Here’s our fantasy premier league teams GW7 article where we give our early thoughts on the FFGeek team for GW7. We look back at gameweek 6 and give our thoughts on the gameweek ahead including potential transfers and captain choice.
fantasy premier league teams GW7 – some early thoughts on the FFGeek team
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Gameweek 6
GW6 points: 56 (FPL average 52) Total points 352, Gameweek rank 2,672k, Overall Rank: 636k, red arrow 102k, Team Value: £101.0m
Here’s the points:
So my 3rd consecutive red arrow which is pretty disappointing to say the least. 100k fall to 634k overall
A strange gameweek which for alot of people was not about your first 11 but about whether you had De Bruyne as your vice captain to Sterling and Lundstram on your bench for Zinchenko.
I didn’t or had neither so the poor score followed. Kante’s goal was also the last chance for any green arrow as Liverpool continue with the solitary clean sheet in the first 6.
4 returning players and a captain fail is a recipe for a red arrow and for long periods of the gameweek I thought it could be worse. Anyway this is when I start saying to myself it’s only GW7, a big score is potentially only a gameweek away and it’s a marathon not a sprint etc etc. Btw for anybody unhappy with their OR they should take note of FFGeek contributor Alex Ball’s gameweek. He moved from 2.7m OR to 1.1m OR this gameweek with his score of 81. He did so by playing his natural game without panicking when his OR hasn’t been what he wanted it to be.
Transfer thoughts
2 free transfers and £0.6m ITB
So my original plan was to get Abraham and Aurier in for Digne and Ings. That plan has been complicated by the dropping of Zinchenko for Mendy pretty suddenly for me considering he only had 10 minutes in the UCL.
Despite the Mendy attraction perceived certainty is Otamendi’s advantage. That’s at least until Stones appears and even then Pep may have them as a partnership rather than continue with Fernandinho as the CB. That certainty has attractions so he would be my natural replacement despite the fact that I think Mendy has great attacking potential.
I have alternatives in Tomori but I would have to take the risk that it is him rather than Christensen who will ultimately partner Rudiger. The EFL cup fixture may have given some clues as to who’s ahead but with Christensen seemingly injured but possibly only a knock then we may go into the weekend without the question totally resolved.
The other option would be Lundstram who me choosing Rico instead of him for GW1 potentially has cost me 30 points. I personally am not sure that Sheffield United will keep clean sheets to make him a viable option. While he could be rotated in your team I find that it’s hard to leave out attacking players in non top 6 sides as you never know when a 12-14 point haul is going to happen.
Cash problems
The problem I have is cash. The Aurier, Otamendi and Abraham move for Digne, Zinchenko and Ings leaves me with 0.2m in the bank. As of today according to the price change predictor site FPL statistics Zinchenko looks pretty certain to go down in price today and Aurier up with Digne also following close behind with a price drop but probably not going down.
Now I dislike point deductions or early transfers but to get those players I may even have to do it tonight. I may just hold off 1 more day if I feel that Digne will not drop. It’s not about trying to wait for more certainty. I just hate being rushed into transfers.
I could drop the Aurier option for Tomori or Lundstram which would give me more breathing room but come with additional potential risk in terms of gametime and clean sheet risk. Added to that are midweek EFL Cup games. Now I suspect Aurier, Otamendi and Abraham won’t play in those games. Tomori or Lundstram though have more potential to play.
Now with City away to Everton in GW7 I don’t particularly feel any need to get Otamendi in. I think a clean sheet is possible but not definite. It’s just if I don’t do it I fail to see where I can get the cash from without a big restructure of the team or selling Robertson which I’m still reluctant to do.
If I get in Tomori for Digne or Lundstram I have 0.6 in the bank after the Abraham transfer which I could gamble would be enough for Otamendi next week.
Plenty to ponder. As I said above I hate being rushed into decisions like this which is why I always spend all week pondering over what I’m going to do and make transfers on Friday.
If I do the early transfers I will post them tonight. I think you can assume they won’t happen after 10pm UK time but I can’t guarantee anything I’m afraid.
The team pre any transfers
Pretend that Digne is Aurier or Tomori or Lunstram. Pretend Zinchenko is Otamendi or left for another week and Cantwell starts. Hope that’s clear 😬
In this team, the Liverpool and Man City players would play every week as would Pukki and Abraham. The last 2 outfield spots would be a 3 way rotation between Aurier, Soyuncu and Cantwell. Dendoncker would be a permanent bench spot.
Captain
As you can see from above my thoughts are at the moment to go with Salah although I wait to see the polls. That will go up after the Tuesday Man City EFL Cup game.
That’s it. Hope you were one of the managers with a green arrow.
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