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Next up in our summer series of members’ articles, we move to focus on one of the key sources of Fantasy talent – Tottenham Hotspur.

We start by analysing their performance on a team level, assessing last season’s data in order to spot trends and areas improvement. Following that, we drill down into the player data, pinpointing the key individuals.

For this article, we also focus on two specific points of interest for Fantasy managers – assessing the Dele Alli versus Christian Eriksen conundrum, while weighing up the allure of Harry Kane as a “fire and forget” captaincy option.

It’s fair to say that Mauricio Pochettino’s side showed their mettle last season after a disastrous end to 2015/16 saw them pick up two points in the final four fixtures and tumble out of the title race.

Spurs improved their points haul from 70 to 86 and also scored far more goals than beforehand – a total of 86 was far superior to 69 in the previous campaign and more than any team in the top-flight.

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  1. Legomane
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    DDG
    Alonso Kolasinac Trippier Bertrand Aké
    KDB Fabregas Zaha
    Kane Lukaku

    (Elliot Carroll Romeu Quaner)

    Thoughts on this bunch? Carroll and Rom should provide 2-3pt bench cover if necessary. If I have to jump on a midfield bandwagon, KDB or Fab are easily downgradeable..can't see beyond 4/5 at the back if playing a Kane Kaku doubler. KDB could become Jesus if I fancied another (c) option.

  2. Turpis89
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Any thoughts on Salah vs Alli when taking into consideration their potential rise/drop value?

  3. Morrissey1986
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/albion/15450026.Gross_ready_for_some_set_piece_rivalry/

    Nice article for those looking at Brighton options

    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks for that. You do realise that this buggers both Suttner AND Groß? 😀

  4. SlamSam111
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    DDG (Elliot)
    Daniels - Dawson - Trippier - Yoshida (Mee)
    Salah - KDB - Alli - Ritchie (Carroll)
    Jesus - Lukaku (Quaner)

    Hegazi instead of Dawson and Yoshida to Bertrand maybe?
    Hegazi nailed, anyone knows?

    Alli or Eriksen to start with?

    1. Sam (Team Sam)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      I'm hoping Hegazi will play long enough to show he's good, then become nailed.

      I'm going Alli

  5. Football Heaven
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Austin vs j. Rod?

    1. Corona Macallan
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Austin

    2. Sam (Team Sam)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Austin if he starts.

      I initially went for Gayle, but I've now convinced myself that none of them at this price or below are nailed.

      I've found 0.5 to go up to Iheanacho/Chicharito.

    3. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Austin.

  6. Sam (Team Sam)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Getting pretty close with this one I think...

    Foster, Elliot
    Trippier, Yoshida, Kolasinac, Mee, Hegazi
    KDB, Alli, Willian, Ritchie
    Lukaku, Lacazette, Iheanacho

    Iheanacho could become Chicharito. Hegazi could be a different 4.5 defender (e.g. Ogbonna). Yoshida will become Cedric if he is fit. Foster could become Hart.

    Decent?

    1. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Very decent. I would worry about Willian (transfer waiting to happen) and Ihenacho (game time with Vardy/Slimani to start) but otherwise all good.

      1. Sam (Team Sam)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks mate.

        Yeah, Willian will be there until he loses his place (kind of hoping he'll do enough to carry on starting and it'll be Pedro that loses out, but unlikely. Could go Zaha instead I guess? As an Arsenal fan I'm hoping Ramsey gives me an obvious solution.

        Think Chicharito is a better option up front? Iheanacho has always impressed me and seems to do well with limited game time. I'm assuming he'll start with Vardy. Could even see Slimani leaving.

    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Lotta transfer activity, there ...

      1. Sam (Team Sam)
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Cheers Doosra. These aren't planned transfers as such, they're just considerations before the start of the season.

        Any of my suggestions you think would be better than what I actually have at the moment?

        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          Well, I would not have Ileanacho, because he and Vardy will cause you a headache. Firmino, Defoe, King, Vokes or Barnes.

          Then, we don't want to double up on WBA. Are you sure that you want Kolasinac?

          Have you enough goals in your midfield? I don't think so.

  7. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 4 months ago

    Not saying it's perfect but you can fit in Kane, Lukaku, Sanchez, KDB and a Liverpool mid:

    Hart
    Yoshida / Daniels / Hegazi / Dunk
    Sanchez / KDB / Salah / Carrol
    Kane / Lukaku

    Elliott / 4.5mid / 4.5fwd / 4.0def

    1. Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      I actually kinda like this.

    2. Respect My Authoritah
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Nice. If RLC or Cahlobah get a regular role, this could be very viable

      1. Respect My Authoritah
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        * Chalobah

      2. Bun Rab
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Can't see a reason that Chalobah wouldn't start. Great holding mid.

