Fantasy Football FF247 Team Gameweek 27
The pain that was GW26 is over and frankly said, good riddance. Another tough week for the FF247 team and surely this could lead to some sackings. Maybe we can find a LVG type to help with our team selection? Or perhaps Mourinho can help us learn how to deflect blame a bit better. Not sure what we have to do, but this has to turnaround quick. We dropped 864 spots in the overall and are now in 2631th place. That would be a ranking that we should be immensely proud of, but we all know that after seeing the penthouse inside the top 1k, it is hard to go back to just a nice room. So with that said let us access what led to our problems this past GW and put some of our non-performers under the microscope.
In goal we had David Ospina. Once again he did not get us that coveted clean sheet and worse than that, Foster once again did, as those much needed points stared at us from our bench. Luckily (or so we thought) we found out that Phil Jones was passed fit. Unfortunately he continued to struggle to bring in any points for us. As he managed to score us a doughnut. PvA was teamed up with him and it was a fantastic decision to play him as we were correct in thinking that Sunderland could get a cleanie. However we were wrong in thinking he would start. So yeah, thanks for that 3 minute cameo and that one pointer. John Terry was the last of our crew in the back. We were so happy to see a Chelsea defender scored, surely it be Terry this time, right? What?! Ivanovic again, greedy bastard! We thinks we might have went for the wrong Chelsea defender.
In the midfield we did much better. Of course, it be hard not to be better than 5 points from 4 guys like our back line scored. Nevertheless there are still problem spots that we will need to address at some point. Adam Johnson once again blanked and considering the fixtures he just navigated through, one would have expected a much better return. Maybe a match up vs Phil Jones can ignite him in GW27, that always seems to help. A bigger problem might be the slumping Sanchez. His returns have dried up and considering his price tag, he is a player that we will have to keep a close watch on going forward. That penalty the dirty one missed earlier in the season is really proving him costly in FPL, as pens can sometimes save a player from having too many bad scoring weeks. Cazorla has been the beneficiary with 4 goals on penalties since the Alexis miss. With the goal from the spot vs Palace he was able to go double figures after a two game-week stint of 2 pointers. The top player in the game Hazard was able to garner 8 points. Incredibly he has managed all 3 bonus points twice this season, despite only delivering a single assist in said games.
Shifting our attention to our front line we notice that our captain choice did not let us down even if his manager did. It was expected that Kun would be substituted early in preparation for Champions League, but one minute before the 60h minute mark was a bit cruel. It was almost as bad as owning Phil Jones. Moving on to our other strikers we see Kane once again scored. It was just too bad it was after missing the penalty. So only 4 points for Harry in this game but his incredible goal scoring form continues. Only way you can control Kane these days is with a blank game-week. In other news, there was a fossil discovered on the FF247 team. He goes by the name of Jermaine Defoe and his status as an antiquity might not save him from the axe in the near future if he does not start to deliver.
Having recapped how our squad performed last GW, let us now move along to our transfer decision and line-up for the upcoming week.
Transfer for GW27 – Sold Eden Hazard, bought David Silva
We didn’t think we would type the words ‘Sold Eden Hazard’ again this season but such is the cruel nature of the fixture schedule sometimes that tough decisions have to be made. And this one was tough. Well it was until we considered the alternatives. Like most we were / are struggling to balance fielding 11 players this week versus keeping some vital assets on the bench due to the blank game-week / DGW scenario that we are presented with. The obvious thing to do was to ditch Baird for another similarly un-sexy defender and hope for a clean-sheet from the lucky recipient. Either way we were in danger of only fielding 10 players given van Aanholt’s uncertain position and so we decided to think outside of the box and also look ahead to next weeks potential transfers.
Silva has some great fixtures coming up in the shape of Leicester and Burnley whereas Chelsea have some tougher ones. We wouldn’t ever discount Chelsea regardless of the fixtures but we felt this was a small risk worth taking given the situation. The transfer allows a bit of budget flexibility ahead of next week too and will probably allow us to bring in the likes of Eriksen and maybe even a punt on Austin with our 2 free transfers. Without it we’d have been buying a dodgy defender this week and be scratching around for funds to even afford Soldado next week!
Todays PvA news is that he may feature. We may still go with 10 players depending on that but we now have a player who we believe will deliver over the next 3 weeks and the opportunity to buy 2 good DGW players next week.
Our team in full…
Captain
Our captain this week is Sergio Aguero
Our vice-captain is Alexis Sanchez
The team in text format is –
Foster
Jones van Aanholt Clyne
Silva Sanchez (vc) Johnson Puncheon Cazorla
Aguero (c) Defoe
Subs – Ospina Kane Terry Baird
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Should i take a hit??
if yes for whom? FT used.
Forster
Bertand PVA* Hutton* Dawson
Hazard Sanchez Cazorla (c) Downing
Aguero Giroud
bench- Krul Terry Hazard Kane
0.3mn in the bank
once again guys, FT USED. THE TRANSFER IS FOR A HIT. LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE FIELDING JUST 9. If PVA n Hutton dont start.
hit needed??
Nope.
Any transfer suggestions?
1FT and 3.6 in the bank.
Want to get rid of wasilewski. Who should I get in?
Thankyou in advance.
Hi KP. I feel like a broken record, at this stage, but Baird/Wasilewski -> WBA/Stoke defender looks the best option here. I would opt for Pulis defence, myself.
Afternoon all. Any thoughts on my team? Happy to bench the Chelsea/Spurs players and want to keep 1FT to carry over to next week’s DGW.
Doubt that all of PvA, Hutton & Bellerin will all start so which of them should I shift and who should I get in? Liking Arsenal’s fixtures so will see if Wenger drops any hints and if it looks like Bellerin’s still not playing will get Monreal in for him. If not, maybe PvA out for Naughton?
What do we think?
lionelhesse – Personally, i would move Hutton on. He could well be injured and even if he isn’t, Villa defence doesn’t look promising these days. I would suggest buying a WBA defender and bank your other FT for next week.
Which Baggies defender should i bring in for Wisdom. Can get anyone.
Hi Tom. Cant argue with any of them really. Dawson looks the slightly better deal as he is the cheapest.
Which 3.9 – 4.3 defender should I get?
harry13 – I’ve gone with Haidara as a one week punt vs Villa. However, i would only suggest him as a punt-purchase as Newcastle’s fixtures are awful after this week. I’m pretty sure Bruce is in your price range so he may be the way to go if you need someone to play for you here and there.
FF247 Team – Good luck this week, fellas. Hopefully there’s a return to green-arrows-ville. If not, then not to worry as the team is pretty well set for the coming weeks :thumbup:
This is my lot for this week. FT done. Wasilewski -> Haidara, 2nd FT banked for next week when it’s Yaya time 😉
Scary team you got yourself there NIN!
Thanks KungFu. How is your bunch looking for this week? My team looks good on paper but it’s kinda hanging together, what with the doubts over Cameron and van Aanholt.
My bunch looks dodgy haha. Benching Hazard just does not seem right hence me now really on bringing in Silva.
My front 7:
JWP-ADM-Hazard-Sanchez-Cazorla
Kun-Ings-Defoe
If I use my 1FT on Silva then I do not have 2 for the DGW. Dilemma time! What would you think?
HEEEEELP!
Your attack looks fine to me, mate. At first, i was a bit confused as to why FF247 team had sold Hazard, but the more i thought about it, the more sense it made for their particular squad. It doesn’t look like you need to sell him. However, i would definitely buy Silva or Yaya next week, if i were you. I’d look to drop Di Maria or one of the Arsenal boys.
Cheers NIN. Words of wisdom (no not him) that I will deeply consider before making or not a panic 11.29 transfer or not!!
Good luck to you amigo!
NIN – great team! I Like the cappo choice!!
Who you bringing in for YYT next week!
*out
Thanks Mitro. Hopefully all 10 play. Despite being my (c) this week, Alexis is likely gone for Yaya next week. Austin in for Giroud too, just for the DGW.
I’m giving sanchez one more week after this one He doesn’t look the same at the minute!!
I was thinking of doing Defoe to austin next week just for the DGW and then upgrading to Sturridge the week after when I get rid of sanchez!!
Yeah i’d actually like to have Sanchez for the QPR game, but i’m going to move him on for Yaya as City’s fixtures are just too splendid to ignore, for me. Yaya is also one of the players my mini league rivals could buy who could potentially eat away at my lead, so screw that, i’m buying him and tripling up on City attack, making it very tough for them to catch me.