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27 August 2018 5411 comments
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A large portion of Fantasy managers are backing the key Spurs’ men for their Monday night trip to Manchester United.

Harry Kane (£12.5m) comes into the match as the most popular player and captained by just under 500,000+ managers.

Only Mohamed Salah (£13.0m) and Sergio Aguero (£11.2m) were backed by more in Gameweek 3, and the England captain needs two goal involvements to outshine them both.

Kieran Trippier (£6.0m) is the next most fashionable member of the Spurs squad, 24 percent of Fantasy managers hoping for a repeat of recent free-kicks scored against Croatia at the World Cup and Fulham in Gameweek 2.

Manchester United goalkeeper David De Gea (£6.0m) remains owned by just over a quarter of managers, despite not yet keeping a clean sheet in 2018/19. Although with Spurs bringing plenty of attacking talent to Old Trafford, this match is unlikely to be the last straw for him.

The Spaniard is one of just two United players with double-figure ownership. The other one is Paul Pogba (£8.1m), currently backed by 18 percent following back-to-back converted penalties.

There will be some interest Christian Eriksen (£9.4m) and Dele Alli (£9.1m) with the Dane still just ahead of his English team-mate’s ownership, inspite of losing some set pieces duties to Trippier. Eriksen sits in 11 percent of squads with Alli in 7.6.

The secondary defenders (in terms of popularity) for each side are Luke Shaw (£5.1m) and Jan Vertonghen (£6.0m). The United man is in 8.7 percent of teams with Vertonghen in 10 percent.

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  1. Totti
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Guys i’m really blessed and can’t express my gratitude 🙂
    Bailly out of the squad and boly will get in 🙂 😀

    1. Netley Lucas
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      See, good news

      1. Totti
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Thanks pal 🙂

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

      Hand of god 🙂

      1. Totti
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Yeah 🙂 thanks god

    3. The Mighty Hippo
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Jammy bench points are the sweetest ones of all. Well done pal 🙂

    4. Totalfootball
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      So jammy

    5. Limbo
      • 15 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Nice.

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

      Very same here 🙂

  2. Netley Lucas
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Shaw, god you better haul 😆

    hic!

    1. Totti
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Good luck mate 🙂
      Assist and CS with bonus 🙂

  3. dbeck
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Does Tomkins, Richarlison and king to ings, alonso and Walcott for a minus 4 make sense?

    1. Podge
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Yep

      1. dbeck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Ings over Jimenez?

    2. Netley Lucas
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Yep, Alonso is death to many

      1. dbeck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Lots of people taking a hit to fit him in?

        1. Netley Lucas
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Yep

    3. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      mitro, fraser & alonso ?

      1. dbeck
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Have mitro already, jammed an OR 185 so need alonso

        1. Podge
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Jaysus you should be giving the advice

    4. JurgenRocks
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Sounds good. I'm thinking of doing Richarlison to Walcott.

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

    Anyone reckon Ings > Mitrovic is worth a -4?

    Mitrovic’s fixtures aren’t even as bad as i first thought.

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      No

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

        Cool, needed sense there knocked into me 🙂

  5. OldBenKenobi
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Oh well Davies maybe next week? 🙁

    1. Fantastisk
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Spurs deserve to get battered.

    2. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      your not having a good start mate, it’s all about to turn with the fixtures, do you still have your WC?

  6. Bolivian Seaman
    • 15 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    MNF the best football show of the whole week imo

    1. Netley Lucas
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Hmmm

      Shaw holder/seller

    2. Fred54
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Nice book end with the FFS's Breakfast Club. 🙂

    3. ⚽️ Barry Chocolate ⚽…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      mnf ?

      1. Bolivian Seaman
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        monday night football

  7. Dr. Ante Pavlovic
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Kepa, Stekelenburg
    VVD, Luiz, Mendy, Trippier, WB
    Salah, Hazard, Fraser, Neves, Masuaku
    Mitrovic, Aguero, King

    Thoughts ?

    Thinking of switching VVD to TAA next week to upgrade Luiz to Alonso, but that would mean not being able to switch Kepa to DDG or to get Richarlison back easily in the future. What would you do?

  8. Merlinsnose
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Do we think that Jones is an option? Or is he a 5.3 trap?

    Thanks

    1. Ha.
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      He’s not a left back

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Ask again in two hours.

    3. Netley Lucas
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      Wait

  9. Miguel Sanchez
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 4 months ago

    Can someone convince me Walcott is a better option than Pedro? The latter's stats are better and i think he is fairly safe in Sarri's XI for the next few at least.

    1. DJDave1979
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 4 months ago

      The former played in a team down to 10 men for a lot of the matches. I've got both but the one I might dump is Pedro. He only plays for an hour and a bench appearance is around the corner IMO.

    2. MTPockets
        7 years, 4 months ago

        If Pedro's safe then Walcott isn't a better option. That's the only factor imo and agree with you.

        1. Limbo
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Which is exactly the problem.

          1. MTPockets
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Sarri's tended to have a team and stick with it. I think Pedro will be in that team, but it's a risk and may be wrong.
              I have him + Walcott atm.

              1. Limbo
                • 15 Years
                7 years, 4 months ago

                I had Walcott and Richarlison so it's moot for me - but if I had the money I'd have both.
                I took a hit last night before the price changes and put in Alonso/Meyer (all aboard) for Richa/Cedric

        2. JurgenRocks
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Pedro was subbed off for Willian in the last match, and that worries me.

          1. Miguel Sanchez
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Pedro will have the whole of the i international break to work with Sarri as Willian and Hazard are on duty. I think tbis can only strengthen his place in the team.

            1. shotgunnufc - MANIAC
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 13 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              good point

        3. Winston.
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Exactly. I was about to get Pedro, he could be excellent value for the season..but not sure any more, as he might probably play just 60-70 min. So, maybe Wally first, and Pedro later?

      • La Vida Latte
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Bottomed. Stankovic worth a punt for 4.0?

        1. Fred54
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          There's a reason it bottomed.

        2. yakirh
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          No

        3. ManofKent
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          He'll probably play the odd match depending on formation, but he's not a guaranteed starter...

        4. Limbo
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          No. Get AWB.

        5. La Vida Latte
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Thanks all!

      • Buck The Trent
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Who will score more over the next 4 GWs?

        A Wally Mane
        B Fraser Hazard (-4)

        1. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          A

      • Ógie
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        I hope Harry's first goal at Old Trafford comes when he is playing for United. 😉

        1. Netley Lucas
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          DDG, Shaw?

        2. Rainer
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          OG tonight? 😛

        3. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          It's the year of the busted Hoo Doo's

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

          I thought they didn't manage to buy Maguire

      • HVT
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        2-1united

      • OPTA FPL
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Anyone have a good joke today?

        1. Netley Lucas
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Matic CB

        2. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Some jokers on here for sure

        3. badgerboy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Brexit is being re-branded as The Great British Break Off.

          1. Business Cat
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Britain's Got Tarriffs more like 😉

        4. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          I once dated a cross eyed girl but we split up because we didn't see eye to eye. I also found out she was seeing someone on the side.

          1. The Mighty Hippo
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Also, she thought your jokes were sh*te 🙂

      • NUFCAndrew
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Davies benched, and other problems... WC needed?

        Patricio Muslera

        Mendy Davies TAA Tomkins WB

        Salah Mane Bilva Jota Richarlison

        Aguero King Kamara

        1. Buck The Trent
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Make a couple transfers, then u should be fine

          1. NUFCAndrew
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            No FTs

            1. Buck The Trent
              • 14 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Richy out for -4

        2. Traction Engine Foot
          • 7 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          I would, especially as you have a goalkeeper who doesn't even play in the Premier League.

      • Team Cruel
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 4 months ago

        Some guy in the previous article was asking if the total GW average could go down if only the lower owned players do well tonight...

        1. Ha.
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          See first page...

        2. MTPockets
            7 years, 4 months ago

            meow

            1. Business Cat
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 11 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              You called?

          • Fred54
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            If said lower owned player causes a De Gea to get negative points, then yes.

          • Rainer
            • 9 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Not the worse question ever posted here 😆

          • ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Gravless civil war

          • Netley Lucas
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Down? Not overall unless something weird happened, DDG red, Trip red, Kane red lol

        3. Iceball
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Shurrle or Walcott?

          1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Surely not Schurrle

        4. cjhewitt92
          • 12 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Is Bavies or Tripper worth there price given spurs rotation at full back. If not what price would worth it as I would guess Bavies will drop over the week

        5. rekyaren
          • 10 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          DDG, Tomkins and Rich -> Walcott, Alonso and Pickford -4 ?

