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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. BoooomXhakaLaka
    • 8 Years
    8 years, 3 months ago

    I’m looking to double up on Man City attack. I already have sterling. Who do we feel is better out of Aguero and KDB to join him FPL wise?

    1. circusmonkey
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Aguero

    2. Malkmus
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Kun as Jesus is out

    3. Dušan Citizen
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      kdb

    4. Jebiga
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Sane ?

    5. JONALDINHO
      • 8 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      KDB.

    6. MTPockets
        8 years, 3 months ago

        kdb

      • Aston-villain
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Kun

      • che
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Kun till Jesus

      • SB007
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Sterling /Silva and Kun.

      • HashAttack
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        I've sold KDB and bought it Kun ... think Kun has more potential over the next few weeks (Sterling and Ota the other slots)

    7. TOBY1
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Which strikers do you want now? I was in a big rush to aquire kane. Sure its probably best to just keep for the season but some nasty fixtures coming up.

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Kind of want Lukaku in a weird way

        1. Fred54
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          BBC?

          Big blanking C...

      2. che
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Kane is pretty fixture proof. Actually does better against decent sides

    8. Whats the Huth
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      out of the cup all because adrian didn't get his deserved bonus

      1. Chazz69
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        are you ok ?

        1. Whats the Huth
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Very sad tonight

      2. HashAttack
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Blame McClean .... cost me 9 points

    9. Malkmus
      • 14 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Evening all

      1 - who is more priority to get in
      A - Alonso
      B - Aguero

      2 - who to lose for lingard
      A - Son (have Kane)
      B - Coutinho

      Ta !

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        B if leaving. Who your other mids??

        1. Malkmus
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Salah, Sterling, arnie

      2. circusmonkey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Cout

      3. Drosiah
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        B & B

        1. Malkmus
          • 14 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Thanks all

      4. Chazz69
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        COUTINHO is gone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    10. Kiwivillan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Seriously for all the assists they don't give how is Lanzini assist count? Pass back Obiang travels beats a man and wonder shot that looked like took deflection.

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

        Seen a lot worse.

      2. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Now watch KDB's 'assist' for Aguero on Tuesday and the Lanzini one wont annoy you anymore!

      3. Dreaming of glory
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Wise up haha

      4. Chazz69
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        What's your problem ?

      5. che
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Lanzini owning rival alert!

        1. Kiwivillan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          ^This and dirty I changed from Lanzini admirer a few weeks ago and got Arnie instead

    11. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      https://twitter.com/OfficialFPL/status/949035343113871367

      Mark on top form tonight!

      1. Rainer
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Brilliant 😆

      2. Fred54
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        That was actually funny.

        (No sarcasm.)

      3. SADIO SANÉ
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Haha that's pretty good

        1. Calderano FC
          • 15 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Love how the young lad offers the chips around post spillage

    12. LIARS POKER
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Bottomed

      Who scores more against Everton and Southampton

      A) Son
      B) Eriksen

      1. teki0s
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        A

      2. how now brown cow
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Another yawn-full defence v attack game....

      3. Costa in Wengerland
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Son

      4. Aston-villain
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Coin toss. I think Son is more explosive and greedier, but gametime is less of a guarantee. I have both and capped son this week.

        1. willl
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Son is nailed IMO.

      5. Salarrivederci
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Son scores at home. Just like Wijnaldum 😉

        1. Sterling is £11Mill..…
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Wijnaldum jsut doesnt score tho

          1. Salarrivederci
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            True, but I don't think he have scored a single goal on the road for Pool, ever.

            Stats tells us Son returns points at home 😉
            Gonna keep vs. Everton and ship Eriksen (and I am danish)

    13. Weasel51
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Pope
      Otamendi Ogbonna Jones
      Son Alli Salah Sterling Arnie
      Kane Firmino

      Elliot Wimmer Niasse Kiko

      ------------------------------------------------------------

      GW23: Son + Kiko >> Lingard + Alonso (-4)
      GW24: Kane >> Aguero

      Good moves????

