FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW3
The ‘W’ word…
Welcombe to FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW3. After a rather impressive 95pts in GW1 we were brought back down to earth in GW2 with a somewhat mediocre 52pts. We won’t complain though as it was 11pts above the average and resulted in a green arrow, lifting us to circa 83k.
Two of our defenders accounted for close to 50% of our points. Lucas Digne returned an assist, a clean sheet and two bonus points. Digne’s points were of no surprise to us. However, John Lundstram picking up a goal, a clean sheet and three bonus points led to one of the management committee hollering for doughnuts! Aside from a goal from Raheem Sterling the rest of our team did SFA.
We move onto GW3 with 2FT’s burning a hole in our pocket. Obviously we’re happy with the start we have made but we do have a number of concerns. With Liverpool yet to pick up a clean sheet do we need to double up on their defence? The form of Ayoze Perez is also a concern. While the form a certain ginger midfielder has caught our eye.
Our GW3 Result…
Let’s go see what was decided…
Our GW3 Transfer(s)
Wildcard. Must resisit the urge to Wildcard…. But everybody else is Wildcarding, KDB looks nice and shiny, Pukki is made of goals, Salah is dead, long live the Mane. Etc, etc…
To be fair we did resist, but it was hard and it was a fight. Especially given that at least half of the committee are on a Wildcard of their own. Why didn’t we? Well, we just couldn’t actually come up with that many (worthy) changes which would justify it. KDB seemed to be the main lure but ripping up a decent squad just to accommodate a player who will probably get injured again in the next few weeks just wasn’t cutting it.
Beyond that though we were a bit stumped, truth be told. We had 2 FT’s and £0.0m ITB, a few players we were unhappy with (looking at you Perez) and a few we coveted (KDB of course) but no real way of getting there without losing some other big hitters. So instead we lowered our expectations (and budget) and turned to the other apple in our eye; Martial. Priced at £7.7m and playing OOP (up top) for a Manchester United team who look like they may actually want to attack for the first time since Fergie left seems pretty alluring.
But we still needed to raise some dough to get him and as a result we turned our attentions to the other end of Old Trafford and new recruit Obi Wan Bissaka. Since him and Maguire have come in they do look a whole lot more solid and dependable and it took a wonder strike from wolves to breach them on Monday. But who to lose to accommodate them? Well, Perez, obviously. As for the defender involved we didn’t, ideally, want to lose Robertson but sitting with double Liverpool coverage at the back with them looking less than assured and with him being the premium priced one we had to wave goodbye to Robbo for a bit. We are sure we shall meet again one day…
To confirm then we have SOLD Robertson & Perez and BOUGHT Wan-Bissaka & Martial
Captain – Raheem Sterling. Vice Captain – Harry Kane
Oooof, this was a close call. Raheem edged Harry out by three votes to two. This may actually go against the grain when the final captain stats emerge on Friday night but we do feel that Sterling is almost approaching ‘perma capo’ status, such is his form. And we all know what ‘Arry did last season in some of these so-called ‘easier’ fixtures, Cardiff comes to mind. As does a phrase used earlier: SFA.
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I saw the Sterling home vs away thing earlier and it was inconclusive but the answer is that he got 59% of his points at home last season at an average of about 8.5 PPG and 41% away at an average of about 5 PPG.
Kane got 36% of his at home for 4.8 PPG and 64% away at 6.4 PPG. He may just have played more away games though! That bit I don’t know.
I do (k)now actually, Kane played 12 at home and 15 away. Doesn’t actually skew it that much.
This is how
shitgibbonRaz feels then…..I like it when people just start chuntering on to themselves.
I mean, it’s a conversation you could keep up for hours, you don’t have to be a shitgibbon or a cockwomble, anyone can do it
Cheeky b@stard! Nice play on words though
It does though potentially doesn’t it? That’s only 27 of the total games so fixture difficulty could come into it. The away games are also 25% more games. It’s only 3 but it’s a lot relative to how many games.
True. I’m on Kane myself for what it’s worth.
There we go! Finnaly someone did some research!
That’s a relevant difference for Sterling there but yeah it still means that he can very much do it home and away. Kane probably has a different sample with the stadium and injuries situation. Still undecided. I’d love to know who plays up top. If it’s Jesus, I’d capo Sterling. If Kun, probably Kane.
in regards to price changes, what percentage does it normally go to before a change?
for example, yesterday sigurdssons % was about 100.4 % when I went to the land of nod at 12.30 am but his price didn’t drop.
its the same now.
do I ditch now or will I be ok to do it tomorrow and not lose out (as in not lose out on 0.1m in the bank)
I try not to look at the price change prediction sites often as my sanity is challenged enough by playing this game. However I needed to look last night as my mini wildcard wonder plan depended on various people’s prices not dropping (I’d missed all the rises).
I nearly keeked my kecks when I saw Perez was due to drop – and of course he didn’t (though Wilson did).
So I’d take it fairly literally if you’re down to your last sou – and make your moves.
Though of course sometimes missing out on a player can be a blessing in disguise.
Can afford who I want, it’s a case of whether I have 1m for next week, or 0.8m depending on price changes etc
It’s 100% in theory but that of course depends on what site you are looking at and how accurate they are. None are accurate enough to hang your hat on.
http://www.fplstatistics.co.uk
I wasn’t asking ‘which’, my point was more that it doesn’t matter ‘which’, they all work to the 100% thing but none are accurate enough to be entirely reliable on it being a fact. They’re a close guide.
Oh, sorry Init, my bad.
I will take the risk I think, and if I lose out, hopefully I will make it up with my transfers
Play King or Lundstram or Dendoncker?
Probably King for me
Anyone on a WC keeping a pool defender and if so which one?
When I do WC I will keep VvD
Kept TAA in mine …I was trying to decide which combo to have out of Salah & VVD or Mane & TAA so did some maths earlier on last seasons points per 90 min:
VVD = 5.53
Robbo = 5.96
TAA = 6.76
What does your full team look like? Promise I’ll not copy! 😉
Ha damn I’ve mistakenly shown my true ‘fpl nerd’ colours ….don’t we all have a special ‘CSI investigation’ style wall at home full of premier league players and stats?? :big-lol:
Oh for sure!!
Phew ….told my missus it was normal! :yes:
Here’s an interesting one, have we doubled up on the wrong Merseyside defenders?
Thoughts on Mina and Digne double? Great value and decent run of fixtures.
I like your thinking, Cornflakes. I was considering the same thing. Easy enough to swap out if it goes to crap. Depending on the rest of your team though, Zinchenko is at the same price as Mina and also has good fixtures in a better team.
Jota close to going down tonight or tomorrow! I’m on a WC and don’t want to lose value in him ideally although I might have to as I wasn’t planning on selling him. Worth switching him out tonight in case he falls and getting him back tomorrow to gain 0.1? If he doesn’t fall then no harm done!
Yeah man by him back!
Good thinking. No point risking it if you’re on a WC.