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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. The Overthinker
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Kane and morata out

    Replacement?

    1. drughi
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Kane captain against everton for me

    2. La Roja
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Quaner and McBurnie

      1. The Overthinker
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers. They have far better value and very less expectations

        Will update rlc and defense

    3. doy
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Keep Kane, get Aguero

  2. MrMajeika
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    queue the mass Kane sales

    1. Nomar
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Not me, learnt my lesson with Kane.

      Keep him and he’ll come good. Sell him and ye will be punished with much severity.

  3. Tcheco
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    My Christensen Son Mahrez VS. Alonso Alli Gross didn't go so well...

  4. doy
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    62(-8) and TC chip horribly wasted. Thought it couldnt get worse than Aguero's 9pts last season....

  5. OldBenKenobi
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    It would put you off DGWs tbh

    1. mosmof
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Most DGWs are hugely profitable for most on here. This one, not so much. I'll still go big again for the next one. Got to play the percentages.

      1. Gimli son of Gloin
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Yeah, most DGW's result in a nice boost for me if I'm well prepared. Can't expect them all to go that way.

  6. FPL Scoop
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero in for kane? Or too hasty

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Far too hasty

    2. doy
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      2 hasty

    3. Jimmers
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Move away from the computer.

    4. OLB
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      No. Go for it.

  7. the snazzy viking
    • 9 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    On the verge of quitting FPL.

    Taking a hit this week to sort things out, if I don't get a green arrow next GW then I'm done for this year I think

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

      Not starting next season?

      1. the snazzy viking
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        May start next season, but with membership instead of just using purely my instincts, because my instincts don't work lol

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

          I don't use my membership really, most tools aren't that useful IMO. It's nice to support the site though.

          1. the snazzy viking
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 1 month ago

            I love the site for the articles and tips and would also love to support it - it's just I spend too much time on it and therefore I think I'm better than I actually am at the game because the expectations that I've set for myself are too high

    2. SADIO SANÉ
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I said similar last week, Kane TC was meant to revive me

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

    No real DGW hero many of the SGW players outscored them.

    1. G-Whizz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Thanking my lucky stars for Sterling and DeBryne...

  9. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 1 month ago

    50 all out, not the best but at least I didn't TC Kane. Will be nice to have a little break away from FPL now!

    1. Ravager
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Same here. Not worth stressing over...

      Until next week at least.

    2. MTPockets
        8 years, 1 month ago

        ditto

    3. FPL ZB
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Falling outside the top 3k, gutted. Thought I was going to be good for a run at 3 figures a month ago, now it’s just a big old slide

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

        Same (from 4K)

    4. Pompel
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Alonso price to rise tonight?

      1. Tcheco
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Hopefully

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

        Looks like potentially... lots of WCs active though so he mightnt

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

          If not tonight, so long before nrxt GW, so may as well do the move

    5. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Still can't get over those 2 goals, beacons of light in a sea of Shyte lol

    6. Rainer
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      FPL is great 🙂

    7. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Harry Kane taking the “TC for Andy Carroll” award for this season

    8. Digital-Real
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Like to hear thoughts from all Kane TCs.

      Please hulk this

      1. Longlatini
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Might sound ridiculous but I still don't think it was a bad idea!

    9. RÏÉ BY
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      so anyone triple captain klavan?

    10. Ninja Škrtel
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      And so my FPL season comes to a close. Nothing to do here anymore after that Kane TC flop. Good luck everyone!

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

        Ah, don't be daft

      2. BUZZBOMB ♡
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        C'mon mate.

        Surely you owe it to the rest of us to stew for another week in a dull blank FA cup weekend and then pack it in?

    11. Greenbackbøøg…
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      People really should have been more weary about regressing towards the mean after Kane scored 6 in 2 games

    12. George Sillett
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      The Son (c) suddenly start hindsight bragging .

      1. *Reformed-Character*
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        You captained Kane? Horrible decision

        1. George Sillett
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          Not TC though .

    13. Essrick
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      43 + whatever BPS from tonight. Doubt Og and Kane will get anything so whatever Son gets.

