FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW30
Paying the penalty…
The upside to selecting penalty takers is obvious, the downside is a -2 if they ever miss one. To have one do so is bad luck, to have two doing so leaves you looking around for dead black cats in your rear view mirror. Twice.
Pogba and Aubameyang combined for a -2 for us, not quite what you expect for a near combined £19m outlay and 20% of your FPL budget! The fact that we had 14 points sat on the bench doesn’t help matters but the rest pulled together to somehow get us 51 and a green arrow. Albeit a small one, we moved up about 6k to land in 30,118th position. Feels a bit like we are treading water but with all the chips to come we are still hopeful that we are well poised for a strong finish.
Jimenez and Hazard were our top performers with 12 point apiece, Hazard only getting there with the armband attached, although it was probably still a weightier armband than many others experienced. TAA came through for us again with a 9 thanks to a clean sheet and another full bonus point worthy performance. Barnes got us a goal and 6 points, Fabianski finally got us a clan sheet for the same whilst the rest muddled along with bits. Having Digne and wan-B buried on the bench for a combined 12 is regretful and irksome in equal measure. But c’est la vie, and onto this week’s decisions…
Last week’s result…
Before we get going on this weeks decisions we should remind you that;
THIS WEEKS DEADLINE IS; SATURDAY @ 11:30
This week’s transfer decision…
This week we had 1 FT and £1.3m in the bank, and some major chip decisions to make…
We shall address the chip situation first, as that really dictates which transfers we are making for the next two weeks –
As things stand we have;
GW31: 7 players.
GW32: 4 with a definite DGW, 2 others with a TBC DGW.
GW33: 6 with a definite fixture, 2 others with a possible.
This screams obvious things to us, namely that we can cope more than adequately for BGW’s 31 & 33, especially with 2 & 3 free transfers ahead of them respectively. We can look to field an almost entire 11 in each if we so wished, although doing so for 31 may require tapping into the good old -2 hit theory for a definite nonstarter.
It also says that we should therefore FH in DGW32, as although 4 plus a possible 2 could become an 8 with free transfers, and a bit of luck, we would not have the same flexibility in terms of basically hand picking the ones we actually want to have for it. Our CHIP PLAN is therefore, in theory, going to be;
FH32
WC34
BB35
TC on a single GW (A title chasing Liverpool at home to a probably already relegated Huddersfield in GW36, just as an example…!)
With all of that in mind we concentrated our decision this week on bringing in the best asset we could who had a fixture in both 31 & 33. Mane was mentioned (for Pogba), Brooks was mentioned (for Camarasa), a 2nd Liverpool defender was mooted but also soon booted when it was pointed out that we couldn’t afford one! Vardy with Fulham at home was mentioned and picked up momentum quicker than it takes Brendan to mention ‘character’ in a press conference.
To confirm then; we have BOUGHT VARDY & SOLD AUBAMEYANG
Our Captain is Salah, our Vice is Vardy
There was much fence sitting on this issue, a few committee members were quite happy to go straight from asking Vardy out on a date to lifting his shirt up, fondling him a bit and asking him to go all the way… A few others were more happy to go with Salah and his potentially higher FPL ceiling. Without going into lurid details about what people would actually do to Salah if he screwed us all over again we went with the ceiling theory. We get the feeling that we (and them both) are getting screwed either way…
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UEFA’s side of the story :
https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/newsid=2594607.html?iv=true&iv=true
:popcorn:
That link should say false….false at the end. 😉
Real Madrid was losing either way. :p VAR helped them in the first match, thank God not in this one.
La arroganza of la money lost.
I don’t mind them losing to Ajax, they needed it to be embarrassing otherwise they could continue the way they are going now. Madrid have basically made money on transfers over the last 5 years, which is why their team is starting to slowly (quickly) weaken. Time for some big money moves and back to dominating world football. Mbappe time. 😉
I feel your pain Mito. :p
No honestly. Money sort of killed the champions league for Dutch football. There is just no way we can compete.