      1. SB007
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Yes - get Aguero in.

    14. Qaiss
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Okay, I have a question.

      Obviously its very hard to tell but in my mini leagues, I'm behind 3 people who are 100 points ahead of me. It is likely that they will wildcard before the DGW's. In order to catch them, when would be the best time to wildcard? Im having such a bad season so I'm not bothered really anymore about OR, just wanna beat my mini league rivals who are jammy casuals 🙂

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

        Better OR = more chance to beat them.

        1. Qaiss
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          They wont be doing as well at the end of the season because of the DGW's. What I should have asked is how many points difference does the WC make usually at the time of the DGW's into the end of the season?

      2. circusmonkey
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        If they are casuals they won't do it properly so do it when you like. Only 5-6 points per week.

      3. SB007
        • 8 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Wildcard now and tc when least expected.

    15. Wake me up before sanogo
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Which of

      1)Son to Doucore or
      2) Rashford to quaner

      1. Chazz69
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Don't get Sanogo

      2. Chazz69
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Quaner yes get him pfffffffffff

      3. teki0s
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        2

      4. Costa in Wengerland
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        2 of course

    16. Pierce34
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Lol, I lost this week's H2H to a guy with only 8 players and a front 2 of Rooney and Diouf 😀

    17. GHB
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Coutinho likely to drop later?

      1. Chazz69
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Wake up man

        1. GHB
          • 15 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Wake up?

    18. Adriano
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      A. Carrol, Aguero and Kane TC. I will be doing an AMA on reddit tomorrow

    19. Flynny
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Is rlc likely to be back next week?

      And will be likely start for palace if fit??

      Thanks

    20. SuperMane Returns
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      LOL @ Sherwood & Joe Cole thinking 5 will be in CL, because an English team will win it. Well only Man City likely to win it, and unless Man City are outside of the top 4, only 4 going to be in it sorry lads.

      1. diesel001
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Arsenal Europa League winners

        1. SuperMane Returns
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Yeh but Tim S didnt say it like that though, he thought English champs league winners automatically mean an extra spot granted. Its with caveats, and the only English team going to win CL is going to 100000000% be in top 4.

          1. SuperMane Returns
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            The only realistic way is like you said if Arsenal finish outside top 4 and win EL

    21. Coaly
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Arnie dead? Needs to be sold?

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Hamstring flagged. Selling for Pogba vs Stoke regardless

      2. SuperMane Returns
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        He'll be back.

      3. Chazz69
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Arnie great asset lol

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

        Frustrating as was about to ditch Son for Lingard, will have to wait now for injury news and miss another price rise !

    22. Fred54
      • 11 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Is January one of those months for Kane?

      Ugh.

      1. SuperMane Returns
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        #2018theory
        #januarytheory
        #lemsiptheory
        #48hourslatertheory

        1. Fred54
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          #NoSocks

    23. barracuda
      • 9 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      arnie to who? have 3 utd

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Who other 4 mids?

        1. barracuda
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          garbage. sterling, salah, mahrez

      2. TLF
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        How much you got ?

      3. Chazz69
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        So vague post ????????????

        1. barracuda
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          that bullet just passed my brain 🙂

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

        3 United and no mids???

        1. barracuda
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          yeah, wrong format?

    24. BON
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Got a lot more respect for Moyes now.

      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah, he had them well organised tonight.

    25. Monkey Hanger
      • 12 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      People saying the DGW was a trap.

      Anyone not fielding three Spurs against Swans, and Spam were fools.

      1. Qaiss
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Cause it worked right?..... The fools were people who ruined their teams to get their assets in.

      2. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        It was a trap. I had 2 and one was Kane

      3. Dr Dream
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Absolutely agree. Hindsight is easy but in truth why wouldn't folk triple up...Who will have better fixtures.

        1. diesel001
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Hazard, Sterling, Alonso, KDB, Morata, Salah, Firmino, Pogba, DDG all have better long term fixtures

          1. SADIO SANÉ
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            He meant DGW fixtures I think

          2. Kiwivillan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            Yes to all except Morata is terrible

        2. Pierce34
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Because of the hits involved, and Spurs' fixtures coming up?

