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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If it were my team I would transfer out Johnson. He’s underachieving and I expect more from someone of his price bracket
Serious deflection tactics from Matt Hancock today when he suggested the PL footballers should take a pay cut!!
I’ve stayed away from those conferences but saw that on C4 News later. I got a sense he was fed the line and was playing to the gallery. I also got a sense that he struggled with physically representing the number three.
It’s always good to see the cream rise to the top.
He was certainly playing to the gallery. I haven’t been particularly impressed by Hancock or any other member of the British government during the current crisis. Tbh, it’s rare I’m ever impressed by a politician. However, I do believe our own government have handled the situation quite well.
Seriously?
It was interesting yesterday seeing the media start to raise eyebrows / the penny dropping when it emerged that so few NHS staff had been tested and the 30,000 new ventilators was in fact 30 new ventilators etc.
But yeah, politicians are a rum bunch and the journos that give us the news don’t seem much better. Out of curiosity I look at what people at both ends of the spectrum, left and right, have to say. The stuff in the middle is intellectually dishonest, as far as I can see. Hopeless.
I’m mainly looking at what the docs, both front line and higher up, are saying about the debacle and indeed the virus itself. That’s pretty interesting and they rely on evidence and often candour rather than bullshit. There’s been a lot of racist stuff coming out and the docs counter that pretty well in that most of the academic work and research about the virus has been coming from China.
Seriously. I think.
Kop you should probably qualify that for Kralin in so much as I think you are referring to the Irish government.
Some of the early strategy briefings may not age well.
Heres the 3 for you tonight. Can’t hang around tonight, so i’ll see you in the morning. Kop, you carry on counting the number of European cup/CL finals Liverpool have been in. :big-lol:
1– Who is the only person born before 1960 to score a Premier league hat-trick ?
2– Who scored the first Premier league hat-trick ?
3– Who was the first English manager to win Premier league manager of the year award ?
1 Gordon Strachan
2 Teddy Sheringham
3 Alan Pardew
Just jumped in, Strachan is correct GP.
That was the only one I was sure of.
Cantona got an early hat trick but not sure if he was first(?)
I believe he was
Eric is correct GP.
The manager one Harry Redknapp?
Thats the one Geeps
2. Sir Les
3. Curbishley
Gooooood morning all.
I ran a quiz yesterday amongst the regulars on my What’s App group which I’ve saved.
Shall we have some Friday fun?
:manic:
Go for it. Although I’m in work so only around fleetingly.
KWIZ TIME – ROUND OF 16!
1. What was the name of Swansea City’s home ground before the Liberty Stadium?
2. Which is the oldest current professional football team in Italy?
3. Which player has won the English Premier League’s Top Goalscorer the most times?
4. With 8 in total, name the THREE players in Premier League history with the most red cards.
5. Which club holds the record for the most French League Titles with 10?
6. In which country would you be if you were watching football at Shielfield Park?
7. Which current player appeared in England squads for Euro 2000 & World Cup 2010 but was left out of their squads for
World Cup 2002
Euro 2004
World Cup 2006?
8. Which two clubs have appeared in a record 20 FA Cup finals?
9. Jay-Jay Okocha played for two English clubs in his career. Bolton Wanderers and which other side?
10. At 377 in total, which club has lost the most Premier League matches in history?
11. What was unusual about Giuseppe Bergomi of Inter playing for Italy in the World Cups of 1982,1986,1990 & 1998?
12. From which club did Liverpool sign El Hadji Diouf?
13. Alvin Martin scored a hat-trick for West Ham against Newcastle in April 1986. What was odd about it?
14. Name the 9 British teams to have won the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.
15. What do St Johnstone have unique to every other professional club in Britain?
16. Which was the first club to concede 100 League goals in a single English Premier League season?
Taking these in a more manageable bite-sized fashion;
1. I want to say Ditch something or something Field but not sure.
2. Roma
3. Shearer
4. Lee Cattermole
Joey Barton
5. Marseille
6. Ireland
7. Gareth Barry. I assume he’s probably still playing somewhere!
8. Arsenal & Man Utd
Init,
7 & 8 are correct well done. I love the Gareth Barry question.
3. Thierry Henry
Correct Zed, well done.
Is 13 a hatrick of own goals?
Incorrect Stone Frog – decent guess though.
Is #13 a hat-trick of penalties?
No Kop
#1 Vetch field
:good:
#2 Verona
#3 Shearer
#4 Vieara, Cattermole
#5 Marseille
No
No
Vieira :good:
No
4- Keane ?
15- the letter J.
:good:
9- Hull City.
:good:
16- Swindon. Absolute shite they were.
:good:
Amazingly though they scored more goals than 8 other teams that season!
