FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW1
We’re back! Last season was something of a disappointment as we finished with our lowest rank since we first introduced the site team back in 2014/15. We don’t set ourselves any goals at the beginning of each season but at the very least we want to beat last season’s final rank. Hang on, is that a goal?! Just like the rest of you we’ve spent five minutes hours agonising over who to include in our GW1 squad and we’re finally there. Are we happy? Ask us that around 6pm on Sunday evening!
Below we have outlined some of our thought process when picking our squad. Hopefully it makes sense!
Goalkeepers
When we posted our very provisional squad a couple of weeks ago we had two £4.5m keepers. This then became a premium and a £4.0m option before reverting to two £4.5m keepers. Finally, we landed on Rui Patricio (£4.5m) and Ben Hamer (£4.0m). Why this option? Money. It’s as simple as that, we needed to free up cash for investments further up the pitch. Why Patricio and Hamer? Wolves were a solid outfit in the Championship last season and on the face of it, it would appear as though they’ve strengthened their squad over the summer and they should hopefully be a source of some early season clean sheets. As for Hamer…well he could be any £4.0m option.
Defenders
Initially we had Ederson as our keeper but following his display in the Charity Shield, Benjamin Mendy was drafted in for some City defensive cover. City will undoubtedly pick up their fair share of clean sheets over the opening game-weeks while Mendy should also chip in with some attacking returns.
Andrew Robertson has been in our squad from the beginning. Along with VVD he appears to be the Liverpool defender least susceptible to rotation and with a certain Spaniard as his competition he really should start every game!
Luke Shaw is something of a gamble. With Ashley Young as his competition he really should see more game time but Jose clearly isn’t a fan. We accept he’s probably a transfer waiting to happen but we’re banking on a couple of early season clean sheets before Young returns.
Our defence is completed by the Crystal Palace pair of James Tomkins and Aaron Wan-Bissaka. Both Palace and Tomkins finished last season in fine form and the hope is that they carry such form into this season. We’ll probably require Tomkins sooner rather than later thanks to Jose and Shaw! Wan-Bissaka is in due to the fact that he’s £4.0m and is
set to start the season at right back.
Midfielders
Mo Salah is Mo Salah.
Christian Eriksen was a late arrival to our squad. If we’re being honest we probably wanted a City midfielder but with uncertainty around which of them will start we’ve gone with the safety of the Viking and with an opening day fixture against Newcastle he could very well be amongst the points. The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that we have £0.5m left in the bank and the likelihood is that this will be used to bring KDB in for Eriksen in the very near future.
Richarlison is in simply because of Everton’s fixtures. This is most certainly a fixtures over form punt. We’re hoping that his reunion with Marco Silva will see him rediscover the form he showed when he first linked up with Silva at the beginning of last season.
By the time we got to our last two midfield spots money was rather tight. Tom Cairney was chosen on the basis that that Fulham try to play an attacking brand of football and he is the attacking cog in their midfield. We don’t expect very much from Dale Stephens, simply that he delivers two points when called upon.
Forwards
Given City’s early season fixtures Sergio Aguero was one of the first names on our teamsheet. We’re well aware that he may be rotated with Jesus but he only needs 20 minutes to rattle in a few goals.
When Roberto Firmino scored and assisted in Liverpool’s final preseason friendly the following question was asked, “Did Firmino scare us into reshaping the team?” The answer was yes. Mo Salah might score the majority of the goals but without Firmino the Liverpool attack doesn’t function. This means that unlike many other forwards he’s a great source of assists as well as goals.
Josh King takes the 3rd forward spot in our team thanks to his preseason form and Bournemouth’s early fixtures.
Our GW1 team is…
Captain – Salah
We could say that this was a unanimous decision but that would suggest we actually took a vote! Someone suggested Salah as captain and nobody disagreed. He’s the obvious candidate.
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Finally …only few more head spinning hours left…looked at my team so much it’s become a blur!
This is my current team but am still unsure on couple of bits….
1-Agüero or Auba? Want Auba in and feel he could score against City! Would prefer him for the season as Kun is more likely to lose minutes to Jesus, but city have Huddersfield at home in gw2 while Arsenal have Chelsea away! Start with Kun and swap for gw3 or save a transfer and go Auba from the start?
2-Shaw & Peltier or Tomkins/Cedric & Boly/Doherty? Shaw good for 2 games but transfer waiting to happen so could end up costing me a -4! Think Tomkins has just as much chance of CSs and probably more attacking potential …also rotates well with Wolves but I’ve also got W-B! Cedric has always bored me, doesn’t rotate well with Wolves and don’t really trust Southampton’s defence or attack! Is a nailed wingback though and gives me an extra team!?
Cheers all and good luck!!
Is Hudson a starter?
Maybe for gw1 but no not when everyone fit! Could get minutes though and with Brighton’s new signings and Stephens high ownership I bit worried about him too!?
Go with Kun to start and then assess / switch as you say. I’d imagine that’s how most current Kun owners are looking at that situation anyway.
Cheers Init!
Yeah thinking Kun/Shaw to Auba/Tomkins for gw3 then Boly in at gw4!?
Probably best …just don’t like planning transfers as something else always comes up!
Rest good to go …would you swap out Hudson to save a future transfer?
I think I would.
So isn’t community team this year?
Wasn’t one last season either, but thanks for paying attention
+1
I’m sure someone has mentioned this but make sure you have a team that you can live with set and ready to go. Like very year I’m sure the website and the app will be going down before the deadline because 3 million players are trying to change their team.
Decent advice.
GTG?
Or this?
Yeah looks spot on!
Prefer 1 I think
Very minor but maybe Peltier in place of Doherty to avoid double Wolves? Rest is :thumbup:
I would probably see if I could find another player for Luiz but otherwise I don’t see no need to change anything
first one for me rosco
First one for me aswell Rosco
First lot seems sound Rosco.
Finally down to my last bit of tinkering (I think!)
One final decision to be made; a) Firmino & Richarlison or b)Mane & King
The two teams are below/above for context, I’m open to criticism
Oops I fucked that big time
Take 2
Hudson-odoi. Is he likely to start?
Hi SDJ
He’s a complete punt, but I can see more value in his attacking returns if he does start than off a defensive midfielder. He ran the show against Arsenal in pre season and I’m not sure Hazard will start this weekend
I prefer Firmino and Richarlison personally
Thanks Kev, I would be hands down for the Mane combo but his rotation problem (aka Shaqiri) has me worried
Yeah totally agree think Firmino/Ricky are more vital to their teams and the others probably slightly more prone to injury/rotation
Is anybody going with KDB today to avoid the transfer?
He is currently in 28.3% of all the teams
Hey Sdj – I more meant the fine folks here at FF247…can’t follow the herd on a day like this 😉
In that case
I have gone with Ederson Mendy and Aguero.
KDB is to much money not to earning you points from Gameweek 1
I’m tempted to stick Sanchez in to make it an easy swap. Don’t wanna be point hitting to get him in
Cheers MH – think I’d leave the cash in the bank if I were to swap out. For some context :
a- KDB, Firmino & Cairney or..
b- Sane, Keita & Mitrovic ??
Hi Colriles. Probably A there but remove KDB for whoever and keep the cash back.