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15 September 2018 1767 comments
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There were no big surprises as the team sheets came out for Gameweek 5’s opening fixture between Tottenham and Liverpool.

Despite fears that Reds manager Jurgen Klopp would rotate some of his big hitting Fantasy Premier League options, Jordan Henderson (£5.3m) was the only one to drop out.

Naby Keita (£7.4m) comes in while Mohamed Salah (£13.0m), Sadio Mané (£10.0m) and Roberto Firmino (£9.4m) all kept their places in the starting XI.

As expected, Michel Vorm (£4.9m) comes in for the injured Hugo Lloris (£5.5m) while Harry Winks (£5.5m) gets the nod with Dele Alli (£9.1m) out with a knock.

There is unlikely to be much captain interest in this fixture with both Salah and Harry Kane (£12.5m) backed by under 6% in our most recent poll for the armband.

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR XI (4-2-3-1): Vorm, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Rose, Dier, Dembele, Winks, Eriksen, Lucas, Kane.

LIVERPOOL XI (4-3-3): Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Van Dijk, Robertson, Wijnaldum, Keita, Milner, Salah, Firmino, Mane.

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  1. Texas Pete
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Good match this. Disappointed in Salah, though. Does not look on it.

    1. My Name Is Pepu
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Was never worth 13m

    2. Oven Glover
      8 years, 1 month ago

      All it needs is a Dier goal. Best imaginable result.

      1. Deulofail
        8 years, 1 month ago

        #nosalahleague

        1. Oven Glover
          8 years, 1 month ago

          Deleted a couple of teams today. They couldn’t resist the temptation...

        2. Silecro
          8 years, 1 month ago

          That league probably brimming with points

          1. Deulofail
            8 years, 1 month ago

            Nope. Not from me, anyway

    3. Pacer.
      8 years, 1 month ago

      He's not getting the service. Looks fine to me, just getting frustrated

    4. 1zverGGadeM
      8 years, 1 month ago

      2-3 times he gets in good positions, but lack of midfield support in providing through balls

  2. Danstoke82
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Martin Tyler sounds really hacked off that spurs are losing

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      8 years, 1 month ago

      More to do with Liverpool winning

  3. noquarternt
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Wijnaldum sellers brutally punished

    1. Les Bleus
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Seller*

      1. noquarternt
        8 years, 1 month ago

        I’m sure there’s at least 1 account with him captained, dreaming of the weekly prize.

  4. BON
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Glad I sold Mané on my WC. He's just been lucky in the first 4 GWs and not worth £10m

    1. tafrère
      8 years, 1 month ago

      How I love those half-time comments.

    2. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I heard earlier on hear his disallowed goal shouldn't have been disallowed. But eh.

    3. Les Bleus
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Lucky to score 4 goals? Interesting.

      1. soup natsi
        8 years, 1 month ago

        At least 1 was miles offside

        1. HuttonDressedasLahm
          8 years, 1 month ago

          1/2 metre, but yes

    4. Limited & Mediocre Mana…
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I sold Mane but I'm not going to throw my arms up and celebrate after 45 mins.

    5. S.Kuqi
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I paid 9.5 and he is worth every penny

      1. FPLGyarados
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Me too. No chance of me selling him yet.
        I'd sell Salah before him purely because of the large price tag and I could do with funds to spread around.

      2. BON
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Not even worth that. Many better options at a cheaper price as well.

    6. Totalfootball
      8 years, 1 month ago

      You sell Mane , who do you get anyway ?!

      1. tafrère
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Maddison lmaoo

    7. MafioSol
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Trust me, a feature of his play last season was him scoring points even whilst playing badly. I expect him to get something here.

  5. tafrère
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Frustrating that Salah and Mané couldn't take advantage of all those Spurs mistakes. Can see the "no Salah" bragging on here after the game. It pisses me off already. 45 mins to go though.

    1. Les Bleus
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Right on point. Look above you

  6. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero c next week, Cardiff are really poor. Hazard to test them to shreds today

    1. FPLGyarados
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah I'm scared not having Hazard or Alonso.
      Hopefully Cardiff will just play 11 in goal and Chelsea can wear them out to make it easier for Aguero next week :3

      1. Oven Glover
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Warnock not going to park the bus. Find a couch to hide behind.

  7. My Name Is Pepu
    8 years, 1 month ago

    1-1 written all over this

  8. Zilla
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Liverpool are worse than last season, scrapping wins till now

    1. Pacer.
      8 years, 1 month ago

      What planet are you on.

      1. Zilla
        8 years, 1 month ago

        You think they are better than last season? Seriously?

    2. Nascimento
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Do you mean scraping?

      1. Zilla
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Yep

    3. Critical Observer
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Apparently the logic goes, that they are better than last season cos they have been finding ways to win despite being atrocious for most of the time in most of their matches so far. I'm anything but a fan but at least last season they were exciting to watch; the 18/19 vintage has been anything but.

