Fantasy Football FF247 Team Game-week 35
That turned out nicely! Like many we attacked DGW34, played our Bench Boost chip and ended up with 173pts, which is by far our highest weekly score of the season and has rocketed us up to a rank of 110,894. Still not where we’d like to be, but bearing in mind seven game-weeks ago we were languishing in an embarrassing 900k place, we’ve done ok and had a great run. Let’s hope we can finish off the job and keep rising.
So how was our week. Well, where do we start? Let’s get Liverpool out of the way! Having been Klopped by rotation in their first match of the week, our boys Coutinho and particularly Sakho came up trumps vs Everton with a goal each and a clean sheet for Sakho. Two clean sheets were ordered for United and DDG and they duly delivered, while we were pleasantly surprised by Darlow keeping a cleanie vs Swansea and then holding City to just a single goal. As expected Ward did little, while Simpson and Leicester finally let us down, conceding two to the Hammers with Mahrez contributing nothing either. Gabriel was another disappointment, but was always a risk, while young Lanzini, well, I think we’re still waiting for him to start the DGW!!! And then onto our strikers, our lovely, lovely strikers, all of which did us proud. Aguero the highlight, as ever, with just the four goals in his two games; Rashford started well vs Villa and notched us 10pts for the week and good ol’ Andy Carroll – 15pts for the week. Last but not least, Captain Alexis carried on his great recent form with a goal vs Palace and then bettered it with a first half brace vs West Brom, justifying our faith in giving him the armband.
Transfer decision for GW35 – Sold Philippe Coutinho and Andy Carroll and bought Dele Alli and Harry Kane
Would you believe, the committee were agreed on the hit to bring back Kane and Alli? It’s true. To be honest our aim was always to buy Kane back, hence the one week punt on Andy Carroll – it was more of a case of how we would finance him. Having seen Kane and Alli destroy Stoke and Klopp’s rotation at Bournemouth, the answer pretty much fell into our laps. All very simple, we wanted guaranteed starters and we wanted players who are still playing for something – Spurs clearly have the bit between their teeth as they try and hunt down the Foxes and West Brom at home on a Monday night will hopefully provide the pair with an immediate chance to recoup the 4pt hit and some.
The team in full
Captain – Harry Kane
Now the committee weren’t agreed on this one!! How one confidently chooses between Kun and Kane this week, we don’t know. We were split 3-2, with let’s face it, both players being great looking options this week. Kane takes it by virtue of West Brom’s dire showing on Thursday night at Arsenal. Had Arsenal had a decent striker out there and a desire to go for the jugula, as Spurs often do, then that one could and should have been even more embarrasing. The decision was also helped by our suspicion that whilst Aguero should do well against Stoke, he’s unlikely to see much beyond 60 minutes of action with the small matter of Real Madrid looming in midweek.
Our Vice-captain is Sergio Aguero
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Anyone looking at Costa?
No
No, I’m looking at a bacon sandwich. Tastier, rarely lets you down and doesn’t get sent off!
Thats definitive – would you bring in Sturridge given his rotation risk?
Not this week
Any decent striker who you would then Cookie? I’d be happy to sacrifice Coutinho to fund (looking to trf out Martial). If I dont raise funds, then am in the Pelle or Defoe options
Dreamers, Kane if you don’t have him. If not maybe Defoe for the rest of the season. For a one week punt Pelle or Long.
have Kane – so ya was looking at the likes of Defoe or Pelle – just not very exciting really
Yes, but not completely sold on him yet.
Will get Defoe, want Sturridge but will have to consider rotation. That leaves one of Costa, Lukaku, Rashford, Rooney, Carroll, Kane.
Someone mentioned earlier looking at how many transfers a rival has made this GW, is this pos before the deadline and if so how!?
Rosco – under gw transfers
Cheers dreamers! wish I had known this earlier in the season!! My second season I’ll be much more informed!!
no bother Rosco – only figured it out last week myself….
Hi guys,
Current team is below, having taken Martial out for Pelle. Do you think it’s worth a -4 hit to take out Payet and put in Alli? Means I’d have to find an extra £0.4m to put him back in for the DGW and have Fletcher on the bench, but the transfer rates are rather alarming at the mo!
Cheers!
I had the same situation and ended up taking KDB out, I think given their champions league matches Alli will get more match time and more points than KDB and Payet is a must after this GW
I did that move two days ago.
Like me, you have a few players who could get rested
Alli will bring the points to justify the move IMO
Yes, go for it. Maybe Payet in for KDG GW37.
I’m sooooo tempted to go with Kun, anyone else?
It’s niggling me.. I was following you as you always seem to make good decisions!!
Let’s think about this; Kun and Kane are both in great form, Kun has hit 14 goals in his last 13 games and is on 22 goals for the season, Kane has hit 11 in 11 and is on 24 the season – there isn’t much to split the two. Kun has a major champions league game on Tuesday so will pellegrini play him more than 60 minutes probably not, but then again we know what Kun can do 45 minutes! Kane will have a full week of rest by the time he plays WBA on Monday and spurs are playing extremely well (I’m hanging onto a small dream that they will fuck up)
There isn’t much between them, gut is telling me Kun and head is telling me Kane!
Kane is the “smart” move
For the reasons you said and a few more
But it’s a coin toss
Be happy you have both
Yes Mitro but that probably means you shouldn’t if I had Kane it would be on him
Kane for me.
If West Brom needed the points I’d go for Aguero despite limited match time but what’s tipping it is I don’t think West Brom will be super concentrated defensively because they’re already safe. Plus Spurs are massively on form.
Repost because I really need help!
Rose Bellers Fuchs Sakho
Sanchez Iwobi Firmino KDB
Kun Sturridge
Robles DDG Payet Rashford Delaney
Need a lot of help here as I’m traveling and can’t plan much! I have 1 FT and 0.1 ITB and managed to close the gap from 40 to just 9!!! Thanks for all the help last week as I finished with 185
I’m thinking Payet to Alli because of Alli’s form and fact that he plays this week… If I do that, I can upgrade my Rashford to Carroll eventually… Problem is I’ll lose my TC for 37 so thoughts? I shouldn’t bring a keeper in also because ideally I should have Cresswell, Carroll and maybe Defoe in… Help please!
Good to go?
Any opinions on my sub selection?
Thanks – And good luck to you all!!
Go for it Neo, you have other good options for TC in 37.
Cookster, cup results below mate. Congrats.
Payet to Alli is what I did
Neo, i’d do Payet to Alli. How about Sanchez TC in 38 ?
Thanks all for the help. Payet to Alli and then Rashford to Carroll for 37? Yup I have considered TC Sanchez for 38 and maybe Firmino for 37. Any other choices?
Do I put Iwobi as first sub?
Morning all, here are the results of the Regulars Cup semi-finals :-
Cookies Monsters 158 v 156 Wafflez.
Red Snappers Gone 155 v154 FF247 Community Team.
As you can see 2 well fought and close games. Commiserations to the losers and congrats to the victors. Infact its bad luuck to everyone as we are all involved in the FF247 team.
The final will be in gw 38. Good luck to both.
Cookies Monsters v Red Snappers Gone.
Cheers Elle, some proper close matches!
Who is Red Snappers Gone?
Hope your hand is ok mate.
Good luck Cookie
Thanks its arguably the proudest moment of my life.
I should bloody well hope so.
Kruzcampo.
Yeah its ok, couple of stitches came out, so instead of a neat scar, i’ll have spaghetti jnction.
ouch a close one, congrats to the winners