Chief's #FPL Team - Gameweek 27

Disclaimer: *I reserve the right to change this team at any time. Any changes will most likely be confirmed on FPLH's Twitter account.

  

TRANSFERS: 1

ALLI IN / BARKLEY OUT 

CHIPS (including wildcard): STILL AVAILABLE

MONEY IN THE FPL BANK:

£2.5M (+£1.1M) 

  FREE @FPLHints Classic League Code (click to join) : 274-641

I hope you all had a pleasant break from FPL and watched loads of cup football.  Now that is over for the time being, let's turn to this weekend's Premier League action with the first truncated Gameweek of the season as a result of the league cup final.

Put simply, I was tempted to sell Barkley and once it was confirmed that he wouldn't play in Gameweek 27 or 30, it made sense to buy a replacement who would.  This led me to in-form Tottenham and their OKish run of games.  I have been mulling over two options as my potential transfer - Alli and Eriksen.

Alli - points of note:

• 31% ownership
• 7 PL goals and 8 assists
• Has only scored 1 goal at home in the league all season
•  7 yellow cards
• My team's ITB with him: £2.5

Eriksen - points of note:

• 10% ownership
• 5 PL goals (sporadic) and 10 assists
• On corners and free kicks.
• My team's ITB with him: £0.0

Despite being 50-50 on paper, for the most part I really wanted to buy Eriksen but ultimately chose Alli as I knew I wanted a Leiceser defender in the weeks ahead.  I wouldn't be able to acquire one unless I took a hit had I bought Eriksen.  In addition, Alli's high ownership means that I had to buy him even if it was for the sake of "blocking tactics".  It also means that I have effectively got a "templified" midfield.

If only I had listened to myself sooner:

Dele Alli. Tantalising prospect. £5.0m#FPL

— Chief (@fplhints) August 5, 2015

Other than that, I chose Vardy as my captain due to Norwich's awful away record.  I was also tempted by Kane but Swansea can be tough on the road.

All the best.

Weeky Fantasy Football Show - Gameweek 27

Chief's #FPL Team - Gameweek 27

  Latest Rank: 

40k (14k rise)

Transfers:

  Foster* IN / Courtois OUT (2FTs intact)

Bank Balance: 

£1.7M

*5 of Foster's next 6 PL fixtures seem reasonable & he's a bargain at sub-£5M.

Notes:

So it looks like the purchase of Given last week was a waste of a transfer. I should have bought Krul after all, even if he's only good for GW27 and not so thereafter.  In addition, I probably should have captained Hazard over Kane and I got lucky when he scored straight after his missed penalty - damage limitation.  Despite these mishaps, I still managed to rise 14k.  Looking at this GW, I decided to make a long term GK purchase in the form of Foster. I still have another FT and could yet use it as a way of selling Baird for a Manchester United defender.  Then again, I plan on doing the following with my 2 FTs for GW28:

Walcott, Baird, Defoe OUT (-4)

Eriksen, Rose, Austin IN (TBC)

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