      1. Zilla
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Good point

      2. Pacer.
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Except they're not atrocious at all are they. Have you not observed the 1000% improvement in the quality of their defence. If you think they're worse you're deluding yourself imo

        1. Critical Observer
          8 years, 1 month ago

          Notice, how I didn't allude to them being worse; my vantage point is that of a "neutral" (i.e. I don't care if they win or lose), and where I'm watching from, I could say I could have given all their outings a wide berth and not miss a thing thus far. They have conceded awfully lots of good chances as well, something to consider before giving percentage values to their improvement vis-a-vis last season (when they weren't bad at all defensively).

          It might change.

    4. Texas Pete
      8 years, 1 month ago

      And yet...

    5. El-Kloppico
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Thats EPL.. Beautiful football dont win titles..
      Thats one thing liverpool missed for years, holding on to a score.
      And this year around they have it and capitalising on it. But never underestimate their attack though.

      1. My Name Is Pepu
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Beautiful football doesn't win titles here? A certain Pep Guardiola is laughing right now.

  9. TheTinman
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Toon Army first win of the season today?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Not if Auba and laca start

    2. Oven Glover
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Definitely

  10. Yoshioka
    8 years, 1 month ago

    The longer it remains 1-0, the more onus on Spurs to really have a go... and the more open it'll be for Salah and Mane. One or both of them will score.

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Slash came off early last game

      Could be some changes ready for cl

      1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Salah

        1. Majestic Chanka
          8 years, 1 month ago

          I like Slash as a nickname for him, beats Salad anyway

        2. HuttonDressedasLahm
          8 years, 1 month ago

          I prefer Slash 🙂

      2. Rainer
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Surely if Salah is as bad as you say Klopp wont play him in the big CL games?

        1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
          8 years, 1 month ago

          Hahaha, this is so true. You read comments on here and you’d think Salah is a Championship player.

      3. Point-one short
        8 years, 1 month ago

        A. Rose came on in his place

    2. Holmes
      8 years, 1 month ago

      maybe Mane but doubt Salah scores...

  11. Zilla
    8 years, 1 month ago

    This page might be a good laughing material after the 90 mins end 😉

    1. My Name Is Pepu
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Like Salah's 13m price tag 😉

  12. jtreble
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Best TOT players so far for me: Moura and Erikisen.

    1. My Name Is Pepu
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Everyone has been okayish apart from that knob-head Dier.

    2. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Moura looks ace right?
      Both Salah and Mane unlucky not to have scored. Looking forward to second half.

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

      Eriksen mistake led to Pool goal

    4. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Honestly, apart from a 20 min spell I think Liverpool have been by far the better team.

      Reading posts on here over the past couple of weeks and “analysis”, a term I use lightly, you’d think Liverpool were some kind of also-rans and were second rate compared to the top 6.

  13. ZeBestee
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Used TC on Kun. Was to remove it on him after contemplating for long but was too busy today and forgot so when i saw it was a nice surprise, albeit the fear it could go wrong as well.

    1. My Name Is Pepu
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Don't think it could go much wrong though playing it in a DGW is the preferred strategy.

      Hope it works out well for you. GL

      1. ZeBestee
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks mate. Cheers.

    2. Mic
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I think its as decent an opportunity as any. Good luck

    3. FPLGyarados
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I'm hoping for some goals from him too so best of luck to us both!

    4. Desperately Seeking Dusan
      8 years, 1 month ago

      There’s never “wrong” but it’s opportunity cost if there’s a TC opp in a DGW.

    5. brianutd-why always we? 20
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Fantasy fix recommended me using TC Kun

    6. ZeBestee
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Thanks all.

  14. noquarternt
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Strange comments on here. Both sides having a few chances due to opposition errors. No one is on fire nor terrible. Bit of variance and we could have had a fair few goals.

    1. soup natsi
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Matchday ffs is the worst

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Bemba and Chucky come out to play. Of course it is

      2. noquarternt
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Incredible all the OMG my player hasn’t scored, I should wildcard him out!!1.

        1. Desperately Seeking Dusan
          8 years, 1 month ago

          You’ve been here 3 years and only just noticed?! I would say a lot of casuals but there’s a healthy dose of long time players who are simply rubbish hence some of the comments about whoever scores the most points in one game is then “essential” followed by a meltdown of a player who did well last week, brought in, then gets a blank and an immediate exit. I’m almost hoping Alonso (as an owner) blanks today just for the entertainment on here.

          When 3pm teams are announced is usually good entertainment.

          1. noquarternt
            8 years, 1 month ago

            Haha normally asleep by now, it’s getting late here, haven’t really been on here during matchdays. But yeah terrible.

    2. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Don't look for any meaningful analysis on here until about MOTD time.

      1. Pumpkinhead - I'm ITK …
        8 years, 1 month ago

        You don't get much then. Just study's Bemba' s posts . I think he's popping pills

  15. Penguin
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Salah is garbage, one season wonder for sure

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

      Lmao

    2. Make United Great Again
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Okay.

    3. Syd.
      8 years, 1 month ago

      It is the way he rolls

      Goes missing for large periods and contributes very little at times when Liverpool go defensive which they have done more this season

      1. El-Kloppico
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Are you referring to Kane?
        Salah has been the more involved attacking player since the start of the season if you check the stats.

