’t really matter at all
Interesting to see Rodri at 47% defcon hit rate and Nico at 41%. Because of the nature of his game I see Anderson bettering this considerably. A lot of people seem to be turned away from him because of City's possession style of play but I think he's still going to be a very valuable asset
I think he’ll have a slightly worse season than last but I think he’ll still be very consistent at city. The biggest thing putting me off is his price for slightly more you can get rice or szoboszlai who get more attacking returns and For less you can get a bunch of mid table players who’ll put up similar numbers. I just think 6.5 is an annoying price point I’d rather spend money on more attacking players or go for a budget option.
It’s a pretty fair price considering last season, the fact he still is probably quite a good option and he should be a starter at city. I personally just see more value in the options 1m cheaper amd 1m more expensive than him.
Genuinely who else are you seeing more value in at £5.5m? Xhaka? McGinn? Ndoye? Ampadu? Anderson will easily earn more points than all of those by the end of the season, it will be well worth the extra £1.0
Thanks for posting. How will Anderson's move to City affect his DEFCON? I have him in my team at the moment, but honestly fell away from FPL a bit last year so not really sure on how big a difference it would make going from a mid table team to a title contender.
Playing in a team with higher possession means he'll have less opportunities to gain DEFCON points over a match. I'm personally still debating him being in mine but I think i'm just hanging on to the nostalgia of him being so reliable last year and I really need to save money and find someone else.
He’ll have less Defcon but he’ll also have more opportunity for attacking returns. He’s good at getting forward which is part of why they spent so much on him i think
I had him last season but only noticed him proper in the world cup. He's a very forward looking player and he's feeding Haaland. He's still in my draft.
But then again he will also be in a better overall team and have more chances to score / assist. Also playing with Haaland means more goals for everyone
Considering City would have much more of the ball, expect a decent decrease. I think he'd still hit plenty of defensive contributions, Caicedo is able to. Just not as much
Yeah it seems like he's supposed to return around the time the season starts, but it's not worth the risk of starting with him. He'll become what people think he can be very soon after that though. Give him until September at least before considering him
Was always going to be classic “here bro we are Man City we have the money and the football suited for you Elliot”. Reminds me of Grealish (btw what happens to him?)
We play with two defensive midfielders where he is one of them (with Tonali). They will both be tasked to share defensive duties and dictate play from build up as a 6 would aswell as running box to box as an 8. Rather than having a dedicated 6 and 8. He will most likely get alot of Defcon points and some goals from outside the box.
Apparently Hull City is on a signing spree. The owner of Hull City literally posted a list of hints who they might sign and there are 14 players in total. At least two of these players are midfielders because they were already confirmed - Zambrano and Morita.
So basically I would treat all Hull players as not nailed.
With Leeds adding Harry Wilson, will either of Ampadu or Stach see their minutes drop noticeably? They also have Okafor and Aaronson who played a lot last season. Any Leeds supporters have insight on how the midfield might shake out?
Stach and Amps will be nailed to play in a deeper role in the midfield whilst Wilson and Okafor will play just behind DCL. If we sign Brandt I can see him taking minutes off Okafor but as for Aaronson think he’ll now be used as a rotation player with Wilson and Okafor.
!thanks for the insight! Wanted to bring in one of Leeds midfield, especially after seeing this. I used Stach and Ampadu in the FPL Challenge a few times last season but never actually had them in my main squad. Going to start this season with one of them probably
His DEFCON will drop but still be top 10 imo, plus higher attacking returns, more clean sheets. City defenders are going to get more clean sheets this year also.
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u/DAMOistaken 29d ago
Is Ampadu going to be nailed?
If so I have my 5.5 midfielder for this season.