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Dugout Discussion – Newcastle vs Spurs

Two of the three most popular players in Fantasy Premier League take to the field as Tottenham Hotspur make their way to Newcastle United in the 1.30pm kick-off.

Harry Kane is the main captaincy pick for Sunday’s early fixture. Owned by 37% of FPL managers, he’s been handed the armband by 22% on the back of 7.5 points per match last season.

The Spurs frontman was also runner-up in our Gameweek 1 Captain Poll after netting seven times in his final two away appearances of 2016/17.

Meanwhile, his team-mate Dele Alli is the most owned midfielder in the game, sitting in 38% of squads for the trip to Tyneside.

Both Alli and playmaker Christian Eriksen supplied 6.1 points per match last term and face a defence with just eight clean sheets in 23 home fixtures in the Championship.

Meanwhile, with the Magpies’ fixtures turning kindly next weekend, we get the chance to scout the likes of Matt Ritchie and Dwight Gayle as potential mid-price options for our squads.

Elsewhere, Rob Elliot gets the nod between the posts for the home side – he’s currently the only active 4.0-priced keeper in the game.

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  1. RubberDucky
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Looks like it was a red!

      Good decision!

    • Wilshere Knowledge
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Stupid by Shelvey, pathetic by Alli.

      1. Ghost Gooner
        • 10 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        Never playing for a top club again.

    • Ibralicious
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      So Shelvey had to be sacrificed for a Kane hattrick Jesus Christ...

    • FPL ZB
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      One thing I would say.. Zaha strikes me as the sort of lettuce who would make a fuss of a mini injury and be fine for the next week

      1. Tasty Jerk
        • 12 Years
        6 years, 10 months ago

        We covered this a few pages back. Is precautionary should be back next week, we did the same with Townsend last season and played next game.

    • Piggs Boson
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Unlucky Voldemort owners.

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Shelvey does have the face of a thug..well deserved red

    • FlockofSeagulls
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Does alopecia affect the brain?

    • diesel001
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Shelvey purposely standing on Alli. I mean that is just stupid.

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Bavies 9 pointer FFS

    • TheSteel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Kane v 10 men

    • FALCAO & MOU
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Martin Keown : Lukaku is too often a pussycat.
      Ask him to say that in front of Lukaku.

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Ritchie to get a YC

    • Clump
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      And that in a nutshell is Why Liverpool sold him.
      A sandwich short of a picnic is Uncle Fester.

    • Obi-1 Kenobi-0
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Absolutely the right decision. Anyone who says otherwise has an agenda. Could've put his foot quite literally anywhere else.

    • Bun Rab
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Dum bo Shelvey.

    • Sebbo29
      • 9 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Getting nasty now

    • StoneMountain
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Game needed a bit of fire tbh

    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Alli getting targeted

    • Malcolm Tucker for England …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      rafa won't forgive that. tata jonjo

    • Your Mum's Athletic
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Should get extra games banned on top for that

    • SilkySkills
      • 10 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Shelvey is a card magnet - He has bad issues when it comes to discipline

    • Pork Pie Sausage Roll
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Shelley captain fail ffs

    • Make United Great Again
      • 11 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Stupid from Shelvey

    • Hotdogs for Tea
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Shelvey - what a liability

    • ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      What a miss kane

    • Rainer
      • 7 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      #Justice4Alli&Jafooli

    • Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Kane denied

    • Agger
      • 8 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      First rule of fight club, make sure the referee isn't looking.

    • Jafooli
      • 12 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Earthworm Jim RC

    • laplana
      • 6 Years
      6 years, 10 months ago

      Elliott is this year's Heaton.