Fantasy Football 247 Site Team News Gameweek 35
All White (with an orange hue) on the night
Welcome to FF247 Site Team DGW35
DGW34 was a game week filled with high variance. Some teams reaped the rewards (with 219pts the highest recorded) and some teams suffered badly. We landed somewhere in the middle. Despite 95pts being some 19pts over the weekly average (76pts) we still suffered our 4th red arrow on the bounce.
Managers playing the Free Hit chip were the ultimate winners, and whilst that success still hinged on which players they chose, for many, players like Mateta, White and Odegarad delivered huge double-digit scores that saw seismic shifts across mini-leagues and overall rankings. Throw in injuries to key single-game week players like Palmer and Haaland and things just seemed to go the way of those managers who ditched them in favour of more risky picks with the upside of 2 fixtures.
Our transfers of Henderson and Eze looked good on paper, Pickford would have been the better pick of the keepers but who would have predicted a double-clean sheet when their double included the visit of Liverpool?
Our double Arsenal clean sheet was nice, but when you have Ben White matching their combined scores on his own its easy to feel deflated. We were lucky to get Zabarnyi’s 7pts off the bench, Konsa’s 2pts, not so much.
In the end, our rank drop from 4119 to 8075 could have been worse. Prior to the Brighton v Man City game, we were down to 18k. Thankfully Foden turned up with a 16-pointer and that saved our blushes and bumped us back into the top 10k.
Our Gameweek 34 Result
We made our moves before seeing how much we had in the bank… we did have 1 free transfer to use ahead of DGW35. Let’s go see what was decided….
Our DGW35 Transfer(s)
We’d always pencilled in our WC for DGW35 and so it shall be.
We’re going for an all-in approach to the doubles with Gabriel our only single-game week 37 player to retain his place. All our moves were put to the vote and the final 15 are those whose names you now see in our squad.
I’ll not get into every individual spot; most picks speak for themselves. It’s a pretty template WC and we’re happy as ever to go with the crowd.
It’s felt a lot less painful selling the likes of Saka and Salah given their recent returns. Son and Bruno are the replacements of the two, given that Bruno has better form than both, and throw in the fact that between them, our new boys have 11 fixtures between them vs 8 for the departing duo and we’re betting on quantity regardless of quality.
It was painful to quit on our double-Arsenal defence, but again, budget and fixture volume won out in the end. There were other notable debates, do we keep Watkins or go for Jackson? In the end, quantity most definitely won over quality in that particular debate!
With no concrete news on Haaland we’ve decided to keep him and simply stick him on our bench, hopefully, that one doesn’t come to haunt us! Palmer sounds like he’ll be well enough to play and he takes the armband.
Hopefully, DGW35 and 37 are as fortuitous for us as DGW34 was for others. Come what may, we’ve had a great season and whatever happens from here through to GW38 is as always largely out of our control.
Good luck this game week, may your arrows be green!
To confirm we have played our Wildcard
Captain – Palmer
Our DGW35 team in full…
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Another red arrow in what was a brutal game week for some, and a momentous occasion for others.
We shall forget all about it because we’ve played our second wildcard and we’re ready for some serious points!!
Is it GW38 yet? Please?
0 FT and 7.3 ITB
This is turning into a nightmare with all these injuries.
Already used the FT a couple of days ago to replace Salah with Bruno. It looks like a hit is inevitable but do I take one or go for two? Any suggestions?
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Out with Udogie and play Saliba and you should be fine
Good point Dane. I will keep Gusto who hopefully recovers for DGW 37. One less to worry about at that point.
U ll need to take a hit for a defender as u have only 2 fit defenders. Like for like move would be udogie to porro.
FTx1
ITB: 1m
Options are:
a) Toney->Isak
b) Toney->Isak + Udogie-> Del Porro (4ph)
c) Toney->Isak + Udogie-> Schar (4ph)
d) any other suggestions….
Using TC this week, WC next week and BB on GW37
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B.
Yeah b probably. But from where is the del coming? isnt his name pedro porro?
Lol @ Reg – yeah, wasnt sure what I was thinking when I said Del Porro. Not even such a footballer…. Maybe I will go with Pedro Porro instead, might be cheaper
annoyingly I am 0.1m short getting Porro, so will have to be Van de Ven instead. Lets hope he plays.
Guys I’m considering Walker over Ederson on wild card, what do ye think?
Walker is the captain so you would think he’ll start but that defence is a minefield. Ederson should be in for the rest of the season, except the cup final.
ederson is poor option in fpl. Either 2 or 6 pts and mostly 2.
Definitely walker
Question regarding site team….Would you not play Van de Ven over one of Maguire or Schar for the possibility of DGW points?
I was thinking the same looking at the site team. Maguire gets forward may get an assist but the way Man U are playing they will probably concede a goal or 2.
I understand having Newcastle players but yeah Maybe Maguire for Van de Van
Hi all
So I’m around 40points from the top of a few mini leagues ..
I have yet to play WC BB and TC
Question is people who haven’t played their TC. Being so late in the season.
When is a good time to play my chips?
Depends a bit on the team. Bench Boost 37, WC 35 or 36. If your team looks good this week TC35 and WC36.
that is the chip strategy I am using
Are you going for TC this week and WC next week?