Here’s our telegraph fantasy football tips version of the “FFGeek contributors show their teams”. In it we have last seasons 7th place overall finisher Bryan, Sergio who finished 1,951 last season and top 1k finisher Ben Humphrey. Stephen Troop will now give his TFF updates in this article
Telegraph fantasy football tips – FFGeek contributors show their teams GW32
See also Andrew Ferguson’s team who finished top 1k last season in TFF’s team as part of a multi format article
Bryan Forbes O’Rourke
Bryan finished an incredible 7th place overall in telegraph fantasy football last season
27 gameweek points, total points 1,660 Overall rank 4,029 transfers available 11
Here’s Bryan’s team:
An underwhelming week with 27 points scored and now placed 4029 overall.
The two strikers accounted for almost half the weeks tally , with a goal apiece from Aguero and Rashford.
The team looks fairly well set for the double gameweek so I won’t make any transfers at the weekend unless injury or suspension strikes.
Good luck
Sergio Torija
Sergio finished in 1,951 position last season in telegraph fantasy football
30 Gameweek points, Total Pts 1,709, Overall rank 1,502 Transfers available 8
Ben Humphrey
Ben is a top 1k finisher in TFF
Week points: 38 Overall rank: 1241 Transfers remaining: 13
Team review.
On the face of it, 38 doesn’t sound like a very good week, but judging by my mini league and the fact that my rank improved, it can’t have been too bad.
Other than Shaw’s assist, the defence did little to help out. The combined might of Hazard, Sterling, Pogba and Salah could only manage a shocking 7 points between them, so it was left to my newest recruit, Mr James Maddison to bring in some points. On the subject of Maddison… At this stage in the game, I think it’s important to recognise when you’ve made a mistake. After watching Palace play Watford and Brighton, I decided that Schlupp was a mistake. Luckily for me, Palace played at lunch time, opening up the opportunity for me to bring in Maddison before Leicester kicked off. One look at The Fox’s fixtures will make you think that you need some Leicester cover, so I made the change and it paid off.
Jimenez and Aguero both delivered 7 points, but that doesn’t even begin to explain the Aguero story. A deflected shot which was put in on the follow up by B Silva. A penalty which was missed then deflected in by the keeper, and one standard goal. On the other side of all that, TFF decided he came out with 7 points.
Team thoughts.
By my calculations, seven of my players will be involved in the double game week. The exceptions being Maddison, who’s fixtures make up for the lack of two games in a week, and the rest of the single game brigade being my Liverpool contingent. That’s where the waters muddy. One move I will certainly be making to tip the balance is swopping Alisson for Ederson. Liverpool play once and that is against Spurs. Man City play twice, and that is against Fulham and Cardiff. Which would you rather sign up to? On top of that, City are of course still in the FA cup, which could mean an extra two games.
I will be keeping Robertson, but Salah has become a heavy fantasy enigma. Like most managers, I’m weighing up the ownership threat against the benefits of spending his funds elsewhere. I could swop him for Rashford or Lacazette, but neither of those options get me too excited. I could even transfer him out for his team mate Mane, but I, like most managers, have that dread that once the change is made, Salah will burst in to life. The question is, how long do you give an underperforming Salah who is clearly feeling the pressure and trying too hard?
I will then be making a change between the sticks, which will leave me with 12 transfers. I’m more than happy to have that at this stage of the season. I will certainly be saving some for the FA cup final. Assuming Man City get there, their competition isn’t looking too strong, so it could be a very one sided final.
Good luck boys and girls.
Stephen Troop
Stephen finished approximately 1k last season OR
Week points: 32 Overall rank: 4,878 Transfers remaining: 10 total points: 1,649
Last week was fairly low scoring, with not much rank movement and I remain at 4.8k. I resisted a move for Jesus given it’d be only a one game punt and only Mane served any real punishment. This week is the first proper double gameweek. The main opportunity looks like Pogba out after his game Tuesday for a Spurs player (2-0 games) or a City asset for the extra games. I have yet to decide which option I’ll go for though.
The other move I’m looking at is Anderson out for a Watford player prior to their game against Fulham and cup semi final. The lineup may dictate this.
See also Andrew Ferguson’s team who finished top 1k last season in TFF’s team as part of a multi format article
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