FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW23
Welcome to FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW23.
Extraordinary(ly) (Pointless) General Meeting…
We won’t beat around the bush here; GW22 was less than kind to us. We scraped home with just 48 points, 9 below the average. Inevitably it meant a big red arrow, one to the tune of almost exactly 50,000 places, which now sees us in 141,497th, our 2nd lowest ranking of the season. Our entire team managed just 3 assists and 1 goal between them. Our highest scoring player was captain Vardy with just 10, and that was doubled up from 5, which pretty much tells you all you need to know.
Our GW22 Result…
Let’s go see what was decided this week…
Our GW23 Transfer(s)
We come into GW23 with 1 FT and £1.5m in the bank.
As mentioned last week we decided that we were going down the ‘Robbo’ route, as opposed to the Salah one. And with that in mind we needed to raise a bit of cash. We began that process by losing Alli to Maddison and this week the cull continues at a pace…
Anyone who has followed us with any modicum of interest over the years will know that we are anything but rash and certainly don’t go making early transfers just to beat the odd price rise. That was until this week! We don’t normally even have a ‘team’ meeting until a Thursday but on Wednesday night we were alerted that our intended target Danny Ings was on the cusp of a price rise, cue an Extraordinary General Meeting. Cue people being dragged out of bed, away from their TV’s and families, pulling over at roadsides and in some cases even as extreme as having to stop shopping for FF247 branded phone cases.
Possibilities were explored, including a fresh discussion about whether Robbo was indeed the correct path, which brought Firmino and Salah back onto the table, albeit briefly. The upshot was that we were happy enough to make an early transfer, for once, and so it was done; Tammy left us, Danny joined and our plans were still on course. They do still teeter on the brink of disaster though as we are now bang on the money to acquire Robbo at the expense of Mings next week. It’s a situation we shall just have to monitor and we have a back up strategy should something go wrong which could conceivably involve either Firmino or Salah again.
And then after all that scrambling… Ings didn’t rise after all! D’oh!
To confirm then we have SOLD Tammy Abraham and BOUGHT Danny Ings
Captain – Kevin De Bruyne
With City looking back in form and facing Palace at home this week Kevin romped home with 4 votes. Jamie Vardy picked up the other plus all of the votes for Vice Captain, so if Pep were to do something silly he will step in.
Our GW23 team in full…
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Milk and Busquets
Hey everyone!
Sorry for the silence – been in China for work!
So I’ve thrown my second wildcard to stack with the LFC trio as we all have.. but some thoughts!
Webster, Salah and Greenwood
Dunk, Grealish and Firmino
OTHER ideas? Please feel free!
Smash
Think I’d prefer first one but I might downgrade Mahrez to get a bit more balance. Martin won’t play now as Randolph has signed so might as well save the 0.2 and get Button
Milk and Busquets
Hey Smash, yeah the Mahrez pick is surely based on form, the balance does come into question, but I’m looking to eek out every bit I can for DGW. Then Mane/Salah/Firmino will go and that’ll free up some cash too
The B
Think the site team played clever and sold Tammy before Chelsea’s fixtures turn horrible. Arsenal, Leicester, United and Spurs in next 5 wont be easy for Chelsea, considering the fact that 3 of those opponents are at home, where Chelsea is struggling.
Still kind of stuck between Robbo and Firmino as well. Love myself an attacker in double GW instead of a defender though.
Little Red Lacazette
Same here. Thinking Firmino over Robbo. Tammy to go for him.
Neilos
Rashford is now yellow flagged on FPL.
I’m thinking of going down the firmino route too
hammers
Morning all,
I was set on doing rashford and zaha to Salah and deeney next week for a -4.
I still want those players for 24 so for this week is it worth :-
1 ) keeping rashford with cantwell coming in as sub
2) selling rashford for deeney now and taking the -4 this week instead as I’ve already used my FT. No hit next week
3) bringing in kun for rashford for this week only, but making him capo. it will mean a -4 both this week and next though.
Thought?
Cheers
inittowinit
May as well just play Cantwell. Take the hit this week and it could easily turn into taking another next if one or two get injured or suspended.
kevthezed
id go with 1 hammers. cantwell has a good game
hammers
Thanks guys.
Bournemouth are awful at the mo so cantwell could be a good shout
kevthezed
looking good site team! maybe switch grealish and cantwell position ?
branchy
Morning
Any advice pls?
2 FT & 2.7 ITB
inittowinit
Which Liverpool are you going for?
branchy
VVD & wasn’t sure who else
inittowinit
This weeks move largely depends on that decision. There’s an argument that you could bring in VVD this week and play him over Tomori or Lund as I could easily see Liverpool controlling that game and keeping a CS.
branchy
Ok so VVD – Pieters ?
Should I use my other FT ?
Would leave me with 0.6 ITB
inittowinit
Are you aiming for a 3rd Liverpudlian next week? #pullingteeth
branchy
Will need to spread the transfers across 2 GW’s.
Jimmy to Bobby
Alli to Doucoure
Then next GW
get VVD
branchy
Would have to look at maybe dropping KDB for funds ? I’m not sure who else to bring in
Kop Warrior
Given his form I wouldn’t drop KdB. How about Jimmy/Tammy to Bobby?
branchy
1.4 or 1.1 short
Could only bump it up slightly if I do Dunk to VVD
Kop Warrior
You could downgrade Alli
branchy
So get VVD in and downgrade Alli to who ? Then get Bobby in following week or take a hit?
Kop Warrior
Don’t take a hit. Decide which of Tammy/Jimmy you’re going to sell and that will dictate how much you need to raise and that will then tell you how much you can spend on Alli’s replacement.
branchy
Ok so if I want to drop Jimmy – that’s 7.3 plus 2.7 ITB – 10.
I could downgrade Alli to Traore ?
branchy
Shall I then wait the next GW to get VVD in ?
Kop Warrior
I’m not sure Traore is the answer, Wolves have gone off the boil of late. Perhaps one of the Watford mids?
branchy
Doucoure- he is similar price and has some good points.
So him for Alli and Jimmy to Bobby?