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21 November 2011 1043 comments
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Gameweek 12 draws to close tonight with a game at White Hart Lane between Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa. This is the third time in the last five years that this fixture has taken place on a Monday night, and if the tie goes anywhere near matching the excitement levels of the 2007 meeting, then we are in for an instant classic. As a Martin Laursen owner that night, this fixture evokes fond fantasy football memories.

The Dugout Discussion opens for the late shift, and if reminiscing over a defender brace (and three bonus points) isn’t for you, then I hope the following team news is enough to chew over whilst we wait for the 8p.m. kick-off…

Spurs XI: Friedel, Walker, Kaboul, King, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Parker, Modric, Bale, Van der Vaart, Adebayor.

Villa XI: Given, Cuellar, Dunne, Collins, Warnock, Hutton, Petrov, Herd, Heskey, Bent, Agbonlahor.

With yesterday’s encounter at Stamford Bridge focusing on players looking to (and in the end succeeding to) haunt their old employers, tonight once again there’s a whole host of players on that same mission. Brad Friedel, Kyle Walker (was on loan), Alan Hutton and Darren Bent all start and face their respective previous clubs. Jermaine Jenas, on loan at Villa, is ineligible to play tonight.

Elsewhere, fantasy football favourite Rafael van der Vaart passes a fitness test to start up front behind Emmanual Adebayor.

Join us in the Dugout Discussion chatroom where, as always, you can follow all the action.

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  1. andy85wsm
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    Adebayor and Walcott

    or

    Drenthe and Rooney.

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    1. Ryan
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      Ade and Drenthe

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      1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
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        same

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    2. HuttonDressedasLahm
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      A and W

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  2. Pickled and Preserved
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    Vorm (Al-Habsi)
    Kompany, Brown, Assou-Ekotto (Raylor, Jose Enrique)
    Sinclair, Walters, Silva, Mata (Moses)
    Rooney, Klasnic, Aguero

    1.0 in the bank and 1 ft.
    Rooney > Van Persie (finally)? Or is Rooney playing more upfront again and looking better?

    Any other suggestions?

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    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
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      Aguero to RVP imo

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    2. Ryan
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      Get RVP in. Nothing else needs to be said

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    3. Pickled and Preserved
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      Don't have enough in the bank to do Aguero > RvP.

      And Rooney isn't looking better? Man U still too defensive?

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    4. Call Me Old Fashioned
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      rooney to RVP.

      If you do not want to do that then Mata--->Bale and Aguero--->RVP. Does that work?

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      1. Pickled and Preserved
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        Rooney to RVP it is!

        Shame I couldn't do it sooner, but I really did have other things to fix in my team.

        Even if Van P only gets an assist, he'll still score more for me then Rooney has

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  3. Mull
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    Correct 11 for this week? Subs in the right order.

    Vorm
    Kompany, Jones, Wilkinson
    VDV, Silva, Sessengon, Pilkington
    RVP, Rooney, Graham

    Subs: Drenthe, McAuley, Simpson.

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    1. Mull
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      Howard- Sub Goalie

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    2. Hate that rotation
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      how much faith you have in rooney? Is he gonna get out of playmaker mode?

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      1. Mull
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        Rooney is staying there until he's played 2 more home games.

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    3. Cruicky
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      Yep, looks fine.

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  4. Manani
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    Ramsey to Pilkington to free up funds to upgrade graham? or even chris eagles

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    1. Manani
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      i mean to upgrade chris eagles, not upgrade to chris eagles

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    2. Hyperion
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      No point imo; Ramsey, Eagles and Graham all have good fixtures coming up and so all offer great value at present.

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  5. A.T
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    1) barnet

    2) tierney

    3) mcauley

    whose best?

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    1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
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      mcauley would get more points in scrabble?

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    2. Call Me Old Fashioned
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      mc auley

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  6. Optimus.
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    vorm ruddy
    jones enrique brown raylor naylor
    mata silva nani vdv ferg
    rvp ade studge

    2 ft 0.2 in bank if nani plays tomorrow im thinking

    1) nani/raylor to walters/baines

    or

    2) nani/raylor to bale/richards

    thoughts appreciated which would ye prefer?

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  7. andy85wsm
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    Night guys.

    Don't forget to sell VDV

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    1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
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      I will sell you the van part and keep the DV. Cos only need the DV, sure he gets taken off after 60min anyway! 🙂

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    2. Gavin - Gers in turmoil!!!
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      pmsl and RVP and Silva

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    3. Wuffs
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      Titter.
      Sweet dreams.

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    4. HuttonDressedasLahm
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      Yes, he went off injured again on 69 minutes, sell him now.

      Its night night from me too.
      An enjoyable GW after the int break
      Back tomorrow for CL Fantasy.

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      1. stuart_vw540
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        Was VDV actually injured or was it just a tactical change ?

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  8. aaront
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    Well already done transfer
    Suarez>Hernandez hopefully his price will drop now

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    1. Tommy Tynans Left Shin Pad
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      Looking forward to the weekend already. Nani is well overdue a haul, as is Mata. My team is set now, away tomorrow no chance to change.....

      Vorm
      Mcauley-Enrique-ShawX
      Nani-B.Johnson-VDV-Mata
      Aguero-Rvp-Graham

      Hennessy-Dyer-Komps-Simpson

      Any flaws, subs ok? Liverpool To score a couple. 3-2 Citeh!

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  9. The Light Knight
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    move on

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  10. An Púca
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    fek it, gonna go with the 3 big spurs men ...at the expense of a truly cak defence. but so be it

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    1. In Like Flynn.
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      Spurs defence is beginning to look halfway sensible, and BAE could have had a goal or assist this evening as well. Just a thought.

