i am trying to make it to transfer window without taking a points loss
i thought my defence was quite reasonably priced apart from baines
i wanted defenders who have the abilty to create and score
but i am regretting not having aguero and costa in my team
just hoping they hit a dry patch while rooney goes on a rampage (after monday's game obviously)
It's good that you're disciplined about points hits but I don't think you should be dogmatic about it. Sometimes points hits are good and are needed. I might take one on average once every 4 weeks.
The default template formation is 3-4-3. This has been the most successful formation every year since the inception of the game.
Ideally you'll want 2 base priced defenders (£4m-ish) and 1 base midfielder (£4.5m-ish) who all play regularly. With keepers, my preference is 2 x rotating £4.5m keepers but there are many schools of thought on keepers.
The reason for having such cheap enablers is so that you can spend the maximum amount on the remaining 10 players. Get your money on the pitch.
With keepers, I rotate 2 'smalls', (Foster/Krul). Obviously Krul is currently injured.
In defence you can have 2 'bigs', (eg. Baines/Azpilicueta) and 1 medium, (eg. Chambers) and then 2 base price (eg. Yun/Hutton)
In midfield you could have 2 bigs (eg. Sanchez/Hazard), 2 mediums, (eg. Downing/Sigurdsson) and 1 base (eg. Boyd)
In attack you could have 2 bigs (eg. Aguero/Costa) and 1 medium (eg. Bony) or 1 cheap (eg. Austin), depending on finances.
Obviously there is some wriggle room there and some flexibility will be required but generally speaking, this works year in, year out. I have never seen a successful team with 5 (or even 4) bigs at the back. The template is the template for a reason.
Anyway, that's my thoughts on it but of course it's only my opinion. I'm not dissing your efforts, merely explaining how most good players approach the game.
Best of luck!
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