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…
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Gameweek Tracker GW5-11
Am I good to go? 0 FT and 0.2 ITB.
Rooney will surely score against his old club as will Lukaku – its in the cards.
I know! And I’ve just sold Lukaku!!!! I’m looking at trying to do Chica to Rooney soon.
Yikes why did you sell him? He’s been banging in the goals.
I had a Willian problem, and no funds, so did Willian & Lukaku to Mkhi & Morata. I figured Morata would probably score similar over the course if the season, whereas Mkhi is much more nailed on than Willian. Seems crazy to ditch Lukaku though ay!
I like it Banjo! I’m debating whether to go with Simpson or Maguire. I’m not sure it’s worth the extra .6 but the goal and assist from him have me leaning toward doing Maguire.
If you had the cash would you have Maguire or invest it elsewhere?
Hmmm… if money was no issue I’d pick Maguire. But if I had 0.6 to spare at the moment I’d be spending somewhere other than upgrading Simpson. Probably Chica to Rooney/Welbeck.
Surely to god I’ll gave a decent GW this week! Don’t think I’ve ever had a full team of ‘Homers’!
Nice looking team that Rosco! Surely set up for a nice score.
I’m very scared at not owning Kane.
Yeah I wilcarded him out… -4 to get him back in but I think a hit can be offset if you captain the player you bring in… obviously they have to score to make it worthwhile!! Need to sort the Crystal Palace fella as he was my makeweight but I’m sure I can do that in the next few weeks!
If it gets desperate I’ll do Jesus & Chica to Kane & Hemed. I’d like to see this Hemed fella play first though!
Took kane out last week for a hit. Did not go so great.
Already brought in choupo for ince, am thinking if I should -4 for morata/lukaku to Kane as not having Kane terrifies me. Kaku has a fine fixture in a defensively hapless Everton though.
What should I do?
Leave it as it is. You’ve got a nice team. Not having Kane scares me too, but let’s just pray it’s Alli’s time to shine 😉
thanks banjo
in this case would you captain alli or lukaku?
Quick One Guys,
I have 2 FT, just for the sake of one of it, what can I do to ow Davies?
Azpie > Davies or Bertrand > Davies ?
Please suggest Captain as well.
Dunno what you’ve got ITB, but walker to Davies would free up some funds to improve Willian. Willian would be my main concern with this team.
If I do Walker/ Azpie to Davies then I would I have 8.1 in the bank once willian sold.
Current concern is to own Davies as fixtures are nice and who should score better meanwhile among azpie and walker?
Willian , Tadic and Hegazi are concern during WC later stages.
Afternoon all, hope everyone is well, after a poor few weeks I have activated my wildcard, is this team good to go or are there any glaring issues. Cheers for any advice
Good to go!!! I would wish you luck, but I really hope Kane blanks!! 😉
Hi guys,
Am on a wildcard..
Am i good to go?
Do i need to consider Vardy?
Will Jones and Mkhi start?
Any other advice would be greatly appreciated!
LSD!
Nice team. Who is on your bench? Slight concern Jesus doesnt get the start this weekend. I went with Aguero instead.
Oops…here is the complete team..
Bench is Fabianski,Cork, Gamez and Chabolah
I am also worried about Jesus…but i dont have enough for Aguero..
Vardy Perhaps?
Oh your questions about 4.5…i went with Danny Simpson..not sure whether he is the best..i think a few in this forum went with a newcastle defender..