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The Dugout Discussion – Tottenham vs West Ham

22 February 2015 1138 comments
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Tottenham entertain fierce rivals West Ham in Sunday’s midday kick off, offering Fantasy managers an opportunity to scout potential candidates for the Lilywhites’ upcoming double Gameweek 28.

Harry Kane – who’s only failed to score in two of his last 10 starts for Spurs – remains the most popular forward in the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) and ranked fourth in our Captain Poll this week. Meanwhile, only Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez (12) has scored more goals from midfield than Christian Eriksen’s nine thus far – the Dane drops to the bench today, however. Moussa Dembele is also on one or two radars as a possible budget midfield prospect after serving up a goal and two assists in the last three Gameweeks.

Sam Allardyce’s men will go in search of their first league win away from Upton Park since Gameweek 14, as defensive duo Winston Reid and James Collins return from injury. In the wake of Andy Caroll’s season-ending surgery, Diafro Sakho (one goal in last seven appearances) and Enner Valencia (without a goal in 13 outings) shoulder most of the goalscoring burden, and will be encouraged by the fact that Tottenham have managed just two shut-outs in the last 10 Gameweeks. Meanwhile, Stewart Downing’s ownership will want more from the 30-year-old midfielder: he’s tallied just one goal and a single assist in his last eight outings.

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  1. Super Silva
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Lol Kane nice pass

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  2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Kane having a poor game here

    As are most of spurs

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    1. JWF
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Agreed.

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    2. Total Foot 5
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      very very poor 1st half.odd. eriksen has to come in. and chadli if he is ok relatively speaking after loosing his dad. tough as chadli was playing superb upfront until his dad passed away and thats very tough to recover.
      spurs are a very solid team wheh in sync imo when lamela-erik-chadli + kane are all ok.

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      1. Heydudes13
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        Stealth!

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  3. Nomar
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Kane captain fail.

    In keeping with this complete sh*t sandwich of a season, naturally.

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    1. Obi Wan Elokobi
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      At least the pats won the Super Bowl.

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  4. cowstria
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    terrible terrible performance by spurs back 4. I mean bad positioning and horrible build up. what happened to that great young verthongen i remember? and why do they let dier do any passes forward? well, rose almost scored to be fair and the forwards did some okay counter pressing already. reconsidering getting a spurs defender in for dgw. kane/eriksen enough cover. if eriksen plays...

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  5. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    That long European trip has really taken it out of Spurs

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    1. The Chosen One...
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      2-1 Spurs, Eriksen winner

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    2. Ruth_NZ
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Yep. A very long trip to White Hart Lane. 😉

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  6. Rains of Castamere
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Non Kane owner here, loads around me with Kane(C), can't bear to watch tbh.

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    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      He will be hooked 17 minutes into the 2nd half

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  7. Elniñorules
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Townsend to come off at HT for Eriksen.

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    1. Heydudes13
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Lamela*

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    2. JWF
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Should be Lamela but probably won't be

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    3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Poch isn't a manager to make ht subs

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      1. eish
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        eer not so long ago he took eriksen off at half time. . . sooooooo lets hope he'l return the favour and bring him on at half time

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  8. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Walker 😆

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  9. eish
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    classic spurs win of 2-1, winning goal in the 88th minute or later?

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    1. Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Obviously. With Erisken scoring the winner.

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  10. Hibbo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    How's this Lamela play over Chadli?

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    1. eish
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      no clue chadli is class

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  11. Old Schoolᴼˢ “disa…
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Fat numpty hammers fan in the crowd wearing sunglasses

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  12. AgentRed
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Just catching up from yesterday. What's the consensus on why PvA didn't start?

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    1. Ruth_NZ
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Dropped because he's a defensive liability.

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  13. Hibbo
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Just realising Eriksen ain't playing.

    Wtf not?

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    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Long European trip midweek

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    2. The Nuttmxn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Tactical decision.

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  14. Ruth_NZ
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Europa League - Round of 32
    Fiorentina v Tottenham Thu 26 Feb 18:00
    League Cup
    Chelsea v Tottenham Sun 1 Mar 16:00
    Premier League
    Tottenham v Swansea Wed 4 Mar 19:45
    Premier League
    QPR v Tottenham Sat 7 Mar 15:00

    4 games in 9 days and the DGW games are the last 2 of those 4.

    I'm really not sure which Spurs players will actually play both games, especially if Spurs make the EL QF which is 5 days later.

    Lloris probably. Walker/Vertonghen probably. Eriksen maybe. Kane probably. Can't see any others. The more I look at it the less convinced I am about bringing Spurs players in specifically for that GW.

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    1. Bolivian Seaman
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Eriksen will play both I think, he's fit. This was his day off

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      1. Ruth_NZ
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        Yeah but think about it. He's sure to play the first two, they are vital games for Spurs. If he plays the other two as well that's 4 games in 9 days. That's a lot to ask of a midfielder. A bit easier for defenders maybe.

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    2. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      This happens, damp squib dgws.

      Buying some man city players might be a better move.

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    3. Ludo
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      They've had the same run of 4 games in 10 days (Thu/Sun/Wed/Sat) three times already this season - making a post at the moment with how many of the same players played previously.

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      1. Ruth_NZ
        • 11 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        Ah, good. It will be interesting to see that.

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  15. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Joey Barton sent off for tickling Huddlestones balls

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  16. Royal5
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Eriksen to come on at ht surely. Poor first half from Spurs.

