32. Man vs Machine Learning Gameweek 27 - 200 Point Gap between Teams

Double Gameweek 27 was a disappointment for both teams. While the triple captain chip was underwhelming for me, the Machine had a disaster of a gameweek - falling well over 200k ranks. With just 12 weeks to go, the scores currently read 1764 vs 1563 in Man vs Machine Learning. 

Last week, I took a look at some contributing factors to the big difference in points between the two teams. Another interesting analysis to do at the end of the season would be to see the decisions that led to the biggest red and green arrows, as those are the ones that end up affecting the team by a lot in a very short period of time.

The Machine's Team

• Gameweek 26
• Dias' goal was the only return in defence across 8 games
• The midfield blanked completely across 7 games, including captain Bruno
• The attack blanked in 4 out of the 5 games, with Watkins' assist the only return
• In total, 20 out of 22 players (including captain Bruno) blanked
• Naturally this led to a massive red arrow from 663k to 900k

• Gameweek 27
• The suggested transfer (with 4.5 in the bank) is either Bowen to Son or Calvert-Lewin to Kane
• Since Bowen has a game in GW 29, the move DCL to Kane has been made
• Lookman, Mee, Bowen and Kilman is the order in which the Machine has ranked the bottom four players of the team this gameweek
• Lookman makes the starting lineup and the rest are on the bench
• Cancelo is captain and Dias is vice-captain and the Machine is stuck on triple City defence still

Expected number of returns for GW 27-30 per position according to the Machine

My Team

• Gameweek 26
• Not a disaster of a gameweek but underwhelming given the points potential of a double gameweek
• Triple captain Kane at least got a goal in the first game. But he could have easily had another goal in each game
• Son, Watkins, Stones, Gundogan and Martinez returned again but the rest of the team blanked
• Green arrow from 9.8k to 9.7k to continue staying just inside the top 10k

• Gameweek 27
• As of now, I plan to save the transfer barring any last minute injury news
• Captaincy shall go to Gundogan again, although I'm wary of a De Bruyne haul
• The next 3 transfers can go towards getting a complete 11 in BGW 29 but this week I won't be making any moves as of now
• Starting Forster over Martinez in the hope he plays the Sheffield game but I may change that before the deadline based on any team news

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