Fantasy football Trends From The Top – GW37
Welcome to this week’s edition of Trends From the Top. What have the leaders been up to and what will our leaders being doing as we edge towards the end of the season and head into Gameweek 37 which is in fact a DGW for 8 teams? Let’s take a look and see what trends if any ensued.
Who were the most popular players chosen by the top ten for Gameweek 36?
Goalkeepers:
This week our top managers selected 7 different goalkeepers. Gomes, De Gea and Darlow were the most popular picks which each having an ownership rate of 20%. Kudos to those who advantageously selected Darlow and brought home 15 points. Robles, Cech, Hart and Schmeicel rounded off the selections for goalie as they each had 10% ownership.
Defenders:
As usual, we saw a plethora of defenders played by the top ten; a total of 12 different players. Bellerin was the most popular picks as 9 of the 10 managers selected him. Van aanholt came in at 40% ownership while Cresswell and Moreno each had 30%. Gabriel, Rojo, Rose, Simpson and Morgan each had 20% ownership while the remaining defenders all came in with 10% ownership: Alderweireld, Ogbonna, and Smalling.
Midfielders:
When you look at midfielders, the top 10 managers had 12 different picks with several getting only 10% of the vote such as Antonio, Lennon, Barkley, Noble, Counthino and Firmino. 100% of managers selected Sanchez followed by Payet and Mahrez with 80%, Townsend with 50%, Iwobi with 30%, and DeBruyne with 20%.
Forwards:
This week, the front line consisted of 8 picks among the top managers. 70% had Aguero yet out of those 7 managers, none of them gave Aguero the armband and considering the fact that he didn’t play, this wasn’t a bad idea. Kane was the next popular pick with 60% ownership followed by Sturridge with 50%, Defoe with 30%, Deeney and Carroll with 20% and Rashford and Lukaku with 10%
In summation, the ‘Must-Haves’ for top managers for Gameweek 36 were Bellerin, Sanchez, Payet, Mahrez,Townsend, Kane, Sturridge and Aguero as they all had an ownership rate of 50% or higher.
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Other interesting facts:
•The average score for Gameweek 36 among the top 10 is currently at 45.4 points which was is 19 points above average for the week.
•The average team/club value was £106.4 with £108.9 being the most expensive team and £104.3 being the cheapest team.
• 7 of the top 10 selected Sanchez as their captain (6 points) while our #2 leader selected Deeney and accumulated 26 points. Sturridge and Payet were the remaining two captain picks.
• Yeah Troyyy Deeney, currently in the 4th position is a strong contender for a most excellent finish. For the 2014/2015 season, he finished #318.
• Most of the leaders have deployed all of their chips. Moreover, most used their wildcard in GW 33 and used their Triple Captain during gameweek 34.
• The average total of weeks these (new) leaders have been in the Top Ten is only 3.8 weeks.
• The top three leaders have currently maintained their positions for GW 36.
• England represented 70% the leader board as while the other countries represented were Sweden (10%), Ireland (10%), and Bulgaria (10%).
Hope this was useful!
I wonder… if folks still have a Bench Boost or a Triple Captain, can Gameweek 37 boost them past these current leaders?
Best of luck in Gameweek 37!
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Thanks for reading Fantasy Football Trends From The Top – GW37 Fantasy Premier League 2015-16. This article was written by Rebekah H
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Hey Allan I would do
Kun Defoe
Iwobi Payet
Sch Adrian
Job done good luck
Never, ever thought I’d ask this, bench one this week:
Kun or Sanchez
Id never bench Kun because of his penalties.
1FT which I will use to get Carroll in for Welbeck. Using bench boost this week so prepared for some hits! have £1.8m ITB
Coutinho/Mahrez > Firminho could be a decent move.
Id still prefer Defoe over Carrol since Sunderland is in the relegation battle and very determined.
BB this crap in the coming GW and Triple Captain Sanchez in the last GW against Villa?
Will use 1FT to convert one of Countinho or Firmino > Payet (C).
OR Triple Captain Payet this GW and BB in the last GW?
Also considering Sanchez + Cout > Haz + Payet for a -4 hit.
Which means I BB this GW, and Triple Cap Aguero in last GW, away at Swansea.
Team looks good, would definetly use BB this week also how about Kane->Carroll ? And Coutinho or Barkley or any of your choice mid to Hazard think will have enough funds
B, I might be tempted to TC Payet this week when you get him, it depends if your leading or chasing though.
Coutinho has been a problem these last couple of GWs, he’s clearly going to play in the EL game so i’d watch that game before moving him on.
3.1m ITB and 1 FT left … planning to use TC Payet planning to do following transfers for -8 hit
1. Fuchs to Cresswell/Smalling/Martin
2. Ozil to Hazard/Noble/Antonio
3. Kane to Costa/Carroll
Any suggestions regarding transfers, team, cap and starting XI would be very much appreciated
Hi hochoki,
I like the first two moves (bringing in Cresswell and Hazard) but would maybe hold Kane. I think he could be worth the holding as so many ditch him. He’s still on for this golden boot you know? Southampton and Newcastle aren’t bad fixtures either.
Id take Cresswell, Hazard and Carroll from those.
Got 2.7itb have no transfers but i have won both my mini leagues so have nothing to play for so i don’t mind taking a 4-12pt hit.
Was thinking of getting hazard in but not sure or changing GK as liverpool seem to be on constant rotation.
Rogue
Coutinho to Hazard stands out for me. I would chance Mignolet and have Hennessey as back up but if you do want a flutter then I’d probably have DDG.