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Completely average:

With the new season closing in fast, many are have trouble fitting in all their favorite players with the new "tight" budget.

I began to wonder what sort of team could be fielded using the highest AVERAGE available for existing players. This would be a budget of 96 units (allowing 4 for bench fillers) divided by the number of players needed to fill your team 11, giving you a top price of 8.72 per player. Can it be done? How bad would your team look compared to others?

Just for fun, here is what I came up with:

Lloris (8.37)

Caulker (7.00) / Sakho (5.80) / P. Jones (8.48)

Barkley (6.41) / Snodgrass (7.00) / Barton (5.00) / Siggy (7.28)

Welbeck (8.76) / Pelle (6.50) / S. Long (8.11)

Allowing for 4 units for bench players that leaves me 17.29 bank!

Players by position that could also be considered:

GOAL: Foster 4.82/ Fabianski 4.66/ Boruc 8.23/ Krul 5.25/ McGregor 4.55/ Speroni 7.08/ Guzan 4.20

DEFENDERS: Gibbs 8.66/ Vermaelen 4.68/ Okore 2.33/ Trippier 5.00/ Stones 6.62/ Chester 7.59/ Upson 5.00/ Ferdinand 6.00/ Bertrand 3.99/ Shawcross 7.93/ Pieters 7.66/Huth 6.36/Wilson 6.37/ N. Taylor 3.33/Lescott 6.34/ Wisdom 5.81...Whew (that's a lot of defenders!)

MIDFIELDERS: Tadic 6.00/ Brady 5.72/ Ince 4.79/ Henderson 7.52/ Nevas 8.05/ Herrera 7.00/ Amautovic 8.51/ Lamela 2.77/ Downing 8.53.

STRIKERS:Valencia 6.00/ Ideye 6.00/ Kane 5.64/ Bojan 6.00/Austin 6.50/ Dejong 6.00/Jovetic 5.87/ Nugent 6.00/ Murray 2.95/ Bent 3.85

How many did I miss?

How many are a waste of space?

Using a top price of 8.72 per player could you field a better team???

With the season still a few weeks away, we are all working hard to field the best team we can. I find little exercises like this help in expanding my thoughts on exactly what is possible.

Your average poster:

Cheers