FF247 Site Team News GW17-21 Christmas Special
Ho ho hell yeah, points!!
Welcome to FF247 Site Team GW17
The next few weeks feel like a real chance for us to finally kick-start our season — a festive resurrection, if you will. We’re now lined up to play three chips across the next three gameweeks, and with a sprinkling of Christmas luck, we could head into the holidays looking far more like our former selves. Or at least less like a team that’s been on the naughty list since August.
This week, Lady Luck came dressed as Santa and actually delivered, but let’s face it, now more than ever, this game is all about luck. Planning, watching matches, researching stats? Largely pointless. Dave from accounts is top of the league, has declared himself an FPL savant, and delivers a weekly carol dedicated to FPL Harry and Let’s Talk FPL. Throw in his Hub subscription and, naturally, he owns all the same players as you — just a gameweek earlier. Festive miracles everywhere.
Anyway, back to us. We unwrapped a few points, and the transfers mostly paid off. While Raya and Anderson delivered coal, Ekitike played the role of Christmas miracle with a tasty 13-pointer. Foden kept the goodwill flowing with 11pts, and while we may have slightly fluffed the captaincy — consider it a stocking filler gone wrong — the damage was minimal at just 2pts lost. Four of our eleven blanked, but the other seven worked overtime to drag us safely down the chimney.
By full-time, we’d racked up 82pts — a generous 22pts over the average. A festive green arrow followed, hoisting us up from 3,684,352 to 2,948,834. Not quite a Christmas number one, but definite progress as we edge toward the top half of the advent calendar.
Our Gameweek 16 Result
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We have £01m in the bank and 1 free transfer to use ahead of GW17. Let’s go see what was decided….
Our GW17 Transfer(s)
We’ve now pressed the Free Hit button, locking in our festive chip strategy. Next week brings the Wildcard, followed by a slightly unhinged Bench Boost in peak rotation season. Sensible? No. Seasonal chaos? Absolutely.
The XI largely picks itself. There’s a triple-up on Bournemouth for their plum fixture against Burnley, while City at home to West Ham feels like an early Christmas present. Form players Wilson and Foden make the cut, and we’re asking Arsenal for a clean sheet — which feels about as safe as leaving mince pies unattended around Big Sam.
The only mild surprise is our decision to keep faith with Ekitike. But after delivering 13pts last week, he’s earned another go. Add in a Spurs side arriving fresh off a 3–0 stuffing, and suddenly the decision feels very much in the spirit of goodwill.
Haaland wears the armband. He’ll be Triple Captained by plenty this week, so going against him feels like asking for socks when everyone else is opening PlayStations. We’ll take the sensible gift and move on.
To confirm then we have played our Free Hit
Captain – Haaland
Our GW17 team in full…
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For the remainder of the Christmas period we shall update the FF247 team and post our moves in the comments to this one.
You can follow the progress of the FF247 Site Team here
Thanks for reading FF247 Site Team News GW17-20 Christmas Special. This article was written by Fantasy Football 247
PREDICTED LINE-UPS
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Raziel
Dorgu and Cunha both starting. Do something boys.
MattX
Site Team Updates.
It’s short and sweet this week. We are rolling. Team looks good on paper so let’s try save a move.
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Shrivathsa
All the best site team
hammerfan_lm
Ftx4
Itb-0.3m
Do I roll or go for a week punt on Thiago for Ekitike and bench Dorgu.
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Shrivathsa
Would play Rice over Dorgu. Save the FT, if it comes to it, maybe move for Watkins, as he is a streaky player and chances are he will score again. In case Ekitike is benched Wilson will come in with his customary goal
hammerfan_lm
Ooppps, I posted the wrong team.
I did actually have rice in the team, and Ekitike benched lol.
So you reckon maybe Watkins over Thiago if need be
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Terminators
I think how you have it.
I am also benching Ekitike, as I have other options, I think Ekitike is 50/50 if he will play and I think he will, but I cannot see him getting much either way.
Selling Ekitike for who, Waltermade, Thiago, Watkins, Pedro have all been pretty poor but then popping up with one great GW and then nothing again, with the good fixtures coming after a few weeks I think people will want Liverpool cover and that is either Ekitike or Wirtz surely?
Can you do Timber > Gabriel? It looks like you just have enough, he’s going up again tonight as well it looks, huge sideways move but Gabriel is looking like a must own.
hammerfan_lm
Terminators, I’m 0.3m sort of getting Gabriel.
So, should I just stick with what I have and roll the transfers
Terminators
What price can you sell Timber for? I know he has gone up and you don’t get the full amount but you only got him recently, it depends on other moves Alderete > Gudmundsson is viable as a third on your bench, other than that it would have to be Nallo at £3.7m the lowest priced player who I had to get in last week
so I could afford Gabriel!
It comes down to risk / reward, I am okay with £0 ITB and a none player though.
Nothing wrong with holding for now, see what happens with Dorgu with a new manager as he may not now play well out of position, there is a break after this GW as well.
hammerfan_lm
Terminators, I only get 6m for Timber. Had him a while I think.
I only recently swapped Gudmenssen for Alderete lol.
I will hold for this week.
As for Dorgu, who knows. They reckon Fletcher is in place till the end of the season, but it’s Man Utd, that could change again next week.
mikekelly12
I had a shocker. If I’d have stuck with my original team I’d be 25 points better off. Gotta love this game!!
Raziel
Hmm? What happened?
mikekelly12
I swapped James for Timber (was 0.1m short for Gabriel) as I wanted Arsenal cover and Rogers for Cunha cost me 4pts to make the swap. The original line up had Rice as first sun but second in my changed team with Keane first sub. Cunha scored 4 more points than Rogers. O’reilly 1 more point than Timber (O’Reilly would have played in first draft) and Rice scored 17 more than Keane
so actually cost me 26 points!
Shrivathsa
Do you think we will get a Harry & Lloyd GW21 Article? Deadline is approaching for GW21
Rosco
Apologies!! Its live!
mikekelly12
Based on last GW disaster, thinking of just sticking with this. Unless anyone has any inspirational ideas for me