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Dugout Discussion – Spurs vs West Brom

Gameweek 35’s swansong finds Tottenham Hotspur and West Bromwich Albion meet under lights at White Hart Lane. The former breezed past Manchester United and Stoke City in their past two matches, while the Baggies have lost four of their previous five fixtures.

Spurs’ rampaging attack ranks second for goals (11), total attempts (74), big chances (12) and shots on target (26) over their respective last four match-ups, highlighting their abundance of threat in the final third. Considering that Mauricio Pochettino’s side have chalked up a whopping 24 more shots on target than any team at home (136), the Baggies will do well to stop them scoring. On the other hand, Spurs will fancy their chances of earning a clean sheet having conceded just 13 big chances at the Lane all season.

Delving into the Baggies’ productivity away from The Hawthorns, they place second-bottom for goals (12) and sit last for attempts (140), shots inside the box (78) and shots on target (37). That being said, only three teams have recorded more clean sheets in road ties than West Brom (six), which suggests that Spurs could be in for a frustrating evening. Having posted four blank in five outings, Tony Pulis’ men are certain to bunker down in the capital.

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  1. Dynamic
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Geoff Shreeves mentioning the Alli incident.

    Looks like he might be in trouble after all.

  2. Keno
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Worth bringing in Moreno or too much of a rotation risk?

    1. VS10_
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Wouldn't.

  3. halnone
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    As a Dawson owner, that went better than expected

    1. Back on the horse
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      yeah, we dodged a bullet there

  4. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Coutinho out?

    Is Gabriel now benched?

    1. VS10_
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Yes

      Yes

    2. Keno
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Gab lost his spot to Mert

  5. For Fuchs Sake
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Still got no clue who to TC? Payet GW37 or Sanchez GW36

    1. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      im going payet for those last games at upton made for his party tricks

    2. Old Man
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      What about Sanchez in GW38?

    3. All de Gea
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Sanchez GW38 - go out on a high

      1. For Fuchs Sake
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        They may have nothing to play for, could be a rotation nightmare, preseason friendly feel.

    4. *sigh*
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Sanchez GW38

  6. Whats the Huth
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Wildcard planning has taken a twist here

    1. VS10_
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Wouldn't mind having one right now...

    2. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      If Alli is out, it allows a punt on a DGW'er in my WC for sure...

  7. Polaris - The Mortal Coil
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Yacob should get max baps for the pain he endured from the attack.

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      haha.. such a limp punch

  8. Jet5605
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Guys, which one should I do:

    A - Sakho > PvA
    B - Alli > ?

    If I do B, I'd be relying on Bellerin - Smalling - Simpson as a back 3 but perhaps Milner and Alli might not play so maybe I need to ship Alli?

    Darlow - Robles
    Sakho - Smalling - Bellerin - Gabriel - Simpson
    Payet - Antonio - Alli - Sanchez - Milner
    Kun - Kane - Martial

    1 FT and 0.2 ITB

    1. ralfb
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Alli to townsend, or if money doesnt matter, fab or haz

      1. Jet5605
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        Good shout. Townsend nailed and has 2 decent games. I could then do Sakho > PvA in 37 for the double

        Simpson could nick a cleanie at OT

    2. jg7u
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Why wouldnt alli play, did I miss something?

      1. Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        Threw a punch. Probably a 3 match ban

    3. Backup Dancer
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Pva is a great gw37 shout too. You might want another week to decide on a DGW Alli replacement so I'd say A.

      1. Jet5605
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        Good point but if I do A - I would be stuck with Alli and Milner who may not start leaving me with a weak midfield and potentially 4-3-3

  9. KingNidge
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Haha go on Delle can't lift your hands but that's a nothing really

  10. VS10_
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    3 Points - Eriksen (22)
    2 Points - Alli (20)
    1 Point - Rose (19)

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Looks final

    2. Hobolicious
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Noooooooooooo! Two bonus points for Rose would have seen me through in a LMS-league 🙁

  11. The Fantastic Mr Fox
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Its not that i'm moaning but getting 2 players who were in a must-win game chasing the title and scoring for fun and, against team with nothing to play for and which just conceded 4, seemed like a perfectly sound idea.
    If we can't rely on such logic, what do we rely on? I'm just flummoxed

  12. Murder on Zidane's Flo…
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    It sounds like I am in the minority here, but I think the Alli incident is fairly trivial.

