Fantasy Football Live Match Chat and FF247 Site Team Gameweek 35+
Welcome to Fantasy Football Live Match Chat Gameweek 35+.
GW35+ Deadline; Saturday 11th July 11:30am GMT
Timing is everything…
For those of you struggling to keep up with the rapid deadlines; tough sh*t & :punish: :mosking: It’s posted on site in at least three different locations, including a very handy countdown timer. But if you are one of those, not to name names, (Raz, Ivan & AJW) you may want to pay attention to the following as the next few weeks may prove particularly challenging for you;
GW35+ ends abruptly on Monday night, GW36+ then begins the following day. Which is called Tuesday, just in case you are already struggling to keep up. That one then goes all the way through until Friday night. And then GW37+ begins on Saturday. Which is the day that follows Friday.
As for 35+ itself we have the (now) usual divorce lawyers dream of five games on Saturday from about midday to 10pm, four on Sunday but ending at 8 and then another on Monday. But that’s where you need to start paying attention as 36+ creeps up quickly.
As always we shall endeavour to post the line-ups prior to each phase of the relevant GW and our usual aforementioned FPL Countdown Timer (to be found above the latest comments section) will once again be active.
Tips will be dispensed in the chat below but feel free to get involved in said chat, whether that’s asking for advice or answering others.
The games in full…
FF247 SITE TEAM GW35+
Our GW34+ Result…
Talking of timing our Bench Boost week began well on Tuesday with Pulisic smashing one in which also saw him grab a couple of bonus points. Foster let us down somewhat though as we had that one down as a nailed on clean sheet. Sort of.
In the more reliable corner Pope and Taylor duly delivered on Wednesday against the #bendoverBrady bunch. Taylor even obliged with an assist and the full three bonus.
Seemingly we picked the wrong Man City assets for their routing of Newcastle, but we suspect we weren’t alone in that. Captain KDB did still bring in a semi-respectable 14.
Our decision to keep Salah, or rather dither and not actually make a decision at all, inadvertently keeping him in the process, paid off big time. 18 points big time. TAA did diddly-squat though.
Jimenez doing likewise may have sealed his fate but we shall come onto that later. As for Doherty we just had to laugh, how could you not with a CS and bonus points in the bag after 90 minutes. And then that…
Heading into Thursday with 71 points and 5 players left its fair to say we were eyeing the hollowed ton. Things got off well with both Ings and Aurier doing their jobs. One with a goal, the other with a clean sheet and bagging 5 bonus points between them.
We just needed Man United to hammer Villa, or at least tap them out a bit. It ended up somewhere in-between the two stools but fortunately we seem to be better at picking players from the other side of Manchester (aka Salford) as our trio got 26 between them to take us to a final tally of 114.
This meant another green arrow and a healthy rise of over 50k places up to 33,422nd. Let’s go see what we did with our 2 free transfers.
GW35+ TRANSFER
We have SOLD Jiménez and Doherty and BOUGHT Vardy and errrrr someone we never thought we would buy.
Unfortunately our stooge who lazily couldn’t be arsed to sell Salah last week was given this week off from transfer decision duty. Hence it fell to the other maverick to orchestrate proceedings. And this one never does nothing. Ever.
Jiménez to Vardy was the obvious shout but we couldn’t afford that alone, in fact we were just 1.8mln short. Not an easy amount to find. We could sell Salah but our sensible ones wouldn’t allow that. We could sell TAA, but that was thrown out too. Despite both being likely to be benched this week. Allegedly. The sale of Doherty was mooted and then gained traction. But who would we buy for 4.6mln? It was then suggested we buy Iheanacho and save all the hassle. That idea wasn’t even commented on. Bastards. Just watch him outscore Vardy. So we had 4.6mln to spend on a defender. Not much there. And no suggestions from the Brains Trust so nothing was done and just like that Vardy’s price rose overnight and now we only had 4.5mln to spend.
To cut a long story short (errrrrm bit late for that pal), we had a choice of Jack Stephens of Southampton and Aaron Cresswell of West Ham. Lol. All this to get Vardy. FML. Both have decent looking fixtures. Even Cresswell and his bunch of useless no-hopers, but at least he can cross the ball even if defending is a slight issue.
Amazingly, Cresswell was voted in basically so we can play him vs Norwich this week rather than Stephens vs United. It’s a genius move that we recommend you all make immediately.
GW35+ CAPTAIN
Our Captain for GW35+ will be Bruno
Our Vice-Captain will be Vardy
Bruno won the vote 3-2 with a late surge in the voting. Difficult to argue with as he is the form player of the league and has the added bonus of playing in the final fixture of the game-week on Monday evening.
