THE HASHTAG HOUSE HELPED ME BUILD MY TEAM FOR THE EPREMIER LEAGUE
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00:00I'm playing in the E-Premier League and I need to build a team.
00:03So I've called in the Hashtag House.
00:05Big dogs. How are we? How are we?
00:07Are we all ready to draft a team?
00:10I'm feeling beautiful, beautiful, Tommy, today.
00:12I am ready.
00:13Looking beautiful as well.
00:14We deliberately delayed this video until we all had haircuts, you know.
00:17That's the commitment we have.
00:19Yeah, class that. Delay it till I've been awake for 25 hours.
00:21Before we start, boys, let me tell you about the restrictions.
00:24The restrictions are as follows.
00:26We all have a 10 million coin budget.
00:29You can use current Prem players, Prem heroes or Prem icons.
00:34No SBC or objective cards are allowed and you have to draft 16 players.
00:39So we're starting in net. Now, who wants to go first?
00:42Should I take this? Go on, Tom. First player of the whole day.
00:45I am not biased, but I am actually picking my brother Vicaria.
00:50What? Why are you all so perplexed?
00:54What's confusing about that?
00:56I don't know. I did not expect that from you. I can't lie.
00:59Footwork plus, cross-claimer, 1v1 closeout.
01:01He's just missing far reach, which could be a problem,
01:03but we'll find out when we get there.
01:05Well, can someone tell me who else they're using?
01:06Well, I would like to say in goal I am using Petr Cech.
01:12Future stars.
01:13Joe, I need to see what George is doing here because he's just smirking.
01:17Let me go after Harry because I want to see if I've had an absolute stinker or not.
01:20Like, obviously Petr Cech.
01:22Okay, so there's two Petr Cech. I went with Van der Sar.
01:25I think you might be flying in price there a little bit. That's the issue.
01:28Well, I mean, my whole team's doing budget,
01:30but he's the only keeper that I've actually tried out of them all.
01:32God, what are you using outfield? Bronze players?
01:34George, can you tell me how much he cost?
01:36Well, from the official, £485,000.
01:40Okay.
01:42I know. Let's use a tenth of the budget on the goalkeeper.
01:47Listen, the whole team has still fit in.
01:49So, I mean, I have made a big... No. Joe, what? We'll wait for that.
01:53An extra £300,000 from Petr Cech to Van der Sar. He's wild.
01:57I just know he's good.
01:59Yeah, Joe, I respect it, mate. I respect it.
02:01Trust the man's word.
02:02Do you know what, George? When you played football from a younger age as well,
02:05there's nothing worse than having a keeper that you don't trust in net.
02:08So, if it gives you the trust, if it gives you the belief, I'm all behind it.
02:12Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Why not have someone that you can put your faith in in goal?
02:15Okay, sure. Can you give me the right back?
02:16Or are we going to keep an order in? Should I just keep going in order?
02:20I don't really mind.
02:21My right back, and certainly not in the changing rooms,
02:23is the beautiful, beautiful boy, Conor Bradley.
02:26Future stars.
02:27Yeah, I've gone for the same here.
02:30Yeah. Don't know if we're cheaping out, though.
02:32Don't know if we're cheaping out. Are these two got better defences?
02:35Well, first of all, you can stop telling me which order I'm going in.
02:39This is not a dictatorship. I've got Son up front.
02:41What, as central striker?
02:43Central striker, on his own, winter well-carved Son.
02:45I'm not going to, like, go in order and say my right back,
02:48because my right back was one of my last choices.
02:49So you're not getting inside my head there.
02:51My head was firmly on Son first.
02:54It's up to you whether your vids fall apart or not.
02:55You can come and join me up top, or you can mix it up.
02:58Well, you've just got to tell me his right back first.
02:59Right, yeah, I will tell you my right back,
03:01and this is probably the second worst position you could have chose for me,
03:04straight after you told me I used too much on my goalkeeper,
03:07because I've picked Diallo.
03:14Oh, you're unreal. You're unreal.
03:16He's got 50 defending on him.
03:18You have to be a social experiment. You have to be.
03:21No, do you want to know, my thought process was,
03:24he plays in more than just one position.
03:26Like, he plays all the way across the pitch.
03:29Oh, I'll do it. I'll do it, George.
03:31Everyone that you're going to be playing at E-Premier
03:33is going to be playing 4-2-1-3.
03:35You'll be playing short.
03:36His left winger's just going to be absolutely stuck on Diallo.
