Fantasy Football 247 Site Team Gameweek 27
Welcome to the Fantasy Football 247 Site Team Gameweek 27. GW26 wasn’t one of our better weeks sadly, but every now and again we allow the Community Team their five minutes in the spotlight 😉 We scored just 48 points, three above the average but a red arrow followed as we slipped to 52,554. Our two transfers of Jakupovic and Mane contributed 6pts between them and it was only that high as we capo’d Mane. We only played with 10 as Andy Carroll didn’t play and neither did Matt Phillips or that idiot Amat from the bench. Yeah overall pretty depressing, I’m walking off the ledge just writing this. Thank the Lord, no not Pardew, for Seamus Coleman, Christian Eriksen, Dele Alli and Kyle Walker – they scored 37 of our points. As punishment we took the squad to La Managa for a training camp this week as we’ve seen how well teams respond to this :winktongue:
Transfer(s) for GW27 – We have sold Defoe and Alli and bought Aguero and Sterling:
Two popular moves which need little explanation. City’s DGW is clearly the draw here and if you can’t take a hit for a DGW then when can you?! Selling Alli is a shame but someone had to take one for the team and young Alli is our sacrifical lamb. Aguero is about as obvious a transfer as you can get with the form he is in, while Sterling was also unanimous with the likes of Sane, KdB or Silva not even mentioned. These two transfers don’t improve our number for the reduced week that is GW28 but we can address that to some extent next week.
Team in full –
Captain: We have voted to TRIPLE CAPTAIN AGUERO
It has been a strange season for Aguero – two red cards, an apparent fall out with Pep and the resurrection (forgive us) of Jesus all played a part in the striker losing his starting spot. Jesus was seen as the man who could perfectly carry out Pep’s preferred role as a “hard working striker” and he started great before picking up an injury at Bournemouth. So Aguero gets a reprieve and four goals in two matches suggests the Kun of old is back. Even Pep is impressed, this is what the manager said after City’s win over Huddersfield: “It’s the best performance I’ve ever seen from Sergio”. He scored two goals and created a lot of chances. When he plays at that level, he’s unstoppable. We are so happy with how he played today”. Praise indeed.
The vote to use our Triple Captain chip on Aguero this week was not unanimous, but was clear enough. Matches vs Sunderland and Stoke for an attacking team is about as good as it gets and with City having scored nine goals in their previous two matches, it would appear that the attacking prowess that was so evident earlier in the season has returned. Aguero has superb recent records vs both clubs – five goals in four matches vs Sunderland and five in three vs Stoke. The alternative of course is to wait for something better, which ultimately may not arrive. The big DGW will be in GW37 and we will use our Bench Boost that week. We could end up not being happy with the alternatives and ending up TC’ing someone in GW38! Or worse still lumping it on Andy Carroll – and we saw how that worked out for many last season!
Are we expecting 180mins from Aguero? No, of course not. Iheanacho came on for Aguero vs Huddersfield and scored so he will definitely take some game time away from Sergio but we are confident (hopeful) that Pep will continue to start Aguero in both league matches.
So balls out it is on Kun.
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And here it is….
TC Kun etc. Sweaty bum time…..
Brought in Kun for Costa. Hope it works out for all of us. Would it be worth a hit to bring in Gabbi for Origi?
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In normal circumstances, definitely yes.
But if you think about it, Southampton blank after the next GW and so maybe either a playing player for that week OR, a hit would be recouped if you brought in Sterling for Alli this week. If I were taking a hit this week, it would be for more City coverage I think.
If Phillips is out then maybe I’d do it. Still no game in 28 for him but that’s your call on balance. The kids on fire so I wouldn’t say no to it at all.
More City coverage might be a good idea GP, thanks. I’ll have a think on form v fixtures. Thanks Innit.
Too risky to bring in Aguero so soon let alone triple captain him. For all we know iheanacho could start or Aguero could blank. £12.7 for a player that has very little points compared to cheap forwards like Defoe no thanks.
Howveer Sterling is in fine form and always plays a part in City’s goals so I have bought in him and stones to capitalise on the double gsmeweek as well as captured Sterling. For £7.8 he’s great value.
Typos aside, captained not captured Sterling…
Waxys,
Can’t see where the risk comes from. He scored two against Monaco and assisted one and he scored two against Huddersfield and assisted one so the form is as much with him as it is Sterling.
