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
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Thanks Bench. On a serious note have you heard from him this week? We can’t get a response anywhere and he’s not tweeted since Tuesday I think.
no i will try to e-mail now
hope all is well !
I hope his alright
Hey guy’s, anyone know who’s prices are set to go up?
FT, is Fix still not looking right to you? Just had a similar DM to the same affect.
Yep been frozen all week…. I’ve tried re-loading my squad but still the same. Is it working for you? maybe i need to set up another account.
I’ll be honest I don’t use it! I rely on you guys to tell me if its working. I’ve DM’d them again but getting silence so maybe there is an issue but usually there would be a raft of people pointing it out on twitter if there was and there isn’t so yeah perhaps try a fresh account.
Update on this FT! Apparently the FPL site has changed something in the calculations so Fix are awaiting the next price change to realign theirs. May explain some stagnation. Just wish the FPL site would stop being so precious and work with the community that supports it.
Thanks mate.
HELP!
after a great 1st half i am plummeting, mostly as i havent had silva on my side and my main rival is only 40 pts back after i had a 90 point lead a mere month ago. the good news is i have 4.9 in the bank and 1 ft, i just dont know where to start though.
innit, raz, anyone?
thanks as always!
Hi Maple, Baines rotting away as a very expensive asset is the first thing that draws the eye. That said can you do Downing to Silva with your bank? If so start with that I reckon. Play Baines this week just in case he suddenly does a Lazarus. You have a bit of bench to cover him. Beyond this week replace him with Terry or Ivan. That should see you looking in much better shape.
Maple,
Definitely agree with this ^^
Plan for GW 34; get Baines out and get in Terry or Ivan; Use that extra money if at all, to bring in another Chelsea player a few weeks later. The team looks good.
Think I’m good to go? And anyone feeling harry kane to do well the weekend? ?
DB
You are good to go for this week mate.
I’d be looking personally to strengthen Barnes and most of your defence. I’ll assume you have some cash in the bank and if so I’d be looking towards Bellerin of Arsenal, Dier from Tottenam or Alderweireld from Southampton to strengthen. I’d look to replace Haidara and Bruce with two of these three.
I’d fancy Kane to have a rattle anywhere just now. Old Trafford should hold no fear for him.
Ospina, Foster
Terry, Hutton, Rose, Naughton, Bruce
Hazard, Sanchez, Cork, Eriksen, Puncheon
Kun Aguero, Kane, Giroud
1.5 ITB
1) What’s happening with Rose? Was he just rested and will he be back?
2) I was thinking of either saving the FT.. or
3) Transferring Eriksen -> Silva, yes Spurs have nice fixtures to come but surely Kane is enough cover for that.
Milky
I think Rose will play most for the rest of the season but Davies will play the odd game. I’d stick with him though as you have decent cover and he does post fair attacking returns.
I’d save he FT mate. There is lots of DGW and BGW activity ahead and as many FTs as possible will help. As you say, Eriksen has some top fixtures ahead.
pick one …. Bellerin (Ars) or Dawson (WBA) ?
Thank in advance ….
Bellerin for me Robin
+1