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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Aguero to miss the next two games, according to this:
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/624840/Sergio-Aguero-Manchester-City-Yaya-Toure-injury-update-News-Gossip
No date set for Aguero return
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1716/champions-league/2015/12/07/18092582/pellegrini-plays-down-aguero-injury-but-no-return-date-in
Aguero and Sturrdige need to toughen up :/ Need atleast one og Aguero or Coutinho to play next gw!
Such a shame. I thought last season was a turnaround for him. Clearly not.
When do we all think it’ll start being really important to have a playing bench? I’ve got Westwood as bench fodder and Giroud’s gametime will probably curtailed with Theo’s returns. Also effing Ben Davies hanging about…
Webstar, the correct answer is all the time. In reality much depends on your starting eleven and how lucky or unlucky you are with injuries, rotation etc. Certainly with the Christmas period almost upon us, the threat of rotation is at its highest.
Problem with Giroud is that he has featured in every game, so if he were started or brought on, you’ll still get his points.
I would swap out Davies this week mate. Try and find a team that works well with WBA for a rotation. WBA have good fixtures after this week so Evans becomes useable again but may need a decent player to rotate with.
https://www.facebook.com/Live.Football.News/videos/998266153564826/
Best goals of November, Smith’s goal was Dope!
Where’s all this news about aguero coming from? He is frustrating this season
Great read lads!
Anyone else have harry kane in their team? Not sure what to make of him, might be time to bite the bullet and bring in ighalo instead?
Moment of silence for Liverpool living up to my typo on here a few days ago and really being Liverpoo
Evening mate. Yep, i’ve got Kane. Had him as capo last week and Mahrez as vice capo. That went really well, eh? Haha. Not a chance i’m selling him though. Probably be capo again this week.
Better than having Mahrez on the bench though NIN, no? :rant:
Errr…
Exactly how I’ve felt since Saturday morning.
Not to worry mate, it happens to us all from time to time. Lesson learned though, never bench Riyad 😉
I’m off to work now, enjoy the game tonight. I’m hoping to come home to see a Coleman haul and not too much for Lukaku. Screw Barkley / Deu
Cheers NIN. My only hope is Kone slips coming out of the shower or something…
I just brought him in for Aguero, he has Newcastle next. Relax!
I have him.. But I’m also a newcastke season ticket holder… After yesterday’s game I’m not convinced he’ll do more than a goal… Or two.. Or three… Ah fuck it who am I kidding!
Lukaku very very close with a shot off the post. Think it would have been a barkley assist as well. Ouch!