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Spurs roll out a 3-5-2 as Mourinho ditches the wing-back system

After a barnstorming match between Cardiff City and Arsenal on Sunday lunchtime, the two 16:00 BST kick-offs at Vicarage Road and Turf Moor bring Gameweek 4 to an end.

Tottenham Hotspur have made three changes to the side that beat Manchester United last Monday, with Ben Davies (£5.8m), Davinson Sanchez (£5.9m) and Michel Vorm (£4.9m) – in for the injured Hugo Lloris (£5.5m) – the men to come in. Danny Rose (£5.9m) and Eric Dier (£4.9m) drop to the bench.

Sanchez’s inclusion means that Mauricio Pochettino’s side are set to employ a 3-5-2 formation this afternoon, with Lucas Moura (£7.2m) possibly set to join Harry Kane (£12.5m) in attack – as the Brazilian did in the 3-1 win over Fulham. Moura was the second-most-bought player of Gameweek 4, being drafted in by more than half a million Fantasy Premier League managers.

Watford, meanwhile, are unchanged for the fourth successive league match.

The injured Phil Jones (£5.2m) is one of three players to drop out of Jose Mourinho’s starting XI, with Fred (£5.8m) and Ander Herrera (£5.0m) forced to watch on from the bench.

Alexis Sanchez (£10.2m), Marouane Fellaini (£5.0m) and Victor Lindelof (£4.9m) earn a reprieve to the United first team, which looks on paper to be a 4-3-3 following the wing-back experiment of Gameweek 3.

United are yet to keep a clean sheet this season (having recorded a league-high 19 in 2017/18) and David De Gea (£5.9m) – the most-sold goalkeeper of this round – has the worst save percentage of all the Premier League shot-stoppers this campaign.

Having naming an unchanged team for his side’s first three league matches, Sean Dyche has rotated his full-backs, with Charlie Taylor (£4.5m) and Phil Bardsley (£4.4m) replacing Stephen Ward (£4.9m) and Matthew Lowton (£4.9m).

An injury to Johann Berg Gudmundsson (£5.9m) means that 18-year-old Dwight McNeil gets a start on the left flank.

Burnley XI: Hart; Taylor, Tarkowski, Mee, Bardsley; Cork, Hendrick, Westwood, Lennon, McNeil; Wood.

Manchester United XI: De Gea; Valencia, Lindelof, Smalling, Shaw; Fellaini, Matic, Pogba; Lingard, Lukaku, Sanchez.

Watford XI: Foster; Janmaat, Cathcart, Kabasele, Holebas; Hughes, Capoue, Doucoure, Pereyra; Deeney, Gray.

Spurs XI: Vorm; Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Davies; Dembele, Eriksen, Dele; Lucas, Kane.

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3,734 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    8 figure GW rank

    1. Eden Wizard
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Always 😆

  2. Ibralicious
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Aubameyang-> Lukaku for -4 a no-brainer?

    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No. You need at least two more hits.

    2. Harry Ball Bag™⚽⚽…
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Don’t

      1. Ibralicious
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Half trolling, half hyped because we are actually playing half decent. 😀

  3. Desperately Seeking Dusan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Trollkaku essential.

  4. Rover
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Lukaku turning into an away bully?

    Watford (a) up next...

    1. Rover
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      and West Ham (a) in the next 3

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Even better, always scores v them

    2. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Watford not too shabby...

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

      Don’t underestimate Watford this season

  5. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    yeah.. maybe i should have played shaw instead of AWB

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      You serious ?

      1. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        very

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

      Shaw didn't come on for someone?

      1. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        no. bilva, pedro and mkhi all played in the end.... still not over mkhi.... why did unai have to do me like that

  6. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Do many top players actually have Lukaku though?

    Also, do remember they’re playing a much regressed Burnley side

    1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No they don’t.

    2. Podge
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      7%

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

      I do

    4. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      It’s less than 7% because that’s the lowest owned player to appear... he doesn’t make the list.

  7. TJ
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Lukaku will outscore Kane this season

    1. Zizoulicious
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Once Kane gets going he’ll outscore him easily I reckon

      1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        This

    2. Uppercut Panda - A legend i…
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      no way. kane's probably going to get 30 goals. i just cant see kaku matching that

  8. Rash
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Kaku ownership in top 10k?

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

      Less than 7%

    2. Klein
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I doubt any

    3. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Less than 7.4% because that’s the lowest owned forward.

    4. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Top 10k not so relevant right now since it’s only GW4. Lots in there who will be gone by GW8 or 9.

      1. Rash
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Hopefully I won't be one of those dropping off.

  9. SADIO SANÉ
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Ooo look at those United fixtures ...

  10. tafrère
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Lowton 1-pointer incoming. 🙁

  11. Jafooli
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Who assisted Loltrollukaku’s second?

    1. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Nobody

      1. Jafooli
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Might get him with a FT....

        1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          Madness. Only get him for hits.

