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….
*****VOTE RESULT*****
Based upon the average vote share, the FF247 Community has decided that the remaining budget is to be spent like this:
Defenders: £18.50M (for four players)
Midfielders: £26.00M (for four players)
Strikers: £14.50M (for two players)
Stand by for the next vote which will explain the next step.
:thumbup:
Looks good (other than the fact we could use about 10 mil more in the bank!). Thanks GP, nice work!
Thanks Red, appreciated
*****TIME TO VOTE*****
We now know how much we will spend per playing area, its time to work out the value of each player within.
The poll will close at 11.00pm tomorrow evening (Thursday) UK time and then afterwards its back to picking players :smiling:
With £18.50M to spend on FOUR defenders, should we:
A) Buy one player at £5.5M, two players at £4.5M and one at £4.0M
B ) Buy one player at £5.0M and three at £4.5M
With £26.00M to spend on FOUR midfielders how much should we spend on our MOST EXPENSIVE PLAYER and the remaining three positions?
C) Buy one player at £10.0M, with £16.00M left for three players
D) Buy one player at £9.5M, with £16.50M left for three players
E) Buy one player at £9.0M, with £17.00M left for three players
F) Buy one player at £8.5M, with £17.50M left for three players
G) Buy one player at £8.0M, with £18.00M left for three players
H) Buy one player at £7.5M, with £18.50M left for three players
With £14.5M to spend on TWO strikers, should we:
I) Buy one player at £10.0M and one player at £4.5M
J) Buy one player at £9.5M and one player at £5.0M
K) Buy one player at £9.0M and one player at £5.5M
L) Buy one player at £8.5M and one player at £6.0M
M) Buy one player at £8.0M and one player at £6.5M
N) Buy one player at £7.5M and one player at £7.0M
(Note: When the player vote comes, it will ask you to select a player at these values “OR LESS” so you won’t have to select at exactly these prices)
Please vote ONCE in each category using the letter next to your preferred choice. We require three letters in total.
And a tip, I’d check the value of all players before you vote. 😉
Thanks everyone and enjoy the vote.
GP/NZ/ELL
@GP this looks less complicated than coming up with the site team. May have to ask for an assistant job with you. You could always send them Elle in return.
No chance Meato my friend, i’m staying put. :p
Mito,
You’d need to meat elle’s release clause I’m afraid :smiling:
B, E, K
I don’t see a B. Where is that B of yours?
Raz, I can see B right there. You ok mate?
Ooh, they just edited the post. Fancy.
Raz
Under ‘A’, surprisingly 😉
I see :B
I emean I don’t see B. I see a smiley. OI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oi turds, you guys changed it. It didn’t show earlier. HAHAHA.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-aSjHnbw18
B. F. N
Don’t you mean this Wafflez? >.<
Haha Raz
B, F, M
This is great fun…. hang in there, GP, only 38 gameweeks and two wildcards to go!
My choices: B-E-L
B, F, L
Cheers GP
Been a bit busy so couldnt vote for Last two pols…
Given what democracy has left me I go with:
B, D, K
B. F. K.
I’m voting nice and early myself so I don’t forget this time :cuckoo:
A
F
K
BEL fo’ sure
GP,
Sorry I missed the split vote, but I’ll pay more attention to the community site going forward. (In any case, the defense/offense break is exactly the split i wanted, so I’m a happy camper).
On this round, I’ll go as follows:
D=A
M=E
F=L (although I’d trade Iva for a 6.0 to get a 9.5(Kane)/6.0 split. I may be Spurs, but I’m more worried about being locked into Benteke, who may not settle quickly. Plus, Levy is such a stingy b****** that we’ll probably enter the season with Coulthirst as our backup. Kane goes until he drops.)
Thanks for the effort, and for putting up with my unsolicited comments.
KI
No problem. Good to hear the thought processes of different managers.
Delighted you’re taking part.
Thanks.
G.P. – B, F, K. C.C. 😉
C.C.
O.K.
nice
A
F
K
And… Well done so far in doing a fantastic job of breaking this down into manageable chunks / decisions. – Whoever’s idea this was has a career in project management awaiting them!!
Chins
Thanks mate.
I’ve actually forgot what I do for a living. Noone has noticed so far. That’s not good is it?
The Highlands games season has not started yet so your fine for a couple of weeks.
Potty
B, E, K
AFJ
B,C,K gets my vote
GP- I am going for options B, E and L
thanks matey!
B E K
B, E, L for me
Good stuff lads. I vote for B, E and K.
So we cant have Aguero-Kane-£5.5m? That makes things difficult, especially when there are no £9.5m midfielders this year…
I vote for a rebellion against the system so we can make that forward line possible 😉 :hippo:
Worst. Rebellion. Ever. :noshake:
BEJ.
Totally read that in the voice haha.
B c l
OI! What do you get when you combine a Scot with Kiwi and an English person? Shit I don’t understand! LMAO, seriously dudes!
I’ll give it a try.
1. The defender question. One defender for 5m (Cedric) and three at 4,5m. YOU NEED 5 defenders though. I don’t get this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2.Option E……………… But wtf? E? Where is B? What kind of alphabet is this?
3. Option J! Either get Kane or Bentekers if you have that money. Again, 10m, 0.5m extra and you have. Nevermind. Aaargh. Chaos. You guys. Glad I’m not in it with you. :dance:
(????)
We already have Ivanovic, so that’s why need 4 more defenders. And option B is B) because everyone forgets 😉 .
FFS. You guys are crazy. Here I was thinking I was the crazy. No way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You guys are. :dance:
Raz
We’ll try this . .
What are your favourite three letters?
Look up mate, Jackson 5 be giving ya your answers. :dance:
bihom
That’s true actually. I did forget the smiley
Thanks, Ed
B)
Okay, I found my answer. First three letters of this board. 😉
Thanks Raz.
*Phew*
B—E—L.
Meato, if you put end onto my answer, we get you. :shake:
Hi Gp, B,E,L.
A – E – L
L – O – L Raz
B F M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NPBIwQyPWE
+1
A – E – L