Fantasy football Trends From The Top – GW36
Welcome to this week’s edition of Trends From the Top. Gameweeks 34 and 35 were certainly game changers for our leaders and for those who follow this article week after week, you’ll know that many of the leaders (prior to GW 33) held top spots for many, many weeks.
For the first time this season, the game has significantly changed.
This week the only player to have a spot in the top ten for more than 2 weeks is our current leader Dimitris Gavles who has held a top position for ONLY 3 weeks.
ALL of our (ex)leaders…all of the players we have been watching and tracking for nearly the entire season, are now below the top ten ranking.
It is really no secret how these new contenders climbed to the top. Nine of the Top Ten used their Triple Captain Chip for GW 34 while the remaining leader is using his triple captain this week with Kane as his selection. Six of our leaders also deployed their Wildcard in GW 33 thus setting them up for strategic success.
With GW 37 showing more potential opportunities, it will be interesting to see if the leaders change once again. Until then, let’s look at what our new leaders are doing.
Who was the most captained player by the top ten for Gameweek 35?
This week, 50% of top managers selected Aguero as their captain pick while another 20% selected Kane. The remaining three managers chose Sanchez, Firmino and Sturridge.
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Who were the most popular players chosen by the top ten for Gameweek 35?
Goalkeepers: 20% of the top 10 played either de Gea, Hart or Mignolet while the remaining managers selected Schmeichel, Darlow, Forster and Cech.
Defenders: For Gameweek 35, 15 defenders made the cut. Bellerin was the most popular as 8 of the 10 managers selected him. Bellerin was followed by Simpson (50%), Morgan (30%), Gabriel, Moreno, Alderweireld and Sakho (20% ownership). The remaining defenders were the following all with 10% ownership: Clichy, Fuchs, Rose, Williams, Azpilicueta, Huth, van Aanholt, and Otamendi.
Midfielders: When you look at midfielders, the top 10 managers had 8 different picks. Sanchez was the most popular pick with 90% ownership. 70% of managers
selected Mahrez, while 60% selected Alli, and 50% Iwobi. Coutinho was selected by 40% followed by DeBruyne & Firmino with 30% ownership. And finally, Milner wrapped up the group with 10% ownership.
Forwards: This week, the front line consisted of only 5 picks among the top managers. 80% had Aguero while another 50% had Kane. Sturridge came in with an ownership rate of 40% while Defoe and Long each had 10% ownership.
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In summation, the Must-Haves for top managers for Gameweek 35 were Bellerin, Simpson, Sanchez, Alli, Mahrez, Iwobi, Kane and Aguero as they all had an ownership rate of 50% or higher.
Other interesting facts:
* The average score for Gameweek 35 among the top 10 is currently 45 points which is 16 points above average for the week.
* Again, the longest reign of any of the leaders in the top ten is now only 3 weeks.
* England is dominating! 7 of the top ten are currently from England while the remaining leaders are from Sweden, Mongolia and Bulgaria.
* 60 points separates 1st from 10th. Our leader is currently at 2290 points.
* The average team value is £106.3.
Hope this was useful!
Best of luck in Gameweek 36!
@bekachan
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Thanks for reading Fantasy Football Trends From The Top – GW36 Fantasy Premier League 2015-16. This article was written by Rebekah H
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Who are we using TC on my thoughts are Payet in DGW
DGW is probably when I will TC but with Arsenal dropping points and now needing to win more matches with CL on line I think Sanchez against AV should be considered !
Yep. Sanchez is an option.
Tbh Kane or kun too.
Wonder if anyone will consider a tc on Andy Carol…
I’m definitely considering it.
Same here. GW36 performances will certainly help to decide.
Payet was my original plan too, but I think I’d rather use it on Carroll if I;m going with someone from West Ham. I’d go Sturridge in a heartbeat if only he was certain to start both games!
Very, very tempted by Sturridge! Just hope he stays a differencial for me in my ML, as he has been for about a month now. Part of me still thinks the only player to play it on is Aguero though….
Always enjoyable, thank you! Like 20% of the top ten (like many here), my GW hopes (hopefully not misery) is in Harry’s hands tonight!
What happened to Ben Foster?
Rival has Myhill & De Gea. Pain in the arse.
Hey guys
My ML rival has Eriksen
No assist showing
Hoping it stays that way
Alli likely to be banned for punching Yacob – that could be his season over folks.
Solve my benching problem in gw37
Yeah saw that – he does seem to have a feisty streak in him doesnt he! Really great player though. Maybe the perfect time to get a Chelsea midfielder in?
I would like the two wildcard chips to be used constantly throughout the actual transfer windows until they close. That way you can change your team at will during August & January but come the transfer deadline that’s what you are left with. Would make for some exciting weeks where your team can be totally different for a few weeks and makes January a pivotal month! Also wouldn’t mind if the ditched the AOA chip.