      3. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        If you don't play the mid then Jack Cork should be a regular.

    3. SlamSam111
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Is Hegazi nailed?

  8. Vlekz
      8 years, 4 months ago

      Rmt please
      Fabianski
      Dawson ake yoshida
      Kdb salah pogba mkhi
      Kane(c) Jesus(vc) mounie
      Elliot | Carroll long rossenior
      ( I don't mind the 2 4.0 defenders)

      1. Smurf
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Don't like the double up on Utd midfield.

        1. Vlekz
            8 years, 4 months ago

            Gotta cover for lukaku. I really want Jesus and kdb because of the way city are firing and their fixtures. And scared to go without Kane.
            Kane+pogba/mkhi
            Or
            Alli + lukaku are my choices.

            1. Smurf
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              8 years, 4 months ago

              You can't cover Lukaku. You either have him or not.

              Man Utd don't score enough goals to "cover" a player. It can only "kind of" work for covering say Liverpool and Man City players where so many player will be involved in so many goals.

              It's like getting Leroy Fer to cover Siggy. It's not Swansea that will do great but the player himself, therefore the points can't be covered.

      2. Mesh37
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Pogba Kane or Erikson Lukaku ????

      3. Collins
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Mane or Salah? Please help with some reasoning, I'm struggling to pick between the two.

        1. Teror
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          I'm going with Salah simply because of all his goals in pre-season, his slightly cheaper price tag, the enthusiasm Klopp seems to have shown for him and the fact that I simply like him more than the other 'pool mids based on those flashes of brilliance he showed at Chelsea.

        2. Collins
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          Yeah I was thinking the same, but then I am not sure we have forgotten the beast Mane was before his injury. He was a points machine!

        3. @fpl_phenom
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          Salah and Mane gonna be similar returns... Salah is cheaper

      4. The Curse of Falcao
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        First team i've made for the new season, any suggestions?

        Foster
        Trippier Yoshida Daniels
        Zaha KDB Pogba Willian
        Austin Lukaku Kane

        Elliot |Carroll|Dunk|Mee

        1. Guybrush Threepwood
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          I don't love Pogba and think doubling on him and Lukaku is overkill. Personally I'd downgrade and free up some funds to upgrade either Yoshida or Daniels to a Chelsea defender.

          1. The Curse of Falcao
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 4 months ago

            Downgrade to who?

        2. @fpl_phenom
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          Mhkitaryan is a way better fpl option than Pogba .....

        3. General_Zod
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          Very similar to my team. I ditched Pogba for Zaha and went Bertrand.

          Ive gone Jesus over Kane (cold start concerns)

          I may still move Daniels to Kolensic (sp) at Arsenal.

          I dont like the united double up, I dont think they'll share goals around and if I was very confident of them scoring loads Mhkytarian would be my pick.

          Fodder a little different. Newcastle favourable fixtures for 5th def. Dummet but theres value there once theyve sorted out left back/right back out.

      5. jimmy.floyd
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Daniels or Dawson?

      6. heinivo
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Please rate my team.

        de Gea
        Ward - Cédric - Darmian
        Redmond - Coutinho - Alli - Sané
        Benteke - Lukaku - Batshuayi

        Hart - Mee - Hünemeier - McArthur

        1. Pegboy
          • 15 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          4/10.

          Don't like Darmian, Ward, Redmond, Benteke or Batshuayi.

      7. Pegboy
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        I'm not buying the love for KdB. £10m is a lot of money to pay for a midfielder playing in the double-pivot.

        1. @fpl_phenom
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          He's gonna rip it up

      8. Miami Monkey
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Anyone have baseline bonus numbers? If so could you compare Fernandez vs Naughton? Thank you!

      9. CrispyChris
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Yoshida(Cedric) or Dawson? and why?
        I strongly doubt Westbrom having clean sheets in those favorable fixtures but Dawson is a quite big goal threat, isn't he?

      10. sentz05
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        RMT:

        Foster - Elliott

        Mee - Yoshida - Ake - Naughton - Hunemeir

        Redmond - Sanchez - Willian - Mane - Carroll

        Jesus - Lukaku - Chicharito

        1. @fpl_phenom
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          Doubt Sanchez will start the season....

      11. Don Kloppeone
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Alright all

        Please RMT:

        Foster (Elliot)
        Trippier Daniels Yoshida (Rangel) (Hunemeier)
        KDB Salah Zaha Willian (Carroll)
        Lukaku Kane Austin

        Kaku - Captain, KDB - VC.
        Can I have thoughts on how to strengthen defence - bit nervous of the bench. Or am I ok?

