Here’s the 2nd part of our top 10 FPL managers article. The 2nd part is all in italics so you don’t have to read the whole article again. If you were feeling a bit down after your start then seeing how these managers also struggled in GW1 may make you feel better. In part 2 we’ve basically added on the scores of the 10 managers. I also got a couple of the midfield numbers in the teams slightly wrong so I’ve fixed that.
Here’s the first part of our regular article where we analyse the teams of 10 top FPL managers. These are just the current top 10 but 10 managers that have been successful over the last 3 years. At the moment the 10 aren’t the final 10 I would like to have but the best I can come up with at the moment and their stats over the last 3 years are none the less very impressive. The 10 managers have only finished out side the top 10k 5 times in the last 3 years (ie 30 times playing FPL). The article is all about giving you a view point other than mine and giving you some comfort if they have selected or not a player you may have.
Fantasy premier league 2015/16 – analysing 10 top FPL managers part 2
I normally do this article after the gameweek finishes but I thought everyone who comes to the site would be curious about the make up of the managers teams. It therefore doesn’t include the normal break down of points and rank that I would do after the gameweek finishes. However I will update the article after the gameweek finishes.
Firstly I’ll remind you of their stats and then I’ll break down how their teams are structured and then I’ll give you a team to summarise what they’ve done
If you’ve had a bad round this should make you feel better. After last nights games the highest score was 29 and the lowest 16 so also a slow start from them.
Firstly their stats.
Top 10 FPL managers stats
1. The overall average finishing position of the 10 managers over the last 3 years has been 5,636
2. The top 10 FPL managers have only been outside of the top 10k 5 times in the last 3 years (ie 30 times playing)
3. 5 of the 10 FPL managers have finished in the top 1,000 in the last 3 years
4 2 of the 10 FPL managers have finished in the top 100 in the last 3 years
GW1 average score and rank
The average score of the managers in GW1 was 30 compared to the average of 34. Thats 4 points and 12% below the average. Scoring below the average only happened a few times last season. The high score was 42. The low score was 23. Quite a high spread although all but 3 of the scores were between 27 and 30.
The average rank is 1,792,166 of the top 10 managers. The highest rank is 523,597 and the lowest 2,535,436.
If you’re interested my score was 38 mainly thanks to Joe Gomez and my rank 848,360.
The average team value
The average team value was 100.0. No price changes affected them yet
GK/Defs by player
Huth is owned by 7/10 of the FPL managers
Targett is owned by 6/10 of the FPL managers
Koscielny and Azpilicueta are owned by 5/10 of the FPL managers
Coates, Cedric and Ruddy are owned by 4/10 of the FPL managers
GK/Defs by team
Leicester, Southampton and Arsenal have 10 players in the FPL managers teams
Chelsea and Sunderland have 7 players in the FPL managers teams
Norwich have 4 players in the FPL managers teams
Bournemouth have 3 players in the FPL managers teams
Midfielders
Hazard is in 10 of the FPL managers teams
Ozil is in 8 of the FPL managers teams
Mane is in 6 of the FPL managers teams
Walcott is in 5 of the FPL managers teams
Sterling is in 4 of the FPL managers teams
Westwood and Ritchie are in 3 of the FPL managers teams
Forwards
Rooney is in 9/10 FPL managers teams
Benteke is in 8/10 FPL managers teams
Wilson and Sakho are in 4/10 FPL managers teams
Interestingly Aguero was only in 1 of the 10 teams
GW1 Captain choice
Hazard was the captain choice in 8/10 occasions
Sterling was the captain choice in 2/10 occasions
Formations
3-4-3 was the chosen formation on 7/10 occasions
3-5-2 was the chosen formation in 3/10 occasions
How many have used their chips?
As far as I can tell none have used their chips
Team structure
The trend of last year where the vast majority of players over £6.0m came from the top 4 of Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal, Man Utd, Liverpool, Spurs and Everton. 4 players in Mane, Lens, Ritchie and Sakho are outside that group
High ownership players
The 7 high ownership players and the amount of times in the FPL managers teams are as follows:
Hazard 58% – In 10 FPL managers teams
Benteke 43% – In 8 FPL managers teams
Rooney 42% – In 9 FPL managers teams
Clyne 41% – 1 (only 2 Liverpool defenders in teams)
Kane 38% – 0
Cech 36% – 1 (10 Arsenal players in teams)
Ivanovic 33% – 2 (7 Chelsea players in teams)
Here’s a team to represent them. It cost £99.5m
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