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Two sides in woeful defensive form meet at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this evening.

Spurs v Manchester United kicks off at 17:30 BST.

The Lilywhites and the Red Devils didn’t keep a clean sheet between them in the six Gameweeks preceding this one, each conceding 13 goals in the process.

Ole Gunner Solskjaer has responded to the thrashing by Liverpool by opting for a more defensive set-up, bringing in a third centre-half in the shape of Raphael Varane alongside Victor Lindelof and Harry Maguire.

Edinson Cavani is also recalled to the side, so United seem to be lining up in a 3-4-1-2 as both Marcus Rashford and Mason Greenwood have dropped to the bench.

Paul Pogba serves the first match of a three-game suspension after his sending off last week.

After naming an unchanged team for three matches in a row, Nuno Espirito Santo has made two alterations for the teatime visit of Solskjaer’s troops.

Ben Davies is in for Sergio Reguilon at left-back, while Giovani Lo Celso replaces Tanguy Ndombele in midfield.

GAMEWEEK 10 LINE-UPS

Man Utd XI: De Gea, Wan-Bissaka, Lindelof, Varane, Maguire, Shaw, McTominay, Fred, Bruno Fernandes, Ronaldo, Cavani.

Subs: Henderson, Bailly, Dalot, Matic, Van de Beek, Sancho, Lingard, Rashford, Greenwood.

Tottenham XI: Lloris, Emerson Royal, Romero, Dier, Davies, Hojbjerg, Skipp, Moura, Lo Celso, Son, Kane.

Subs: Gollini, Doherty, Reguilon, Sanchez, Rodon, Tanganga, Alli, Ndombele, Bergwijn.

  1. Pilgrim62
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Why Mount did not play today.

    1. Weak Become Heros
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Ill

  2. Weak Become Heros
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Sell Dias or Cancelo for Chillwell?

    1. PartyTime
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Dias

    2. IAWC ( It's a Wonderfu…
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Dias

  3. WVA
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Sanchez
    TAA Cancelo Chilwell Rudiger Livramento
    Salah ESR Gallagher
    Ronaldo Vardy
    Steele Benrahma Sissoko Scarlett

    Triple Chelsea def too much? Tempted on Cancelo to James?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Can you handle Burnley scoring near half-time?

      1. WVA
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Good point, no I can't especially after benching G this week

        Benrahma to Mbuemo?

  4. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    48 with Benrahma, Raphina and Antonio to go. Expecting but things from those 3 tomorrow

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      *big

    2. Hits from the Bong
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      23 (-8) from 7, kill me now

      1. Paqueta Rice
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Ouch. You will recover! Lots had a tough one this week

    3. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I have Rapha and Benrahma, so a -4 total from those two tomorrow

  5. Steve The Spud
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Kane is fu***ng useless

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 16 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Turning 30 at the end of next season

      He won't cost City more than £75m in the summer

      1. Dannyb
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Will they want him?

        1. 272MK
          • 12 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          If Zlatan Cristiano can play well into late 30s..

      2. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Don't city insist on a high press?
        The only thing Kane knows how to press is the button on his microwave the fat fck

        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 16 Years
          4 years, 4 months ago

          😆

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

    1FT, 1.5ITB.

    Pick one
    A. Jota/Sarr -> ESR
    B. White -> Chilwell/James

    Sanchez
    TAA Livramento Rudiger
    Salah Jota* Foden Sarr*
    Jimenez Antonio Vardy

    Steele White Brownhill Amartey

  7. Dannyb
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    63 with Gray and Antonio plus whatever Williams manages to go. Pretty chuffed after the shambles last week. How's everyone else getting on?

    1. Hits from the Bong
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      23 (-8) from 7

      1. Dannyb
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Ouch man

    2. Botman and Robben
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I have less than half of that 😀

    3. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      36 with 3 to play - Hwang, Gary & Antonio

    4. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Every GW a nightmare

    5. 272MK
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      48. Nice score. Congrats

    6. Art Vandelay
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      58 (inc bench points) + Antonio

      OR = 750 😆

  8. Pep's Money Laundry
    • 10 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Double city defence has worked out so well over past 4 weeks, hasn't it. Dias has a huge 4 points over that period.

    1. fusen
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      try going double city and double chelsea when one of those was Alonso...

      I saw sense this week and did Alonso to Chilwell, but my 4 big def wildcard failed absolutely abysmally.

  9. pundit of punts
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Inside the top 500 now.

    Didn’t expect that after I benched Ramsdale.

    With only Hwang to play, I think I’m gonna drop a fair bit after the gw ends. 🙁

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Ok

    2. fusen
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Antonio could do a lot of damage rank wise for you if he performs.

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

      Call Mom

    4. The FPL Units
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      nice brag though - well done

    5. Duke Silver ☑
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Buy plenty of lotto tickets mate

    6. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Well played, might still be good enough for top 1k when the dust settles esp. if hwang returns

    7. Art Vandelay
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      750 here with Antonio.

  10. thegaffer82
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    The only positive to take from this week - the ONLY ONE - is that I’m not a Spurs fan!

    My FPL team has stunk the place out

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      How many points?

  11. Neevesy
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Awful week, but that's life. Now reliant on Pukki and Gray to rescue a crumb of dignity.

  12. Lanley Staurel
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Not close to Chelsea defensive rotation. Why was James not getting 90 minutes before Norwich? Genuine question as dont want to go sideways from Azpil and find he plays and James benched.

    1. Hits from the Bong
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      ill one week, house burgled one week, do think he’s the main man at RB

    2. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Best get both then and Chilwell with Rudiger for consistency and back up.

    3. thegaffer82
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      This is the big question.

