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4 January 2018 5309 comments
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The final round of festive fixtures comes to its conclusion at Wembley Stadium as Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham play the second match of their double Gameweek 22.

Much to our collective relief, Harry Kane returns to the hosts’ starting line-up after producing just a single point from his 22 minutes off the bench at Swansea on Tuesday night.

It’s fair to say that the Fantasy Premier League hopes of many managers rely on the Spurs striker this evening.

Not only is he the top captain pick for the Gameweek (24.2%), a hefty 121,000+ Triple Captain chips have been wielded on Kane in light of back-to-back hat-tricks in his previous two starts.

The allure of a double Gameweek has also boosted in interest in Spurs midfield trio Son Heung-min, Christian Eriksen and Dele Alli. All three join Kane on the teamsheet and are also among the top 13 armband picks for Gameweek 22.

The top transfer target for Gameweek 22, with 498,000+ new owners, Son has scored in five of Tottenham’s last six at Wembley, totalling 57 points over those matches.

Eriksen and Alli, meanwhile, bagged an assist and goal respectively in Tuesday’s win at Swansea to continue their improved form.

The Dane has supplied points in six of his last seven outings, while Alli has two goals and four assists in his previous three.

At the back, Ben Davies earns successive starts for the first time since Gameweek 16 as Danny Rose misses out with a knee complaint again.

The big news for the Hammers is that Marko Arnautovic is sidelined with a minor hamstring problem.

Drafted in by over 368,000 for his pair of fixtures, he ends double Gameweek 22 on five points, having earned the assist for Andy Carroll’s late winner against West Brom.

Carroll’s two goals in the Baggies’ clash isn’t enough to keep his role in the XI, though – he drops to the bench as Chicharito leads the line instead.

The Mexican and Manuel Lanzini – who has supplied four assists in his previous five – carry the main threat to a defence that’s looking for their tenth clean sheet of the season.

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  1. Kai
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Kane YC imminent

  2. Rash
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Sissoko off for lamela needs to happen

  3. Jindaljain
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    0-0 game

  4. drughi
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    lol kane what was that

  5. Kiwivillan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    What stage of grief are Kane TCers at?

    1. OldBenKenobi
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Regret

      1. OldBenKenobi
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 2 months ago

        Soon to be anger

        1. Fred54
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 2 months ago

          Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

          1. OldBenKenobi
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 2 months ago

            Already suffering

          2. Klopptomist Scott Jelly
            • 8 Years
            8 years, 2 months ago

            I love replying to Old Ben with star wars quotes

          3. tiger
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 14 Years
            8 years, 2 months ago

            So basically they are on the path to the dark side

    2. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Az: Hey at least I have my good looks.

    3. A Team Of James McCleans
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      I’d imagine denial “no it’s not a fail yet watch him score four in the second half”

    4. Sánchez
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Accepted ages ago
      TC is always a let down

    5. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Noose tied.

    6. FrankieTheGent
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Bargaining
      "We'll take one assist"

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 2 months ago

        😆

    7. doy
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Utter regret thus far.

    8. Futile Tinkering
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Im at a point where I'm hoping that my rivals will waste theirs too when the time comes.

    9. Begbie.
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Honestly don't regret it. He was coming off back to back hat tricks and had fixtures v two rubbish teams. Seemed a good choice but oh well lol.

  6. Podge
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    This is god awful

  7. AIRMILES
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    5Live mentioning Kane disappointing Fantasy Footballers with his bench start the other day.

  8. Patch
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Not long till Ogbana subbed right...

    1. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      A CB that's played the last 12 times 90 mins?

    2. Dannyb
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Please this haha

  9. Pinky Blinders
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    TOT is such crap this year. Bet they end up finishing 6th behind Arsenal.

    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      For all their and media gloating about how great they are, they’ve only finished above us once in about 30 years.

  10. Zladan
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Arnie’slaziness and reluctance to track back would’ve opened up the space for Spurs to play today. Blessing in disguise for Hammers and non-Spurs owners. Very unfortunate for us TC-Kaners.

    1. A Team Of James McCleans
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Well double whammy for Arnie and treble Spurs attack owners then O/

      1. Zladan
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 2 months ago

        That’s me too o/

  11. DV8R
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    inb4 Ogbonna own goal and assist from unimportant Spurs player

  12. drughi
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Son is pretty crap, cant wait to get rid

    1. Zladan
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Me too. Such a bad player. Only reason he is on the pitch is because Lamela is somehow worse.

  13. Podge
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    This is the fifth match I’ve owned Kane and he has never got me a goal or assist 🙁

  14. yakirh
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    This is unreal
    Every time I captained Kane he blanked. Every time!

    Sorry guys its my fault

  15. Kai
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    0-0 game

  16. SuperMane Returns
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Mike Dean that was a pen....surely?

  17. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Alli in the thick of it

  18. Team Cruel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Alli pen denied

  19. FPL ZB
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Let’s just see some cards then

  20. Legomané
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Hammers yet to threaten with a single shot... 😯

  21. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    That was the same as hazard, should be a pen then?

    1. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      😆

    2. Arctic monkeys
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Getting rid of Kane ?

  22. Jigger & Pony
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Alli needed to act like Hazard yesterday for a pen

  23. Syd.
    • 16 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Alli should have done a Hazard and Squealed like a Pig

  24. Neevesy
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Kane TC's dont worry I had left Morata as captain and had to sit through him miss sitter after sitter last night.

  25. Limbo
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    I could do with a 61 minute double sub of Ogbonna/Masuaka and a Kane assisted Eriksen hatrick. Too much to ask?

  26. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    • 15 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Sissoko getting in the way

  27. doy
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Still time...we can only hope.

  28. Big Mac 24
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    I reckon a Mark Noble peno will win this one 🙂

    Just stuck a tenner on it to cover all of the Kane scoring bets and Tottenham spankings that won't come in!

  29. Robe Wan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    Fail
    A Fail of two cities
    A whiter shade of Fail
    Network Fail
    Failhouse Rock

    1. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Cheques in the fail

    2. turd ferguson
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 2 months ago

      Kfail
      Afail
      Nfail
      Efail

  30. Differentiator
    • 10 Years
    8 years, 2 months ago

    I hate this game