FF247 Fantasy Football Team Gameweek 5
Welcome to FF247 Fantasy Football Team Gameweek 5. We compiled 60 points this week and that put us 16 points above the average. The GW rank was 500K, but it felt better than that as we jumped from 600k to 170k in the overall. With our captain Lukaku scoring, Kane grabbing a brace and Groß with a huge 18 point haul it was a good game-week for us all in all, well except for the Davies controversy. As some of you might know there was a late question posed to us from a member on the board asking why we were benching Davies instead of Ince. Some of us feeling that maybe that should be brought up again asked for a revote. It was an awkward affair as somehow Alonso was brought up again as the reason why we even had Ince and couldn’t afford a decent midfielder. Two voted yes, one no, the other seemed to be in favour of bringing in Davies, but didn’t seem firm and the fifth member disappeared as he always does when he is asked to cast an important vote.
Here was in part the convo that went on:
Anonymous 1 “Someone suggested we play Ben Davies instead of Ince – not a bad shout?”
Anonymous 2 “Hmmm”
Anonymous 3 “Spurs play Everton?”
Anonymous 2 “Yeah”
Anonymous 3 “Everton doesn’t seem to score much”
Anonymous 2 “Nope”
Anonymous 3 “Makes sense to me”
Anonymous 1 “Grumpy?”
Grumpy “What?”
Anonymous 1 “Ben Davies”
Grumpy “Sell him. Buy another Alonso.”
We skip around to where it resumes:
Grumpy “That should be a low scoring game”
Anonymous 1 “Is that a ‘yes’ to play Davies?”
Grumpy “No”
Anonymous 3 “Davies is no Alonso” (sarcastic)
Anonymous 2 “I vote for Davies”
A bit later:
Anonymous 2 “I say go Davies”
Anonymous 1 “Me too – but I’m interested in your reasons not to Grumpy, esp after calling Everton-Spurs a low scorer?”
Grumpy gives his reasoning and well we ended up on Ince. FFS!
Oh well, as we move onto game-week 5 we have 0.9 in the bank and 2 free transfers. So let’s move on and see what we decided to try and do to improve our team.
Here’s our team as it looked after last week…
Just the 24 on the bench then…
22 of which could have replaced 3 on the pitch for a 19 point improvement and a 79 point finish with some better choices.
C’est la vie.
Transfer(s) for GW5
We have sold Paul Pogba and Tom Ince and bought Dele Alli and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting
We had 2fts and 0.9mln in the bank. Pogba’s midweek hamstring injury meant he had to go while Ince has done nothing to suggest we should keep faith in him. Ideally we would have bought Christian Eriksen but we were just shy of affording him so we plumped for Dele Alli instead – we’re not that sorry, after all Alli is getting plenty of rest as he is currently banned from the Champions League and about to be banned from playing for England soon also if FIFA get their way. And they generally do. Spurs fixtures are great and last weekend’s impressive win at Everton coupled with their midweek win over Dortmund suggests they are running into form just as their fixtures turn for the better. Choupo-Moting announced himself with a brace vs a United defence that had proved unpenetrable prior to last weekend. It may be a case of ‘chasing last week’s points’ but until we wildcard and release some cash elsewhere we are somewhat hamstrung with who we can afford. However, El Choupo costs just 5.5mln, is an OOP player playing up front and has impressed in a side that is crying out for a goal scorer. So we’re happy to give him a chance and let’s be honest, he can’t do worse than Ince!
Our Captain is Harry Kane
Bit route one but that’s what the captain is there for isn’t it, occasions like this when a striker is suddenly bang in form and facing a struggling side at home. We’ve all been here with Kane a few times last season though, with the exact same scenario and been trolled by him big time. We’ve also seen him produce accordingly in such games, big time.
The team in full
And so this is how we line up ahead of GW5…
If you wish to follow the teams progress more closely you can do so by clicking here.
