Fantasy Football FF247 Team Game-week 34
CHIPS?! BLOODY CHIPS! Listen Mr FPL, we’re not liking your soddin’ CHIPS right now, we’ll tell you that much… Rant over. Maybe. In case you missed it we played a STUPID CHIP, sorry – *calms down*, last week. We decided to play, as many did, the WC CHIP ahead of GW33 with the intention of playing our Bench Boost CHIP this week. As you may have guessed already it didn’t go swimmingly! We ripped up our nicely performing and well crafted squad to replace it with one full of high hope for GW34 with that other CHIP, the BB, in mind. Had we not played it then we’d have scored… aww, you know what, never even mind, STUPID CHIPS!!!!
Our DGW wildcard totalled 61pts, only slightly above the average of 56pts and ended our nice little run of green arrows as we dropped 30k places to our new rank of 323,660. But of course our wildcard was played with this week’s big DGW in mind so we hope for bigger and better things in DGW34. Our doublers in GW33, Ward and Lukaku, suffered contrasting fortunes, just not the way we imagined. Lukaku was cack, crap, a waste of time, dress it up as you will, but he was a major disappointment especially in the respect that we captained him. Ward on the other hand was a superstar – one assist, two clean sheets, three bonus points, four points for just turning up = a five star performance. The single game players were mixed – de Gea and Monreal both conceded three goals but Simpson again kept a clean sheet and gained two bonus points. In midfield, Mahrez and Lanzini did nothing and KdB played just 31 minutes as a sub – at least Alexis maintained his form with a goal at West Ham. And up front, Aguero did what Aguero does – a goal and three bonus points, why didn’t we captain him?! Rashford was hauled off at half-time and then of course there was Lukaku…..
Transfer / CHIP! decision for GW34
This one was debated long and hard! Playing a WC one week, with the expectation that the majority of those players would still be fit / healthy / selected / mentally unimpaired / uninjured / unjailed / unsuspended / not deported / able to speak English, really shouldn’t be that much of a stretch. Should it?! Well, it would appear that sometimes it is. Ok, so granted, none actually got deported or jailed, but hey, given the luck of the rest, there’s still time yet.
The main decision then was whether to proceed with the planned Bench Boost or indeed change tact completely and opt for a Triple Captain and risk having a squad worthy of a BB in DGW37. In doing so we did the simplest thing possible and laid out our team as if we were going to pick it for a normal week and then asked the question whether the remaining bench merited the BB over a possible TC on say Sanchez. And boy was it close! The debate got heated in the kitchen to such an extent that one person actually put his pinny on and flounced off in a huff.. to the kitchen. To cook. We kid you not. The YMCA has nothing on this committee in full flow!
It turned out that Gabriel was the crux of this gamble – if he was to play then he could significantly boost that bench with two great home games and two chances of a clean sheet. Without him we may be snookered but we decided ultimately that we had played the WC last week with the intention of a BB and so we would go through with that.
And so, looking at the squad we asked if there were other small holes? Well, it would seem that there may have been a massive post-GW33 grudge against one certain individual and we won’t give you two guesses as to who that may have been! Now, ordinarily, to sell a player who is about to have a DGW would be idiocy, we agree. But hear us out. HE’S AN IDIOT, AND WE HATE HIM! *sorry, calms down again*. In seriousness we feel his time will be limited due to Everton’s impending, and let’s face it, more important FA Cup Semi-Final date. We are of course talking about Lukaku…
And so what to do with him?! This is where all logic flew out of the window and Andy Carroll flew in! Neither plays in GW35 so that kind of negated itself but we just fancied the punt on him, especially as he will be more likely to play both games now that West Ham are out of the FA Cup. That’s if he doesn’t injure himself in the warm up for the Leicester game… Which, let’s face it, is very likely.