03:39He's just going to start bouncing round at right wingers of it.
03:43Can I make an honourable mention?
03:45I did debate between Dallo and Diallo.
03:48OK, yeah, and you went for the really expensive right back
03:50that's got, like, 50 defending.
03:52Yeah, because I only saw Dallo in a TikTok last night.
03:56So, I didn't... I thought it was cheating.
03:59I'm going to go with a striker next, because Harry's gone there,
04:02so I'll tell you my central striker now.
04:03It's actually my second most expensive player,
04:06Omar Mamouche, Man City, Foot Fantasy.
04:09You are quite categorically not using Mamouche at the event.
04:13What?
04:14What?
04:15You sure, bud?
04:16I'm Alex Shaw.
04:17Rapid, quick-step, trickster, finesse shot, incisive, technical.
04:21What else do you want, mate?
04:22I'll tell you what you want.
04:23You want a Jamie Vardy.
04:25Grassroot greats.
04:26Oi! Go on, George.
04:2899 pace up front.
04:30To be fair, he has got power shot play-style blast,
04:32which I didn't realise.
04:33I thought it was finesse.
04:35But he's got quick-step.
04:36That counts for something, doesn't it?
04:38I was just thinking, because I've put mine in a 4-2-1-3,
04:41so I was thinking counter-attack, I need some pace.
04:43Why are you playing 4-2-1-3?
04:44You get nine wins.
04:46If you can't beat him, join him.
04:47My most expensive player in the entire team
04:50is the main man, Mo Salah.
04:54You've got him striker, yeah.
04:55We're 75-0 on Salah's stars.
04:58I've used this man more times than anyone on this planet.
05:01Shuri, you can't tell me what player I'm going to use,
05:05because when Mamouche scores against you on Sunday,
05:07you're going to be crying.
05:09Well, I'm not playing you, so how about you hold that?
05:11But Spurs are playing Leicester, yes?
05:13Spurs are playing Leicester, yes.
05:15And I'm going to make sure when Mamouche scores he grinnies.
05:17Right.
05:18Just because of that comment.
05:20I'm not even going to grinny any other time in a tournament.
05:22You can't be grinnying.
05:23No, just because of that comment.
05:24So I'm joining on the next player part of my front three?
05:26Yeah, where are you going, H? Where are you taking me?
05:28I don't even know your formation, so just go for it.
05:30Mamouche.
05:31You are not using him at the event, Harry.
05:33Mamouche, shadow striker, plus plus.
05:37Oh, OK, shadow striker.
05:38So you're playing with either one cam or two cams here?
05:41Two cams.
05:42Two cams, I see.
05:44I'll go with someone that I trust in again.
05:48Daniel Marlon.
05:49He helped me get ten wins with my toes.
05:52So, I don't know, I feel like that's actually not a bad pick.
05:55However, you can ridicule me if you want to.
05:58Where's he playing, George?
05:59Right wing?
06:00Yeah.
06:01At least you can Travella then.
06:02I'm hitting you with the ditto driveway.
06:04Maldog is at right wing for me as well.
06:06By Maldog you mean Daniel Maldon?
06:08The Don. I mean the Don.
06:10The Don's at right wing for me.
06:11The Don.
06:12So we've gone similar.
06:13I've gone Team New Year's Salah on the right.
06:15So they're my two heavy hitters.
06:17A lot of the budget has gone there.
06:18Team New Year's Salah on the right is feeding Mamouche.
06:20That is just, just, just under two thirds of Tom's budget spent on two attackers.
06:26Interesting.
06:27Joey told me my final attacker.
06:28We'll wrap up the three.
06:29Very predictable.
06:30It's actually a winter wildcard son, but it is the lesser version.
06:34It's the one with Travella, not press proven.
06:37I'll end up on ditto driveway as well.
06:40Because I've actually got the same son in my team.
06:42What? The not press proven one? Yeah.
06:44Yeah, because obviously he was playing on the left.
06:46So for the Travella, I thought I would choose that one.
06:49Although I feel like...
06:50Say that again. Say that again.
06:52Son on the left.
06:54Son on the left for his Travellas.
06:56Is that what you're doing?
06:57He's right footed.
06:58He's right footed.
07:00It doesn't matter.
07:01To be fair, George, with five star weak foot,
07:03you should be able to Travella whichever way you want.
07:05Exactly. That was literally everything I was thinking when I picked son in my team.
07:08And he's got finesse shot plus anyway.
07:10Wait, George hasn't got five star weak foot, has he?
