Here’s our FFGeek sky sports fantasy football October update including our rank, potential transfers and captain planning
Sky Sports fantasy football October update
In this article I’ll briefly recap on my sky sports fantasy football team results to date, my way of playing and then talk through potential transfers and captain planning
POSITION TO DATE
Here’s my basic stats:
Points: 559
Overall rank: 2,542
Transfers used: 1
FFGeek league position 32 of 196
So things have improved since the overhaul and I’ve moved from 21k to 2k with using 1 transfer
So alot going on in the team. Morata looks like he’s out for a few weeks so he will be a transfer out. Lukaku is an injury doubt but seems like he could be ok for the next gameweek. Jones is an injury doubt but again looks like he could quite possibly play.
Suttner and Danilo were both dropped in the last game so remain risks. Brighton play first on the Sunday so there I will be able to see if he starts. Danilo no such luck. A home game to Stoke will be a difficult one to miss out but unfortunately my captain planning has plans for him as you’ll see below.
MY BASIC WAY OF PLAYING
I tend to play the game differently than anyone I’ve seen and I explained it in more detail in this season introduction post which also includes a rule summary. It also helps understand the rest of the article
In very simple terms I like to play 3-4-3 and have 3 premium forwards and 1 premium midfielder from the top 7 clubs to carry the principal captain burden. I then look to have at least 2 premium attacking defenders hopefully from different clubs than the forwards so they can possibly pick up the captaincy gaps if required. Budgetary constraints will probably mean 1 cheap Defender and a cheap GK. The remaining 3 midfield slots will be filled with cheap pass and or tackle bonus players who will hopefully pick up points in a consistent fashion negating the need for transfers to find good fixtures for lower value players. Again these are, hopefully, from a different spread of teams so they can fill in for captain duties when required on a Monday, Tuesday or Friday night.
I use transfers very rarely so I can fill all the captain slots and try to only make them when there are injuries or unavoidable captain gaps. I plan my captains about 5-6 weeks in advance.
The 2 overhauls (wildcards essentially) mean that my saving of transfers for the scattering of fixtures at the end of the season maybe a complete waste of time. That maybe offset by the many different nights of fixtures for postponements and TV demands but that remains to be seen. This way of playing has served me reasonably well so far so I’m going to continue with it come hell or high water. I have to say I don’t know anyone else who plays this way.
Captains candidates
Whenever I plan a transfer I check on what the effect on my captain will be. The designated captain picks if you like are always going to come from the probable top 7 teams. There will probably be 4, 3 strikers and 1 midfielder. Here were the candidates:
Chelsea – Maybe Hazard
Liverpool – Salah or Mane, maybe Coutinho
Spurs – Kane
Man Utd – Lukaku
Man City – Jesus, maybe Silva
Everton – no one suitable
Arsenal – Lacazette or Sanchez
CAPTAIN PLANNING AND PLANNED TRANSFERS
So I’ve gone through 7 gameweeks (using FPL gameweeks ) to see where I need captains for my team. I’ve looked through all the permutations and this is what I’ve come up with to have a captain for each game day.
Gameweek 8
Spurs v Bournemouth – Kane
Man City v Stoke – transfer Jesus in for Morata
Brighton v Everton – Suttner Lineup check or
Southampton v Newcastle – Elliot
Leicester v WBA – transfer Maguire in for Danilo
Gameweek 9
West Ham v Brighton – Lineup check Suttner or transfer Cresswell in
Huddersfield v Man Utd – Lukaku or
Man City v Burnley – Jesus
Spurs v Liverpool – Kane
Gameweek 10
Man Utd v Spurs – Kane
Liverpool v Huddersfield or Salah
Brighton v Southampton – Suttner if not transferred out or
Leicester v Everton – Maguire
Burnley v Newcastle – Elliot
Gameweek 11
West Ham v Liverpool – Salah
Spurs v C Palace – Kane – lineup check or
Man City v Arsenal – Jesus
Gameweek 12
Man Utd v Newcastle – Lukaku
Watford v West Ham – transfer Cresswell in for Suttner if not already done
Brighton v Stoke – Transfer Stephens Brighton for Mooy
Gameweek 13
West Ham v Leicester – Cresswell or Maguire
Man Utd v Brighton – Lukaku
Huddersfield v Man City – Jesus
Gameweek 14
Leicester v Spurs – Kane
Man City v Southampton – Jesus
Transfer Summary
So over the 7 gameweeks there are 4 planned transfers
Jesus in Morata out GW8 Saturday
Maguire in for Danilo GW8 Monday
Cresswell for Suttner could be GW9 Friday or GW12 Sunday
Stephens for Mooy GW12 Monday
That’s it hope you found it helpful
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