Metrics

Captaincy fails for over two-thirds of top 10k Fantasy managers

Manchester City’s unexpectedly narrow 2-1 win over Southampton came at a cost for a large chunk of the top 10,000 managers in Fantasy Premier League.

Between them, Raheem Sterling (£12.1m) and Kevin De Bruyne (£10.2m) were handed the armband by almost 70% of the FPL bosses who were inside the top 10k at the point of the Gameweek 11 deadline.

The premium midfield pair duly blanked against the Saints, with Sterling picking up a booking to compound his owners’ misery.

Just under 6.5% of this elite group had more joy with a Sergio Aguero (£12.1m) captaincy, at least, while around one in four top 10k managers overlooked the City trio altogether.

The highest-owned player inside the top 10,000 is Jamie Vardy (£9.3m).

The Leicester City striker, who faces Crystal Palace on Sunday, featured in only 33.25% of top 10k squads ahead of the Gameweek 10 fixtures but his 20-point haul against Southampton has understandably increased his popularity.

Of course, a fair number of the new entrants inside the top 10,000 would have been helped there by owning Vardy in the first place.

The Foxes’ forward was by some distance the most-bought FPL asset of Gameweek 11, being transferred in by just over 675,000 managers.

De Bruyne remains in one in three top 10k squads, with Tammy Abraham (£7.8m) and John Lundstram (£4.7m) – both of whom delivered double-digit hauls on Saturday – also widely owned assets.

Mohamed Salah‘s (£12.4m) popularity continues to dwindle, with just over one in four top 10,000 managers hanging onto the Egyptian.

Indeed, Salah doesn’t feature in the top 10k Wildcard template, with Sadio Mane (£11.9m) proving a much more popular buy.

A two-man strike force of Vardy and Abraham is being widely favoured, with budget asset Aaron Connolly (£4.6m) the third-most-popular FPL forward among the elite managers who used their Wildcard this week.

There is predictably a lot of crossover between the template Wildcards inside the top 10k and outside of it, with Salah and Andrew Robertson (£6.9m) proving more popular in the chasing pack.

We have now hit the 50% mark for Wildcard usage in the top 10k.

One in four of the top 10,000 FPL managers have already used their Triple Captain chips, with the Free Hit and Bench Boost chips not as heavily relied on.

Chip usage inside the top 10k

Just under 33% of the top 10,000 have yet to use a single chip but over 25% have used at least two already.

2.2% of the top 10k have maxed out on their allotted chips already, leaving only their second Wildcard to be used.

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  1. Crazygopher
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    In my ml. I have the same type of team as my closes rival. Except for 4 players each. Bench fodder does not count as neither of us will use then. So my question is which would you rather have ?

    A pope soy taa tomari
    B gaz chil mendy jim

    1. WWF
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      B

      1. Crazygopher
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Thank you for your reply

    2. Yoshioka
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      B

    3. Crazygopher
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Thank you again. With B would you change any. Looking at mendy to taa gw13. Cuts it down to 3 players. And taa has good fixtures

      1. Crazygopher
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Or might downgrade sterling and bring in another differential and still bring in taa. I have kdb.

      2. fgdu
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        B with no gaz and get TAA

  2. SUPER MOKH
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    A. Kun > Vardy + 5.7itb
    B. Kun Cantwell > Vardy Son (-4)
    C. Cancelo > ?

    Pope McG
    TAA Lund Cancelo Rico Kelly
    KDB Mane Mount Maddy Cantwell
    Kun Connoly Tammy

    1. WWF
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      B is what I would do

  3. WWF
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Sterling Kun to Mane Firmino plus a few mill done. Really keen to see how Liv go after ManU. Gives me Robbo, Mane and Firmino going into their purple patch ... only KdB left for City.

    1. Rojo's Modern Life
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Lol foolish moves, you'll be punished

      1. WWF
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        You are right of course.

  4. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Any chance of a Vardy or Maddison no show to let Lundy come in

    Can’t believe Pep threw Ota on for one minute, at home to Southampton

    1. P-h-o-e-n-i-x
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Hard luck mate! A Vardy or Maddison no show is pretty unlikely, and I guess you know it too.
      I had Mendy and hence lucky enough to get Lundy off the bench.

    2. ZimZalabim
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      unless one gets injured, no chance

    3. Whats the Huth
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I’m stick of people getting lucky with autosubs.
      Same thing happened a few weeks back. Loads had autosubs Rico and Lundstram points from Salah and Otamendi no show

      Annoying

      1. ZimZalabim
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        thats what a bench is for in this age of rotation

        1. ZimZalabim
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          its the cameos that really hurt unless its one like trossards yesterday

      2. Rojo's Modern Life
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Some sore losership here. Lundy essential now and must start every week.

    4. Witty Pun: Not good at this…
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Close to zero

      In fairness, you deserve it for benching Lundstram, he's proven that he should be played every week even before GW11.

    5. Crazygopher
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I had mendy. But played lund. Rico is coming on for mendy.

    6. Mingo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I don't mean to be harsh but you deserve it for benching him at home to Burnley, that's about as plum as it gets! Who did you play ahead of him? I've got Soy coming in for Alonso, thought I would get Rico also for Ota but it would be pretty unusual to get both sub defenders off the bench.