      My faded memory tells me he wasn’t fully fit at the start of the season and then when he came in he went and got sent off - which threw another spanned in the works.

      Maybe he’ll be first choice now - I’m purposely avoiding the word ‘nailed’

    4. antis0cial
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Injuries I think. I wouldn’t expect him to start every game but he is first choice.

    5. fusen
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/oct/29/wing-backs-ben-chilwell-reece-james-vital--chelsea-success-thomas-tuchel

      This article with recent quotes is very good reading for James and Chilwell owners.

    6. F4L
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Tuchel seems to just have carried on where he left last season with Chelsea's defence, James is good, could even start 3/4 games @RWB, but the 1 pointers ruin him. Azpi will still get the occasional start there, especially with Chalobah's form @ RCB

    7. Lanley Staurel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Thanks for everyone’s replies. Great insights

    8. Mr. O'Connell
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      James is still 3rd best Chelsea defender to get behind Chilwell and Rudi

  13. Duke Silver ☑
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Keano making up for lost time by tearing Spurs a new one 😆

  14. Spg76
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    On one of the scout chats on YouTube they mentioned potential Raphinha(c) against Norwich. Comments section had a laugh at it. Tell you what, lets see on that one.

  15. 1912 F.A Cup Winners
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Evening all!!! I can do Townsend to ESR and Bachmann to a 4.5 keeper, I wanted to go back to Sanchez but Bachmann dropping the other night mean I cannot with those moves, can Guaita be and able match for Sanchez do we think????

  16. dshv
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Saka and Vardy -> Ronaldo and Smith Rowe

    1. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Do it

      9 hours ago

  17. PartyTime
    • 4 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Apparently it was a good gw not to captain Salah

    1. Dannyb
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I capped Chilwell, oh what could have been.

  18. Je suis le chat
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    33 (-12) with Antonio left! Binned Ronaldo for Vardy. Doubt anyone on here is doing worse.

  19. Cruicky
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Spurs with 0 shots on target today to add to their 0 shots in the 2nd half vs West Ham last week.

    1. Hits from the Bong
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      They’re due for sure

    2. Je suis le chat
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Awful fare, Nuno a goner imo.

    3. AC/DC AFC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      You've got to give them credit for consistency.

    4. diesel001
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Nuno isn't a creative manager. He isn't going to work out ways to open up the opposition. Maybe not that surprising given he was a GK.

  20. Original Sin
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    What to do with Mount in my team? Just brought him in this GW, should I already ship him out?

    1. Dannyb
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      He was ill, keep imo.

  21. LOS BLANCOS
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Hold Shaw now or ship to Chelsea defender?

  22. Hits from the Bong
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    How good was Ronaldo? Knew selling him for a hit would bite me, but did it anyway

    1. Je suis le chat
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      They played to their strengths. Cavani brought a lot as he always does.

      1. Dannyb
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Cavani is pure class.

  23. Bruno Commando
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Have a budget of 8.0 for Raph's replacement. Who's the best option?

    1) Gallagher
    2) ESR
    3) Mount
    4) Cornet
    5) Others

    1. Paqueta Rice
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I’m looking at ESR

      1. Bruno Commando
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah but I'm concerned that we might just be chasing points!

    2. Original Sin
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I got Mount for this GW and he doesn't even start. Why are you considering him?

      1. Bruno Commando
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Likely an one-off rest for the CL game?

    3. Joey Jo-Jo Junior Shabadoo
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Raph better than all of those unless you need the funds elsewhere

      1. Bruno Commando
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah he's better as a player but Leeds has been pretty bad and fixtures are gonna turn after Norwich..

  24. Better luck next year
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Dias + Antonio > Chilwell + Toney for free good moves?

    1. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Nah .. just Dias to Chilwell

  25. Stupendous
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Gallagher or ESR in for Gray?

    1. dabber7
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Not worth waiting to see how Gray does this GW?

  26. F4L
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    After watching the Chelsea highlights, the unluckiest FPL players of the GW were the 0.3% that own Ziyech 😆

  27. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    I was planning to bench Antonio vs Liverpool, but apparently Liverpool were far from solid defensively tonight, doesn't make sense to bench him right?

    1. Dannyb
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      I'm playing, Antonio is a handful.

  28. Paqueta Rice
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Folks I have the exact funds for Semedo to James. James is rising tonight and I will be priced out. Risk is huge though ?

    1. Original Sin
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 4 months ago

      Just do it mate

  29. Lieutenant Frank Columbo
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Maybe Son should be an avoid after all …. This team and manager combo screams avoid.

  30. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 4 months ago

    Quandry here.

    Sanchez
    TAA / Cancelo / Chilwell
    Salah / Jota / Raphinha / Mbuemo
    Vardy / Antonio / Toney

    Steele // White / Livramento / Bissouma

    Is selling White (WAT, LIV, NEW, MUN, EVE) for James (BUR, LEI, MUN, WAT, WHU) worth it?
    - [WAT, LIV, NEW, MUN, EVE] vs.[BUR, LEI, MUN, WAT, WHU]
    - Arguable creates more benching headaches, plus James cameo risk.
    - James has probably had his 'big' hauls now, so chasing?

    Looking at:
    A) Raphinha/White > Foden/James
    B) Jota/White > Foden/James

    I don't know how I feel about selling Jota. Firmino was poor again today, and when he starts, he's good (in a Liverpool team that is firing). The cameos like today are a bit annoying however. Foden will be coming in for him or Raphinha, who after today - has dodgier fixtures (in a much worse team).

    Although Bakar has just tweeted this, that highlights Leicester issues down Raphinha's flank.
    https://twitter.com/BigManBakar/status/1454514192107638803