07:12No, he hasn't.
07:13I'm just going to pull up to ditto driveway as well.
07:15Because I indeed have also gone for the Travella youngman son.
07:20Even though I don't plan on using a single Travella over on the left wing.
07:23But something important that I noticed.
07:25The press proven one is definitely better.
07:27However, it's 200k more for our budget.
07:30And doesn't have inside forward plus plus.
07:33I want to be sure I need my third attacker.
07:36It's an absolute disgrace that none of you have got this man on your team.
07:39And it's only me.
07:40Team of the year Cole Palmer and Mah Moosh.
07:43Both have plus plus shadow striker either side.
07:47And can Travella either side of a five star weak foot.
07:51Finesse shot plus, plus, plus, plus.
07:53Advanced forward son.
07:55I can literally just flashbang from anywhere with anyone.
07:57And their movement is off the scale.
07:59Cole Palmer, if you're watching, we're still waiting to play you.
08:02I'm not one to start rumours.
08:03But apparently Palmer said that he would wipe the floor with Shorey.
08:05But not me and Harry.
08:06Yeah, you know.
08:07Big shout out to Cole as well.
08:09He's actually made it into my team on the bench.
08:12I had to get a special shout out in for Cole.
08:14Yeah, I know.
08:15He backs himself against me.
08:17And this is the official invite right this second.
08:20If he plays you, he'd put you on the hashtag house bench.
08:23I hear all this talk chaps.
08:25But what I need is talk putting into play.
08:28Cole, let's play.
08:29Can I actually just add something?
08:31I think it's fitting.
08:32That I'm actually not a disgrace.
08:34Because I have team of the year Palmer at camp as well.
08:36Yes!
08:39I respect it GC.
08:40George, do it with me.
08:41Yes, I'm joining you.
08:43You know what, I'm just going to start my whole midfield here.
08:45And my camp isn't Palmer.
08:47It is Bruno Fernandes.
08:49And behind him, I've got another grassroots great.
08:52It's McAllister.
08:53And Lavia.
08:55Future stars.
08:56That is a midfield three that offers you nearly everything.
08:59I don't know about Lavia though.
09:02Lavia's the only one I'm a bit unsure on.
09:03But the rest of them, wow.
09:04What a midfield.
09:05I'm getting a stand of Asia from H.
09:07Which tells me we are similar.
09:09What a midfield.
09:11Why is everyone clapping at me?
09:13What a midfield.
09:14No, no, no.
09:15Well done.
09:16What are you doing?
09:18What are you all doing?
09:19My midfield three, which all three are centre mids by the way.
09:23No CDMs in camp.
09:25Because I'm in between your lines.
09:26You're not going to touch any of these players.
09:28Is Bruno Fernandes, Lavia and McAllister.
09:31But if you can see my team on your screen,
09:34I've got plus pluses and perfect positions
09:37wherever I want to play.
09:394-2-3-1, 4-3-2-1.
09:41It's very flexible and I can switch depending on my opponent.
09:45I've got every formation locked that I use.
09:47I think that is actually helpful.
09:49Once you've submitted the draft, that's it.
09:51And if you want to change formation,
09:53you're going to have to change formation with the players you've got.
09:55So it is actually helpful to have players that can play
09:57numerous positions and you move formations.
10:00That's why I've got Diarlo.
10:02My midfield features Bruno at camp,
10:05Lavia and McAllister at CDMs.
10:08Oh, nice.
10:09George, tell us the good news.
10:11Wait, yours two are exactly the same?
10:13All three.
10:14Oh, all three are?
10:15Yeah.
10:16That's why I was getting a standing ovation, I think.
10:18At camp, I had Parma.
10:20My left CDM, Lavia.
10:25My right CDM, I went with Centurion's Rodri.
10:28Of course, I've never used this player, but I don't know.
10:31He had Bruiser and I thought I'd rather have two actual defensive CDMs.
10:35Especially because Lavia is ping-pong.
10:37You lot make me sick.
10:39I thought I'd actually have proper defensive CDMs.
10:42So I just thought, stick Rodri in.
10:44He can't be that bad.
10:45He did win a Ballon d'Or.
10:46Yeah, what we'll do, we'll just try and stick CDMs.
10:49Stand still, defend, sit back and counter-attack.
10:52None of you want to play football.
10:53None of you want to dominate.
10:55None of you want to control.
10:56I've learned a new way to switch the ball.
10:58Not that it matters because I still get 10 wins, but it works.
11:02George, let it go.
