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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According to this, five games start at the same time and only one later on :scratch_one-s_head:
That’s correct, there is five opportunities this GW to change captaincy or sub guys out.
Can you change things whilst games are on ?
Mito can you change formations during a gw ?
Just read the bloody rules! You’ll quit by 5pm on Saturday anyway, blaming a ‘glitch in the shit website’, like you do every UCL GW1 :rofl:
Yes, you can change players, captains and formations. You just can’t put in players after their game has started.
No i won’t Init. I’ll wait till Sunday.
It doesn’t appear to change formation as smoothly as CPL. When making a midweek sub, you need to take the player out, change formation and then bring in your sub
Yep, that sounds right. Remove the player first, then the formations that you can change to will be given as an option. Then put in the player you want.
Sounds like we are back too.
“include widening access for fans to view live coverage”.
And sounds like we’ll all get access on Free View too.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52665805
I just hope West Ham get relegated!
Agreed.
Why? Is there a history there between LFC and The Hammers?
Karen Brady wanted the league null and voided, to avoid being relegated, as soon as the lockdown happened, back in March.
Makes sense, hope she gets her wish. hippo
Ok this is my latest (probably by no means final!) draft for tomorrow.
Bench : Schubert, Gulde, Kattenbach, Hofler
with team!
@Otieno, nice squad. Good value on the bench. I am always very iffy on Thiago for that price point, could just be that I prefer a higher ceiling guy even if it possibly means a lower floor. Wendell might not be a lock. Think he does start, but he is very rotation prone in my opinion. Sinkgraven will get minutes in the upcoming weeks. However, assuming he starts this weekend and with a week rest, he starts again in gw27 at worst you might only miss out in GW28 the midweek game and he should start 29 again and if he doesn’t, you will see that team sheet before deadline, so he could be worth keeping. Harit can be very inconsistent, but does have a big game in him.
Think I will most likely have about 7 matching players.
**STARTING ELEVEN QUIZ**
(Whilst we await the football tomorrow..)
1. Which team finished third behind Blackburn Rovers (1st) and Manchester United (2nd) in the Premier League 1994/95?
2. Which two clubs from outwith the English country boundary have appeared in the English FA Cup Final?
3. In this current season what do Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille, Barcelona and BOTH Inter and Milan have in common?
4. Which THREE other countries appeared in Scotland’s Group at the World Cup in 1990?
5. Which TWO members of the England squad at Euro 1996 have managed the English Men’s National team?
6. How many of the current 18 teams in the Bundesliga hail from the former East Germany and can you name them?
7. Who is the highest scoring German in English Premier League history?
8. In season 1998/99, who won the last ever UEFA Cup Winner’s Cup and in which city did they win it?
9. Who are the FIVE Englishmen to have appeared for Real Madrid?
10. Playfully linked to the El Classico, which two teams play in the ‘Bel Classico’?
11. What did England do in the 1950 World Cup that so far only Slovakia (2010) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (2014) have done since?
Good Luck!
1- Forest, we were 4th.
2- Cardiff, Old Carthusians.
5- Southgate.
6- 3, Leipzig.
Union Berlin. Hertha Berlin.
9- Owen,
Macmanaman
11- Lost to the USA.
9- Beckham, Cunningham, Woodgate.
Woodgate :focus:
I thought about the USA thing also, but I remember the USA 2014 group and remember the situation vs Algeria in 2010 when they scored that last second goal to win the group. The win gave them 5 points, even with England, which means that they tied Slovania. Plus they definitely did not face Bosnia in 2014.
2 – Queens Park
Carthusians are in Surrey
5- Pearce.
Jesus, he managed England, was he the David James up top manager also? 😯
The guy who scored for USA in 1950 wasn’t American. Could Slovakia and Bosnia have played against teams fielding ineligible players ?
7 must be Jurgen Klinsmann
I wonder Stoney, Ozil has been here a while now.
6-Add Frankfurt.
Frankfurt was in West Germany, surely.
Costa Rica, Sweden and Brazil
For question 4
11 Draw all games
England lost to the USA in 1950. Remember its something that the 3 teams have done.
US didn’t beat Slovania in 2010 and didn’t face Bosnia in 2014 in groups and certainly not in knockout games.
I was going to say made their WC debuts in Brasil but 2010 was SA. Made no subs in a game ?
Had no bookings ?
May not have anything to do with just the USA game. GP is stating the tournament.
