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….
Hello everyone, How are we? VOTES NEEDED
* UPDATED FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM TEAM SELECTION *
We are asking you to select our team for Game-week 10.
Please vote for our team via:
http://strawpoll.me/5808927
And for our captain, it’s:
http://strawpoll.me/5808757
Look above for the squad!
Thanks in advance for your votes.
GP / NZ / ELL
Votes done. Great effort chaps. Keep this going.
* UPDATED FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM TEAM SELECTION *
We are asking you to select our team for Game-week 10.
Please vote for our team via:
http://strawpoll.me/5808927
And for our captain, it’s:
http://strawpoll.me/5808757
Look above for the squad!
Thanks in advance for your votes.
GP / NZ / ELL
Thanks Alex
* FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM TEAM VOTE *
Roll up roll up people. Let’s vote!
http://strawpoll.me/5808927 – TEAM
http://strawpoll.me/5808757 – CAPTAIN
GP / NZ / ELL
* FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM *
In excess of 250 votes across both our polls this week. Brilliant response everyone, thank you.
Here is our team. Vardy won out our captain poll and all our 3pm players start!
GP / NZ / ELL
* FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM UPDATE *
Game-week 10 brought the team 48 points (6 above average) and ultimately green arrows. Overall rank: 214,372.
This was thanks to our DEFENCE mainly. Begovic and Chelsea again disappointed but ahead of him we had Naughton (assist 4), Evans (clean sheet 6) & Kolarov (clean sheet 6).
Mahrez, Payet and Captain Vardy kept up their amazing runs to bring us the rest of our points. Interestingly, our two costliest players, Sanchez and De Bruyne, collected 5 points between them. Typical fantasy!
Next week’s vote will start later today as with there being no MNF, this gameweek is over.
How are you guys finding voting via strawpoll?
Thanks.
GP / NZ / ELL
Morning GP,
Well done the Team! Decent score that this week. Re the straw poll, I love it, very user friendly – does it make your life easier?
Morning Cookie.
SO much easier. The numbers speak for themselves. The voting turnout has more than trebled since we started using it.
I’m delighted.
Morning GP..thats a good score given the average is just 42..its a good practice to vote..vardy seems to be on fire and fully supported by his partner mahrez.dont see west brom stopping him even.hope to see a bigger score next week.. Cheers
Thanks for answering Constantine.
We’re doing quite well I think. Vardy is stacking up those points for us.
Like the straw poll gp well done
Cheers dc
I love the strawpoll
* FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM UPDATE *
Game-week 10 brought the team 48 points (6 above average) and ultimately green arrows. Overall rank: 214,372.
This was thanks to our DEFENCE mainly. Begovic and Chelsea again disappointed but ahead of him we had Naughton (assist 4), Evans (clean sheet 6) & Kolarov (clean sheet 6).
Mahrez, Payet and Captain Vardy kept up their amazing runs to bring us the rest of our points. Interestingly, our two costliest players, Sanchez and De Bruyne, collected 5 points between them. Typical fantasy!
Next week’s vote will start later today as with there being no MNF, this gameweek is over.
How are you guys finding voting via strawpoll?
Thanks.
GP / NZ / ELL
I’ve missed the voting the last few times but want to get back involved. What is this straw poll I’ve seen mentioned a lot??
MattX
You’ll see below.
Basically it’s a link to a seperate website set up specifically for voting. I set the question and the answers and you guys with a couple of clicks, vote. Extremely simple for you and me
Morning GP.
That site really is easier, I’d say you’re loving it haha.
Vote made anyway Cheers mate.
* FF247 COMMUNITY TEAM TRANSFER VOTE *
It’s time to vote on how you think we should (or shouldn’t) use this week’s free transfer.
Please vote here with your preference:
http://strawpoll.me/5846269
Squad attached.
Thanks all!
GP / NZ / ELL
Vote done cheers GP
Voted, well done lads