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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.

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  1. Lexi2014
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Kane to Aguero right now?

    1. Balls of Steel
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Me too

    2. Ben Mee Over A Table
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Right now

      1. C'mon the Fylde
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        It's not a direct swap.
        Who else have you shipped?

        1. Ronaldo 7
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Just done it zinc to soyuncu for the extra mil

  2. Balls of Steel
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Looking forward to seeing Son play when he's back for Spurs...they will be a totally different team from an attacking sense!!!

    1. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yeah there was no chinky eye for spurs today

      1. Calderano FC
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        You're a fool!

  3. Ben Mee Over A Table
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    19 points from today's games enough to go up?

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      More than

  4. have you seen cyan
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    so who was it now telling me that my team was trash and I would be left behind for not wildcarding, irbox was it? hmmm xD

  5. Daddy Kev
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    62 points after BPs added, is that above average this week?

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

      No average is 63

      1. have you seen cyan
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        average is 63? yea right

    2. The Man Pastore
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Go brag elsewhere

    3. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      these posts are silly...great score btw!

  6. Ha.
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    112 all out. Green arrow?

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

      Light red, you should quit.

    2. Ross From Friends
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Whats your team ID?

      1. Ha.
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        69420

        1. Ben Mee Over A Table
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Look at you go you crafty little memer. Wow, whatever will you think of next?

    3. Botman and Robben
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Big red.

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

    Just remember, keeper rotation ends in tears

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

    I went with Mane over Salah on WC. Going to give it a few weeks to see if they share points but which do you guys think is the better option going forward?

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I did the same. It’ll balance out. Both will have good weeks.

      1. Tasty Jerk
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Salah on pens though

    2. Muchentuchel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Mané!
      Salah scoring against a big team is a pure wonder.
      He will have so many matches this season where he'll try too hard and play too selfish. Mané is both footed and always lookin for his teammates. He's even cheaper.

      Should be enough reasons to go with Mané 😉

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Did you just say Mane isn’t selfish? Lmao

    3. E25
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Salah on pens and shoots a lot more. Salah is a big favourite to score more than Mane this season IMO.

    4. Regin
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I have both.

  9. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Spurs against Newcastle next, they said. Captain Kane, they said. Son brace, they said.

    Can I lol now?

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

      You still want us to decide if you should LOL or not?

    2. Hairy Potter
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      No, it's considered rude when you do that here on match day after taking stick all week for an opinion.

      1. JustPark
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Glad I asked.

  10. The Man Pastore
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Best 4.5 def in your opinion? Will rotate with Lund

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

      Soyuncu

    2. jia you
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      I like Mings/Engels, Villa's fixtures are decent!

  11. Tasty Jerk
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Terrible Gameweek for me, anyone hitting the wild card now? 😀

    1. The Man Pastore
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Yep

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

      I am
      Had a good gw though

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

    Epic rough for Az this week on the scoutcast (WC played this week):

    1. Took out Salah for Mane (lost 12 points)
    2. Took out TAA for Lundstram (lost 5 points)
    3. Captained Kane when would’ve captained Sterling (lost 6 points)
    4. Rashford penalty miss (lost 9 points including probable bonus)
    5. Dunk goal ruled out by VAR (lost 6 points)
    6. Kane “penalty” not given by VAR (lost eight points as captain plus ant BAPS)

    Total loss of 46 points minimum. I’ve only scored 43 points this week. Ironically I still love my team and won’t be making any substitutions this week. Just one of those weeks!

    1. Beatle
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      6?. Was never given in the first place

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

        Did you watch the game? It was a pen in my opinion.

        1. Amartey Partey
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          VAR is useless.

    2. Qaiss
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Unlucky but the Kane pen wasnt a pen. It was just spurs cheating as usual diving in the penalty area. They forgot VAR has arrived.

      1. balint84
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Lascelles jumped to Kane's foot.

        1. Qaiss
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          It that had been outside the area, Kane wouldn’t have gone down. All he does is score pens from diving or he’s swearing on his daughters life about goals that don’t touch him. Either way, not worth it on FPL and is why he’ll never be in my team ever again.

          1. Amartey Partey
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Don't be silly. It was a definite penalty. Lascelles fell into Kane and took out his leg while he was about to take the shot.

  13. The Mighty Hippo
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    I wish people would stop transferring in my secret Haller differential. Could you all just forget about him please?

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

      This 😉

    2. Harper (No more Penandes)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      This, please forget about Aguero too

    3. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      And remove Kane ASAP

  14. Top Lad Dakes.
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 6 months ago

    Sick to my stomach with that ending.

    Also don’t know whether to bring in Son now. KDB alternative but for a hit, losing Zinchenko

    1. The Overthinker
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Why losing zinch?

      1. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Don’t have funds for KDB alone. 9.5 available

        1. The Overthinker
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          What are the transfers?

  15. @persecuted_by_mods
      4 years, 6 months ago

      Barnes or Pukki? Can't get both but this year not gonna make the same mistake as I did with Jiminez!

      1. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Why not both?

        1. @persecuted_by_mods
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Not possible for me, if just one?

