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.
I see, as it stands now Hull is out of Europe, I think? Which means getting their players will be more attractive again.
Not being able to find the proper word for attractive, appealing it should be. 😉
Or was it appalling? 😛
Current team:
Do I- Wait till tomorrow for Costa news, then if injured downgrade him to Jovetic, or if not injured, take in Janmatt- clyne for luis. Or do I just make my changes tonight before the prices rise and hope for the best surrounding Costa
I meant to add this
WTF? Luis still in your team? >.<
Raz
Think I’ll just do Luis> Janmatt so I don’t lose anymore value
I’ll admit it’s not been by best move ever
The losing value thing shouldn’t be a problem if he actually was playing. A 6m non playing defender is just terrible.
do you think Janmatt or clyne? (Thinking long term as I plan on keeping them after my wildcard)
I was so set to get Clyne a week ago but Janmaat changed my mind after his last game. Dude is a back but he was Newcastle’s best attacking player that game. Which says a lot about their attacking attributes but still. Think they have yet to score in a competitive game. Luuk de Jong is also not a prolific striker but still looks better than those weird Frenchies they got.
I could take in both and take a hit for Pieters ( I’m unsure on stoke’s current defence)
@ Duthers
I would never take a hit for a defender… only way to get those points back if he actually keeps a cleansheet. Big risk.
So I’ve realised my problem: it’s not “do I want to swap Costa out for Jovetic” – no, like, of course I do – it’s actually “am I prepared to wildcard next week” that’s confusing me.
This feels strangely pivotal given how early on into the season we are.
Stroke your head… or wait… with a head like yours that’s the same thing as masturbation…
Raz
Do you an album full of monkey pics? haha
James
Problem with international breaks are they are the prime time for injuries, i’m thinking I’ll see how players are after it then make my decision on the wildcard
I was just about to say hahaha, the folder of them must at least a Gigabyte in size, they’re pretty awesome though…
Thanks, Arsun is a rude Frenchman who often publically masturbates, or at least strokes his head as you say.
I know eh, Jovetic would be great to have this week, but I don’t think my current squad warrants a wildcard. I shall definitely wait until tomorrow and make a rash decision then. Any idea what time the press conference is at?
I think ( could be wrong) that Chelsea usually have them in the morning so the news should be with us by 11:30/12
Great stuff, cheers. By the way, just seen your team above, and is definitely play Ferdinand ahead of Pieters.
Chelsea’s presser is normally 12.30
@ FF247
If Costa does have a serious injury are you guys changing tactics/plan? Instead of a Newcastle defender a striker?
Raz, we’re talking now, if we sell Costa we’re likely to use both free transfers, which will likely be getting in a Newcastle defender.
All will be revealed in good time!
Think selling Costa only makes sense if he’s injured for a long while. He might be back in the team after International break and he might even appear in the saturday game. If that’s the case, I’d keep the FT.
Raziel
Watch your mail box over the next 48hrs as you have something coming by airmail
enjoy
Potty
Cool. I’m honored.
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DUDE, I actually never go this far!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Distasteful, sighs. FEEL MY WRATH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guys, I use fiso on my mobile, bbut for the last few days its not been working, do you guys use any other price checking site?
Fiso was the best site 2 or 3 seasons I ago I think, they sucked last season. Totalfpl was the main site and very accurate last season.
However, even totalfpl seems to have some problems with the changes FPL made. They could be a little off still, but they still come the closest, I bet.
http://totalfpl.com/pricechanges
cheers
I got that on my computer. but doesn’t work great onn the iphone
My advice is, for the time being, screw price changes. Do what you can, when you can, as all sources are currently unreliable.
Not a ba point