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. 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 GW6 TIPS – 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
Foster is in 10/10 FPL managers teams
Amat is in 9/10 FPL managers teams
Valencia is in 8/10 of the FPL managers teams
Friend and Jakupovic is in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Stones is in 5/10 of the FPL managers teams
McAuley is in 4/10 FPL managers teams
Williams is in 3/10 FPL managers teams
GK/DEFS BY TEAM
WBA GK/Defs are represented 16 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Everton GK/Defs are represented 12 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Man Utd GK/Defs are represented 10 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Swansea GK/Defs are represented 9 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Hull and Middlesboro GK/Defs are represented 6 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Sunderland and Man City GK/Defs are represented 5 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
MIDFIELDERS
Hazard is in 9/10 FPL managers teams
Capoue is in 7/10 FPL managers teams
Redmond is in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Sanchez is in 5 of the FPL managers teams
Antonio is in 4/10 FPL managers teams
Ozil and Firmino are in 3/10 FPL managers teams
FORWARDS
Ibrahimovic is in 9/10 FPL managers teams
Benteke and Lukaku are in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Rondon and Gray are in 2/10 FPL managers teams
GW5 CAPTAIN CHOICE
Ibrahimovic was the captain in 4/10 teams
Lukaku was the captain in 3/10 teams
Hazard, Sanchez and De Bruyne were the captains in 1/10 teams
FORMATION
10 FPL managers played 3-4-3
TRANSFERS
Wildcards, Transfers and Hits
4 have now played their wildcards although none in this gameweek
In this round no manager has taken a hit
7 of the 10 managers made a transfer
Transfers in
No one else was transferred in more than once
Transfers out
No one 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 have huge differences with the top 10k rank. Here are the main ones:
The top 10k favour the following significantly more than the managers I follow:
De Gea, Shaw, Walker, Lamela, Negredo and Costa
The 10 Managers I follow favour the following more significantly than the top 10k
Foster, Valencia, Stones, Friend, Amat, Hazard, Sanchez, Capoue, Redmond, Benteke,
FOCUS ON 1 MANAGERS TEAM
Again we focus on the managers team who last season 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 1,400th position so he wont be panicking. Here he shows that he’s definitely on the way back and that you can never doubt him. 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. The overall rank tonight is before ranks are confirmed
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 £101.3m
Again it’s fine margins. The differences between my team and this one in terms of tonights points are only 2. Antonio and Sanchez. In full they are as follows
Top 10 Valencia v FFG Shaw
Top 10 Williams v FFG Kone
Top 10 Sanchez v FFG Barkley
Top 10 Capoue v FFG Fletcher
Top 10 Antonio v FFG Firmino
Top 10 Benteke v FFG Gray
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