      Awful week, red arrow incoming!

      1. G-Whizz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        56
        First Green arrow in about 3 or 4 weeks...

    14. F4L
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      What da fook did Son do to earn an additional 17 bps beside his goal? He was invisible

      1. The Bandit
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Invisible? Lol

      2. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        I thought he was everywhere

    15. Viper
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      -55 points
      -Didn't use TC
      -Didn't take a hit
      -Didn't use my free hit
      -Son, Kane & Arnautovic was all I went with

      I'll consider that a success 🙂

      1. Les Bleus
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        I wouldn’t consider -55 points a success 😯

        1. Viper
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          +55 😉

          1. Les Bleus
            • 14 Years
            8 years, 1 month ago

            I figured 😛

      2. DV8R
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Are you still ditching Son to get Alonso?

        1. Viper
          • 16 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah I think so

      3. Longlatini
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Smugness never an attractive trait 😉

    16. potatoace
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Obiang back down to (35) . Son set for 3baps again, hopefully

    17. Holding Matip
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      73 points without any chips used? Perfect time to brag

      1. Sandy Ravage
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Good work

      2. Bad Kompany
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        I also got 73 and I only had 2 dgw players

    18. Hardly Athletic
      • 16 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Son was crap until he scored that goal.

      1. Chazz69
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Son is lethal kid

      2. *Reformed-Character*
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        You had your eyes closed, try to take them off Kane

      3. Gimli son of Gloin
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        True. So were Alli and Eriksen. Tottenham are pretty rigid at times - can lack imagination, guile, movement and tempo/pace against teams who pack the defense with 8.

    19. Roy1905
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Now we can laugh at the TC Kane lot without fear of humble pie.

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

        You'll still look like a tw*t though

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

        or you could just f off

        1. Roy1905
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          Aw, you TC’d a player who had the flu and was facing a team who’ve tightened up at the back no end since Moyes took over? Great move.

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

            aw, you have never finished higher than me.

            1. Roy1905
              • 8 Years
              8 years, 1 month ago

              769th in the Sky Game, I don’t play FPL. Oh, well, there’s always next season for your TC.

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

                even more reason to f off from here!

                1. Roy1905
                  • 8 Years
                  8 years, 1 month ago

                  You could always email FPL. Perhaps they’ll let you re-use the chip as recompense seems you’re clearly such a lovely guy. This was supposed to be lighthearted banter like the lads have on the scout cast. You should get out more.

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

                    posting here when you don't even have a TC chip, perhaps you should 🙂

                    1. Roy1905
                      • 8 Years
                      8 years, 1 month ago

                      I do, I just don’t play FPL. I wish you the best of luck in your season, but this was banter. I fail to see why I deserve to be told to F off. I appreciate the posted material on this website as much as the next guy, and try and beat the FFS teams in the Sky Game. I have an FPL team, but I just set and forget it.

      3. Prøfeßör …
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Childish - no need for it.

        1. Roy1905
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 1 month ago

          Oh, heaven forbid any banter surrounds the game of fantasy football. You see it all the time on the scout cast, but the second anybody tries to have any you all start crying. Lol at you lot. What started off as lighthearted has clearly fallen on sour grapes.

    20. Iceball
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      10 points tonight from 5 players... 2x2, 2 2 2 0. Lousy 52-4 but at least no TC!

    21. Majestic Chanka
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Commentators are a joke

      “Kane and Alli got so many goals last season because Son works hard” ????????

      WTF Son destroys their FPL potential!

      1. *Reformed-Character*
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        You clearly don't understand football, just another fpl addict who looks at points and nothing else

    22. Hurricane Gilbert
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Fair play to all of you who kept the TC chip, and even more to the brave souls who captained someone else than Kane. Hats off.

      1. HuttonDressedasLahm
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks

    23. Richd
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Forgot to do any transfers this week. That’s worked out amazing LOL