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Top 10k managers holding transfers as popular captain Fernandes delivers

Fantasy Premier League managers ranked inside the top 10,000 appear to have been rather conservative with their transfers for Gameweek 23.

Ahead of Double Gameweek 24, there was less fluctuation in the template than we usually see among the upper echelons.

That could indicate that the number of managers with two free transfers for the Double Gameweek could be significant.

For the first time in 2021, there were no names to enter the top 10k template for the latest round.

As things stand, just five of these players have two fixtures in Double Gameweek 24, namely João Cancelo (£6.0m), John Stones (£5.2m), Rúben Dias (£6.1m), Ilkay Gündogan (£5.9m) and Dominic Calvert-Lewin (£7.6m).

Meanwhile, Alex McCarthy (£4.6m) and Patrick Bamford (£6.7m) are the only top 10k template options with two fixtures in Double Gameweek 25.

Even among these unchanged 15 players, there were some interesting ownership alterations.

Mohamed Salah (£12.6m) came into Gameweek 22 owned by 92.1% of the top-10k but only 83.9% of them possessed the Egyptian after Saturday morning’s deadline.

Some managers may have sold Salah to get their hands on Son Heung-min (£9.7m) for Sunday’s meeting with West Bromwich Albion.

His ownership at this level has increased by 2.2 percentage points between the two most recent Gameweek deadlines.

Even with a clean sheet against Burnley and Double Gameweek 24 around the corner, Cancelo, Stones and Dias each saw their ownership in the top 10k drop for Gameweek 23 by 0.3, 3.0 and 1.35 percentage points respectively.

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A combination of form and fixtures helped Bamford, Michail Antonio (£6.7m) and Calvert-Lewin increase their stock in the upper echelons.

Two fixtures in Double Gameweek 25 helped Bamford to an ownership-rise of 1.4 percentage points for Gameweek 23.

Antonio’s went up by 7.2 percentage points although his new owners were dealt just a two-point score against Fulham.

And, ahead of facing Fulham (home) and Manchester City (home) next time out, Calvert-Lewin’s top 10k ownership has grown from 45.8% to 47.9% between Gameweeks 22 and 23.

Bruno Fernandes (£11.5m) was the top 10k’s favourite captain option for Gameweek 23.

After winning the Fantasy Football Scout captain poll, 44.6% of those in the top 10k handed him the armband for Saturday evening’s meeting with Everton.

His latest attacking returns will be welcome for those managers, although they may still have half an eye on the runner-up Son.

24.1% of the top 10k are banking on the South Korean bucking the trend of his recent form and capitalising on a West Brom defence that has conceded at least twice in each of their last seven Premier League matches.

Those who captained Antonio for his uninspiring outing at Fulham will certainly be disappointed but might take some crumbs of comfort from knowing they were not alone.

The West Ham forward convinced 20.6% of the top 10k to captain him for Gameweek 23, almost certainly influenced by Fulham’s recent lapse from their defensive improvements which, of course, proved to be only a temporary one, based on their 0-0 draw on Saturday.

Bamford (4.3%) and Salah (2.2%) are the extreme differential captains this round as they prepare to face Crystal Palace and Manchester City respectively.

This week’s captaincy statistics made for some interesting figures in the effective ownership department.

Fernandes was the only asset above 100% for effective ownership in the top 10k, his total ending up at 143.5%.

Antonio was in second place with 96.7% while Bamford (88.5%), Salah (84.0%) and Son (76.3%) complete the top five.

Gameweek 23 was a quiet week for chips among the top 10k, just 0.4% of them deploying their second Wildcard.

That was the most popular of the chips with 99.3% of the top 10k electing not to use one ahead of Double Gameweeks 24 and 25.

Chip Use Overall

For the second Gameweek in a row, the Wildcard has received more attention outside the top 10k than inside it.

When we look at the worldwide chip usage for Gameweek 23, we can see 1.6% of all managers played their second Wildcard.

