Fantasy Football FF247 Team Game-week 6
Well here we are again, trying to explain away our criminal start this season. Sitting at a paltry 2,554,773 is just a touch embarrassing. However we did expect to have a memorable season even if some very negative people (everyone) might see it as forgettable one so far. The good news is we got 3 straight green arrows. The bad news is we are just barely getting them. At this stage we are fighting an FPL war of attrition. Basically hoping that the low rankings of any managers around us will force them to quit so we can pass them in the overall. Well let us give you a quick rundown of our XI heroes that posted a 40 in game-week 5 for us.
In goal we had the trusty hands of Tim Krul who lived up to his surname by handing us one measly point. By the way who suggested a Newcastle keeper for our team? To be fair though, the Toon were in 18th place not 20th when his name was floated. :whatever:
Our backline was filled by one obvious choice that worked out, one ok pick that didn’t work out and a terrible one that did exactly what was expected. Morgan was probably picked with the wildcard based on the idea that he was due a clean sheet? Must have been we guess, considering that Leicester had not kept one in the first 4 games. Naughton is playing on a Swans side that was looking the part, so it was understandable if we thought it was possible that they could hold Watford scoreless. In our last spot we installed Kolarov, who has been in ‘Must Have’ form so far this season.
Our mids continued to be disappointing, well except for the man on the lowest wages. Mahrez once again delivered a double digit haul, his fourth in five appearances. Our new signing KDB fit right in, first by starting from the bench and once he came in he did nothing to earn us any points. Sanchez our captain shot and shot and shot, but none went in, so once again we had to settle for another captaincy disappointment. Pedro of course wasn’t stopped by Everton, he was stopped by the site team. Once we bought him, he stopped producing.
Up front we started the magnificent trio of Aguero, Wilson and Gomis. They managed to combine for 5 points. Fitting we guess, no need for them to kill themselves if no one else on the team is. Now let us go to our transfer plans for GW6, where we will probably sell Kolarov and Mahrez because they are destroying team unity.
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Transfer(s) for GW5 – None!
We’ve done nothing! We figured that given every time we have actually done ‘something’ this season it’s turned out terribly so whereas last week we played the wildcard this week we’ve played the apathy card.
Our only real issue this week was Pedro and we voted unanimously to just ride the injury and hopefully have him back next week for the Newcastle game. We’d take anyone against Newcastle right now so it feels like the right call. That’s assuming the injury is as minor as has been reported so far. Obviously if Jose comes out and says something different tomorrow then we reserve the right to reconsider but as it is he’s staying.
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Our team in full…
Team Selection
We only really had two decisions this week –
Which defensive mix to pick and what to do with Pedro.
In defence we decided to bench Naughton as we felt that given Everton’s current form they may well score at Swansea. Given our recent form they absolutely won’t. In goal we went for Krul despite our general misgivings regarding Newcastle but this was purely based on a perceived easier home fixture than the alternative McCarthy travelling to Spurs.
As for Pedro we are actually going to start him. It’s more in hope than expectation of course but it’s also founded in the mistrust we have for Jose. We doubt there will be many fantasy managers out there that haven’t been hoodwinked by him and his lies / misdirection at some point in the past. Remember Costa at Everton last season? On the Friday he was almost lame and ready to be shot. On Saturday he scored a hat-trick. Enough said.
We did briefly discuss alternatives. Payet was one of course but his game at Man City soon killed that one. Coutinho was another but the raucous laughter from the Liverpool fans on the panel soon put that one to bed. So Westwood comes in for him if he is indeed injured. Not ideal in theory, but let’s see. It’s been a strange season so far and neither of these scenarios would surprise us – Pedro doing a Lazarus or Westwood grabbing a brace. Pedro actually being injured and Westwood getting a one pointer would probably be a more fitting representation of our season so far though.
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Captain
Our captain this week is Sergio Aguero
The vote this week was split fairly evenly but Sergio won out in the end despite him not yet even being 100% confirmed as fit and available. The fact that he came on from the bench in midweek suggests that the ‘rest’ was perhaps precautionary at best. With City in blistering domestic form any home game for him is hard to ignore even though he’s not really got going yet but we all know that break out hat-trick game is just around the corner. Let’s hope it’s this week!
