PLAYER OWNERSHIP – FREE HIT EDITION

PLAYER OWNERSHIP – FREE HIT EDITION

Welcome to the latest installment looking at player ownership within the FFUK league.

It’s slightly different this time around, mainly because last week so many managers (85) decided to throw down the Free Hit chip.

This, of course, proved to be a largely disappointing Blank GW31, as expertly reviewed by Mr. Chris Galloway here.

But now let’s point an accusatory finger at the main culprits involved.

In a stinker of a week, it’s time to lift the (toilet seat) lid on which players contributed most to the stench, with a look at the following percentage stats.

 

 

Player	Percentage Owned in FFUK
Salah	88
Wilson	76
Hazard	74
Mané	72
Vardy	72
Fabianski	70
Robertson	54
Rice	48
Fraser	46
Alexander-Arnold	38
Pereira	38
Pogba	36
David Luiz	30
Felipe Anderson	30
Barnes	26
Wan-Bissaka	26
Jiménez	24
Doherty	22
Rondón	22
van Dijk	22
Arnautovic	20
Azpilicueta	20
Brooks	20
Aké	18
Boruc	18
Rashford	18
Maddison	16
Agüero	14
Bennett	14
Speroni	14
Digne	12
Firmino	12
Hamer	12
Ogbonna	12
Sigurdsson	12
Stankovic	12
Bednarek	10
Chilwell	10
Lössl	10
Pickford	10
Richarlison	10
Tielemans	10
Cresswell	8
Diop	8
Etheridge	8
Heaton	8
McNeil	8
Shaw	8
Simpson	8
Button	6
Clyne	6
Connolly	6
Ederson	6
Guaita	6
Higuaín	6
Højbjerg	6
Keane	6
Kepa	6
King	6
Schär	6
Snodgrass	6
Sterling	6
Alisson	4
Antonio	4
Bardsley	4
Daniels	4
Jota	4
Leno	4
Mee	4
Moutinho	4
Stekelenburg	4
Success	4
Westwood	4
Yedlin	4
Almirón	2
Alonso	2
Bacuna	2
Barkley	2
Begovic	2
Billing	2
Calvert-Lewin	2
Cathcart	2
Crouch	2
Danilo	2
Deulofeu	2
Duffy	2
Eriksen	2
Evans	2
Foster	2
Fredericks	2
Gibbs-White	2
Gunn	2
Hart	2
Hayden	2
Jonny	2
Jorginho	2
Kanté	2
Kolasinac	2
Lacazette	2
Laporte	2
Lascelles	2
Lejeune	2
Lindelöf	2
Maguire	2
Morgan	2
Noble	2
Norris	2
Oriol Romeu	2
Patrício	2
Quaner	2
Schindler	2
Schneiderlin	2
Son	2
Steele	2
Stephens	2
Suttner	2
Tarkowski	2
Taylor	2
Valery	2
Vertonghen	2
Ward	2
Ward-Prowse	2
Wood	2
van Aanholt	2

MOST POPULAR (who wouldn’t normally be)

As always, draw your own conclusions from the above.

But because these figures have been skewed in favour of players who actually had a fixture, I’ll highlight some notable names at the top of the list – those who really shouldn’t be there.

I’m looking at you, Callum Wilson. There, with a cheeky smile, sitting in 76% of teams, and in the overall number two position. Which is, of course, very apt. Because you were poo.

Just like Jamie Vardy, 5^th on the list with 72%. Fabianski, 6^th with 70%. And ‘dual nationality’ Declan Rice, 8^th with 48%.

All scored a measly 1 or 2 points, appropriately firing blanks in a BGW. And all won’t be troubling the higher echelons of the percentage table in the near future, as 85 teams revert back to normality.

If only we’d done it differently

So, having cast a scornful glance, it’s time to get reflective. It’s time to say ‘what if I’d picked…’ and ‘if only I’d gone for…’.

Yes, hindsight truly is a wonderful thing, so these are players we should’ve selected instead.

Josh King (13 points) was owned by just 6%. 70% less than his strike partner Wilson, and yet he outscored him by 11.

Kepa (11 points) was also owned by 6%.  A much better choice than ‘Fab’, who really didn’t live up to his name.

Ogbonna (7 points) was owned by a few more: 12%. But far less than his teammate Rice, who racked up 6 points fewer.

Obvious now, eh?

Well, no-one can honestly say they saw Huddersfield scoring three, but I guess there’s a lesson for most of us about avoiding group thinking and following herd-like decisions.

Anyway, enough navel-gazing for now. The international break will soon be over and as club football returns, so do our hopes of finishing with a flourish.

Best of luck to you all.

Reidy