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
And follow your new Community Team on twitter here….
What do you say about this one..??
Dear #Fpl lords…give your respected opinion please on the above team…!!
Looks good. Why 4 defenders in the first 11? I would consider another keeper. City dont keep many clean sheets.
4 defenders because I am playing with 3 heavy on pocket forwards..Do you think getting a def out is a good idea with the substitute midfielders that I have..I don’t know why people don’t like Hart or City defence..He kept 14 cleansheets and was outscored in points only by Fabianski and Mignolet..I want a premium GK and Fabianski isn’t one while I don’t want to double up on Liverpool defence (GK included) and Schmeichel is good with save points..!!
Lukaku is there till 2nd GW..Keeping an eye on Pelle for 3rd GW..or saving the money for Aguero by getting Aguero and a cheaper 3rd forwards based on form ..keeping transfers in hand is a strategy too..
Hoping it pans out well…!!
3-4-3
Rotate
Rooney
*VOTE CLOSED*
Results soon.
Thanks everyone
Thanks GP.
Looking forward to the results
Don’t think they know what they’ve gotten themselves into. 😉
*VOTE CLOSED*
Results soon.
Thanks everyone
No probs. Wish all the best.
*RESULTS*
66 votes cast.
Formation:
3-4-3: 50 votes (75.75%)
3-5-2: 15 votes (22.73%)
4-3-3: 1 vote (1.52%)
Rotating goalkeepers: 27 votes (40.90%)
Regular weekly goalkeeper: 39 votes (59.10%)
Preferred striker
Aguero 34 votes (51.52%)
Rooney 20 votes (30.30%)
Costa 8 votes (12.12%)
Benteke 3 votes (4.55%)
Carroll 1 vote (1.52%)
Therefore 3-4-3 formation, a regular weekly goalkeeper and Sergio Aguero are our first winners.
*****TIME TO VOTE*****
Now that we have decided on the usual formation (which is flexible so don’t worry), how we choose our goalkeepers and more excitingly, our first player in Sergio Aguero, we move on to our next batch of players.
Today we will need to know how you would begin to fill out the rest of our squad and thus, we have another four players we need you to choose.
Here we go:
Which ONE defender, if money was no object, should the FF247 Community Team buy?
Which ONE midfielder, if money was no object, should the FF247 Community Team buy?
and
Based on our previous vote which ONE regular weekly goalkeeper should the FF247 Community Team buy and which ONE back-up (suggested to be 4.0M) should we buy?
Poll closes at 9pm on Tuesday evening (UK time)
Happy voting.
Your team, your community.
Ans1 : Azpi
Ans2 : Hazard or Silva maybe..
Ans3 : Hart and Speroni..!!
Arun mate,
Pick those splinters out of your arse, and get off the fence, 😉
Hazard OR Silva??
FPL is all about these splinters mate, since money is no concern, Hazard as the first choice obviously.
Obviously. 😉
1. Koscielny.
2. Hazard.
3. Pantilimon + any 4m filler.
Cheers GP :thumbup:
NiN
You gonna name a favourite 4.0M GK?
1. Ivan
2. Hazard
3. Cech and Hennessey
Ivan,
Hazard,
Cech
S. Taylor
Milburn
Who is the sub GK?
I’m no Chelsea fan but…
1) Ivanovic
2) Hazard
3) Courtois and Hennessey
Oh this is really cool. Good job Gallant!
Defender: Baines
Midfielder: Hazard
Goalkeepers: Chech, Hennessey
Hi GP, sorry I missed on the first one. Here we go:
1. Ivan
2. Hazard
3. Pantilimon + Hennessey/McCarthy
Defender: Koscielny
Midfielder: Hazard
Regular Goalkeeper: Cech
Back-up Goalkeeper: Rudd
Defender: Koscielny
Midfielder: Fabregas (to Christmas-that 11.5 for Hazard is too steep-money does matter-and we’re collectively good enough to have the cash by Christmas to get Hazard)
Regular/Backup Goalkeeper: Courtois/Schmeichel (I disagree with 4.0, as it leaves us vulnerable-these two rotate for 34 games)
And, FWIW, I think it would be good to talk about the distribution of cash, both by rank and position, so we don’t box ourselves. I’d like 35/65 for defense/offense (D=5.5/3@5.0/4.5; M=2@9.0 (this where Fab comes in)/ 1 or 2@7.0/ 1@5.0 or 4.5); F=28.5 I’d have preferred a start of Rooney and Benteke and/or Kane, with a switch to Aguero and Vardy (Adebayor-gonna happen) or J-Rod when appropriate.
KI
A vote on balance of remaining budget follows.
Thanks for your thoughts.
1. Ivan
2. Hazard
3. Courtois + Hennessey
Clyne
Puncheon
Cech+Hennessey
Bry, get real.
Mr Munich. Are you taking this seriously??
😉
Hey Bry think you have just been given the red card 😉
Koscielny
Hazard
Cech Elliot (Newcastle)
Money is no object? Who is funding your team? The Colombian mafia or something? Hehehe…wait, are we?
Yip they are or as we like to say, YOU Mito.
1. Koscielny
2. Hazard
3. Pantilimon and Hennessey (although if Hennessey doesn’t leave/become number 1 at Palace I would have preferred Butland and Ruddy but that’s the beauty of democracy :D)
mertesacker
walcott
courtois and elliot
Defender: Koscielny
Midfielder: Fabregas
Keeper + Backup: Pants + McCarthy
1. Bossicenly
2. Theeeeooooooooooooo
3. Cech and McCarthy
When are we doing the cappo one??
Theeeeooooooooo
Mitro, the captains poll decides our cappo each week.
1) Ivanovic
2) Hazard
3) pantilimion
really enjoying the idea of putting a community team together
cheers
M7, Panti and ? Need a 2nd keeper.
Elle, have you voted? You need to vote. Go vote. Now #stalin
Ok Judy.
Terry
Hazard
cech+hennessey
Azpi.
Haz.
Cech + Hennessey.
It’s either Azpi and Cech or Kos and Courtois ain’t it
Koscielny
Hazard
Courtois + Hennessey