Fantasy Football Captain Picks

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 30 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 According to French satirist Alphonse Karr’s famous epigram, ‘the more things change, the more they stay the same’. Chelsea, reunited with Jose, are barely within sight now at the Premier League summit. Sunderland, 18 months on from ousting Di Canio, once more find themselves destabilized by restless natives and managerial upheaval. Newcastle parted with the much maligned Pardew but have, if anything, seen their fortunes deteriorate yet further. QPR, a couple of years on from being relegated by a sorry collective of journeymen and overpaid mercenaries, are… well, one gets the idea. It’s no different in the FPL world. A small, select band of weekly captain candidates have emerged...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 29 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 GW28 was probably the easiest Captain decision ever, hence the lack of excitement on the final day of the DGW when Harry Kane notched twice vs QPR. GW29 is very different with there not being one outstanding candidate as per last week. On paper, we assume that most of the conservative managers will lean towards the Arsenal or Man City contingent as the Gunners entertain an out of form West Ham at the Emirates, while City travel the short distance to Burnley, who seem incapable of keeping a clean sheet. So there will be obvious calls for the likes of Aguero, Alexis, Silva and Giroud, all of whom will feature in this week’s article, but this week may just be the week for a gamble, especially if you are chasing...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 28 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 Just when you were still agonising and dissecting GW27 and had thoughts of spending days planning your next move, stop right there! GW28 starts on Tuesday, yep it’s another quick turnaround for us Fantasy addicts. Truly no rest for the wicked. Now I don’t know if you have heard but GW28 is actually DGW28 (*quiz show style ‘Wooooooo’*). Traditionally this sees us FPL managers purr at the delight of a huge weekly score. However, DGW28 only sees two sides playing twice, namely QPR and Spurs, so the opportunity for a blockbuster score may be limited, but one lives in hope with many pinning there captaincy badge on the obvious Harry Kane. But there are other candidates for the brave and those looking to go ...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 27 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 Hello friends and welcome to your Captains Article for GW27. Now this article relates to the original fantasy football EPL game. You remember that one? We used to love this in the days before we were distracted by the UEFA Champions League and Europa League fantasy games, all those substitutions and captaincy changes strewn over the course of nine days for the former or four hours in the case of the latter. MLS fantasy is starting back up which a lot of us enjoy greatly – only the Americans can come up with a game where price changes are based upon your performance in one game, providing you play 45 minutes at least of course, such as is their fascination with fast-paced gaming and basically being a bit diff...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 24 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 On any normal transfer deadline day nothing would have trumped Carlisle United’s procurement of Nathan Buddle from Blyth Spartans. But like a crossbar shuddering from a Geoff Hurst thunderbolt, the football world is still reverberating from the impact of Monday’s biggest story; Man Utd’s signing of defender Andy Kellet on loan from Bolton. When asked whether he’d still retain his 3-5-2 formation in light of this capture, Louis van Gaal mumbled, “But of course. We are in a bad moment like Queens Park Raisins. Kellet will make the youth team strong. This is football.” If you went for Harry Kane as captain last week, one of Calvin Clyne’s tips, you’ll have been re...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 25 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 Gameweek 24 was a mixed bag for captaincy candidates. Walcott returned a one point cameo from the bench; Silva left empty-handed; while teammate Aguero contributed a paltry 5 points. Eden Hazard continued his march up the scoring charts with a handsome 10 points. Once more, however, the limelight was stolen by Harry Kane who, for those ‘punks’ who were ‘feeling lucky’ accrued double digits for the second consecutive game. This week throws up a few, how to put this, potentially less balanced fixtures. But then, that was said about Man City vs Hull City, so who really knows what will happen? With Man Utd and Arsenal having irresistible home fixtures, can Fantasy Football managers afford...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 26 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 A ten day break from league action is just what the doctor ordered for fantasy owners. The wildcard has been played, the transfer window has closed and a break in the action will have allowed us all to take a long, hard look at the team we have going forward. A rash of injuries to significant fantasy players has proved frustrating and a bench featuring good reserves players has paid off for those who make sure their reserves start for their respective EPL teams. The good news is that Sanchez and Aguero look set to play this weekend, which should solve many selection headaches around the world. In the interest of full disclosure, I write the article this week coming off disastrous captain choices for my team ...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 23 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 Evening all, for the last time from the Emerald Isle here are your picks for the hallowed armband. This has been written whilst sitting on a packed box for a chair with the laptop on another couple of boxes acting as a makeshift table, all at the end of a labyrinth of various other boxes and suitcases. Such are the lengths we go to to bring you the latest captain report, and those war correspondents think they have it tough… I doubt John Simpson ever had to throw together a quick meal of the few remaining ingredients he had left before moving out (sausages, lasagna sheets, jelly and honey since you ask), but there he is with his CBE and his International Emmy, all while living off the taxpayer! Not tha...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 22 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 Hello and welcome to your first tartan-tainted captains article of 2015 so Guid New Year to yin an’ all and lang may yer lum reek. *confusion and polite smiling sweeps across the boards* Before we begin I would like to say a thank you to Lawdogg for his first and hopefully not last, Captains article last week, which was excellent. Welcome to the cappo crew Mr D. And the “elfin executioner?” Bravo. Right let’s start with a quick fire quiz, shall we? 1. Have you made a New Year’s Resolution? 2. Have you stuck to the diet so far? 3. Have you visited the gym like you said? 4. Have you started looking for that new job? 5. Have you pumped yourself full of the confidence to ask that girl out? 6. Did you nail the ca...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 21 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 Welcome to Gameweek 21 and 2015. Can it really be 2015? Remember Y2K? The electronic apocalypse! Our bank accounts would magically disappear, electricity, heat and running water would be a thing of the past, and life as we knew it would cease. Instead we got cheap champagne, some knob playing Prince’s “1999” one last time and a midnight kiss from some broad with a snaggletooth. Fifteen years on, Apple has taken over the world, “reality” TV has destroyed that entertainment medium and it turns out Pluto was never a planet. Where has the time gone? We hope you survived the Holiday fixture madness, slept off the New Year’s Day hangover and put away all the Christmas albums for another year (though we give you pe...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 20 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 In Times Square, New York, millions gather to witness the ‘Ball Drop’. Londoners stand agape at Big Ben. Italians traditionally wear red underwear. Wherever it’s celebrated, and whatever the custom, the New Year gives everyone a cause to reflect upon a year of joy, hardships, triumph and despair. For those that aren’t into watching balls drop; staring at large erect clocks or adorning scarlet panties, lets allow ourselves to be whipped up into a nostalgic fervour of our own. So, before the final Captain Picks of 2014, here’s a quick nod of acknowledgement to the expertise of those that write upon this hallowed digital papyrus, as FF247 merrily tiptoes through the writers’ ...[Read More]

Captains Picks Fantasy Football Gameweek 18 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15 ‘Twas the night before GW18, when all through the land Not a creature was sleeping, for they had not planned; Their transfers were done, and in good time too, But whom should they captain? They need to know, who?! That’s right folks, ’tis that time of year again, when – what? “Christmas?” Bah humbug! Merely incidental! ‘Tis the time of year when we approach the halfway point of our FPL marathon. Those of you who have done well up to this point will be hoping to consolidate and push on further, and for the rest of you there is still plenty of time to heed the Ghost of FPL Past, turn the ship around and overhaul your rivals. What better way to start than nailing your c...[Read More]