FF247 FPL Team GW17
Don’t mention the ‘C’ word
We may have finally have caught a break. We may well have caught more than that, but more on that later!
We have had some horrible luck this season. But we won’t bemoan that as many have had horrible luck this year in general. Both inside, and more pertinently outside, of FPL. Your author himself managed to buy both Siggy and Son this week, and you can’t get much worse luck than that! In FPL that is. One of our own committee tested positive for the ‘C’ word this week and so we wish him and his family well. Puts things into perspective. He seems well though and he has been warned that if he intends to die then we require 30 days notice in writing.
Everything that could have gone against us this season pretty much has so far. But for once our transfers from last week look inspired. Our new guy Dallas got us 12 points (replacing a Dann zero) and Bruno finally came in for us, albeit with just an assist, but he replaced a Covid ‘victim’ (he didn’t die either) in KdB. We’d say ‘happy days’, but they really aren’t.
Elsewhere McCarthy got us 9, Bamford 8, Chilwell 5 and it was diminishing returns after that.
We ended up on 57 points which meant a green arrow and a rank rise of over 400k back up to 1.7m. We never thought we would take that sort of rank as a positive. But we’ll take any positive we can right now. Oh, hang on… not any….
Our GW16 Result…
We have one free transfer and 0.5 in the bank so let’s go see what was decided…
Our GW17 Transfer(s)
Debating a chip strategy wasn’t quite how I envisaged spending New Years Eve, but that I did, and let me tell you it’s 5 hours I’ll never get back. And to make matters worse it was 5 hours spent going around in one massive circle.
Without boring the pants off you all too, we basically began with holding the transfer, debated using it for our BGW18/DGW19 strategy, had new 18 & 19 fixtures announced about half way through the debate, went full circle twice and ended up back where we began.
The new fixtures which have been added to both GW’s (Burnley vs Man Utd in 18 & Man City v Aston Villa in 19) were definitely worth the pause for thought but ultimately they alone were not enough to deter us from our strategy. For now, anyway. The addition of the 18 one means that we could in theory not play the FH in that one and just go in with about 9 players. The addition of the 19 one saved Grealish’s bacon. And possibly presented us with a Man City issue, as in a lack of one.
All in all we felt it was best to simply sit tight and see what happens from here on in.
To confirm then we have HELD OUR TRANSFER
Captain – Kane
Despite a couple of votes for Bruno, Kane came out on top, with the quote ‘Kane feels like fun vs Leeds’ probably summing up our decision.
Our GW17 team in full…
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If I play my free hit next week will I get my 2 transfers the week after?
Nope, just one.
Hi all,
Happy new year. First comment from me, appreciate any help!
I am thinking of losing Grealish for Saka. I know JG has a double coming up, but points have dropped off and fixtures are not easy. Saka playing well with Arsenal coming to form.
That would leave me cash to upgrade a defender to TAA or upgrade a striker (maybe to Kun A if he starts playing)?
Any thoughts, I would be grateful for.
Thanks!
Happy new year and welcome. Nice to have you on board.
Your plan sounds absolutely fine to me. I went down that road myself. Saka and Soucek have been very handy assets this season.
Thanks Kralin, great to be on board!
I do fancy getting Saka in, just losing Grealish could be a bitter pill to swallow if he starts scoring again, and I will lose 0.4m in value as brought him in early on
I always adopt a strict don’t look back policy when I move players on.
If Saka’s form continues then his stock will rise.
Anyhow – I’m sure you’ll be fine whichever path you follow.
Welcome, I would be looking at getting rid Joelington as priority before Grealish what your chip plans for blank and double?
Thanks!
Agreed, just the for me Joelington should be for Bamford who has Sp**s and then a blank….
Joelinton to Bamford for me.
Welcome to the site.
Thanks, it makes sense, but of course they have Sp**s and then blank…. so thought maybe better to get him in two weeks later?
Depends if you are free hitting in GW18 or not.
I’d rather have Bamford against Spurs than Joelinton against anyone.
Team for GW17; good to go? Should I bench Adam’s and play Dallas?
Am really worried about not having Spurs coverage, reckon it will be a entertaining game due to the way Leeds play.
I think I’d go with what you’ve got there.
Kdb to Son you have lots of money to improve defence
I’d stick with what you have – or bring in Saka / Soucek for Grealish. That’ll allow you to shed Adams.
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Hey all I am using my free hit next week.
So still got 1ft to use. Otherwise will lose it.
0.2 itb.
Any ideas?
I don’t know. You look set for the DGW for the week after.
You probably will want City for that though but I don’t see what you would change right now.
You might be better to burn it.
Cheers gp and kralin happy new year
Happy new year mate
Not really, unless you fancy a one-nite stand with a new goalie for this week – Leno maybe? McCarthy may well get a few save points however.
Question is, do you really need to use FH now?
Answer I suppose is – if bench-boosting in 19 then I can see the logic of FH in 18. It’s a pretty good strategy.
The big random variable is Covid – which is completely out of control in the UK at the moment. We may well see further postponements but we may not – very hard to predict.
Agreed. My thoughts are there will likely be a harder BGW later in the season to navigate. In 18, it looks fairly easy to have 8-10 players and I’ll take that. This looks like the trickiest season to plan for, therefore I’d rather have the FH available in case we get hit with a brutal BGW at some point
You ready to go, team looks fine
Good morning. Happy New Year everyone x
Happy New Year Carolyn
Very happy new year Carolyn.