Here’s the full 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. A bad week for the top 10 managers with 9/10 getting red arrows so if you’ve also had a bad week then you’re in good company. 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 GW10 TIPS – ANALYSING 10 TOP FPL 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 SUMMARY
A bad week for the top 10 FPL managers. 9 of the 10 had red arrows.
The average score of the managers in GW9 was 40 compared to the average of 42. Thats 5% below the average score. The high score of the 10 was 48. The low score was 31. A relatively low spread of 17 although it was a low scoring gameweek.
The average overall rank of the top 10 FPL managers is 398k compared to 304k in GW8. An worsening in rank of 94k. The best rank is 15k and the lowest 1.48m
The average value is high at £102.8 up from £102.5m in GW8
If you’re interested my score was 37. A poor score really after the great score of last week. I was higher than only 3 of the managers and 5 points lower than the gameweek average. My overall rank of is now 240k from 169k last week. A worsening of rank of 71k. I’m ahead of 3 of the top 10 managers. My team value is low though in comparison at £101.5 a slight improvement on last week at £101.4m. My total score is 457 points. The average top 10 manager score is 462 .
GK/DEFS BY PLAYER
Amat is in 8/10 teams
Pickford and Foster are in 7/10 FPL managers teams
Holebas is in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Jakupuovic and Lovren are in 4/10 of the FPL managers teams
Valencia, Walker and Williams are in 3/10 FPL managers teams
Bellerin, Clyne, Kelly, Lenihan and B Smith are in 2 teams
GK/DEFS BY TEAM
WBA 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 GK/Defs and Sunderland are represented 7 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Watford GK/Defs are represented 6 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Everton GK/Defs are represented 5 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
Arsenal GK/Defs are represented 4 times in the 10 of the FPL managers teams
MIDFIELDERS
Walcott is in 10/10 FPL managers teams
Sanchez is in 9/10 FPL managers teams
Sterling is in 6/10 FPL managers teams
Firmino and Fletcher are in 5/10 of the FPL managers teams
Antonio is in 3/10 FPL managers teams
FORWARDS
Aguero is in 10/10 FPL managers teams
Lukaku is in 7/10 FPL managers teams
Benteke and Austin are in 3/10 FPL managers teams
GW9 CAPTAIN CHOICE
Sanchez was the captain in 7/10 teams
Walcott was captained in 2/10 teams
Aguero was the captain in 1/10 teams
FORMATION
9 FPL managers played 3-4-3
1 FPL manager played 3-5-2
TRANSFERS
Wildcards, Transfers and Hits
10/10 have now played their wildcards
In this round 2 managers took a 4 point hit
7 of the 10 managers made a transfer
Transfers in
Walcott was transferred in 4 times
Allen was transferred in twice
No one else was transferred in more than once
Transfers out
Antonio, Capoue and Sterling was transferred out 2 times
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.
What it does show is that the top 10 fpl managers I follow have big differences (30% difference is the benchmark) with the top 10k rank. Here are the main ones:
The top 10k favour the following significantly more than the managers I follow:
Capoue, Costa
The 10 Managers I follow favour the following more significantly than the top 10k
Amat, Holebas, Lovren, Sanchez and Walcott
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 ending up in 1400th position. 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. At present he is in 90k position a worsening of rank of 56k position with 477 points after a score of 37 this gameweek. He made no transfers and rolled his transfer over.
I suspect this week he will get rid of Snodgrass and Williams or Amat
THE HIGHEST RANKED AND LOWEST RANKED MANAGERS
Highest ranked
This is the manager ranked 15k on 506 points with a gameweek score of 41
Lowest ranked team
This is the manager with the lowest ranked team of 1.48m and a gameweek score of 39
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 £102.5m so not unachievable. The highlighted players are the changes to my team to achieve it which as you can see are very little.
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