FF247 FPL Team GW9
Welcome to FF247 FPL Team GW9
Rite of passage
Remember GW8? Barely? Well hear us now as we take you back and display our feathers proudly.
67 points – 12 above the average – whilst good, is not exactly earth- shattering, but taken in the context of our previous two weeks where we were below average and taking hits (well one), then we’re content and ready to grasp the nettle and tackle the week ahead vigorously…
…and more on that later.
What seems like TEN Fridays ago, Southampton beat Newcastle United 2-0 and Alex McCarthy made it four clean sheets in six for our team. We still have the two Newcastle boys who posted just two points each. Elsewhere on the Friday Charlie Taylor (8) was the toast of FF247 towers with his two bonus points supplementing his clean sheet in Burnley’s 0-0 at Brighton.
Onto Saturday and we had just one playing – DCL with an assist in the 3-1 loss to United. Oh and Soucek on our bench, who collected 9 points – that was always coming!
On Sunday we had Villa’s Konsa and Grealish each notching 6 points at Arsenal. Salah pre-Covid with 9 at City and his teammate Trent and his customary 2-pointer but before all that Harry Kane and Heung-min Son ‘combined’ for 21 points (Kane got 18 as captain) and even that was late in the day – 88mins or not though, it doesn’t say that in the FPL history books!
We grab a green arrow and move from 2,352,440 to 1,969,451 – just under 400,000 places and as of Wednesday evening our squad has FIVE injury flags…
…and more on that later.
Our GW8 Result…
Let’s go see what was decided this week…
This week the plans are… to WILDCARD!
Our GW9 Wildcard
With more flags gathering than the UN we decided to take the plunge. Unfortunately we seem to have inadvertently waterboarded our latest recruit in the process….
Poor old GP (The Gallant Pioneer) joined our (FF247 Team) ranks in the summer but it was somewhat remisss of us not to give him a rite of passage. You know… doing a karaoke version of Come on Eileen on a table, or some such high jinx. We thought we should make amends this week and allow him to organise our first Wildcard of the season. Welcome to the jungle, my friend…
Cue 10pm on Friday night, and with an article deadline looming, we found him wandering around his garden with a quart of whisk(e?)y in one hand and a rope in the other.
Having being suitably restrained (tied back in his FF247 chair) this is what he managed to get the ‘committee’ to agree to:
How did we land on this particular lot? In all seriousness we went around the houses that much that we could realistically have landed on anything. There seems little point in talking you through each and every pick, the reasons for most are fairly obvious. It’s probably easier (and perhaps more helpful?) to tell you who actually missed out, or at least got ‘close but no cigar’: Dias (fall guy when we decided to go with the Kane / Vardy combo), Son, Watkins, Che Adams. Bruno… To name but a few. We had so many combos / last minute suggestions that we could forgive GP if he never came back.
To confirm then we have taken the old Wildcard plunge
Captain – Jamie Vardy
To compound GP’s confusion Bruno Fernandes technically won this week’s captaincy vote. And we don’t even own him! Yep, this is the madness we have descended into.
In a late recount / sanity check Vardy won, just. Over Jack, who wears the vice-band.
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I’ve been pouring over my wildcard team all week too. This is what I’ve come up with. Thoughts?
I’d go for Chilwell over Zouma.
A combination of maybe:
Mings to Targett
Soucek to Bissouma and/or
Justin to Kilman to make it happen?
Actually I can do it with just Mings to Targett.
:yes:
Worth keeping Son? Or time to switch away from Spurs?
he did score when spurs beat them in feb
Will Salah be out for GW10? Any news about test result back in UK?
Can’t tell yet. Too early.
How am I looking guys? -4 used.
Starting 11 and bench about right?
Thanks!
Yep
Yeah exactly as I would play it!
GTG. Zaha brace incoming.
I prefer this avatar, it’s delicious picture of the purple one!!
:good:
Morning all,
This is my current squad with 2 FT’s.
I’m going to bring Chilwell in for TAA. I’m also going to sell Salah but I’m somewhat undecided as who to replace him with. I think it’s between Ziyech & KdB.
Any thoughts or advice?
hi Kop
If you go Zitech , how would you go about getting in KDB if you wanted him ?
I could turn Son into KdB next week. Obviously, I’ll then have the issue of getting Salah back!!
Prob the way to go so
I did a few “drink influenced transfers” for a -8 and have myself in a KDB or Kane spot in the coming weeks (bought Vardy)
It’s many a year since alcohol played a part in my transfers!
I think of the two I’d go for KdB now and Son out next week. Am considering something similar.
I am thinking of taking Zaha for Salah, and keeping my option for next week open (KdB in, Fernandes or Salah – or maybe two big ballers for a hit – in each case for Son)
Ziyech playing Newcastle this week is pushing me towards getting him this week and KdB next week.
Do this mate.
Fair point, both are good moves imo.
I did TAA to Chilwell. Now have similar dilemma.
It really depends on whether you want to get Salah back and when. It makes sense to do Salah to Ziyech now and Son to KDB next week. If you wanna get him back sooner, though, you find yourself in a pickle!
I think the plan would be to bring Salah back for GW12 against Fulham.
Hi all,
Having issues making a transfer descision this week. Considering getting both KdB and Ziyech, but not sure who to sell.
Could alternatively spend one of the transfers improving my defense instead?
Any and all advice is very appreciated!
If you are planning on selling Salah -> Saiss to whoever and Salah to Ziyech. Son to KDB next week.
Son to Ziyech probably for me
Thanks – What about
Salah -> KdB
Jimenes -> Vardy ?
Would leave me with 2m itb to adjust defense next week
Nothing wrong with those moves either RITZ