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18 September 2016 4862 comments
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A busy Sunday of football comes to its conclusion at White Hart Lane as Spurs and Sunderland go head-to-head in the 4.30pm kick-off.

The hosts’ 4-0 win over Stoke last weekend boosted out faith in the likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli, yet their midweek Champions League loss to Monaco at Wembley suggests Mauricio Pochettino’s side have yet to hit top gear.

Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela owners are left cursing their luck after the duo were named amongst the subs, with Mousa Dembele returning to the XI following a six-match suspension.

Certainly, the home side will be buoyed by their visitors’ second-half capitulation at home to Everton on Monday night.

The Black Cats have yet to win under David Moyes and, considering their current form, may well be lucky to avoid a repeat of the 4-1 reverse in the corresponding fixture last season.

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  1. FF Dirtbag
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Bring Lamela on!! He woulda scored by now.

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      really?

    2. The Left Duke #3
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Leave Lamela off, really want those Capoue points

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Don't build your hopes mate. Lemela will come on. Son never plays 90 mins .good luck though

  2. Moose™
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Guys, the best 5.4 def? Fuchs? Clichy? Sagna?

    1. thep025
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Coleman maybe?

      1. Moose™
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Already have Williams. Im ditching Shaw now. But short of 0.1. Sighhh

  3. jurgenklopp.8
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    lanzini, kone, firmino, sterling or antonio, koscielny snodgrass, mane

    1. BbBb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      What?

  4. Pedram
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Do you think Snodgrass will rise tonight ? he's on 87 percent in fplstatistics right now

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      no

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        But sites are off

    2. Lecky Legs FC
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah I reckon so.

    3. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      FF Fix have him as going up tomorrow.

    4. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      maybe

      1. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Heaton went up at around 90% last night.

  5. AdamJ91
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Who's more important to keep / get in a WC team?

    Ibra or Sanchez.

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      The latter

    2. andymck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Sanchez, easily.

    3. thep025
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Sanchez atm imo

    4. CostaCoffee
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Sanchez no doubt

    5. Big Red Dog
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Ibra

    6. fab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      ibra

    7. itwaswritten
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Neither.

      1. AdamJ91
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Interesting..

    8. Mr. Blonde
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Sanchez

    9. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Sanchez. Until ibrah gets some better players around him

  6. Scotty B
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Heaton
    Collins Baines Shaw
    Antonio Ozil Hazard Sterling
    Ibrahimovic Lukaku Benteke

    Pickford Capoue Evans Amat

    0.0 ITB & 2 FT & no idea what to do

    Please help!!!

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Ibra and Ozil to Firminho and Kun

      1. Scotty B
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Miss out by 0.1 🙁

  7. Jamie_GAWA
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Defoe is defo(e) gonna score today

    I'll show myself out

  8. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Still don't really understand why Spurs splashed £30m on Sissoko. On deadline day as well.

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Interest rate not interesting enough to keeo the money in bank

    2. Wilshere Knowledge
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Good squad player tbf.

      Paying £6m per season over 5 seasons makes the price asier to swallow I imagine.

    3. Sánchez
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I know. Oddly they evenhad a fight on their hands with Everton too. Hardly merits a bidding war

    4. KingNidge
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Just to beef up the squad with CL football

      Not the best player around by any stretch but a real upgrade on the likes of Mason who played far too much football for them last year

      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Fair point. Even though Sissoko is really inconsistent, I'd have him all day over Mason.

    5. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Not what we needed. Annoying they sold chadli . Always a fan of him

  9. TSILIKAFENEIAKOS
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    A. Mane, Kun , Benteke
    or
    B. Snod, Ibra, Kun

    or in other words,

    1. Hazard, Ibra --> Mane, Aguero
    2. Hazard, Benteke --> Snod , Aguero

  10. Rolls-Royce
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Capoue 4th mid enables to have Aguero Ibra Lukaku Sanchez Firmino Antonio.

    1. The Left Duke #3
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      With Pick Jaku in goals and a cat defense

      1. Rolls-Royce
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Nope. TV is 102.2
        4.5 4.0
        5.0 5.0 4.5 4.5 4.0

    2. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      How???

      Show me this sourcery

      1. Rolls-Royce
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Wait until GW6 😉

    3. MTPockets
      9 years, 10 months ago

      4.4m or so mid though?

  11. Jam0sh
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Lamela still on the bench

  12. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    If sunderland can keep a clean sheet after all of this. They've basically won haha

  13. thep025
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Sterling or Antonio?

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      both

      1. thep025
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        What if i can get only 1?

  14. Plagued by indecision
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Looks like I'm going to have to wildcard. Absolute disaster - so many players not starting. Should I pull the trigger? This is my team:

    Jakupovic / Heaton
    Shaw / Stones / Amat / Olsson / Paredes
    Hazard / Firmino / Capoue / Lamela / Sanchez
    Ibrahimovic / Benteke / Gray

    This is draft WC

    Jakupovic / Heaton
    Walker / Williams / Evans / Gibson / Amat
    Sanchez / Firmino / Sterling / Snodgrass / Capoue
    Aguero / Lukaku / Benteke

    1. ANON.
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Draft wildcard is good, template

  15. royals forever
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Is Aguero Benteke Deeney too weak a frontline or does it need Ibra?

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Lukaku will outscore Ibra by the end of season.. bookmark it

    2. andymck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      I'd get Lukaku in for one of those.

    3. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Lukaku better value

  16. only2
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Has Pieters lost his place to johnson? Cameron more secured now?

    1. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      For the love of God stay away from Stoke defenders.

