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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Anyone else thinking of triple captaining City assets for GW 25??
But who would you pick, Kun’s out methinks, most of us are expecting to play once..
Kun is my preferred pick tbh
Am I OK for this week?
Thinking of carrying over my FT. 0ITB.
Mad captaining Rich? Otherwise it’s Salah.
Thx,
CC
Auba to Aguero for a one week punt,then swap back ?
Posted reply in the wrong place, 0.2 short.
Morning all,
Brought Kun in for Auba last night. Now I can’t decide between Sane and Kun for my capo!!
Sane more likely to be involved in both games?
I tend to agree with you chelseachick. But, I’ve got this nagging feeling that I should go for Kun!!!
Yeah, it’s a tough one! If I was in your shoes though I’d gamble on Sané, as most will probably go Kun and could be the differential you need.
Of course it could also bite you.
Not much help!
Coin toss? LOL.
CC
I’d go Kun myself, but I’d do so being fully mentally prepared for him not starting one of them.
I may regret not buying and captaining Aguero
You still have time Smash…
Swap them back next week. #simples
Not any more I don’t because of the price swing last night
Not so simples so
Nope impossibles. My GW rank is certainly going to be interesting
Smash, he still only gets 4 points for a goal, it’s just that you’d think it was 10 for some reason, probably the way people react when he scores.
Init, you’re partially to blame for me buying Aguero!!!
Eh?! I didn’t even want him on the site team never mind yours
I’m sure I could prove you wrong if I scrolled back through the conversation. But you know I’m not going to do that
I’m somewhat surprised to see Kun with such a lead.
I’m somewhat concerned about not owning him
All down to the DGW surely?
I’ll be joining you behnd that couch Smash
Think I’ll need more than a couch this GW dreamers. More like some sort of bunker
Hey Smash…
I may be wrong, but I have a feeling that everyone that owns Aguero owns Sane, too.
Not sure I can say the same vice-versa.
Morning all…
Yeah, me too…
Was pretty sure Sane would be up there…way above Kun…
At least according to the discussions on the boards in the past days…
I’m more worried about Sane than Aguero I think. Yeah you could be right
0.2 short for that.
CC
Am I mad to captain sane?
I’ve him captain also kickers. At only 60% or so it stays
Morning guys how do I look should I play any of the Sou doys ?
Morning Silvers,
I reckon you’ve got it about right there mate.
Cheers Cookie