FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE GW4 – ANALYSING 10 TOP MANAGERS

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Here’s the early version of our regular feature where we analyse the teams of 10 top FPL managers who in the last 3 seasons where none have finished outside the top 10k. I thought it maybe useful  to do an early version in case you’re thinking of wildcarding.  Quite alot of activity.  The top 10 Managers have played 30 times in the last 3 years and none have finished outside the top 10k in that time.   Considering how variable the last 3 years have been this is remarkable consistency and shows an ability to adapt strategy in different seasons. It also gives you a view other than my own on strategy and player selection.

FANTASY PREMIER LEAGUE GW4 – ANALYSING 10 TOP MANAGERS

THE 10 MANAGERS FPL STATS

The stats of the top 10 managers are incredible again this season.

1. The overall average finishing position of the top 10 managers is 2,943

2. The top 10 FPL managers have not been out of the top 10k in the last 3 years (ie 30 times playing)

3. 9 of the 10 have finished in the top 1,000

GAMEWEEK SCORES

I’ll include this in the updated version

GK/DEFS BY PLAYER

Friend and Stones are in 10/10 of the FPL managers teams

Amat is in 9/10 FPL managers teams

Valencia is in 7 of the FPL managers teams

Shaw is in 3/10 FPL managers teams

GK/DEFS BY TEAM

WBA GK/Defs are represented 13 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Middlesborough, Man Utd and Man City GK/Defs are represented 10 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams

Swansea GK/Defs are represented 9 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Hull GK/Defs are represented 3 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams

MIDFIELDERS

Redmond is in 9/10 FPL managers teams

Hazard is in 7/10 FPL managers teams

Capoue is in 6/10 FPL managers teams

Firmino is in 5 of the FPL managers teams

Lamela and Mahrez is  in 3/10 FPL managers teams

FORWARDS

Aguero and Ibrahimovic are in 10/10 FPL managers teams

A Gray and Rondon are in 4/10 FPL managers teams

GW3 CAPTAIN CHOICE

Aguero was the captain in 10/10 teams

FORMATION

10 FPL managers played 3-4-3

TRANSFERS

Transfers and Hits

Everyone made at least 1 transfer.  3 took 4 point hits for an extra transfer

Transfers in

Ibrahimovic and Rondon were transferred in by 4 managers

Barkley and Pogba were transferred in twice

No one else was transferred in more than once

Transfers out

Firmino was transferred out by 4 managers

Carroll, Alli and Kane were transferred out by 3 managers

Gray was transferred out by 2 managers

No one else was transferred out more than once

COMPARISON WITH THE TOP 10K

Here’s a comparison with the how the top 10k overall rank average team looks like.  The information is provided by the excellent site FPL discovery.  Ranks given the early nature of the game are very volatile so don’t read into it too much at the moment.

What it does show is that the top 10 fpl managers I follow main differences with the top 10k rank are:

Amat, Friend, Valencia, Redmond and Gray are more popular with the top 10 FPL managers than the top 10k ranked managers

Coutinho and Negredo are more popular with the top 10k ranked managers

Here’s the schedule

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FOCUS ON 1 MANAGERS TEAM

This is the managers team who last year finished the highest of my then top 10 FPL managers.  A bit of a slow start but this is similar to last season and he ended up finishing in 1400th position so he wont be panicking. This manager is the closest thing to a fantasy football celebrity there is due to his consistent results so we’ll keep an eye on him.   Interestingly though his value looks good.  His transfers coming into this gameweek were Kane out – Ibrahimovic in and Andre Gray out Rondon in.

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TOP 10 MANAGERS COMBINED TEAM

Here’s a team to represent the top 10 managers. Those highlighted are where it’s different to my team. It’s valued at around £100m

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The differences between my team and this one are as follows:

Top 10 McAuley v FFG Kone

Top 10 Valencia v FFG Shaw

Top 10 Lamela v FFG Barkley

Top 10 Capoue v FFG Fletcher

Top 10  Rondon v FFG A Gray

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