Dugout Discussion

Eriksen benched as both Son and Moura start for Spurs

There are some slight concerns about Harry Kane‘s (£11.1m) positioning in this afternoon’s match between Spurs and Newcastle.

The centre-forward naturally keeps his place in the side but shares the team-sheet with both Lucas Moura (£7.5m) and Son Heung-min (£9.5m).

Crucially, Christian Eriksen (£8.9m) finds himself on the bench once again, which could require Kane to drop deep to provide creativity for Moura and Son.

Spurs did not look in particularly good shape for the first hour of their Gameweek 1 hosting of Aston Villa, when Eriksen was on the bench.

It was only after he took to the field that Mauricio Pochettino’s men really got into their attacking stride.

It will, therefore, be of great interest to Fantasy managers how Kane, Moura and Son line-up against Newcastle.

Elsewhere in the Spurs side, Kyle Walker-Peters (£5.0m) continues his spell at right-back while Jan Vertonghen (£5.3m) makes it onto the bench but is still waiting for his first Premier League minutes of the season.

Opponents Newcastle line-up as expected, in a 5-3-2 formation, which continues to feature FPL midfielder Miguel Almirón (£6.0m) as a centre-forward.

Meanwhile, Wolves host Burnley in the other 4:30pm kick-off, with the benching of Leander Dendoncker (£4.5m) the biggest news.

After starting both league matches for Wolves so far this season, he has been replaced in the starting line-up by Morgan Gibbs-White (£5.0m).

That marks the only change from the side that drew with Manchester United, Matt Doherty (£6.0m) back at right wing-back after missing out against Torino midweek.

Hoping to crash another party away from home is Ashley Barnes (£6.6m) who came into Gameweek 3 behind only Teemu Pukki (£6.9m) and Raheem Sterling (£12.2m) for shots in the box.

Spurs XI: Lloris; Rose, D Sánchez, Alderweireld, Walker-Peters; Sissoko, Winks; Moura, Son, Lamela; Kane.

Newcastle XI: Dubravka; Ritchie, Dummett, Lascelles, Schär, Krafth; Saint-Maximin, S Longstaff, Hayden; Almirón, Joelinton.

Wolves XI: Patrício; Boly, Coady, Bennett; Jonny, Neves, Gibbs-White, Moutinho, Doherty; D Jota, Jiménez.

Burnley XI: Pope; Pieters, Mee, Tarkowski, Lowton; McNeil, Westwood, Cork, Gudmundsson; Barnes, Wood.

2,138 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Hy liverpool
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    C'mon mouraaaa

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yes

    2. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      All in on this

  2. Alan The Llama
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    C'mon Son!

    1. CARROW ROAD
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Ready to shake up the template

  3. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Kane....

  4. Godfrey
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    73 with only Jota left. Please reward my faith Jota

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Massive

  5. Tomerick
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Joelinton!

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Joe Linton*

  6. Gooner Kebab
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    1-1 pls

  7. Tomerick
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    85 all in. Need an upset in the Spurs game to maximise the gains.

  8. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Sterling holds BAP!

    1. EMBOLOFAN
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      legend

    2. Valar(Keith)
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Still time for him to lose it via dispossession etc?

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        GWG +3
        Tackled once.

        1. Valar(Keith)
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Ah. Cheers

    3. Amey
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Awesome
      Got it wrong twice in two gw's with Raz & Mo © though 😀
      Hopefully third time lucky next gw

  9. Hotdogs for Tea
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Aguero now essential ? 🙂

    1. Yank Revolution
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      How long is Jesus out for?

      1. tucaoneo
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        2000+ years and counting

        1. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Heard alternative interpretations... What's your source?