    From what I can see (only watched videos on phone) he swings his hand into the guys stomach with a (probably) open palm and no real force. Not raised or anything even.

    1. KingNidge
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Yacob could have made a lot more of it it was a punch in the ribs lol

      1. Murder on Zidane's Flo…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        Really? Looked pretty powder puff stuff to me.

        1. KingNidge
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 9 days ago

          Could have killed the guy

          1. Murder on Zidane's Flo…
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            8 years, 9 days ago

            I've sent some flowers to West Bromwich General.

            1. KingNidge
              • 8 Years
              8 years, 9 days ago

              Hehe in all seriousness though he could see a ban for simply lifting his hands but i hope not

  13. Jøssy ⭐
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Alright... If Alli has to go, that really scuppers my transfer plans!! Very few decent mids in his bracket. But that is making me lean towards a safer Liverpool midfielder....

    Hart - Gomes
    Bellerin - Fuchs - van Aarnholt* - Cresswell* - Simpson
    Sanchez - Fabregas* - Payet - Milner* - Lanzini
    Aguero - Kane - Sturridge

    What do you reckon of the above 4 new signings, between now and GW37?

    Will mean a couple of hits, but losing... Sakho, Gabriel, Alli and KDB... All pretty much not playing, all for DGWers.

    1. Jøssy ⭐
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      It also means I'm not debating Chelsea mid of Liverpool mid, I'd be doing both. I wanted Firmino, but he is more risky (mins-wise) and he makes it hard to replace Alli with quality.

      1. Mark-O
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        We'll see if Firmino starts against Villarreal

        1. Jøssy ⭐
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 9 days ago

          Aye, still need to wait and see....

    2. aleksios
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      will you play BB?

      1. Jøssy ⭐
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        No, BB already gone in GE34. Only gives me 8 DGW players (plus an extra keeper I can't play), and a couple of key SGWers that I'd want to keep and play

        1. aleksios
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 9 days ago

          so you dont have to change your whole team.If you play 3-4-3 on 37 ,i would go without kane and sturridge and dont replace Alli or Sakho.Just choose the best 11 you could have since no BB.

          1. aleksios
            • 8 Years
            8 years, 9 days ago

            DDG
            Pva-Azpi-Bel
            Lanzini-Alexis-PAyet-Hazard
            Carrol-Kun-Defoe
            i will try to get this team more or less.No pool yet ,maybe i will bring one

          2. Jøssy ⭐
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 9 days ago

            I already own Sturridge and Kane

  14. Mark-O
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Eriksen 3
    Alli 2
    Rose 1

  15. For Fuchs Sake
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Alli to Lanzini may work!

  16. Numb
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Average of 4.8 autosub points leaping off benches tonight

    1. Hobolicious
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Seen so many with Moreno on the bench from my mini leagues. Horrible.

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      I have 10, joke's on them

    3. VS10_
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      1.1 top10k.

      1. Numb
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        Lol, I'm not in the top 10k

        1. VS10_
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 9 days ago

          I would think top100k is pretty much the same as top10k.

    4. HurriKane
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      rival getting moreno in for kdb. furious

  17. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    So after tonight, play Mahrez bench Alli?

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Mahrez against Rojo? I would think so!

  18. Gizzachance
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    last week it was all about bringing in ali an kane{i did kane} now it seems people are on about taking them out after one game, seems waste of transfers to do that?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Alli might be forced.

      1. Gizzachance
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        yeah maybe, kane no, lot of people got rid of dgw players like martial lukaku etc to bring in kane, so may of been a one week punt with them two blanking, or knee jerk reaction !

