FF247 FPL Team GW26
Welcome to FF247 FPL Team GW26
A Wildcard Waltz and a Bench Boost Beckoning
Anyway, part one of the plan worked! We wildcarded last week and scored 82 points – a very respectable 32 points above the weekly average and a climb to 616,720 overall.
The reason we wildcarded was so that we were in a position to absolutely hammer the upcoming DGW26 with as many players with two games as possible. We go with 14 of the 15 which we’re delighted with but more on that later.
The Premier League confirmed the DGW26 fixtures ONE MINUTE PAST THE GW25 deadline (yeah great, thanks etc / insert own expletive) – effectively meaning that you couldn’t technically guarantee a Wildcard/Bench Boost combo across these two weeks would work.
Yeah we took a bit of a risk but ‘fortune favours’ and all that!
The past week was a poor one from McCarthy in goal, and Ilkay Gundogan in midfield – only one of those was a real surprise, and you don’t need to be a mastermind to establish which. The wet blanket that is Tottenham Hotspur contrived again to fluff it at West Ham and the usually lethal duo of Harry Kane and Heung-min Son returned just four points between them, as yet more mis-stepping by Spurs has them tumbling towards the bottom half of the table.
On to the more positive and everyone else was awesome really. Double digits from Barnes, Bruno and the Leeds double of Bamphinha combined with a rock solid defence consisting of Digne, Dias and Cancelo meant we are extremely pleased with a rise of almost 110,000 places and a third consecutive green arrow. In fact that’s 9 green arrows in 10 now.
Easy this FPL lark.
Our GW25 Result…
Now, looking back at our wildcard selections, we view that with enough forward-planning, joined-up thinking and no particular animosity in selections (see; “boring”) we see what past ‘us’ has left for present ‘us’ to use, and now come to decide what future ‘us’ will have to say next week about what past ‘us’ was thinking.
In other, simpler terms, let’s go see what was decided.
Our GW26 Transfer(s)
In discussions about transfers it was noted that we only really had two Leeds players on single gameweeks and unanimously everyone agreed that Raphinha wouldn’t be sold and if we did, quite correctly, “we’d want him back soon enough”. Raphinha stays.
Bamford then was under the microscope. That sounds harsh but DGWs are DGWs and although we don’t hate the Leeds man; the return of Dominic Calvert-Lewin, the impressive way Everton dealt with Liverpool, the Toffees matches in the double being against Southampton and West Brom and the fact we could do it for free meant that this was a big favourite for us. Dominic Calvert Lewin is in!
That left us with only McCarthy with a single gameweek and to be honest, he and Southampton haven’t been doing it lately (putting it mildly), so we thought about a DGW goalkeeper and all we could afford was either Sam Johnstone of West Brom or Alphonse Areola of Fulham.
We picked the Frenchman due to him having many more points so far, the fixtures in the DGW for both were a bit muchy muchy.
The -4 for this will hopefully cancel out if it is only two 2-pointers but we are optimistic. Afterwards he becomes a cheap option on our bench as we most likely revert back to Martinez with no harm done. Areola nips in for a -4.
To confirm then we have SOLD PATRICK BAMFORD AND ALEX McCARTHY and BOUGHT DOMINIC CALVERT-LEWIN AND ALPHONSE AREOLA
***BENCH BOOST IS ACTIVE***
Captain – HARRY KANE
This wasn’t straightforward at all. The first three votes were for Harry, Bruno and Lucas (Digne. Yep. Guess by who!).
The fourth and fifth votes went to Harry so that’s that decided. If things go wrong, new signing Dominic Calvert-Lewin carries the vice.
Our GW26 team in full…
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Hey all,
Cant decide between these 2
Any preference
Cheers
Or this
2nd one if BB is done
No BB unfortunately
I always find – and this is my fault, not yours – that looking at two fairly similar teams presents a slight ‘spot the difference’ type challenge, almost to the point of it being an initiative test.
I honestly can’t see what the difference is between them.
Rafina, Shaw & white out for anguissa, digne & burn
I’ll leave it to wiser heads than mine to guide you there.
2 as you’re unlikely to ever want to play Raphinia over that front three.
The main reason for the 2 teams is that I cant decide between canvelo and digne so this seemed the best way to get both
Why is everybody overlooking Salah for in a DGW ?? Not thinking he can outscore Kane any gw
Pay attention at the back there. There are at least a couple of managers here who’ll be doing just that – and I suspect thousands of
ghost teamsother managers too.For me, it’s because Liverpool are playing terribly, likely won’t have Allison for the two games plus will probably be playing their 19th CB partnership of the season.
I’ve gone with him for the simple reason I want Liverpool to start winning again and if they do he’s likely to be part of it. I am under no illusions at all however and would not be surprised if they lose both games.
So rather than my usual safety first efforts this is more a I’ll be pleasantly surprised if it works out effort.
I like this sentimental plan Kralin, hasn’t worked for me so far but maybe just this one time it might…. :wink2:
See I want Liverpool to start winning again and its why I haven’t gone with him. Whenever I back or bet on Pool players they do shite :rofl:
Salah will probably score maybe even 2 over the gw. I am just hoping for a kane hatty
I’m not captaining him or allowing him to grace my pixellated field. I’ve got him on my bench.
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Which I’m boosting :wink2: .
Finally made.my mind up – 12 taken and BB activated. Am I gtg and good luck everyone.
Good luck man u man
Who do we prefer Vardy or Kane? Would have Barnes and Kane so not about coverage
Given the respective form and fixtures and now absence from Europe – then Leicester and so Vardy.
Kane for me. Vardy is doing “grand” but Kanes ceiling is much higher
Short term (DGW26) Kane but just. Long term Vardy (but just), I think.
That’s slightly confusing, reading it back, as you seem to be asking about choosing between Vardy and Kane when you already own Kane. Or maybe events have moved on and his twin brother, Larry Kane, has burst onto the scene?
Oh was meant to be Son or Vardy sorry?
Vardy then definitely.
:big-lol:
Vardy then, I think :laugh2:
Vardy
When kane scores high son is not to far behind.
But think I’d now say vardy just by a little
Maddison been out makes me say kane
Mine, I have seen a lot going for Kane as captain, what is it that I don’t know?
Init included some stats in the captain picks. In short, Kane bullying the bottom teams. He is also a bonus magnet
He has scored a lot of goals vs Burnley. And Fulham dont have the best defensive record, spurs in a bit of a slump at the moment is the only worry
Fulham’s defence isn’t bad btw
Completely transformed I’d say.
That said one goal from Kane could be 9 points so the potential for big scores
Who are you going with?
Not bad, but as cs is unlikely. Leno on pens to. I’d take the 1 goal and 2 bp lol
Gavy, he has indeed.
6 goals and 2 assists in the last 4 games against Burnley.
As for Fulham…. He has scored against all 8 bottom teams this season.
He’s a popular TC choice too! If Spurs get back to winning ways, those fixtures are super juicy.
Is this worth bench boosting? Ings will be DCL and Grealish would probably be Barnes?
Maybe? Helpful eh
Leeds do play SHU GW 30
Would the moves be a -4 or -8?
Not a bad week for the TC too
-4. TC seems to be a great option too but I think someone pointed out Spurs could potentially have a much better GW in the future.
One more thing I’m a leaning towards BB instead of TC is I think BB is going to get tougher towards the end with more possibility of rotation. I can be confident of 1 player later on who I can TC instead of being confident about my 15 playing.
Yes.