The Greatest FPL Manager Of All-Time | Fábio Borges
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- čas přidán 7. 06. 2024
- We connected with the Best Manager to ever grace the game for an Interview! Answers include FPL Tips behind his success and how it feels to be the best ever manager of Fantasy Premier League.
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Big effort to pull this one together, so spread the love if you enjoyed it. Lastly thank you again to Fábio.
Do more like this
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Nice. The only two managers I regularly follow to assess my moves when a GW starts are Fabio Borges and Magnus Carlsen. Love this content.
Will you do fantasy champion league mate?
@@TheFlisk fabio is on social media?
Use your free transfers to get rid of your weakest link instead of getting the in-form player is golden advice
Is it too much to ask for both?
I already follow this strategy whilst watching everyone else try to get in the in form player. I consider it decency bias.
Weakest link = fewest points
Right?
@@disobeytoday4685 weakest link could be fewest points or more likely someone injured and not expected to play for a few gameweeks
Watching this, listening to Fabio's words, was like a breath of fresh air. Hearing him say he avoids the hive mind noise is amazingly refreshing.
Prob the most enjoyable 8mins viewing i've seen on FPL respect
Wow thanks so much, that is quite the compliment. You might be interested in my "special videos" playlist, has a few more original videos that you may enjoy. 🙂
These interviews are fantastic and provide something other than the usual hive mind stuff we get in the community. Just a single manager and their thoughts. Very insightful!
Thanks so much Hannes. Making a conscious effort to include some unique content on this channel.
You've secured the interview of the most difficult to interview man in FPL, crazy
Improving the weakest links is the best strategy. I also rely heavily on stats to make my decisions
Does this include the bench or starting line up do you think guys ?
@@777jimothy starting line up probs
Probably this is 4th video I've watched from you. I really love your delivery style. A great FPL channel in the making.
Thanks so much Aashish, really warming feedback to read!
One of the best fpl vids to come out this season. Very insightful & I always knew that my Achilles heel was my lack of patience
Thanks so much Tshepo, what a compliment! I'm exactly the same, lack of patience has gotten the better of me at times.
Good work mate! Yes, I think certain strategies are good to adopt but to stand out from the crowd then definitely don’t go with the crowd if one wants to excel in FPL!
this channel is digging the things that we always wanted to know 😍
Great work. Can you try and please get Jon Ballantyne in an interview. He's been ultra consistent the last 3 seasons and has made another solid start. Thanks
Love that you spent the time to interview the best for the benefit of the rest. Thankyou.
Pleasure! Thanks for watching
You're my favourite FPL content creator. Always produce quality video and like this one, offer insight you can't get elsewhere. Thank you!
Made me smile reading that! Thanks Jack. Means a lot.
Quality video, great job mate👏🏻
Thanks. Really interesting. Not following random voices on Twitter seems to be a recurring theme. Also concentrating on information above opinion seems like sound advice (it being important to have your own opinion based on your own research). The trouble is Twitter noise is rather addictive. Lessons to be learnt. Thanks again. Michael
This is my first video i watched on your channel and it was probably the best video about fpl i watched. Keep up the good work
That is a hell of a compliment thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed it.
Amazing content, miles ahead of the competition
Excellent content bro, keep it up!
Transcript for anyone interested:
- There are some great websites out there such as LiveFPL, FantasyFootballScout and PremierFantasyTools, which track every Manager to form an All-Time Leaderboard. Regardless of which sites you use, they all agree on one thing, Fabio ranks in 1st place as the Greatest Ever Manager.
- His worst ever rank was 17.9k back in 2014/15, since then he's finished in the Top 10K every year, including a top 100 finish.
- He's an elusive man and doesn't use social media, a similarity both him and Yavuz Kabuk have in common. If you've not seen the video on Yavuz, a link to that is in the description and on-screen at the end. After hours of digging I was able to track Fabio down to make today's video possible, and to my delight he was happy to be interviewed.
- I sent him 5 questions, and then later added a 6th on Ronaldo, which I'm glad I did because his opinion on Ronaldo might surprise you.
- I started off by asking about him in general, my first question being **"What can you tell us about yourself?"**, He said:
- I am Portuguese, I live in Lisbon and I am 40 years old. I used to be a professional poker player and now I work for the sports betting industry. I always enjoyed football, statistics and strategy games so, obviously, FPL was the perfect fit for me and I was hooked as soon as I started playing in 2014/15.
