Gameweek 7 Hall of Shame: the blanks, the cameos, and the captain who cost you
The awards nobody wants from Gameweek 7, starting with B.Fernandes. Every one of them a real number, which is the problem.
The awards nobody wants
Every gameweek produces a handful of moments that are only funny once they cannot hurt you any more. Gameweek 7 has finished, so here they are.
Every award below is a real lookup against the round's data. Nothing here is invented, which is the part that stings.
The Golden Blank
£11.8m buys a lot of things. On this occasion it bought 90 minutes of B.Fernandes and 1 point, which 29.2% of you had budgeted for rather differently.
The Armband Tax
The field captained Haaland and, for once, the field was right: 13 became 26. Enjoy it. This award is not usually a compliment.
The One You Did Not Own
Neto at 2.5% ownership returned 15. That is the differential working exactly as advertised, for almost nobody.
Cameo of the Week
Hinshelwood was on the pitch for 19 minutes and came off it with 6 points. Efficiency of that order should be studied, or at least owned.
Best Value on the Board
11 points for £4.5m. Hato did in one afternoon what some of your budget lines have not managed all season.
Mugged by the Woodwork
0.83 xGI, zero returns: Smith did everything but the last bit. Historically the last bit arrives. Historically it arrives the week after you sell him.
For the record
The average manager scored 59, the best score in the game was 122, and the gap between them was 63 points — roughly a captain, a bench and a small amount of luck.