With a third of the season now gone, we thought that a little analysis of what was proving successful was in order.

If you are a struggling manager then this is the column for you.

Of the 11,861 teams, a staggering 9,534 (80.4 per cent) have yet to use any transfers.

By contrast, 48 of the top 50 managers on the overall leaderboard (96 per cent) have dipped into the market at least once.

There is surely a lesson there although some of the top bosses could have exercised a little more restraint.

Five of the top 50 have already used their entire transfer quota and will have to hope that none of their employees are struck by sudden illness, injury or loss of form.

Of course if one of their players simply retires there is very little that can be done. Unlikely you might think but not impossible.

If they do nothing else all season, the 89 employers of Roger Wessels should immediately take the South African out of their line-ups.

Wessels turned professional at the relatively late age of 26 and after the South African Tour Championship last February he decided to give up tournament play altogether at the relatively early age of 42.

Even the lure of another stint on the Golf Masters tour wasn't enough to tempt him away from fishing and gardening in sunny South Africa.

Here at tour HQ we can sympathise with that decision but he should really have told us before taking up one or our precious cards.

Wessels is one of 18 players with zero earnings so far but he is the only one we know of not aiming to change that status.

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