Fantasy Football FF247 Team Gameweek 24
So after playing our wildcard we were hoping for a bit of a climb up the overall. Luckily enough we managed a solid score of 80 points, which was easily higher than the average of 46. This allowed us to climb 547 spots landing us in 1236th place and hopefully putting us in a position to jump back into the top 1k. Three of our players made the dream team for the game-week and although our wildcard was not a smashing success, it was definitely still a positive for our team. Besides there wasn’t too many wise semi flightless birds (Init) that thought to bring in Jon Walters before his 19 points with their wildcard. Even though we didn’t count on the Stoke grey haired somewhat Irish-ish Englishman, mid-ish/forward to score a scruffy hat-trick, we still did have some good contributors that we will go over now.
In goal we had the Colombian David Ospina. As we all know around these parts, Colombians are very, very trustworthy. Ospina has now kept a clean sheet in his 3 appearances for Arsenal and is off to a flying start with the FF247 team as one of our new signings. Despite him not being Miss Universe cute his returns are still prettier than what we were getting back from the English ‘Hart’throb. In defence we had the exemplary human being known as John Terry. Who might have missed out on a clean sheet this past GW, but we expect that our faith in him (strictly as a player) will be repaid in FPL points over the coming weeks. Another one who failed to deliver was Mr. Facial expression himself Phil Jones. Nevertheless we are sure that with United’s fixtures that he is more than capable of keeping a clean sheet, well for 80 minutes or so until he loses his marker and a guy who hasn’t scored in 3 years manages a goal. In the ridiculous tradition of having our fodder bench player outdo our higher priced defenders. PVA as he is known by the FPL community grabbed us a wonderful 12 points. Aanholt could be the new Hutton!
Moving along to our midfield we find one of our new signings Mighty Mouse, Santi Cazorla. What a signing he was for us! With 17 points he certainly did his part and much more. One of the few players from the pre-WC team that was able to retain his spot on our squad was Hazard. With good reason that, as he managed 8 points in a week where he was given all 3 bonus points despite only registering an assist in the game. Our two other new acquisitions were both handed a debut start and were unable to score more than 2 points. Hopefully Adam Johnson and Jason Puncheon can earn their keep next week if they are allowed a second opportunity to prove their worth.
As we analyze our front line, we notice that a certain RVP was able to collect 7 points for us and when doubled for being our captain we are handed a elementary math question to answer. Guessing that 14 is that total, it is a nice number to add to our 13 point contribution from Harry Kane. Kane who came in off the bench for the injured Sanchez for us, was a proper demonstration of highly skilled luck from us. Our third spot was taken by boy toy Graziano Pelle who looked as good as ever, except for the part where he actually got us any points.
Having recapped how our squad performed last GW, let us now move along to our transfer decision and line up for the upcoming week.
Transfer for GW22
As stated last week, the plan all along was to have RVP keep the place warm for Sergio “Kun” Aguero for a week. Now that the Argentinian has cleared Chelsea, we feel that the time to buy is now. We thank the former Arsenal man for his service and applaud him for putting away that goal in an offside position vs Leicester. We will continue to monitor the situation with Alexis Sanchez, but the hope is that he is ready for the North London Derby. In case of emergency, we will have the Chelsea physio check him, who surely will have him UP and ready.
So to confirm our transfer we have –
Sold Robin van Persie and Bought Sergio Aguero
Our team in full…
This week we revert back to the 3-4-3 and this time by choice. We had a discussion over the keepers and feel that Pulis will have found a bigger bus to park after surrendering 3 goals last week and have decided to go for Foster. Perhaps a bit difficult considering Ospina’s form, but we feel that Spurs and Arsenal are two sides that traditionally like an up and down game. Terry of course gets the start with Clyne as the no brainers in our back 3. PVA gets the nod over Jones also based on what seems the easier fixture on paper. In the midfield we drop AJ to the bench as first sub and if Alexis is unable to play he will come in and hopefully get us another 13 points like Kane did the previous GW. Up top we run our 3 strikers out there led by our new acquisition Sergio Aguero.
