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.
Hi guys I am a newbie and due to disastrous 2 weeks have been forced to use my wild card. this is the new team i have drafted any help would be appreciated. Thanks
The one definite change to make is Valencia. If you really want Man U coverage, get someone who’ll score decent points. Rooney instead of Mad Mario, maybe, tho I don’t recommend that. I’d get a cheap midfielder like King (Lei) and then get ivanovic instead of Azpi.
Kency,
United fixtures (and defence) don’t look great at all so I would steer away from De Gea. If you want a big keeper, Mignolet and Lloris have better fixtures, or you could go Krul/Mannone as they rotate perfectly home and away.
Defence: Clichy and Azpi are subject to rotation and a QPR defender at the moment is suicide. Cahill and Terry are better options for Chelsea cover. Unsure about City’s defence…they will get cleansheets but i’m not sure who will play…can stick with Clichy for the moment.
Taylor, Collocini, Van Aanholt all have much better fixtures for the same price as Ferdinand.
Shawcross is more of a goal threat but if you need to save money, Pieters is a good option.
Dier is fine.
Before i move onto the next 8, i would suggest choosing either 3-4-3 or 3-5-2 and sticking to it instead of buying cheap rotations.
Midfield: Hazard, Sterling and Siggy all good.
Valencia and Ki are not good sources of points – upgrade one and downgrade the other. Look at Eriksen/Lamela possibly.
Forwards: Aguero – gametime.
Ballotelli – form.
Naismith – place is squad.
They could all easily bag points galore or all be sitting on the bench for 60 mins. Aguero will be essential soon.
Did you just say United’s fixtures don’t look great? Disagree completely. The only positive thing going for them at the moment is that they have amazing fixtures for the foreseeable future.
Bryan,
Burnley and QPR are their easy fixtures…Leicester away will be a test and West Ham are never pushovers. And then its seriously downhill from there!
Agreed. The fixtures could hardly be any better. Whilst I wouldn’t invest in any new Utd ayers I’m certainly keeping the ones I have
Read on TFPL that the ratio of rises to falls is 1:6 so far. Avoiding drops is going to be essential in the long run.
Also, going by TFPL statistics could leave you very frustrated at the moment. Siggy rose again on 78% while Guzan at 144% didn’t budge. Time to take your mind off price changes and focus on players who will score points…which doesnt include Bojan.
Mr Bean, thanks for the info. 1:6, bloody hell! If price drops are going to cost us I’m in trouble 😉
Is it true diego costa is injured?
http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/chelsea-striker-diego-costa-picks-up-hamstring-injury-sun-sport/
Badger, it does seem to be. Its all over the web, just google ‘Costa injury’ I did read that there is still hope he will be fit for Everton so i think we need to sit tight and see what happens!
Question: is it now worth taking a 4-pt hit to upgrade Rooney to Aguero?
It’s entirely down to you. Ime putting in Aguero in this week and captaining him. He’s a must have and even if he only plays one half I still fancy his chances.
Although I think he’ll do well I also think Rooney will too. I wouldn’t take any points hits for it as that means Aguero will need to score just to break even. Wait until after the international break and see who’s injured and who’s not
Morning all
Dier finally went up so selling him gave me the 0.2 I needed
What do you think of this wc squad. Will be playing 3-5-2
Morning Hammers if Dier was 5m when you bought him & now 5.3m you will only get 5.1m back if you sell him but double chk this is right
Morning Silvs
Bought him for 5.1, so get 5.2 back. Downgraded him to bertrand (5.0) to get the 0.2 i needed for aguero. Thanks for your concern though!
Any opinions on the squad? I’ve just seen the costa news which is a concern
Team looks good Hammers Clichy might be rotation rick , Nais could lose place to Etto and Dum coukld lose his place once Santon is fit but still a good team
Have to sort my fingers out not working by the looks of it
Gonna play 3-5-2 so nais will be on the bench most weeks.
Think im willing to gamble on clichy as i’d have hutton & dummett (til november) to come as as half decent options.
Cheers for the advice though
Like the look of your forwards (keep an eye on Costa news) and can see Naismith and Larsson giving you flexibility. GK is a good choice for Chelsea cover but not sure I’d pay 5.0 for Bettrand or 5.5 for Clichy. I think there are better options available but then it’s always guess work
Just out of interest why not pay 5.0 for bertrand when most are paying 5.1 for clyne?
He’s nailed at LB, Southampton have some juicy fixtures & clyne isnt gonna score a goal every week.
As above i think i’m willing to gamble on clichy for a few weeks to cover city. if he gets rotated hutton/dummet can come in