Trends From The Top Gameweek 8
Welcome to this week’s edition of Trends From the Top. It’s always fascinating to see the ways in which the leader board changes as well as the trends that evolve just over the course of a couple of weeks! Did you know for example that for GW 7, only two of the top 10 players had Aguero on their team? So… what trends did we see this week? What are the leaders doing and will they continue to maintain their leads?
Who was the most captained player by the top ten for Gameweek 8?
This week, 100% of the top ten managers selected… AGUERO! As many of you know, captaining him would have brought you 50 points but for the three top managers who decided to play their triple captain chip, kudos to you! At the time of writing only 33.9% of managers have been able to bring Aguero onboard as he carries a very heavy price tag of £13.2m but if this week’s performance is indicative of what’s to come, Aguero may be the one man up front to permanently invest your money in. (Next three matches are BOU (H), MUN (A) and NOR (H)).
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What recent trend have most of the top managers been deploying?
In researching this week’s leaders, it was interesting to see that once again, most managers have used many if not all of their chips! What’s even more fascinating, however, is the fact that Struthious D, currently holding position #2 has neither used a chip nor a wild card! His game play therefore may be more ‘credible’ and reflective of good managerial skills than others. (Struthious D has played for 10 seasons and his highest rank was 39,890). And, as the week’s progress, I do believe we will see the downfall of those who were eagerly ambitious to deploy and exhaust their chips within the first few weeks of the season.
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What are some other interesting findings regarding the leaders?
– NONE of the top 10 for this week were in the top 10 last week! This may be the new norm with all the new additions and modifications to the game but it is indeed very interesting to me as last year’s leader, stayed at the top for the last 15-20 weeks.
– Our leader brought in 145 points (ranked 72nd for GW 8) and was savvy enough to use his triple captain chip. While I do suggest above that they deployment of all your chips so early in the season may not be wise, the use of the triple captain chip for this week was clearly most fortuitous.
– Our leader also ranked 1,505,612 in GW 2! (There’s hope for us all?)
– Our leader went from 896th to 1st in one GW.
– Our current leader finished 408,298 for the 2014/2015 season.
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Goalkeepers: For this past gameweek 50% of the top managers selected Cech while 20% had Hart and 10% had Boruc and Butland.
Defenders: This week we saw 19 defenders make the cut for top managers. Interestingly enough, Kolarov (70%) was the only defender with an ownership rate of over 50%. Azpilicueta came in at 40% while Alderweireld was the next most popular pick with 40% ownership followed by Bellerin with 30%, Dann, Souare and Darmian with 20% and Hangeland, Morgan, Clyne, Williams, Mertesacker, Cedric, Cresswell, Skrtel, Fonte, Gabriel, Walker and Reid each with 10%.
Midfielders: When you look at midfielders, the top 10 managers had 20 different picks with several getting only 10% of the vote such as Morrison, Walcott, Mata, Sinclair, Countinho, Silva, Navas, Bolasie, Wanyama, Hazard, Eriksen, Puncheon, Barkley, Matic and Ozil. Payet was the most popular pick with 90% ownership followed by Sanchez at 40%, De Bruyne, Ayew and Cabaye at 30%. On a personal note, this is the most variety I have ever seen for midfielders while doing this piece over the past 3 years. The fact that only one player has an ownership of 50% or higher suggests that the midfield is ever evolving and/or has yet to plant stable and reliable choices.
Forwards: This week, the front line consisted of a 8 picks among the top managers which again seems to indicate that such spots are not yet solidified. Aguero came in with 100% while Vardy was the next popular pick as he received 70%. Ighalo was selected by 40% of the top managers with Pelle receiving 20% and Jerome, Sakho, Lukaku and Martial each receiving 10% a piece.
In summation, the Must-Haves for top managers for Gameweek 8 were not many. They were Cech, Kolarov, Payet, Vardy and Aguero as they all had an ownership rate of 50% or higher.
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Other interesting facts:
Other interesting facts:
– The average score for Gameweek 8 among the top 10 was an insane 123.5 points which is 68.5 points above average for the week. Yes, that’s 68.5 points above the average!
– England dominated the leader board once again as 50% of the top 10 were from England. The remaining three countries were Turkey (currently in 1st), Scotland, Northern Ireland, India and Indonesia.
– The average team value was £102 with £103.3 being the highest team value and £101.1 being the lowest value.
