By Robbie Butler
Almost 10 years ago I first blogged about the use of the Premier League's Fantasy Football game to explain the concept of opportunity cost. My most recent effort was in 2017.
Below are two screen grabs that present the best perforing team to date, and the most expensive team, as things currently stand.
Almost 10 years ago I first blogged about the use of the Premier League's Fantasy Football game to explain the concept of opportunity cost. My most recent effort was in 2017.
Below are two screen grabs that present the best perforing team to date, and the most expensive team, as things currently stand.
 Highest scoring team |  Most expensive team |
It is important to note, neither team is attainable, as both exceed the spending limits. The highest scoring team (left panel) also has 4 Arsenal players (only 3 are permitted under the rules of the game), while the most expsensive team also breaks this rule with 5 Liverpool players.
Interestingly, Man City occupy just two places in the perfromance metric. The same number as Spurs. It would seem the brillance of City is spread throughout the squad. Liverpool rely on Salah, while Arsenal's defence and Bukayo Saka are the big performers. Cole Palmer, Ollie Watkins and Dominik Solanke are obvious standouts for their respective clubs. Bernd Leno is also having a fine season for Fulham and is the league's number one goalkeeper by Fantasy Football points. Fabian Schar (Newcastle) and Pedro Porro (Spurs) also appear good value for money.
Underperfomances are witnessed by those expense players (right) that do not appear to the left. Ben White, Salah, Son, Saka, Watkins and Haaland all escape this - they are value for money it would seem. However, the same cannot be said of pretty much the Liverpool defense (Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk and Roberston) as well as De Bruyne, Tripper, Odegaard and Toney. Some of these players suffered injuries and suspension and can be excused somewhat. The only Man United player to appear is goalkeeper Onana. It sums up much of the club's season so far.
Interestingly, Man City occupy just two places in the perfromance metric. The same number as Spurs. It would seem the brillance of City is spread throughout the squad. Liverpool rely on Salah, while Arsenal's defence and Bukayo Saka are the big performers. Cole Palmer, Ollie Watkins and Dominik Solanke are obvious standouts for their respective clubs. Bernd Leno is also having a fine season for Fulham and is the league's number one goalkeeper by Fantasy Football points. Fabian Schar (Newcastle) and Pedro Porro (Spurs) also appear good value for money.
Underperfomances are witnessed by those expense players (right) that do not appear to the left. Ben White, Salah, Son, Saka, Watkins and Haaland all escape this - they are value for money it would seem. However, the same cannot be said of pretty much the Liverpool defense (Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk and Roberston) as well as De Bruyne, Tripper, Odegaard and Toney. Some of these players suffered injuries and suspension and can be excused somewhat. The only Man United player to appear is goalkeeper Onana. It sums up much of the club's season so far.
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