(WARNING: Long)
First, here's the list of players the current Top 50 gamers selected to get where they are today. YFF points the player scored are listed first. Noteworthy is the choice of Vertonghen (as noted earlier) and how that choice didn't adversely affect their rise to the top of the heap. Also the very short list of goalkeepers:
Jan Vertonghen | Tottenham | Defender | 2.5 | 32 |
Fabio | QPR | Defender | 8.0 | 24 |
Carl Jenkinson | Arsenal | Defender | 11.5 | 19 |
Nemanja Vidic | Man Utd | Defender | 1.0 | 11 |
Chico | Swansea | Defender | 3.0 | 9 |
Davide Santon | Newcastle | Defender | 1.5 | 7 |
Rafael | Man Utd | Defender | 5.0 | 6 |
William Gallas | Tottenham | Defender | 4.0 | 6 |
Nathan Baker | Aston Villa | Defender | 0.0 | 5 |
Kieran Gibbs | Arsenal | Defender | 13.0 | 3 |
Leighton Baines | Everton | Defender | 10.0 | 2 |
Sébastien Bassong | Norwich | Defender | 2.0 | 2 |
Branislav Ivanovic | Chelsea | Defender | 0.0 | 2 |
Daniel Fox | Southampton | Defender | 4.5 | 2 |
Iván Ramis | Wigan | Defender | 2.5 | 2 |
Benoit Assou-Ekotto | Tottenham | Defender | 5.0 | 2 |
Winston Reid | West Ham | Defender | 19.5 | 2 |
Ron Vlaar | Aston Villa | Defender | 4.0 | 1 |
Ryan Shawcross | Stoke | Defender | 9.5 | 1 |
Thomas Vermaelen | Arsenal | Defender | 13.5 | 1 |
Gary Caldwell | Wigan | Defender | 3.0 | 1 |
Ciaran Clark | Aston Villa | Defender | 12.5 | 1 |
Andy Wilkinson | Stoke | Defender | 1.5 | 1 |
Daniel Agger | Liverpool | Defender | 6.0 | 1 |
Sascha Riether | Fulham | Defender | 4.0 | 1 |
Fabricio Coloccini | Newcastle | Defender | 6.0 | 1 |
Vincent Kompany | Man City | Defender | 1.5 | 1 |
Ashley Williams | Swansea | Defender | 3.0 | 1 |
Guy Demel | West Ham | Defender | 11.0 | 1 |
Patrice Evra | Man Utd | Defender | 8.0 | 1 |
George McCartney | West Ham | Defender | 0.0 | 1 |
Carlos Tévez | Man City | Forward | 19.5 | 49 |
Robin van Persie | Man Utd | Forward | 35.0 | 48 |
Emmanuel Adebayor | Tottenham | Forward | 1.5 | 10 |
Papiss Demba Cissé | Newcastle | Forward | 6.5 | 7 |
Rickie Lambert | Southampton | Forward | 16.0 | 5 |
Danny Graham | Swansea | Forward | 1.5 | 4 |
Eden Hazard | Chelsea | Forward | 0.0 | 4 |
Lukas Podolski | Arsenal | Forward | 19.0 | 3 |
Andy Carroll | West Ham | Forward | 0.5 | 2 |
Nikica Jelavic | Everton | Forward | 2.0 | 2 |
Edin Dzeko | Man City | Forward | 22.5 | 1 |
Dimitar Berbatov | Fulham | Forward | 1.0 | 1 |
Arouna Koné | Wigan | Forward | 3.5 | 1 |
Jermain Defoe | Tottenham | Forward | 6.0 | 1 |
Jussi Jääskeläinen | West Ham | Goalkeeper | 28.0 | 33 |
Tim Krul | Newcastle | Goalkeeper | 6.0 | 14 |
Ali Al-Habsi | Wigan | Goalkeeper | 5.5 | 3 |
Santiago Cazorla | Arsenal | Midfielder | 23.0 | 50 |