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  17. The Blackadder
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    I apologise to all those that game the armband to Kane, I did too, and every captain that I pick does absolutely nothing....every week.

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    1. 1314
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      should let someone else pick the captain :p

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    2. The Nuttmxn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      GW1 Rooney Goal, 1 Bonus
      GW2 Siggy Assist
      GW5 Di Maria Goal, Assist, 1 Bonus
      GW7 Aguero, Goal, 1 Bonus
      GW8 Aguero 4 goals, missed pen, 3 Bonus
      GW11 Pelle Assist
      GW13 Rooney Goal, 2 Bonus
      GW14 Bony Assist
      GW16 Hazard Goal, Assist, CS, 3 Bonus
      GW20 Hazard Scored
      GW24 Aguero Assist

      11 Times when you captain has done something.

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      1. The Nuttmxn
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        *your

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      2. The Blackadder
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks for looking, it's more like how it feels than fact, but well done

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        1. The Nuttmxn
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          11 years, 2 months ago

          No problem, people are a lot better at picking C's than they give themselves credit.

          I think it's because when you choose a good one you just feel you've kept parity and when you don't you feel awful. Partly due to here imo.

          Rejoice in your successes 🙂

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  18. 1314
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    waiting for Bemba's "OMG Kane" 🙂

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  19. Elniñorules
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Surprised Fazio was dropped. Thought he and Jan complemented each other.

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    1. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      fazio reminds me of the berezutski brothers [awful]

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    2. internal error
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Dier is a bit quicker than fazio. Valencia and Sakho are pretty quick and mobile

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  20. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    if you don't already own austin who you dropping to get him for the dgw?

    i am dropping giroud [ who somehow dropped last night]

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    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Costa getting booted out

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    2. Odikostar
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Confused about that drop myself. Good fixtures counting up

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    3. Richd
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      defoe

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    4. davies
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Defoe

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  21. CABAYE4
    • 14 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    2-1 Spurs again then? 6/1 current odds.

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    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      West Ham are solid at the back

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    2. Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Lighting doesn't strike 100 times 😉

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      1. Mull
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        *Lightning

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      2. CABAYE4
        • 14 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        Apparently it does!

        Just checked, 8 2-1 wins in the last 17 games!

        And I bet a lot of them they were 1-0 down.

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    3. The Blackadder
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      I don't think they've conceded more than 1 goal away from home in the league for a while.

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      1. The Blackadder
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        Tempting odds tho

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    4. eish
      • 11 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      inevitable

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  22. Cak Juris
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Is any link for potential blank for FA Cup Semifinal and its potential DGW?

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    1. CABAYE4
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      GW33 blank, double could be GW31, 34 or 37.

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    2. Ricky - it doesn\'t ta…
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      check the stickies on the sun fantasy football article on here. perchinio [not sure on spelling] done some good work on it

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  23. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Moyes 4-3 victory

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  24. Total Foot 5
    • 12 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    very very poor 1st half.odd. eriksen has to come in if he is ok .
    and chadli if he is ok relatively speaking after loosing his dad. tough as chadli was playing superb upfront until his dad passed away and thats very tough to recover.
    spurs are a very solid team when in sync imo when lamela-erik-chadli + kane are all ok. Obviosuly there will be the naysayers and all that. but hard to argue w/ a team that has the 4 above + lloris & vertonghen in the bak.

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    1. Bolivian Seaman
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      I think the hammers are playing well, give them some credit. They've missed Kouyate

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      1. Total Foot 5
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        Seaman, agreed. whu have been solid thruout the season, altho since december not so much. Sakho and downing can deliver when playing well.

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    2. Heydudes13
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Oh God could have spotted you from a mile off. 😆

      I read all this above. So Spurs are the new team you fancy after Brazil's World Cup.

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    3. Hibbo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      I don't see it with a Lamela tbh.

      And Spurs are weak in midfield for me Mason & Bentaleb aren't good enough to get you into the Champions League.

      Something better in there and they would walk it.

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      1. Total Foot 5
        • 12 Years
        11 years, 2 months ago

        TH: i see your pt, lamela is very inconsistent, but he is a true talent when he puts his mind to it. Did you see the incredible goal he scored with his left foot from way utside behind his right foot?

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  25. JÆKS ⭐
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Cresswell first sub, damn you PVA

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    1. Mull
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Gus Poyet is a master troll.

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    2. Ludo
      • 12 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Unlucky. That's the caveat to attacking full backs in this game... Trippier gets back to back assists for the first time this season - at Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge!

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    3. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah - kept Trippier on the bench for me

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  26. eish
    • 11 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    kouyate becoming a decent punt

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    1. andy85wsm
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      Probably already missed all his points 🙂

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  27. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Rio "you dont have to make a tackle to affect the play"

    Song won the ball off Dembele in the build up to the game

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  28. Jeremiah
    • 13 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Zouma owners, time to ship? 🙂

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    1. andy85wsm
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      • 15 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      About to blank so as good a time as any. Terry and Ivanovic the only defenders I'd consider from Chelsea unless someone gets injured

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  29. andy85wsm
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    • 15 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    Good Afternoon all,

    how are we all feeling after yesterdays results?

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    1. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      11 years, 2 months ago

      - Chelsea were harshed
      - City were brilliant
      - United are pants

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  30. 32chickens
    • 15 Years
    11 years, 2 months ago

    The oxygen we breathe
    Jose you are fantastic copy but admit it you are rattled by citeh

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