FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW25
Eddie Howe is a LIAR!
A strange old midweek campaign for us which saw us end up with only 10 players and even one of those made the briefest of brief cameos We scraped in at 46, a meagre 4 above the overall average and yet we still grabbed our 6th green arrow in a row and a small rise up in the rankings by just over a thousand spots to land in 31,076th, yet another season high.
Jimenez and Aubameyang led the way with 12 points each, Pogba and Doherty also pulled their weight with 7 and 6 respectively. After that it was all downhill, Captain Salah let us (and the vast majority) down with a rare blank and the less said about Shaw, Wan-B and Sane the better really.
Although we do reserve special mentions for Digne and Callum Wilson, or more notably Eddie ‘The Liar’ Howe! Not only did Digne get himself benched because of a ridiculously poor performance in the cup last weekend, he then compounded the misery by coming off said bench and then quickly returning to it 11 minutes later via a red card, and subsequently also ruling himself out of half of the imminent double game-week. As for Wilson, we decided to keep him in the hope that he would be fit, reassured by Howe saying he would have a ‘late fitness check’. It then emerged just before the Chelsea game that there was never a fitness check planned at all, he had in fact already undergone minor surgery. Thanks Eddie! Or as one of our committee commented upon hearing the news; “Eddie Howe is a penis”… For balance, this was countered by “Eddie is the nicest man in football”.
Last week’s result…
This week’s transfer decision…
Ahead of this weeks meeting we had 2 free transfers and £1.7m in the bank, which was just as well because we were also sporting more flags than the United Nations. We had 6 in total, and that’s before even taking into consideration the small matter of having a double game-week to contend with, for which we currently have exactly one participant so far in the shape of Leroy Sane, (Digne aside (who as we now know doesn’t have one himself any more). So let’s go see how best we decided to tackle this little crisis…
Badly, as it transpired! If there was some way of showing you the entire WhatsApp transcribes from the past 3 days we truly would, in a heartbeat. The amount of alternative suggestions and subsequent ‘NO!’ votes would make even Theresa May blush. We veered and ultimately swerved away from (highlights/lowlights!);
- Buying Son, Kun and Rashford for a hit in a move we can’t even afford; NO!
- Buying Son and Rashford in a move that we can’t do due to already having 3 x Man Utd; NO!
- Buying Son and Kun in a move that negates Rashford in the future due to funds; NO!*
- Using the Triple Captain chip; NO!
This is but a small sample, and probably no more or less than the average FPL player has gone through themselves this week, such is the uncertainty that this DGW has brought upon us all. And we don’t even have the Hazard conundrum to contend with, thank goodness!
One theme that the keener eye may have spotted from the above though was that we really seemed to want Son! And that was at least the one point we could all agree on. It was however pointed out that even he may be a doubt due to some apparent cramping issues, to which we received this nugget; “What kind of cramps do players get that rule you out of a game several days later? Menstrual?”.
Rendered fairly speechless we cracked on with him as the core plan, in exchange for Martial. And with Wilson out and a Man United spot freed up it was a no-brainer to finally bring in Rashford, albeit about 5 weeks too late. We sat on that decision for a full day before getting to the point of actually writing this article, about 30 mins out from publishing, which is when the fun really began! Somehow, nobody had actually bothered to check whether we could indeed afford our ‘grand plan’! We were only a cool £1m short of it as it transpired… and so the drawing board beckoned.
After an hour full of negotiations and arguments, and even a diva flouncing out at the end of it all having apparently ‘lost’ (lost what we aren’t quite sure but he flicked his sash and his head and was gone), we did finally come up with a Plan B, un-Sarri like. The even keener eyed may have spotted a ‘*’ on one of the earlier suggestions. And it was to this that we eventually returned. To cut a long story short we were a bit snookered and then all eyes turned longingly to the lure of Aguero. Yeah, we know the risks, and the ramifications, but ultimately we decided we were willing to ride them out. It is supposed to be fun after all right? Right…..?!
To confirm then; we are SELLING MARTIAL & AUBAMEYANG and BUYING SON & AGUERO.
Our Captain is Sergio Aguero
We have decided to simply bend over and take whatever Pep gives us, good or bad. We expect about 120 minutes of him if we are being honest, we can but hope to be pleasantly surprised. Sane is our vice, the chances of getting doubly screwed by Pep were obviously enticing.