Michu | Swansea | Midfielder | 11.5 | 48 |
Shinji Kagawa | Man Utd | Midfielder | 4.0 | 47 |
Hatem Ben Arfa | Newcastle | Midfielder | 16.5 | 31 |
Yaya Touré | Man City | Midfielder | 15.5 | 14 |
Gareth Bale | Tottenham | Midfielder | 6.0 | 4 |
Gylfi Sigurdsson | Tottenham | Midfielder | 3.0 | 3 |
Nuri Sahin | Liverpool | Midfielder | 2.0 | 2 |
Adam Lallana | Southampton | Midfielder | 5.0 | 2 |
Raheem Sterling | Liverpool | Midfielder | 4.5 | 1 |
Kevin Nolan | West Ham | Midfielder | 12.5 | 1 |
Shaun Maloney | Wigan | Midfielder | 11.5 | 1 |
David Silva | Man City | Midfielder | 6.0 | 1 |
Charlie Adam | Stoke | Midfielder | 5.0 | 1 |
Matthew Taylor | West Ham | Midfielder | 21.5 | 1 |
Antonio Valencia | Man Utd | Midfielder | 7.0 | 1 |
Samir Nasri | Man City | Midfielder | 4.5 | 1 |
Moussa Dembélé | Tottenham | Midfielder | 11.0 | 1 |
Steven Pienaar | Everton | Midfielder | 3.5 | 1 |
Stéphane Sessegnon | Sunderland | Midfielder | 1.5 | 1 |
Next (and finally), a look at how the current Top 50 got there (with another pat on the back to Warm Up the Bus):
Team Name | Week 3 | Total | |
Warm Up The Bus | 178.5 | 465.0 | |
pǝq | 153.5 | 460.0 | |
青衣霸王 | 154.0 | 454.5 | |
I like this team... | 169.0 | 453.0 | |
super team | 158.5 | 452.5 | |
BlueishFanBoyism | 151.0 | 452.0 | |
junior20 | 172.0 | 450.5 | |
USA FC | 151.5 | 448.0 | |
Podklasztor Lezajsk | 136.0 | 442.0 | |
BEST_11 | 159.0 | 441.5 | |
Armteta FC | 124.0 | 439.5 | |
WELCOME TO MANCHESTER | 147.5 | 437.5 | |
Kelvinkar | 162.0 | 437.5 | |
Pipli Boys | 171.5 | 436.5 | |
Crazy e1ev3n | 154.5 | 435.0 | |
Land of the Giants | 165.0 | 434.5 | |
LA DROGBACITE | 129.0 | 434.0 | |
NDBETS.COM | 160.5 | 433.5 | |
Ironhardt's Eleven | 154.5 | 433.5 | |
Dick Nanninga Juniors | 135.0 | 432.5 | |
周秀娜 | 131.0 | 432.0 | |
SaPRoZeLDo's | 129.0 | 431.5 | |
เป็ดน้อย คอยรัก!... | 163.5 | 431.0 | |
torres | 154.5 | 431.0 | |
Newcashtel FC | 137.0 | 431.0 | |
HaPa | 137.5 | 430.5 | |
Fairytales [EPLVN] | 136.5 | 430.5 | |
Toon Army | 144.0 | 430.5 | |
Sure win no horse run | 158.5 | 430.0 | |
想幸福的人 | 144.5 | 429.5 | |
I Z BOY | 155.5 | 429.0 | |
Him Him | 160.0 | 428.0 | |
jusoh | 124.0 | 428.0 | |
poogipoogi | 124.5 | 427.5 | |
Fatgazza7 | 165.0 | 427.5 | |
Murat Danis | 139.5 | 427.5 | |
shit hot | 131.0 | 427.0 | |
Jaz Band | 165.5 | 427.0 | |
Kewell7 | 154.5 | 427.0 | |
ชินจัง united | 150.5 | 427.0 | |
brOz | 147.5 | 426.5 | |
Aussie Lamb | 131.0 | 426.5 | |
[BFF]gooooooal | 149.0 | 426.5 | |
Wombat fc* | 150.0 | 426.0 | |
Goalteam | 123.0 | 425.5 | |
Yin | 167.5 | 425.5 | |
LOST | 139.0 | 425.5 | |
(*)-JequeLannister-(*) | 142.0 | 425.5 | |
aireek | 132.5 | 425.0 | |
3fats | 122.0 | 424.5 |
THE END.