        2. Bobby Digital
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          🙂

        3. cravencottage
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Truly funny

      2. Fpl Richie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Until judgement day. Which is easy to confuse with transfer deadline day

      3. Hotdogs for Tea
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        until Easter 😉

  10. Magic Zico
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    My defence score this week 1 2 2 1 5 for 30M budget yukie

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Defence not important this GW. Only Southampton and Aston Villa kept CS so far. This GW is about:

      (i) Pukki owners vs non-owners
      (ii) Salah owners vs non-owners
      (iii) Sterling(c) vs Kane(c)

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Still, spending that much with not enough return is suck

        1. diesel001
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Will payoff over time IMO. You don't buy a big defence just for Christmas

          1. Magic Zico
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Maybe ... few 6-7 mid and forward options appear now ... so number crunching at the start of GW5

    2. Karhumies
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Switch to 3-4-3 or 3-5-2?

      1. Magic Zico
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        When WC during international break yes

        1. Karhumies
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Quality over quantity. Don't go to the other opposite end of only getting cheap defenders. Middle ground ftw.

  11. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Salah beat Sterling this week. Would not have expected that before the GW started.

  12. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Harris -BPS

  13. HollywoodXI
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Ok captain Harry Kane. I’ve trusted you before and you’ve let me down. I WC in part to get you in...don’t let me down. Hat trick needed!

    1. Gerd Mueller’s thighs
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Story of my FPL life. I held Kane for this week, but without a brace, he is out for Kun.

  14. teddypicker
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Salah/Sterling (C) correct choice 0/3 gwks!

    1. tucaoneo
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Same. This is so disgusting.

      1. Moose™
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Salah or Sterling perma captained. Problem solved.

        1. tucaoneo
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          That's actually a good idea

    2. Christina.
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Salah @ 12.5 needs to be perma (c)

  15. Sandy Ravage
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Sto(k)es

  16. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Jota, pls. Just get something.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      And I will recruit you when you did

  17. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    9 to win

  18. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Who cares about football? Cricket has been amazing this summer hasn't it!

    1. diesel001
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I don't like cricket.....

      I love it!

  19. Moose™
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    60 all out. Average?

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Well above

    2. Bobby Digital
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Good

    3. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Good yeah , I'm on 47 with Kane(c) and Pope.

    4. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I reckon decent subject to Spurs performance as most people have some coverage

  20. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Harry Wilson could make a very nice Bou option. They will score loads of goals looking at the fixtures and Wilson seem a nice route. Calum is the other option many have sold.

    1. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Agreed

    2. VanDijksToWatchOutFor
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Has he stolen some set pieces off fraser too?

  21. Fpl Richie
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    30 soft shots at the Burnley goal please

  22. BRKFCTrueRover
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Bloody Moura, decided for martial and no doubt he'll score a hatty

  23. GAMBIT
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Jota blanks today and I'm gettind rid. Pukki in for a hit. Just don't know what the transfer to free up funds will be

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I did Greenwood to Pukki -4

      1. Fpl Richie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Nice

  24. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    2 to win

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      !!!!!!!! this is mental

    2. Fpl Richie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      So tense. Stokes is ridiculous

  25. Rainer
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Is Stokes an MBE yet?

  26. Piggs Boson
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    I don't follow Cricket at all, but this is exciting 🙂

    1. Tsparkes10
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Hahaha honestly. Biting my nails and feel sick lol

    2. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      One of thr best of all time

    3. Ze_Austin
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Not watching the match. I don't even know the game works. But the fever in today's FFS comments now has me interested

  27. Bobby Digital
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Go Kane!

  28. GOTHAM City F.C.
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Come on England

    1. cravencottage
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Funny game you Brits love!

      1. Supersonic Marv'
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        No cricket where you're from? What are you barbarians?

        1. cravencottage
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Yes. Barbaric Yank!

          1. Supersonic Marv'
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            I say!

      2. GOTHAM City F.C.
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        I ain't Brit but I do like some funny games.

  29. My heart goes Salalalalah
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Aussies BMT gone

  30. Nightcrawler
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Lucky lucky stokes

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yep. But Aussies should not waste reviews. Will teach them a valuable lesson here