  5. davies
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Grealish or McGinn?

    1. ZimZalabim
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      McGinn

  6. ZimZalabim
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    anybody watching UFC 244 ?

    1. Poseidon.
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I guarantee somebody is

  7. Murder On Zidanesfloor
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Tielemans a good option? Need a replacement for CHO upto 6.6m

    1. Eleven Hag
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Got to be one of those villa boys

      1. Man Chest Hair United
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Shite fixtures though

        1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Yeah this is the problem with Trossard and Grealish rn

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Find out today.

      1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah gonna be scouting 🙂

    3. Nabs Kebabs
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      remember when you disagreed with me that Arsenal are garbage 😆

      1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Remember when you already rubbed it in after the 1-0 loss vs Shu?

    4. E25
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      A great option.

      1. Murder On Zidanesfloor
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        He definitely is quality

  8. Postman Ty
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I like how Sheffield are listed as the easiest fixture next week but they're in 6th...

    1. Epic Fail
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I wouldn't pay too much attention to them being 6th. There's an 8 place swing between a defeat and a win.

      Not that they're easy though.

  9. PocketZola
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    How do I use my 1ft here? 0.7itb

    Pope
    Taa rob lund
    Mount maddison sterling kdb pulisic
    Abraham vardy

    Subs, Connolly, rico, chambers

    1. Man Chest Hair United
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Bank it. Look to get a pool attacker in next week

      1. PocketZola
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        how do i get in mane?

    2. E25
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Would save

    3. Rojo's Modern Life
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Pope to Gazaniga

  10. Man Chest Hair United
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Any ideas here?
    2FT nothing in the bank.

    Pope
    TAA Tomori Soy Lundy Dunk
    Sterling KDB Mount Maddison Dendoncker
    Aubz Tammy Vardy

    Want to find a way for Mané next week.

    Dunk out for Janmaat?

    1. PocketZola
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      auba to connolly and dend to mane?

  11. La Roja
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Is this worth -4?

    King Ota ➡ Vardy Willems

    1. HNI
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Wow you kept King? Nice motm he had vs Manutd. His underlying stats were brilliant. I would keep. Maybe remove the third striker apart from king abraham

  12. PocketZola
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    come on till get knocked out quickly! so i can watch the masivdal fight

    1. Party time
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Damn!! Got a link?? I've to watch that Jorge fight. Hope he serves Diaz 3 piece with a Soda!

    2. BrutalLogiC
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      So we're over the 7m accounts mark

      1. WWF
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Oh cool means I'm too 10% lol

        1. WWF
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Top *

    3. Rolls-Royce
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Damn, £0.2 drop on Salah sucks. Any owners around holding or switching to Mane?

      1. HNI
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Considering double up of Mane and salah. No way worth dropping as his stats sre still great

        1. Rolls-Royce
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          His fitness seems like a concern. And Mane + Salah + Sterling eats too many funds for the rest of the team.

      2. Party time
          4 years, 4 months ago

          Got both of them. Keep Salah & bring in Mané buddy

          1. Rolls-Royce
            • 10 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            That means no double pool defense.

            1. Party time
                4 years, 4 months ago

                For me Yes! Salah scored last weekend, Mané scored this weekend, Salah will score next weekend. That's how it works 😆

          2. FFSbet.com
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 4 months ago

            Nah,need more sellers before GW13 so he can be good differential as perma (C)

        • Rolls-Royce
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          This Maupay guy seems like a stat hoarder. How he did not manage to score vs Norwich is beyond me.

          1. Party time
              4 years, 4 months ago

              He is a great player, all in all, he plays for Brighton

              1. Rolls-Royce
                • 10 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Trossard staring more often should help.

                1. Party time
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    Absolutely... Trossard is on my radar now. Just need those fixtures to clear up a bit

                    1. Rolls-Royce
                      • 10 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Cool kids already brought Trossard for Norwich 😎

                      1. Party time
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Lovely! 🙂

                        • Yoshioka
                          • 5 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Enjoy his upcoming fixtures.

                          1. have you seen cyan
                            • 4 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            bad fixtures are now good fixtures, that how things work now

                          2. Rolls-Royce
                            • 10 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            Was a calculated risk. The next two fixtures are not entirely shabby.

              2. afsr
                • 7 Years
                4 years, 4 months ago

                Pope
                TAA, Lund, Tomori
                Mane, Sterling, KdB, Martial
                Vardy, Tammy, Connolly

                Button, Dunk, Cantwell, Hanley
                1FT, 1.5 ITB

                What to do here?
                A - Cantwell -> McGinn
                B - KdB, Cantwell -> Pulisic, Tielemans (-4)
                C - your suggestion

              3. Party time
                  4 years, 4 months ago

                  Still buzzing from that Mané late winner... 😆

                  1. andre_c
                    • 5 Years
                    4 years, 4 months ago

                    I have salah 🙁

                    1. Party time
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        😆 I have Salah too, he'll come good I believe

                    2. have you seen cyan
                      • 4 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Salah's been found out did you say?

