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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GP, Alex and Elle, this is all very exciting. Your methodology sounds good to me. Thanks for your commitment!
Simmo, we can only wait and see what happens, should be fun though.
Really cool idea everyone.
Are you still planning to do a FF247 staff team too like previous years?
wenga
Thanks. Hope you will be here to cast your votes!
The FF247 site team remains and will carry on alongside our team.
In front of 😉
In pursuit of 😉
Ozil free kick, Giroud headed goal
Off his left shoulder actually! Bit lucky
Ox goal, Giroud assist
Ramsey assist, iwobi goal. Right I’ve got stuff to do and at this rate of goals that’s not going to happen
It’s now 4!
Arsenal are ruthless
Ramsey from an Ozil pass this time.
Picking the correct Arsenal attacker ain’t gonna be easy!!
I might have to get 3 at this rate. Really fancy them to challenge this year. All they’re lacking is a RVP quality striker
Can we be far wrong with any of them? Lyon are useless these days but that’s still quite an impressive result i must say.
Who’s the Arsenal fans on he. What formation will they play, who will start? Someone’s got to lose their place. Unless they play the “all out attack” card every week
Milburn – I’m not an Arsenal fan, but they’ll play 4-2-3-1 as usual i’d imagine. I think Cazorla, Coquelin, Ozil and Sanchez are nailed on. The rest are going to have to fight it out i’d say.
Milburn, they’ll play 4231 and Ozil, Cazorla and Sanchez (when fit) should always play. Ramsey will probably play on the right, which isn’t his best position but he can still do well there. Walcott might start on the left with Giroud up top. But when Sanchez returns it will be either Walcott or Giroud to make way, depending on form.
Cheers lads, I’ve went with Ozil so far and he seems nailed on in ACM but i think Ramsey will have a big season… decisions decisions
You could pick up Ozil and Ramsey and Cazorla and Giroud could go nuts.
Its very difficult to predict.
i think Caz is nailed on for that place next to Coquelin and I Still support him for my team.
great idea! sure most of us will be on board!
Nice jasprit.
Great to hear
Keep checking in!
FIFA World Cup 2018 European Qualifying Groups
Group A: Netherlands, France, Sweden, Bulgaria, Belarus, Luxembourg
Group B: Portugal, Switzerland, Hungary, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Andorra
Group C: Germany, Czech Republic, NORTHERN IRELAND, Norway, Azerbaijan, San Marino
Group D: WALES, Austria, Serbia, Republic of Ireland, Moldova, Georgia,
Group E: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, Kazakhstan
Group F: ENGLAND, Slovakia, SCOTLAND, Malta, Lithuania, Slovenia
Group G: Spain, Italy, Albania, Israel, Macedonia, Liechtenstein
Group H: Belgium, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus
Group I : Croatia, Iceland, Ukraine, Turkey, Finland
I like that draw, well worth noting that only the group winners will get a automatic place in the WC with the runners up and Scotland getting a playoff berth.
I wonder how my team will end up.. So unpredictable :p
guys rate my team please.
Courtois (Rudd)
Mangala Cedric Koscielny ( S.Taylor, Smith)
Hazard Walcott Redmond Depay (wanyama)
Costa Benteke Wilson
Your 2 sub defenders won’t start. I’d recommend you get rid of Mangala (he isn’t guaranteed to start either) and then buy 3x 4.5m defenders. Rest of the team looks good though.
Do u plan on rotating Coutouis and Ruddy? Do they rotate well?
I’m not a big fan of non-attacking city defenders as they seem to concede against any.
I Don see Taylor starting but the rest of preseason will determine that.
Also I like Redmond bit when I looked at his stats from last season i was dissapointed
For what it’s worth CHE & NOR rotate H&A 30 times out of 38 but I’d imagine the intention here is that Courtois plays every game.
Actually just noticed that it’s Rudd in dlynton’s team there and not Ruddy! And to confuse matters further I can never remember which way round they are! Who’s stupid idea was it to sign 2 keepers with practically the same name
Ahhh my bad. Yeah teams shouldn’t be allowed to do that. It’s not fair on the fans.
Pissed ppl *
Haha, yes Rudd’s the number 2 keeper
I was looking at a Hazard/Redmond rotation myself 😉
would Darmian be better than mangala