18. Man vs Machine Learning: Chugging along nicely into the midweek

My team narrowly extended its lead over the Machine this week to take the total scores to 726 vs 714 after 12 gameweeks. Both teams had decent weeks, although the Machine's risky captaincy pick did not pay off. More often than not, that has been the case this season and if the Machine had picked relatively safer picks, it would be better off.

The pattern of Saturdays being good days for me and Sundays being good days for the machine continued as it made its weekly comeback in the late games yet again.

Also, my manual error from two weeks ago proved useful to the Machine in the end with Kyle Walker getting more points in his one game than Reece James did in two. 

 The Machine's Team

  • Gameweek 12
    • Ziyech to Zaha was the transfer that was made - and Zaha blanked despite looking lively
    • Bowen and Bamford got assists in the early kickoff
    • Mccarthy and Walker's clean sheets kept the scoreboard ticking 
    • Bruno was a captaincy blank against Man City, with a penalty being disallowed due to offside in the buildup
    • Kane and Vardy got much needed hauls on Sunday to finish on 59 points
    • Red arrow from 652k to 654k
  • Gameweek 13
    • Walker to Reece James is the recommended transfer and the transfer has been made
    • No Salah or KdB in the team still
    • Vardy is the captain vs Everton, marginally over Bruno vs Sheffield


Expected number of returns for the next 4 Gameweeks per position according to the Machine

My Team

  • Gameweek 12
    • Last gameweek, I saved my transfer
    • It was a fairly good start with Bamford getting an assist, and all three strikers ended up returning with Adams' 8 points the highlight
    • At the back, Martinez got a good double digit score and Southampton shut out Sheffield to give Walker-Peters his cleansheet
    • Salah got the jammiest of penalties to get the captaincy points home
    • Big names Robertson, Chilwell, Bruno, KdB and Grealish all blanked
    • Green arrow from 507k to 451k

  • Gameweek 13
    • I am yet to decide what I'll be doing this week
    • Some of the potential moves include Chilwell to James, Adams to Watkins/Wilson
    • With two transfers in hand, it's likely I'll use at least one of them
    • KdB has the arm band against West Brom at home



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