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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For the Cricket followers here.
Guess the batsman..
:scratch_one-s_head:
4- Brian Lara.
:yes:
even 2,3 and 7 are very conspicuous.
The only one i know, thats me done.
3. KP
8. Steve Smith
6. Rahul
7. Sachin
1. George Bailey?
5. Virat Kohli?
Is 9 Botham? Looks like a nice straight drive has just been played.
7 Gooch?
Peter Willey had an amazing stance but I can’t see him. Unless he’s number 2, looking at it. Hairy forearms. I have a memory of Willey square-cutting Colin Croft, I think, for 6.
I’m sure all of these wild guesses will prove woefully wrong.
Here’s the answer guys:
1. Bailey
2. Chanderpaul
3. Pieterson
4. Lara
5. Watson
6. Dravid
7. Tendulkar
8. Smith
9. Kohli
Well played..
:good:
If you had 12.3 million for 2 strikers, who would you get? Already have Jota and 3 Liverpool playing.
I think Maupay is a decent option
DCL and Maupay/Ayew. Would be good to scrape together a little more cash for the 3rd Stricker.
***The Laws of the Game Quiz – Part Deux***
Good morning,
Question 5.
Which cards can a referee show to a player before the start of a match?
Both red and yellow cards
Red cards only
Yellow cards only
No cards
Well i know Evra got sent off before Marsellies Europa game started, after having a go at his own supporters, so i will guess both!
Both?
Answer:
Red cards only.
Red card offences are serious and players who commit them should not play in the match.
Yellow card offences aren’t as people wouldn’t know a player had been cautioned pre match which could cause confusion.
But it doesn’t mean that the team starts with 10 players. It is just that player excluded from the 11.
No. A red card offence – a punch in the line up in the tunnel let’s say – is still violent conduct.
Question 6
A defender kicks the ball back to his keeper who tries to clear it but scoops the ball high into the air. As the ball drops, an opposing player is about to head it into the net but the keeper jumps and catches the ball. What decision does the referee take?
An indirect free kick
An indirect free kick and a yellow card
An indirect free kick and a red card
No action – play on
No action – play on.
Answer:
No action – play on. The goalkeeper has intended to release the ball into play but the clearance has failed so can then handle the ball.
Question 7
A winger is fouled in the box and a penalty is awarded. The defender who committed the foul isn’t booked. The winger, the regular penalty taker, is injured, has treatment but is then fit to continue, where is he allowed to be for the penalty?
He must go off the pitch having received treatment
He can remain on the pitch, but cannot take the penalty
He can remain on the pitch, and can take the penalty
I think he has to go off but is also allowed back on to take it.
Although I also vaguely remember this happening and that he couldn’t come back on. Although it may be that I remember it because it was an incorrect call. The ref being sent away to think about things, never to be seen again. Until they opened Stockley Park and stuck all the old shit refs in it.
Answer (Init!):
He can remain on the pitch and can take the penalty. The team’s penalty taker can have (quick) treatment/assessment and then take the kick
Question 8
(Final one for today)
An attacking side has a free kick 25 yards out. The defending team sets up a two-man wall, and an attacking player stands next to them. The free kick is struck straight into the net. What does the referee give?
A goal
A goal kick
An indirect free-kick
The free-kick is re-taken
I can’t see why the wall is mentioned? Anyway, there is no reason to take another kick. If the free kick was given as direct then it’s a goal, otherwise a goal kick
Answer: Goal.
Elle/Otenio,
The wall is mentioned for a specific reason. Elle you were on the right line. An opposing player cannot stand next to a defensive wall at a free kick, but only if the wall is made of three or more players. Therefore this wall, with 2 in it, he is entitled to stand next to and thus, the goal stands.
Interesting info thanks. If a third defensive player joined the wall before the free kick was taken, would the attacker have to move? and by how far?
Otieno,
I would assume a foul would be given against the attacker and the free kick reversed, but not 100% clear on that.