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Everton's Seamus Coleman is currently the fifth highest-scoring Fantasy Football player. Peter Byrne/PA Archive/Press Association Images

Diary of a Fantasy Gaffer: Get Seamus Coleman in your teams pronto

Man United defender Rio Ferdinand, on the other hand, might be best to avoid.

AS PRETTY MUCH every Ireland supporter has been saying over the past few weeks, Seamus Coleman is quite good at this football thing.

Donโ€™t believe me? Well then check out his Fantasy Football stats, which is obviously the only rational way of measuring a footballerโ€™s performance.

Coleman, despite being a defender, has 118 points โ€” 19 more points higher than his nearest challenger (Per Meresacker), while outscoring most midfielders and strikers as well (he is the fifth highest-scoring player in the entire game).

So there you have it โ€” Seamus Coleman is definitively the greatest thing since sliced bread, the Irish Cafu, the Donegal Denis Irwin, the SOLE reason for Evertonโ€™s success. Consequently, we normally pursue a policy of picking only cheap defenders, but weโ€™re willing to make an exception for the Everton full-back.

And so needless to say, I have him in my team and so should you. Hell, while weโ€™re feeling patriotic, why not just fill the entire side with Irish players in celebration? There seems to be a fair few of them floating about in the Premier League these days.

Elsewhere in the team, our policy of forgetting to change/keeping faith with Aaron Ramsey is about to pay off, with the midfielder set to return from injury soon. Ditto, Ross Barkley, who at ยฃ5.2million, represents a better bargain than anything youโ€™d find in the post-Christmas sales.

Finally, some advice: United are playing Chelsea this week, so donโ€™t forget to take Rio Ferdinand out of your teams, if โ€” for some bizarre reason โ€” youโ€™re one of the 2.1% of players who still have him in there.

Until next time,

Your crafty Fantasy Football-playing, Seamus Coleman-loving canine.

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    Mute Declan O'Brien
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    Jan 17th 2014, 6:31 PM

    Thatโ€™s a terrible team, wildcard asap!

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    Mute Brian Les
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    Jan 17th 2014, 9:46 PM

    Imagine the players you could buy with all that extra income

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    Mute Barry Smyth
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    Jan 17th 2014, 6:33 PM

    I donโ€™t get why you go to the effort of writing an article every week whilst not keeping your team up to date.

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    Mute Stef Ruddell
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    Jan 17th 2014, 7:49 PM

    Coleman is the most improved player in the league. Heโ€™s literally gone from very good to super whopper turbo rappa minty fresh!!!

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    Mute Padraic McGuinness
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    Jan 17th 2014, 6:09 PM

    When I startes my team, my first pick was Coleman. Knew well he would be good. 72 on Fifa is outrageous! EA Logic!

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    Mute Aaron fogarty
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    Jan 17th 2014, 6:45 PM

    Is that all he is? Thatโ€™s shocking even before he hit form this year..

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    Mute Glen Durney
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    Jan 17th 2014, 6:04 PM

    Have him in Thank god heโ€™s a Machine hopefully heโ€™ll keep going

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    Mute Jonny Murphy
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    Jan 17th 2014, 7:58 PM

    Had him since the opening weekend will ye stop

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    Mute Sam Ferry
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    Jan 17th 2014, 9:29 PM

    Also whatโ€™s the point of spending 4.9 million on a 2nd goalie can save a million there easily

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    Jan 17th 2014, 9:27 PM

    Ramsey has been out for at least a month..

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    Jan 17th 2014, 9:43 PM

    A team in need of a wildcard.

    โ€œKeeping faithโ€ in anyone out for such a long time is also pointless especially Ramsey, not like he costs 10 or 11. Donโ€™t worry he wont know if you drop him for a few weeks!! Shoulda dropped him and brought in Januzaj or some other cheap player whoโ€™s form/price was rising.

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    Mute Sam Ferry
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    Jan 17th 2014, 9:27 PM

    That team is shite rather have Ferdinand in then Whittaker or ciaran clark

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    Mute Jonny Murphy
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    Jan 17th 2014, 9:49 PM

    Wouldnโ€™t have Ferdinand in Wrexham Fc will ye stop

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