Well in 1950 you couldn’t sub if I am not mistaken because that’s the reason Stanley Matthews didn’t play that game. I doubt the other two countries would have done that, but who the heck really knows, that’s not something any of us would have really remembered anyway even if we watched the game.
Bet its something simple, its probably us overthinking.
8- Villa Park, Birmingham. Haven’t a scooby who was in the final.
I think Lazio won it. No idea who they beat.
Hello!
Correct answers so far?
FFS, put Mito + myself out of our misery, answer to 11 please.
GP, well come on then.
Let the evening guests have a think!
Correct answer given so far – well done all!
1. Which team finished third behind Blackburn Rovers (1st) and Manchester United (2nd) in the Premier League 1994/95?
NOTTINGHAM FOREST
2. Which two clubs from outwith the English country boundary have appeared in the English FA Cup Final?
CARDIFF CITY & QUEEN’S PARK
3. In this current season what do Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille, Barcelona and BOTH Inter and Milan have in common?
4. Which THREE other countries appeared in Scotland’s Group at the World Cup in 1990?
BRAZIL, SWEDEN & COSTA RICA
5. Which TWO members of the England squad at Euro 1996 have managed the English Men’s National team?
GARETH SOUTHGATE & STUART PEARCE
6. How many of the current 18 teams in the Bundesliga hail from the former East Germany and can you name them?
THREE – HERTHA, UNION (BERLIN) AND RB LEIPZIG
7. Who is the highest scoring German in English Premier League history?
MESUT OZIL
8. In season 1998/99, who won the last ever UEFA Cup Winner’s Cup and in which city did they win it?
LAZIO beat MALLORCA at VILLA PARK
9. Who are the FIVE Englishmen to have appeared for Real Madrid?
LAURIE CUNNINGHAM, STEVE McMANAMAN, DAVID BECKHAM, MICHAEL OWEN & JONATHAN WOODGATE
10. Playfully linked to the El Classico, which two teams play in the ‘Bel Classico’?
11. What did England do in the 1950 World Cup that so far only Slovakia (2010) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (2014) have done since?
*QUESTION NUMBERS 3, 10 & 11 REQUIRED*
3. In this current season what do Manchester United, Borussia Dortmund, Marseille, Barcelona and BOTH Inter and Milan have in common?
10. Playfully linked to the El Classico, which two teams play in the ‘Bel Classico’?
11. What did England do in the 1950 World Cup that so far only Slovakia (2010) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (2014) have done since?
No. 10 is something to do with Belfast but I’ve no idea what the teams are called. Kop should know….
3. Do they all boast the highest attendance in their respective league. Milan x 2 was the clue I latched onto if that’s correct. Well, ok, it was still the clue if it wasn’t but you know what I mean!
Init,
Correct on no. 3 – though not attendance, but capacity. Those sides all have the stadium with the largest capacity in their leagues.
I’ve never heard of ‘Bel Classico’. But if it is Belfast related then the two teams are Linfield & Glentoran.
No. 3 wasn’t correct then GP! :rofl:
What you should have said was “that’s close…”. You’re no Chris Tarrant!
True I guess. *cough*
Kop – that is correct.
The final question now.
No idea. I’ll admit I’ve even looked at England’s group in that one for a clue but there’s nothing unusual that stands out. They got 2 points and came 2nd but I’m sure that’s happened elsewhere.
Did they all base themselves in another country?
They all won their debut in a world cup.
They all lost their debut in a world cup.
They all tied their debut in a world cup.
FFS!!!!!!!!
They all wore women’s underwear?!
:rofl:
:rofl:
Unsurprisingly, none of these!
They all had at least one player with false teeth. :smoke: think that is certainly right.
None of the players were married?!
Use a keeper with no hands?
FBL Tips for GW 26
https://bulinews.com/news/4767/fantasy-bundesliga-tips-matchday-26
Predicted lineups for GW 26
https://bulinews.com/news/5147/predicted-line-ups-bundesliga-matchday-26
https://fplmakmur.blogspot.com/2020/03/predicted-line-up-matchday-26.html
I always use this for predicted line-ups because it includes Bulinews (Bundesliga in the article) and Kicker predictions. And the person highlights the differences between the line-ups in red, which is usually a good sign for me to stay away if the two outlets have a difference of opinion.
Thats a cracker Mito.
4. Costa Rica, Sweden & Brazil