This year is special but all the best players Ajax now has will be sold.
It is what it is. So happy we did well against a big team for once. Actually twice now. Hehe. Bayern and Real Madrid.
VAR was supposed to make things easier and much clearer, not the opposite.
So, yeah – I agree.
VAR is a nightmare. As is watching the moments when the VAR is being consulted…takes forever. Takes the pleasure out of the game. The ref that got the VAR decision wrong in the first match also messed up with a VAR decision in the United game that made United go through with that Rashford penalty. It’s hilarious.
In this case it wasn’t conclusive and the assistant referee said it didn’t pass the line. Since you can’t see it on the image you go by real eyes.
Afternoon everyone. Team below. Two questions:
> Who should I buy between Fabianski and Boruc (to replace Leno)?
> Who should I start between Pedro and Fraser?
Ta muchly in advance!
Boruc has the better fixtures over 31 and 33 but Fab is a better keeper, Bournemouth have been pretty decent at home, could be a coin toss this one hun!
Coin toss on both
Cheers guys, both are very tricky!
Luigi Guelpa (Italian journalist) :
“It is the news of the year: Pep Guardiola has already given his word to Juventus for the next 4 years. Allegri will leave, the Spaniard will be the new coach.”
FYI – this is the same journalist who was the 1st to announce to Ronaldo deal before it even happened…
Tuttosport write that the only way Juventus will be signing Guardiola is if Manchester City once again exit the Champions League at a much earlier stage than expected. If City were to crash out of the competition early, Juventus could be able to sign their man. If not, however, Juventus are likely looking at one of either Antonio Conte or Zinedine Zidane(probably Zizou).
If City let Pep go, drinks are on me 😉 !!
Spain : Mourinho to take over Real Madrid from next week…
Italy: Rannieri the best candidate to take over Roma after their CL fiasco…
He needs to win the CL with City first.
By the way, HL. I sent you a mail but never got an answer.
Ooopps…
I see it now…
I ll drop you an email by end of today…
Afternoon all,
So I have 2ft, 0.2 itb and all my chips. Will more than likely field as many as I can with fts in 31 and fh 32.
Whats the best transfer to make here. Am pretty happy with the starting 11! Any ideas much appreciated. Thanks
Identify which players you’ll be ditching next week, let’s say you’re going to use your 3 remaining FTs for GW31 players so bring in 1 this week and 2 next, you could for example bring in Higuain or Vardy (both have good fixtures this week) for Rashford and Son to Barnes/Brooks/Teilmans/Madison who all have better fixtures than Son and he’s not been in great form.
Vardy for me this week.
Thanks guys. Son may need to go this week then and do Rashford to Vardy I think.
Any help pls?
2FT & 0.6 ITB – all chip remaining.
Thanks in advance.
What’s your Chip Plan?
McCains.
Microwave or oven?
Oven, although you can’t beat a proper spud.
I’ve got Kun but i’m thinking of him to Vardy if theres a sign hes benched, would you go that route ? Son can go aswell for me.
Was thinking of Son out but not sure who to ?
Son for Madison ?
If you’re looking to get GW31 players in then it would be Brooks’s, teilmans, Barnes, Lanzini, or Madison in that order for me
Maybe Lanzini 3rd actually
I’d go for Lanzini, a bit of a punt but I’m going with the tips article
Best I think I can do is Son > Tielemans
Jimenez > Vardy
Ok so I think Son > Tielemans is my preferred.
How about Jimenez > Vardy ? Fixtures look good too?
How about Mane, Diop and King in for Son, Kolasniac and Jimenez for a -4. I would not mind Vardy in there
Solid moves, like it!!
Like the Mane/Vardy ideas, and Kola out, the Arse are shite.I binned Son when Harry re-emerged.
Thanks yeah I have exact cash. Prob going to take a hit either this week or next to get more players in