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.
Thanks to a certain tabloid, twitchy fingers across the FPLverse are doing this…
lol.
Costa will play on the weekend. I have full conference in that. Will he play the entire match? Probably not. Will be be out for 3-4 weeks? Probably not.
My Chelsea contact has confirmed that Costa is sidelined for only 2 months.
Potty
Oh ouch. Out for 2 months?
Yes I heard it off your contact too Makeya?
Potty
Ahh I’m in Australia so it’s always hard to keep up to date with whats going on on the other side of the world. Please god no, no no no don’t let Costa be out. At least it would push Chelsea to get rid of Torres….
Rumour is a quick fix plan is needed so Chelsea may now sign Tu Cker.
You know him Makeya?
Potty
Oh really? No I don’t. I tried to look him up on the net and got nothing. Is he decent Potty?
Makeya
Depends what type of Tucker you enjoy Cobber
Gudday
Potty
Haha fair mate
The bloke who lives two floors above me, a reliable source, said this to me, “???????????!!!”
Which translates as, “Costa is injured for at least 3 months. Now leave me and my family alone.”
Potty:
a) Did you borrow Joe Kinnear’s phone?
b) Did you call Jose or go straight to Roman?
Poppit
Neither, I got an e-mail regarding Costa from Stamford the Lion
Potty
Haven’t seen any discussion about Eto… Will he be playing alongside Lukaku? could this be a good option to free up some cash or better to wait and see?
Joga, I had a chat with Ant, an Everton fan a few hours ago about Eto’o. Nothing was resolved, and it won’t help you in the slightest, but you may be able salvage something from it.
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just saw thanks…guess ill wait and see
Well that’s but a spanner in the works Costa May be out for up to 6 weeks if his hamstring injury is pretty serious there will be no point in Chelsea risking him against Everton
Recommendations on a striker for max 6mil that’s not Naismith? Thinking Eto’o but not sure between him and Naimisth who would get the nod. What do y’all think?
Nugent or Ulloa from Leicester. Both regular starters and know how to score goals.
And anyone getting Di Maria in? If yes, are you keeping Mata as well if you had him before or selling him?
This game week should clear all of that up. I personally am trying to cut out some of my Man United players at least until they find their confidence again. It was a bad start for them and I don’t see them turning it around instantly.
I’ve had Rooney and Mata and I honestly won’t be selling Rooney. He will haunt me for sure if I do. I’m just confused on Mata vs Di Maria or both.
I have to use my WC this week if Costa and Giroud both are out. Need a new defender as well so might as well use the WC and shake things up.
blackillusion: if you just need to swap your strikers, use a 4pt hit and save the WC at least for the international break once the transfer window has shut. Once you use it there’s months until the next one!
hmmm not a bad thought. Thanks