    2. Andy_Social
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      2 defenders

  12. OPTA FPL
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    template break, Kaku is essential now

    1. GianniBanani
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Kaku for Aguero for -16?

  13. Sharkytect
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Alli not looking very good

    1. Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      as usual.

  14. fr3d
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Lingard looking really good btw

    1. Dannyb
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Yeah he has about 3 of those games a season.

      1. fr3d
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Looked good in 2 out of 2 so far this season.

        1. Eddie
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          So 1 more.

        2. tafrère
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          And looked good all last season.

  15. Cok3y5murf
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Someone who suggested Lukaku here this week was laughed at by everyone.

    Yep, defy the template and you're mocked.

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      The one laughing probably had Salah too

    2. OPTA FPL
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      ok people with kaku in team atm maybe in top 1.000.000 now lol

      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        More mockery. He didn't have him in his team. He was suggesting bringing him in with Burnley up next.

      2. Desperately Seeking Dusan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Hahaha, this is so true actually. Lot of people throw a lot of stuff out there, occasionally right and full of themselves and have some ridiculous rank.

        1. WE ARE RANGERS
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          posters on here full of themselves? Pots and kettles

        2. Cok3y5murf
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 9 months ago

          That's not the point. You can laugh at his rank, but why laugh at this? With Burnley up next, it wasn't an idiotic suggestion. But noooo, they just have to shut it down right away because they don't own Lukaku.

    3. GianniBanani
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I was laughing at Wally buyers. It doesnt mean anything

      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        I mean they weren't just laughing, they were more acting like it was a ridiculous suggestion when it really wasn't with Burnley up next.

  16. TerryVenables
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    (A)Shaw
    (B)Bellerin/Monreal

    1. Syd.
      • 15 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      A

      Arsenal are awful

  17. TheSteel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Who would you get rid of first? Tosun King or PvA

    1. yakirh
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      These are your problems?? nice!

  18. woodles
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Own Walcott & Tompkins (both doubts), Miki, Pelts, Arnie & King. All who I am considering selling for one reason or another. Is that enough fires for me to pull the WC trigger? I also really want Haz and Alonso.

    My WC would basically be

    Ederson to Rui Pat
    Robbo, Pelts, Tompkins to Alonso, Bennett, Hoedt(/4.5m)
    Miki, Walcott to Hazard, Fraser
    Arnie, King to Mitro, Ings

    I'd play a 343 most weeks with a mid of Salah, Haz, Mane, Fraser

  19. Tomerick
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Lukaku is now essential

    1. Ha.
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Essentially, no.

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

    Lukaku looks like he gained 20 pounds, and not in muscle. Did I miss something, or is it just the pink jersey?

    1. Paul Psychic Octopus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      could be Spam rather than fat

  21. Whats the Mata?
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    What would you do if you owned Zaha, Walcott and Mkhi?

    (Transfer wise xD)

    1. Goat
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I’ve Zaha, Tomkins, Wallcott and bednarek. Think I’ll WC

    2. We Go Again
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      In similar situation. Brain is telling me to wait it out but heart wants to get them all out

    3. Mcgugan
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Zaha will surely be back in 2 weeks so take him out of your thinking.

      I presume you brought in Walcott for more than 1 week.

      So your issue is Mhki - transfer to Fraser/Moura etc

  22. Goat
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    3 injuries, a Bednarek, no alonso and a rotation problem with Bilva. Wait or WC? Minimum -4 to get in Alonso and still have the injury problems

    1. Bury94
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      I'm in a similar position, gotta wait for press conferences before GW5 before making that decision

  23. Paul Psychic Octopus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Still on the cricket. Has Kane had even a whiff of a goal attempt yet?

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Sadly not

  24. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Flat track bully on to a hattrick I guess

  25. TheTinman
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Come on Rom I want 4

  26. Ibralicious
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Lukaku can easily score 25+ a season if he can keep his head intact while finishing chances VS the Top 5.

    1. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      So in short, he can't score 25+ a season

  27. MartialMatas
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Wildcard?

    DDG
    Alonso Mendy TAA
    Salah Bilva Mkhitaryan Walcott
    Kun Zaha Mitro

    Stekelenburg Boly AWB Stephens
    1FT £1.0m ITB

    1. Tomerick
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Needs Lukaku

      1. OPTA FPL
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        agree

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

      4 big problems here
      Bilva Mkhitaryan Walcott Zaha

      1 problem for the specific GW: Mitro

      But maybe you can survive with 2 transfers (1 hit)

  28. Eden Wizard
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Luke Shaw to salvage the week

  29. Strchld
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    On a WC, is it time to bring Lukaku in? Tasty fixtures.

    1. Ibralicious
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Yes good differential

  30. Zizoulicious
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    How does this risky transfer sound?

    Tomkins and Salah -> Alonso and Sterling/D.silva

    City have the fixtures and getting rid of Salah seems the only way for me to get Alonso, who is essential