- My background as a poker player was very important for a smooth transition to FPL since both games involve a mixture of skill and luck. At the same time, the goal of both FPL and Poker is to make the best possible decision with the information we have available at the time while remaining calm when things don't work as we planned.
- **Which team do you support, if any?**
- I used to be a die-hard FC Porto supporter when I was a kid but, currently, I don't follow Portuguese football at all. Regarding English teams, I consider myself a neutral but this season I am rooting for Brentford to avoid relegation since I really admire their heavy analytics-driven approach to football. Bielsa's Leeds United is another team I really enjoy watching and I hope they keep improving this season.
- **What tips can you share behind your success?**
- Well, I am definitely a stats-oriented manager. I don't ignore the so-called "eye test" completely but most of my decisions are based on long-term data, especially expected goals and expected assists. The reason for this is because I only watch one or two matches every week and, even if I was able to watch every single match, my brain would be susceptible to all sorts of bias while statistics have a better "memory", which makes them more reliable, in my opinion. I do watch Match of the Day every week but it is very rare that one of my transfers is based solely on what I saw in a single match.
- I almost always wait for press conferences before making my transfers and I don't think I ever bought or sold someone because his price was going to change. Even though my team value is usually lower than the average by the end of the season due to this strategy. I never felt like I was at a disadvantage by then and I really think the pros of getting all the possible information before making my transfers clearly outweigh having an extra million to use later in the season. After all, it would not be a big deal if I had to go with Lukaku (11.5m) instead of Ronaldo (12.5m) in my second wildcard because I had a lower team value than most managers.
- But, most of all, I would say that being patient and valueing transfers is the most important factor behind my results. I rarely sell a player I still consider a good prospect just because someone else scored a hat-trick and it is very rare that I take a hit outside of Double Gameweeks. I always try to buy reliable players that I feel confident having in my team for the next four gameweeks at least, even if they blank in the first three. This approach doesn't always work but in the long run, it reduces the number of hits taken and allows me to use my free transfers to get rid of my weakest links instead of using them to buy someone just because he did well in the previous gameweek.
- **How does it feel to be considered The Greatest FPL Manager of All-time?**
- Well, I am definitely proud of my results so far, especially because I am a very competitive manager and my main goal when I started playing a bit more seriously was to reach the top of the FFS Hall of Fame. It is awesome to know that I reached this goal after several years of analyzing stats and thinking about the game. In fact, I feel even prouder of being at the top of the Hall of Fame than I would be if I ever managed to win FPL because luck plays a much lesser role over several seasons than it does over a single season.
- **What's your best FPL memory?**
- I have a lot of good FPL memories but three of them really stand out:
- Captaining Charlie Austin in my first season when he scored a hat-trick against West Brom. I was not a very good player back then but I enjoyed that feeling of success so much that I started taking the game a lot more seriously after it.
- Going with Mahrez from the start when Leicester won the Premier League. I was really impressed with his stats from the previous season and I had a good feeling about him. I think it is fair to say it went better than I could ever imagine even if he wasn't a differential for long.
- Lastly, buying Michail Antonio before his four goals against Norwich last season. I doubt I will be able to make such a successful transfer ever again!
- **How much attention do you pay to what's on Twitter/CZcams/Reddit/other forums?**
- I don't have Twitter or Reddit and I try to avoid group thinking as much as I can. Most of the fun for me is to figure things out on my own and I only discuss strategy with a couple of friends. I do follow some sources such as Mikkel Tokvam's Transfer Algorithm, BigManBakkar's weekly analysis, and I really enjoy watching FPL BlackBox with Mark and Az whenever I can. Other than that, I only pay attention to my stats tables and I try to update them as often as possible.
- **What are your thoughts on Ronaldo as an FPL asset?**
- Honestly, I find it hard to justify having Ronaldo at 12.5m when there are so many good cheaper forwards such as Antonio, Calvert-Lewin, Jimenez, Bamford. I really think all of these players represent better value than Ronaldo. Even Lukaku costs 1 million less and he basically matched Ronaldo for attacking returns last season in Serie A. Of course, we all know he can haul in any given week and it will be hard to ignore him for his first match against Newcastle but I definitely don't think he is a must-have as a 12.5m forward. As things stand, I don't think I will bring him in this week but, of course, a lot can change until the deadline.