      1. only2
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Hehe yeah, I hear u. Might go kelly instead. Only cause I need a 4,4 def and stoke got the fixtures..

        1. Les Bleus
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          But no where near the form. CP defender might be a better bet.

          1. only2
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 10 months ago

            Yeah, ty!

  17. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    As soon as dembele is back in the side. Spurs get 10+ shots before 30mins.

    JONTY U DA REAL MVP

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Dembele theory proving true

    2. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Most valuable pervert? That's not nice.

    3. Jazz!
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Because he makes Spurs a MUCH better team. Most important player in that team.

    4. tomc990
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      He also noted on the Scoutcast Puncheon's excellent crossing numbers which brought 2 assists today - sharp stuff.

  18. ANON.
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Going to do Hazard + Benteke to Firmino + Aguero for -4. Then I think this team looks deadly for next 2 weeks:

    Heaton
    Valencia, Williams, Evans
    Mane, Firmino, Antonio, Snodgrass
    Aguero, Ibra, Lukaku

    Pickford, Capoue, Holebas, Amat

    Looks good?

  19. andymck
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    I'd ditch Ibra to fit Sanchez in personally.

    1. andymck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Oops reply fail to the above.

    2. ANON.
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Ibra better next 2 fixtures compared to Ibra though. Could ditch him after and bring Sanchez in with 2 frees

      1. andymck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Sanchez is such a form player though, very risky to go without him for the next few weeks imo.

        1. ANON.
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          I am worried, might change my mind. Chelsea next though. Also worried about when Giroud starts

  20. Tansey
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    A) Sanchez and Deeney
    B) Cazorla and Ibra

    1. Nicks93
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      A

      Although going without Ibra is dangerous

  21. Dacra
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    So, Hazard and Ibra for Mane and Aguero, - 4?

    Team currently:

    Foster (Pickford)
    Valencia - Williams - Evans /Collins /Amat
    Sanchez - Sterling - Antonio - Hazard (Capoue)
    Lukaku - Ibrahimovic - Zaza

    0.1itb,1ft.

    1. ANON.
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Yeah looks good

    2. Giovanni Giorgio
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      You'll end up regretting getting rid of Zlatan. Especially in gw8 when Man Utd face Stoke.

      1. Giovanni Giorgio
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        GW7 *

      2. Jamie_GAWA
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        But you will regret not having Sanchez for gw7,8,9,10

        1. Giovanni Giorgio
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          Well. I'm planning on having both. It is possible you know

          Alexis Firmino Antonio Snodgrass Capoue
          Deeney Zlatan Aguero

  22. Les Bleus
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Construction workers at White Hart Lane take two 45-minute breaks to watch the game 😀

  23. Kane Train
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    KDB or Firmino ?

    KDB + Kun / Deeney / Lukaku

    Firmino + Kun / Lukaku / Ibrahimovic

    1. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      If ur planning on getting aguero.

      Dnt get KDB.

      Remember Aguero is a beneficiary of KDB. When aguero is in the side. It becomes about him

  24. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    What do u lot think

    Foster Jaku

    Stones Williams Valencia

    Payet Firmino Sanchez Capoue Carrick

    Ibra Aguero Campbell

    Or should i drop ibra to have lukaku/costa or maybe bothll

  25. SMOOTH
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    A. Hazard Deeney
    B. KDB Deeney
    C. Snodgrass Ibra

    or something else worth 17.4

  26. FPL Maldini
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    FPL aside, who do you think is the better player?

    A) Lukaku

    B) Kane

    1. El-Kloppico
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      C) Deeney

      1. Jazz!
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Lol

    2. Tansey
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      A

    3. Nicks93
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Lukaku atm

    4. Les Bleus
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      B

    5. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      D) Elneny

  27. Nicks93
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Coleman worth 0.4 over Williams?

    Sadly cant stretch to 5.5 to get Baines

    1. Tansey
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Nah

  28. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Spurs playing 2 dm at home to Sunderland?

    1. Nicks93
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Its called 4-2-3-1

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Didn't answer my question

        1. Polaris - The Mortal Coil
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          No.

        2. Nicks93
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          Teams dont change systems on weekly basis. You pick one and stick by it which in this case is 4-2-3-1

    2. Jazz!
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Dier CB? Wanyama only DM, no?

      1. Steinburg FC
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Correct

    3. El-Kloppico
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Yrt attacking the game beautifully

    4. ekul the lokonga enthusiast
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Wanyama only. Dier playing CB. Vertonghen playing LB

    5. Davido989
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Dembele isn't a DM. Dier is at CB. Only 1 DM - Wanyama.

  29. TorresMagic™
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    • 17 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    Sissoko injured

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 17 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Back up hobbling.

      1. Giovanni Giorgio
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Come on Lamela

  30. alannick19
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 10 months ago

    If I WC, what are the best tips to make the most of team value?

    Is it worth selling all players who are falling and bringing in risers today, even if you have no intention of them being in your team by deadline? Or does it not work like that?

    1. TorresMagic™
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      • 17 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      They need to rise twice or it's pointless.

    2. andymck
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 10 months ago

      Probably won't get any double risers in a week.

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 17 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        KDB is moving towards one.

        1. Rolls-Royce
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 10 months ago

          KDB triple rise possible?

          1. Guba
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 10 months ago

            Last time I checked I thought Sterling was rising at a higher % than KDB?

            1. TorresMagic™
              • Has Moderation Rights
              • 17 Years
              9 years, 10 months ago

              KDB is one price rise ahead

      2. Guba
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 10 months ago

        Capoue will definitely double rise but I guess already own