FanPost

Professor M's Numbers: Week 25 Best Team

Michael Regan

One of the advantages of doing these game-weekly fanposts is I can look back and see how I moved in the Global Rankings each week without having to remember myself. This week I ended up with 98 points, and after bouncing around all weekend, only dropped from 224 to 245 in the Global Rankings. I have been hovering in that 200-250 range at the end of several weeks and hope to make a move back toward the top 100 or top 50 very soon. I actually was not too disappointed with my week because my 4 MFs, 3 DFs, and GK got me a grand total of 23 points. If it were not for Hazard, I do not want to know how much I would have dropped.

If I were clairvoyant, however, I could have seen that I should have gone with a 3-5-2 this week that could have netted me over 300 points!

Best Team

Here is this week's Best Team for your perusal. As you can see, you could have had 308 points for just £125.1M. The best Yahoo player this week got just over 2/3rds of these possible points.

Player Pts Cost
E. Hazard (F - CHE) 36 18.19
S. Long (F - HUL) 19 9.18
R. Sterling (M - LIV) 36 10.18
W. Routledge (M - SWC) 28 5.73
Joe Ledley (M - CRY) 27 6.5
K. Nolan (M - WHU) 24 14.52
T. Ince (M - CRY) 22 6.5
M. Skrtel (D - LIV) 25 12.09
C. Azpilicueta (D - CHE) 18 12.59
K. Walker (D - TOT)*/Sébastien Bassong (D - NOR) 15 13.19
P. Cech (G - CHE) 22 16.43
Captain Points 36
total points 308 125.1
on the bench
S. Sidwell (M - FUL) 18 14.75
M. Carrick (M - MAN) 18 9.54
L. Suarez (F - LIV) 17 32.53
M. Arteta (M - ARS) 17 9.86
S. Harper (G - HUL) 16 1.35
H. Lloris (G - TOT) 16 8.53
E. Adebayor (F - TOT) 15 12.64
R. Lambert (F - SHN) 15 15.3
S. Gerrard (M - LIV) 15 19.76
Top Yahoo Score 211

Two new Palace midfielders just jump right in to the Best XI, and the bench is rather deep because our 3rd best defender only got 15 points. If it weren't for that, the bench would have only been two deep. [Note: Players on the bench scored as well as or better than at least one player in the Best XI, but were frozen out because there was no room at their positions.]

Keats & Yeats List

This is the list of multiple appearances in the Best XI since I started keeping track in GW10. Keats suggested it, so that is why the list bears his name. Nolan and Hazard graduate from the right hand side of the list to join those select players who have appeared in at least three Bext XI. New to the list with their second appearances are Skrtl, Azpilicueta, Walker, and uniquely having appeared in the Best XI now for two different teams, Shane Long!

Appearances Player Appearances Player
7 L. Suárez (GWs 10, 14, 15, 16, 17, 21, 23) 2 A. Kolarov (GWs 20, 21)
5 A. Lallana (GWs 11, 17, 21, 23, 24) 2 Á. Negredo (GWs 13, 21)
3 E. Hazard (GWs 14, 18, 25) 2 A. Ramsey (GWs 10, 13)
3 J. Puncheon (GWs 20, 22, 23) 2 Adam Johnson (GWs 21, 22)
3 J. Shelvey (GWs 12, 14, 23) 2 Adrián (GWs 21, 23)
3 K. Nolan (GWs 19, 24, 25) 2 B. Oviedo (GWs 13, 14)
3 P. Bardsley (GWs 11, 17, 24) 2 B. Sagna (GWs 17, 22)
3 T. Walcott (GWs 16, 18, 20) 2 C. Azpilicueta (GWs 20, 25)
3 W. Szczesny (GWs 10, 13, 22) 2 C. Eriksen (GWs 18, 20)
2 Chico (GWs 14, 23)
2 D. de Gea (GWs 16, 19)
2 E. Adebayor (GWs 17, 22)
2 J. Rodriguez (GWs 14, 18)
2 Jose Fonte (GWs 23, 24)
2 K. Walker (GWs 13, 25)
2 L. Baines (GWs 20, 21)
2 L. Koscielny (GWs 12, 20)
2 M. Figueroa (GWs 16, 19)
2 M. Özil (GWs 14, 15)
2 M. Skrtel (GWs 11, 25)
2 R. Lambert (GWs 11, 24)
2 R. Snodgrass (GWs 11, 22)
2 S. Agüero (GWs 10, 12)
2 S. Berahino (GWs 10, 20)
2 S. Coleman (GWs 16, 19)
2 S. Long (GWs 12, 25)
2 S. Parker (GWs 12, 18)
2 S. Sidwell (GWs 15, 20)
2 T. Krul (GWs 11, 17)
2 V. Kompany (GWs 17, 18)
2 V. Mannone (GWs 18, 24)
2 Y. Cabaye (GWs 17, 22)
2 Yaya Touré (GWs 10, 14)

So, those are your best team numbers for this week. Given the quick turnaround and other commitments, this will have to be enough for this GW. I will be back after GW26, however, with all the numbers you can fret over.

Prof. M