Fantasy Football 247 Site Team Gameweek 9
Welcome to the Fantasy Football 247 Site Team Gameweek 9 article. One Jose Holebas, there’s only one Jose Holebas, one Jose Holebas! We’ll come back to our favourite Greek in a moment. With the average score for GW8 being 39pts it’s safe to suggest that we weren’t the only ones to have a shocker. We ended up with 45pts which resulted in a red arrow dropping us to 66,878 in the rankings. To be honest it could have been worse. Our captain, a certain Sergio Aguero finished the gameweek on a minus score thanks to his penalty miss. We’re pretty sure that’s the first time our captain has contributed a negative score. So back to Holebas. Thanks to a goal, a clean sheet and three baps he finished with 15pts which was a massive 33% of our total. Elsewhere our new signing Adam Smith picked up 5pts while Lukaku & Sanchez weighed in with a goal and an assist. As for the rest, the less said the better. And so we bid farewell to GW8 and move on to GW9.
Transfer: Leighton Baines OUT – Erik Pieters IN
This wasn’t so much our usual group argument, more like a family friendly creche snooze fest in the end. We had many questions to address –
Sterling to Walcott?
Yes it makes sense in terms of Wally… But should we really be selling Sterling with his fixtures?
Probably not.
Do we really want Rashford this week?
Probably not… But look at his next two games
Should we not do something about Capoue / Fletcher?
Yes! But probably not this week.
An Arsenal defender would be ideal..
Of course, but we can’t afford one
Do Wally in for Sterling then?
Nice in theory…
Anyway, repeat that cycle about 4 times and you’ll see why we ended up with both the most boring transfer we could come up with and why we were all asleep come the end of it!
Pieters with his good fixtures and less than reliable team comes in for Baines with his slightly worse fixtures and less than reliable legs / health.
THE NEW TEAM IN FULL FOR Gameweek 9!
Our captain is Alexis Sanchez and our vice captain is Sergio Aguero.
When we all finally woke up from the Pieters induced sleep we did a good impression of still caring and Alexis was voted for as captain by a unanimous choice. No reasons were either asked for or given, it just felt the right thing to do given his form and Arsenal’s as opposed to the alternatives.
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
Morning guys, I’m having a last minute wobble over who to bench… Amat, Pieters or Collins? Thanks!
Morning Banjo
I would bench Amat (just).
Same here Banjo.
Thanks guys. That’s what my gut feeling was this morning too. Now fingers crossed Collins gets more than a cameo role.
Morning everyone,
I have 2 questions about my team selection this week if you can help?
1. Heaton or Pickford
2. Pick 1 from Amat, A Smith (bou), and Holebas
Just for this week’s games
Thanks
Close call, but probably Pickford and Holebas for me.
Heaton and Amat. I think Matt.
Hi Matt
Heaton and Holebas to play for me.
Thanks guys….. It is a tough call. I guess I am after save points from the keepers and Smith is ruled out as Spurs will no doubt score! Holebas vs Amat then and Heaton in goal. Maybe just edging towards Holebas for attacking potential.
Morning!
Should I use my FT to do something this week, or carry it over?
Thanks!
Veer
Sterling to Liverpool coverage appeals to me from your lot.
Hi all – I have narrowed down my thinking on my previous post. For this team, what would you do? Any of the below or a combo or a new proposal?! 0ITB and 2 FT
Thanks!
1) Sterling –> Wally (but sterling is looking good and has a strong run of fixtures after Southampton)
2) Coleman –> Pieters (latter having better fixtures – a bit like the site team’s transfer of baines, except Coleman isn’t as much of a sick note…)
3) Rashford for anyone? (Again decent fixtures after this GW)
4) Somehow getting rid of Capoue?
Should add that I’m a massive KdB fan and plan on working him in soonish if that helps/almost certainly doesn’t help.
To get KDB you will no doubt need to sell Alexis so will need Wally for Arsenal cover. Then look at upgrading Capoue at the same time
That’s what I was thinking. With 2 FT I could do sterling to wally and upgrade Capoue all this week. Then swap Sanchez for KdB next week. Thoughts?
One more option
Capoue —> Allen
Sorry for the barrage…
Sterling to Wally looks good. Next week rashford to callum wilson? 2 good fixtures after Spurs. Capoue to Allen works money wise.
If it’s going to be Capoue I’d save the FT this week and I’d probably shift Walker out along with Capoue next week to put an extra bit of dollar into that fourth mid, I wouldn’t do it this week as fixtures look decent so I’d be happy rolling that team out.
Is collins nailed on now Creswell is out?
dc
Not for long if at all. Cresswell will be back after his suspension and Byram after his injury.
Just back from a few days working away and haven’t ended up making any moves, tempted to roll my FT even though there are issues in my team. Kind of thinking I will have 2 ft in an hour and a half I just leave it…. am I mad? FYI 1.2 ITB
I’d be happy rolling out that team, I’ve dropped to a 3-5-2 as well this GW for the first time since forever as well.
Yeah my master plan is to move back to 343 and bring in Austin so perhaps I’m better rolling it and that gets me closer to that?
Sounds like a plan mate, I might stick the 3-5-2 out a bit longer and see how Shaqiri pans out, I’ve been giving him the big thumbs up this week so I thought it’d be best to actually bring him in myself.