Fantasy Football The FF247 Community Team
What do Heart of Midlothian, AFC Wimbledon and Galatasaray have in common?
They are all football clubs owned and operated by their supporters.
So?
So, I thought that seeing as this works brilliantly within (some) football clubs, then I wondered if this could be transferred to the fantasy world. A hugely talented fantasy player friend of mine first mooted this idea this close season and it got me to thinking, what if we did have our FF247 community represented as a single entity this coming season? I wondered if it could work. I wondered how it would work. I wondered if people would like the idea or how popular it could grow to be. I wondered if the FF247 Community Team could be the first supporter-owned team to win the World Title.
As far as I am aware, there is no other fantasy site with a community team. So are you with me?
Alright, first of all, the selection of everything to do with our team will be “one member, one vote”.
Basically if you go as far as to log in and leave a message to a supporter vote question, then you are a member.
So here is how it will work.
Initial selection
We will firstly vote to decide on our preferred playing formation.
The second vote will be to ask how you think the money in our team should be shared across all four playing positions.
Thirdly and most excitingly of all, the next vote will determine our first player.
I think it is fairest and most sensible to select players alternatively by position in turn beginning with strikers and working back through the team so we would vote thus:
Striker /Midfielder /Defender /Goalkeeper then returning to Striker to continue.
Ahead of each vote I would gauge the popularity of particular players through your discussions and early RMT enquiries and present to you a selection for you to vote for. The aim is to make the list as concise as possible but fear not there will be plenty of choice.
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Weekly selection
I will ask you to vote for one goalkeeper and one outfield player you WOULD PLACE ON THE SUBSTITUTES BENCH. This vote will indicate who the least popular players are for the week and determine the most popular sub – i.e. he who most of you think WON’T have a good gameweek, goes to the last place on the bench, next most popular goes second and third takes first outfield spot on the bench. Goalkeeper with most ‘sub’ votes takes the sub GK spot.
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Transfers
Each week there will be two transfer votes.
The first will ask “Who do you think should be sold from the FF247 Community Team?”
The second will ask: “Who do you think the FF247 Community Team should buy valued at £ ‘X’ ?
Multiple transfers (Points Hits), Wildcards and Chips
This is where it can be a bit hairy for us but not insurmountable – the theory will be that if at least five members request using any of the above, it will be put to a vote.
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Captaincy
We will use the existing captaincy poll on site and select the most popular player for that week who is in the FF247 Community Team. The second most popular within the team will be vice-captain.
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Summary
We will no doubt encounter little problems as we move along but where possible, I will always seek the advice of you, our members as to how they would suggest the problem dealt with.
I will be happy to address any issues or answer any questions you might have – leave them on our Community Team page which will be with us soon. If I don’t answer right away, please check back, I will answer.
I hope you will become involved with each vote as it appears. There may seem like there are a lot of votes but it will literally take you five seconds to take part as most of your replies will be one word.
This is intended to create additional interest away from our own teams, to not take itself too seriously or be bogged down with ‘what-ifs’. We should be democratic but not boring.
It is meant as a way for our fantastic community to bond further and with a bit of luck, to draw new visitors and encourage them to take part with us.
We may even be lucky and form a bit of a local FF247 fantasy rivalry as we progress…..
This is for you guys and your support is appreciated.
‘Your Team, Your Community’
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A word from FF247…
Team Management!
The Gallant Pioneer is your team manager for this one and he will be ably assisted by his two beautiful assistants in the form of NZAlex and Ellefcee. Please support them in this venture, it’s a brave new frontier but something that could work brilliantly given the community we have here.
Just one point though – the second you all start beating the site team it’ll be pulled quicker than a Jack Wilshire muscle 😉
Thanks for reading Fantasy Football The FF247 Community Team – Fantasy Premier League 2015/16. This article was written by The Gallant Pioneer
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Thnx for the advice..Let’s see where it goes before the start of season..
Morning all this Commuinity team looks like being interesting & a bit of fun well done GP , NZ Alex & Elle it’s hard enough having one team to manage , look fwd seeing how it goes good stuff
Thanks Silver, will be an interesting thing to see how it goes. Have you voted mate?
Morning all,
Little bit of help needed on selections:
Silva or Sterling?
Morning AT, I have Sterling in my current draft. If they where both the same price I think id go Silva but not at a mil cheaper.
Morning Alex, yeah it’s certainly a tricky one.
Silva will always be a favourite of mine but, Fantasy wise, Sterling may actually outscore him this year. If they were the same price I too would probably favour Silva but, as you day, £1m different which could be huge this year!
Another question then:
Would you prefer Costa and Sterling (Sterling only City cover) or Aguero and Depay (Would leave Azpi and Haz as Chelsea cover, Aguero as City cover and Rooney and Depay as United cover)?
AT, for me Kun and Haz are must haves. Im keeping Sterling (at present) as well. I like the look of Depay but will see how he goes over the first few weeks.
Aguero and Depay. I think Silva will score more points than Sterling but expect numbers to be similar. I’m not convinced Hazard is a must have because of his price. There are other options available. Though not as good but 2.5 million more than Fabregas For example is a lot
Morning all
I need a little help with my team
I am thinking about rotating Redmond/Atsu and Ruddy/Stekelenburg. Thoughts on that?
I chose Chadli over Milner because of better fixtures (except the first game). Other option is to start with Milner and get Chadli in GW2
Defense is little headache. Open to all suggestions.
Hi Johnny, nice forward line!
Those rotations work fine. That’s assuming Atsu nails a starting berth. I’ve no idea if he will.
Defence is ok and not far off with a couple of adjustments. I’m not sure if Yoshida will start but either way I’d switch him for someone else given that you have the keeper already. Not sure I’d double up on any team at the back with the exception of Chelsea perhaps.
Thanks for your help. I will definitely look into defense a bit more
3-4-3
Weekly
Kun if fit – Costa
Anyone looking at Kosac as 3rd budget striker? Looks nailed on with good preseason form and costs 5!
Yeah I’m watching Villa fwds with them being priced so low, no doubt they will be spending some of the Benteke money on a replacement though, they’ll be signing Ayew from Lorient but I know little about him.
That’s Swanseas Ayew younger bother and if they sign him he surely is one to watch.