Fantasy Football FF247 Team Gameweek 29
A green arrow!! Drop the confetti people we have finally broken the red arrow streak. After suffering from a run of disappointing weeks we returned to the side of the colour spectrum we prefer. Although it was a small bump up the standings it was still well received. We managed to land in 2554th place after a climb of 208 spots. How did we perform this small miracle? Well let us tell you all about it before we head on over to our team for the upcoming week.
In goal we went with Ben Foster. Like many we were left disappointed with the West Brom defence. Frankly it was hard to not picture a clean sheet. The Baggies specialize in defending and Aston Villa specialise in looking ridiculous when attacking. Oh well, at least Ospina didn’t outscore Foster, so no harm no foul. We used a back 3 for GW28 and were able to find 15 points from the gentlemen and Terry. Clyne brought in 6 points and after he clears CFC in this coming week he has a lot of fixtures where a clean sheet is very possible. PvA came off the bench, as we made the brave decision to start Phil Jones, luckily LVG had a bit more sense…for once. John Terry was our last defender and he once again got a cleanie. That being his 10th in the last 16 games. Now let’s move along to our midfield maestros.
David Silva hit double figures for us and with his remaining schedule if he can remain healthy he should produce a good deal of points over the coming weeks. Sanchez finally awoke from his long nap and scored 8 points. Unfortunately his fellow dwarf Cazorla blanked. With thoughts of Hazard in the back of the minds or front for some, now is not the time to be blanking if you wish to remain employed with the FF247 team. The Viking Eriksen, while not spectacular certainly did his part. A bit unlucky in the QPR game as we saw him hit the post. Puncheon was given a spot on the bench after using up all his assists in the previous game.
Our captain choice did not let us down nor did he for 3 million others for that matter. Harry Kane scored a brace vs QPR as he made up for blanking in the first game of the double. There wasn’t much celebrating though as every time he scored we passed one person in the overall rankings. Probably the guy or two who drank too much before the deadline and left it on Aguero. Our new acquisition Austin did well on paper by scoring 8 points, but if anyone watched him over the two games, well frankly he could have scored about 5 extra goals and tons of points. Our last player was Kun Aguero. While he didn’t really produce anything, incredibly he was an afterthought to a degree and his production almost seemed irrelevant.
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 GW29 – We have decided to carry it over…
The team itself looks well set for this week apart from one spot at the back which had to be filled be either Jones or Clyne. Ideally we would have sold Jones and benched Clyne for someone with a more realistic chance of a clean sheet but looking around at the options combined with thinking ahead to potential DGW’s and also blank weeks we decided to simply sit still as there are so many unknown factors ahead at this point and so many players we would like as and when the DGW’s come. As such we felt for the sake of a probable 2 pointer in one position, the free transfer will serve us better in the upcoming weeks.
Our team in full…
The majority picked themselves this week. The main debate was the one above – Jones or Clyne. In all honesty we feel both will probably concede this week. Jones has lost his place in recent weeks but we feel he may be set for a return after the Smalling gaffe that allowed Arsenal to progress on Monday night. If he plays then at least it’s a home game and isn’t away at Chelsea! If he doesn’t start then he rarely comes off the United bench so Clyne should just come off ours.
Captain
Our captain this week is Sergio Aguero
Difficult to ignore one of the most potentially explosive players in the league, especially when the opposition is Burnley. The only danger here is that he could get taken off early if everything is wrapped up ahead of City’s Champions League game with Barcelona in midweek
Our vice-captain is Alexis Sanchez
We would probably have gone for Silva but common wisdom is to go for someone from another team just in case something silly happens and the City game is cancelled. Plus he’s hardly a bad replacement!
The team in text format is –
Ospina
Terry van Aanholt Jones
Silva Sanchez (v) Eriksen Cazorla
Kane Aguero (c) Austin
Subs – Foster Puncheon Clyne Baird
Thanks for reading Fantasy Football FF247 Team Gameweek 29.
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Im trailing in my mini league, I was 146 points behind a few weeks ago but now its 86.. I can do this! *inserts inspirational Rocky quote’.
Any good advice here?
Starfox
The obvious one to me is the lack of Arsenal attacking coverage. I think you should get one of those guys in, maybe Walters out for Cazorla?
+1 ^
Walters -> Sterling is a huge improvement. Might as well get that kitty into your team, especially when you’ve a decent deficit to make up.
I would prefer a move for Arsenal coverage. Liverpool have three tough games in a row so I wouldn’t bank on Arsenal coverage scoring more points. IMO
FF247,
Good luck team.
Last nights game and the repercussions (including extra time) didn’t swing your mind towards Clyne?
GP, Jones is played for comedic purposes. 😉
Nice work FF247, any green arrow is welcome and thats still a cracking ranking.
I’m tempted to leave my team as it is this week and save the transfer, means playing with 3 Arsenal attackers and 2 Tott attackers tho…feels risky
Photek
Risk = reward. Sometimes
Good luck mate, each team could get positive results this weekend, Arsenal definitely should.
thanks GP, i like your sometimes
Good luck to you too mate, lets hope we all get some green arrows this week
Right this is mu team for the weekend. Is it the right lineup and captain choice?
MattX
Looks good to me. I have a little feeling Southampton will come away with a positive result so I’m playing Bertrand but that doesn’t mean you need to play Clyne.
Good captaincy choice – thinking the very same thing myself.
Right cheers GP. I just feel Mourinho will have ripped into his defence after last night so they will have a point to prove therefore keeping Southampton out.
It was either Silva or Ageuro but Ageuro is the obvious and don’t want to be the same as everyone else.
Thank god you’ve finally got Hazard in
Ye I decided to just take the plunge and bring Sterling back in Gw33 as Liverpools fixtures get very easy after that.
Hey guys,
I’ve managed to lose track of fantasy footy over the past week and so am only just looking at my team now. Would you mind providing some of your excellent advice? Have got one transfer with £0.5m – Monreal and Clichy are my biggest concerns. Do you reckon I should make a switch? If so, any recommendations? Would Zouma be too big a punt?
Thanks a million in advance!
Clichy -> Azpilicueta looks a good bet to me. I’d probably start Eriksen ahead of Puncheon but i can see why Puncheon appeals.
Hi Swirly, my take on this, and I could be completely wrong, is that Clichy starts and Monreal doesn’t. I also like NIN’s switch too though but if my prediction is correct then that’s leaves you with Clyne coming in for Monreal but with a Chelsea body at the back ahead of the DGW34. Given the lack of decent and sensible options (taking into account blank weeks) in replacing Monreal then this may be the best course of action. The alternative is leave it and see what happens as you’ve a strong bench to cover both albeit not with the best fixtures in theory. You’d be banking a valuable FT that way but you’ll probably be wanting to buy a Chelsea defender at some point anyway.
Color schemes all wrong. Sanchez to the right and Eriksen below Kane. To bring an extra dimension you could place Kun to the left and Kane in the middle, Silva to the left (where he stands now and Eriksen next to him). This is what the team of FF247 SHOULD LOOK LIKE:
Foster (Yellow looks way better in that squad)
Baird – Terry – Jones (HAHA for real?)
Silva – Eriksen – Sanchez – Cazorla
Kun (C) – Kane – Austin
PvA-Clyne-Puncheon and even Austin don’t fit in this team with their freaking stripes. One has to play, let it be Austin, I give you that.
Seems nobody cares about color scheming but me. :finger: