It was quite an up and down week for the machine learning based Algo Team. A GW 1 score of 66 is not something to feel upset about (Do machines have feelings anyway? Is that an advantage or a disadvantage?) but it could have been quite an amazing scoreline if the captaincy pick was the right one. My own team did better with 84 points. The difference in scores between Man and Machine was exactly the difference between a Salah captain and an Antonio captain.
Algo Team
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- The first game of the season saw Willian bag 3 assists and look extremely lively. He was unfortunate not to come away with a goal, hitting the post with his free kick.
- Vardy did absolutely nothing for the entire game but came away with a brace thanks to his two penalties
- Mo Salah and his hattrick but more on that later
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- Captaincy: Perhaps it's the error metric or the captaincy model itself but I feel that the fact that Antonio was picked by it was a gamble in itself. Personally I feel it is safer to go with one of the big boys who have a favourable fixture, but I guess I'm not a machine
- Big at the back: Not a great start for the 4 big defenders. Doherty came close to a goal and Robbo got an assist but not much to speak of for the rest of them
- Gameweek 2:
- The model predicts Jimenez and Wan Bissaka to do slightly better than Ings and Doherty in the next 4 games but not by much and not in the very next fixture anyway, so it will be holding it's transfer
- The captaincy model has picked Salah (chasing points and a week too late to the party?)
- Steer comes in to replace Mccarthy in goal
My Team
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- Mo Salah - absolute legend. He looked really sharp and my plan to get rid of him has been quickly shelved
- Justin and Mitchell with important points providing great value. Vinagre for staying on the bench for 90 mins.
- Werner looked good, Auba got his goal and Jimenez looked as reliable as ever.
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- Dele Alli got subbed at half time and looks a doubt for the near future - but you can't have it all in one week.
- Che Adams was unlucky not to score but at 6 million still looks a decent shout.
- TAA lacked rhythm, both in attack and defence.
- Gameweek 2:
- Reluctantly got rid of Jimenez to get Martial with the 0.5 in the bank to stick to the plan of prioritising the next immediate gameweek over long term plans. I hope to still get Jimenez for his great run of fixtures.
- Alli is a doubt - if he doesn't look likely to play, Greenwood is on my radar. Maybe James Rodriguez too.
- Auba captain - home to a weak West Ham team
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