Fantasy Football 247 Site Team News Gameweek 1
Our 2022/23 Overall Rank and Recent History

Now last season did not go entirely how we would have hoped. There were more postponements, double gameweeks and players with well over 11 million playing the game so we will put our rank down to those issues. Unfortunately we ended up with a rank of 297,085 which is our worst rank in the nine seasons this team has been running.
For that reason the big bosses have decided to bring me (MattX) in as they obviously need some help! Or more likely a scapegoat for whenever things go wrong.
Initial set up
To start things off we did a very basic add on the most obvious players of Haaland, Trent, Saka. Sprinkle in some more Arsenal in the forms of Jesus and Gabriel, toss in the template 6.5s M&Ms (Mitoma and Mbuemo) then fill in the gaps.
We didn’t do any tinkering with the draft over the preseason friendlies and instead took a back seat to focus on our own teams. That proved to be a solid idea as when we looked back at the inital draft there were a litany of problems; Jesus was injured, Mbuemo is flagged, Trent and co. can’t defend so we did a fire sale and changed up quite a few. The M&Ms got split, Jesus stays in his cave with no resurrection in sight and instead we’ve gone with not one, but two blonde Norwegians!
Here is the final product! (I didn’t quite work my differential magic just yet, need to lull them into a false sense of security. They need to think I actually know what I’m doing first!)

We have squeezed every last drop out of the transfer budget this year but we feel it is warrented as there are nice picks all over the pitch.
The Line-Up
We have gone for 2 cheap picks in Mubama and Bell who will largely keep our bench warm the majority of weeks. The one bench player we did go for is 4.5 defender Botman who offers brilliant value for money at that price hopefully Newcastle can stay as one of the best defences in the league. Everywhere else picks itself. Mbuemo may be flagged but it’s believed he will make GW1. Our biggest debate was the keeper Johnstone vs Pickford with Johnstone winning out
Captain – Haaland
Fairly straightforward. It’s Haaland. Enough said.
Saka will take over if for some reason Haaland doesn’t make an appearance.
Our Gameweek 1 team in full

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Brookyboy
Refreshing to see a Salah team.I like it !! Trossards minutes could be a problem though.
Mitro
Hello all,
Was all set and I’ve gone and brought in Salah
Thoughts on this lot for GW1?
No1likesus
Strong will maddison still score with no kane ?
Mitro
Could move onto mitoma which would leave some money in the bank!
joanne
Great team. I’m sticking with Salah, hasn’t let me down yet! Any reason Maddison over Richarlison?
Mitro
Just not a fan of Richarlison
chins
He’s a hard guy to like.
Brookyboy
Nice team Mitro ! Shame no Rashford though.Hope your well ?
Mitro
I know I really wanted to have him and I did until salah came knocking.
I’m good, how are you?
Brookyboy
I’m good mate.Looking forward to the stresses and anxieties of a Fri eve/Sat afternoon again !!
Gavy
Mad to say, but saka to Bruno? I see wolfs letting in 2+ goals, and having no manu attacking cover is a risk.
Liverpool and Chelsea have been 0-0 in the last 4 meet ups in all comps. 2nd idea his him to Rashford then bring in salah from gw 2
Mitro
GW1 isn’t ideal for Liverpool but I would struggle to get in salah for GW2 & 3.
Saka is nailed for my team, I’m looking forward to getting even better this season.
Terminators
Looks fine, idk about Maddison though.
Leprechaun
I’ve decided to avoid Salah – as a Liverpool fan I’ll be thrilled if he does well, and if he doesn’t then my fantasy alter ego will be consoled
Gavy
Same on bout counts. I have no pool cover at all…
Brookyboy
Yep.If we only knew if Jota or Nunez were nailed on to start !!
Pippin
Final question I think,
a) odegaard and mbeumo (+cash, i.e. flexibility for transfers)
b) martinelli and bruno (0m in the bank)
joanne
Do you have Saka or rashford?
Pippin
Both!
joanne
A then I’d double up on Arsenal not Man Utd
Brookyboy
You could have Bruno from the start and use him as a cash cow ?
Pippin
Indeed, that seems smart. Gives time to assess the 6.5m pack and decide which way to jump (/extending that to Richarlison and Maddison too).
I like the team…
Brookyboy
Very nice !!
Colriles
Guess I’m the only one going w/ Foden from the jump?!
chins
If the community shield was anything to go by, that’s risky.
Terminators
Thoughts on this please £0 ITB