That works out at roughly 127,000+ managers pulling the trigger on a new squad this weekend.

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1,446 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Flair
    • 3 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Predictions for Liverpool vs City?

    1-1 for me

    1. OLEgend
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      0-1

    2. Limbo
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1-3

    3. Karan14
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1-1

    4. THFC4LIFE
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1-3

    5. Do I Not Like Orange
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      0-0

    6. Flair
      • 3 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Last time Liverpool conceded more than 1 was GW5.

    7. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1-2

    8. ALegendJ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1-1

    9. soumyeah
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1-2.5

    10. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1-1

    11. Alisson WondHaaland
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Gonna go against the crowd, 1-0 Pool. I think Pool will show that the title race isnt QUITE over

      1. Neo-Viper
        • 9 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        This

    12. Bushwhacker
      • 4 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Don’t think anyone has a clue until we know if Pool have 5,6 or 7 starters.

    13. Big Mac 24
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      1-0 Salah

    14. Ozzy smith
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      0-0

    15. DAZZ
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      0-0

  2. Do I Not Like Orange
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Got a spare City slot to fill for next week. Worth punting on Sterling to replace Soucek, or should I just play safe & get Dias?

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Dias

    2. The Knights Template
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Sterlo

    3. ALegendJ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Raheem the dream

    4. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I’m tempted to (c) Dias

  3. Karan14
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    Can only start two out of these four?

    Bamford (ars)
    Son (mci)
    Grealish (bha)
    Cresswell (SHU)

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Cresswell and Grealish

      1. Karan14
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Currently on those two.

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Bench boost territory

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Cresswell Bamford

      2. Karan14
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yup but I'd have to take a hit to sell Steer & Mitchell for BB so doesn't seem worth it.

    3. ALegendJ
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      I tend to play the forwards, so Bamford and Son from me

      1. Karan14
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah I like Bamford.

        But Son against the best defence in the league and I already have double City def. Just doesn't make sense. If I start him I'd rather sell him for Rashford this week.

  4. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 1 month ago

    FPL Cup. Who do you think wins?

    1pt + Son(c) + Rudiger
    or
    Cancelo + Maddison + Gundogan

    1. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      A

    2. Party time
        3 years, 1 month ago

        1

      • ALegendJ
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        1

      • mojoindojo
        • 10 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        B

    3. Pukki Party
      • 6 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Worth doing Salah to Sterling for 24 and 25 if it means having Raphina over Soucek/Anguissa for Leeds double in 25?

      1. lindeg
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        100% yes

        1. Pukki Party
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks

    4. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 1 month ago

      Next week captain choice is clearly DCL right boys & girls?

      1. Party time
          3 years, 1 month ago

          DCL, Gündoğan, Bruno, Salah.

          Yet to pick

        • diesel001
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          Yes

        • DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          City might be an issue. Fulham has tightened up too.

        • Flair
          • 3 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          That Everton display has put me off if anything. City is most likely a 2 pointer so seems like a cap basically just for the Fulham fixture.

        • IRBOX ⚽
          • 7 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          100%

        • HollywoodXI
          • 9 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          I think Sterling is a strong captaincy choice

          1. Bushwhacker
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Sooo much chance of a benching

        • ebb2sparky
          • 13 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          No not in my opinion

      2. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
        • 7 Years
        3 years, 1 month ago

        Who wins:

        A) Sterling + Salah
        B) Gundo + Son + 3 pts

        1. Tcheco
          • 6 Years
          3 years, 1 month ago

          B

        2. Party time
            3 years, 1 month ago

            B

          • ALegendJ
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            B

          • IRBOX ⚽
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            B by some margin

          • Bushwhacker
            • 4 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            B ; but because of the 3 pts

          • @persecuted_by_mods
              3 years, 1 month ago

              A

            • SpaceCadet
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              A

          • Tcheco
            • 6 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Areaola + Lookman to Pope + Gundogan for the DGW?