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  11. Tommy J
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    For those who are contemplating getting the Spurs 'trinity':

    In the last 9 PL games Spurs have scored 22 goals(no less than 2 in any game and averaging nearly 2.5 per game). These 3 have scored 15 of the goals and had 8 assists.Over the last 8 games(VDV missed the Wolves game) they have scored an average of 21.5 points between them per game. I think this is a good bet and doesn't seem to run the rotation risk eg City.

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    1. In Like Flynn.
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      That was quick Tommy.

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      1. Tommy J
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        I just wanted to see if it was justified-my only hesitation was that it seemed better(for consistent points) to maintain at least 2 City players but the issue with them is rotation and so I am tempted to get these three as they nicely offset each other-Fast winger feeding the two front Guys, has to be a good recipe!

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    2. The Bandit
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      Good post, you should have put it on the new post though, wasted here! 😉

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      1. Tommy J
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        I'll copy it.

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    3. Gargamel
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      This!

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      1. EL TANO
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        the spurs trinity is a gamble to a certain degree but perhaps no more of a gamble than picking one of sturridge lamps or mata for example
        I think you are pretty safe that two of the three spurs trinity will be involved in anything that happens for spurs
        you could look at it more as spreading the risk rather than taking the risk
        Dare I use the F-word?
        Form dudes…form

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  12. Davido989
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    everyone sell Vdv, bring in Bale, thanks i'll get the last laugh...

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    1. Lordjim
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      Just seen your post - this is what I am thinking also....

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  13. In Like Flynn.
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    Welcome back little green arrows. I've missed you the last couple of weeks. Where have you been?

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    1. lazybones18
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      i dont see anything yet

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    2. Wuffs
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjtFKAoJAT0&feature=related

      Rolls eyes...green with envy.

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  14. lazybones18
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    fantasy football scout.. can please STOP the autoplaying of your video advertisements.. its pretty annoying.. thanks you

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  15. Lordjim
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    So here's the deal; I no longer see any great advantage for VdV over Bale. With 2 free transfers next week I propose:

    VdV out for Bale - banking £1.9
    Allen out for Sessegnon - cost £1.6 ready for favourable Sunderland Fixtures GW13,14 and 15

    Almost pulled the trigger, but thought I would put the play up for discussion......

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    1. Gargamel
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      Seriously knee jerky.

      Do you not think being on penalty kicks is an advantage? Or playing as a striker when listed as a midfielder? Or being the greediest bugger in town?

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      1. Gargamel
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        Do you not think being on loads of corners and free kicks is an advantage?

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        1. Lordjim
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          Will Bale and Sessegnon secure more points than Vdv and Allen?

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  16. FPL Daniel
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    Well everybody are gonna ask should I bring Ade this week. Well I am gonna bring Rooney this week, before his brace and this is message to all you upcoming knee jerkers!!!

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    1. Bendy Busdriver
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      Rooney out Ade in?

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  17. Twelve years a slave
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    Before the tottenham game woud of been more than happy with two goals from Adebyour.

    Having watched the match im peeved he didnt get 20 points

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  18. k-fat
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    if you could own only one Tottenham player for the long run who would that be ?

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    1. EL TANO
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      emmanuel van der bale

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  19. meechamspowders
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    60pts pre bonuses. reasonably happy with that, and in top 100k now too. 5 consecutive green arrows 😀

    mainly thanks to rvp though to be honest. think i'm saving a transfer this week anyway:

    Vorm (kenny) - will get rid of kenny for ruddy soon, just to save 0.5m

    n.taylor, komp, turner (simpson, woodgate)

    vdv, silva, drenthe, sess (dyer) - might player dyer vs villa.

    rvp, ade, rooney

    Next week I'll do Ruddy > kenny & someone > woodgate.

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    1. Screaming Midget
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      7 consec green arrows and currently inside top 7k... but expect to drop back a bit with the BPs to come (only had VDV).

      Im thinking of bringing Hernandez in for Suarez to have: Hernandez Sturridge RVP

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  20. Windmachine
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    72 today without Bales Bonus.

    My rival has Adebayor I I expect he will get 3 bonus points. Would anyone else agree that he was horrendous in much of the game and offers nothing to the team at times but is just sometimes luckily in the right place.

    BALE deserved 3 bonus points.

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    1. bunk_medal
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      I think Adebayor gives Spurs something they don't get from any of their other strikers. On his day he's a brilliant target man. Tonight wasn't one of his better performances even though he scored twice.

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    2. Twelve years a slave
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      You must be joking , he is playing a great role for tottenham , keeps the defenders busy in the middle , while Lennon and Bale cause havoc on the flanks. Ok he missed a few chances , but his positioning is perfect , needs watching all the time.

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    3. Gargamel
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      No, I think he's excellent and that yesterday was his best performance for Spurs. Worked his socks off pressing the Villa defenders for the whole game. He is very erratic in his finishing but help Tottenham out very very much and chips in with a fair number of goals and assist too.

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      1. Gargamel
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        Not trying to dig into Bale here, he was and is very good too.

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  21. Screaming Midget
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    OK, anyone else think it's perhaps now Chico Time?

    United's fixtures from now until final GW of the Winter WC:
    NEWCASTLE Aston Villa WOLVES qpr Fulham WIGAN ROVERS Newcastle BOLTON Arsenal STOKE

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  22. Windmachine
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    Lennon Causing Havoc? what games are you watching? Van Persie would have scored 4 for Spurs tonight at least.

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    1. sachan
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      perhaps van Persie will ... next season 😮

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  23. aaront
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    Swapped suarez>Hernandez
    Good move or not

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    1. Ravanelli
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      yh seems like it, one's not scoring, the other is. Hernandez has better fixtures too. Good luck.

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