FF247 FPL Team GW19
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A word to the wise
KdB was duty bound to haul in a City descrution of Brighton. Kane and Son likewise against an unprepared Fulham. A clean-sheet for the former’s team was also a given. A Newcastle cleanie plus some Wilson goals against a hapless Sheffield United was a forgone conclusion. Bruno and United would make light of Burnley and it was only a matter of time until we saw his weekly penalty shuffle.
And then we all skip happily along to DGW19 with a raft of teams to choose from, we’re all in fine fettle though because we’ve been planning ahead for it for weeks now, safe in the knowledge that even tertiary teams such as Southampton, Leeds and Villa have a double game-week. Villa is a case in point as they did, then they didn’t and now they (may) have again, but with different opposition. Maybe.
Errrrmmmm… Huh… Possibly the season so far in a nutshell.
To plan for performances and be failed is one thing, we are all well used to that. To plan for fixtures and be failed is another thing altogether. It does bring into focus whether we all bother to plan at all though, right now. Or do we all just live for the next GW and come what may after that, as it seems certain that the recent examples will only be the tip of the iceberg in terms of games cancelled / re-arranged / brought back to life at the last minute? Even waiting until the deadline seems moot at the moment as we have seen games cancelled hours before their scheduled kick-off time. We don’t know the answer to any of that, we just thought we would throw it all out there as everyone is thinking it!
As for this past week we played our Free Hit and so of course we were caught out / disappointed with some of the above as hardly any of the obvious candidates delivered what was expected, or at least not to any great extent anyway.
That said, we did ok out of it. We ended up with 60 points, a season high GW rank of about 100k and an overall rank rise of just over half a million spots up to 1.2m. Still p*ss poor we know but that’s now three greenies in a row so let’s hope we can build on that momentum.
Our GW18 Result…
Let’s go see what was decided with one free transfer, 0.5m in the bank and a previously well planned team tearing its hair out, or at least what is left of it…
Our GW19 Transfer(s)
To put some perspective on the above our (originally) planned team would have had 8 DGWers and DCL (plus Kane and Bamford). Our new one has 6 minus DCL. Not a massive difference but definitely a difference.
Your writer here was predisposed with work so I let them loose on the team for once, and here’s the result…
To view the minutes of the meeting you would think we had lost half of our squad to Covid and the rest had been indicted as we had Wildcards flying about, people suggesting we play the Free Hit chip (again!) and Bench Boosts being suggested without a bench to play it with! I really do despair at times!
To cut a long story short some sense prevailed and the middle ground reached was that a hit or two for a few extra double GW players probably wouldn’t hurt this week as many will be compelled to do the same as a result of the carnage. A good day to bury bad news, as Jo Moore would have it.
The result was that Kilman, JWP and DCL faced the chop. Dias, Soucek and Antonio were ushered in.
We may have overcooked the turkey on this one as we have essentially ended up with a half-way house in terms of playing a Bench Boost or not. But that’s what happens when you leave the idiots alone to run the asylum for a few days! If nothing else we have a strong bench and there’s probably a lot to be said for one of those these days.
Captain – Salah
It was only really when it came to voting for the Captain that the elephant in the room was revealed. As we started to get votes for… KdB.
(Oh dear. News to break, etc.)
Transfer plans were almost revisited, as going into a DGW sans ‘he who shall no longer be mentioned’ was surely FPL suicide? In truth, we had a quick look and without losing someone like Kane, Bruno or Salah we probably couldn’t get him.
Anyway, back to the players who we do actually own… Salah was awarded a landslide victory. Bruno did likewise in the VC vote.
Our GW19 team in full…
Should you wish to follow the FF247 Site Team’s progress you can do so here.
Bonus FPL Captain Picks Gameweek 19… aka The confessional
With no real time to write up an actual Capo article we simply asked our usual ‘Confessional’ victims for their DGW19 Capo pick, and here is what they came back with;
DMC — Salah
Jamesimmo — KdB
Swirly — Salah
Guy — Salah
Horse — Salah
Matt — KdB
Loud Atlas — Salah
Smash — Salah, but maybe KdB!