Our GW35+ team in full…
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CAPTAIN POLL GW35+
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Vardy still on for 2bps, would get me to 20!
Keep it up :bop:
So this is my team. Still have BB and WC to play. Think Soyuncu has buggered the BB for next week. So thinking WC. I’m happy with front 3 and mids unless I’m missing someone. Defenders wise who should I go with ? Keep TAA? Want to make sure I can BB week after. Thanks for any help
Maybe something like TAA, Soy and Holgate out -> Wolves def, MC def, SHU/ARS/another Wolves def.
WC 1st draft. Drop Salah???
Vardy to Jesus?
Which of these two. Or should I take Vardy out for Jesus?
I’m looking at Chelsea v Norwich as being a good source of points – may be something you want to consider. Pulisic & Co.
Or, if you have considered and rejected, let us know why. Maybe fixtures. Just realised you’re wildcarding , not free-hitting, but you get the drift.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Norwich start playing football now there down and pressure is off
yes perhaps but you’d still fancy Chelsea to win that one fairly easily. Another argument could be they will be demoralised and in a state of confusion and Chelsea could run absolute riot.
Right to free hit or not to. It’s got to be used
I’m half-thinking of getting a Man City defender on mine (now 70/30 on playing it) to help cope with the fearsome Bournemouth whirlwind.
Isn’t the City game only 48 hours before the cup game? It may be worth the risk of leaving Sterling out.
I see goals in that match. Weds/Sat night. Sterling had a rest the other day but kind of think I should have Foden in there. Prob need to make a decision as well
In the end having the TC has forced my hand. I don’t want to play the TC this week so would have to play it in 37 if free hitting in 38. On balance I prefer the idea of TC in 38, of the two chips left to me.
I think I’m conditioned to FH in a DGW and so it seems odd to use it to just tidy up a couple of loose ends in my side rather than in the usual way.
Yeah it does feel a bit weird I think that’s why I’m a bit apprehensive about pushing the button. I’m so used to the doubles or being unhappy with the team
Smash same move FH man city goal fest home to Bournemouth is so tempting.
I’m in the same boat Smash and have got the exact same front 8 and Azpi/Digne on my FH draft. I think this is the best GW to use it, so my decision is whether to use it now or burn it. I can just do Vardy to Jesus with my FT and happily field a good team for this week. It feels like I’m using FH for the sake of it, rather than because I need to use it.
Yeah that’s the same move I’d do if I don’t play it. It’s kind of targeting the Chelsea game really. I’m reluctant to press the button but think it makes slightly more sense this week
I’ve just toyed with a draft that has a front three of Ings/Giroud/Jesus.
I quite like that. Backed by Bruno/KdB/Foden/Pulisic.
Then three attack-minded defenders and de Gea still in goal.
Yeah I like that front seven
Pretty set on Azpi and TAA as the first two defenders: just need to work out a third. It almost becomes an Everton defender by default.
I already have Willian and Azpi anyway, so would only be gaining Pulisic for that game. The attraction of the FH for me is to change Mahrez to Sterling, as I think it’s Mahrez’s turn to have a rest (although who really knows!). I guess even if he is rested, he will probably feature and could still get some points. Maybe Sterling (and thus the FH itself) is just a trap for me this week…
I think if chasing it’s a pretty good time and those who like to take a risk can punt on David Silva, etc.
Hi Free Hit team, please rate this bunch
Yes, nice. I’m pondering whether to risk a City defender – don’t ask me who – instead of Doherty.
I may play a midfield of Willian/Pulisic/KdB/Foden/Bruno.
Front two of Vardy and Ings.
Anyone else thinking vardy > giroud for 1 week punt?
I was earlier, but think I may have caught the sun.
No, I am thinking about Giroud but have a slight reluctance to drop either Vardy or Ings, so may go for a Chelsea defender instead. But I like the idea.
Vardy is on form and is at home. This week Ings is worth a punt :yahoo:
Against a solid Sheffield defence though. Giroud against Norwich could be tasty
Jeepers – what’s happened to Leicester? I came back after meal break and apparently Bournemouth have landed 4 goals!!! Cunning end of year plan soon to be aborted! Wonder what will happen against City? Normally it’s City’s turn to get humiliated by a lesser team since they just racked up a 5 goal victory! I have the usual KDB and Foden but was going to call in Riyad or Jesus to add oomph, now I dunno! Probably Mahrez as he’s slightly cheaper. Oh la la !
Trouble at mill!
Are you free-hitting or freely taking a few hits?
The latter, but next few weeks just rely on one trade per GW.
Will move Hendo to Mahrez or someone else to set up for BB at some stage.
OK