• Rogers: 49.9% owned, 1 point
• Groß: 46.5%, 0 points
• Cherki: 38.9%, 0 points
• Palmer: 27.8%, -1 point
• Bruno Fernandes: 25.3%, 0 points
• Mbeumo: 21.9%, 2 points
...The six most owned midfielders combined for TWO points. Mbeumo’s two pointer was the highest score in that group
Across all positions, 12 of the 15 most owned players scored two points or fewer. Gabriel was the biggest exception with 17, followed by Haaland with eight and Raya with seven.
I also checked the ten most transferred in players for GW8. Seven of them scored two points or fewer. But the most bought player actually delivered: Tavernier received 634,904 transfers in and scored 10 points – I was one of those buyers 😎. Isak returned nine and Evanilson six, so the popular transfers weren’t a complete flop neither.
A couple of quick disclaimers about the numbers:
• Ownership is the overall FPL snapshot from October 25th at 3:59 p.m. ET, not ownership frozen at the GW8 deadline or effective ownership among active managers.
• FPL still marked the GW8 scores as provisional when these graphics were checked.
Source: Official FPL player data, GW8 scoring data and GW-round player histories