#3 Henry?
Zed (above) got that one this morning :slaphead:
Oh yeah.
I hadn’t spotted his answer so I’m giving myself a pat on the back!! :bop:
#14 Arsenal, Chelsea, United, Aberdeen, Spurs, Rangers
Everton
Top work Kop. 2 more to get.
Celtic?
Forest? Or Forrest as it now seems to be known
Derby?
Dundee? But don’t know where I’ve got that one from!
West Ham? 😯
West Ham indeed.
1 more
The last one has me stumped!
Where is the South American portion of the quiz?
Here you go. Which country does Messi play for ?
Where you steal that question from?
10- It was on FB not long ago. The blue shite.
Incorrect Elle
I thought it was Everton also, I’m sure I’d read that recently. Obviously not!
Which ones are still outstanding please GP?
10. Bolton or Fulham
7. Gareth Barry
*UPDATE*
WE NEED THESE STILL
2. Which is the oldest current professional football team in Italy?
4. With 8 in total, name the THREE players in Premier League history with the most red cards.
PATRICK VIEIRA
2 to get
5. Which club holds the record for the most French League Titles with 10?
6. In which country would you be if you were watching football at Shielfield Park?
10. At 377 in total, which club has lost the most Premier League matches in history?
11. What was unusual about Giuseppe Bergomi of Inter playing for Italy in the World Cups of 1982,1986,1990 & 1998?
12. From which club did Liverpool sign El Hadji Diouf?
13. Alvin Martin scored a hat-trick for West Ham against Newcastle in April 1986. What was odd about it?
14. Name the 9 British teams to have won the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.
ARSENAL
CHELSEA
MANCHESTER UNITED
EVERTON
TOTTENHAM
ABERDEEN
RANGERS
2 to get
#5 Saint-Etienne?
:worthy:
When did they last win it? I only took a punt on them due to the famous European night at Anfield.
1981.
2. Napoli
4. Still Lee Cattermole
Big Dunc.
6. Guernsey
11. Didn’t actually play a single minute?
13. All own goals? Although then technically it wouldn’t be ‘against’, but still sort of could be…
14. Leeds. Clutching now.
Of those Init, Duncan Ferguson is correct.
Nice one.
Vinnie Jones must have had a fair few red cards!?
Was it Wheelie Bin? If it was then say yes and leave it at that as people may not know who that is and can therefore still guess, with an extra clue!
I DON’T KNOW WHO THAT IS :rofl:
Quiz within a quiz then! Played for Everton and then Man City. Big, square centre back. Had a turn on him like a wheelie bin, hence the nickname. A latter day Harry Maguire if you like, only squarer and less mobile. And certainly couldn’t ‘play’ like Harry.
The ‘Honey Monster’?
Not heard him called that Kop but yes it’d be massively appropriate!
Then yeah it’s him! (RD?)
Yeah, Wheelie Bin!
#2. Ascoli
Sorry Kop mate
#10 So we’ve established that it’s not Everton, right? In that case, it almost has to be Spurs? Surely it’s Spurs?
It’s neither.
Aston Villa?
14- West Ham.
14- Citeh in the late 60s ?
City could be a good shout Elle
Manchester City 1969/70.
Will played Elle :good:
Yes Kop, i remember Young scoring for Citeh in the FA cup final, ‘69.
2 Juventus (the old lady)
6 England (berwick rangers play in Scotland but berwick upon tweed is in England)
10 Everton
12 Blackburn rovers
14 wolves & man city
Never checked google for any answers or guesses.
Jamie
Jamie
6 and 10 are correct. Well done.
So it is Everton? :wacko:
Didn’t Elle & Init say Everton for #10 yesterday?
We did but I thought we had established that we would have been correct until very recently and another team overtook them.
He also answered me above that it’s neither Everton nor Spurs… And I said Aston Villa which is yet to receive a response!
Apologies everyone.
10 isn’t Everton in my answers.
Was responding whilst doing ten other things!
Zed
Not Villa Spurs or Everton.
It’s gotta be a team that have played a lot in the Prem yet aren’t (or haven’t been) a top side, such as United, Pool or Arsenal… If it’s not Villa then I’m thinking Newcastle? Am I getting warmer?
Geographically you’re getting colder Zed, both literally and literally. I know the answer so I’ll pitch in as assistant quiz master on this one
*opens a map of England on Google Maps….. nah, doesn’t really help me, does it, there’s hardly anything “cold” of Newcastle out there
Manchester City?
#13 How about he scored all three goals during extra time?
If it’s not this, which is a good guess, then I’d like clues on this one too, as I’m a bit stumped.
I think Peter Beardsley has something to do with this?