            1. Pukki Party
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Yes

            2. ALegendJ
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Yup

            3. mattrobb
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              But look at BGW 29. Fulham and Leeds are the the only safe game right now.

          • HollywoodXI
            • 9 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Will Man Utd likely double in GW26?

            1. Pukki Party
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Yes

          • FPL price manipulators are …
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Harry Kane has no authority to score today. No authority whatsoever

            1. TheDragon
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Umm.....

              Read the standing orders! Read them and understand them!

              1. FPL price manipulators are …
                • 10 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                I'm waiting to use that for someone who asks about FTs after a FH

          • IRBOX ⚽
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Arise Sir Dominic! Can’t believe people actually benched him

            1. DARK SIDE OF THE LOON
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              True! But then I had to pick between him and Salah. I benched Salah.

            2. FPL price manipulators are …
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Problem is that everyone will (c) him next week

            3. Atimis
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Surely people been blinded by last United game.

            4. Atimis
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              But I’ve also made mistake and went (c) Antonio over Bruno

              1. TheDragon
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                That’s wasn’t a mistake

                Just a bad outcome

            5. Tcheco
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              There are players with better fixtures & benching headaches galore. Understandable

          • Atimis
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            So United and Spurs likely to get DGW26? Who else?

            1. Pukki Party
              • 6 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Check Ben Crellin twitter

              1. FPL price manipulators are …
                • 10 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                This. Gotta give it to the guy. He does a fantastic job. Puts the scouts to shame 😉

                1. FPL price manipulators are …
                  • 10 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  Maybe they can offer him to work for FFS. Free membership and a Sports Direct mug is the living wage of FFS workers apparently

          • Tingate
            • 10 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Areola
            AWB - Cancelo - Dias
            Saka - Rashford - Fernandes - Sterling (C)
            Watkins - Bamford - Antonio

            Forster - Coufal - Soucek - Justin

            2FTs - 4.6M ITB

            Want DCL for next week, should I just get him in for Antonio despite him playing Sheff Utd at home?! As fixtures don't look great for the few weeks after.

          • TheDragon
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Son to define the gameweek one way or another today

            I actually hope he gets a middling score (like 7 points) so it’s not an extreme impact....

            In reality we all know he is either scoring a hattrick or getting sent off

            1. Le Bluff
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 12 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              70% EO so a haul won't hurt THAT much.

              Surprisingly he's a huge differential for those who have captained him.

              1. TheDragon
                • 5 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                A 20 pointer from his would do a lot of damage still

                Ye it’s a very weird scenario - what swayed me not to get him is I’d literally only want him for this week so he also costs 2 transfer (one in one out)

                He could quite easily get a 20 pointer if Kane is back. But could also quite easily get a 2 pointer if Kane isn’t

                It’s a unique situation!

          • Le Bluff
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            For those who have already played FH, but still have BB and WC remaining, what's the plan?

            I'm thinking of:
            - BB'ing in 24
            - WC'ing in 25 which will allow me to target Leeds on DGW 25, field 11 DGWs in 26, whilst also allowing to start building towards BGW 29.

            1. TheDragon
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              It’s very tempting

            2. Karan14
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              I'm in the same situation and still considering WC25 BB26 with a couple of Leeds assets on bench who will play in GW29 but won't have a double in 26.

              My bench for this week isn't great that's why I don't like the idea of BBing in 24 plus I'll have to take a hit.

          • IRBOX ⚽
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Why do people give themselves benching headaches? Recipe for disaster. Nailed cheap fodder is all that is required for bench and ensures the best possible outcome for stating eleven 100% of the time

            1. HollywoodXI
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Unless your fodder is Soucek (except this week)

              1. ebb2sparky
                • 13 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                I think you need to re assess your definition of fodder

            2. TheDragon
              • 5 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              I’d normally agree but we are in a unique situation where you can get your ‘perfect’ starting 11 and have loads of cash left. So some would argue why not get as strong a bench as possible?

