How did veterans perform and which players made a difference (GW11)
This goes with Picks and transfers the veteran managers made this week compared to sample of top 100k
Summary: Another good week for the veterans, 6 point gain on top 100k and an average rank rise of 150k. Though they did use chips more than top 100k. Bruno working out well for veterans.
See https://www.reddit.com/r/FantasyPL/comments/1mzxtx6/picking_a_group_of_veteran_fpl_managers_for_the/ for how veterans chosen
| Attribute | Veterans | Sample of Top 100k |
|---|---|---|
| Mean GW points | 44.8 | 38.9 |
| Median GW points | 44 | 38 |
| Mean overall rank | 1460166 | 63309 |
| Median overall rank | 1138414 | 52819 |
| Mean overall rank rise | 150791 | -13390 |
| Median overall rank rise | 90038 | -2659 |
| Mean hit points | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Total Value inc bank | 102 | 102.8 |
Key player contributions. only shows players with difference of > 0.2 points either way
| Player | Pts | Vet Plyd% | Vet Capt% | Vet TC% | Vet Pts Contrib | 100k Plyd% | 100k Capt% | 100k TC% | 100k Pts Contrib | Contrib Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saka | 12 | 60.8 | 6.5 | 0 | 8.1 | 24.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 4.9 |
| João Pedro | 7 | 22.7 | 1.2 | 0 | 1.7 | 47.5 | 7.5 | 0.1 | 3.9 | -2.2 |
| B.Fernandes | 5 | 45.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 2.3 | 13.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 |
| Richards | 8 | 22.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.8 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 1.5 |
| Mbeumo | 7 | 18.8 | 0.2 | 0 | 1.3 | 40.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 2.8 | -1.5 |
| Enzo | 3 | 59.7 | 1.8 | 0 | 1.8 | 17.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| Sarr | 3 | 57.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 1.7 | 21.0 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 1.1 |
| Thiago | 13 | 16.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 2.1 | 8.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| Andersen | 3 | 36.1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 |
| Keane | 15 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| Woltemade | 5 | 15.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.8 | 30.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.5 | -0.7 |
| Mateta | 2 | 86.2 | 3.6 | 0 | 1.8 | 53.5 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Tarkowski | 5 | 16.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.8 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.6 |
| Cucurella | 6 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0.3 | 15.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.9 | -0.6 |
| Caicedo | 2 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 34.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.7 | -0.6 |
| Ndiaye | 3 | 36.5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1.1 | 20.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| Rice | 2 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 31.1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 | -0.5 |
| Senesi | 2 | 46.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.9 | 25.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Dewsbury-Hall | 9 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Neto | 9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.4 |
| Grealish | 3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 12.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.3 |
| Van de Ven | 1 | 6.7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.1 | 41.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | -0.3 |
| Pope | 3 | 19.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.6 | 11.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Minteh | 3 | 18.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 6.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Lacroix | 6 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Henderson | 9 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| Pickford | 7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | -0.3 |
| Haaland | 4 | 97.7 | 84.3 | 0 | 7.3 | 99.5 | 76.6 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 0.2 |
Hit profile
| hits | count | percent |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1640 | 96 |
| 1 | 65 | 3.8 |
| 2 | 3 | 0.2 |
Captains
| Player | Points | Capt%.vet | Contrib.vet | Capt%.top100k | Contrib.top100k | VetAdvantage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haaland | 4 | 84.3 | 3.37 | 76.6 | 3.07 | 0.30 |
| Saka | 12 | 6.5 | 0.78 | 2.0 | 0.24 | 0.54 |
| João Pedro | 7 | 1.2 | 0.08 | 7.5 | 0.52 | -0.44 |
| Mateta | 2 | 3.6 | 0.07 | 4.9 | 0.10 | -0.02 |
| Enzo | 3 | 1.8 | 0.05 | 0.3 | 0.01 | 0.04 |
| Gabriel | 1 | 0.8 | 0.01 | 4.5 | 0.04 | -0.04 |
| Mbeumo | 7 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.3 | 0.02 | -0.01 |
| Bowen | 2 | 0.8 | 0.02 | 0.4 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Woltemade | 5 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 0.3 | 0.01 | -0.01 |
| Sarr | 3 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.2 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
veteran chips
| chip | count YTD | % YTD | % this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3xc | 694 | 40.6 | 0.0 |
| bboost | 1254 | 73.4 | 12.2 |
| freehit | 255 | 14.9 | 0.8 |
| wildcard | 1522 | 89.1 | 0.1 |
Top 100k (sampled) chips
| chip | count YTD | % YTD | % this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3xc | 10419 | 54.3 | 0.3 |
| bboost | 10488 | 54.7 | 3.7 |
| freehit | 5314 | 27.7 | 1.9 |
| wildcard | 10777 | 56.2 | 1.1 |
Best Vet This Week: 1652 with 81 points
Best Vet OverAll: 18383 with Overall Rank 68
Worst Vet OverAll: 541065 with Overall Rank 9799102
Evaluating vet choices
| category | vets | top100k |
|---|---|---|
| squadpoints | 47.0 | 41.7 |
| first11points | 39.2 | 34.7 |
| missedcaptpoints | 6.5 | 5.1 |
| missedbenchpoints | 4.9 | 4.9 |
MissedBench
| vetpercent | top100k | playername | type | team | event_points | nplayed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56.7 | 28.1 | Dúbravka | GKP | BUR | 2 | 1 |
| 34.8 | 11.9 | Senesi | DEF | BOU | 2 | 1 |
| 15.5 | 5.9 | Mukiele | DEF | SUN | 4 | 1 |
| 5.2 | 2.3 | Dewsbury-Hall | MID | EVE | 9 | 1 |
| 10.6 | 10.2 | Estève | DEF | BUR | 3 | 1 |
| 2.6 | 2.0 | Thiago | FWD | BRE | 13 | 1 |
| 10.3 | 1.4 | Stach | MID | LEE | 4 | 1 |
| 13.5 | 1.6 | Andersen | DEF | FUL | 3 | 1 |
| 2.6 | 0.8 | Richards | DEF | CRY | 8 | 1 |
| 1.2 | 3.1 | Konsa | DEF | AVL | 6 | 1 |
Posted Nov 10, 2025, 12:02 PM UTC