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FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GWX

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FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GWX

FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GWX

Oh b*llocks, is it?!

Welcome to FF247 Fantasy Football Site Team GWX. No, this isn’t an April Fools Day joke, we are actually publishing a Site Team article! Why? Well, because we meant to do one two weeks ago, and then again last week also, but we didn’t, for reasons which we shall expand on later. Perhaps also it is because we are a bit bored, and simply not used to having a break. But also it is to remind you of a few key FPL related things, which may have slipped your mind, understandably.

We shall however begin with an update of our GW29 performance, at least for some semblence of normality, if nothing else. Looking back at it, into what seems like a lifetime ago now, we evidently got a bit shafted with the DGW postponment having brought in Saka and Aubameyang (as captain) specifically for it, and having held onto KDB too. We’ll spare you the horror story of the rest but other than Salah getting a goal we didn’t have a single other player score above 3 points. And we had some good players, with decent fixtures. When your luck is out and all that… It looks like it meant quite a fall in the rankings too, in fact we managed to double our rank from about 82k to 164,492nd.

Onto the two article titles then..

GWX
No, this wasn’t a typo. It’s more because we have no idea when the season will restart, of course, but also less of an idea how. The fact that FPL Towers decided that we could keep making transfers throughout this ‘hiatus’ seemed to be because they presumed it would restart at a later GW. Which now looks less than likely. What is perhaps now more probable is that (if anything) there will be some sort of crammed in mini-tournament style period of about 6 weeks where they will attempt to finish the season. Re-starting at the GW30 cut-off seems the most likely scenario. How FPL deals with that is another matter, given their above stance. Will they simply reset us and ask us to forget all the interim transfers? Anything is possible. But for now we have been asked to crack on regardless, and so we have…

‘Oh, bollocks’, etc
This is a reference to our lack of a recent article. The reality is that we did intend to do one prior to GW31 and we did indeed have a meeting to discuss our phantomtransfers. Only for someone to point out in the midst of said meeting that the deadline had already passed as it was a Friday night one, and not as we all assumed a normal Saturday one! So that was one transfer down the drain. Not that we feel this will matter particularly, as it looks like we will have more than we can possibly use before proceedings get back under way.

And so we sat down in the middle of last week for another meeting… only to discover half way through that one that it was indeed an International Break, as such, and that there was no planned deadline for another week! Pay more attention, we must. Reinstante the Countdown Timer, we have…

Our GW32 Transfer(s)
Crack on regardles, we do. And we have formulated something of a mini-plan. So we thought we would share this with you, for a lack of anything else to actually say at this moment in time!

Bruno Fernandes seems to be our main missing jigsaw piece right now and so we have decided to prioritise him, along with a whole other raft of minor surgeries which we hope shall put our squad in better shape, should this be required as and when To accommodate Bruno this week we have decided to do away with our double Liverpool defence, an idea that was beginning to be in vogue around about GW29…

Beyond this we are looking at something like Saka to Mount and possibly Ings to DCL, but we shall see.

To confirm then we have SOLD Andy Robertson & James Maddison and BOUGHT Aaron Wan-Bissaka & Bruno Fernandes

Captain – Boris Johnson

Our GWX team in full…

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  1. WORLD CUP QUIZ

    This is quite a good one, and relatively challenging. Basically name the host and winner of every past World Cup.

    H&J were discussing ‘82 earlier and as that was the 1st one I watched I mentally began naming the others. Not surprisingly I got the hosts of all the subsequent ones but not necessarily all the winners. And struggled with quite a few of both pre that one.

    YEAR HOST CHAMPION
    2018
    2014
    2010
    2006
    2002
    1998
    1994
    1990
    1986
    1982
    1978
    1974
    1970
    1966
    1962
    1958
    1954
    1950
    1938
    1934
    1930

    Pick any date and give either the host or winner or both until we fill the lot. So an example answer would simply read;

    2022 Qatar England

    • 2030 England Finland

    • 2018 France in Russia
      2014 Germany in Brazil
      2010 Spain in South Africa
      2006 Italy
      2002 Brazil in S. Korea/Japan
      1998 France in France
      1994 Brazil in USA
      1990 Germany in Italy
      1986 Argentina in Mexico
      1982 Italy in Spain
      1978 Argentina in Argentina
      1974 Germany in Germany
      1970 Brazil in Mexico
      1966 England in England
      1962 Brazil in Chile? I think
      1958 Brazil in Sweden
      1954
      1950 Uruguay in Brazil
      1938
      1934
      1930

      I know Uruguay won one in the 30s also and I believe Italy got one, maybe two, but not sure what years and location. I feel like saying won the first one ever.

      • Started watching from 82 on so I can remember most from them on, can’t remember where 06 was played though.

        South American sides won a lot early so I kind of know those and I hear about England winning theirs via fixing it so they could, so I know that one. I knew Hollland went to two straight finals and faced the home side in both.

