FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW8
Welcome to FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW8. After the success of GW6 we came crashing back down to earth in GW7! We registered a paltry 50pts which was 1pt below the overall average and 10ts below the average of the top 10k. This resulted in a red arrow of over 47k and an overall rank of 145,387.
In terms of our starting XI it was Patricio who led the way, with a clean sheet, six saves & two bonus points giving him a total of 10pts. Sergio Aguero and Jamie Vardy were the only other players to register any meaningful points with both claiming an assist and two bonus points. The remaining eight numpties aren’t worth mentioning! That’s enough about GW7. Let’s move on to GW8, surely James Maddison will finally make his way into our squad this week? There’s also the small matter of Hazard & Kane to concern ourselves with…
Last Week’s Result
What have we done this week? Sold Salah & Aguero and Bought Hazard & Kane!
We aren’t quite sure if we’ve just lost the plot or simply done something eminently sensible. To begin to explain all this we should say that Kane was our main priority this week, what with his seeming return to a bit of form and him facing Cardiff at home this week. Quite how we ended up on him coming in and Salah leaving is another story altogether…
Let’s begin with Kane… A few short weeks back he was tired, listless, needed a rest and wasn’t taking any shots. Or so the media had us believe, anyway. He probably wasn’t tired at all, but that’s how the story went. And then he played Brighton and scored a penalty early doors. Now this probably wasn’t the direct catalyst for the transformation, but possibly helped, as in the last 5 minutes of that game he suddenly starting taking shots again. Like, lots of them. Legend has it that he had more shots in those 5 minutes than Man United have had under Jose’s enter reign. The writing was on the wall then for a typical Kane style change of fortune and we salute anyone who saw it coming ahead of Huddersfield away, even more so if you stuck the armband on him. Sure enough he grabbed two in that one and then of course continued this vein with a super strike against Barcelona. Which lands us upon Cardiff at home…
Salah… Whilst it was disappointing and also somewhat disconcerting to see him subbed off early against Chelsea he didn’t actually perform that badly overall and was unlucky not to score due to some Rudiger heroics. He was ‘ok’ overall, but just not Salah ‘ok’, or certainly £13million odd ‘ok’. And then we watched the Napoli game… oh dear! Straws and camels came to mind. As did the contrast of Eden Hazard’s current form. We’ve said for a few weeks now that we need Hazard in ASAP but just didn’t see how or when it would happen due to budget constraints. We could have brought Kane in with a minor tweak elsewhere but this wouldn’t have solved our Hazard issue and our ongoing unease each and every time he so much as looks like entering the opposition half. We are fully aware of the games that Salah will supposedly excel in after this one but sometimes you just have to trust your eyes and right now they say Salah and Hazard are at opposite ends of both the form and confidence spectrum.
The Team In Full…
CAPTAIN – KANE, VICE CAPTAIN – HAZARD
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Cheers all
I like all that Kev.
Fine for this week. Nice captain pick.
Cheers GP
Hi,
This OK?
Seems fair to me Broncos
Not been on much this week. Kane is doing my head in. This is where I am at currently. Either hold the transfer. I have 0.2 in the bank. Or bring Kane in for Salah which will be a -4. I can just wildcard after
It’s going to be an odd week. I think I can guarantee that a lot of managers will log in this evening to change their sides then realise it’s too late. Much grumbling, curses, sad-face emojis and so on.
Then their teams will perform really well.
Anyhow, your Kane dilemma. I went for it, just thought why not?
But I’ll be pressing the wildcard button later (or whenever). I wouldn’t fancy him long-term.
Yeah that’s exactly what I’m debating. If it goes wrong it could be a 30 point swing if I don’t bring him in. I’ll likely just wildcard after to switch it back and tidy up. If I leave it I won’t need the wildcard and would be better set up in the future.
It’s going to be a very strange week
Even if you don’t get him and he scores three tomorrow you have the rest of your side. And the rest of the season to correct things. I was sweating a bit last season when he had that DGW and loads captained him then. Sometimes you have to hold your nerve. Or rather, just be philosophical.
If you have time today maybe just peruse the fixtures and have a good think about who you really want for the next few weeks.
But I will definitely not be anywhere near fantasy football forums tomorrow afternoon. Imagine the emotions if Kane blanks. It doesn’t bear thinking about. Actually imagine what it’ll be like if he goes completely mental.
And that’s another thing. He plays tomorrow. Could be a long weekend.
Best of luck.
Thanks Kralin. I don’t even like the fixtures of most of my team this week.
I remember that DGW well. Loads of people in my ML triple-captained him. I didn’t. It worked out well.
Boom or bust Smash!
Any alternatives to Salah being the one coming out?
Aguero and Mendy I guess but lose cash on both
Kane is very interesting .
You shall be replace mitrovic ?
Hi guys, away this week so haven’t been any to take part in the forum. Will be back proper next week!
Anyhow, not a clue who to captain this gameweek
Any suggestions?
Think either Aguero or Hazard.
Gotta be hazard
thanks guys. best of luck for this week
heres my RMT. 1ft and 1.3 ITB. mane to maddison and success to Arnie if I need to take a hit. I’m following the crowd on my ML regarding Kane and none brought him in yet. Sterling and vardy have been the players they have in which I do not have. If Kane is brought in by them, i’d just do aguero to Kane and do the 1 transfer even if I want aguero back soon the next gw.
Let me know which transfer should I go with and thoughts on the current team and sub order, captaincy etc.
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If I didn’t go for Kane, can do mane to Madison and mitro to laca/firmino.
Mane to sterling leaves me 0.1 short so need to take a hit.
I would leave that team this week if you’re not bringing Kane in.
Cheers GP. Your team done for the week,? Any changes or holding?
Not done anything yet but I think I’ll be bringing Kane in.
It will be for a hit.
Wow. Best of luck gp. Your squad seems good. Will be interesting who you take out for a hit if you choose to bring in Kane.
Mitrovic or Arnautovic?
or Murray+0.5m in spare change?
Arnie all the way
Cheers Rosco!
Still Arnie over Murray?
If I’m going to do Ings —> Arnautovic it’s got to be now, before he goes up in price tonight, otherwise it’s financially impossible.