Here’s our fantasy premier league transfer tips GW25 article where we analyse the teams of 10 top FPL managers. These 10 managers have not finished outside the overall rank of the top 10k in the last 3 seasons. 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 transfer tips GW25 – Analysing the teams of 10 top FPL managers
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Introduction
The criteria I’ve always been looking for is managers who’ve finished in the top 10k for the last 3 years when FPL has become considerably harder due to the amount of people playing and the information available.
The 10 managers stats
I’ve given the identities and FPL IDs of the 10 FPL managers in the FFGeek Patreon site
It includes our very own Yaniv Salomon who you can follow on twitter here
These managers are incredible and every bit as impressive as last season.
1. The overall average finishing overall rank of the top 10 managers in the last 3 seasons is 3,860
2. The top 10 FPL managers have not been out of the top 10k in the last 3 seasons (ie 30 times playing)
3. 7 of the 10 have finished in the top 1,000 in the last 3 seasons
4. 1 of the 10 have finished in the top 100 in the last 3 seasons
Their basic stats after GW24 Sunday
There were 8 green arrows and 2 red arrows
The average points score in GW24 after Sunday was 78 net of point deductions for extra transfers. With it being a DGW and games on Monday and Wednesday there’s alot more to come
The average overall rank of the top 10 FPL managers was 75k.
The median overall rank was 17k
The average total points are 1,570.
The average team value was £106.1m.
The combined total of individual players
I’ve generally only included where there is a minimum of a player in 3 out of the 10 FPL managers teams
Goalkeeper/Defence by player
Martinez is in 9 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Cancelo is in 8 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Dallas is in 7 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Coufal, Mee and Dias are in 6 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Pope is in 5 of the 10 managers teams
Digne is in 3 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Goalkeeper/Defence by team
I have stripped out non playing GKs
Man City are represented 16 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Burnley is represented 13 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Villa are represented 9 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
West Ham are represented 8 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Leeds are represented 7 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Everton are represented 3 times in the 10 FPL managers teams
Midfielders
Salah and Fernandes are in 10 of the FPL managers teams
Gundogan is in 9 of the 10 managers teams
Son is in 7 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Grealish is in 4 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Soucek and Sterling are in 2 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Forwards
Bamford is in 9 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Antonio is in 8 of the 10 FPL managers teams
Calvert Lewin is in 5 of the FPL managers teams
Watkins is in 4 of the 10 FPL managers teams
GW24 Captain Choice
7 managers captained Gundogan
3 managers captained Sterling
The FFGeek Captain Poll showed Gundogan at 54% , Sterling at 20%, and Fernandes at 8%
Formations
4 managers played 3-5-2
4 managers played 4-4-2
2 managers played 3-4-3
Transfers
1 managers carried over a free transfer
2 managers took a 4 point hit
transfers in
Mee, Sterling, Lowton and Cavani were transferred in 2 times
no other player was transferred in more than once
transfers out
Calvert Lewin, Justin and Rashford were transferred out 2 times
No other player was transferred out more than once
Wildcards and Chips
1 manager has used his 2nd wildcard
4 have now used their triple captain chip
4 managers have used their bench boost including 1 manager who used it this week
Here’s his bench boost so far
109 points incredibly. He’s now in the top 500. His last 4 seasons are 8k, 4k and 6k. His TV is £105.7m
The top 10k overall rank vs the 10 FPL managers
Here’s a comparison between the top 10k overall rank ownership % and the 10 top FPL managers. The differences in the 3rd column are narrowing
The template
I use the 10 managers as a proxy for serious managers teams and have a basic rule of thumb that if 7 of the 10 managers have a player or a team defence then I will seriously consider getting that player .
Here’s the template on that basis. The difficulty with tracking the template is that you’re 1 game behind it as you obviously can’t see what their transfers are leading up to the gameweek opening.
Villa defence – Martinez
Leeds defence – Dallas
Man City defence – Dias and/or Cancelo
West Ham defence – Coufal
Burnley defence – Pope or Mee
Salah
Fernandes
Son
Gundogan
Bamford
Antonio
Incredibly that’s 11 players. A full 11 player template team with only Coufal, Mee and Dallas rotating in the starting 11 on fixtures
One managers team
Here’s the manager with the highest score (excluding the Bench Boost team) of 82 this week. It’s FFGeek Contributor Yaniv Salomon . His last 3 seasons are 3k, 4k and 8k. His TV is £106.8m
This managers current overall rank is 20k and total points of 1,482. His TV is £105.7m. He has used his free Hit and Bench Boost
His last 3 seasons are 2k, 7k and top 500. He has 9 of the 12 template players. His template replacement player for Coufal is Justin, his template replacement player for Bamford is Watkins and lastly Rashford for Son.
The combined 10 top FPL managers teams
Here’s a team which tries to make a combination from the most represented players. Please note that it is meant to be a menu of players to help you choose your transfer rather than a realistic team and it’s value is not necessarily achievable. This week it is achievable by very few I would suggest at £107.6m
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