  16. DGW Sane TC Fail....
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Salah looking the worst out the front three for Liverpool at the moment. Close game. Spurs with the better possession with the ball Liverpool with the better chances.

  17. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    8 years, 1 month ago

    I still trust Salah but Salah to Hazard for an FT might have been a good move

    1. Sánchez
      8 years, 1 month ago

      (a FT) but nah, get both

  18. Camzy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Liverpool just have a better team and squad than Spurs.

    1. soup natsi
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Evidenced by winks starting

    2. My Name Is Pepu
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Shame they aren't exactly outplaying Spurs right now and are only ahead by a scrappy goal.

    3. DGW Sane TC Fail....
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Spurs have been the better team. Playing some really good football. just got nothing going in the last third. They could easy turn this game around.

    4. Revival
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Spurs really missing Alli, Lamela and Son being on the pitch so far today

  19. BON
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Can see Mané to Hazard being the most popular move this week after Chelsea win 4-0.

    1. DGW Sane TC Fail....
      8 years, 1 month ago

      With Southampton nex. they will find other ways to get Hazard in

    2. Zilla
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Alonso poker?

    3. Les Bleus
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Ok we get it. You’re happy you sold Mane

  20. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Aguero 180% effective ownership in the top 10k by the looks of things

    1. Point-one short
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Wow. Any returns pretty much worthless rank-wise.

      1. Totalfootball
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Thats so sad...

      2. fedolefan
        8 years, 1 month ago

        You're in the top 10k?

        1. Point-one short
          8 years, 1 month ago

          12.2k atm

      3. Sandy Ravage
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Matters for me cos 2 of my rivals with Aguero but captained Alonso & Salah.

    2. Deulofail
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Didn't captain him or Hazard. Uh oh... 😆

  21. My Name Is Pepu
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Liverpool are playing with 12 men if you include Dier.

    Unfair

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

      And Eriksen set up that corner

  22. cheeky_ash
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Going to be an interesting 2nd half....spurs will have to push up more.....Mané owners may enjoy this fact....hopefully. Liverpool lacking that final killer pass....otherwise it could of been 3-0. Firminho looks a bit off it.

  23. Podge
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Love people on here counting their chickens at half time 🙂

    1. Sánchez
      8 years, 1 month ago

      It's not like Salah's capable of suddenly exploding. Or like Spurs away wasn't always going to be a tight game

      1. Rainer
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Out with such logic!

    2. tiger
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I have 3 chickens...hope to have more in the second half.

    3. Pacer.
      8 years, 1 month ago

      This board is a cesspool on matchday

    4. Point-one short
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I have no chickens. 🙁

  24. Salarrivederci
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Robertson to get 1,2 or 3 BAPS today?

    1. Les Bleus
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I’d be happy with a CS first.

    2. Point-one short
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Don't jinx it!

  25. noquarternt
    8 years, 1 month ago

    FPL broken no Red flag for Ings!!

    1. #FPLBhuna
      8 years, 1 month ago

      BN

      1. #FPLBhuna
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Ban

    2. Eddie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Keep buying Ings people.

  26. HuttonDressedasLahm
    8 years, 1 month ago

    This place is becoming a joke during matches 🙄

    Maybe watch the whole game first then comment?

  27. Richd
    8 years, 1 month ago

    I care about fpl a lot. I’d say I’m obsessed.

    Then I see some the posts here and I genuinely think there are people who need genuine help. Reach out to someone guys.

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      8 years, 1 month ago

      This

    2. Silecro
      8 years, 1 month ago

      "There is no success in fantasy premier league without being obsessed"
      - Barack Obama

      1. Richd
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Haha 🙂

  28. Sandy Ravage
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Nervously awaiting 2pm team news...

    1. FPLGyarados
      8 years, 1 month ago

      I'm nervous with you!

  29. ⭐ ABHISHEK - THE CURIOUS …
    8 years, 1 month ago

    In PL ,

    C.ronaldo , Modric , Thiery Henry , Bale were such a class players in terms of Fantasy points .

    Can Salah be added in this category -_-

    1. HuttonDressedasLahm
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Not yet, but potentially

      You forgot Suarez

      1. Critical Observer
        8 years, 1 month ago

        Suarez was a monster. The stats probably don't back me up but I feel Suarez in 13/14 was miles ahead Salah in 17/18. He could - and most often would - be ruthless, that guy.

    2. BenDavies
      8 years, 1 month ago

      no

  30. Jet5605
    8 years, 1 month ago

    Is Milner being overlooked as a great

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

      Solid footballer like Gareth Barry. Wished they'd stayed at Villa longer. Great??

    2. El-Kloppico
      8 years, 1 month ago

      Just like Carrick.. Playing second fiddle preventing ppl to see the worth of them.