Here’s part 1 of our article where we analyse the teams of 10 top FPL managers. This is part 1 where we give the team selection information. After the games have completed we will then outline the scores. These are just not the current top 10 but 10 managers who’ve been successful over the last 3 years. Again I’ve tweaked the 10 top managers hoping to find the best 10 I can so the stats are a little different. However I imagine this will be the last change to the makeup of the 10. The 10 managers have now never been outside the top 10k in the last 3 years (30 times playing FPL). The article is all about giving you another view point other than mine. The top 10 managers have turned it around for the first time after most have used their wildcard
fantasy premier league GW4 – analysing 10 top FPL managers part 1
So in the first part of the article I’ll give the FPL managers stats and then outline their teams and structure. When the games end in the gameweek I’ll then make an additional post with their scores. As I said I’ve tweaked the makeup of the 10 to get managers with better stats. The stats are incredible.
1. The overall average finishing position of the top 10 managers is 1,877
2. The top 10 FPL managers have not been out of the top 10k in the last 3 years (ie 30 times playing)
3. 8 of the 10 have finished in the top 1,000
4. 5 of the 10 managers have finished in the top 100
GK/Defs by player
Darmian and Richards are in 6 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Gomez and Targett are in 5 of the 10 FPL managers teams
McCarthy and Kompany are in 4 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Ruddy, Huth and Coates are in 3 of the 10 FPL managers teams
GK/Defs by team
C Palace GK/Defs are in 8 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Man Utd and Man City GK/Defs are in 7 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Aston Villa and Liverpool GK/Defs are in 6 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Southampton GK/Defs are in 5 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Arsenal GK/Defs are in 4 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Norwich, Leicester and Sunderland GK/Defs are in 3 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Midfielders
Mahrez is in 10/10 FPL managers teams
Sanchez, Hazard and Westwood are in 5/10 FPL managers teams
Depay and Ozil are in 4/10 FPL managers teams
Payet is in 3/10 FPL managers teams
Forwards
Aguero is in 10/10 FPL managers teams
Gomis is in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Sakho and Benteke are in 4/10 FPL managers teams
Wilson is in 3/10 FPL managers teams
GW3 Captain Choice
All 10 captained Aguero for GW3
How many have used their wildcard/chips
6/10 have used their wildcards. 1 of the 10 has used their all out attack chip
Transfers
I’ve ignored transfers this week due to the number of wildcards used
Formation
8 of 10 used 3-4-3
1/10 used 3-5-2
1/10 used their all out attack chip to go 2-5-3
Team structure
Only 5 players over £6.0m are outside the teams of Chelsea, Arsenal, Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool and Spurs. Those are D Sakho, Mane, Lens, A Ayew, Payet and Cabaye.
GKs have been a mixture of rotation and a cheap GK with McCarthy as a reserve.
Defences have shown 2 elite midfielders, 1 from Man City and 1 from Man United with cheapies the rest.
Here’s a team to represent the top 10 FPL managers. It’s at £101m cost:
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