FF247 Site Team News Gameweek1
Our 2024/25 Finished Overall Rank and Recent History
Okay so we did not have a great season last year but Rosco already told you guys about all that in our Preseason Site Team article from two weeks ago so I won’t go back over it. You can see our teams history and the finishing rank in the image above. You can see we have had a very up and down few seasons with last year being our worst season EVER! That kind of means that the less said, the better.
Initial set up
We showed you all two weeks ago how we could go with a Bench Boost or not and showed you two drafts with minimal changes depending on which way we decided to go. Things have slightly changed in the FPL landscape since that article with what looks like a playing 4.0 keeper in Dubravka and a multitude of 4.0 defenders but the issue is there is a flag for Dubravka. Not a great sight. We also told you all that we would be putting more of a community voice into the Site Team this season and asking for your opinions. We felt that NO BENCH BOOST was what people kind of wanted and we agreed, so our team will not be one with BB in mind.
With that in mind, we basically just started picking players we wanted – regardless of price. That obviously wasn’t going to be allowed by the FPL PSR rules so we left the absolute locked players of Salah, Palmer Watkins. We voted on a goalkeeping pairing of Sels and Dubravka for that set and forget combo that will hopefully do well. After that, the lads kind of let me (Matt) take the reins! 
I was going to go a little crazy and put in differentials galore but decided I didn’t want to screw it all up from the get-go. Therefore I played it kind of safe and went with a largely template X draft. We do have a few yellow flags on the team but Rogers was seen in training so hopefully he’ll be fine.
Big at the back with Porro, Murillo and Cucurella will hopefully be a good mix of the DEFCON and attacking potential that all of them offer. Hartman is a little differential I’ve stuck in as he seems to be playing, isn’t owned by a lot of people and won’t really be needed anyway so price drops shouldn’t be a worry. You can see the 15 currently chosen in the screenshot below.
The Community Decision
We told you all that we would give you a voice this year but to make it as clean and easy as possible it might not be every week and it will only be one choice. We will decide the majority. There is one choice I wanted to give you all and it is to choose the final two up for grabs spots.
Therefore select one of these combos and I will tell you all in an edit to this article tomorrow before the deadline.
Which is your favorite combo?
Captain – Salah
Obvious choice here. Just play it safe and see what happens!
Edit/Update on the above vote –
The winner was Ndiaye and Bowen so the team will stay as it is.
You can follow the progress of the FF247 Site Team here
Thanks for reading FF247 Site Team News Gameweek1. This article was written by Fantasy Football 247
PREDICTED LINE-UPS
Back by popular demand! Well, sort of… Drafthound have changed their line-up approach this season and what it means for us is that we are no longer able to display a live feed of it on here due to some technical difficulties. That said, what they have done looks great and is still only a click away so if you want to access those they are HERE
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FPL FIXTURE TRACKER
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Last minute twitchiness and have far too many team variations to mention. What about this one?
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Think there are better options for Caicedo.
I’m thinking about the new defensive points but very open to other ideas – for Rogers I have to change a few others
Rogers fit completely changes everything for me. Must try to fit him in.
Makes sense Raz
Saka + Strand Larsen vs Bruno + Joao Pedro. At the moment on Saka + Strand Larsen.
Saka and Bruno have equally bad fixtures, you could argue Saka’s are slightly better + potential Gameweek 2 captaincy option. Joao Pedro has potential high upside but worried about his minutes. I think Delap would start a few games here and there. Any opinions on which option to go to?
Sake and SL edge it for me – Pedro could easily be a sub and he is no longer on penalties which helped his points in the past
Thanks Leprechaun, just wanted some confirmation bias. Don’t see too much love for Saka had me questioning myself about his pick. Maybe its the penalty uncertainty with Gyokeres joining.
Hello all! Happy FPL Friday.
What’d you all think of this lineup? I have 0.5M ITB and I’ll be doing a bench boost for GW1
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I was about to say “check your bench order”, but BB is looking good
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Ok, a few hours left. How do you fellas like this one?
Thinking that it’s easier to sell haaland than to bring him in….
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I’m avoiding Haaland rn. He’s crazy expensive for someone that’s been a little inconsistent over the last 12 months. It feels like paying extra tax.
Personally, I’m avoiding for the time being.
(Watch him smash a hat-trick haha)
You want my opinion? Honestly, I’m not a fan of this team one bit. I fear you sacrifice the complete balance of the team by going for Palmer, Salah and Haaland. Of course, it could work out if Haaland bags 3 the first gameweek. But still there remains lesser options and low budget players in defense and, midfield and attack. Also, any other Forest defender apart from Aina. Van der Ven is not bad and a budget option with a potential goal in him, but Porro pretty much does all set pieces. Diouf is better than Wan. I have Reijnder but having Reijnders, Ndiaye, Szob and Strand… Feels like a risky combo. I can go on. But you get my point. On that note. You can completely disregard all my opinions on the matter if you love your own team and you want to go with your gut.
Why do you feel Diouf is a better choice that Obi-Wan?
You have to admire the risky moves, Raz
. Good to see someone going bold.
Haaland’s a beast and should do you very well, good luck!
Thanks all! Now i got some thinking to do…
And I could just wc sunday night right?
I have Mcatee and strand larsen thinking about swapping out for Rogers and guli what do you think is best
No harm with that move – I’d do it.