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.
Afternoon Laaaads, tinkering around here.
Is Krul/Mannone
Clyne/Dummett/Dier/Hutton/Wisdom too weak for defense? 2 newcastle players?
The reason being the front line is Rooney, Aguero, Ade.
On wildcard? And yes, if I had a team I would try and build a better defense. Mine is lacking at the moment. three 3m defenders is a bit too much if you ask me. In the end it’s your choice. 😉
yeah bud, just having a look
.. yeah, was thinking i could downgrade rooney and bring in van aanholt or someone. Defenders giving trouble… maybe over all, its just too early to make a call.
Van Aanholt and Mannone plus Krul and Dummet? Doubling your double up? 😛
Post your entire team so I can really rate it.
haha ooooooh god my head hurts! Will I show you my team now? and a possible wildcard team?
Dude, you don’t have to. But I don’t have a clear picture of your team and what of it needs fixing if you just give your defense and your striker. I can get RVP, KUN and STurridge and have that defense, my midfield would suck ass though. 😉
Before and after, thank you snippet tool
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I just learned how to use that shit myself. 😉
Ummm wait, this is your old team I guess? Not your WC team? Like only Dier is in your team above. >.<
New team is there now
Still 4 premium mids, lol I consider Siggy a premium mid nowadays. Albrighton is back by the way and he should bag some goals/assists when a regular starter. Plus, Leicester looked f-ing great their first few fixtures. If they can survive a few more games they must have better fixtures after that.
Many people go with I think Taylor of Swansea instead of Amat, he’s a back and gathers more BPS and more assist/goal chance I bet? Ten Mil for Balo is like 3 mil too much if you ask me. Downgrade him to a cheaper striker or Rooney (0.5m more expensive). If you go with Rooney you can’t fix defense though, it will actually cost you money.
I now have to go and eat dinner. But this is what I think up till now. I’ll take a better look later before I get the evil eye. See ya. Take care.
Exactly raz. Thats a great shout on Albrighton and Taylor mate cheers! Have them both added into the mix now! Didnt realise Taylor was 4.5 mil!
On the balotelli thing, I agree 10 mill is a lot, but considering 5/6 are decent fixtures and rodgers saying hes ready to be thrown in a just thought it might be a decent differential.
Not too sold on Naismith.
Grand no worries
Is Di Maria a good grab?
Don’t know, I’m more into the Kate Perry’s of this world. 😉
On a serious note, wait and see? We don’t know what Louis is planning now he has yet another worldclass player up front. F-ing DiMaria, Mata, Rooney and RvP. It’s just the rest of the team (apart froM DDG) that’s shite. 😉
Can’t say I don’t mind a bit of Katy Perry.
Will Di Maria play the full 90?
Doubt it? Does he even have a work permit yet? I heard Rojo doesn’t even have his work permit yet, that deal ain’t even closed yet.
Rojo had an italian passport and for some reason there was an issue with that.
Di Maria however does have a work permit.
Van Gaal said not to expect miracles from him. Did he start a game for Real yet? Don’t think so. So 90 minutes is unlikely? And it’s not like he knows the team in and out.
Bit risky mate
Crystal Palace have, as expected, completed the signing of Wilfried Zaha on a season-long loan from Manchester United.
United should just sell the fokker. Only good thing dude has done for United is screw the daughter of Moyes.
Right, up in Scotland tomorrow and Saturday, so will have limited time to assess my team…. here’s my plan:
– If Costa’s ok, then save my FT and captain Ramsey
– If Costa’s injured, then do Costa —–> Jovetic and captain… who?
Decided that a 4pt hit to take Costa and Jones out for Aguero and Dummett is just too risky at this moment in time…
Let me know what you think please peeps.
James
In the same situation, what’s the rest of your team looking like?
Here it is… what do you think?
I’d wait for jose’s conference. If you don’t think you’ll get connection, taking in jovetic is probaly the safer option, should be scoring again this weekend and if Costa doesn’t play and is ruled out for more than 2 weeks his value will go down fast
Yep, will do, any idea what time the Chelsea conference is at mate? Just read all this ‘eased in’ and ‘training ground knock’ business so will definitely avoid a 4pt hit for Aguero this week.
Should I hold off and see the situation on Costa, or just make my transfer now and hope he plays?
Bojan back fit, prepare for the goals