              Having loads of good players to pick from isn’t a bad thing, it’s another opportunity for a manager to gain ground if they can pick which players to bench ‘correctly’

              1. FPL price manipulators are …
                • 10 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                This season we have plenty of money itb hence our benches are stronger

            3. WVA
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              I've stuck with nailed cheap fodder all season and it's worked fine, no benching headache's and don't miss out on big hauls. Most I've had on my bench is Coufal 6.

            4. Ozzy smith
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Loads of reasons.

              1. Many are still coming off the back of their BB, or preparing a BB.

              2. Random Covid postponements.

              3. Soucek.

              4. No Kane, KDB, underperforming Robbo + TAA means a lot of people have spread funds.

              1. TKC07
                • 4 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                5. Owning City players too 😛

            5. Tingate
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              I played my WC and BB a few weeks back and after that game where Pep benched Cancelo and Sterling i've been reluctant to transfer out the players from my bench down to fodder. Fair enough they might sit on and my bench some weeks and get points but I don't need the cash but it doesn't really matter if they were going out for fodder anyway and on the odd occasion due to rotation they might get auto subbed in.

            6. bench boost for every gamew…
              • 7 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Because 8 mill people does not play the game in the same way? To have bench headache also means flexibility.

              1. IRBOX ⚽
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                Lol means a disaster

                1. bench boost for every gamew…
                  • 7 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  No it means you can leave an injured player on bench for example, you can save transfers etc. And you also give yourself a challenge, to pick the right one. And how can you use 100m now anyway If you have 3 fodders?

            7. The Train Driver
              • 8 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Been plenty of gameweek where a good bench has been an advantage. Especially now when you'll have plenty of cash ITB.

              What's the difference between having a shitty scoring bench and money ITB or a good scoring bench with less money ITB? You would still play the same players.

              1. bench boost for every gamew…
                • 7 Years
                3 years, 1 month ago

                I think his point is the old one, maximising your 11. In theory that shall give you most points, but we all know that is not necessarily always the outcome.

                1. IRBOX ⚽
                  • 7 Years
                  3 years, 1 month ago

                  This! Maximise your 11 100% of the time.

                  1. bench boost for every gamew…
                    • 7 Years
                    3 years, 1 month ago

                    If there were any equivalence between pounds payed and returns but is that factually based? Just in theory.

            8. Postman Ty
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              In a normal season I would agree with you, although it's not nearly as cut and dry as you are making it out to be.

              Flexibility is king. being able to save a transfer here and there because you have a viable bench option can save plenty of hits, especially when injuries get bad, which can happen in any season.

              This season with games being cancelled the bench has been more important than ever. I would still keep it reasonably low for nailed players but coincidentally the pool of good premium options is tiny compared to normal so there's too much money and not enough transfers around to properly distribute it.

              Normally a 4.0 defender and a 4.0 keeper (playing or not) are the way to go. This season I think rotating keepers is a little more viable (although prices haven't accommodated that) and the bench really should be three deep.

          • vincentwsho
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            Play 2 out of 5 in DGW24:

            A) JRod (FUL, MANC)
            B) Grealish (bha)
            C) Bambam (ars)
            D) JRich (FUL, MANC)
            E) Siggy (FUL, MANC)

            1. Tingate
              • 10 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              I'm guessing JRich is Richarlison?

              A & D.

          • Botman and Robben
            • 7 Years
            3 years, 1 month ago

            So many points on bench that I am seeing all over Twitter.

          • Vlekz
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Dier has been a great buy. 4 appearances for me 4 points + 2 times didn't even play with no subs coming on for him. And -0.2 in TV

            • Postman Ty
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Thank god Son, you beauty.

            • Postman Ty
              • 9 Years
              3 years, 1 month ago

              Great, Son (c) injured in the middle of a counter off the ball...