Fantasy Football 247 Site Team Gameweek 15
Welcome to the Fantasy Football 247 Site Team Gameweek 15 article. After a great rise in the ranks the previous week, we decided that we like the view from this perch. How much? Well, we moved up 80 spots! Considering we took a hit and did not captain Sanchez, we will call it a win. All the more when a quick glance at our team one can see that Pedro, Austin, Firmino and Kun combined for a total of 3 points. So Pedro was a bust as a transfer and now sits in the yellow, but our other move paid immediate dividends. Harry Kane scored 13 points and since he was our captain in GW14, that was doubled. If only we had went Alexis again…oh well, could have been 14 points worse also. We could have been one of the teams that went Kun and seen our site team life pass right before our eyes. We now sit in 34,432 after a GW rank of 574K. We scored 74 with a -4 and the average for the GW was 50. So with Kun now suspended and a whole bunch of cash laying around, let us get to our transfer plans.
Transfer(s) –
Sold Sergio Aguero and Bought Diego Costa
Sold Charlie Austin and Bought Kelechi Iheanacho
Transfer Reasoning…
Up until Thursday evening this was a simple case of Kun to Costa. That one was dictated to mainly because we felt that despite having Pedro more Chelsea coverage was nearing essential status. The move suits us at it also leaves some funds to possibly upgrade one of our ‘weaker’ midfielders in the coming weeks.
And then Thursday happened and Austin. We could have just benched him but it would have meant playing Fletcher or Nyom against Chelsea or Pieters against Arsenal. And all that’s assuming Gundogan starts which is far from a certainty at this point. So we voted to take a -4 and the two main candidates were Iheanacho and Defoe. Defoe was seriously considered bearing in mind we have Costa sat on four yellows and that you just never know with Pep as regards to the team selection. Ultimately though it was felt that Kelechi will start this week and that by choosing him over Defoe we were not eating until those valuable funds we mentioned earlier.
THE NEW TEAM IN FULL FOR Gameweek 15
Our Captain is… Diego Costa
After last weeks super show from Chelsea and a relatively plum fixture on paper Diego gets our armband this week. Sanchez garnered votes as well though, and for good and similar reasons. It’s probably worth noting though that neither of their opponents are exactly shocking on the road and in fact only Arsenal and Spurs have conceded less goals away from home than the either Stoke or West Brom. To counter that Chelsea have scored the most at home with 20 and Arsenal the 3rd most with 15. Statistically that points marginally to Costa.
If anyone is interested in following the site teams progress then you can do so here and we wish you all the best of luck this week with your own teams.
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Fixture Tracker – the next 6 games
Site team is up btw!
You look like you’re stealing presents.
He’d steal from the Grinch.
I stole Cookie’s article from him earlier!
Not sure he noticed. It was 95% him for the record.
Where’s Andy Carroll?
On the West Ham bench apparently! No offence to banjo as I know he picked him this week (although it was a drunken mistake by his own admission) but for a committee member to actually suggest that as viable given all the choices and info…
Don’t get me started
I expect to see the horse in said committee members team this weekend…
I heard my name Kop. What’s up?
Can you do an Andy Carroll impression?
Neigh
Oh very good Sir!
You’ll all be begging me to join said committee after Carroll tears Liverpool apart and Iheanacho is benched!
Not having Hazard is going to kill me this GW!!
Hopefully!
😉
No no, I think he means it! Captain for you right Cookie?
Yes sir. I do mean it, but not in a horrible way!
And me
I hope he gets sent off
Obviously I mean that Hazard is my capo.
Mike Dean likes pointing to the spot.
Firmino to hazard for a -8?
Oh for crying out loud, look what you’ve started!
Hahaha go for it Mitro!
Nah mitro a -8 isn’t enough I wouldn’t consider bringing in hazard unless it was for a -16 at least.
(IMO a game against west brom is much more suited to Costa than haz and firmino has a good fixture – but you do you bro)
So I did Bentekers to Austin so I could finance Hazard and Bentekers goes crazy last GW, Hazard just 1 goal and now I have to take Aussie out for a hit. This sucks, all because of stupid European third class football.
First world problems! Just buy Itchy mate.
Nice moves – exactly what I did. So, ya know, maybe not so great, actually.
You might have warned us!
Just noticed Stoke only conceded 3 goals in 7 games. Sanchez still the number 1 choice?
Eh I personally went with Costa
Suggestions please?
Madhur, Austin to Iheancho seems popular.
Yeah. Any other?
Austin to Benteke, Defoe, Ibra ?
There’s quite a choice!!