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27 August 2018 5411 comments
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A large portion of Fantasy managers are backing the key Spurs’ men for their Monday night trip to Manchester United.

Harry Kane (£12.5m) comes into the match as the most popular player and captained by just under 500,000+ managers.

Only Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) and Sergio Aguero (£11.2m) were backed by more in Gameweek 3, and the England captain needs two goal involvements to outshine them both.

Kieran Trippier (£6.0m) is the next most fashionable member of the Spurs squad, 24 percent of Fantasy managers hoping for a repeat of recent free-kicks scored against Croatia at the World Cup and Fulham in Gameweek 2.

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea (£6.0m) remains owned by just over a quarter of managers, despite not yet keeping a clean sheet in 2018/19. Although with Spurs bringing plenty of attacking talent to Old Trafford, this match is unlikely to be the last straw for him.

The Spaniard is one of just two United players with double-figure ownership. The other one is Paul Pogba (£8.1m), currently backed by 18 percent following back-to-back converted penalties.

There will be some interest Christian Eriksen (£9.4m) and Dele Alli (£9.1m) with the Dane still just ahead of his English team-mate’s ownership, inspite of losing some set pieces duties to Trippier. Eriksen sits in 11 percent of squads with Alli in 7.6.

The secondary defenders (in terms of popularity) for each side are Luke Shaw (£5.1m) and Jan Vertonghen (£6.0m). The United man is in 8.7 percent of teams with Vertonghen in 10 percent.

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TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR XI (4-2-3-1): XXX,

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  1. MartialMatas
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Suggestions?
    Worth taking any hits?

    DDG Stek
    Alonso Mendy TAA
    Salah Bilva Mkhitaryan Richarlison
    Kun Zaha Mitro

    Stekelenburg Stephens Boly AWB

    1FT £1.0m ITB

    1. noahzark22
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      No hits. TAA has been a card magnet. VVD and Robertson more disciplined and get bonus points.

      You could survive Richarlision sitting two weeks if you wanted but he's really the only other potential headache.

  2. Licious Lizard
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Haha for once the highest weekly score is from England.
    Apparently still to stupid to understand he won’t win any prizes.....

    Why people do it is beyond me..

    1. MattysFantasyFooty
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Do people actually care about the highest GW score at this point it’s a bit of a novelty as it’s always someone with a chip

      1. Licious Lizard
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I could at least understand they had some sort of incentive, when they could win a prize.
        Now it’s just a waste of time

        1. MattysFantasyFooty
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Yeah pretty silly like that lad with like 20,000 accts what’s the point?

          1. Licious Lizard
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            When you are going through the trouble of writing a script that can manage 20k teams, I’m guessing be would want to win the whole thing.
            Blatantly cheating - and waaayyyyy too much time 😉

  3. Honeyman07 42
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Have Arnie and Richarlison as well as Tomkins.
    Is this worth -4
    Arnie Richarlison Perieira to Mitro Neves Alonso?

    1. Licious Lizard
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Wait for Arnie news.
      He could be fit for this week

  4. Siggy in the Middle
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Two weeks in a row that I've been behind the average now. Ugh.

    1. MattysFantasyFooty
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Marathon not a sprint

      1. Siggy in the Middle
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Yeah I guess so. Not gonna blow my wildcard early or anything

        1. MattysFantasyFooty
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          I have feel it’s a good time as I wanted aguero hazard and Alonso and was running out of time with price rises but for some it works wc early

  5. jdp219
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Fab
    Mendy, Robbo, Tomkins, AWB
    Salah, Mkhi, Gudmundsson
    Kun, Firmino, Zaha
    Bench: Foster; Richarlison, Bednarek, Gunnarsson

    Tomkins, Richarlison > Alonso, (Gundo or Fraser) = -4
    Worth it?

    1. jdp219
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Alonso pretty obviously worth it, but can't decided between Gundo or Fraser...

      1. Livinginapool - Top 100 Any…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Fraser for me

        1. jdp219
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          What do you know? You've only been on here nine years... 😉
          But also, thanks!

  6. bennyp
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Pretty happy with this going into the next few gws. Any changes you think I need?

    Patricio - (Foster)
    Alonso - Robbo - Mendy - Wan Bas - (Pelt)
    Bilva - Salah - Haz - Fraser - (Murphy)
    Kun - Mitro - (Kamara)

    Already on a -4.

    1. crazysnakeman
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Stick. Really good team

      1. bennyp
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Cheers!

    2. Belalugozi78
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      No.. pretty good team. Are you planning to give Hazard an armband in GW5?

      1. bennyp
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Not sure yet. Either him or Aguero. Depends how the next gameweek goes I guess.

