Fantasy Football FF247 Team Game-week 38
Oh Andy! Andy, Andy, Andy… You big donkey. You have no idea how many seasons you wrecked last week! It was all there on a plate. Swansea on holidays and resting players, Man United struggling to defend crosses, you on a hot streak, 6 goals in the previous 7 games. And you decide to lay an egg on the all important ‘triple captain’ week for us. Thanks. It’s not even like your team didn’t score, they got 4 over the piece. Even an assist would have been appreciated, but no. And now everyone’s going to sell you this week in a fit of rage and you’re going to score 2 aren’t you, we just know it! Andy aside, our ‘DGW’ side had 8 players playing twice which equated to 19 chances as such. We scored 84 which means that they averaged just 4.4 points each. When you put it like that it’s pretty poor. When we tell you that Patrick van Aanholt weighed in with over 20% of those points then that probably says it all really! We’ve not really seen many, if any, ‘monster’ scores though like we did in DGW34, with some approaching the 200 mark, so perhaps we escaped lightly. Our overall rank jumped up some 18k places to 121k. A far cry from where we expected and wanted to be but it is what it is and so let’s see if we can make one final push to crack that 100k mark this week…
Transfer decision for GW37 – Sold – Riyad Mahrez; Bought – Sadio Mane
We didn’t really need to do a transfer this week, for probably the first time this season, and so we just had a look around at the players available and their respective fixtures and said “who’s most likely to go off on one if the mood takes them?!”. The answer was Mane. The Saints are the current in form team, scoring freely, they’re at home and are playing a Palace side who will have more than one eye on next weeks FA Cup final, both in terms of psychology and actual team selection. Tadic was the other option as he’s been firing too but Mane tends to go off in bursts and if there’s goals around then he’s likely to be involved in the fun. Especially when there’s a transfer window pending and this is his last chance to showcase himself. Not that we are suggesting anything but there does seem to be a direct correlation between his output and them windows!
The team in full
The team pretty much picks itself. It’s always difficult to bench Patrick ‘get him because he once hit the post with a free-kick’ van Aanholt but basically if Carlsberg picked defences then this week they’d pick ours. We’ve had a last minute change with the Payet news but nothing too taxing as it simply means Lanzini takes his place in the 11. We’re pretty happy with that lot but we’ve all thought that a few times this season so let’s see what happens!
Captain – Alexis Sanchez
For whatever reason Arsenal have a tradition of suddenly turning on the style on the last day of the season and a home game against a very poor and very relegated Villa just feels like a perfect storm!
Our Vice-captain is Sergio Aguero
Good luck for this week from the FF247 Team Committee. We thank you for sticking with us in what has been a very trying season! Our first season of doing this saw us riding relatively high and we finished about 5k but this one has been a disaster from start to finish! Pretty much everything we touched turned to sh*t if we’re being honest! We are just glad that we aren’t alone in that though as it has been the same for a good many. We hope we kept you entertained along the way though as we are always nothing if not honest about our feelings!
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Morning all – I don’t read the Guardian per se so I don’t know how accurate their predicted teams are, but this is what they have as the Sunderland starting XI
No Defoe is an alarm for many..But. i guess he’s going to start for personal record.
He still has next season to get there and Big Sam said in his presser that Defoe still has a few seasons left in him.
It’s a tricky one – think you have to go with him and hope he at least features.
morning people.last RMT for the season may be..already done Cout and Costa to Aguero and Tadic. what are your views on Ozil’s return?should I get him for Payet for another hit. Need to catch up like 35 points with my rival.i know its impossible in a gingle GW but still give it a try. We have deeney,sanchez,Payet and Aguero in common..what do you guys suggest?cheers all
team attached..
Hey Constantine, you may as well mate. Assuming Payet is out you just have to hope Ozil goes big vs Villa.
cheers Cookie..you always say what one has in his mind..BTW my rival has taken a -4 hit too..And this season has seen that hits prove fruitful sometimes.So, I’d go for it i guess. thanks mate
They certainly prove fruitful if you get them right, but that’s stating the obvious!! Let’s face it, you need an extra 36pts, you’re not going to have a hope of achieving it by standing still, just have to get as many potential big scorers in there as is reasonably possible. Gooners vs Villa is prob your biggest chance.
What’s the Payet news?!
Hey Flingy,
According to reliable Hammer sources, Payet missed training on Friday and hasn’t travelled with the squad.
Hmm. I also have Firmino who I don’t expect to play since it’s the final this week..
and my player to come off the bench is Lennon!
Good luck with that one!!
What should I do :/ Payet, Rojo and Defoe are out, don’t want to take hit
Defoe isn’t defo out. Most expect him to feature at some point Snookie.
morning all is this team set for this week. i have done tadic for payet as my change but does anything else need sorting . cheers
de gea
bellerin van aahnolt cresswell
tadic de bryune mane sanchez (vc)
aguero kane carroll
schmeichel iwobi fosu-mensah moreno
canufeelit,
The only issue I see is you may not have a 3rd defender if PvA is left out.
Morning all, good luck to the 2 lads in the Regulars Cup Final today.
Cookie v Kruzcampo.
Have you got cameras in our hotels as we wake up, have brekkie and walk round the gardens later this morning?
No Cookster, to dear for me all those cameras. I’ve nicked the winners prize though.
Never in doubt
Good luck Kruzcampo