          1. Buck The Trent
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Yes but maybe not for Picks

        6. COLLIN QUANER
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          1-1 would be nice with goals from Herrera and Dembele.

          1. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            😀

        7. PogChamp
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Mendy is owned by 3 times the amount of people in GW3 than GW1 and yet his price rise is only 0.3. FPL price rises are so confusing.

          1. Ha.
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            It just depends *when* people buy

            1. Fred54
              • 10 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Even so his ownership more than doubled from GW1 to GW2 but he only went up by 0.1, we can't have all text each other to make sure we brought him on the same day. Crooked as ever.

              1. Ha.
                • 10 Years
                7 years, 4 months ago

                Most transfer activity confined to a couple of nights each week. Can surpass the threshold early on and subsequent transfers won’t affect the price any further. Put your tinfoil hat away.

          2. Fantastisk
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            He should be 18.0 by now!

            1. PogChamp
              • 14 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              lol not that much but you would think going from 400k to 1.4m in 2GWs would warrant more than 0.3 price rise.

          3. Limbo
            • 15 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Doesn't WC activity affect the price rise differently to other transfers? I'd expect there were a lot of WCs in the first few GWs as folk kneejerked.

            1. PogChamp
              • 14 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Didn't know that. I wish they were more transparent with the price rises.

        8. Karan_G14
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Better option?

          A) Robertson & Fraser

          B) TAA & Walcott

          1. JurgenRocks
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            A

        9. Revival
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          If Sanchez is fit for the bench he should be starting, loves scoring against Spurs.

          1. Ógie
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 12 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            I think Jose has had it with him giving away possession too easily and wants to make a point.

        10. Ragabolly
          • 15 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Salah looks very unsettled, has serious issues with the Egyptian FA and just posted two live videos on facebook replying to their claims of him being disloyal to Egypt etc..

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

            Retirement might be coming!

            1. Ragabolly
              • 15 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Indeed..

            2. Licky
              • 13 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Probably.

          2. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Is he eligible to play for England?

            1. Ragabolly
              • 15 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              Don't know about the latest fifa rules for that

          3. Rash
            • 8 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            That's still On going!?

            1. Ragabolly
              • 15 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              It's resurfaced this week as Salah's lawyer sent the FA requests that they should do for Salah or he won't join the coming camp for the Niger game (mainly asking for ensuring he gets his privacy and security in the camp because it was a mess in Russia with random people visiting his rooms at all times), then they accused him of being arrogant and disloyal so he had to make videos himself

          4. Fantastisk
            • 7 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            A passionate Egyptian. With an even bigger passion for image rights.

            1. Ragabolly
              • 15 Years
              7 years, 4 months ago

              No, bigger than image rights this time, see my comment above.

        11. Sting
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          in a draft league would you sell Jota for Schurrle?

          1. Buck The Trent
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Yeah

          2. Netley Lucas
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Maybe

        12. Fantasy Gold
          • 11 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Dilly dilly!

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

            Boly Boly!

          2. ᶠᶦˡᵗʰʸLucre $$$
            • 11 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Downvote

        13. Ruffio
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Guys. Currently on this

          Fantasy team:

          Fab. (Patricio)

          Mendy. Robertson. Trent. (PVA. Wan bis)

          B Silva. Pedro. Mikhi. Richarlison. (Neves)

          Aubameyang. Aguerro. Friminho.

          You reckon I swap. Friminho and Bilva. To Salah and 4.5 striker?
          So far got away without salah but wondering if I need him?

        14. sacana12
          • 8 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Richarlison >>Bilva or D. Silva? Will Bilva be benched?

        15. La Roja
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          Lamela injured during warm up so he ain’t on bench

          1. Ha.
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            4realz?

        16. OPTA FPL
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 4 months ago

          @Team Cruel: King scored 9p this week by just 1 leg

          1. Team Cruel
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 10 Years
            7 years, 4 months ago

            Why couldn't the useless dud take the pen in GW1?!