- It was fascinating to hear about Fabio's background in poker, and how that skillset translated well to FPL. It makes perfect sense that the ability to keep cool when things don't go to plan can translate to FPL, and there's absolutely valuable lessons to be learned there. There will always be points when it doesn't go to plan, but if you made the best possible decision with the information available to you at the time then you're doing everything right.
- Ronaldo is such a popular pick that it was very surprising to hear his differing viewpoint, but nonetheless great insight and one we'll look back on in the future.
- Lastly I want to thank Fabio for taking the time to answer the questions. His answers were fantastic and made for a great video.
Great vid 👍
Brilliant work mate also big up don Fabio! This fpl channel is my fave right now
Thanks mate 👊 been making good use of the spare time over the break!
Just hooked up with your channel and I must admit you have the best format and content amongst other FPL channels on youtube!
Glad you found the channel and enjoying the content! Appreciate the great feedback.
great job! great answers! enjoyed both interviews (Fabio + Yavuz)
Thanks Paul!
So happy to see the channel grow remember when there was only 200 subs
Can't believe the growth! Haven't forgotten the OGs of the streaming days either! 😉
Primera vez que veo un vídeo suyo y me pareció espectacular, le pude poner los subtítulos en español y me fue bien.
Saludos desde CUBA 🇨🇺
First time I watched any of your videos and I'm definitely subscribing. Keep it up bro
Thanks Yaeesh 👊
Excellent video. Definitely different from a lot of the FPL videos I watch (which is rather a lot lol). Subscribed.
Thanks for watching and for subscribing! Glad you enjoyed it.
So difficult to say this isn't the best FPL video I've watched so far. Now time to get my team going!
Thanks so much!
Top stuff Focal.
Production quality is nice, but for me content is the most important and this was great.
Thank you 🙂
Great video as always. 👍
Thanks for this video. Excellent responses and one to inspire me to do better this season. 👍
Thanks Olaleru 🙂 glad it inspired
Brilliant FPL video; thanks for tracking Fabio down and posting the interview!
Pleasure, thanks for watching 👊
Brilliant video mate, really went outside the box of standard FPL content here!
Thanks so much mate! This one was a big effort effort to pull together but really enjoyed editing it together
Thank you so much! 🙏
Really enjoying your content this season 👍🏻
Thanks Frank 👊
Really good video bro. Really insightful and to the point. Good job.
Thanks mate. 🙂
Great video, subbed and will probably binge your chanel now
Haha thanks Arya, really appreciated! 😀
Good video. Intresting information.
Amazing video. Loved it IMMENSLEY
Thanks Kaveer 🙂
Incredible work man!! Cant wait til you blow up!!!!
Thanks Earl 👊
Great content!
In a nutshell, if you play fantasy specifically from an analytics standpoint, you will do consistently well. If you play with your heart and just want to banter with your buds, you are not going to do well.
Great vid mate,👌🏻
Great video🙌👏
Really great video thankyou!
Anyone watching this in 2022? 😄
Comparing ronaldo and Lakaka😭
@@Ygshey 🤣
2023
Great insight! 💯
The Goat🐐
this was an amazing video. so underrated.
Thanks Tarif 🙂
Excellent content, keep it up!
Thanks Johan 👊
Great interview very insightful
Thanks Will 🙂
Here we go!🔥
This video really just brought something up in me , thank you , plus you sound better in this video than 1 month ago , did you get a new mic or something because I hear an improvement in the audio ?
Same mic - it seems to be very sensitive so I've started shutting the windows while recording so it doesn't pick up background noise!
I enjoyed that and have subscribed: )
Thanks Jeff! Good to have you 👊
Thanks for the video!
Pleasure! Thanks for watching
Amazing content
Quality video and interesting insight 👍
Thanks mate 👊
Really interesting video (just watched it for the second time through) thanks. Clearly a strong advocate of the ultra patient approach and his almost total disregard for TV was very interesting, and something I think I could learn from. Also seems to pay no regard to EO - so I’ve seen many pundits say one of the reasons to get Ronaldo in is EO - because everyone else will have him and the potential drop in rankings if he hauls - yet that does not seem to be something that Fabio worries about at all (and why would you, if you know you’re the best!). Just one question - he referred to not using social media much, and that he just uses “his stats tables” and “tries to update them regularly”. This might be a dumb question, but what’s that all about? With tailorable and comprehensive stats tables available online, on FFH and FFS (for example), why would you maintain your own separate stats tables?? Does he mean he has a big Excel spreadsheet somewhere that he uses to drive decisions? Or that there are some sort of statistical measures that he maintains in a spreadsheet, that wouldn’t be available for the online sites?? Don’t quite get that.
