Block defence the way to go for WDT success?

Apparently not.

In the 18 weeks so far, a block defence has won it just 4 times.
A semi block has won it twice.

Week 1 - 3 Liverpool
Week 4 - 5 Spurs
Week 6 - 5 Fulham
Week 7 - 3 Chelsea
Week 17 - 4 Chelsea
Week 18 - 5 Chelsea

Week 1 3 Liv
Week 2 mix
Week 3 mix
Week 4 5 spurs
Week 5 2 city / 2 ars
Week 6 5 Fulham
Week 7 3 Chelsea
Week 8 2 Sun / 2 Eve
Week 9 2 Liv
Week 10 mix
Week 11 mix
Week 12 mix
Week 13 mix
Week 14 2 Liv
Week 15 mix
Week 16 mix
Week 17 4 Chelsea
Week 18 5 Chelsea

Only looking at starting XI's

How many of the winning top 100 each week have been blocks?

That might be one for JPK to answer.

Week 1 - Liv semi won it…. 5 random teams, all were Liverpool blocks
Week 2 - mix won it…. 5 random teams, no blocks/semis
Week 3 - mix won it… 5 random teams, 3 mixes, one stoke semi, one city semi.

Raw stats for weeks 1-18

Week Number with number of teams in top 100 with Back 6 from the same club




e.g. in week 1 81 teams had at least 3 def/gk from the same club including extra picks, in the same week 63 teams had at least 4

so it could be that 81 had Reina/Carra/Skrtl and 63 had at Reina/Carra/Skrtl/Agger

16 teams were already total Liverpool blocks and the added a further Liverpool defender

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IMO blocks & semis are a fairly successful but in reality it's all down to that lucky star man pick

Next analysis will be top 100 teams and starman spread....

Not sure if this helps….



So the column on the right is the number of clean sheets kept that weekend.
The column on the left is the number of defenders/keeper from the same team that the winner had (also highlighted by the yellow boxes). These figures include the added WDT defender.

All it means is that a block is probably best in weeks where there arent many Clean sheets about

Not sure it does Suzy to be honest.

The 6 weeks with the lowest number of clean sheets;

7 (2) - someone with a chelsea trio won it. 56% of winners didnt even have a trio.
8 (3) - someone with 2 pairs won it. 74% of winners didnt have a trio
9 (3) - someone with a pair won it. 62% of winners didnt have a trio
11 (3) - someone with a pair won it. 55% of winners didnt have a trio
14 (3) - someone with a pair won it. 66% of winners didnt have a trio
18 (3) - someone with 5 from Chelsea won it. 73% of winners didnt have a trio

So I guess some of this is then going to boil down to which teams kept a clean sheet.
i.e. 3 winners we're based on Chelsea blocks.

Did Chelsea keep a clean sheet on weeks when none of the other big/main teams keep a clean?
Is it that the Chelsea defence is so much dearer for a block than everyone else… so not as many blocks you're competing against?

I dont know the answers, just thinking aloud.

Best tactic would seem 3 from one team 2 from another and then pick a weekend defender from whichever of the two teams has the best fixture.

Its not really a surprise that block defences aren't winning particularly often. What percentage of teams entered into the game have block defences?

The percentage will be miniscule.

By Block defence I mean: eg. Hart, Richards, Lescott, Kompany, Clichy. 3 or 4 defenders/keepers in one team is not a block defence.



So 4 wins in 18 is pretty good going.