        1. TorresMagic™
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 9 days ago

          Worth keeping for Chelsea at least.

          1. Gizzachance
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 9 days ago

            yes, chel not a good defence, then sou{h} new{a} lure of the dgw player will tempt people if he does nothing against chel

    2. Mark-O
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Transfers should be made rationally and with a calm mind!

      1. Gizzachance
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        agreed

    3. Jøssy ⭐
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      I would sell Alli if suspended, but Kane is going nowhere!

  19. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Guys who'd you rather start ?

    A) Mahrez (mu)

    B) Defoe (sto)

    1. VS10_
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Has to be another option.

      1. HurriKane
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        who should it be then ?

        Alli(che) Payet(wba) Sanchez(NOR) Ozil(NOR) Mahrez
        Aguero(sot) Kane(che) Defoe(sto)

        1. VS10_
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 9 days ago

          Alli will make it easy.

    2. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Really tough. Defoe just about.

      Think it'll be a tight game now Leicester can win title, Everton at home is the game they'll do it IMO

  20. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    How close are Leicester and what did Alli do ?

    1. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      One win away.

      I'd also like to know what Alli did...

      1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        Cheers

    2. Polaris - The Mortal Coil
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      If Leicester win at OT, they win the league, but that's not going to happen. They'll have to wait a bit longer innit.

      Alli's been to a few MMA gyms lately and took it out on poor Claudio Yacob.

      1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        I saw it definite ban . Cheers Pug

  21. Jazz!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    To me the Alli punch looks like nothing 😕

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      You must own him.

    2. Mark-O
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      I know you wanted to save a transfer

    3. Jazz!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      I actually wanna get rid of him for the DGW hype but it seems like nothing 😆

  22. Numb
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Don't the pundits always say "if you raise your hands, that's a red card"?

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      he was going for his nutz

    2. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      To the face yes...

      This punch is a bit of a weird one, think he could get banned potentially though

  23. The Wise Owl
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    To be fair, Alli was the enabler for me to get Kane. Can swap him for Townsend though. Leaves me with KDB though. Hm!

  24. Back on the horse
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    How about a punty RMWCT while we wait :

    Ruddy de Gea
    Smalling Olsson Moreno PvA Cresswell
    Firmino Alli Fàbregas Sánchez Payet
    Costa Carroll Sturridge

    Costa too risky? All DGWer apart from Alli and Sanchez

    1. fiveyears
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Doubling up on Norwich defence (Martin Olsson?) could be a bit of a nightmare. I'd maybe get Defoe instead, or downgrade Costa to Kane in order to get a better defender in. I know they don't have a DGWer but if you could shift him to Monreal or something you'd reap the benefits in 36 and 38.

      1. fiveyears
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        I obviously mean Defoe in for Carroll to free funds

      2. Back on the horse
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 9 days ago

        Yeah good point. Maybe even an Everton def?

  25. Rhinos
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    well that could have gone better.
    I think this makes Hazard an even more enticing proposition. Either Leicester will have already won the league or Chelsea can dp the job for them

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      exactly

  26. RÏɠBY
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    arsenal could still finish ahead of spurs

    kane won't want that but alexis will

    1. RÏɠBY
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      just saying..

  27. Fergietime
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    What did Alli do ?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      Got 2 bonus points.

  28. Invincibles
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Robles
    Bellerin simpson cresswell
    coutinho mahrez alli sanchez payet
    aguero kane
    subs: schwarzer fosu ward defoe

    1 FT 1.1m
    Playing bb in gw37

    What to do this week/next week?

  29. McSauce
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    Why has jagielka not played? will he be back for last 4 games?

    1. Numb
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      He played at the weekend

  30. Leaf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 9 days ago

    As someone who owns no Spurs players , whose rivals all had Kane capt. and as Arsenal fan , tonight was fantastic

    1. Leaf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 9 days ago

      🙂 to my own post