  7. #FPLBhuna
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Bottomed

    -8 but gtg?

    henney
    robertson - mendy - alonso - pva
    hazard - mkhi - moura - jota
    auba - kun

    hamer - ings - awb - guendouzi

    1. MattysFantasyFooty
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      What’s the -8 transfers?

      1. Dthinger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I'm guesing they did Mane, Richarlison and De Gea to Hazard, Moura, Hennessey

        1. #FPLBhuna
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          See below not far off

      2. #FPLBhuna
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Ok so bit headloss in all truth but here it is

        I binned richa to jota on my ft just have a hunch with the way wolves are playing that he will come good.. not owned him all season and most that did have binned him.

        However following the game tonight I made a further 2 moves binning Salah & Westwood >> Hazard & Moura. It is rash I’m aware but wanted a bit of a shake up and greater squad depth

        1. MattysFantasyFooty
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Not a fan of binning salah tbh the guys is fixture proof and incredibly consistent especially for a hit

        2. Dthinger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          I agree with Matttysfantasyfooty. Just leave it with the Richa to Jota transfer, if it isnt too late. Seems unlikely Hazard and Moura will outscore Salah and Westwood by 8pts. Salah by himself could easily outscore the two you brought in.

  8. DR0GBA
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    G2G?

    Fabianski
    Alonso / Mendy / Robertson
    Pedro / Salah / Mane / Bilva
    Zaha / Aguero (c) / Ings

    Foster / WBA / Peltier / Camarasa 0FT £0m

    Want Hazard badly but a hit to take out Salah is risky af

    But that Bournemouth game....

  9. Knowledgeable meerkat
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Evening DZ. glad that gw is over. Better option going forward?

    A) Holebas Fraser kane
    B) pva hazard mitro

    1. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      B

    2. bennyp
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      To be honest, all 6 look good. Holebas has a bad run over the next few though.

  10. That Was Easy!
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Who to start?

    A) Ings (cpl)
    B) Tomkins/WB (SOU)
    C) Kante (BOU)

    1. #FPLBhuna
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      A

    2. MattysFantasyFooty
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      A

  11. fedolefan
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Gotta love a red arrow even when you're in the millions..lol

  12. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Benching Luiz and playing Trippier was a great move. Gotta listen to my guts more.

  13. AppleDunk
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 7 months ago

    Noob question...

    If CP drops 0.2 below PP, will SP follow CP or remains 0.1 below PP?

    1. MTPockets
        7 years, 7 months ago

        follows CP

        1. AppleDunk
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Thank you!

    2. I Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      Bottomed:

      A) Mane + Walcott
      B) Hazard + Fraser

      Not just for this week. Think the next 5 or so.

      1. Mesh
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        I'm wondering the same.
        After the Chelsea game, Bournemouth have decent fixtures.
        Probably B.

    3. Messsiaah
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      bilva to moura for -4 worth it?

      1. Belalugozi78
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Not for a hit.

      2. MattysFantasyFooty
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Nah

    4. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 7 months ago

      I want both Hazard and mitro, but going to leave Hazard until after the bou game.
      However, i need to bring ONE of them in now for -4 so i'm not priced out on either.

      Would you do Ings >Mitro tonight so that you could afford Mane to Haz next week?

      1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 7 months ago

        Would do Hazard and then Mitro

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Interesting. Suppose Mitro makes more sense AFTER the City game doesn't it 🙂

        2. Random Name
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          but he can't...

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Oh, no i can 🙂 Got 2 mil in the bank, so it's either mitro or Hazard tonight for -4 if i'm gonna do it

      2. MTPockets
          7 years, 7 months ago

          No. Something else is bound to come up, or what if e.g. Haz rises again anyway.

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Cool, so just teh Mane > Haz move?

            1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
              • 8 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Yeah mate go for it

            2. MTPockets
                7 years, 7 months ago

                I wouldn't for free let alone a hit, but up to you.

                1. Salah’s Sonnet
                  • 14 Years
                  7 years, 7 months ago

                  cool, just have a great feeling about him against Bou

        • Dthinger
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          When Son comes back, will he displace Lucas Moura?

          (asking for a friend)

          1. DJDave1979
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Dunno. I would think it would take a while. Surely he needs a holiday. The poor bloke has been to two major tournaments since last season.

            Lucas has been playing well so I expect Son to be eased back.

        • DJDave1979
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          LOL.
          GW1 GR 8,389
          GW 3 GR 4,751,151

          That's a fall from grace 🙂

          1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Plenty of time to change it around mate!!! Keep the faith!!

            1. DJDave1979
              • 11 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Oh I'm actually fairly happy with my team and very happy with the OR position. Just find it amusing that I had a bloody awful week. Best thing is that I STILL managed to beat my brother in our H2H league because the poor sod had Davies benched!

              1. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                Oh yeah I just realised that was your game week rank not overall rank!! Hahaha well as long as you won that’s the main thing!!

        • Random Name
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Interested to know why people are going Mitrovic over Zaha? Despite the fixtures too?

