Fantasy Football FF247 Team Game-week 2
Interesting start to say the least. The FF247 team did not fail our members…well maybe just a little, well one in particular. If you would have told us that we were going to score 27 points, we probably would have asked on which day. Apparently FPL still has a sense of humour though and that was our grand total for the GW. Those 27 gave us a ranking of 2,155,382 which is good news and bad news at the same time. As always the bad news first, we have a long way to climb to beat last season’s rank. The good news, we shouldn’t see a red arrow until the New Year. Without further ado, let’s give you a quick rundown on who helped put us in this predicament before we talk about our plans for the coming GW.
In goal we went with the ever trusty Thibaut Courtois. Right, that went a little different than what we had planned. We knew he would be a standout keeper when we selected him and he did not fail to do so. As he certainly stood out from the crowd with that negative score. Luckily though we have Hennessey to fill in for a week. 😉
5 points from our defence. In a performance to forget, our defenders received 8 goals and picked up a yellow to boot. Our only sort of bright spot was Cedric who managed an assist, but even that came with a grain of salt as he was subbed off at halftime with a yellow in his back pocket too.
In the midfield we displayed tremendous cohesion. Well except for that unhappy City lad, Sterling. Who went against the grain and scored 3 points instead of two like all of our other mids. Included in those two pointers was our captain Eden Hazard. Who looked less dangerous than Arsenal in a street fight.
Our forwards did their best to save the week. Scoring 5 and 6 points is not exactly something to get over excited about, but after seeing the rest of our scores, we shouldn’t be ungrateful. So thank you Wayne and Fossil, it is appreciated.
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Transfer(s) for GW2- We are going to save the transfer
What? Yeah, you read that right. We have decided to play with 10. It was always understood that a clean sheet was not super likely against City even with a CFC keeper. So we will take the 0 from Courtois instead of using a valuable transfer right before we bring in Aguero. You never know though, maybe Hennessey plays this week, stranger things have happened.
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Our team in full…
Team Selection
We decided to go with a 3-4-3 and in a shockingly close vote decided to bench Milner over…wait for it…wait for it…Hazard. That’s right, part of our illustrious panel were still steaming at Hazard for his performance vs the Swans. So when it came time to decide on who we should make ride the pine, some still had a bone to pick with the Belgian dynamo. We guess we could say playing City away was part of the reason there was opposition to Haz, but that would take away from the story. It was not an easy decision to sit Milner at home vs Bournemouth. In fact what are we thinking? Well for us it was just a matter of liking each player in our attacking half more than James. Luckily for us though, James understands the art of being good, but not good enough to crack the starting line-up. Sorry Mr. Boring.
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Captain
Our captain this week is Wayne Rooney
We have decided to go with the United striker. It was however not an easy decision as our votes were cast in several different ways. In the end it was a combination of fixture and a proven track record that won out. Hopefully this week Rooney can shoot before the paint dries as we can certainly use all the points we can get.
Our vice-captain is Sadio Mane
If Wayne can’t go for some reason we have decided to entrust our vice captaincy to Mane. Frankly if he has the chances he had last week, he is bound to score at least one if not more.
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Please state if any change needed this week or postponed the FT and how about my team in general ??
Looks good to me, even if it is borderline impossible to see 😉
Thanks man what about my captain ???
Who do you think I should bench guys, Hazard, Sterling or Milner?
Who are you playing instead of one of these three? I’d want all three in my team, to be honest.
Well I have 3 strikers I want to play and they are rooney benteke and defoe and then the other midfielder is Mane and am convinced he’ll do something
Hazard, Sterling, Milner, Mane – Rooney, Benteke, Defoe. Play them all?
I forget to mention Carzola
Please support wit my team and captain and can i use the FT or what ??
Good team. Don’t use your transfer. Save it. I’d captain Benteke too.
Which Captain shall i pick wrongly this week? 😉
Rooney, Coutinho or Mane?
Don’t pick Rooney wrong. Raz has just forced me into picking him 😉
Hmm someone telling me not to pick a certain player intrigues me!!!
Seriously though, of those 3 I’d pick Rooney.
Thanks for the advice but i’m gonna go with Coutinho
I can see a 1-1 draw with United v Villa and i can see Liverpool undoing Bournemouth
Plus i like a risk 😉
That was my logic with Benteke too but got kicked all over the site for it! I’ll probably still do it mind you
Ha ha, just seen your post.
Watching the game on the Monday night with a beer on holiday would have swung it for me! 😉
Quick question guys, who would you have as a goalie Romero or Cech?
this is a hard one. Both teams love to attack (Pardew and Sherwood). I feel crystal palace has the better attack though. So I’m slightly leaning on Romero… It’s a hard one. Good luck lol
Hey Amar
It’s a close one and either match could easily concede a goal… but I would probably go with Romero as well
“Arsenal’s Alexis Sánchez fit to face Crystal Palace, says Arsène Wenger.”
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/aug/13/alexis-sanchez-fit-arsenal-crystal-palace-arsene-wenger
And with that, I’m going to bed. Goodnight guys!