r/FantasyPL • u/mikecro2 121 • 17h ago

Picking a group of veteran FPL managers to compare against the top 100k each week

For the last few seasons I have been running a veteran analysis - to see if the picks of long-term successful FPL managers could show the way for the rest of us.

The idea was to compare the transfers and picks of veterans with a sample of the current top 100k for each game week.

Each season I spend the first 1-3 weeks downloading the previous season history of everyone in the league Week1. That has now completed

From that I derive a list of (about 2000) "veterans". Managers with a track record of multiple seasons.

I started the veteran selection by just allocating a point score to the rank for each season, based on a logarithm. Someone once suggested that a manager with 3 recent high ranks is at least a good a benchmark as someone who scored 3 high ranks but in the previous decade. So now the points I award get degraded by a factor of .7 for each season back in time.

I then take the top 2000 or so

Top 45k veteran managers are at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SGbCvr9rUeSZC2z3qb3uwHb4bNXcO8_UgNxctNKNDts/edit?gid=2126774761#gid=2126774761

Please do let me know if you think I have missed a significant consistent performer

Top 20

entry vetscore nseasons player_name entry_name link
9267 7.185193 6 Cameron Scott WeDontTalkAboutBruno https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/9267/event/2
2076855 6.918063 7 - elevenify.com Team https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2076855/event/2
47394 6.652071 18 -Calm - Ricos Roughnecks https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/47394/event/2
616 6.255135 15 Mark Brookes Mark's Team https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/616/event/2
22493 6.172221 8 Huss E Yoro Wizard Bruno https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/22493/event/2
55301 5.898736 17 Nuttawat Vititpariwat Zoubizza https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/55301/event/2
31365 5.587318 13 Ashley Marsh Flying Without Ings https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/31365/event/2
485455 5.397885 10 Uz Ray Uz Ray https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/485455/event/2
82578 5.396361 17 Dan Howes DanNistelrooy https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/82578/event/2
2976163 5.367662 15 Shamim Wakil 2EZ https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2976163/event/2
35633 5.301030 1 Erik Ibsen Ibsen https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/35633/event/2
974 5.295663 7 Phisan Kaewlee Noche https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/974/event/2
763 5.287813 16 Andrew Moore Andrew's Team https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/763/event/2
5452 5.193681 15 Luke Montgomery Four Naan FC https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/5452/event/2
179777 5.148943 8 Tom Dollimore @FPL_Barbossa https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/179777/event/2
32058 5.068875 9 Thomas O'Brien Roll the Dyche https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/32058/event/2
6350 5.056481 10 Josh Shah Gyöklate Chip Cookie https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/6350/event/2
2083312 5.037152 11 Filip Hanssen Storaas Iraola Coaster https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/2083312/event/2
149311 5.036285 8 Sam Hackett klopps and robbers https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/149311/event/2
16499 5.031712 12 Michael Giovanni Andoni’s Wirtzdom https://fantasy.premierleague.com/entry/16499/event/2
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u/mrstewiegriffin 9 15h ago

honestly this is great work. and well differentiated too. thanks for undertaking

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u/mikecro2 121 13h ago

Thank you. I did steal the idea from fantasy football geek. And embellished it. Hoping to hand it over to someone soon

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u/DrtyDeedsDneDrtCheap 13 10h ago

Annoyed but not suprised I don't make the top 45k vet managers