Fantasy Premier League Transfer Tips GW38 – Analysing The Teams Of 10 Top FPL Managers

Fantasy Premier League, top 10 FPL managers

Here’s our fantasy premier league transfer tips GW38 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 GW38 – 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 GW37

There were 3 green arrows and 7 red arrows

The average points score in GW37 was 47 net of point deductions for extra transfers.

The average overall rank of the top 10 FPL managers is 37k.

The median overall rank was 16k

The average total points are 2,425.

The average team value was £105.8m.

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

Alexander Arnold is in 9 of the FPL managers teams

Dallas is in 7 of the FPL managers teams

Digne is in 6 of the FPL managers teams

Martinez, Forster, Shaw and Konsa are in 5 of the 10 FPL managers teams

Rudiger is in 3 of the 10 FPL managers teams

Goalkeeper/Defence by team

I have stripped out non playing GKs

Liverpool and Villa are represented 10 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Leeds are represented 9 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Everton are represented 8 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Man Utd are represented 6 times in the 10 managers teams

Southampton and Chelsea are represented 5 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Palace, Brighton and Fulham, are represented 3 times in the 10 FPL managers teams

Midfielders

Salah is in 10 of the FPL managers teams

Lingard is in 7 of the 10 FPL managers teams

Son and Raphinha are in 6 of the 10 FPL managers teams

Greenwood is in 4 of the 10 FPL managers teams

Fernandes is in 3 of the 10 FPL managers teams

Forwards

Kane is in 10 of the FPL managers teams

Calvert-Lewin is in 6 of the 10 FPL managers teams

Bamford and Antonio are in 4 of the 10 FPL managers teams

Iheanacho is in 3 of the 10 FPL managers teams

GW37 Captain Choice

9 managers captained Salah

1 manager captained Kane

The FFGeek Captain Poll showed Salah at 56% Fernandes at 20% and Kane at 17%

Formations

5 Managers played a 343 formation

1 manager played a 442 formation

1 managers played a 433 formation

2 managers played a 352 formation

1 manager played a 451 formation

Transfers

o managers wildcarded

4 managers carried over a free transfer

1 managers took a 4 point hit

0 managers took an 8 point hit

Transfers in

Raphinha and Greenwood were transferred in 2 times

No one else was transferred in more than once

Transfers out 

Jota was transferred out 6 times

No one else was transferred in more than once

Wildcards and Chips

0 manager used their 2nd wildcard in this gameweek. 10 have now used them in total

0 used their Triple Captain Chip in this gameweek. 10 in total have now used their triple captain chip

0 managers used their Bench Boost Chip in this gameweek. 10 managers in total have used their bench boost

0 managers used their Free Hit Chip in this gameweek. 10 managers in total have used their Free Hit Chip

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.

Fantasy Premier League Transfer Tips GW38

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.

Everton defence – Digne

Villa defence – Martinez

Liverpool defence – Alexander Arnold

Leeds defence – Dallas

Salah

Lingard

Kane

That’s 7 players. Jota dropped out

One managers team

Here’s the top scoring manager for the week.

Fantasy Premier League Transfer Tips GW38

This manager is last of the 10 in overall rank. His score for GW37 was 64. His total points are 2,306 and his overall rank is in the 161k. His team value is £105.1m. Don’t let his current rank fool you. His last 3 seasons ranks are 3k, top 500 and 1k

Interestingly he has 6 of the 7 template players mentioned above

His template replacement player is

Shaw for Digne

His Liverpool defence representation was Phillips instead of Alexander Arnold

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 not achievable by many at around £107.3m

Fantasy Premier League Transfer Tips GW38

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Key FPL points from GW36 Friday and Saturday matches

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