The team in full
Captain – Alexis Sanchez
Two strong home games and a player looking like he’s finally coming back into form. In GW34… Nice one Alexis! Maybe take a break sometime, eh. Anyway we fancy he will at least play both games and probably in full as they have nothing else to play for now as opposed to Aguero and City who have the small matter of a Champions League Semi-Final coming up and so may be giving limited minutes to their stars ahead of that.
Our Vice-captain is Sergio Aguero
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How is my BB team looking?
Darlow DDG
Clyne Sakho Delaney Evans Gabriel
Coutinho Lennon Payet KdB Sanchez (C)
Aguero Lukaku Rashford
0.2m itb and 1FT
If I do look at a transfer it would have to be a DGW player that doesnt blank next GW (prey Lukaku and Lennon feature in both!!)
How about Martial in for Lukaku?
Ill take a 4PH next GW to field 11
United Home against Villa and Palace… surely they should score goals?!
PP
Sounds good to me, why would martinez risk Lukaku when the only game that matters for the EV the rest of this season is next weekend?
Thanks Duthers,
And should I take a 4PH and upgrade my defense? Which option below?
Can take a 4PH to bring in Monreal for Gabriel (since there are doubts over his performance)
Or Sakho to Kos/Monreal or Clyne to Bellerin/Kos?
Cookie?
I hate lukaku lol
Mitrovic and Smalling in for lukaku and Daniel’s for – 8?
Gunners, much there depends on Mitrovic. Go for it mate!
Cheers cookie and duthers! Done
With triple captain alexis and 10 dgwers hopefully this is a big score lol
Good moves to me mate, do it :dance;
hi guys im reposting this 😉
i need some advices plz
robles darlow
evans gabriel ward sakho simpson
sanchez debruyne payet firminho iwobi
martial lukaku aguero
1ft 0.8£ in bank
im thnkng of lukaku and evans or ward>fosu mensah and sturidge, is it good? or gabriel>fosu mensah?
or simply lukaku>mitrovic?
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I would definitely get rid of Lukaku and probably keep Ward and Evans as they will start both games, take a decision on Gabriel
gabriel>fosu mensah and lukaku>sturidge?
or just lukaku>mitrovic?
I’d do Fosu Mensah in for Evans and Lukaku to Sturridge.
I was fed up with the players of my team and I wildcarded last week. HAHA! I did Gabriel to Mensah, Lennon to Iwobi and Lukaku to Sturridge. We will shall what will happen. Rather shoot and miss than do nothing and see my players not play.
Was for an eight point hit by the way. I don’t care about my ranking. 😉
thanks u all, im hesitating between gabriel and evans. Based on fixtures i wld rater keep gabriel evans’s playing arsenal away for his second match.:s i thnk i will gamble on gabriel and make evans and lukaku>fosu mensah and sturidge.
Ok.
Good to go, or do Lukaku to someone?!
These things are sent to test us, right?
Only £0.6m in the bank. All my cash in my players!
Lukaku is definitely out of Soton game so would reacr him with Carroll, Rashford or Mitrovic or even Vardy
Morning all.
One of the biggest weeks on the FF season. Any final tweaks to make? 0FT 0ITB.
Good luck all.
You set on keeping Mahrez + Alli? Fair enough given the season they’ve had, but I’d be tempted to take in someone with a double gameweek like Lanzini which could bring you more points, especially over Mahrez who seems to have slowed down
Think I’m gonna go with this -8, this is Lukaku, Gabriel and Lennon out. Get’s me rid of three headaches and brings me in two players two are playing in gw35, meaning I won’t have to take a hit next week. Sound good? Or any other betters options you can see? Thanks :dance:
Hey Duthers, those were the 3 transfers I made yesterday. All the same, even the players that were replaced. HAHA! I don’t give a shit, rather risk it this way than just sit on my ass.
exactly whats on my mind Raz, if i ever see Lukaku I will be sure to give him the middle finger. Don’t know what was going through my mind taking in three Everton players. You support United what is Fosu’s game time looking like? Just want to make sure 😉