Fantasy Football Live Match Chat Game-week 18 – Fantasy Premier League 2014/15
GW18 is live! We hope you were happy with your Christmas presents and that the turkey and trimmings went down well but that’s all over now and so back to the serious business of fantasy football! Hopefully your transfers, line-ups and your all important captain selection are all sorted and you didn’t over indulge in the festive period and do anything daft like take a huge hit or indeed just forget altogether! Live Match Chat is your chance to have your say on the line-ups as they are announced, the games as they happen and the fallout afterwards. Boxing Day is indeed a bumper day with all 20 teams playing so no sooner has it begun than it will end and is unique in the season in that respect. We think. Couldn’t be bothered to check! We begin with an early game as Chelsea welcome West Ham. There are then a hectic eight games at 3pm before Arsenal and QPR see us out in the early evening.
The Boxing Day bonanza in full…
Chelsea v West Ham 12.45pm
Burnley v Liverpool 3pm
Crystal Palace v Southampton 3pm
Everton v Stoke 3pm
Leicester v Spurs 3pm
Man Utd v Newcastle 3pm
Sunderland v Hull 3pm
Swansea v Aston Villa 3pm
West Brom v Man City 3pm
Arsenal v QPR 5.45pm
Keep track of all the action, the goals, the talking points, right here at FF247 Live Match Chat, an interactive chat which encourages you to keep involved and share your thoughts and emotions as the matches take place.
Good luck to absolutely everyone for GW18 from all at FF247!
The B
2 suggested transfers?
Need help. B)
jamesimmo
I’d definitely save a tranfer for next time.
Perhaps downgrade Adrian or fix up Yun?
It depends if / who you have in mind as transfer targets…
The B
Really want to bring in Silva/YYT, probably in place of Mirallas. Confused where to downgrade though.
jamesimmo
Hm, in that case, it’s RvP’s name that stands out in terms of a downgrade. Would be a shame though as he’s an in-form differential.
The B
I could also downgrade Azpi to a 4.8M defender to accommodate Silva?
Chelsea’s fixtures are going down, but losing Azpi will be the price of keeping RVP.
jamesimmo
Who would you get? That’s a decent idea, especially if you think van Persie and 4.8m defender will outscore Rooney/Tekkers and Azpi, which is another hard call to make.
The B
Damn this decision is so tough. All 4.8M defenders suck.
SAFs_hairdryer
RVP is where I would look to save the cash. Maybe RVP & Miralles > Rooney & Silva. Does that work?
The B
Yes I can do that. will have to make a decision between Bentekke and Rooney though.
jamesimmo
Benteke has the fixtures; Rooney has the form.
Benteke is the main man; Rooney plays for the better side.
Both are nailed on.
Tough call…
jamesimmo
Which of the following 3 would you start:
– Naylor vs Liverpool (A)
– Saylor vs Everton (H)
– Wasilewski vs Hull (A)
…and who would you put 1st on the bench?
Shadow
Team for next week, only 1FT to use.
Can’t decide which is more of a priority, getting shut of Baines or bringing Silva in?
Any help much appreciated!
jamesimmo
As you have no City coverage, it’s definitely Silva, in my eyes anyway.
SAFs_hairdryer
Silva is definitely benefitting from the new team shape but the mids in Shadow’s team are all good (except Jedinak) so hard to say who to ditch.
Shadow
Yeh it would have to be Eriksen to make way for Silva. Just think his next 2 home games are too enticing to not have him.
SAFs_hairdryer
Baines is killing a lot of teams and although Silva is taking in the points looks like you have a strong midfield so I’d focus on switching out Baines
The B
Silva please
Shadow
Could take a 4 pointer and do both maybe.
Would feel a bit uneasy about that mind with Eriksen and Baines still able to pick up points
SAFs_hairdryer
What are the thoughts on Jovetic returning and the points potential of Silva being reduced?
Rids
Rate my team please and would you possibly do Bony to Benteke? Or are there other concerns?
Rids
Sorry forgot my team.
kickers
Hi everyone. Looking to dump Barkley and maybe zab. Any suggestions who to swap them with? I’ve got 1 ft so may take a hot or wait on one. Was thinking sig or Downing for Barkley but zab not sure. Any suggestions?
Cheers
jamesimmo
I’d wait a (game)week, then get Downng for Barkley, whilst keeping Zab.
kickers
Whose whu next opponents?
jamesimmo
Arsenal (H)
kickers
Fair point perhaps wait then! Any other changes needed?
jamesimmo
Yes actually. Just spotted Forster. I’d lose him for someone with better fixtures if you don’t need the tranfer elsewhere.
kickers
Cheers James.
kickers
Any suggestions for a gk replacement? I’ve got 5.6 to spend. Not sure I can do any better than Forster
kickers
Maybe de gea? Anyone have any advice
jamesimmo
Adrian or de Gea are both good shouts I reckon.