Player Rater GW11 Update

As always I've updated the graphics to include the GW11 data, you can find them here.

Comments Using the Player Rater Expected Points Model

There will be little change in the model's ratings from now on, so you can check what I wrote last week to see which players stand out at the moment. In fact, it's unlikely that the model ratings will change week to week now, so I've been thinking about including a 'form' chart which only looks at the last 6 matches. What do people think about this?

As for a short round up, I wanted to give a highlight to Coutinho this week who, despite not scoring any FPL points, had a monstrous performance this weekend. He managed 9 shots and 4 on target (to put that in context, Lukaku has managed 8 and 4 over his last 4 games!). He's currently under-performing the model, but as Chris Glover pointed out, players don't do this for long, and I he is likely to explode soon. A Merseyside derby isn't likely to be the best game for him, but after the next game Liverpool's fixtures are very appealing and they don't face the fixture congestion that teams in Europe do.

Elsewhere, Suarez extended his dominance and if anyone is essential, he is. The likes of Hazard, Lallana, Sessegnon and Snodgrass managed good points hauls this week, all of whom were highlighted in last weeks Midfield Round-up. I was also pleased to see Leroy Fer score his first goal this week after tipping him as a good all-round differential option.

Up front and Remy staked yet another claim to be considered in our frontlines and is probably the best <9.0m striker aside from Lambert who seems to have escaped attention despite two assists and a goal against Hull, tough fixtures make him a difficult buy at the moment though.

Christian Eriksen also enjoyed a good game, but failed to turn his production into points this week, I still fancy he will eventually become the stand-out option in the Spurs midfield. His next two are against the Manchester clubs though so I think he'll be one to monitor rather than buy at the moment.

Edit: I'm not alone in thinking Eriksen will be a pivotal player for Tottenham, Ted Knutson over at Statsbomb has written a superb piece on his weekend performance which you can find here.