Dugout Discussion

Llorente leads the line for Spurs as Pochettino deploys wing-backs

The final match of Gameweek 23 takes place this afternoon at Craven Cottage, as Fulham face injury-hit Tottenham Hotspur. Kick-off is at 16:00 GMT.

Spurs are, of course, without Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Moussa Sissoko, all of whom have played vital roles for the Lilywhites over the last couple of months.

Lucas Moura, meanwhile, isn’t fit to feature because of a knee injury.

Fernando Llorente is handed his first Premier League start of the season and only his second in a Spurs shirt, with Erik Lamela and Davinson Sanchez also given recalls as Mauricio Pochettino switches from a 4-4-2 diamond to what looks like a 3-4-2-1.

That system change would likely see Christian Eriksen – who was bought by over 100,000 FPL managers ahead of Gameweek 23 – drop back into a central midfield two alongside Harry Winks.

Danny Rose replaces Ben Davies on the left flank, meanwhile.

Claudio Ranieri’s only alteration sees Ryan Babel make his Fulham debut in place of Ryan Sessegnon.

As expected, Aboubakar Kamara isn’t involved in the Cottagers’ match-day squad after a reported training ground bust-up.

Spurs won the reverse fixture of this match 3-1 back in August, with Kieran Trippier the only one of the three Spurs goalscorers who lines up this afternoon.

Aleksandar Mitrovic was on target for Fulham at Wembley.

The Cottagers have conceded more goals, big chances and efforts on target than any other Premier League side in 2018/19 but Ranieri’s troops have only conceded four goals in their four most-recent top-flight fixtures at Craven Cottage.

Fulham XI (3-4-3): Rico, Odoi, Ream, Le Marchand, Christie, Seri, Chambers, Bryan, Babel, Schurrle, Mitrovic.

Spurs XI (3-4-2-1): Lloris, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Rose, Winks, Eriksen, Trippier, Dele, Lamela, Llorente.

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  1. Scratch
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Spurs now with their 4 top scorers out injured or unavailable. Plus Sissoko and Wanyama.
    And they still won't buy anyone 😐

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Moura back soon.

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

      All the money available invested in the stadium.

  2. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Looks like 58 or more needed to survive LMS.

    https://www.livefpl.net/LMS

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      *wipes away sweat*

    2. Boo Ya Ka Sha
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      got it.

    3. ⚔★Vibudh★⚔
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I have 66(-8) damnn

  3. Chenku╰☆╮
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Is it safe to get Alli now. Scored to?

    1. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Went off with hamstring so wait for news

      1. Chenku╰☆╮
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Darn it

    2. Sam (Team Sam)
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      *too

      Apparently he went off injured at the end.

    3. Fantastisk
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yeah get him immediately before price rise.

  4. Boo Ya Ka Sha
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Feeling kinda jammy for avoiding Rich > Alli -4 this week.

    1. Dreaming of glory
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Feel the opposite avoiding rich > sane -4 and now not sure of i should with the 27 blank. May just upgrade 3rd striker to firmino instead

  5. Yoshioka
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Mitro to score next week once pretty much everyone has finally gotten rid of him?

  6. THE SHEEP HUNTERS
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I think I may resist the Winks Wagon.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Really?

  7. Chucky
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    72 any good?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Small green so not really.

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Probably average round here !

    3. Amey
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yes.

  8. AzzaroMax99
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    89 after baps.
    WC success 🙂
    Only problem is this Alli injury.

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Well done.

    2. Superflymonk
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      The Green Arrow would hand you a special arrow from his quiver as a sign of respect.

      1. Hazz
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        You have failed this city.

      2. Fantastisk
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Hahahaha

    3. arkom
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      88 here. And wc too. Now maybe need to replace Alli somehow..

  9. Smurf
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Such a bitter pill with the Alli injury with those fixtures upcoming. I arranged my wildcard around fitting him in.

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Bad luck !

    2. DV8R
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Was it a serious injury?

      1. TorresMagic™
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Hammy

  10. tucaoneo
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Dortmund will crush Spurs? I have Sancho in my UCL team for the insane price of €5.0.

  11. Superflymonk
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    The Dugout discussion article, "Llorente Leads the Line for Cottagers as Pochettino Deploy Wingbacks"

  12. arkom
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    WC worked well! Haz, Eriksen, Richa, Snoddy, Kane, Ings ---> Sane, Alli, Salah, (Puncheon), Rash, Firmino. And Pogba was already so they all scored.

    But Alli's injury causes some gray hair for me..

  13. Come on you Kante
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Any reason why richarlson has gone off the boil in recent gws really close to shipping him if it doesn’t pick up

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      It's been more than a few GWs. Not enough shots on target.

  14. as33
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Hey, is it worth to do for -4: Hart>Boruc and Wilson>Rashford, think Wilson will b out for couple weeks??

  15. Bouncebackability
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    So, who is starting Doherty next week? Think he'll be back in the XI?

    I'm tempted to bench as will have to play Patricio anyway.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Likely will be. His missus just gave birth.

    2. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I m sure he ll start !!

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Probably and he will.

    4. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      I'll start doc and play fab

    5. ceejay106
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      He missed a few training sessions last week when his wife gave birth. He’ll be back 100%. I don’t think we’ll keep a clean sheet against West Ham tbh but I fancy him for attacking returns.