        Cheers

        1. dan1992
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          You only have one player on your bench who is likely to play in Carrol. Big problem

          1. Don Kloppeone
            • 8 Years
            8 years, 4 months ago

            So what do you suggest? - I also don't like my bench but I was v keen on the Kane Lukaku and strong mid combo

            Would be ideal if I could bring in a Chelsea defender and drop Daniels or Yoshi to the bench but would mean downgrading a midfielder...

            1. dan1992
              • 8 Years
              8 years, 4 months ago

              I got Kane Kaku Coutinho KDB and still players on the bench who will all play.

        2. dan1992
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          My team is very similar I just downgraded Willian to JWP so on the bench I have players who will play.

          1. Don Kloppeone
            • 8 Years
            8 years, 4 months ago

            Thinking of dropping Willian for Kanté then bringing in Hegazi and Keane (Eve) for the bench?

        3. @fpl_phenom
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          Great if Austin starts

      12. RIDZ
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Ince or Ritchie?

        Ince still have to adapt with his new team, but he scored more than Ritchie.

      13. Don't Call Me Schurrle
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        In this latest iteration of my team I've just put in Abraham, Mkhi and Fraser, and found myself with 1m to spare.

        So without upgrading any of the above three players, where would you spend the 1m?

        Foster Elliott
        Cedric Trippier Kompany Daniels Suttner
        Willian KDB Mkhi Fraser RLC
        Kane Lukaku Abraham

        1. @fpl_phenom
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          RLC & Cedric to Bertrand and Milivojevic

          1. Don't Call Me Schurrle
            • 13 Years
            8 years, 4 months ago

            Nice, thanks 🙂

      14. VaVaVoom
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Who to Play in GW1?

        A. Bertrand vs Swansea
        B. Loftus-Cheek vs Huddlesfield

        1. yemzinho
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          Bertrand

        2. @fpl_phenom
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          Bertrand

      15. FERDINANDISWORTHTWOINTHEBUS…
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        What do you think between these options:

        A) Pogba & Kane
        B) Ail & Lukaku

        Long term I'm thinking A but Kane is yet to start a session strong.

        Thanks!

        1. HesaCat
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 4 months ago

          A

      16. HesaCat
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Hi guys!

        A. RL Cheek/Carroll + Austin
        B. Ritchie/Knockaert + Crouch

        My Team:
        Elliot Foster
        Cedric David Luiz Trippier Mee Rangel
        KDB Willian Coutinho JWP
        Kaku Kane

        Thanks.

      17. joydeep10
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        DDG
        Tripper yoshida stones daniels
        Kdb mane willian ritchie
        Kane lukaku
        (Elliot rangel caroll quaner)

      18. joydeep10
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        My team....

        DDG
        Tripper yoshida stones daniels
        Kdb mane willian ritchie
        Kane lukaku
        (Elliot rangel caroll quaner)

      19. notchosenone
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        RMT please guys, first time poster, second season ever. looking for advice

        Foster (Federici)
        Valencia Milner Daniels (McCauley)
        KDB Pogba Capoue Eriksen (LCheek)
        Defoe Lukaku Chicarito

        0.5 in bank.
        Considered Siggurdsson over POG if he goes to everton.
        Nearly all defenders and midfield have a set piece.

        What would you change?

      20. tkb
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Alright guys. Any suggestions on this team is highly appreciated:

        Foster (Elliot)
        Trippier, Bertrand, Dawson (Simpson, 4.0)
        Coutinho, De Bruyne, Fabregas, Ward-Prowse (Loftus-Cheek)
        Kane, Lukaku, Chicharito

        A few things to consider:

        Best 4.0 defender?
        Better 4.5 option available than Simpson?
        Swap Coutinho+Bertrand for Mane+Yoshida?
        Best 7.0 option if Fabregas not nailed on?

      21. grahamnewcastle
        • 12 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Kane, Jesus, Gayle OR Kane, Lukaku plus extra premium midfielder???

      22. emyoueffsee
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Foster
        Cedric, Trippier, Lindelof
        Williian, KDB, Zaha, Salah
        Jesus Kane Austin.

        Bench: Elliot, Carroll, Mee, Long

        I like this team, I know I don't have Lukaku but I don't think he'll score more than Jesus in the opening fixtures.
        Lindelof is a risk but I will reassess closer to deadline.

      23. Ped doggy woof
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 4 months ago

        Any tips with this squad?

        De Gea
        Trippier - Ake - Bertrand
        Willian - KDB - Pogba - Loftus-Cheek
        Firminho - Kane - Lukaku (c)

        Elliot, Romeu, Rangel, Mariappa

        Thinking Mikhityarana for Pogs