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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Good afternoon all. Who are your top FPL cult heroes? A few I remember: Adam, Bent, Bony, Dempsey, Doherty, Heaton, Ighalo, Jimenez, King, Lundstram, Mahrez, Michu, Ramsey, Vardy, Wan Bisaka, ….? Who’s your top 3 of all time? I think Mahrez, Michu and Lundstram for me.
Mahrez the year Leicester won.
Jokes a side loveren with Southampton with fonte. Think 13/14 had them as a double.
Kane in the 1st frew break in season’s was unreal too
1. Jon Walters (infamous hat-trick combined with a post by The EastBoundHippy the night before saying “You do realise you have Jon Walters in there don’t you”….
2. Ramsey. Because I tipped him heavily in an FFCheat article the week before that season began but didn’t actually pick him myself for weeks, by which time he’d scored some ridiculous amount of points.
3. Ayoze Perez. My most memorable FPL day ever, at Alton Towers! He scored an unexpected double vs Chelsea which effectively handed me my closest and most hotly fought ML win ever.
I get misty-eyed at the thought of Fellaini, Walcott and Michu.
Anyhow, off now for a Dettol on the rocks. A bloody big one.
Be sure to inject it though, and then sit in the sun for a bit
I will stick to a glass of bleach on rocks with a dash of Clorox :drinks: :laugh2:
I think season 14/15 Southampton 8, Sunderland 0… Had Tadic then! We somehow managed to buy both Mane and Tadic during the summer of 2014, plus Pelle as well, seems something that could never happen now… Also I had Bertrand and Clyne double up during most of that season and I remember one game in which they got something like 11 and 13 points respectively, Clyne assisted Bertrand goal coupled with clean sheets…
That time period of Saints doing well, it’s always when the team you support plays great, sweet memories, for me seems like ages ago now… It was the period of:
13/14 finished 8th (enter Lovren, Wanyama, Osvaldo)
14/15 finished 7th (enter Mane, Tadic, and Pelle)
15/16 finished 6th (enter Van Dijk and Cedric Soares)
16/17 finished 8th (Mane had left at this point, replaced by Redmond :haha: )
No doubt us Saints fans will look back to those four seasons with a a bit of nostalgia but also with a lot of pride for a long time now that we’re back to the relegation battles again! But boy, those were the days!
Top FPL points scorers quiz. I need the player and the season?
1. 303pts Mid
2. 295pts Fwd
3. 284 Mid
4. 283 Mid
5. 271 Fwd
1. Mohamed Salah 2018/19?
Correct
But the wrong season
17/18
Correct
No idea on the years as I can usually barely even remember how old I am, never mind my kids but….
2. Suarez
3. Lampard
4. Ronaldo
All correct
😎 I’ll have a stab at the seasons then!
2. Suarez 16/17
3. Lampard 14/15
4. Ronaldo 13/14
Time passes quicker than you think. You need to think a bit further back.
2. Suarez 14/15
3. Lampard 13/14
4. Ronaldo 12/13
Still not quite there.
Suarez was 13/14, I remember that very well as it was my first season playing FPL
Ronaldo went to Madrid 2009 so it’s rather unlikely it is 13/14
I’d say it’s 08/09, the last season at United…
Lampard, at a stab, 10/11
Well done Saurez was 13/14. The others are close but not quite there.
Ronaldo 07/08
Lamps 09/10
Correct with both years.
Any guesses for number 5?
Aguero?
Or RVP actually
No and no. Good guesses though. Kun just doesn’t usually play enough games. RVP got 269 in 2011/12, so was close.
Kane then
Nope. His highest is only 224.
Henry?
Yes Henry with 271pts, well done.
Hey everyone,
I’ve been tinkering with my team a little bit these last few weeks mainly because it wasn’t in a great spot.
I’ve got 1.5m in the bank and could get Jimenez in.
Shall I do it?
Wonder if all this is in vein and I’m taking unnecessary rank hits by making transfers (albeit very small).
Just wonder what you guys are up to team wise – if at all.
Thanks
I like this team I would be looking at moving Ings and Traore and would use Pea to generate more cash. Ings to Jimenez is a decent move. Keep using the free transfers, why not.
Nice to see a team. Looks good, but hard to judge anything now.
I know it is just a game and awful things are happening. And I do miss footy.
I have been fiddling with my team. Have Mane and Salah and no Auba. Have Jota for DCL.
Stay safe Beno.
Is anyone thinking of using these free, free transfers to work Kane back into the front line? Curious.
Not sure if Kane is better than the forward selection I currently have not who would be culled to raise the money?
Otieno,
Kane would definitely be a better bet than Abraham, but I think the only place to go for cash is Richarlison. Then you’d be down to a 5.3 midfielder, and your team looks pretty solid. Unfortunately, I think we’ve got different TVs, and I think I’d just be looking to replace Abraham. That part’s easier. Given their remaining games, maybe Jota, and then Doherty for Gomez (who may be rotated?).
Next question. 8 players have scored 30 or more goals in a premier league season. Can you name them?
Henry
Kane
Aguero
Shearer
Mane
Salah
Van Nistelrooy
Cole
Suarez
Van Persie
Fowler
Owen
6 correct answers:
Cole (34 in 93/94)
Henry (30 in 03/04)
Salah (32 in 17/18)
Saurez (31 in 13/14)
Shearer (34 in 94/95 and 31 in 95/96)
RVP (30 in 11/12)
Kane has scored 29 goals twice, but never made it to 30.
2 more to find?
Kevin Phillips
Drogba
Torres
Chris Sutton
Anelka
Ian Wright
Kevin Phillips 30 in 99/00
1 more to find
Rooney
Les Ferdinand
Yorke
Le Tiss
Viduka
Yakubu
Lukaku
Tevez
Ronaldo
Cantona
Ronaldo 31 in 07/08
All done.
Next question. 3 players have won the premier league golden boot with 2 different clubs. Can you name them?
Shearer surely
Yes Blackburn and Newcastle.
And RVP I think, he won it at Arsenal I and believe he did it at United as well
Correct.
Cole & Hasselbaink?
Although, I’m not sure if Cole won it while at United
Indeed he only won it at Newcastle.
Well done. Hasselbaink is correct. Leeds and Chelsea.
All done Shearer, RVP and Hasselbaink.
In the hope that the premier league season re-commences at some point, I have been continuing to use transfers to tweek my team.
Patricio & McGovern
Virgil, Maguire, Aurier, Egan & Saiss
Salah, KdB, Mount, Cantwell & Almiron
Kun, Jimenez & DCL
Jamie
Now and then I hear a forlorn moaning sound, a bit like a lost legion, perhaps, and realise it’s my neglected squad crying out for attention.
I’m resisting temptation for now as I’ve no idea how things will take shape, e.g. is the BGW still a BGW etc.