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26 February 2017 3668 comments
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There’s just a single Gameweek 26 fixture on Sunday’s menu as Tottenham Hotspur entertain Stoke City in the 1.30pm kick off.

Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli boast the main goal threat for the hosts as Maurico Pochettino names the same XI that started against Genk in midweek – an indication that Spurs will line up in a 3-4-2-1 set-up.

Snapped up by over 96,000 FPL managers last week, Kane was the sixth most captained player in the Gameweek – he’s bagged four goals in his last two at the Lane and fired a hat-trick against Fulham in the FA Cup last weekend.

Eriksen, meanwhile, has delivered double-figures in four of his last six home appearances in the league and served up a goal and assist on Thursday evening.

Alli has managed attacking returns in four of his previous six at the Lane but was still subject to more sales (66,000+) than any player without a Gameweek 26 fixture.

Meanwhile, Fantasy managers have the chance to do some early scouting on Stoke’s main men ahead of a potential double Gameweek 27.

Should Man City progress past Huddersfield on Wednesday night and confirm the double, the likes of Peter Crouch and Marko Arnautovic could find their way into our short-term plans.

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  1. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    eriksen 8 th assist attempt incoming

  2. Make United Great Again
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Eriksen looks dangerous. More attacking points in him imo

  3. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Bring Arnie for the DGW

  4. Ohhh Shola Ameobi
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Lose Alli or Eriksen for the Aguero fund?

    1. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Alli

    2. AccountAnt80
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Lose Alli.

      Would you lose Alonso or Valencia for the Aguero fund?

  5. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Stoke have decided to turn up for the 2nd half

  6. We Will Klopp you
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    If City win the cup game is it worth doing Firmino to Sterling gw27 -4 and then Sterling back to Firmino gw28 for free? I have 10 tor gw27 already, 11 including Firmino, I also already have Aguero.

    A) Do it
    B) Keep Firmino

    1. Ibracadebruyne
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      A

    2. We Will Klopp you
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      I have Mane btw

      1. George Costanza
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        A

        1. We Will Klopp you
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks guys, patiently waiting for Wednesday then

  7. Ibracadebruyne
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    With a dgw for city would you prefer Sterling or Kane for GW27?

    Cheers?

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Sterling.

    2. Syd.
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Sterling

  8. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Don't think I can sell Eriksen to Sterling for a hit. He's too bloody good with the assists

    1. Jazz!
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      I'm still doing it, DGW hype.

    2. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Yep! Same mate

    3. JÆKS ⭐
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Same boat with Alli, would do it for free but not sure if I will do it for a hit

    4. FPL Puppy
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      The question you should be asking yourself is; will Sterling outscore Eriksen, if he has a DGW?

      Eriksen has EVE
      Sterling has sun, STO

      1. Bubz
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Not that simple though.. Sterling has to outscore him by at least 4 for it to be worth it and then I'll want Eriksen back so that will cost another transfer/potentially another hit

        1. FPL Puppy
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          That is very true. But are you looking at getting Eriksen back directly after GW28? If that is the case, then you shouldn't make the move. As you said, you will be "wasting" transfers/making hits which might not work out.

  9. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Any suggestions on how I get Kun into this lot? Or just don't bother?

    Jaku
    Alonso - Walker - Coleman
    Eriksen - Mane - Siggy - Phillips
    Kane - Lukaku - Zlatan
    (Heaton - Evans - Capoue - Pieters)

    1. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      I'm clueless! 🙁

  10. Richd
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Will erriksen get the assist for the first goal ?

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      When Hell freezes over

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Or pigs fly

    2. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      No

    3. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Doubt it

    4. Mark-O
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Will Brunt get the assist for the first goal?

      Ask that first 😆

      1. Richd
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Don't care about Brunt.

    5. Viprin
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Well Mark has him so who knows

  11. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    4-5-1

    1. Royal5
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      4231

  12. We Will Klopp you
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    If you do not have Kane do not be deceived by his siren song, he'll blank next week, Aguero captain and possibly triple captain it is.

    1. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      This

    2. Richd
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      I'm happy with Ali/Eriksen. They can cover Kane and much better points per million potentially.

      However the last month hasn't been horrendous.

      1. Richd
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Has*

        1. We Will Klopp you
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Agreed, if Kane is scoring Eriksen will probably be assisting too

  13. Spg76
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    If there was one single thing that I could point to this season and say that's where I screwed up it would be 'hits'. I had an awful start but by the 4th week I played the wildcard well and went from 1.5 million to 90'000 but then became addicted to 'hits' and fell to 600'000. Stopped taking hits and I've clawed my way to 180'000. Next season I'm going to be more careful

    1. Richd
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      I smashed hits for TV etc during the middle of the season and top 10k.

      It depends on what the hits are, and needs the rub of the green.

      1. Spg76
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Fair enough. My first proper season as a serious player. Def a casual before

    2. Robe Wan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      4-6 a season imo

    3. George Costanza
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Hits seem to work better this year than previously. It's always a risk though of course and I haven't taken one for about two months.

    4. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Get the hits right and you'll be fine.

      1. George Costanza
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        This is like saying captain the right player and you'll do well

        1. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Sound advice

    5. pablo discobar
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Complete opposite for me. inside top 50k, taken at least 1 hit a week, when lukau hit 4 and this week with kane done a -8.

      Its risky but paid off for me big time this season

      1. jungle
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        same here

    6. jungle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      ive taken loads of hits - only Jesus didn't work out. It can go either way....

    7. Pep bites Kun
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      The hits are addictive - they add to peoples enjoyment of the game. Not a bad thing in itself, but trigger-happiness become counter-productive 🙂

  14. George Costanza
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Has Spurs shift back to 3-5-2 changed your double gameweek and blank plans?

    I have Alli and Eriksen, who I had earmarked for Sterling and/or possibly Sigurdsson. Not happening now. Anyone in a similar position? Any advice? Really wanted Sterling for the double. Other mids are Mane and Pedro - undroppable.

    1. skindogg
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      is the double confirmed?

    2. Knowledgeable meerkat
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Pedro is droppable for sterling next GW

      1. George Costanza
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        He's on fire mate

    3. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      I was never shipping Eriksen but I sold Alli a couple of weeks back

  15. Black Panther
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    This performance from Stoke is making Aguero (TC) even more tempting.

    1. George Costanza
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Good point

  16. Numb
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    What a boring second half

  17. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Davies is so bad

    1. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      So bad he's good

  18. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    The casuals might give Kane a .3 rise before the blanks 🙂

    1. Mark-O
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Makes it hard to sell Kane for the dgw 🙁

      1. FPLtfs
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        yes, may have to change plans

  19. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Vert off injured or tactical?

    1. Mark-O
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Both

  20. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Kane ownership is top 100k?

  21. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Back to 1st in Mods League 🙂

    1. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      No competition in that league though.

    2. super zlatan
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      No one cares

    3. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Shakes fist at Spencer.

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Ooooh Betty.

        1. Fred54
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          He's my rival in another league.

    4. George Costanza
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      What's your points total?

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        1528

        1. George Costanza
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Nice work. I'm 1485. Catching 😛

  22. Knowledgeable meerkat
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Just remembered that epic Joe Allen bandwagon earlier this season

    Was a good laugh

    1. Gnu
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Really?
      Still in the top20 scoring mids.
      3rd for value over the season.
      Reached 5.4m for 1 week.
      A great enabler, the laugh would be if you hadn't owned him imo.

  23. Bubz
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Spurs should be doing a Bayern right now, not playing keep-ball

  24. Sim Simma
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Eriksen again, so frustrating

    1. Numb
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Assist?

  25. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Winks is useless

  26. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    So Vert and Toby injured. If they are for long then Spurs will have to revert back to four at the back.

  27. NestorC
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    I f***ing new it Kane was going to get a brace, just didn't have the b***s to C him...

    1. Bubz
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      *hat trick

      1. NestorC
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Even worse

    2. Epic Fail
      • 15 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Why wouldn't you captain him if you knew?

      1. NestorC
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Scared of Lukaku, so played it safe, and thought Stoke is better at def than Sunderland

    3. Ravager
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      He got a hat-trick

    4. Over Midwicket
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      He didn't get a brace, he's on a hatty and assist and counting

      1. Over Midwicket
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Got*

    5. Mark-O
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Must be a Lukaku captain here 🙁

      1. NestorC
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah, scared one

    6. MTPockets
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Coulda woulda shoulda posts are the stupidest.

      • Pompel
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        You're not alone - think most who had them captained Lukaku or Costa. Fortune favours the brave - which in this case alas does not include me

        1. NestorC
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          True story mate, now I can only cry about it

    7. Over Midwicket
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Eriksen will get over 15 points this game

      1. super zlatan
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Hopefully

      2. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        How many will Alli get?

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

      Any chance Kane gets a hat trick against Everton after Fulham and Stoke?

      1. Epic Fail
        • 15 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Yes.

      2. George Costanza
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Highly unlikely

    9. grig
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Feels good to have gotten Costa in yesterday morning and capping him instead of Kane who had the armband preious two weeks. 🙂