Fantasy football Trends From The Top – GW15
Welcome to this week’s edition of Trends From the Top. While Crystal Palace and Everton have yet to play, I certainly have been kicking myself as I decided this was the week to bring in Kolarov (1 point). I also thought that this was a great time to bring in Ozil and that wouldn’t have been too bad if I hadn’t traded Arnautovic (16 points) while taking a 4 point hit. Well let’s take a look at our new leaders and see what they have been up to.
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Who was the most captained player by the top ten for Gameweek 15?
This week, 30% of the top ten managers selected Ozil (12 points) while another 30% selected Ighalo (20 points). Two additional managers selected Lukaku while the remaining 2 managers selected De Bruyne (4 points) and Giroud (8 points).
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With the gameweek not yet over, how many players do the leaders have remaining for the Everton/Crystal Palace match?
All of the leaders have Lukaku on their squad while nine of the leaders also have Barkley. Our current leader will be playing 3 additional players as he also has Coleman.
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Who were the most popular players chosen by the top ten for Gameweek 15?
Goalkeepers: For this past gameweek 50% of the top managers selected Cech while 40% had De Gea and 10% had Hennessey.
Defenders: This week we saw 16 defenders make the cut for top managers. Smalling and Kolarov came in at 60% while Alderweireld had 50% representation. Bellerin was the next most popular pick with 30% ownership followed by Coleman with 20%. Dann, Moreno, Bertrand, Monreal, Azpilicueta, Darmian, Clyne, Cresswell, Zouma, Sagna and Walker each had an ownership rate of 10%.
Midfielders: When you look at midfielders, the top 10 managers had 9 different picks with several getting only 10% of the vote such as Hazard, Bolasie, Mane and Firmino . Barkley and Ozil were the most popular picks with 90% ownership followed by Mahrez at 80%, De Bruyne at 60%, and Ayew at 20%.
Forwards: This week, the front line consisted of only 5 picks. Lukaku came in with 100% while Ighalo was the next popular pick as he received 90%. Vardy was selected by 80% of the top managers while Giroud and Deeney each received 10% a piece.
In summation, the Must-Haves for top managers for Gameweek 15 were Cech, Kolarov, Smalling, Alderweireld, Mahrez, Ozil, De Bruyne, Barkley, Lukaku, Ighalo and Vardy as they all had an ownership rate of 50% or higher.
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Other interesting facts:
* The average score for Gameweek 15 is currently 59 points which is 19 points above the present average for the week.
* Scotland and England each have 2 top players. The other six countries represented are Canada, USA, Norway, Slovenia, Sweden and Australia.
* The average team value was £106 with £108 being the highest team value and £104.6 being the lowest value.
* 26 points separates 1st place from 10th.
* Five of the leaders have deployed all of their chips while two have not deployed any.
* None of the leaders have been in the top 10 for more than 6 weeks.
* Three of the top ten are new to the ranks.
Best of luck in Gameweek 16.
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Where’s that Innit half-time update from the stadium we were promised?
The “Goodison Exercise” over the tannoy was to remove him. Filming illegally!
Haha, I always wonder what they’re actually doing when I hear announcements like that on the television.
Lol, sorry mate! Evening all. Couldn’t actually get a proper connection in the stadium. Not that there was much to report at HT anyway!
A few musings from the game then. Deulofeu is very good in the flesh, defenders are petrified of him and actually back off when he’s in the box as they know they can’t risk it as he’s so quick. Stones is a class act. Coleman is great but I can’t figure out if he’s a bit nullified from an attacking sense with Deulofeu ahead of him because he doesn’t make space for him, he simply hugs the touch line and demands the ball, and usually gets it to feet and just goes at the full back, hence no real overlap from Coleman and none required really.
Other than that – Kone is useless. Barry keeps it all together. Mori is dodgy as. We need Baines back in for attacking balance and I wouldn’t be surprised if he starts on Saturday. Martinez needs to be more proactive with his subs. Kone should have gone early with Mirallas or Naismith on.
Anyway, Liam loved his first game which was the main thing!
Awww, great pics Init! Too bad Everton couldn’t catch any breaks, you really should have taken all 3 points with those shots pinging off the posts and crossbar left and right. Glad you and Liam had a good time though!
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Really glad the little fella enjoyed it. Pictures look super.
I tweeted last night about how much I thought of Stones. Looks already quite accomplished and so comfortable with the ball.
There was once in particular when he stepped out and side stepped and dummied about 4 Palace players which was pure class. Him and Coleman are happy enough and good enough to take a few risks and play their way out of trouble. Problem is that Mori then thinks he can do the same and that usually ends in disaster!
I remember that one. Watched the match and agree with your assessments above.
Even Howard in behind had two very good saves from a Wickham header and a Bolasie shot (saved with his feet).
Looking promising.
I picked Stones over Ward to start and took a -4 to replace Ighalo with Lukaku.
Score everton ffs!
Terrible fucking defending by Palace. It’s like they want to concede one goal per game. Ffs. PARDEW. Brings on Gayle. Crazy.
Barry got that assist, poor Deulofeou :/
They’ll change that though. Was he even near the ball. All the other sites give it to D.
He definately touched the ball. no reason why they would change it
Aha, some good news at least. 😉
For me that is. Was a damage control day, Lukaku killed the hope of a decent score.
well thats a balls. Was thinking assist and some potential bonus points too.
BTW – anyone else having issues with the site this weekend?
Haha, that’s so typical. Barry should have been carded and a penalty awarded for ripping that guy’s shirt off and dragging him down in the box. Instead he steals Deulofeu’s assist and bonus points and knocks my captain Lukaku off 3 BPS too. Wanker!
Lukaku hitting the post twice, once form a Barkley pass, who also struck the woodwork himself… could’ve been a big night!
Would it be silly to do Aguero —–> Kane despite his form?
No? I’m doing Costa to Kate. 😉