Thanks for reading FF247 Fantasy Football Team Gameweek 5
Vote on our Captain Poll Now
The League Codes for FF247 for the 2017/18 season are as follows:
The main public FF247 League , which anyone is welcome to join, can be accessed using the following code 1503-553 (auto-link below).
We are delighted to say that this has a prize pool of £300 which will be split between the top 3 and this has kindly been sponsored by STARTING ELEVEN Please take a minute to click on the link and visit their wonderful Live Daily Fantasy Football game.
Join Our League – Quick Link
League Code: 1503-553
View league standings
Our Regulars League for 2017/18 is now open and has a cash prize pool of £300 paid directly to the winners from the FF247 management team. The first 5 places are paid out in a tiered system.
To enter this one you need to be an active and recognised site member and you need to e-mail us for the league code – Elleffcee@fantasyfootball247.co.uk
*terms and conditions apply and are available upon request. Management reserve the right to review membership of this league on an ongoing basis. If you enter and win a prize you have to have commented on the site at least 10 times for 3 consecutive months between January 2018 and March 2018 or you will not be considered for a prize.
Gameweek Tracker GW5-11
Have I made some dodgy calls? ?
Like it. Maybe just city coverage lacking? KDB in for Hazard until we see Hazards form perhaps
Pulled the WC trigger. Any thoughts or suggestions on this lot?
Trippier might lose his place quite soon and you have no other backup in defense. How much ITB?
Looks like a team with some good potential even if a little light on the bench. I suppose not having ManU players is a risk but maybe they will not be so good with a Pogba injured.
I was forced to play WC because no bench and then several players injured/dropped.
With a WC needing to see you thru till Xmas I think its very punty to have Wood,Trippier,Jesus with such a weak bench.
2FT £0.8 cash. I had made a plan to bring in Siggy by next week but involved changing DDG and Kola to Fabianski and Simpson then JWP to Siggy but is it worth it to have weaker defense in order to do so?
Next option would be to continue with 2 light mids and change JWP to Gross and upgrade Stephens to Ben Davis using my 2 FTs.
Which option is best? I see the site team has decided to continue playing with 2 light mids so kinda leaning to that option now. So having Siggy in the near future would mean transferring Mkhiki out.
You can’t really transfer Kola out next week considering their two fixtures after that.
Also Siggy is tempting with fixtures and previous seasons form but Everton have looked a bit dodgy and I would wait to see some spark from him before bringing him in.
I’m not a fan of light mids at all so I’m struggling to make moves i’d be happy with, I like the Davies idea though as Gross has some reasonable fixtures.
Hi All,
Had a terrible week – took out Jesus for Firmino (Bad Call!) and I captained Mane! So for this week I hope to come back strong – I have switched out Mane to Eriksen, however have issues with Pogba and possibly Mounie. I have 2.5 itb. I was contemplating bring in the following player
KDB
David Silva
Hazard
Coutinho
Bit baffled guys – your thoughts welcomed
Good luck to everyone for GW5
Neilos
This would be a massive investment in midfield, Neilos. Could pay out, but I rather have Kane in and maybe keep Eriksen as the coming fixtures are perfect for him to shine.
Hey XAOC – thanks for the reply – i wanted Lukaku but am gonna gamble with Eriksen and Alli for now – am also contemplating Mahrez as a differential………..Man city have a great run and Silva is in form so could get him in and upgrade Mounie next week. How is your team coming along ?
Meant Kane not Lukaku – at work on autopilot
What to do with this lot? Got 2 FT’s.
Pogba and Willian to Eriksen/Alli and a cheap mid (Fellaini maybe)?
Hey guys, how are things?
I’m tempted to lose willian, but it would cost me -4 as I had to lose Pogba with my ft. I wouldn’t even know who to get. Any suggestions?
Cheers guys.
I’d leave it at that. Team looks good
Difficult to find someone that would justify a hit at this price. Better wait for next week.
Thanks guys. That’s what I was thinking.