Thanks for watching. He didn’t go into any further detail on his stats tables, but my interpretation was that he maintains his own data in conjunction with what’s readily available out there.
Great video
Well done
Excellent video!
Thanks Matteus!
Exceptional content
Thanks so much!
Really cool.
Yep. Trust in your brain, trust in your brain and opinion. That's part of the fun.
I am never asking twitter or any social media groups for help or feedback again.
Let's go
Respect
I rate Rich Clarke higher he have played more sesongs. But I really appreciate Fabio because he thinks different then others and that is probably why he is better then us, he does not use that much reassurance so that is kinda a example on that he likes to think him self.
Cool vid
@Fpl Focal How do you check expected goals and assists?
Hey man, I love your videos. Really great production and value with no messing about.
I was thinking, how can you improve the channel and start gaining more followers? One thing I would add, if I were you, is highlighted comments. Give a shoutout to one to three of the best comments from the previous video. That way the CZcams algorithm will recommend your videos to more people because you will be getting more comments. It is not that difficult and I think it would help your channel grow!
Best of luck with everything! Cheers! 💪💕
I think it is in order a "Portugal Caralho!"
Great channel
Thanks Baron 🙂
Can I get the interview audio?
plz gimme the name for the music in the background
W vid
I think I’m going to opt for Fernandez > Torres (GW4) then Dennis > Bamford (GW5). But I don’t think Greenwood will play as much during CR7’s reign. Can I do better?
#Fpl Focal How do you check expected goals and assists?
I’ve agreed with him on the ronaldo thing, I think he will do well but not 12.5 imo
Is there a way possible to see his team this year? And transfers he’s made this season?
If you're inn his league then u can check his current team (up to GW3)
His livefpl is 380968 too bro make sure to jot it down before this clown deletes my comment
Thoughts on shaw and greenwood going through the next few gws
Looks like time to shift them on, considering Shaw out in my team
@@FPLFocal im going to do rudiger on for ayling, i need shaw because otherwise with injury’s i wont have enough defenders
So FABIO
You are a Poker player
Hmmm... I didn't know there are CZcams channels on Fantasy Football. Strange that these channels didn't appear on my CZcams algorithm.
There’s lots! Glad you found mine 🙂
He is pointing to Jimenez 😎 100% and wolves assets...grab them guys before its too late 😀
You’re currently the great fpl manager at rank 1 overall
Dont mean to be pedantic, but Antonio's four goal haul was in fact not last seasom but the season before last. Last season was an impossible answer because Norwich of course had been relegated.
I'll be on top someday
Trincao a good option??
transfer plans this week for you?
Fun how the interviewer is aksling question to the best of all time and now, the Interviewer is first.
Love the videos but maybe change the song every now and then
I'm on the lookout for other music, have listened to hundreds of copyright free songs. Hard to find out that I can picture being good background music 😅 I believe if you use any copyrighted music then your video gets flagged and can't be monetised etc. Nightmare!
It’s the hits and he’s lucky
Fabio saying he'll not bring in player just because he's doing well at the moment unless he'd weak link in his team when he just transfer Jota out for Benrahma for GW3 😂😁
whats his team ID
yeah tell me his team id
380968
he's tryna spread misinformation to his competition lol
@@alibhismo7807 thanks alot
Well he was wrong about Ronaldo and Lukaku
Hey what's his team code? 🤔
Thanks will just copy his team now
I actually agree on Ronaldo. I don't see him outperforming the likes of lukaku so I don't think his price is justified.
aged well 😂
@@sebir777 my goat is finished
Good job Fabio isn’t on Twitter - the Ronaldo comment may have come back to haunt him
How's he not on twitter but follows bigmanbakar. 🤔
Bakar said he posts on FFH too, perhaps on there.
i dont have twitter either but we can simply go on twitter to check stuff
So will you be getting Ronaldo in?
Everyone after watching this: *subs out Ronaldo furiously*
Lmaooo