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Was waiting for hours for the site team.
Thanks a lot FF247 team.
but still wondering what to do here.
2FT, 0.3 ITB.
Thought of Haz to sane, but will suffer in GW27.
Any comments appreciated.
Do you really want more MC? Who the heck knows who will play and who will be rested? Mahrez could start one game…or Bilva.
CHE are playing HUD…surely Haz can get something there?
Am thinking of Bilva to Son…would you go for that or hope Bilva plays at least one match and scores?
Good point.
Now thinking of digne and kamara to Benet & llorienti (sorry for typo).
Hope sterling, laporte and richa will do the job.
Don’t think you need Shaw, Doherty, Danilo and Digne there as it looks as though you’re playing 352 most weeks.
I would take the opportunity to use a transfer to downgrade Shaw (little attacking returns of late) and put a bit of money into your kitty. You can pick up Bednarek as decent cheap bench cover.
And save a transfer.
Anyone awake?
Bilva to Son? So sick of Bilva playing a couple of mins each week.
Son is a good bet…Spurs need him badly so i think everychance POCH has..Son will play..if not for this game..surely the next.
Thanks Isd!
Yeah, get him & forget him
Honestly, if I was in your place, I will hold on bilva this wk, go for Son next GW.
If worried about price issues, get son once current deadline close, although yes, I now early moves are risky.
Thanks FF247 for the hard work.
Regardless how this dgw goes..we know you good folks at FF247 have gotten our back.
Having said that – took a hit for digne to danilo, Auba to Aguero and going to Captain Aguero!
Come on CITY!
LSD
If you had 4.9 for a defender, who would you go for. And not for bench fodder. As a regular starter. Keeping in mind upcoming GWs… Tarkowski ?
I answered that one last night.
I would say Wolves have better fxtures (if just thinking about defenders) than Burnley. Palace worth thinking about as well.
Jonny Otto of Wolves?
I suggested that, but sadly was ignored. Maybe your doing it will persuade the Doc. I’ll be fretting over it all day.
Hey Kralin
I’ve had a busy couple of days so just coming to site this morning.
‘Great minds’ …. obviously
Man I hate this…. so thoughts on this
1 – hazard to Sané Digne to Danilo so have 4 (potential) DGW
2 – hazard to Sané and change sub keeper to Pickford
The reasoning for me for bringing in sane is the guy 2nd to me has him and not hazard so will be covering my arse and can always bring him back next week, the down side being hazard is playing Huddersfield…. but Chelsea are wank at the moment!
Any advice would be appreciated as my heads ready to explode!
I would captain Aguero too
Jol
I think I like your ideas. Don’t see a lot of problems elsewhere so I’d go with it. Think the Pickford one just. Reasons for and against both you mentioned but somehow I prefer this one. Hazard to Sane is fine.
Cheers mate… I agree that’s the one I was leaning too… no doubt hazard will hit a hatty…. but need to get rid to make roommand as me and 2nd are so far ahead and him only about 5 points behind me I need to cover myself… he’s got son too so hope he doesn’t play
Sorry not Fab… I meant sub keeper. So willmplay Pickford this week for double game week, if you hetvmy meaning
Or just play an ultra-cool Hazard to Son.
But yes, maybe cover your ass and get Sane.
Hope that the Fab gets a few save points for you. No need for a hit.
Won’t be a hit from fan too Pickford just trying to maximise DGW to be honest he will have 3 I think and with Pickford I could have 4
Got 2 FT I forgot to mention
Couple of quick thanks to the FF247 team for sharing their scrambled transfer thoughts and also to yesterday’s reporters who provided the Predicted Line Up article.
Huge thank you from me personally who missed everything yesterday and Thursday.
Fine stuff and thanks. Again.
I’ll add my thx a hundred fold, been in and out of dry dock (hosp) like a feckin yo-yo recently and the gang saved my sanity, team’s still shite, but that’s down to me, lol.
Sorry to hear that Zorro. Hope you’re on the mend.
My thanks also, brilliant articles that must take dedication and time to turn around and always someone here to give advice.
CC
Thx CC, time will tell
Hope everything sorts itself out soon Zorro.
Get well soon Zorro.
SZ, hope you get to feeling better.