FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW9
The King is dead, long live the King…
Welcome to FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GW9. GW8 was a disappointing week for many a side and we were no exception, sadly. We scored just 40pts which was still amazingly above the global average of 36. Our highlights reel therefore reads very quickly and is led by Tammy Abraham (8), Pope & Mount (7) and good ol’ Lundstram with 5pts. The rest have been sent off to have a big old think about their performance and we expect a stark improvement once the international break concludes.
We somehow managed to avoid any vast plummet in rank, which probably sums up the GW for ‘those who have being paying attention’. We fell just over 800 spots to basically break even at 62,802nd.
We have 2 free transfers available and £0.3m to wield for GW9 so the threat is there if any of the underperformers return without their tail between their legs. They have been warned…
Our GW8 Result…
Let’s go see what was decided.
Our GW9 Transfer(s)…
This week’s meeting was short, sharp and to the point, mainly because we were largely happy with what we had. But at the same time we did spot a small flaw, along with a bigger opportunity. Had we not had 2 free transfers we may well not have done this but when we looked at Pukki and then looked at Bournemouth vs Norwich we wondered who would score more, and the answer seemed obvious; Norwich are dead set bottom of the ‘Away’ table with 4 losses and just 1 goal to their name, wheras Bournemouth have scored 7 at home. Plus Bournemouth have a pretty decent run of games ahead. And Pukki has failed us 3 times in a row. We are ruthless if nothing else!
Our thought process then went a bit like this;
– Lets’s get Wilson in for Pukki.
– We can’t afford Wilson without a 2nd transfer.
– Ok so let’s bin Digne.
– We (strangely) fancy Digne this week. And who would we get anyway, we already own a fair set of cheap desirables!
– Ok, so let’s get King.
– Isn’t he just a cheap mans Wilson?
– Yes.
– But he’s not far behind in points. Plus he’s on pens.
– And we carry another FT.
And so it was.
To confirm then we have SOLD Teemu Pukki and BOUGHT Joshua King
Captain – Tammy Abraham
This was far less clear, as we had 3 votes for 3 different players. For the record those were 1 for Tammy himself, 1 for Sterling and 1 for Kun. The deciding vote took on a strange but logical logic; the voter went away and looked at a few Captain Poll’s, along with our own, and the conclusion was that Tammy was streets ahead in them all. It’s hardly daring-do and it’s hardly innovative and it does smack of self preservation but as ever it’s also very much ‘us’.
It was also somewhat surprising but perhaps it’s a combination of Chelsea’s good form, Tammy’s good form, uncertainty over Sterling’s form, uncertainty over Kun’s game-time and Liverpool facing ‘Man Utd’.
Then again Newcastle have conceded 11 away from home. In Tammy we trust then…
Our GW9 team in full…
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Evening all, this is my shabby lot for this gw. Going to save 1ft and 0.9 itb.
Great. Thanks for your weekly post!
Your welcome. Have been a tad busy now the dark nights are longer.
You’re not f*&%ing Batman!
You’re a site admin and ambassador, get mucking in with the help on the RMT’s?
Very cagey and very canny gents! Slowly slowly…but one cannot fault your decisions. 5 heads are better than one it seems! A great example for us all! . Cheerio!
It’s a very odd dynamic but it’s also frustratingly, yet satisfyingly correct more than it’s wrong!
And even when it’s wrong it’s never wrong enough to matter. Last week being a perfect example. It’s difficult to describe how each decision is landed on but given the extremes in the group the middle ground is usually found easily. I suppose King is also an example of that.
I suppose the only difference now to 5 years ago is that we’d have argued about that decision quite fiercely all week and yet still landed on it.
Awesome articles again this week. Daring move going for king. I like it.
If you had to pick between Vardy and a Wilson. Who would you pick?
Vardy.
+1
This week Wilson
Wilson for now, Vardy from week 13
Here’s my team with 1 FT, I was thinking of just getting McGinn in for James or Mané in for Salah, all very dull moves. Salah has just been disappointing this Season, I’m not sure if he’s carrying something or he’s just fatigued but he’s not hitting form. Which move sounds better of the two?
Its that Burnley game thats stuck in his mind. All he seems to be doing lately is is passing the ball to someone when hes on the edge of the penalty area instead of having a dig on goal. James to McGinn is sound, personally i’d save the ft and have 2 next week.
I know the site team got rid but is it worth keeping Pukki this week or would you prefer to have Jiminez moving forward (or any other 7.3 and under)? Already have Tammy and C Wilson up front!
I’d hold Pukki. He might get a goal against B’mouth.
+1
On my WC guys. What should I do with the 0.5m itb? How can I improve my def?
Also, how does the team look overall?
This is quite tough only if you downgrade Mount to CHO and get a more expensive defender than Fredericks
Looks good. Could bring in Boly for Fredericks. Wolves have a few good games coming up. I’m aiming for the same front line moving Kane to Vardy. Good luck