We appreciate that we run the risk of a 30 minute cameo as well if he’s deemed only fit enough for that but if we had to give 30 minutes to any player in the league to make an impact it would be him but hopefully he starts and does the business.
Our vice-captain is Riyad Mahrez
Should Sergio not play a part then we are happy to entrust the captaincy to the man of the season so far. Had this game been at home he may well have walked away with the armband outright such has been his form so far.
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Gomez or Evans….I also have myhill, but don’t like liverpools form and fixtures after gw7
Gomez
Anyone else have a opinion?? Maybe muniesa or cook?…. I’m thinking long term btw
Gomez
Yeah Gomez for me too, even looking a fair bit forward.
Come on England!!
Dilemma lads… Pedro?
Pedro, Ozil, Ritchie, Sinclair
Wilson, Kun, Benteke
That’s my front 7 with Payet on the bench.
I’ve 2.5m ITB so could get ANY mid… I’m thinking Silva as City have 4 very nice fixtures coming up (also no one has him in my main money league). Questions are play Payet and keep Pedro? Double up on City and go with Silva?
Any other alternatives I would love to hear!
FTs?
Id say keep Pedro and play Payet.
I have a FT, make Silva more appealing?
You may want to have a look at fplstatistics.
Pedro was showing -18% this morning, now showing -83.7%
He is mainly been shipped out for Coutinho,Silva, Payet,Barkley
If this is right then he could easily drop 01 tonight
If you have the FTs spare you can get yourself an active mid while he is out plus have him .1 cheaper when you buy him back.
Cheers for the insight Takasaki, leaning more towards Silva!
Considering that you have a FT and that there is not a lot of money invested in the mids, Pedro>Silva makes sense.
Are you still keeping the faith with Ritchie?
No Team Talk this week ???
Yeah it’s coming mate, just had to switch the scheduling around a bit this week to a combo of things.
Hurry up!!!
Shut up 😉
Oi oi!! – How do sir!!
Ok cool,thought I’d missed something !! Doesn’t feel like Friday without it !!
Alright, alright stop moaning it’s live now
Hey guys, how’s it going? Not sure what to do this week. Still have my FT and .7 in the bank. Any suggestions on a transfer or my yeam set-up? Was thinking maybe hanging onto Pedro and freshening up my defense. Or would you grab someone else for Pedro? Or ride it out and save the FT? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Alright Red, I think you’re probably alright benching Pedro as you have Hoolahan, or even risking playing him and have Hoolahan ready as first sub in case he doesn’t play. I have no viable sub so I’m looking at bringing in Walcott for him in a risky play 😛
Your defence is not bad either, and I reckon you’d get better value from the FT by rolling it over as having 2 gives you much better scope for changes.
Cheers Calvin, that’s sound advice. Was thinking of dropping Muniesa or Whittaker possibly for this Nyom fella that Bryan was tipping, but that does seem fairly sideways and lackluster.
Pedro is really making things tricky, I like your Wally pick – if only we could count on Wenger to play him! Best of luck this weekend, hope you score some big points.
I’d offer my advice but you don’t take it !
Haha, thanks anyway Brooky!! I should listen to everyone’s advice more, this season’s been a disaster so far using my own, ha!
Hey guys
Green arrows
Showing shoots of recovery from a dismal first few weeks..
Took a gamble with -8 point hit last week
Didn’t pay of really
Replaced Courtois to Cech / silva to Yaya / Pedro to Depay
Overall it worked out I’d lost 4 point.
Anyway should have just replaced Courtois.
So I have Pedro who’s 50/50
& Yaya (good but not Silva)
I have 1 FT
Stick or twist on Yaya & Pedro out for ……?
Stick.
Except hat Pedro may drop .1 tonight or tomorrow from the %sell on fplstatistics.
If that’s no bother cos you are keeping him long term then save the FTs. Otherwise flip him for a short term pick who has the potential to price rise while Pedro recovers.
Stick.
Except hat Pedro may drop .1 tonight or tomorrow from the %sell on fplstatistics.
If that’s no bother cos you are keeping him long term then save the FTs. Otherwise flip him for a short term pick who has the potential to price rise while Pedro recovers.