And with the fixtures in the DGW being very kind indeed, I can see huge numbers going with him and I’m certain 99% of those will TC him.
Hey Waxys, I think you are wrong on the risk of Kun – DGW’s are there to be attacked and Aguero has proved himself the most explosive player in the Premier League.
3 weeks ago I would have agreed with you, but since Jesus’ injury, Kun has come in and not only scored and assisted but also done it in a way that has pleased his manager. The fixtures are there for the player hence buying him is a no-brainer, captaining him is logical and TCing him is to me also very sensible when the rest of the potential DGWs are considered.
I would argue that buying Stones is a bigges risk given who City have conceded to of late?
I do like Sterling as your Capo mind you – if I wasn’t going with Kun, and everyone has a right to their opinion, I would capo Sterling.
He started against Monaco true but look at it from Pep’s perspective. The league title is unlikely to be claimed by anyone else other than Chelsea and these aren’t any particularly difficult fixtures. On the EPL side. Silverware on the other hand is something that is attainable so Pep would want to keep his best players rested for those games. Now of course I could be firstly wrong on all this and I probably am but I do think gone are the days where Aguero is a 100% guranteed startee Iheanacho may want playtime and want better time to do it then against easy fixtures? Compared to vital games. Anyone could blank but Aguero hasn’t exploded in the EPL scene for a long time now so he’s still unproven despite cup games where it may be seen as way more important. I would captain Aguero if I had him and I did actually use my triple coatqin on Aguero when he scored and assisted twice. But looking at the current situation I’m not so sure.
The league is never over. Look at Liverpool a few seasons back, they had it within grasp until Slippy G.
Look at City the season they nicked off United with that late Aguero goal.
2 wins for City this week will do them wonders and they still have to play Chelsea.
Any weakness from
Chelsea and City will be ready to strike.
Do not write them off.
Waxy’s, Aguero is going to start both the games. City is still 11 points behind the leader..do you think that Pep can rest his in-form forward in these circumstances, let alone Aguero. He was very impressed by his display against Huds. Even if he blanks in both the games, I’d still not hide behind the couch when he plays. Moreover, he was raising at almost 10% per hour last time i checked. This shows how eager ROTW to get him in. You should be too.
cheers
Time will tell gentlemen. I am going TC on Aguero
Site Team,
All very sensible and logical there and I have done the exact same (Sterling in – already had Aguero – the TC will be going on him).
Did the Community Team outscore you guys last week? I hadn’t noticed :winktongue:
Only took you 26 tries….
We’re persistent.
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Foster
Walker/McAuley/Williams
Pedro/Eriksen/Barkley/Phillips
Costa/Kane/Lukaku
ITB 2.1
Bench
Antonio
(others are irrelevant)
Phillips & Antonio have complicated my life…
1) Plan was to do Costa to Kun for a straight swap as I have the exact amount of $ to do it.
Now, if I do that – I ll have only 10 players (Phillips is out ; Antonio is not available for selection this GW)
2) I can do Phillips to Sterling for a straight swap and have 11 players, but that means no Kun !!
Now it seems almost impossible to have both Sterling & Kun w/out a -8 and ruining the team for GW 28
So, yeah…that’s pretty much it…
Doc,
Phillips may yet play, Pulis is desperate for him to.
Really hope so, mate…
Did Costa to Kun before the price changed…
I now have 0.0 ITB and 10 players on the field…
I hope Phillips will play…
If not, I may even leave it like it is…and go with 10…
So I think that getting sterling and kun is a great idea. Help me out guys. I can either remove mane and Ibra, mane and Costa, or eriksen and ibra, or I can bring sane instead of sterling and remove eriksen and Costa. Plz advice!
Rohan
Because Liverpool play in GW28 when many other teams don’t, I would leave Mane in if you can. Aguero and Sane in for Eriksen and Costa sound a fair move considering the double game week.
Rohan, I’ll not lose Mane as he plays in Gw28. I myself have held him. Be patient with him. he’s in a cracking form and will give you returns. I’ll suggest Eriksen and Costa out for Aguero and Sane..I know that Sterling transfer looks more appealing, but, atleast this way you have 2 dgw players in the team.