Fantasy Football FF247 Team Gameweek 12
A pretty solid GW11 saw the team amass 71pts which was 20pts above the average and meant some more green arrows. It was another week where our scoring was spread evenly throughout the team and began well in the early kick off as Diego Costa scored at Anfield and combined with 2bps and a booking contributed 7pts. Cesc Fabregas was sadly quiet and produced just the 2pts. Onto the 3pm matches in which our only representatives were Southampton’s Toby Alderweireld and Dusan Tadic, Difra Sakho and our captain, Angel di Maria. ADM had a low key game but did manage an assist before he was taken off on 70mins, so 6pts doubled into 12 wasn’t the worst, but later events left us rueing choosing him as captain. A Southampton clean sheet brought 5pts for Alderweireld, while Tadic’s return was just 3pts. Sakho did nothing, unfortunately – just the 2pts from him. The evening kick off and Sergio Aguero left us another reminder as to his captaincy credentials as he notched City’s two goals at Rangers – he also claimed the 3bps to end up on 13. Ouch. We should have skippered him! Onto Sunday and it couldn’t have worked out much better. Leighton Baines scored and claimed maximum bonus points vs Sunderland, while Tim Krul kept a clean sheet at West Brom before Gylfi Sigurdsson, in the final match of the gameweek scored a goal and 9pts in Swansea’s win over Arsenal. We forgave Neil Taylor his booking and single point return on the basis of everything else going our way.
So despite us crushing the average, we only climbed 77 places to 2,120 in the world, illustrating the level of competition at the higher end of the leagues and how hard it is to make serious ground.
Transfer for GW12
With just one free transfer available and with six of our players listed as doubts during the week, we have held firm, not panicked and resisted the temptation to take a hit!
We have made just the one transfer, which is:
Selling Diafra Sakho and buying Charlie Austin.
Our rationale on this move is that Sakho is very unlikely to play this weekend – he was away with Senegal on international duty and actually had to pull out of their game in the week with a back injury. Big Sam said in the presser he is very wary of the impending fixture list and the dangers of starting players who are not 100% and then making them worse, which could mean an extended time on the treatment table. Since then Sam has said that Sakho couldn’t even get out of bed on Friday morning due to his back injury. Therefore, we have decided enough is enough and that we need three playing strikers. Charlie Austin is in great form and though Rangers travel to a much improved Newcastle this week, we still think they have half a chance of scoring. Rangers’ next four home games see them entertain Leicester, Burnley, West Brom and Crystal Palace and we expect (hope) that Austin will continue his great run of scoring, which has seen him find the back of the net five times in his last six matches.
Captain
Our captain this week is Sergio Aguero.
Another close vote from the committee which narrowly swung the way of Aguero, with Diego Costa running him mightily close. In all fairness, it’s a toss up between the two and the vote could easily have gone the other way. The fact that Aguero is on penalties clinched it, but we’ll be honest and admit that we believe both players should do well this weekend.
Our vice captain is unsurprisingly Costa.
The FF247 GW12 team in all it’s glory is –
And in text format as promised –
Krul
Alderweireld, Hutton, Baines
Di Maria, Fabregas, Sigurdsson, Tadic
Austin, Costa (vc), Aguero (c)
Subs: Mannone, Boyd, Taylor, Moore
In a very tough situation, before the international break I’d planned fabianski in for Forster and Walcott in for sterling. However with Walcott out again, I don’t see him a good option for another 3 weeks, leaving me wonder what to do with sterling. Any suggestions what to do this weekend? Stick with the team ? Then make changes next week giving me more time to consider me options? Cheers
Duthers,
Yeah I’d stick with what you have mate – 2fts next week could prob be utilised better than one this week. You have the main players in for this week so I fancy you’re good to go.
Cheers cookie, who you giving the armband to? It’s that Costa- Aguero argument again for me this weekend!
Costa for me, but impossible to choose between them! Site team has gone Kun.
Maybe swap Taylor out for Dummett and save your other transfer ??
took a gamble on Cesc over Siggy, hope it pays off, and contrary to most managers here I chose to, captained Costa over Aguero… Goodluck fellow Managers, heres my GW12 team below
Looks good Slow, I’m on Costa too mate.
What do I do?
Rose out? Di Maria out?
I wouldn’t go taking ADM out with his fixtures ahead.
Actually I changed my mind about that, Siggy starts and Wanyama on the bench but my captain remains the absolute same
Just made the Fab to Oscar transfer. You guys reckon I’m set for the GW? Do you like the order of defenders I’m playing? Or should I put Hutton higher? SHould I play another defender over Chambers?
F>>>> this is the team. Sorry about that. Add this team to my last post. BRB.
Might as well play Moore over Chambers? If he doesnt start, Chambers will come on
Hutton over Moore for me on the bench Raz.What if Moore is on the bench again and comes on for the last 10 mins ?At least Hutton should start and has a chance of a cleanie.
you forget something Raz?
A pic of a monkey?
well I was talking about the team, but that too given its Raz.
Alright I’ve locked in Vlaar -> Dummett. Worth holding Berahino, keeping him on the bench for Downing and keeping the FT or Transferring him to Austin and benching Downing?
if you have a FT, I’d do the transfer
OK thanks mate. Much appreciated