Sun Dream Team – transfer window 3 – analysing the Star man awards

In this article we attempt to see any pattern in the Sun dream team star man awards to date to see if it can influence our decisions for transfer window 3

Here’s the table showing all those players to date who have won won more than 4 Sun Dream Team star man awards

So what does this tell us?

7/16 are strikers

Suarez, Berba, RVP and Rooney are all players heavily involved in the game.  Defoe, Fletcher and Lukaku have been the lone striker.

6/16 are midfielders

Mata and Bale are the dominant midfielders for their team whereas Fellaini is the only one that is in the support striker category. Puncheon Snodgrass and Hoolahan are a little more difficult to categorise

3/16 are defenders

Collins and Shawcross are CBs in teams that have overperformed in clean sheets whereas Baines is a proven Sun Dream Team  performer who is heavily involved in their play

The interesting thing is that there are 12 different teams involved which shows that its not just the big teams that dominate.  So when you’re picking a player for a team in the transfer window how do you take in to account their star man potential.  I’ve listed the 12 teams and then tried to compare them to the player that I would say is their dominant or star player if you like and compared them to the star man winner as being the obvious way of picking them

Chelsea – Mata  – definitely  their dominant player who runs the game

Liverpool  – Suarez – Yes the only other player who could compare is Gerrard

Man Utd – RVP and Rooney – no question that these 2 are the 2 star players

Fulham – Berba is definitely their star player

Everton – No real star player at Everton but certainly these have been the form players

West Ham – Collins definitely isn’t the star or dominant player.  West Ham have overperformed on clean sheets which is probably the explanation

Sunderland – Fletcher – They dont really have a dominating player but Fletcher is probably as close to a star as they have.

Tottenham – Bale is unquestionably their star so understandable.  Surprised at Defoe has played the lone striker role well but not a natural star man contender for me a bit too selfish and shoot on sight rather than a team contributor.

WBA – Lukaku –  A hugely talented player who should have started every week.  Has shone every time he plays but the amount of star man awards are a surprise

Stoke – as for Collins.  They’ve overperformed on clean sheets and for some reason Shawcross has been the beneficiary.

Southampton – Puncheon – not the star by any means has performed well this year but this is a surprise.

Norwich – Snodgrass and Hoolahan – Holt would probably be the star for me but he’s suffered from lack of game time.  Hoolahan playing the advanced central midfield role and Snodgrass with his set piece dominance I guess are reasonable picks but its a surprise to me the awards haven’t been shared around more.

Summary

So there’s no clear pattern although what we do know is that the star man awards don’t just go to the big teams and although a good proportion go to the team “stars” its not that predictable.  What is clear is that being able to pick them is important as 10/16 in the star man table above are in the top 20 scorers for Sun Dream Team.

So when doing your transfers in the Sun Dream Team transfer window 3 think about the players star man potential as picking the right player will definitely bring rewards