Fantasy Football The FF247 Community Team
What is it they say about a camel being a horse designed by committee? Well we wanted to see if we too could create a camel from well, a few donkeys actually, but let’s not be harsh and name names. You know who you are!
The inaugural season was always going to be one laced with teething problems but we are dealing with them as best we can and as diplomatically as we can. The Nobel Prize is in the bag we feel. We try to take an open view on all matters relating to our team and do what the people want or as close as we can get based on the voices we hear. Not in our heads, the other ones we mean.
The purpose of this article is to simply provide a refresh and a reminder as to our progress so far and encourage continued participation going forward. If you have participated in any of our voting thus far, then thank you. That’s what it’s all about.
The story so far
From selecting our budget distribution to a preferred formation to filling the positions player by player in GW1, it was something new, different and exciting. We enjoyed it and let’s be honest, it was something else to focus on after we had all torn up our one hundredth draft and rated our own two hundredth team! We were then set for Game-week 1 with this:
We were bang on the 34 average for that first week.
Just one man remains within our current squad. Guess who?! Riyad Mahrez has undoubtedly been our player of the season. There are a few names to cringe, squirm or wince at there, with hindsight of course.
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The stats
We have 587 points in total.
Currently we reside in position 527,351 of 3,564,851 (within the top 15%)
Team Value: £99.9M. Money in the bank: £2.8M. Overall value: £102.7M
We have made 9 transfers so far and only twice have we voted to save a free transfer and have two to use the next week.
Our Wildcard was used in Game-week 5.
All other chips are still to be used.
Lowest overall rank was in Game-week 2 where we fell to 1,762,749.
Highest overall rank was in Game-week 10 of 214,372.
Game-week 8 was our highest individual point scoring week where we scored 95.
Game-week 1 was the lowest where we managed 34.
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The biggest evolution so far is the streamlining of our voting system by using the independent ‘Strawpoll’ site and its ‘one-tick’ voting system which has proved very popular amongst voters and counters alike! This system has made the whole process of voting much more enjoyable and since its introduction, voting has increased immeasurably and as much as trebled some weeks. We pray this feature remains available to us otherwise Calvin Clyne is going to have to dedicate himself to setting up something similar for us having found Strawpoll for us originally.
Where we are now – GW13
This is how the squad looks ahead of GW13.
Clearly not in the prime of it’s health! But at the same time it may get by on crutches. Or a zimmer frame at least. Fear not though as said walking aids will be administered this week in the form of transfers and luckily we have two of those so it should be a fun week of voting on how best to get this sorry lot up and running again. Keep an eye and ear out for the polls in the comments below in the coming days and help nurse us back to health.
Remember, much like everything else for this team, when we use any of our chips is up to you. If you feel it is a good time to play one, let us know and if we think it merits a vote, we’ll do just that. They have to be used sometime!
We welcome any of your views. If you can see an improvement or a change, please bring it to us by commenting under the FF247 Community Team tab on site here or on twitter @ff247communityteam where all comments are replied to. Remember it is your team and your continued support which is keeping this thing going.
We’ll leave you to check yourselves how we compare to the FF247 site team so far…
Thanks, GP/NZ/ELLE
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* FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM TRANSFER VOTE GW17 *
Hello team! We now look for your thoughts/opinions/criticisms on our current squad. We have some good things and some bad things and we need YOU to let us know what needs improving first!
Please look at the team below and then let us know the number of transfers/who will be leaving and then who will be joining us in your view.
Remember to click on ‘NEXT’ and then ‘DONE’ after each part of the vote.
Our latest transfer – Jack Butland in for Asmir Begovic – brought us in 11 points in his first week. I think we’ll be pushed to beat that but let’s try!
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZPNVHPC
GP/NZ/ELLE
done
Interesting picks so far in the transfers
Kane out for Costa you mean?! Hmmm. I’m assuming ‘other’ is Ozil in the mids. And -4 is most popular so far. Interesting indeed!
ya Kane for Costa – they already have Ozil – I was thinking Ramsey for Hazard myself despite the fixture
Mental. He has more cards than goals
Morning gents,
Yeah I about I’m a bit disappointed and surprised with how popular the Kane out transfer is.
The most popular other is in fact Wijnaldum!
hey guys
and advice? 4.8 ITB, 1 FT
Evening Dreamers. I’d probably leave as is mate. Could sell Kolarov too and take Nyom out.
Evening NIN – you reckon the whole rotation thing again ya?
Maybe someone like Zouma comes to mind
Wouldn’t touch Chelsea mate, they’re all over the place. WHU maybe? Good fixtures. I’m looking at Cresswell myself.
Cresswell is good shout. Dann another with attacking potential as well.
Yeah Cresswell could be good. Only worry is WHU not really scoring much so some attacking potential is lost there. McAuley is another i’m considering.
* FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM TRANSFER VOTE GW17 *
Hello team! We now look for your thoughts/opinions/criticisms on our current squad. We have some good things and some bad things and we need YOU to let us know what needs improving first!
Please look at the team below and then let us know the number of transfers/who will be leaving and then who will be joining us in your view.
Remember to click on ‘NEXT’ and then ‘DONE’ after each part of the vote.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZPNVHPC
GP/NZ/ELLE
GP,
First, thanks for all the work, and the enduring patience for some of our idiocies. I voted, apparently with the majority, to move Hazard (not for injury, for attitude). But I did this, on one move only, to set aside cash for a potential Aguero move. He’s the only one who can really burn us.
I don’t think we can afford Coutinho. I had a lower-rent alternative in mind to get the cash, and others may too.
And I’m disappointed about dumping Kane. with his upcoming games, he’s our best bet for a “bridge” to Aguero.
KI
Thanks for voting mate. We know you’re a mainstay of this team.
I agree in as much as Kane moving on I’m very disappointed with. Costa has me scratching my head in all honesty but this is a fundamental of our ethos. Democracy rooms on this one.
Hazard out I’m happy with.
Thanks for commenting.
About to open this week’s team vote.
* FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM VOTE *
The Community Team has gotten in to the festive spirit early and has cast aside four points with much Christmas cheer. Yes, we’ve voted to make two transfers this week at a cost of -4.
In the poor state Chelsea are in it’s hardly surprising we’ve ditched Hazard for Coutinho. Sadly at the same time we’ve also decided to retain coverage of the manager-less Blues with bib-throwing professional grappler, Diego Costa. Harry Kane makes way.
We now invite you to choose our captain and indeed starting team for Game-week 17.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7Q6SP5N
Please ensure you click NEXT and DONE when prompted to complete your voting. Thanks for your support and enjoy.
GP / NZ / ELLE
Costa???? wow, didn’t see that one coming!
Right, huh?
The mob have spoken Cookie.
I voted Lukaku.>.<
I guess it’s a case of “when playing with other people’s money” on this Kane -> Costa transfer eh?! :/
I can’t really complain cause I didn’t get my vote in, but I will anyway. For shame FF247 community! For shame…
*FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM RECAP – GW17*
Hello.
Another below average (literally) week for ourselves capped by a poor showing by our captain Costa (yep, you read that right) and also our four defensive players combining to produce 4 points. Yep, thanks guys, you’re too kind.
Thank goodness we still retain Mahrez (from day one!) and Ozil. Where would we have been without them? Well, 26 points worse off this week anyway.
Our ranking is 635,411 and we slid over a quarter of a million spots. Eurgh. Could it get worse? Oh wait yeah, we did indeed also fail to qualify for the cup.
Time to get back on the horse lads. We’ll get there!
Boxing Day team vote coming soon.
GP/NZ/ELLE
Game-week 17 in pictures: