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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. F4L
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Have Lukaku and Costa, and want Kun. Take out Costa right?

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

      For show.

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

    Score Predictions for Leicester vs Liverpool?

    1. F4L
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      0-5

    2. La Roja
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      1-4

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

      0-3

      Mane blank and red card on 59 minutes.

    4. Annie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      2-1 Liverpool

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

      0-2

    6. GreennRed
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      1-1

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

      1-2

    8. Camp No No
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      1-6, Mané six goals, Coutinho own goal, Milner missed penalty, Vardy and Morgan red cards.

    9. AA33
        9 years, 1 month ago

        0-3

      • MTPockets
          9 years, 1 month ago

          0-2

        • b✪mber
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          1-4

        • Haggis
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Closer than expected, perhaps a late decider in a 1-2

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

          1-2: few yellows and possibly a red for Lei. Can see them turning into Milwall to survive relegation. At least hoping for some fight 🙁

        • RED PILL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          On 69 points with Mane & Coutinho left to play in my team. Squad had time off, along with 4 days training in Spain.
          No excuses, Leicester 1 Liverpool 3.

      • Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        11 k to 18 k all because I don't ever win 50 50s

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

          You'd be a lot worse than 18K if the case.

          1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
            • 16 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            I was up to 4k at one point. Then I chose to captain kun instead of kaku and went costa over kane. Cost me about 60 points alone lol. Not blaming anyone but myself. Always go against my own instinct it the way fwd now

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

              no different to anyone else

            2. MTPockets
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Snap. Although I blame Kane (gw15-17)...

              • Legomane
                • 9 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                I was up to 3k then shipped Kane for Kun...2x hatricks later...

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

                  Not to mention no kak...

          2. b✪mber
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            4.7k to 8.5k because I got 0 Spurs 😀

        2. tm245
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          On the topic of a little bit of healthy confidence, check out Hull's manager when he was younger...

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqeC3BPYTmE

        3. RED PILL
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          What in the 2-3 seasons until hes off.

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

            Come again?

          2. F4L
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Sorry, don't speak French

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

            Doesn't like winter

            Too cold for him

          4. Annie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            something about United probably

        4. S.Agueroooooo
          • 10 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Not sure what to do this week..

          Grant (Jaku)
          Walker alonso brunt (funes mori) Amat
          Hazard eriksen mane Phillips
          Kane lukaku Defoe

          1 FT 3.7itb

          Obs aguero in if Dgw and wait to hear on Phillips news but feel a few players short

        5. Phil Dagger ⭐
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Which Players Are the most priority for you out of these?.Rank them 1 to last on your priority to have in GW 27 assuming City have a DBGW

          1) Aguero
          2) Siggy
          3) Sterling
          4) Sane

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

            3 1 2 4

          2. F4L
            • 11 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            1324

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

            1324

          4. S.Agueroooooo
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            1234

          5. Karan_G14
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            1234 is that order.

          6. MTPockets
              9 years, 1 month ago

              1
              3/4
              2

          7. Crow
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Alli Eriksen King Phillips Firmino

            Anything to do with this lot?
            4.4ITB 1FT

            1. F4L
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              enjoy the points and do Flips to Sterling

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

            Wait how did I climb 5k places with only Eriksen today?

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

              Low ownership I presume

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

              FPL cheats.

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

                or your captain.

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

              Crap rank maybe?

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

              Scratch that, I didn't. Was looking at yesterdays OR 😀

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

              Nice bench winking 😉

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

                Heaton pen save + CS would have made it 10x sweeter 😛

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

              He was enough of a diff around where you were ranked.

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

              Ranked 4 million?

          9. John wick
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Lukaku and kane to lorente and aguero for a hit
            Or
            B. Philips and kane to davies and aguero for a hit

            My front 8 right now
            Sanchez siggyy mane Philips caroll
            Ibra kane lukaku

            1. F4L
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              leave Kun in ure case. Not worth it, do Flips to Sterling if possible

              1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Not worth it if he has a DGW?

                1. F4L
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  not with Kane's form, Lukaku non-blanking, and Ibra with BOU. Two transfers it would cost him. Only worth if he would TC Kun

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

            What a player Zlatan is!

            1. F4L
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              he's quality at what he does best

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

              Zlatan is world class, as well, even at his age. Consistency is insane.

              1. Camp No No
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Being so professional helps a lot. Everybody says he's arrogant, but he seems to have a really humble approach to the sport, much humbler than most other players around him.

          11. Karan_G14
            • 10 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Better option?

            A) Siggy (BUR, hul) & Firmino/Coutinho (BUR)
            (-4)

            B) Sane (sun & STK) & Siggy (hul)
            (-4)

            Have Mane and will get Aguero(c)

            Appreciate your thoughts!

            1. F4L
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              A with Firmino 100%

            2. Phil Dagger ⭐
              • 9 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              A

            3. Yank Revolution
              • 14 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              B all the way

          12. Phil Dagger ⭐
            • 9 Years
            9 years, 1 month ago

            Any freak chance of a Phillips Price Drop tonight ?

            1. MTPockets
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Big difference btw the sites so who knows.

              • Karan_G14
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Doubt it.

              • Yank Revolution
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                http://www.fplstatistics.co.uk/

                -64.3, so, no.

            2. A-S-H
              • 10 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Thank god for kane. Single handily saved my gw

              1. F4L
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                ruined mine, but that's how the cookie crumbles I guess

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

                You captained him?

            3. F4L
              • 11 Years
              9 years, 1 month ago

              Last 3 big hauls - Alonso 21, Lukaku 21, Kane 20. Missed all of them

              1. Karan_G14
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Got only one but happy with it. Can't get everything!

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

                Didn't get today's but got the previous two

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

              Guys,

              What do we think of these transfers for -4 ?

              hazard > KDB
              Costa > aguero

              Tnks.

              1. F4L
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                I'm doing that exact same, but putting Sterling in ahead of KDB

              2. Yank Revolution
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Sterling over KDB...too much cash for his output.

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

              Kane is world class.

              No discussion. Even when he gets injured and misses a whole raft of games, he's already back up there for the golden boot this season.

              A special striker.

              1. F4L
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                nah m8, he's only a 3 season wonder 😛

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

                  2.5 season really - he didnæt turn up before Christmas this season 😉

              2. GreennRed
                • 14 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Very good. Not world class.

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

                  Strikers score goals. His goalscoring record is superb and well within the top 3% of top-flight strikers. That, by definition, surely makes him world-class.

              3. Sweetboi
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                His goal scoring record is undeniable

              4. Karan_G14
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                He definitely is. I think he'll win it again this year.

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

                Would he get into a World XI?

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

                  Don't think there are only 2-3 world class players for each position. Would bundle up to 10 for each position.

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

                    Would you say Kane's one of the best 10 strikers in the world?

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

                      Just behind Celtics Denbelle 🙂

              6. MTPockets
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  Except when he's not.

              7. smuggs
                • 16 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                can you play a wildcard and chip at the same week.
                example wild card and bench boost

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

                  Nope

                2. F4L
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  no, would ruin the game

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

                  Can only play one chip in a week

                4. bitm2007
                  • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  No, best alternative is to WC a week before you plan to bench boost.

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

                  thanks thought it be bad so its good then have to choose chip or wildcard on DGWs

              8. bitm2007
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Goals, Minutes per goal and Assists for their clubs so far this season. So is Kane now the deadliest striker in England, his goals per minute suggest so ?

                Kane
                Goals 22, 105.51 minutes per goal, Assist 4

                Kun
                Goals 20, 108.1 minutes per goal, , Assist 2

                Ibra
                Goals 24, 130.3 minutes per goal, Assist 13

                Sanchez
                Goals 20, 139.3 minutes per goal, Assist 6

                Kaku
                Goals 18, 131.4 minutes per goal, Assist 5

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

                  Golden boot last season would support this theory

                2. A.T
                  • 15 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  I'd still have Aguero over him

                  1. bitm2007
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    Definitely for this GW.

                  2. Earn your Spurs
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    When did Aguero last get a hat-trick? Kane has 3 in the last 5 weeks

                    1. A.T
                      • 15 Years
                      9 years, 1 month ago

                      I don't know but he's better than Kane.

                      1. Earn your Spurs
                        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                        • 11 Years
                        9 years, 1 month ago

                        If you say so, based on the past it would appear 🙂

                        Kane won the Premiership golden boot last year and is top again this year

                3. Camp No No
                  • 12 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  Minutes per goal or assist, and you've got Zlatan on the top, right?

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

                What's the deal with Maguire? Likely to be back for next gameweek?

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

                  Hopefully not.

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

                    Why so?

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

                      I don't own him.

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

                        You reckon he'll do well, then?

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

                          Wouldn't surprise me to see a clean sheet. They're playing the crappest team in the country at the moment.

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

                            Yeh, I will be watching closely tomorrow. Interested to see whether Vardy's goal in the week and CR means they will actually continue scoring.

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

                  doesn't seem serious, says he should be fine with a few days rest

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

                    Worth bringing him in for a hit to field 11 next week? Need to replace Holgate and he'd help me out I GW28 too.

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

                      Robinson over him, given that he's definitely fit.

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

                        Does he have any attacking threat?

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

                  Looks like it

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

                What to do with this team? 0FT and 0.8 ITB.

                Foster - Grant
                Azp - Coleman - Baines - Robertson - Amat
                Hazard - Eriksen - Alli - Siggy - T. Carroll
                Ibra - Lukaku - A. Carroll

                I'm leaning towards Alli --> Sterling.

                Any help is much appreciated!

                1. F4L
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  Would prefer Haz to Sterling. Get rid of Carrol ASAP as well

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

                    Couldn't agree less.

                    1. F4L
                      • 11 Years
                      9 years, 1 month ago

                      hmmm why? Haz not worth the money, and Carrol is a walking hospital case

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

                        Hazard is form and looked good vs Swansea. Chelsea have favorable fixtures until GW31. Carroll will be fine next GW, no good replacement at the moment, and West Ham have favorable fixtures going forward.

              11. Forza Papac
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Need some help with Gravatar lads.

                My display picture shows up beside where it says 'Account' in the top right but doesn't show up beside my display name when I make a post.

                Any ideas?

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

                  Need to make it "G" rated on gravatar.com

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

                    Fixed. Cheers TM

              12. Earn your Spurs
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Getting interesting when there's Kane, Lukaku, Ibra, Costa, Gabbiadini and that guy Aguero all in the mix 🙂

                1. F4L
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  Ibra and Kane for the run in, Aguero only for next week for me

                  1. Earn your Spurs
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    Trouble for me is Costa is the obvious one to drop out of Kane, Lulaku and him, but I've had him since early on and over £1m gain since then. Got to be really sure I don't want him back if I drop him for Aguero

                    1. F4L
                      • 11 Years
                      9 years, 1 month ago

                      I don't think Costa will be worth the $$ in the run in, Chelsea will look to close out games.

              13. InSaneMan-e
                • 12 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Who would you rather have for next gw?
                A) Alli (Everton at H)
                B) Haz (West ham A)

                Both would have left by gw 28 anyways

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

                  A

                2. Yank Revolution
                  • 14 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  B

                3. Phil Dagger ⭐
                  • 9 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  Alli

              14. The Royal Robin
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                Defoe > Gabbiadini for free DONE!

                1. InSaneMan-e
                  • 12 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  Despite the blank in gw 28?

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

                    And Spurs GW29

              15. Henning
                • 11 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                When do we know if Man City have dgw 27

                1. InSaneMan-e
                  • 12 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  After replay

                2. Flynny
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  Wednesday night

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

                  Wednesday night.

                4. Henning
                  • 11 Years
                  9 years, 1 month ago

                  Thanx

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

                Ive just been treading water for the last 5 gameweeks just hanging around the 50k mark

                Suppose my team is just a bit to generic

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

                  For as long as you tread water you're still alive 😉

              17. The Royal Robin
                • 10 Years
                9 years, 1 month ago

                What would you do with this miss match of a team? Not a complete mess, but I'm not entirely happy with it.

                Grant
                Brunt Mee Alonso Baines
                Mane Eriksen Alli
                Lukaku Gab Ibra

                (Foster de Roon Chambers Phillips)

                £3.4M ITB

                1. MTPockets
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    Sell Gabbiadini.

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

                  So I did a cheeky bench wink.

                  Started Zlatan.

                  Unfortunately, it's backfired as Ashley Barnes will be coming into my team with a minus 1.

                  I feel I've done this very wrong

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

                    Burned 😎

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

                        😆

                  2. MartialMatas
                    • 11 Years
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    surely you would have just started barnes if you hadnt winked

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

                      Yes. But I did this to boost my score Monday night.

                      LOL@me

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

                  Heaton Pickford
                  Alonso Coleman Brunt Pieters Robertson
                  Mane Eriksen Alli Siggy Snodgrass
                  Ibra Lukaku Rondon

                  1FT 2.4 ITB

                  Alli -> Sterling and Lukaku to Aguero if city have a double for -4?
                  then Aguero back to Lukaku for gameweek 28

                  1. bitm2007
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 11 Years
                    9 years, 1 month ago

                    Yes, 3DGW's and strong 9 in GW28