Most selected so far...

Having now started the serious business of setting about picking my TFF Champions League sides I thought I'd do a bit of studying and see who the most selected players have been so far. It looks like great minds think alike as the top-rated keeper is Manuel Almunia, who I tipped up as being the value keeper a few days ago when we focused on the keepers involved in the knockout stages...

M Almunia 32.72%
E van der Sar 16.74%
P Cech 11.18%
V Valdes 10.43%
I Casillas 8.73%

Defensively it seems that entrants are packing their backlines with players from the Premiership with six out of the top ten being English-based players. Man United's Patrice Evra seems the value pick with over 40% of managers picking him in their side, obviously due to his modest fee of £3.7m. Here's the top five stoppers picked so far...

P Evra 40.42%
D Alves 20.96%
N Vidic 19.61%
G Clichy 18.50%
Alex 13.69%


Midfielders wise it's the usual suspects who dominate everyone's team selections and there's no real surprises in there to be honest. The form man is undoubtedly Cristiano Ronaldo and this shows with nearly 60% of managers slotting him into their midfield. Here's the top five men in the middle...

C Ronaldo 58.79%
Kaka 31.73%
C Fabregas 31.66%
S Gerrard 24.82%
Ronaldinho 12.27%

Up front the managers are a bit more divided on who will do the business and get the goals to help them on to the £20k TFF prize. Carlos Tevez leads the way, but plent of the top marksmen have been taken by the managers so far. Luis Fabiano looks like the value choice with nearly 12% picking the hitman who only has a price tag of £5m. Here's the top five goal-grabbers selected so far...

C Tevez 27.00%
R van Nistelrooy 24.15%
F Torres 16.34%
E Adebayor 14.66%
L Messi 12.89%

Hopefully this gives you a small insight into the minds of the TFF managers who have been getting their sides sorted early doors. Click on the players name to read their entry in Wikipedia and find out more about them.