11:03It's not FC24 with long ball pass Ben White at right back.
11:07It still works a little bit.
11:09I swear it does.
11:10Good old long ball pass.
11:11Honestly, George, I could have just made this a squad builder of yours.
11:14So you've gone with Centurion's Rodri.
11:16When did he get released?
11:19Yeah, but he's got Bruiser Plus.
11:21And long ball pass.
11:22And ticker tacker.
11:24And anticipate.
11:26Ticker tacker is actually really helpful.
11:27I wanted players with ticker tacker, but there's not too many in the prep.
11:30Tom, I'm so interested in your defence.
11:33Uh, yeah.
11:35Yeah, so am I.
11:37I'm so interested in who you've gone for.
11:39Yeah.
11:40I've already got Bradley at right back.
11:43And then at centre back, I've got Joro and Murillo.
11:47Future stars.
11:48Murillo is in!
11:49God.
11:50Oh my God.
11:51And then at left back, I've got Kerkes, future stars.
11:53Jesus Christ.
11:54Palmer and Marmouche on the toes of Joro.
12:00Oh, you are in trouble.
12:02No, Joro ain't the issue here, bud.
12:05Murillo.
12:06Nah, nah.
12:07He can't even get on the rides at Alton Towers.
12:09Murillo's better than Joro, trust me.
12:12He's 5'11".
12:13Joro's got aerial plus and block and anticipate.
12:16Murillo's got every defensive play style and 85 pace.
12:19But then Kerkes, I just can't bear to use Louis Skelly.
12:23So, Kerkes is the one.
12:24To finish my defence, Kerkes left back along with Thomas.
12:28Joro at centre back along with Thomas.
12:30And Rio Ferdinand, future stars, icon.
12:34Oh, you've gone big on the centre back, yeah.
12:36Gone big on the centre back.
12:38I would probably say, I don't know how my budget's actually spread.
12:41But, I have Kerkes left back, future stars.
12:44I then have winter wildcard Haaland.
12:47And fundestruck Saliba.
12:49Not bad.
12:50Haaland's in there, George.
12:51Go on.
12:52George.
12:53Sorry.
12:54How expensive is your defence?
12:56Let me check, let me check.
12:58Centurions Van der Sar, future stars Diallo.
13:01Winter wildcard Erling Haaland.
13:03Defence wins championships, Tom.
13:05I think it's about, what is it, three and a half, four?
13:08That's not too bad.
13:09No, it's actually not bad, to be fair.
13:11So really, all I've done is just not have a good defence for my attack.
13:14Like, I've got Mahmoud Salah, Bruno McAllister.
13:17We're just going to outscore people.
13:19No, you're not going to outscore my team.
13:20No, I'm going to have the ball.
13:21Full-backs, Kerkes and Porro.
13:24Porro is undoubtedly better than Bradley, by the way,
13:26and I've played a lot of games with both,
13:27so I don't know how you've gone Bradley.
13:28Maybe you've gone with the relentless, I don't know.
13:30Our centre-backs, Marillo's that good that I'm playing him,
13:35even though my other centre-back is also left-footed,
13:38and he's Erling Haaland.
13:40Oh my, no.
13:41Two left-footed centre-backs makes me feel a bit uneasy, you know?
13:44Yeah, same, but Marillo's too good.
13:47Do you actually think Marillo's too good, Harry?
13:50Yeah, he's...
13:51Have you used him?
13:53No.
13:55His bruiser plus completely eliminates the fact that
13:58you might think he's a bit small.
13:59And by the way, if he was one inch taller and his head's six foot,
14:02I don't think you'd bat an eyelid, really.
14:04And yeah, he's just got every defensive playstyle he's classed.
14:06The thing is, you actually need a bench,
14:08so the bench pulls are pretty important here.
14:10I think I left about 200k for my bench,
14:13and I've ended up with five players that are actually usable.
14:17Right, I'll tell you mine,
14:18you can laugh at me and then we'll move on.
14:19Actually, no, these are just solid players.
14:21Grassroots great is Olly Watkins.
14:23Yeah, yeah, nah, that is a really, really solid choice for Stryker.
14:27He's like the only budget one that's actually top quality, I think.
14:30Yeah, rapid, finesse shot, technical, first touch, press proven,
14:33four-star, four-star's OK.
14:35Kusinov, the future star centre-back,
14:37he has every defensive playstyle again.
14:40Bergwoud, 87.
14:41El Canoos, the Leicester player,
14:44I mean, he's just cheap and I needed someone.
