Unfantasy Player of the Week was kept from Gameweek’s 25 through 37 (I forgot to look to see who won in Gameweek 38). In that time, no man won the award more than once…except West Ham Captain Kevin Nolan. Nolan won the award three times for his mediocre performances.
Nolan scored five goals in the Premier League during the month of February in just four games. This caused a bandwagon which made his FPL ownership rise above the 10% threshold to be eligible for Unfantasy POTW.
Most of the owners who jumped on Nolan were so distraught by his failures that they simply gave up on their FPL season which led to a large amount of so-called “deadships” owning Nolan. Thus, Nolan continued to post mediocre stat lines while still being owned by more than 10% of FPL owners. If it had not been for a few late substitutions by Sam Allardyce, he would have won the weekly award a few more times.
Nevertheless, Nolan wins the final (presumably?) award to be handed out this postseason: Unfantasy Player of the Year. Now get back to your February form!
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