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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. palace ash
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Who is the best player to own?

    A) Bilva
    B) Mkhitaryan
    C) Moura

    1. Drip Doctor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Don't think any of these are safe from rotation.

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

      D) Pedro.

    3. Andy Mac
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Trick question??

    1. Ghost Gooner
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Fraser

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

        He's 5.6...

  2. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    sanch off rash on

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

    Has Lukaku completed his hat trick yet?

    1. Smurf
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No. That's going to be waiting for him after the Watford match next GW.

  4. Weasel51
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Right...

    Pickford
    Alonso Robertson Mendy
    Hazard Salah Bilva Fraser
    Ings Aguero Arnie

    A) Bilva > Pedro/Moura
    B) Pickford > Rui Patricio
    C) Something else

    Thanks in advance!

  5. fedolefan
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Please sub Davies before he loses his CS.

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

    Eriksen def touched that!

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

      Yes

    2. Dead Lift
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Definitely. It should change.

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

    Shaw in the baps!!

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

      Looks like a Jamie Jackson article. Nothing concrete there

      1. zizzou123
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Ah Jamie phew.

  8. Harper (No more Penandes)
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Bavies nowhere near bonus

  9. yer old da
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    With Zaha, Walcott, Bsilva and Daniels would you WC?

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

      Walcott will be ok
      Silva will be back next gw

      Take a -4 and ditch Zaha and dan

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

      They all could play. Dust it off

  10. Sasquatch Slayer
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Oh Pogba’s playing as well. Hadn’t noticed

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

      Is he?

  11. BON
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Interesting WC team

    Hennessey, Speroni
    Alonso, Mendy, Robertson, Trippier, Wan-Bissaka
    Moura, Mkhitaryan, Lingard, Pedro, Richarlison
    Agüero, Kane, Ings

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

      no Walcott?

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

      That looks really decent....

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      That midfield

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

      I...like it

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

      Whats Kane done to convince you today?

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

      Kane worth 12.5 with champions league in the coming weeks?

    7. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Moura out.

    8. SweeSwee
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      No Liverpool attack seems to be the only downside.

      Even with the fixtures coming up, not expecting a drought of attacking returns

    9. sambyy
      • 13 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Interesting and quite awful.

  12. 21Owen
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Is Mkhi to Maddison or Knockaert a decent move? Would also free up some funds

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

      No

      1. 21Owen
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Fair enough

  13. TheTwelfthMan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Lingard @ 6.8m, 3.3% ownership.. certainly enticing.

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

      Will he play though?

    2. fedolefan
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Already in my team, wish I could get some points for it.

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

      In my wc right now. Should be more secured minutes with martial out in the cold this year.

  14. Bubz
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Going to have to buy this Moura chap

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

      Son back

      1. Texas Pete
        • 10 Years
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Yup. With 3 goals and an assist in the last three though he'll need to shift him.

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

      I took him out instead of Bilva - such an idiot - not sure about all this 'when Son is back' talk either

  15. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    0.1 short of Mkhi & Robertson > Maddison & Alonso. Fuming

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

      You’ll be thankful

    2. Chenku╰☆╮
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Stars telling you something

  16. Fantastisk
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Eriksen is a wasteman. Even when he takes a corner he plays it short to Trippier to lump it in to the box.

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

    Zaha and Mhki on WC big fails this week, as I’m sure was the same with a lot of people. Hopefully work out in the coming weeks.

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Unlikely IMO

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

        Why? I mean they are likely the first players I’ll drop, but why don’t you think so?

  18. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Mkhi + Arnie > Moeen & Curran

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

      Potato

  19. Weasel51
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    A) Bilva > Pedro/Moura
    B) Pickford > Rui Patricio

  20. FlockofSeagulls
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Anyone watching Watford? How's Deeney's game been?

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

      Normal big lump performance

  21. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 15 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Shaw shot on target.

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

      More baps!!!

  22. Ógie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Why don't BT show the other game when two games kick off at 4pm on a Sunday?

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      Only moved because Burnley in EL. Not a TV game

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

    Oof Sanchez off on 61? Damn

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

      6points?

  24. Zladan
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    I still think it’s too early for a wildcard. Most wildcard RMTs have about 8 or 9 of the current template.

    There does seem to be a clear shift from LFC players to Hazard & Kane, but this is attainable without wildcard over the next 2 gameweeks for a small hit.

    The recent injuries/droppings of the likes of Zaha, Mkhi, Bilva, Walcott, Pedro are small spanners in the works, but these players can now be used as the makeweights.

    Don’t underestimate the importance of the wildcard. If you use it now, you only have one more to use in the next 34 gameweeks (and only after gw18)... including navigating the blank and double gameweeks.

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

      Wildcards are overrated

  25. Dybala10
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Is this projected WC worthwhile or just hold with what I have?

    Current
    Ederson, Hamer
    Mendy, Robertson, PVA, AWB, Boly
    Mkhi, Salah, Mane, Walcott, Stephens
    Ings, Arnautovic, Aguero

    Potential
    5.5, Bettinelli
    Mendy, Robertson, Alonso, AWB, Duffy
    Pedro/Pereyra, Hazard, Mane, Lucas Moura, Fraser
    Ings, Mitrovic, Aguero

    1. Tatty Bojangles
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 9 months ago

      You need a cheap 5th midfielder or you’ll have abenching headache every week!

  26. Richd
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 9 months ago

    Sick of the mods. I’m even getting posts deleted that say Pedro.

    See you ahead of the next GW.

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        5 years, 9 months ago

        Don't be a pedrofile

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

      Exact money of WC to do Robbo to TAA and then get Lingard as 4th mid. Seems very tempting as a differential to the stand Pedro/Mkhi/Moura vibe

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

      Deeneu