14:47I mean, he's got a few passing playstyles, at least.
14:49And Mbwemo, because he can play right-back and left-back,
14:51the Winter Wild card.
14:52Oh, well, I actually think my bench is OK.
14:56I would say my budget distribution is pretty fair across the whole team.
14:59I've got 1.5 million on the bench,
15:01which is probably too much, but I've got Fernando Vieiro.
15:04You what?
15:06I've heard he's good.
15:07Funderstruck.
15:08He actually wouldn't be that bad of a choice in the starting line-up.
15:12I did cheat a little bit.
15:13I see them using this card in La Liga Pro.
15:16Do you know what?
15:17It completely slipped my mind that he played for Bolton.
15:19Played for Bolton in 2004?
15:21Yeah, wow.
15:23You know what?
15:24He could be...
15:25No, he's not better than Yoro, is he?
15:27He's better than Yoro, not Morello.
15:28I see the pros using him out in Spain,
15:30so I thought, do you know what?
15:31I'm going to bang him in.
15:32I've got Ake, because he can play left-back too.
15:34Yeah, I like that, George.
15:35Yeah, and left-back cover.
15:37Right-back I was struggling on, as you can probably tell.
15:40If I was to do it again, I'd probably put Dalot on the bench
15:43or in the squad,
15:44but I had Steve McManaman.
15:45Yeah.
15:46Because I've used him in my team.
15:48He's actually not too bad, and he can play right-wing.
15:50I had Bergwaul.
15:52Shame I can't have his rigid backbone on,
15:54but got Bergwaul future stars.
15:56Then I had Bruno Fernandes, grassroot greats.
15:59Then Jeremy Doku, I think he's a Champions League card.
16:02And then Total Rush Salah.
16:06So my bench is about 1.5 mil.
16:10That is world-class, George.
16:11I love that.
16:13My bench was freezing-cold Palmer.
16:15Just the base.
16:16Skelly, 87 in form.
16:19Kunja, 87 in form.
16:21Drogo in those future stars.
16:22Kusinov, McManaman, and then J. Cole.
16:26Oh, okay.
16:27So you spent, what, near 500k on your bench?
16:29Mmm, yes, but...
16:31Yes.
16:32No.
16:33Confidently sticking with it 100%.
16:34No, I'm just asking.
16:36I kind of see it.
16:37I don't know if I've left too little on the bench or not,
16:40but I don't know how many players I'm willing to take off.
16:42They're all really good.
16:43Judges are here.
16:44The best, most balanced teams bench finished off.
16:46Nathan Aki benched.
16:47George covered the centre-back and left-back for my inevitable red card.
16:50Conor Bradley to cover the inevitable red card at right-back with Poro.
16:53I've pretty much got an option.
16:54I don't even need Watkins on the bench.
16:56I've got him in now, which takes me to 10.02.
17:01So I'm 20k over if I submitted now.
17:03But what I'd do is probably keep refreshing and submit when it goes to 9.99.
17:07Otherwise, I'm not bothered about him being in
17:10because Marmouche and Son can play Stryker anyway.
17:12Then I've actually got Savinio for 60k.
17:16So it wouldn't force me to put Son left-mid if I wanted to go like a 4-4-2.
17:21He can run it left-mid.
17:22And then Fabio Carvalho covers centre-attacking mid, right-mid and Stryker
17:27if I wanted to stick with my formation or again go to a 4-4-2.
17:29Everything is covered.
17:31Is Savinio better than Doku?
17:33In real life, yes.
17:34And in the game, yes.
17:35I might actually consider that.
17:36The thing is, I don't really want to change my team
17:38because I'm happy.
17:39But you've given me food for thought, boys.
17:41You don't have to be so stubborn about it.
17:43Just get Fernando Hierro on your bench.
17:45Do you know what I mean?
17:46We can see all of the teams here.
17:48We've got all four of them in front.
17:50Who do we think is best?
17:51Let me know in the comments.
17:52There's only one answer and it is me.
17:54I think I'm going to win this.
17:56And you know what?
17:57I'll try and run a poll.
17:58But I think it'll be me, Harry, Shorey, GC.
18:01Mine wasn't that bad, though.
18:03Well, Shorey, I'll see you on Sunday, mate.
18:05And I'll make sure I've rid you of Marmouche.
18:07Yes, I will see who you load up with, Thomas.
18:09Sounds fun.
18:10Thanks, boys.
18:11When I'm dry for content again, I'll get you to come on the call.