      • 1954 Switzerland? Germany

      • 2018 France in Russia :good:
        2014 Germany in Brazil :good:
        2010 Spain in South Africa :good:
        2006 Italy Kop helped there so yeah; :good:
        2002 Brazil in S. Korea/Japan :good:
        1998 France in France :good:
        1994 Brazil in USA :good:
        1990 Germany in Italy :good:
        1986 Argentina in Mexico :good:
        1982 Italy in Spain :good:
        1978 Argentina in Argentina :good:
        1974 Germany in Germany :good:
        1970 Brazil in Mexico :good:
        1966 England in England :good:
        1962 Brazil in Chile? I think :good:
        1958 Brazil in Sweden :good:
        1954
        1950 Uruguay in Brazil :good:
        1938
        1934
        1930

        Well, you more or less ruined that quiz didn’t you :rofl:

        Let’s see how you get on with the Euros one later smile

    • 1930 Uruguay Uruguay
      1934 ? Italy
      1938 Italy? Italy

      • Possibly, we will let Init tell us. smile

      • Yeah the first WC was in Uruguay, I remember that bit

      • 1930 Uruguay Uruguay :good:
        1934 ? Italy :good: Need a host.
        1938 Italy? Italy did one but not the other.

        • Just the two gaps on ‘34 and ‘38 left plus all of ‘54, the apparently forgotten WC…

        • The hint makes Italy the host in 1934. I’m not sure about 1938. And I believe Germany won in 1954, but I don’t know where.

        • Oh, forgot, as above. 1954 was Germany in Switzerland.

        • Ki,

          Italy both hosted and won in ‘34. So yeah, sort of got there :good:

          Germany did win ‘54 and yes it was in Switzerland but I’ve no idea how you got that :wink2: Probably the most obscure one of the lot.

          ‘38 was won for the 2nd time by a previous winner and hosted for the 1st time by a team who would go on to host it once more. And win it twice since. Only 3 teams have hosted it twice, I think.

        • so 38 was won by Italy since it can’t be Uruguay as they only won it twice and we already those two wins verified. And it was hosted by France? If not France it has to be Argentina.

        • Yep, that’s ‘38 sorted, by simple deduction, but thanks for bothering anyway :good2:

    • The complete list;

      YEAR HOST CHAMPION
      2018 Russia France
      2014 Brazil Germany
      2010 South Africa Spain
      2006 Germany Italy
      2002 South Korea, Japan Brazil
      1998 France France
      1994 United States Brazil
      1990 Italy West Germany
      1986 Mexico Argentina
      1982 Spain Italy
      1978 Argentina Argentina
      1974 West Germany West Germany
      1970 Mexico Brazil
      1966 England England
      1962 Chile Brazil
      1958 Sweden Brazil
      1954 Switzerland West Germany
      1950 Brazil Uruguay
      1938 France Italy
      1934 Italy Italy
      1930 Uruguay Uruguay

      • Jeeps, 15 World Cups in my lifetime so far.

      • Init,

        ’54 was straight recall; but it may also be a sign of advancing years smile I used to read Brian Glanville, cover to cover, when his new editions came out.

        • I’ll let you off and believe you on the basis that I’ve heard of him but don’t actually know who he is!

        • In my youth I read and really enjoyed Brian Glanville’s fiction. I’ve never found fictional recreations of sport that convincing – the drama and tension within sport is hard to capture convincingly in fiction, I’ve found (though there are exceptions). But I wasn’t thinking like that then, and I remember I got a lot of pleasure out of his stuff.

        • Kralin,

          I may have a one-track mind, but I know Glanville only as a football writer, both as a columnist for World Soccer, and his many editions of ‘The Story/History of the World Cup’. He’s still trucking, but in retirement, I think.

        • KI – the fiction I read by Glanville was of a footballing nature. Never read his non-fiction. I may have a furtive look if I stumble across something in a secondhand bookshop.

          I’m pleased to hear that he’s still with us. Reassuring that the figures, or one of the figures, from one’s youth is still around, somewhere.

  2. Has anyone tried this?

  3. Paulo Maldini is another 1 club great.

  4. Here was mine.

  5. Test.
    :hippo:

    Hippo died then.

  6. Thought I’d post mine then. I don’t think there are any mistakes. Really struggled for a RB though tbf Srna is the most capped Croatia player ever

    • If you got a different CB other than Matthaus you could have went Bergomi or if you changed Van Basten you could have got Cafu. Of course, if you changed them you might find yourself looking about again just to end with the Srna of strikers or Centrebacks.

      • I’ve got to present this to my mates tomorrow night I think. Yeah I’ve had Bergomi before. Lahm had a loan spell at Stuttgart I found which meant I could not have him and Dunga.

        • Losing Matthaus or Van Baston is a big ask to fill that’s what makes it tough

        • Hummels and Bergomi works though

        • Picking Dunga as your one Brazilian is a bit insulting, he was the one Brazilian with no flair, even most Brazilians hated him. hippo

        • And stop calling him Van Baston. At first I thought it was a weird typo, but you still doing it. :punish:

        • Yeah Dunga’s not but nearly all Brazilians end up at Madrid or Barcelona basically. Sócrates is a better bet but I’m kind of pushing it with my age there under the rules. Yeah it’s van Basten that’s autocorrect for you

    • May be consider Zico?

    • It’s a good team, feels a bit wrong not to have an Italian defender? Agreed right back is tricky.

      • Yeah it’s Matthaus and Srna or Hummels and Bergomi

    • This is mine. A few years older, so more options.
      Ronaldo
      Mbappe, Messi, Zico
      Souness, Valderama, De Brugne
      Maldini, Beckenbauer, Godin
      Shilton

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