Kop — Salah
Cookie – Cresswell
The Gallant Pioneer — KdB
Rosco — KdB (if I buy him), Salah if not!
Ellefcee — KdB
Pre lockdown 2 goals, 3 assists.
Floydeth — Salah
AT — KdB
Init — Bruno (TC)
Mito — Salah
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I decided to bench boost. Might as well since my bench looks pretty good this week.
Anything that needs changing? 0 FT, 0.3 ITB.
I’m going Salah as captain unless anyone can talk me out of it.
Looks a-OK to me and captain is fine.
Thanks Gallant, and good luck.
Guys need some suggestions as to what to do with the transfers? 1FT and 0.5 in the bank.
Only thing I can see is Son to Rashford to get the extra game.
Or Kane to Vardy.
That’s 2 good options, another one is KDB(c) and Antonio for a hit for Kane and Son. What are the chances of KDB getting rested for 1 of the 2 games and Antonio not starting both?
Wouldn’t be keen on losing both Spurs assets in one go like that, SHU is a plum fixture. I think Antonio is a bit of a trap: he hasn’t shown any form yet and I’m not sure how much game time to expect from him (120 minutes as a wild guess). Burnley are no slouches defensively either.
One reason I like Vardy is for his upcoming fixtures.
I’ve seen people suggesting KDB might be rested, but I’ve no idea. The word “exhausted” was used by Pep admittedly. I’ve gone without because I can’t fit him in, but it seems scary not to have him.
What about son to Madison? Still have Spurs cover and adds a good dgw player.
I’m really in two minds here! I either role with Antonio, KDB and Bamford in a 343 taking out DCL and Son or I go with Foden, Son and Antonio in a 352 taking out DCL and Bissouma. Suggestions?
DCL I’d deal with.
Both are fine but Foden, son & Antonio to me.
Hi guys,
Thanks for all the analysis so far, can you please write the link to Floydeth FPL team, as I would like to follow his team and transfers he makes.
Thank you
Of all the requests we have had that’s one of the most bizarre…
We’ve asked him, we can’t just post it without his permission.
Very bizarre…
Not sure how much use this will be to you (unless you are my cup opponent :rofl: ) https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/137/history
Haven’t figured out my plans for this week yet. Potential -8 and BB if I grow some balls :biggun:
I meant no disrespect by ‘bizarre’, probably more just ‘left-field’. I had no idea you were so big in Lithuania :rofl:
He’s our Norman Wisdom In Albania!
You’ve aimed worse insults at me before Init. (A few times) :hippo:
Please rate my team below
I already done with Antonio instead of DCL
What about -4 for Foden or any other player instead of Zaha
Also what about captain ??
I have 1.5 in bank
Change your captain.
Jamie
Sounds like a plan or what about Holding to Stones and bench Bamford.
You should consider offering other managers advice to their requests as well as asking for advice. :good:
Jamie
Bench boost can provide a bit of a headache when planning for it. Later in the season it might not be possible to play the wildcard fielding the optimal 15 dgw players with a possible black a few gws later. Sometimes getting it out the way early can be a relief, at least i would like to but can’t.
Saying that if you are willing to take a hit i would be tempted by Zaha to Soucek and even McCarthy to Ederson and then bench boost looks like it could be a strong option. Just an idea.
Are you planning a BB?
Bench is Dier, Tierney & Brew…Have FT but now thinking again. Have 1 FT, and 0.5 itb…thinking about Mcccarthy + Tierney or Alisoki to 2 DGW players…Suggestions please..Should I FH?
Rather Neto to Soucek and Mccarthy to a DGW keeper..
Those are solid transfers you’ve listed, Soucek for sure. I would bench Alioski for Tierney in the hope that he plays. I’d have Dier first sub and Alioski second sub.
Thinking ofmaybe Alioski to a DGW def (Creswell) and Neto to Soucek…Prefer Cres over Fabianski…And in the long run also I only want a cheap Keeper…
You don’t need to FH.
I would try and do Neto > Soucek