Fantasy Football 247 Site Team Gameweek 18
Welcome to the Fantasy Football 247 Site Team Gameweek 18 article. Another week and another tumble down the overall. After scoring 37 points we should have not expected anything good to come from it. That score put us in the 3.5 million range for the gameweek and dropped us 37k in the overall. This now leaves us in 117k and adds to our recent struggles. That is three red arrows on the bounce and just think, it could have been worse. During the transfer decision last week we had a fight over buying Andy in for a hit. Thankfully we didn’t, otherwise this could have really been embarrassing to narrate. It is not common that you find great success when your keeper is your highest scorer and we were not the exception. Pickford came to play, Walker got involved and got a nice six points, but other than them there isn’t much to write glowingly about. Sanchez got an assist and settled on 5, Costa got a goal but got himself suspended so that wasn’t ideal. We had one guy score zero, two score one and three score two. Not very impressive and we fully admit that. But as you know a captain can save or sink a gameweek. Quick someone throw us a life preserver!! Another one of the battles we had last GW was over the captaincy. Members of the committee made passionate cases for Kane and slowly but surely swayed demanded the vote in his favour. Costa had won the original vote in slightly controversial fashion, but he had won. However the decision didn’t sit well with some members and before posting our article one member gathered enough signatures for a revote. This time we chose Kane and sealed our fate. Trust has been broken, not sure if time can heal the wounds on the site committee. It will be a long time…sorry, I was just notified there was only a four point difference between the two captain choices. Hmmm, maybe we just move on to the team for this week then.
Transfer – Sold Harry Kane and Bought Zlatan Ibrahimovic
The transfer decision was not the all out brawl it was last week. There was an early push for Costa to go out to make room for Zlatan, but once we realised that it would require a hit to do so, Kane was eagerly brought up as the person to sell. Two point Harry was the exact amount we needed when coupled with our funds in the bank to get Zlatan for no hit. So this transfer was quickly ratified. However there was a second person brought up as a possible hit to fix our Itchy problem. Take a guess…it was Andy. That committee member will be missed. 😉 He was right though about us having problems in our squad, ones that we will hopefully address very soon if they don’t miraculously work themselves out this GW. In part keeping Costa saves us down the line. We would have wanted our Diego quickly back in the fold if we sold him, so we decided to just bench him for a week. So welcome to the team Zlatan, we are expecting big things from you old boy.
THE NEW TEAM IN FULL FOR Gameweek 18
Our Captain is… anybody but Harry Kane!
It is Zlatan Ibrahimovic this week for us. Not only does he carry the pressure of his debut for us, but now we have added to that with the captaincy. Hopefully he doesn’t crumble like his predecessor under the weight of expectations. The Swede is in great form, scoring in five of his last six games and grabbing three double digit hauls. If that wasn’t enough to convince someone of his qualifications then there is the matter of his fixture. United hosts 18th place Sunderland. The Black Kitties have showed some combativeness in the last two weeks, but they are still a team who is more likely to paw at you than scratch. They still sit in a relegation spot and as recently as GW16 lost to Swansea 3-0. So based on form and their fixture we went Zlatan.
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Fixture Tracker – the next 6 games
Is captaining Zaha a step too far?
My logic:
Watford have been crap recently, Zahas last three big pay days were all away games (Swansea, Boro & Hull) I can see Watford fitting into that list.
My only conerns being that Pardew is gone and Sam might reign in Zaha. I hope not, I am hoping Zaha makes a good push before going off to Africa. I could captain Zlats, but everyone else is doing that and I like to be different and besides I already have Zlat and Pogba so if Manus result dont go my way then im pretty screwed
Well over-thinking stuff normally results in a kick in a nuts so this is going to backfire lol
Do it if you fancy it Luke. I wouldn’t but that’s no barometer.
I’m going to say yes especially given that you’ve got Sanchez, Haz and Ibra? in your squad as they’ve all got cracking fixtures and both Sanchez and Ibra both have good form.
Stick with the steady (c) picks and reduce the amount of hits taken for the next 5 or 6 GW’s (You’ve built a good squad with very good value) and you’ll start to make steady progression in the overall rankings as that’s all that seems to be letting your side down slightly.
I’ve kept hold of Kane this week and done costa for Ibra instead. Costa has gone down enough and ibra up enough that have basically not lost anything by the time I get him back next week. In the meantime removed eriksen for sterling and giving Kane one more shot. He’ll be gone for costa next week anyway. Iheanacho is simply a poor choice at the moment he would have been the bigger priority for me if I had your team.
Fair enough and good luck with that. What would you have done with Itchy?
Merry Bloomin’ Boxing day all
Not much love for captaining Sanchez this week???
I have Ibra but the in form midfielder playing as a striker has me on the festive fence!
Thoughts?
Hatter, my captaincy is on him at present, but seeing all the Ibra love’s making me nervous!
I also have Foster and Pickford to choose between — each, of course, playing one of the two potential captaincy candidates in question — should I play whoever I don’t opt for?
Arsenal, as a fan and FPL-wise, have let me down lately. Ibra would soften the Boxing Day pain tomorrow if we don’t get back to winning ways…
It’s a real tough one! Merry Christmas, by the way, mate,
I’ve gone Zlatan but Sanchez would be my 2nd choice and first if I didn’t have him. West Brom look tight away with 8 in 8 conceded. Hoping Arsenal smash them personally as I’ve brought in Theo too but I’m not convinced they will, given the stats.
I think it is hard to predict WBA, sometimes they just shut the door, and sometimes the defenders just go to the sideline and has a tea party. Arsenal has the capacity to score more than one goal. I’m not really convinced with Man U yet.
What do you think about captaining Haz?
Evening / morning all. Happy Boxing Day! Hope you’re all having a nice chilled time.
Thanks for an entertaining Bore Off lads, especially produced over Christmas, much appreciated.
Hey guys, happy Christmas!! Hope everyone had a nice day and didn’t eat (or drink!) too much.
Just wondering if you think I’m set up correctly for tomorrow. Anichebe and Chambers have to start over Amat, right? Only have the one sub with Ake and Costa unavailable, hopefully that will be enough!
Heaton
Chambers Holebas Walker
Hazard Siggy Sanchez Eriksen Lallana
Ibra Anichebe
Pickford Amat Ake Costa
That sounds fine Red.. Amat can’t be trusted… unless you captain him.. then he’s gold.
I would usually play a striker over a defender unless the defender was from a strong team versus a weak one. Anichebe is the right choice.
who to play this week?
can, snodgrass or cedric?
play Can (who knows?), Snodgrass first sub.. good luck..