Fantasy Football 247 FPL Team – GW3
GW2 Review
It’s fair to say that GW2 was certainly a case of leaving it late. Our final score of 62pts was significantly higher than the average of 44pts and helped lift the team to 34,135 in the world. But for most of the weekend it looked like we were going to see a depressing red arrow as our defence disappointed as others around us made ground. Our skipper Diego Costa delivered his goal vs Leicester, though in all fairness we were hoping for at least a brace from him. So, 12pts from him, 6pts from Cesc Fabregas and 5pts from Gylfi Sigurdsson was a decent start, but Palace’s shocker at home to the Hammers saw Joel Ward gain just a single point. The evening match was mixed, Calum Chambers conceded two, picked up a yellow card and failed to trouble the scorers, though Aaron Ramsey rescued things somewhat with 9pts. So, we went into Sunday optimistic, but Erik Pieters, David de Gea and Wayne Rooney all scored just 2pts each, so we were relieved and delighted when Juan Mata followed up his goal with 3bps to leave us on 49pts with just Stevan Jovetic to play – while all around us we saw fellow managers with scores in the 60’s…. we feared the worst. All the talk before the City/Liverpool game was of Sergio Aguero and Mad Mario, so we were pleased to see Jovetic starting and he rewarded our patience with a brace, 3bps and a 13pt haul to take us to 62pts.
GW3 Transfer(s)
We have two transfers in our back pocket and while it’s always tempting to use them and make immediate changes, we have decided to play conservatively this week and use just the one. The main reason for this is that we are looking to get Sergio Aguero in a few weeks, but in the meantime it gives us a look at how we accommodate him and who we need to sell. It is likely, at this stage, that either Juan Mata or Wayne Rooney will need to be sacrificed and holding that extra transfer buys us time to look at how Angel Di Maria settles in, what formation United adopt to accommodate him and who suffers as a result. We have decided that we will probably sell Joel Ward and buy Newcastle’s Daryl Janmaat. However, with so many matches taking place this week, we have not yet pressed the button in case some injury news comes through. In the case of a downward price change for Ward, we would not be able to afford Janmaat, in which case we will get Fabricio Coloccini or Paul Dummett instead. Palace as we know struggled last week at home to West Ham and continue to be dogged by problems off the pitch. While we acknowledge that they haven’t become a bad unit overnight we feel that a Newcastle defender is a good investment (as per Bryan’s Fixture article) and Janmaat possesses the attacking qualities that other options (Coloccini and Dummett) don’t have. We wouldn’t rule out re-investing in Palace at some point and Martin Kelly at 4.5mln looks interesting.
We will announce when our transfer has been made.
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GW3 Team and Captain
We have decided to hand the armband to Jovetic this week. A home fixture vs Stoke will, we believe, hand the Montenegrin the chance to continue his good form, which saw him score twice against Liverpool on Monday night. Despite the slight risk of rotation, we feel that Edin Dzeko’s knock and Sergio Aguero being gradually eased back into the action minimises the risk of Jovetic not starting. We did consider other options. Diego Costa is of course in great form himself, but an away trip to Goodison is never easy and we feel Chelsea may keep it tight. Wayne Rooney away to Burnley is a great option on paper – but in reality, we felt United are not yet the force they were and after a pretty shocking week for them, confidence may be low and it’s clearly taking them time to kick start their season. Aaron Ramsey could do well at Leicester, but with the Giroud injury, Wenger saying Sanchez is “not quite there”, we just felt there was too much risk. Gylfi Sigurdsson was our other thought and he came very close to stealing the band from Jovetic, but we just felt City looked ominous without playing to their capacity vs Liverpool and if they can again reach those levels, then the goals should continue to flow.
An example of how not to use a wildcard…from the world number 7
And dropping from 1 -> 12 obviously ‘hits’ some people hard…see what i did there??
Ummmm. No? I don’t do math…
‘Hits’ people hard…because he took a 12 point hit…ahhh forget it.
Tough crowd you lot!
Haha, imbeciles! Not you Raz…
I got it people, just pulling your leg. In the end I always pull my own leg since people really consider me to be a stupid as I act. HAHA!
