How did @TooGoodFPL become number 1⃣ in the world? (Thread) 💭

What would you say if I told you that the FPL Champion 19/20 has started Joelinton this season and has had a gameweek score of 18 pts?

This is the story of Aleksandar Antonov and how he became FPL Champion 19/20⤵️
Some things I noticed while looking at his gameweek history: 👀

- Played his wildcard in GW2 which made him climb from 2,38m to 1,7k

- He has only started Ings in 4 GWs and Salah in 8 GWs

- He has had 2 incredible gameweeks! GW2 (GW rank: 32) and GW35 (GW rank: 340)
- He has captained 16 different captains, players like Lundstram, Giroud, Digne and Wilson.

- Switched between the 3-4-3 and 3-5-2 for all of the gameweeks except 4

- He has taken 7 hits (-28) and even a -8 at one point
Captaincy: ©️

16 different captains!

KDB, Sterling, Salah, Martial and TAA being the most popular ones.

Some differentials in Lundstram, Giroud, Digne and Callum Wilson

Total pts: 592
Players he has trusted: 🤝

KDB (owned for 32 GWs)
Mané (owned for 26 GWs)
Martial (owned for 22 GWs)
Mount (owned for 16 GWs)

Players he has never owned: 🚫

Pope
Robertson
Barnes
Pulisic
Kane
Summary: 📖

If we look at all of this information we can't really tell what made Aleksandar FPL Champion. Sure, we can see that GW2 and GW35 were incredible, but there are 36 other gameweeks to take into account. His wildcard in GW2 really helped him and from GW8 and...
onwards he pretty much stayed inside the top 1k but it’s since the restart that Aleksandar has been incredible.

This picture showcases how great he has been since the GW30 when he started at rank 213: (blue is Aleksandar's score, red is the FPL average)
Playstyle: ♟️

When it comes to his playstyle it is very similar to the playstyle of Magnus Carlsen and very different from Joshua who I’ve talked about a lot before.

Aleksandar has owned a whole lot of players this season and trying to stay aggressive, always tried to find...
a new differential and trying to be one step ahead and there are many examples of this (both bad and good):

He has owned players this season that many managers may not even think about. Joelinton, Lacazette, Wesley, Alderweireld, Zouma, Cresswell, to name a few but also gone...
for players who has given him big points when people didn’t have them like Mount, Lundstram, Alli, Antonio etc.

It’s really hard to point a finger at what Aleksandar has done so great this season. He has been great when it comes to captaincy which you need to be and he has...
had a few gameweeks that has been absolutely outstanding but other than that he has just been consistently good and in the top 1k. Switching between players, some choices you can question in hindsight like going for Maupay over Pukki in his GW2 wildcard and some choices that...
are completely amazing like going for Antonio and captaining Sterling in GW35. But sometimes that’s all you need. Not lose your temper when you get 18 points in a gameweek and just try to get back on track. So congratulations to @TooGoodFPL, the very worthy winner of FPL 19/20🥳
This has been all from me and hopefully you enjoy this FPL break and prepare for the next season. 😁

This will be last thread for some time now so if you enjoyed it and maybe learnt something new that you can take into next season, RTs and likes are always welcome 🙏♥️
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