Captain
Our captain this week is Aguero
Could it really be anyone else this week? I guess in theory it could, but we are not about to turn away from Kun with his fixture. Don’t think we actually went through the process of debating the decision, we all just kinda knew he would carry the armband.
Our vice-captain is Eden Hazard
The team in text format is –
Foster
van Aanholt, Clyne, Terry
Sanchez, Puncheon, Hazard, Cazorla
Aguero, Pelle, Kane
Bench: Ospina. Johnson, Jones, Baird.
Thanks for reading Fantasy Football FF247 Team Gameweek 24.
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Played my WC and think I am set – 3.1mil remains which will be used to upgrade Sterling to Sanchez/Walcott (if Sanchez doesn’t play). Good captain/sub choices?
Here it is!
Here it is!!!
Nice one, Nosaj. Good luck this GW
Good luck to you to gkw
Looks decent, not as good as mine, but decent. :p
Judging by the way you said that Raz, I can tell you’re impressed by this squad 😉
Right, on reflection I’ll take the good advice of GP and Dreamers and go for Mane rather than Siggy. There’s still a good chance I’ll sign up Siggy once again before the seasons over, but there’s little to be lost by taking a chance on Mane. Thanks, GP and Dreamers – have a great GW! So the final squad is:
Krul (Pant)
Ivanovic – Zouma – Terry (Bellerin, Clyne)
Di Maria – Ozil – Silva – Cazorla (Siggy)
Kane (vc) – Defoe – Aguero (capt)
0 itb
You still have Mane in there gwk… 😉 nice punt though! Liking the team. :thumbup:
Should be Mane not Siggy, yeah. The guys convinced me.
I like Mane, but with so many attacking options I don’t know what Koeman will be doing the next couple of weeks.
Yeah, as I said before game-time is a concern – but nice upside potential if he does ever nail down a starting spot
WTF? 3 Chelsea defenders? >.< DUDE?
Parking the big blue bus
Is that a WC squad? Fingers crossed AVL don’t score! I like it though
Yep, WC era now expiring for this season.
Reckon Zouma will play then gkw? I’m literally praying he does!
I’m fairly convinced, AT, yes. But, if not, Clyne and Bellerin aren’t bad as back-up.
Can I get away with this team? >.<
Feel shite Janku is my second goalie. But need that 0.2m (instead of Mans whom I wanted) to buy Sanchez back Tuesday if/when needed. SIghs.
With Sanchez out I think he could drop 0.2m again before Tuesday, aaarrghhhh shite.
Similar thing with me Raz. I wanted Ivano (scored 4 in his last 5 against Villa and in better form) over Terry but I needed Sanchez to drop 0.2mil by Tuesday to be able to get him so I played it safe. Anyway, good luck for this GW. Looks a nice squad
Good luck to you 2 mate.
If he does drop you can upgrade Jak at a later date…. If he plays today you are still covered to buy him back
Sanchez is out for today. It’s just been on twitter. He failed the medical this morning and wasn’t in the bus. 😉
At least get a nice-sounding 4.0m keeper. One with a nice shirt or something.
Honestly mate it’s fine. If Pants somehow lost his place you’d just change him.
Indeed, plus he’s just too good at the moment. He won’t lose it. In cup matches where Mans plays they concede a lot more goals.
And yes, I picked him for the shirt. 😉
Raz – why isn’t Naughton in the middle? What happened to your colour co-ordination?
He’s a right back, so I put him up as a right back. Kompany plays central and Azpi as a left back. I think I got it covered. 😉
:thumbup:
Really nice team, Duthers approves 😉 ( What is your team value cause that team looks very expensive)
I don’t know. 106.1m total value, selling value 104.2m or more, I think.
wow nice, my team value kept on going down till i played my wildcard so my value is only around 103
Dude, you bought the wrong Chelsea defender 😉
Not feeling good about this game week. Zouma and Baird in the starting line-up is just asking for a shite points score
Just done Sanchez to Silva last second, don’t know how I feel but hoping for the best!
Sound move, Shadow
Should I play Boyd over Chadli this week?
Not sure you really have a choice in the matter mate 😉
It wouldn’t have been a good idea anyway, Tom