After a very successful Gameweek 1, many of the 50 veterans Fantasy Premier League managers I’m tracking felt confident enough to bank a transfer. This proved costly in Gameweek 2, but may pay off in the long term as 70 per cent gave themselves two free transfers ahead of Gameweek 3.
TRANSFERS
The veterans made only 0.29 transfers per team, down on activity among the Top 10,000 managers, whose average was 0.76, and the overall managers’ average of 0.79. Only one veteran took a hit and two spent their Wildcard chip in Gameweek 2.
Top players bought:
– Philippe Coutinho (LIV): 13.22%
– Zlatan Ibrahimović (MUN): 10%
Top players sold:
– Jamie Vardy (LEI): 16.67%
– Anrew Ayew (WHU): 13.22%
– Anrdre Gray (BUR): 10%
Jamie Vardy has missed several opportunities in his first couple of weeks and, more significantly, has relinquished spot-kick duties to Riyad Mahrez. A further decline in ownership among the veterans looks inevitable.
CHIPS
Teams who didn’t use any chip in Gameweek 2 scored 10 points more than the managers who decided to use their wildcard early in the season. However, those figures are slightly skewed as of the two that wild carded, one had a good Gameweek while the other had a disaster.
THE VETERANS’ TEMPLATE
Top starting players
Andre Gray from Burnley was a huge veterans’ differential. Three out of four of them had him in the starting lineup, while among the top 10,000 managers his ownership was only 15%. The Burnley striker scored and assisted against Liverpool.
CAPTAINS
Almost all (47) the veterans captained Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero. Three others tried something different, with Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Zlatan Ibrahimović being handed the armband. Overall and amongst top 10,000 managers Aguero was also the top captained player.
OVERALL RANKINGS
– Maximum points: 76
– Biggest rank improvements: 358,613 places
After Gameweek 2, the average overall position of all 50 veteran teams is 509,323 – 124,532 places worse than after Gameweek 1. Among the Veterans, 30% gained a green arrow, while 70% saw red. In addition, the veterans’ average Gameweek 2 score was 63.62 points (after hits), which was lower than the top 10,000 average (64 points) although better than the overall average (56.3 after hits). Gray helped the veterans, but his goal and assist was not enough to replicate the veterans’ Gameweek 1 heroics.
BEAT THE VETERANS
Everyone in the “Beat the Veterans” mini league with 35 points or less were eliminated. In total 2,156 managers survived Gameweek 2 with d Kirk notching the highest score – 94 points. Rules can be found here.
7 years, 8 months ago
Thanks for this. Andy G letting the side down with his hasty wildcard. 😉