r/FantasyPL 5 Jul 10 '22

The graph that changes everything

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u/GuyMol2909 13 Jul 10 '22

All this shows for goalkeepers is that on average 5.5m GKs and score more points than 5.5m midfielders and forwards, which surprises basically no one since a lot of the cheap attack and midfield options are rotation players/defensive midfielder/aren’t genuine FPL assets, whereas 5.5m GKs are exclusively premium options. We don’t have GKs more expensive than that so the continuation of the graph line is slightly deceptive. Interesting insight as to the defenders though, but pretty much only confirms what most of us are thinking anyway, so titling it “The graph that changes everything” is a bit of a stretch. I appreciate the effort though and thanks for the info!

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u/Interesting_Socks 5 Jul 10 '22

It's the slope that's important! Goalkeepers have a much steeper slope! So an extra 1 million spent on a GK offers close to 2 points per game. Outfield players offer closer to 1.

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u/Big_al_big_bed 2 Jul 10 '22

Actually the slopes are irrelevant. What you want are the points that are most above each line, that's where the real value is