FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW11
Welcome to FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW11. What a strange old week that proved to be. So many players not playing for so many managers and so many diverse scores on the boards ranging from the Salah shunners to some posting treble digits. We were somewhat in the middle of those and ended up on 71 which was 13 above the overall average and 2 above the Top 10k one. It meant another green arrow, albeit a small one again, as we moved from 104k to 92k overall.
Last week’s success stories were Fraser and Alonso both posting 11 points, Mendy grabbing 6 and Richarlison a 5. And of course our transfer in of Salah in place of Hazard was the biggest of all as he came home with 30 captain points for us.
On the downside we had high hopes for both Robertson and King and ultimately neither featured which left us with a couple of Palace defenders coming off the bench, which was never going to be ideal given their fixture, and so it proved as both managed a solitary point. Moura, Vardy and Aguero managed to amass 4 points between them all!
Let’s go take a peek behind the stained curtain and see how long it took for the white smoke to emerge this week…
Last Week’s Result
This week’s transfer decision…
Oooof, interesting! The word ‘wildcard’ was used for the first time this week. Initially it was simply an opening suggestion that it may be something to look at ‘soon’ but then quickly escalated from garnering an actual vote to do it this week to a full blown discussion on who the core players in any hypothetical one may indeed be.
For the record the 7 core players suggested and generally agreed on were; Robertson, Alonso, Mendy, Salah, Mane, Hazard and Aguero. Which is obviously a pipe dream given their values but certainly 6 of them are achievable if you leave out Kun. Which then looks a mightily dangerous proposition. Or does it…?! It cetainly does this week anyway but more on him later.
As for our ‘wildcard voter’ he did try to pull the wool over some eyes with a sneaky suggestion that he somehow had a majority vote and was good to go! Now I’m not calling him out here by any means, and I’ve been frowned at previously for sharing private conversations publicly, but it’s a fine balance because some people do enjoy the occasional peek behind the curtain. And when it’s funny it’s always worth a share! #sh*ttymaths….
Back to reality though, the wildcard suggestion was taken as just that and summarily shelved for another day but it was good to at least consider it as we have a number of players who are either running into bad fixtures or indeed potential rotation issues, namely; Patricio / Hamer, Wan-B, Tom(p)kins, Moura, Fraser and King.
Sans any WC then, this week’s vote was actually a fairly straight forward affair. Despite us basically having had a gun to this guy’s head pretty much all season it does come with a smidgen of regret that we are finally dispensing with the services of Josh King. Sorry Josh, you’ve frustrated and delighted in almost equal measure but with your fixtures turning a bit and West Ham’s going the other way we thought it was best to finally call an end to this rocky and sometimes (definitely on our part!) abusive relationship.
And so we welcome in a player who has scored 0, 1, 1 and 0 in four of West Ham’s last five games, a glowing recommendation if ever there was one! We will however caveat this by saying that he did actually miss two of those games through injury / illness (gets better doesn’t it!), but also that in his last few actual appearances, Brighton and Spurs particularly come to mind, he’s been massively unlucky not to score at least one, maybe more. Point is that he’s passed the eye test as sometimes scores like the above can put you off unless you know the full story.
To confirm then we have SOLD:JOSH KING & BOUGHT: MARKO ARNAUTOVIC
The Team In Full…
Our Captain is Sergio Aguero
Truth be told we didn’t even bother voting on this one! Sparky’s in for a spanking and it should simply be a case of how many for City, and hopefully then by association Aguero.
For the record Salah was a unanimous choice as Vice.
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November 1, 2018 at 8:54 pm
Hi guys rmt plz
Foster
Doherty alonso mendy
Salah(vc) hazard madisson richarlison
Aguero(c) mitrovic wilson
Bench: stekelenburg stephens wan bissaka peltier
2FT
I was planing to do doherty> dunk or bruno or femenia?
Or perhaps keep doherty and just do stephens>kayal in order not to lose my FT?
nauj,
Stephens to Kayal probably works best from your suggestions. Do you have any cash in the bank?
+1
Good morning guys. I’ve been so busy at work for the last couple of weeks and totally detached from FPL.
Any bright ideas? 1FT and 2.2 ITB.
Morning Ivan,
Daniels to Mendy?
Thanks Cookie. How about bringing Hazard back somehow?
Ivan, I don’t see how you easily get Hazard this week – there may well be a case to lose Kun next week which will make that easier, if that’s a path you want to go down.
Palace don’t have a bad record vs Chelsea so I wouldn’t panic about not having Hazard this week – I appreciate that this comment may well come back to bite me come Sunday evening!!
Good point Cookie. He might start off the bench, if even fit enough for this.
You need to get rid of Wally too sooner or later, he’s been rather awful lately! I like Cookie’s suggestion for this week though, Mendy is a beast!
Wally has been awful for years!!
+1,000,000
Indeed, I wanted to use that phrase as well, but ended up being a bit more politically correct… Shouldn’t have been though 😀
That’s Ok, but no Chelsea cover in front worries me. Do you think the latest Barkley bandwagon makes sense?
Yes, given his price, form and fixtures and also taking on board Sarri’s comments and Barkley’s absence from Europa duty in the last couple of matches.
Yep, Wally-Barkley will do for now. The rest will be sorted with the upcoming wild card.
FWIW Barry Glendenning and co. on Guardian football podcast were singing his praises – especially evolving under coach Sarri’s encouragement. That’s what swayed me to buy rather than current rush on him. But asI said, FWIW! Cheers!
I do enjoy that podcast!
Yeah I get a good laugh out of it & they are really well informed blokes – and quite reasonable in their approach. See you round mate!
Any suggestions for what to do here? 2fts and 1.2 itb.
Morning Kickers,
a couple of options stand out for me here…
Patricio to Fabianski
Trippier to Mendy
Cheers cookie
Ones to ponder!
Does fab and hart rotate well?
Yep. You only really need to cover GW13 for Fab and Hart gets Newcastle at home that week so it’s perfect really.
Cheers
Have done the mendy transfer but unsure whether to save other transfer. Is it worth it or am I set without the keeper one?
Guys a quick question, Mahrez or DSilva for KDB?
Thanks.
toss a coin time mate!! A case can be made for either – game time for both looks ok, as far as we can tell from what has gone on so far…..
…sorry, going to sit on the fence on this one
Thanks guys, I’m leaning towards Mahrez, I think.
I would personally fancy Mahrez, I see him playing this weekend and he could be really good value.
Hi everyone
Would really appreciate your thoughts on this. Not sure if it is worth a -4 ph. Firmino -> Arnie and Maddy -> Barkley. Or just one of them. If just one, who? Or is there a better transfer I’m not seeing.
Rest of the team is
Patricio, Hennessey
Alonso Doherty Robertson AWB Bednarek
Mane Hazard Siggy Maddy Ward
Firmino Aguero Wilson
Thanks a lot
I wouldn’t lose Firmino. He’s not had a good run of late, but has a great record against Arsenal and then will no doubt face Fulham the week after. I’d just say to make the Barkley move.
Sarri-ball, I wouldn’t do either transfer mate. Firmino, Swirly has covered perfectly and there is no need for Barkley if you have Hazard. (presuming Hazard is declared fit for the weekend.) Plus Maddison and Leicester have good fixtures.
Cheers for that @Cookie and @theswirly. I’ll wait for the pressers and see what they say about Hazard. If unfit, I may do Maddy to Barkley and Haz to Sterling. Let’s see. Thanks for the input.
Any suggestions for this team.Have 1 Ft and 1.8m itb.Still have WC left.
Shane, save the transfer mate, team looks good to go this week.
+1. Two free transfers could be very handy next week.