SINCE NOBODY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I LITERALLY MEAN NOBODY ANSWERED ON MY TEAM A PAGE BACK I HAVE TO REPOST IT AND USE CAPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND BE ALL PISSED LIKE THIS. :finger:
Raz,
Im assuming you will line up:
De Gea
Hutton, Terry, Chambers
Ramsey, Mata, Siggy, Fab
Rooney, Costa, Pelle
Pieters, Albrighton, Baird?
Monitor Costa and see how long he’s out for. I think you can afford to save the FT for international break in case of any injuries then.
If you use it, Costa -> Jovetic/Riviere/possibly Ballo but theyre all short term gambles.
I know. Wanted to use FT to bring in either Janmaat or Dummet, Chambers to Janmaat or Baird to Dummet. With the Costa situation don’t think the Janmaat move is a wise one. Chambers didn’t start yesterday by the way.
Raz,
Having exactly the same problem. Still have a FT and Chambers in my starting line up with S Davis coming on to replace him. Considering a move for the Newcastle back line myself but can’t help but think i’ll need that FT next week?
CS at home to Palace is almost guaranteed though.
Nothing can be taken for granted. Can see Gayle getting a goal actually. That said I have Krul (and maybe Dummett?) so hopefully not.
And add a monkey pictures with a hot chick sticking up her middlefinger. 😉
F-ing lucky monkey. >.<
Raz
Defence is pretty shaky, Chambers to Dummett so you have enough for Costa(if the injury is serious) or Rooney to Sturridge next week maybe? Otherwise I’d be looking for an extra .5 for Aguero somewhere
Shaken not stirred. Actually defense should be OK with Terry, Hutton (homegame), just my third defender is the problem. Chambers will lose his spot I think so he was gonna go out sooner than later and Baird hasn’t really shown anything since preseason. Pieters is good and they have great fixtures after the City game but the next game sucks and well they are shaky at the back.
if costa is out for long, bring aguero in!
even if it costs a hit.
Risky move, Kun is more injury prone than Costa. Just think what could happen in the upcoming 2 weeks. Sighs.
Scrap it…. it’s rubbish
Maybe just Costa to Adebayor for one week in case he’s injured?
Albrighton out Ward-Prowse in – & play 3-5-2 & bench Costa
I was actually considering that move but that would leave my defense pretty shaky.
what’s your question Raz?
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Afternoon all, everybody is freaking out about Costa I see, no different here, made the rookie mistake of an early week transfer of Bojan to Naismith to make some value, wondering whether I should take a hit with switching Costa out or hang tight? And for who? All suggestions welcome
You’ve got a guaranteed 3-5-2 if he doesn’t play so I’d say stick and assess the Costa situation during the international break.
That’s what I was leaning towards alright, City at home to Stoke has such a tasty high scoring look to it though
Hang tight. You can actually work out 3-5-2. Also, who knows, Costa might even get 30 minutes saturday, injury not as serious as they first reports told us.
Afternoon, thought on these transfers please:
Costa, Terry and Bojan out.
Sturridge, Dummet and Aulla in. (for 4 points as got 2FTs)
*Bojan isn’t a needed transfer but can see him dropping again (and again) Plus I already have transfers planned for next week?
Top Heavy,
You’re taking a 4pt hit to put a player on the bench. That’s an automatic 4 point loss which you won’t make back…Bojan is unlikely to drop again this week.
Go through with the other 2 if Costa is confirmed, until then, hold tight.
Cheers Mr Bean – Aulla would have been my 3rd striker. Fortunately Bojan is no longer injured so hoping he wont drop further (until I get round to sorting him at least)
Sturridge and Dummet for now :thumbup:
If Costa has been injured severely (which I doubt) would anyone go with a Drogba shout? Super cheap striker who can still bet goals. Also an Arsenal game is just around the corner lol.
Makeya,
He’ll still be a sub as far as i’m aware.
I’m hearing a lot about Torres moving to Milan. If he moves and Costa can’t play, drogba will be the only option. Unless they buy another striker
Van Ginkel and Torres going to Milan would be better for the players and the clubs, especially Milan. Milan have become weak.