            1. The Overthinker
              • 7 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Barnes.

              The fixtures turn really good after Liverpool

        2. Beatle
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Pukki

        3. Shearer & Sutton
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Pukki

      2. Kroos Kontrol
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Would you get McGinn or Cantwell (the extra 1.0 isn't too big an issue at this point). Have Lundstram to rotate with.

        Probably need to do it today to avoid Cantwell's rise

        1. The Overthinker
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          McGinn yes

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

          Got Cantwell for GW4 for a hit

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

          Cantwell as 4th mid, McGinn as 5th mid. Norwich goes all out attack every match. Villa plays counterattack with McGinn sitting too deep to participate in the attacks vs top half teams so you want to play him only when the fixture is vs bottom half team.

        4. jia you
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          I like both for 4th & 5th mids...cant see past the potential value of that pair tbh!

      3. The Overthinker
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Kane has a really good goal scoring record vs Arsenal

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

          He did vs newc before today too

          1. The Overthinker
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Not really.
            3 goals in 10 matches isn't good record.

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

              It is for a dm

        2. Typo
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          I see what you are doing

          1. The Overthinker
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Talking sense?
            Telling the knee-jerkers to calm down?

        3. Harper (No more Penandes)
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          And a really sh!t one vs newcastle but people don't pay attention to that

          1. The Overthinker
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Ikr

        4. Qaiss
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Luiz is going to have him in his pocket I’m afraid

          1. The Overthinker
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            LMAO !!!!
            Luiz? Hahahahaha

            1. Qaiss
              • 8 Years
              4 years, 6 months ago

              Lmao, Kane owner?!?!? Hahahahah, yeah if you bothered to watch football you would’ve noticed last year they cheated against us twice. Son diving for a penalty in the first match and vertonghen running into the box when Auba missed the last minute penalty. They are cheats, and they will not be getting top 4. Half of Kanes goals will now be taken away from him cause they can’t dive for pens no more

      4. Somar
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        What an incredibly shocking weekend for me. Had Kand captain. Newcastle didn't give him a sniff. Pope clean sheet wipe out sums it up too. Having made my transfer already (Pukki in for King), I'm logging off. Cheers.

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

        A) Dendoncker > Cantwell
        B) Jota > Barnes

        Ryan - Heaton
        VVD - Digne - Zinchenko - Dunk - Diop
        Salah - Sterling - KDB - Martial - Dendoncker
        Pukki - Jota - Greenwood

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

        Now watch Kane score a brace against Arsenal 😆

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

          After mass sales

          1. The Overthinker
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            That and also his record vs them

      7. balint84
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        A) Not selling Kane because of NLD
        B) straight swap to Kun

        1. Regin
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          No idea what nld is, but b

          1. have you seen cyan
            • 4 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            north london derby

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

        Moura thoughts going forward? Too risky? Looked their most likely.

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

          His finishing was horrible. No chance he starts vs arsenal

        2. GreennRed
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          He's not nailed on.

      9. Freaki
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Barnes for Kane so that can spend money in midfield?

        1. Tasty Jerk
          • 11 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Is what i am doing yes

        2. gooberman
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Jumping the Kane ship after just one game? So knee jerk. Why did you get Kane in the first place. You must realise as with all premium players, there will be games even against the lesser teams where he will blank. He will get a brace next week while Barnes hits an inevitable regression. Constant chopping and changing your players just results in you falling between the gaps. Be patient and have faith in your players.

      10. gooberman
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Lol at Kane owners. Newcastle doing a Cardiff on him.

        1. Regin
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Double lol @ kane cappers

        2. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Wipe that smirk off your face.

          1. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
            • 5 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Faces

        3. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          They didn't even defend great, he was just anonymous

      11. RealVirg
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        For those wondering why there was such a surprising Spurs/ Harry Kane result, I have performed some analysis to identify the key driver:

        https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2019/08/24/martial-leads-united-line-as-potter-roulette-strikes-again/?hc_page=12&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_20717917

      12. Regin
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        One thing is clear already in gw3. Another 2 horse race for the title.

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

          Not sure about that - we lost to Palace. Might already be a one horse race

          1. Regin
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            Uh? I mean man City vs Liverpool

      13. M.A.G
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Never thought a -12 would work !!!

        1. The Overthinker
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          Fortune favours the brave

          1. M.A.G
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            first time tbh 😆

        2. Regin
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 6 months ago

          How many points u got after deduction?

          1. M.A.G
            • 7 Years
            4 years, 6 months ago

            73(-12)

      14. De Gea Van Dijk. 10
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Sell Sell Sell.

        Am keeping.

      15. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        A) Sigurdsson Zinchenko to KDB 4.5 (-4)
        B) Sigurdsson to Son (FT)

        Pope
        TAA VVD Digne Zinchenko Rico
        Salah Sterling *Sigurdsson* Mount Dendoncker
        Pukki Jota Greenwood

        Which one to do? Or something else?
        1FT 1.6 ITB and likely WC over international break.

      16. gellinmagellan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 6 months ago

        Pope Button
        Digne Robertson Zinchenko Dunk Lundstram
        Salah KdB Martial Trossard Dendoncker
        Jota King Kane

        2 FTs 0.3 ITB What should I do?

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

          That fwd line

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

            Considering King > Haller; Trossard > Cantwell. Can also add Jota > Pukki/Barnes for -4