FF247 Fantasy Football Team Gameweek 6
Welcome to FF247 Fantasy Football Team Gameweek 6. We got 3 clean sheets this week. That is, unfortunately, just about the top and bottom of our highlights this week. Yeah ok, Lukaku brought us some points but it’s difficult to celebrate that when he brought almost everybody else the same points too. Likewise with Groß and his assist. We made 2 transfers last week and neither were a success with both Alli and Choupo-Moting coming in and both doing screw all for us. Alli got us a clean sheet bonus point and that was the highlight of our transfers, which says it all really. We scored 53 points. We began in a semi respectable 173k. We ended up in a semi disgraceful 463k! Onwards and upwards and all that then, here’s what we have decided to do this week in an attempt to arrest the slump…
Here’s our team as it looked after last week…
Transfer for GW6 – we have sold Lukaku and bought Aguero
The curse of Kun has struck again. His hatty at Watford last weekend spooked what seems like the majority of FPL managers to suddenly decide the Argentinan is after all quite good and certainly good enough for their FPL teams. Poor old Romelu, what more does he have to do? He has scored in each game bar one for a United team which has matched City’s goal returns. To talk you through our complete rationale would mean us taking you into a dark, murky world of deceit, deception and derision. Instead, please accept the short version…
– Well, first of all the proposal was to keep Lukaku and sell Alonso and Firmino for a bum and Kun – the idea was proposed as such: “Buried Alonso at the back of the garden and low and behold Aguero sprouted up!” This suggestion came from Anti-Alonso in the middle of the night when he knew his audience…. or so he thought.
– Unfortunately for him the suspect charged with originally suggesting we acquired Alonso was awake and chatty and immediately argued against said move. Alonso Lover was then dumped into a wardrobe while appearing to shout, “Willian to Ramsey”.
– Anti-Alonso got back to work looking for someone to agree to disposing of Alonso.
– Instead, Dopey arrived from his self-induced coma with his ever informed awareness with the line, “have we got 2 free transfers?”. Quickly rebuffed Dopey returned to… well being dopey and wouldn’t be seen, or heard from again, until the morning.
– There was a muffled cry from the wardrobe… “William to Ramsey?”. Which ended with a thud.
– Having failed to win favour, Anti-Alonso sulked off to sort his MLS side.
– Roughly 2 minutes later and confident that Dopey was asleep and Alonso Lover had been silenced, Anti-Alonso tried again, hoping someone, anyone, had awoken and would be bored into submission with the excuse that “we should do this Kun thing, otherwise the article is boring”. Not wrong there. But still no takers.
– The night continued peacefully, no-one else surfaced but Anti Alonso still grumbled, with something not vaguely printable and implanted more pins in the Alonso doll hanging from the wall.
– The committee slowly reconvened in the morning but quickly descended into insults such as ‘fraud’, ‘sheep’, ‘d*ckhead’, ‘Kun*’ etc. Alonso Lover was released from the wardrobe looking slightly dishevelled. And a little abused. He didn’t mention Ramsey again. The ‘discussion’ continued fairly sensibly without really progressing before wardrobe boy suggested playing the Free Hit chip, loading up on City and Arsenal assets. Dopey, presumably in sympathy, voted with him. Anti-Alonso and Mr Sensible (now awake and new to the story!) quickly voted against before the Mule (likewise) turned up and laughed at the suggestion while forcing wardrobe boy back into his hole where he remains to this day.
It was finally decided by all present that we all wanted Kun but it was a toss up as to whether to sell Kane or Lukaku, or simply decimate the team by losing Alonso and Firmino. It was decided not to decimate, we’d only regret that in the morning and all agreed that Lukaku must go. Strange old world, if only someone had suggested that at the start.
It may still be an odd decision and we may reverse it next week or indeed play a Wildcard to negate the lot. Who knows. The only wonder really is how we’ve got this far and to have still previously posted some decent ranks, especially with the circus as illustrated above…
The team in full
And so this is how we line up ahead of GW6…
Our captain is Aguero
Now after the painful and somewhat exhausting committe meeting to decide to buy Kun, one would assume that skippering the Argentinian would be a formality. No sir. Our friend Dopey reappeared with the suggestion we should captain the misfiring Harry Kane, who plays at West Ham where Spurs never win. To the wardrobe he was sent. Fortunately the rest of the committee voted for the in form Aguero, who plays at home to Woy’s Palace a week after slamming a hatty at Watford.
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Read it for the glorious bedtime story if nothing else! As illustrated by Cookie.
Can’t say I’m 100% convinced on the move this week but it sort of makes sense and if it doesn’t work out then I’d happily blame Alonso….
Is it Jesus will be on starting 11 because he completed 90min midweek? Is it safe to pick him as captain?
Pep will probably start Jesus, but will sub him early on as soon as City has secured a decent lead.
Been thinking about same move lukaku to kun but will be for a -4 unsure
Id say hold. You already have Silva for City cover, so wont be completely destroyed if City goes mental, again.
A very amusing read. I wildcarded in a similar position…
Anything you’d change? No Chelsea concerns me a bit, and no Lukaku.
AT,
you’re prob ok with no Chelsea for a couple of weeks but then you should have a plan to bring some in – prob a defender and Hazard or Morata I would suggest.
So maybe I need one now? A lot of negotiating afterwards. Hmmm
A quick RMT, please…Worried about not having Aguero. 1FT, £0.2m ITB.
Elliott (Foster)
Davies , Mee, Alonso (Mbemba, Cedric)
Mkhitaryan, Alli, David Silva, Gros (Carroll)
Kane, Vardy, Firmino
Thanks!
Save the transfer.
Thanks, Milburn. Think I might do that and assess next week. Need a clear line of thinking, though!
great read. thanks.
thought you would have gone Kane to Kun.
Seems like Kane has some magical spell over everyone.
Hi Bundeena. I think it’s just the fact he’s been the top goal scorer the last 2 seasons. Most, myself included, are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt hoping he will come good. Spurs have some attractive games as well.
i held Hazard for most of last year thinking the same thing.
maybe it was the year before….