Fantasy Football FF247 Team Game-week 24
Let your cheering and applause engulf us!! We are inside the top 1 million now. That’s right we have made it and will no longer be forced to fight in the pits, a la Spartacus (Season 1). With a score of 63 we were 20 points above the average. It was 272k ranking for the game-week and it made it back to back weeks over 60 points for the first time this season. We now sit in 839k and that is the highest we have been since GW13. Hopefully this signals that our luck is turning and we will no longer be held hostage, by the black cloud that has been hovering over us for what seems all season long.
GW23 in summary A strong overall week for the FF247 team despite another wrong choice with the captaincy. Hennessey got us 3 points, nothing to write home about, but still better than the zero he got us last GW. Our defence did a good job, with both Morgan and Olsson snatching a clean sheet. Bellerin was the only one to miss out, when his team did their usual bending over to Chelsea. Midfield was saved by man of the hour Alli. An assist, goal and the three bonus for the young man amounted to 13 points. That coupled with a Mahrez six point outing (no missed penalties) was enough to secure a decent score from our mids, despite being let down by Ozil and KdB. Our forwards delivered the goods, well except for the one we captained, predictably. Vardy grabbed 7 points and the person who should have been our captain Aguero scored 12. Lukaku (C) let us down when he wasn’t able to deliver the big blow that would have really seen us rocket up the overall. Oh well, there is always next week and another shot at the captaincy so let us get to our plans…
Transfer/s decision for GW24… Sold Kevin de Bruyne for Dimitri Payet
We hung fire as long as we could in the hope or expectation that we would receive some indication either way on the possibility of a DGW25, as this may have played a factor in our decision making. Had it been confirmed, then Silva or Yaya could have been coming in this week instead. It may still be confirmed tomorrow but it’s looking unlikely at this point. In the absence of that we went with our original and preferred choice of Payet. We could have bought anyone really and certainly Silva and Sanchez came into the reckoning regardless of any double news but Silva has a blank in GW27 and we already own Ozil. And more importantly we didn’t own Payet! Since he burst back onto the scene properly in GW21, with a goal and an assist against Bournemouth, he’s actually blanked twice but that really doesn’t tell the full story as he was magnificent against Man City and his underlying stats back up our assertion that he is likely to explode again at any given moment. Playing Villa is always helpful in that respect!
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The team in full
Given the choices afforded within the squad, the team pretty much picks itself this week. Deulofeu is the one that could make us look daft but someone had to sit it out from that front 8 and we’ve gone with Mahrez vs the comical Liverpool defence.
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Captain – Sergio Aguero
Having missed out last week, we weren’t going to make the same mistake again and Kun as captain was a unanimous vote, which makes a change. Away to a Sunderland side and in great form we are uber confident that Kun won’t let us down. Uh oh!
Our vice-captain is Romelu Lukaku
Hopefully Luk won’t be required to wear the armband given his shocking showing last week.
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Morning all, great team. Hoping for more green arrows this week!
Quick one, my front line comprises of Aguero, Igahlo and Lukaku.
Would I be nuts to go for a Lukaku to Kane?
I can’t afford Igalho to Kane.
Special, I’d leave as is for this week mate.
Thinking the same.
Might just keep the FT for this week. Have a feeling I might need it more next week. 😉
Thanks Cookie!
Good to go? And correct setup?
Team:
Hennesey
Bellerin Alder Cresswell
Mahrez Ozil Firmino Alli Payet
Lukaku Aguero(C)
Subs: Gomes, Ighalo, Simpson, Ward
Mardeal, it’s a close call to bench Ighalo, but I understand why you have and I wouldn’t necessarily disagree given your midfield.
The rest looks good, but I’d put Ward ahead of Simpson on the bench, just in case.
Yes I have WC but will keep, perhaps 247 are now as good as last year, so welcome boys to high scoring and we can climb the leagues together ( I am about 85, 000.) Having crawled up from the depths
It’s ok mate I was only joking!
Anyone still got Vardy? I am thinking of booting him for Valencia. I know WHam have Saints next week which is a tough game, but Villa, Norwich and Sunderland in the next four are stunning fixtures. This would be for a hit which I try to avoid, but I am chasing in the MLs though and fancy a bit of a punt. Longer term plans currently:
GW25: Sterling > Alexis/Ozil
GW26: Lukaku > Costa/Kane
GW27: Moreno > Simpson
Hi Pippin, I get the logic and this is the week if any to do it but not sure I’d do it for a hit. I think you still have to fancy Vardy’s chances against that Liverpool ‘defence’.
Yeah, Vardy could go well. I don’t like hits but I think I will need one at some point to adequately cover the blanking players of GW27: Kun, Kolarov, Sterling, Lukaku and Moreno (I’ll keep the first two, ditch the rest). I could go for Valencia for Lukaku in advance of the blank but it does put a lot on Vardy to keep things ticking over throughout the next 5-6 GWs, which concerns me slightly.
actually though, transfers after this week *could* be:
GW25: Sterling > Alexis
GW26: Lukaku > Valencia
GW27: Moreno > Ivan/Azpi/Bellerin (leaving 1.5m in the bank still). That seems pretty good.
It does. It also gives you space to watch and ensure that Valencia actually has his place nailed down.
Yeah, good shout. Just noted that they signed another striker- watchlist Valencia for now and see how we go…
So I keep swinging between benching Ighalo and Lukaku.. My current thinking – Lukaku is off form, newcastke are playing well ( maybe have my rose tinted on here!!) and ighalo is in form… Who would you lot bench as I’m sure I’m letting my toon army loyaltys rule my head!!
I might be tempted to gamble on benching Ozil; Saints away is a tough game. That said, with Alexis back, Arsenal should have enough for the win.
This is really a coin toss for me- Chelsea’s resurgent defence against Lukaku’s faltering form. Gun to my head, I fancy Lukaku over Ighalo this week, simply based on opposition
Rosco,
I would play Lukaku. His stats from last game were not that bad, actually. And Newcastle plays well, but mostly offensively. They could concede quite a few.
Plus, Ighalo faces a Chelsea that gains quite a lot of last year’s solidity.
Ok you have convinced me its luk in! Thanks guys!
Rosco, Luka in makes it a win-win for you:
Luka scored well you are happy
Goin keep a CS you are happy
*Toon score well*
Would appreciate input on my team, especially whom to captain:
Myhill
Baines McAuley Cresswell
Mahrez Barkley Payet Eriksen
Lukaku Iglaho Kane
Butler Siggy Toby Clyne
Captain Lukaku? Payet? Other?
Cheers
I would go for Payet since you have ample cover for Everton 😉
+1. I fancy Payet to score well this week. He’s likely my vice after Kun.
Hi ATF, if I didn’t have Aguero I’m pretty sure I’d be captaining Payet this week.
Like the rest, I have Aguero (C) and Payet (VC)