– 19 points separates 1st place from 10th.
– Best of luck in Gameweek 9 and a special birthday shout out to my #1 fan…
Happy Birthday Dad!
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Apparently mane won’t play on the 15th as he is a foreign based player and aren’t allowed to play in the African nation championship. So since his last game is probably on Tuesday (a friendly vs Algeria) do we think he will play the next gameweek??
I don’t know why and where these rumours came from, am I missing something here?
I’m using wildcard at the moment and was thinking of this combo at the back:
toby,monreal,soares(target,simpson)
payet,mahrez,de bruyne,mane,sanchez
kun,pelle(ighalo)
I’m open to suggestions,cheers.
its good, just I wouldnt have mahrez. But if he plays I guess he is good
maybe u can consider mane-hoolahan bcoz u have pelle and upgrade ighalo-vardy..use the cash to upgrade target and simpson and maybe u can downgrade monreal for a 5m playing defender like dawson..the cheapest defender that playing is micah eventhou he dont get any cleansheet but i think he is da best option for a long term..haha..just a suggestion..????
Oh fantasy 247, thank you!
Contemplated WC last week. Did so on Thursday and with a bit of tweaking thanks to the 247 community and some proper legends, I scored 101 points!
This is amazing due to my best week being 50 points before this week. Also jumped from 9th to 3rd in my league and from 1,699,113 to 547,157 overall. Terrible start to the season, hopefully I can hold the team back together.
So, onto my transfer for the week. Seeing as I started to go with the advice I received last week and scored big, I am reaching out for some advise to continue my run.
Dier is suspended for the Liverpool game. Was thinking of taking him out, bringing in Cédric from Southampton and bringing in maybe Davies for Francis next GW.
Sound like an ok plan or do another transfer/save the transfer?
Thanks again legends!!!
That’s a fairly amazing score given the absence of a certain Aguero! I did actually wonder earlier on how you’d done as it stuck out as being without him. I’m relieved to say the least! If you don’t mind I’m going to tweet this team.
Cheers init!
I was very worried well watching the game that I’d missed the played of the weekend. I had him before my wildcard so that made me extremely worried. Can’t complain with this score though. Very happy with my mids and was unlucky not to score more. Mertesacker and Butland both sitting on the bench with 6 each.
Go for it mate
What is your twitter handle? I’ll retweet it.
The actual site account RT’d it makeya – @fantasyfooty27. What’s your handle?
It’s on the site one @FantasyFooty247 We were doing a 100 club thing last night.
Nice one!
@davefaint
Elle if you see this then have a suggestion for the Regulars League: everyone had to register with you first right so can you post in the league forum each team’s FF247 username please? Just like a long list, so we can see who all these pretenders are! 😉
Good idea CC
DMC = Josés de Portugal FC
Pancho = Eva’s Giants
Horse = Horse FC in regular H2H league
and Foal FC (GW2) in the regular classic league
Horse, the biggest of hat doffs to you sir. All being put in our place by a team that had 1 less GW.. that’s just depressing.
Ok so REALLY need to get shot of Wilson as his drops are eating my TV. Problem is I’ve only got 1FT. Here’s some ideas I’ve had. Comments / ideas / abuse from fellow managers would be great.
1. Wilson –> Ighalo, Couthino –> Payet / Mane. (Worried about Mane not starting after IB)
2. Wilson –> Ighalo, Couthino –> Ozil. (Loving Ars’ fixtures over the next 6 GWs)
3. Wilson –> Vardy, Couthino –> Tadic (Allows me South cover as well as freeing up cash to get Vardy in)
Are there any other forwards I’m not thinking about?
After the IB I would then look at perhaps Muniesa –> ??? as defence is in trouble, but might try and last 1 more GW and do it with a FT rather than taking a second hit.
Doing Wilson –> Ighalo would mean I can do it now to stop drops and do transfers for hits after the IB so I was leaning towards 2 because of Ars fixtures But after looking at it, Ighalo has a torrid set of games coming up (ARS, stk, WHU, lei, MUN) in comparison to in form Vardy (sou, CRY, wba, WAT, new) so now I’ve started favouring 3 meaning I’ll have to take the hits now and hope for a kind IB. I’m 1mil off Ozil and Vardy, anywhere you think I could shave it?
Thanks for any tips / advice.