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

          West Ham is a derby. It's not a normal match. Back end of ridiculous amount of games played recently. Read somewhere recently many players are on auto pilot at this stage of season so you get a low scoring games which bar a few exceptions has been true

        4. HashAttack
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          I haven't been playing with any main strikers ... so of course on a FH I got tempted to play Kane and Vardy even though my gut was saying Mahrez and a 3rd TOT other than Kane to go with Son & Alli

          None really hindsight, just an admission that forwards are bloody tempting ... and tend to let you down

      4. SADIO SANÉ
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Completely agree - right decision wrong outcome, oh well

    26. Dr Dream
      • 13 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Nice to see David Moyes looking a bit healthier than he did by the time he left United...

      1. Spike ⚽️
        • 14 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        No Fergie intimmidation helps!

      2. JJO
        • 13 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        To be fair if he was permitted to park the bus when he was in Man Utd he would have better results than this Portuguese fraud

        1. che
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Oh how we would have loved a parked bus, ever!

        2. Aston-villain
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          2nd in the league with a team that shud be about 4th on paper....whats so bad?

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

        Wish he looked worse than he did when he took us down. Didn't look at all bothered.

    27. southernpacific
      • 15 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Alonso and Mahrez

      Or

      Alonso and sane?

      1. Kiwivillan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        Do you already have Lingard/Pogba?

        1. southernpacific
          • 15 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Lingard yep

          1. Kiwivillan
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            Nice. Me too. Doubling on Pogba short term

      2. Yellin' in my Ear
        • 10 Years
        8 years, 3 months ago

        So Mahrez or sane, why involve Alonso?

        1. southernpacific
          • 15 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          If I don’t buy Alonso today, then can only afford sane

    28. ZaZaZu
      • 10 Years
      8 years, 3 months ago

      Advice please from those in the know...

      I want to bring in Aguero, Lingard and Stones for Firmino, Otamendi, Son.....opinions on whether this is a good move? If so, I will be 0.1 short. So, is Lingard and Firmino likely to rise? If I get Lingard now and Firmino rises, I can afford Aguero. The 0.1 is based only on Firmino rising which will allow the move. However, if Lingard rises too and I don't transfer him in before the rise, it wont work.

      1. MTPockets
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Lingard will rise before Firmino.
          http://fplstatistics.com/

          1. ZaZaZu
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            Thanks, I thought that might be the case.

          2. ZaZaZu
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            From that link though, it doesnt look like Firmino will rise? I need firmino to rise 0.1, that link from my understanding looks to be unlikely?

            1. MTPockets
                8 years, 3 months ago

                No it doesn't look likely yet.

          3. Chazz69
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            Stones ???

            1. ZaZaZu
              • 10 Years
              8 years, 3 months ago

              He's a goal threat, he will play and although I would prefer Otamendi over Stones, its cover for a lot cheaper. I want Aguero post Liverpool game. He is captain material when he's a guaranteed starter.

        • RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Stumbled my way to 45 all out! What a horrible, throughoutly disappointing, unenjoyable DGW

        • Klip Klopp
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Nightmare!

          I can only field this 11 of fit players!! Should i take a -4 or -8 to sort this out?

          DDG
          Mee / Ogbonna / Otamendi / Kenny / Duffy
          Sterling / Hazard
          Kane / Depoitre / DCL

          Bench: Salah, Coutinho, Arnautovic

          1FT 0.2 itb

          All suggestions welcome!

          1. how now brown cow
            • 11 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            How do yo know they won't be fit in 9 days?

          2. DA Minnion (Former great)
            • 13 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            Salah will play I'd expect.Arnie too

        • TheTinman
          • 10 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          75 all out. Useless Kane TC wasted. Pished off

        • Hazz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          If Arnie does end up being out, would the following move be worthwhile?
          A) Arnautovic > Lingard

          Or if he isn't would you rather:
          B) Son > Pogba

          Or C) Save the FT

          1. Chazz69
            • 10 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            Pogba lol

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

            Thinking of doing A myself.

        • Salarrivederci
          • 9 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Selling Son before Everton (H) is asking for trouble. The man is a (H)ero 😉

        • Arctic monkeys
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Baps are confirmed ? out of the cup by a point and opponent doesn't have Kane 🙁

          1. Arctic monkeys
            • 12 Years
            8 years, 3 months ago

            Son*

        • Homo Neanderthalensis
          • 12 Years
          8 years, 3 months ago

          Masuaku with skills to rival Ronaldo today haha

          https://twitter.com/cosmokhan7/status/949033401859936257