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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I was set on Hazard as captain after what he did on Bonfire Night only two years ago, but that news has made me switch it to Aguero. The next match, Everton at home (which is actually the fixture he did all the damage in on November 4 2016), will see the Belgian get the armband though – all being well.
They say Pep is a great manager .If true,why did he play KDB in a nothing game for what would have been 90 minutes?
Anyway,if I have had 2 free transfers and took a hit as well,does all that get wiped if I do a Free hit. I have Hazard as well! Do I get my 2fts for next week,even if I have confirmed the previous transfers?
No chips always cancel you down to 1FT I’m afraid!
Oh and yes all previous transfers get reset when you play FH – what transfers did you make?
Thanks Rosco
Did Kun to Arnie ,Richarlie to Salah,then Holebas to Mendy. Was going to do Mitro to Murray after the lockout. With KDB out for 5 or 6 and Haz due to play half a game if I’m lucky I don’t know whether to stick or twist. Current team is Ederson,Trip,Robbo,Mendy,Alonso, Haz,Mane,Fraser,maddison,Mitro and Arnie with an undecided capo.Subs are Hamer Ings,Obi Wan and KDB.
What to do?
I think I will go with the team I described and then take a hit to do KDB to Pereyra and Mitro to Auba which will leave 0 in the bank.
What do you think?
Am I crazy to do Hart to Fab and Knock to Barkley for a -4?
0.5m ITB
Beno – no need for a hit with that squad
Which transfer then?
Knockaert to the ex-Barcelona man who’s scored 40 goals in less than 200 appearances and is playing up front
Haha from an unbiased Watford fan of course 😉
Tbh I haven’t bought him myself as I’ve already got Bobby P and don’t want to tempt fate by having two Wattie midfielders
My current squad is below, likely that King and Hazard are out this weekend, or little gametime for Hazard unless they are struggling.
Ive 0ITB and 1ft.
Is it worth a hit to do king & Hazard to barkley and Aguero. This leaves me the cash to upgrade trippier to mendy next week.
Is there another option this week?
King appears to have been confirmed out as well as he’s got a red flag now
I’m going to follow the site team on this one and swap him out for Arnie
I’d keep Haz
Hazard to Mane / Sterling / ?.?.?…for a hit?
Then swap back next week.
If Haz don’t play I got Bennett or WB off the bench!
Waste of a transfer and not worth the hit if you’re planning to bring him back
Also keep in mind haz off the bench is still dangerous – look at his first 4 gw’s
Can anyone suggest the best way to get Arnie for Jimenez…not finding any avenue to get him without sacrificing elsewhere, but could not decide whom to sacrifice with minimum impact. I have 1 FT and only 0.2m in bank. Hit till -4 is ok.
What’s your team?
Linked.
Pat, Fab
Alonso, Robo, Mendy, Doherty, WanB
Salah, Haz, Richarlison, Fraser, Hojberg
Kun, Wilson, Jimenez
Hmm. Maybe save this week. I dunno if there’s anything worth making a hit there for. Arnautovic is quite a ways from going to rise tonight so should be ok to hold. What if.you move Haz out and he comes on and scores? He could.do it vs palace at home
Or, save FT? Haz is a doubt, but not sure how much.
You’ll look a right chump if you take a hit for Arnie and then it turns out that both he and Haz are out! Better to save the FT.
Yeah save mate. Then go into the break with 2FT
*next gw