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The FF247 Community Team

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Fantasy Football The FF247 Community Team

fantasy football team tips hintsWhat 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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  1. *****VOTING CLOSED*****

    Please standby for results of our FOUR new defenders.

    The midfielders selection begins shortly . . .

    Thanks one and all for voting.

    Taking shape, this 😉

  2. *****POLL RESULT*****

    Results (by most votes cast)

    Cedric 23 votes
    John O’Shea 21 votes
    Robert Huth 20 votes
    Tyrone Mings 12 votes
    Simon Francis 9 votes
    Joel Ward 9 votes
    Andre Wisdom 5 votes
    Micah Richards 4 votes
    Marc Muniesa 4 votes
    Toby Alderweireld 3 votes
    Jose Holebas 2 votes
    Russell Martin 2 votes
    Wes Morgan 2 votes
    Joleon Lescott 2 votes
    Maya Yoshida 2 votes
    Steve Cook (Sorry Cookie 😉 ) 2 votes

    13 other players polled one vote each

    Meaning, our £5.0M defender is:

    Cedric (Southampton)

    Our three £4.5M defenders are:

    Robert Huth (Leicester City)
    John O’Shea (Sunderland)
    Tyrone Mings (Bournemouth)

    smile

  3. Cheers for all this GP. Team is really starting to come together now and it’s not looking half bad.

  4. ****TIME TO VOTE*****

    Good afternoon community.

    We now need to know how you would set up our midfield to play alongside Eden Hazard.

    With £26.00M to spend and a vote already determining that we should:

    “ Buy one player at £9.0M, with £17.00M left for three players “ (Option E),

    We ask that you please now vote for your player at £9.0 (or less) and THREE others, REMAINING WITHIN THE BUDGET OF £26.00M

    Remember to vote how YOU think the funds are best spent. This will allow a fair and open vote. Your vote may just be the one that swings it for your player(s) 😉

    This vote will close at 9pm (UK time) on Sunday 2nd August.

    Well done everyone so far, thank you for your participation and enjoy the vote ?

    *Your Community Team so far*

    Cech / Hennessey
    Ivanovic / Cedric / Huth / O’Shea / Mings
    Hazard
    Aguero

    GP/NZ/ELL

    • Mane, Chadli, Cabaye, Wanyana

    • Ah, 9pm, that gives plenty of time. I’ll have my vote in tomorrow evening so, need to ponder on this one.

      • Screw it, just in case 😉

        Cazorla
        Milner
        Wanny
        Ritchie

    • Sterling , Milner, Wanyama, Ki Sung-Yeung (Did I Spell It Right ? )..

      Cheers GP..!!

      Keep Up The Great Working…

      Loving How the team is forming..!!

    • Cazorla, Barkley, Ki Sung-yeung, Mahrez

    • Here we go

      Chadli
      Henderson
      Cabaye
      Afellay

    • Ozil
      Depay
      Milner
      Cabaye
      Wanyama

    • Great stuff GP top draw here goes
      Caz/Cabaya/Mahrez/Ki cheers for all the hard work

    • Mane
      Wijnaldum
      Schneiderlin
      Afellay

    • 9 or less: Sadio Mane
      Milner
      Mahrez
      Redmond

      • Ok so ir seems Sinclair has scored a hattrick todas so i’m replacing Redmond for him!

    • Mane, Ki, Wanyama, Henderson

      good job guys

    • Walcott milner Schneiderlin wanyama

    • Hi all.

      My votes:

      Sterling
      Milner
      Bentaleb
      Larsson

      Cheers
      smile

      • Woah woah woah. – I’m looking over the other votes and there seems to be some confusion re whether it’s a $9m mid or an “up to” $9m mid.

        My understanding is that we voted on the distribution of cash already, and agreed to spend $9m on 1 mid. Not ‘up to’ $9m.

        GP – Let us know mate.. I’d personally prefer to spend less than $9m on one as i feel it makes it too hard to get a decent squad, but the rulez is the rulez. – I’ll go with whatever we’ve agreed on.

        Just in case though… and because i’ll be asleep / drunk / other when the deadline passes…. if we agree that it’s “up to” $9m + the rest up to a total of $26m, then my vote will be…

        Ozil
        Siggy
        Bentaleb
        Larsson

  5. Sterling (being mature doesn’t count in EPL)
    Ritchie
    Mahrez
    Wanyama

    I like blhom17’s solution better than mine-bur rules are rules. Again, I’d like that 1.0 back from Iva to upgrade one, or two, of the last three.

    Onwards.

    • Eh, does my vote break the rules? It says the player can be less than 9m

    • “We ask that you please now vote for your player at £9.0 (or less) and THREE others, REMAINING WITHIN THE BUDGET OF £26.00M”

      • My misread. Apologies all round. I like NIN’s call. If i may:

        Cazorla
        Henderson
        Ritchie
        Wanyama

    • KI not selecting Ki…That isn’t right..!!

      • Arun.GB11,

        No endorsement of Swansea, although I really like what they’re doing with a limited budget. It’s a Faroese abbreviation for one of their community teams-a long story, best left untold.

      • Özil 8.5
        Mahrez 5.5
        Ritchie 6.0
        Puncheon 6.0

  6. Init,

    I know this is way early, but could we persuade you to do another analytics for gw9-gw16 (or whatever you deem a good breakpoint)? I keep coming back to your first continuously to check the inevitable switches we need to make as conditions change.

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