The most common response to an RMT is the word template. And usually, it is not a compliment. It conveys mediocrity, a safe choice, without the personal stamp of the owner. But like the ‘common man’ isn’t the ‘template team’ a myth? After all, isn’t each team different? Aren’t you sick of hearing the same response to each RMT you post? Well, I intend to put an end to this debate by creating the real Fantasy Premier League template.
METHOD
In order to create the template team I went to the FPL site on August 11 and copied the % ownership stat for each player, along with their team and cost. I filtered out the top players in each position, insuring the presence of both big hitters and cheap players. Using this data I proceeded to create a valid FPL team of 15 players. After a few rounds of hit and trial to comply with budget, I came up with my masterpiece…
THE FPL TEMPLATE 2014-15
Krul Myhill
Shaw Lovren Vlaar Bruce Debuchy
Barkley Sterling Ramsey Mata El Ahmadi
Rooney Sturridge Bojan
Total Team Value: 99.5
In the bank: 0.5
Max. players from one team: 3 – Man U, Liverpool
Average Player Ownership: 23.49%
Average Player Ownership is simply the average team ownership of all the 15 players. Rooney is the most common player with over 42% ownership at the time of creation. While El Ahmadi, is almost a differential with an ownership of less than 10%. At just 4.5 though, you should be willing to risk him.