          On a little sidenote tho, never realised Mitrovic is only 23 - he plays and looks way beyond his years

          1. MattysFantasyFooty
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            He’s only 23 jeez thought the guy was in his late 20s

            1. Random Name
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Exactly my thoughts. It's actually completely changed my perception of the guy - he actually has some incredible potential

              1. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                Lol how did you not know that? He is a great player and Newcastle is very dumb for letting him go.

          2. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Mitro is almost fixture proof. Main point in Fulham attack, has most shots in the league, is on penalties. Zaha is a great pick too but I cant see him scoring 2+ goals.

            1. MattysFantasyFooty
              • 12 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              I wouldn’t really call a Fulham striker ‘fixture proof’

            2. Random Name
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              you're almost convincing me haha

        • Scheister
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Rich to:

          A) Fraser
          B) Moura
          C) Mkhi
          D) Wally

          1. MattysFantasyFooty
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            C

        • Tiamani Warrior
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          who saw the saints game? Ings nailed or rotation threat? was he very involved? thanks!

          1. Scheister
            • 13 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            He looked alright, wouldn’t say he’s nailed though.

            This Elyounoussi guy looked top class though

        • Zilla
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Woah GW rank dropped a lot tonight

        • lifes a pitch
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Zero....kind of surprised i went from a gw of around 120k down 1million

        • Dre
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Would you wildcard to fix the below?

          Foster, Boruc, Richarlison, Hudson-Odoi and Zohore Auba (to finance moves)

          Rest of team is:
          Mendy Robertson Alonso Shaw AWB
          Moura Salah Fraser
          Aguero

          Seems like maybe a waste of a transfer but feel like my team could do with a freshen up

        • Tsparkes10
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Pickford
          Alonso, Mendy, TAA, AWB
          Fraser, Salah, Lucas,
          Firminho, Zaha, Kun

          Speroni, Kabasele, Odoi, Rich

          One FT, thinking of Firminho, Rich > Hazard, Jimenez (-4), Opinions?

        • Positive vibes
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Hi, which is better?

          A. Richarlison -> Walcott (free)
          B. Mane, Rich -> Hazard, Fraser/Demarai (-4)
          C. DDG, Rich -> Ederson, Moura (-4)
          Ta.

        • crazysnakeman
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 7 months ago

          Who do you guys think is a better option as a 5.0 mid? Hughes or Kante?

          1. Salah’s Sonnet
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Hughes, i brought him in the other night as an enabler

          2. MTPockets
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Right now, given fixtures, kante.

          3. noahzark22
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Pogba worth a stab with this schedule coming up?

            Burnley (A)
            Watford (A) 3
            Wolves (H) 2
            West Ham (A) 3
            Newcastle (H)

            1. Twisted Saltergater
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Lingard might

              1. noahzark22
                • 8 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                HA

            2. crazysnakeman
              • 12 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Could do something but wouldn't really go near United atm plus better options at lower price

          4. Twisted Saltergater
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 16 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Fulham have just 3 home games in their next 9 PL fixtures #justsayin

            1. Salah’s Sonnet
              • 14 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Wow, makes me wanna do the Haz move first then instead of the mitro move.

              1. Twisted Saltergater
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • 16 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                Yup, Chelsea 6 home games in their next 9...

          5. DR0GBA
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 7 months ago

            Mane + Bilva > Hazard + Walcott (-8)

            Bit of a mini-wildcard and think Mane's points will dry up in the upcoming games. Doesn't do well against top 6 and away from home, whereas Eden has good fixtures

            1. Totalfootball
              • 9 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              Mane stats vs Haz..mane edging it atm

              1. Salah’s Sonnet
                • 14 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                well that's natural as Mane has been starting games. That'll soon change imo.

              2. DR0GBA
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                Hazard hasn't properly played under sarriball yet, especially against a weak defence

            2. Salah’s Sonnet
              • 14 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              I've decided to do Mane > Hazard first for -4 on previous page.

              That said, what you mention does make sense, Hazard has the platform to do so well, so i'd do it imo.

              1. DR0GBA
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                Cheers, I have about a 30 point lead ahead of my rivals who don't have Salah so i'll get rid of Mane for players who have potential to do better over the next few

                Still can always wildcard!

                1. Salah’s Sonnet
                  • 14 Years
                  7 years, 7 months ago

                  Yeah makes sense, wish you luck with it.

                  Ahh i've already wildcarded ya see, but i'm set up well, 2nd in my ML nd 1st in another.

            3. Messsiaah
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              i'm thinking about the same moves. how about Mane + Bilva > Hazard + Moura/Mkhi for -8?

              1. DR0GBA
                • 9 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                I like that too, i'd go Mkhi over Moura though

            4. GianniBanani
              • 7 Years
              7 years, 7 months ago

              I wouldnt handle watching Chelsea struggling with the buses like newcastle

              1. Salah’s Sonnet
                • 14 Years
                7 years, 7 months ago

                huh?