GW11 Captain Poll

Kundog Mullionaire

The poll this week is interesting.

I know some of you pick your players (transfers, captains, overall balance of the team, etc...) without any serious regard to their ownership popularity. e.g. if a player is owned by 50% of the game but you don't rate him, you won't get him in as a "blocker". Same goes with your captain picks.

Now. Of course, Agüero is not only a popular player in the game, he's one of the best if not THE best. So captaining him home to a promotted team doesn't seem open to debate. But 'Borough only conceded an average of 1 goal/game away. They silenced Arsenal in their last game and only cracked open once, to Everton (conceded 3).

As I said in my previous post, last year such a popular captaincy did not work out very well. People who avoided it got really stung only once (when Agüero bagged 5 vs Newcastle). For all the other cases, and without even considering the 75% failure rate, you could have gone for another decent a priori shout (e.g. a 'Pool mid this week) and do as well if not better than the obvious choice.

Just before I finish the blahblah and actually ask the question (:p), I'd say this GW is not the best example since there are not a lot of other great a priori choices (I mean Agüero could have the same super high (C) rates with a couple more decent shout for captaincy e.g. Deeney at home, Payet if WH weren't struggling that bad). So let's understand it as a general question.

So. Let's say one doesn't rate Agüero as a captain that high this GW. Would you ignore his huuuuuuge captain popularity (currently 67% in FFS poll, 92% here) and go with your preferred choice or would you give in to the masses opinion?

For me when it's a player like Aguero who has capacity to score 15+ any given week, then if he's the runaway captain pick you follow the crowd.

In weeks where there is a spread of captain picks that's the week where you can go for a differential if you fancy one. I did that with Payet earlier this season andnit worked as everyone blanked. Payet only got an assist but it was still a win.

I fancy Austin this week, and if there was a big variance in captain choices I'd be tempted. But it's 100% on Aguero.

The Kun and only

ElTel wrote: »

As for my picks......3.2.3.2=10pts the last four weeks....Kun auto captain 18pts.

Yeah that's an observation I had also made 2 years ago. Whatever auto-captain between Hazard, Agûero & Sanchez was better than trying to guess the best one every single GW.

As for this GW, I feel there is more to lose in case your punt fails than to win if it succeeds. Particularly that early in the season.

iroced wrote: »

Last year is EVERYTHING to go by !!! ...

he scored !

iroced wrote: »

Yeah but maximum 6 pts. Let's see what the 'Pool mids (and to a lesser extent Hazard-Costa) do.

Which pool mid though ? They may all score well or only one may
Will it be the right one ?
Too risky !
Anyway that game like today will NOT be a rout . Watford are solid

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Everton have only conceded more than 1 goal in a game once all season.

FHFC wrote: »

Missing Gueye is a big loss defensively, but yeah I wouldn't expect them to be hammered.

Check out the big brains on us though!

Shanotheslayer wrote: »

Aguero.

But am an Everton fan, I fully expect Costa to match Aguero this week.

Iused2likebusts wrote: »

Everton have only conceded more than 1 goal in a game once all season.

I hate being this guy, but... Costa could have had a double hat trick.

When it comes to knowing how sh!t my team are going to do trust me :P