                      1. Party time
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Nah! He will still score a hatty this season

                    3. have you seen cyan
                      • 4 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      I havent checked but a team with all players sub 10mil would be wrecking this season

                    4. andre_c
                      • 5 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Kun to Vardy done. Will I regret this ?

                      1. Epic Fail
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Yes.

                      2. Rolls-Royce
                        • 10 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Don't think so. Selling him this week for one of Vardy, Firmino, Kane or Jiminez 🙄

                    5. PocketZola
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      kdb or sterling to mane?

                      1. Epic Fail
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        K

                    6. PocketZola
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      keep or sell mount?

                      1. Epic Fail
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 13 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Sell for who?

                        1. PocketZola
                          • 6 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          kdb to mane and mount/maddison to mcginn

                          1. Epic Fail
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 13 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            Maddison out.

                            I don't see why you'd get rid of Mount.

                            1. PocketZola
                              • 6 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              i have pulisic and abraham as chel cover

                              1. Epic Fail
                                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                                • 13 Years
                                4 years, 4 months ago

                                Forget cover. Doesn't mean a thing.

                                Either a player is good to have or he's not and Mount is a good player to have.

                          2. have you seen cyan
                            • 4 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            those are rubbish moves

                      2. Eleven Hag
                        • 6 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        Season keeper

                        1. PocketZola
                          • 6 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          or i could sterling to mane straight

                    7. fish&chips
                      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                      • 13 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Pope (4.0)
                      TAA, Robbo, Lund, Montoya Lowton
                      Sterling, KDB, Madds, McGinn, Cantwell
                      Vardy, Abraham, Wilson

                      2 FT 0.8 ITB

                      No idea what to do this week. Any advice would be much appreciated!

                      (a) Wilson -> Ings (Wilson in terrible form but fixtures still not bad. Ings fixtures look great)
                      (b) Montoya -> Janmaat / Lacscelles (which one?)
                      (c) Sterling -> Salah / Mane (which one? Mane looks best on paper but Salah could be a good differential)
                      (d) Combination of the above or something else. Ideally would like to try to save a FT for next week to put me in a good place for the fixture swing.

                    8. Emiliano Sala
                      • 7 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      Vardy and lundstram ended my season in 2 weeks

                      1. have you seen cyan
                        • 4 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        wait, Vardy geting a brace later as well

                      2. PocketZola
                        • 6 Years
                        4 years, 4 months ago

                        imagine if you were a genius and c lundstram

                        1. fish&chips
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 13 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          The guy (now) top of my national league did. Unbelievable!!

                          1. PocketZola
                            • 6 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            why would you? this game defies logic

                    9. PocketZola
                      • 6 Years
                      4 years, 4 months ago

                      how did sterling play?

                      pool play city at home next and im considering swapping him for mane

                      1. Party time
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          played like an English-Jamaican boy

                          1. WWF
                            • 6 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            Jamaican me crazy

                            1. Party time
                                4 years, 4 months ago

                                😆

                        • Eleven Hag
                          • 6 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Salah or TAA for pool triple up ? Own mane and robbo

                          1. Epic Fail
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 13 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            TAA

                            1. Eleven Hag
                              • 6 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              Thank you - but Salah at 12.3 looks tempting 🙂

                              1. E25
                                • 8 Years
                                4 years, 4 months ago

                                I think Salah could be a great "differential" captain in coming weeks. I'd go trent if I was you though.

                          2. WWF
                            • 6 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            Firmino for me. Good dilemma though

                        • Whats the Mata?
                          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                          • 9 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Wanted to get rid of KDB over Sterling to get Mane in.

                          But, with Sterling now 1 yc away from a ban, is it worth selling KDB over Sterling?

                          1. Epic Fail
                            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                            • 13 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            No

                            1. afsr
                              • 7 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              Trouble is KdB seems to be playing deeper now so not getting in the box as much

                          2. WWF
                            • 6 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            I jist did Sterling to Mane

                        • PocketZola
                          • 6 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          i dont see how i can c sterling again

                          1. E25
                            • 8 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            not for a while at least!

                        • Rolls-Royce
                          • 10 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          England lost. Great game.

                        • E25
                          • 8 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          Thoughts on Sterling, Wilson -> Tielemans, Vardy this week for free?
                          Leaves money for Lowton -> TAA the following week for Liv's nice fixtures. Wouldn't be capping Sterling for a while so OK to go just with KDB for a few.
                          WC still to play.

                          Ryan
                          Robbo Rico Lowton
                          Sterling(c) Salah Mount KDB
                          Tammy Wilson Jimenez

                          Button / Soyuncu Lundstram Dendoncker
                          2FT 0.1ITB

                          1. WWF
                            • 6 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            Pro moves , love it!!

                        • tokara
                          • 9 Years
                          4 years, 4 months ago

                          what happen to d silva and yarmalenko? both sub off at 45mins

                          1. Eze Really?
                            • 9 Years
                            4 years, 4 months ago

                            Siva injured.

                            1. tokara
                              • 9 Years
                              4 years, 4 months ago

                              oh ff

                              thx