FF247 FPL Team GW28
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The Invisible Man
We are sure many of you are familiar with the 80/20 rule of business; 20% of the effort for 80% of the results. Or some such iteration. This week we invented a new one for FPL, the 70/30 rule. To explain, we got 49 of our 70 points (70%) from 3 of our 11 players (circa 30%). But sometimes it’s just like that.
The 3 in question were Kane (19), Gundogan (20, C) and Bruno (10). No big surprises there then. Elsewhere our ‘power defence’ of Cancelo, Dias and Digne brought home 3 points, combined. Son at least got an assist but that was the highlight from the rest of the attackers as Watkins, DCL and Raphinha all got 2 each. Martinez did us proud as usual in goal with 7 but even he got trumped by his understudy Areola (8), but you’d have to have had some real special powers to see that one coming. Or perhaps just have watched Liverpool recently.
All in all the our 70 was 10 above average and meant the most modest of modest jumps in rank of about 2k to leave us at 402,245th. Any green is always welcome though and that is now 11 in 12 of those.
Our GW27 Result…
Let’s go see what was decided this week with £0.0m in the bank but 2 free transfers up our sleeve…
Our GW28 Transfer(s)
Blank GW29 is obviously looming and it would be folly of us to ignore it’s presence, especially as we currently only sport 6 players for it. But with 2 FTs spare, and 1 next week, it doesn’t overly concern us as we can quite easily stroll through it with 9 players, maybe even 10 if we take a hit next week. It’s not as if the fixtures are overly enticing for it anyway.
That said, it did focus our minds a bit as to how we would take said stroll. With a stricken Barnes on our bench that was an obvious starting point. The less obvious thing was his replacenet. The only real stand out candidate for us was Jesse Lingard. Who comes with a slightly inconvenient caveat in that he can’t actually play this week! The plan would of course be to simply stash him for future use.
The subject of a certain Mr Bale came up, certainly in terms of GW29 anyway. The issue there seems to be his price tag but we may have landed on a cunning plan, Mr Blackadder. Which, without boring you too much, or indeed comitting ourselves, seems to involve ‘Burning DCL in Valencia‘. Not literally of course, well… we hope so anyway. We shall leave you to read between the lines on that riddle but it shouldn’t be too difficult to unpack!
For now we have decided to simply bring in Jesse and keep him on ice, in perfect condition. A bit like Man Utd did. For West Ham.
To confirm then we have SOLD Barnes and BOUGHT Lingard
Captain – Harry Kane
This one was unanimous, a clean sweep of; Kane (c), Bruno (V) responses. When in form, etc…
Our GW28 team in full…
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We’ve bought a guy who can’t play. … that MUST be a new one even for us.
All is revealed though.
Exactly the move I’m pondering.
Though part of it is saving me from an enormous benching headache this GW (my other choices are Bale and Saka).
I do like the idea of stashing something aside for a rainy day. Hopefully someone will say, you do realise he’s not playing, don’t you? and I’ll pretend to look / sound surprised.
You do realise he’s ineligible to play this week? 😯
On a more serious note , no site team love for targett?? Picked up 12 points in the reverse fixture.
(pretends to look surprised)
Agree on Target. With Chelsea’s defensive solidity, I’d probably start Targett over Raph. Especially as Newcastle pose almost 0 attacking threat.
Yeah I’d play Targett over Raph
How many times has the site team u-turned though? Has Cookie’s early evening meal been disturbed? Are the air-waves buzzing? Will we get breaking news on the BBC – FF 247 site team benches Raphina.
Asked for his opinion, a bemused Matt Targett said ‘It’s a great honour I’m sure but I honestly haven’t the fkn foggiest what you’re on about’.
Can’t see it changing
I doubt very much that decision will be reversed. It wasn’t even discussed in the first place, which suggests it won’t be.
I’m on the committee myself, as such, but usually just act as a reporter / interpreter on here to their nonsense suggestions :rofl:
In short; already got Martinez covering, not beyond the realms of possibility that Newcastle do eventually score, not beyond the realms of possibility that Bielsa finally cracks the Chelsea code and if he does then Raphinha will probably be involved. And I’m not convinced that scoring points in a previous fixture months ago has any bearing on this one!
Great looking team guys!
What do we reckon here? Roll or Salah to Bale? 1FT and 0.7m
I’d roll, I really don’t like the idea of tripling up on one team in attack.
+1
Any suggestions? 1ft 1.5 itb. No fh and probably wc in 31. Can’t see any obvious transfers as I need to keep the Leeds and West ham lads for gw29.
Punt on Coufal with almost all of United’s starting forwards injured ?
Good to go
My Idea….Targett may be better than Raphinha.
Please rate my team below
I have no FT and 2.7 in bank, also i have 8 players playing GW29 (Holding and Grealish doubts)
Good to go. I don’t trust Dean Smith and assume grealish is missing gw29.
What are the chances of Gundogan being rested vs Fulham after playing the whole 90 midweek ? UCL next week as well I’m assuming.
I think he plays most weeks but it’s certainly possible for any of their important players this week
Trying to guess that is a fool’s errand. Or so I find.
Given his ownership it’s slightly academic anyway.