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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Heading into next GW with this team… trying to keep or bring in as many BGW players as I can. Have 2 FT but not sure who makes way right now, I was hoping to try and keep my free hit chip and not have to use it for GW18. I’m a bit frustrated with Grealish but then he plays in 18 so it would be silly get rid now. Any advice very welcome.
What’s your plan for 19?
Play a similar team to this lot maybe with bench boost or TC. I’ve been loading up on DGW players, now that United are in the BGW that makes navigating things a little easier. I don’t think I’m in bad shape at the moment.
Maybe just switch button for now then?
Ederson
Hey dudes – I am going to wish you all H…. N…. Y.. . now eventho tis only 11pm here, and this 10pm in the UK, but at 12 I will probably be eating dessert and getting pissed,so here it is!II l think you’re all wonderful and have a great 2021, cause it can only get better (except if I’m proven wrong, which is rare)
You’re a great bunch and I have yet to have a drink (also my nose is growing longer!)
Happy new year AJW.
Here’s to a slightly less fraught 2021.
Thank you Kralin. I know you’re very worried about the current situation, but I believe that we plug on regardless – I know that much of humanity suffers and we of the ‘spoilt majority’ are less affected, so I am conscious of how lucky we are. Good luck to you and enjoy your year. You sound like a very intelligent person with a social conscience, so keep on! All the best.
Thanks AJW. I was chatting to someone the other day about how in one variation of the way things are going – a variation where the virus mutates again and the vaccines fail – we could be back to the middle ages by the end of the year.
I probably need to revisit my teenage years and reread ‘The Stand’.
However tending generally towards optimism I’d like to think things will slowly move back on track this year. Maybe not Easter but certainly by the summer. Some countries will be on top of it far sooner. Already are.
Happy New Year, bI think I’m going to roll the transfer this week, cos I’ve no idea what to do.
Watkins in for Adams is a thought but you probably wouldn’t play him so no rush there; El Ghazi for Mount is an idea but again, no hurry.
Thanks bud.
Woops, wrong place
Well, there we go. UK in it’s biggest hara-kiri.
Life without the biggest world trading community.
Expect fireworks yes :yes:
Hi all
I’m not sure what to do here? I plan to FH GW 18 do setting up for GW 19 now, I don’t think I’ll be using bench boost GW 19, not enough transfers to get a good enough team together. Any ideas?
Anything ITB? And is it a 1 or 2 TF situation?
Sorry Init 1.8 ITB 1FT.
Have you thought of FH in 19? That’s the way I’m playing it. The theory is I won’t get too beholden to GW18 and 19, the latter in particular – the reality will be I’ll bodge it badly and end up with a weird, compromised team.