  16. Granville
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    • 14 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    000100001000000010110
    A binary number you say. It's also Llorente's gameweek scores this season.

    1. Hazz
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Plays 90 minutes once and scores less than any of the sub-10 min cameos.

    2. Debauchy
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Due, big time

      1. Fantastisk
        • 5 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        This. Bordering on essential.

        1. Flynny
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Mr Consistency

  17. Monkey Hanger
    • 10 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Winks goal, and a Nkoudou assist.

    Does not get any finer than that for non Spurs owners in FPL. 🙂

    1. GREEN IS GOOD
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Alli 9 points

  18. Lucackadoodledoo
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Winks with a TWINKLE in his eye after that goal.

  19. Gudjohnsen
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Alli on 2 baps or will he lose one?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      2

      1. Gudjohnsen
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks

  20. Nightf0x
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    71 pts this gw with a team contains doherty lovren taa kamara romeu so very good i guess, was going to take a hit to get in alli for romeu would have give me +3 pts but now he got injured would have cost me another -4 next gw to take him out if he is seriously injured

    1. Nightf0x
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Forgot about awb too

  21. BRKFCTrueRover
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Holebas, Doherty, Digne, Awb, Luiz

    Salah, Sane, Pogba, Richy, Anderson

    Mitro, jiminez, Rashford
    4.5 itb, 1FT
    Thinking richy or Anderson to sterling or Alli but not sure which, I don't really want mitro any more but no obvious upgrade for him. Any thoughts?

    1. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Alli injured.

    2. Not again Shirley
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Lose Rich for fodder maybe then you can afford someone like Firmino

    3. BRKFCTrueRover
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Or eriksen, I could do a cheeky -8 with mitro, Rich and Anderson becoming Niasse, mane and eriksen

      1. BRKFCTrueRover
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I mean I could do mitro to firmino and still have cash spare but he never seems to perform when I get him lol

  22. Pat Bonner
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Scored 66 in each of the last 2 gws and got 2 red arrows! Harsh

    1. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Same lol

    2. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Minimal damage.

    3. FFSbet.com
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      2k?

    4. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Tough at the top mate

  23. ChelseaGuy
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Alli looked good enough to bring in?

    1. Monkey Hanger
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hamstring went ping towards the end.

    2. My Name Is Pepu
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Owner here.

      He picked up his left hammy before getting subbed, don't bring him in until Poch confirms if he's fine.

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      • 14 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Injured

  24. XabiAlonso
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    78 🙂
    How about you

    1. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Grrrr

    2. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      92

      1. XabiAlonso
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Beast mode.

    3. My Name Is Pepu
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      50.

      Loving these red arrows since December. 😎

    4. Richd
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      86!

      The rot has been stopped with a huge green. Back to top 10k soon and no more stubbornness.

      1. XabiAlonso
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Nice one

    5. Jeremy Corbyn
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      80(-8)

      1. No Professionals
        • 6 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Aka 72

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

      Well played.
      I got 69(-4)
      Taken hit for Auba & benched Kiko so annoyed 🙁

      1. My Name Is Pepu
        • 7 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Atleast you didn't take a hit for Shaw : roll : unlike someone (me).

        1. My Name Is Pepu
          • 7 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          🙄

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

          Hard luck buddy

      2. XabiAlonso
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I benched digne and played kiko so got lucky there

        1. Amey
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Wow
          Well done sir

    7. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      47 with -8 🙁

      1. XabiAlonso
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Ouch

    8. Fantastisk
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      106 (-4)

      1. XabiAlonso
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Great score. I haven't hit 100 since April 2017

    9. Steevo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      94 (WC played). ML rival had an absolute stinker and finished on 38, what a time to be alive.

    10. Hasselbaink Forever - Defoe…
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      60

    11. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      68. Very pleased

    12. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      85

    13. The 12th Man
      • 10 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      74 -4

      1. Deulofail
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Give me a minute and I'll get back to you

        1. Deulofail
          • 8 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          70

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

        77 with some jammy Tomkins points off my bench to come in

    14. Nascimento
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      85 + baps

      1. Superflymonk
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        78 -8 So meh. as long as i get a green even if it's 500 places I'm cool with it

        1. Depldax
          • 5 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          90 (-4) 🙂

    15. grumpyman
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      63 after hits. Red arrow down 1k to 6.5k. Not a disaster. Will hold transfers until as late as possible this game week, the time for worrying about price rises is over.

  25. My Name Is Pepu
    • 7 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Some folks still moaning about Sterling BAPS?

    Don't we all know that playing 'well' has never been a criteria for FPL BAPS. If it was, Salah would have never got 3 bonus in a lot of his recent games.

  26. Dacra
    • 9 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Damn Alli.

    Wait news, if out hopefully Moura confirmed back for easy swop.

  27. Modest Bob
    • 5 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone else got stupid money itb? I have 8m :/

    1. Gudjohnsen
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      0.9

    2. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Almost the same :/

    3. Ógie
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Waste keeping that kind money itb.You should invest it in stocks and shares.

    4. Modest Bob
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Good plan

    5. XabiAlonso
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Not quite, keep your cash on the pitch

  28. Silecro
    • 6 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Anderson/Mitro > Jota/Auba (-4). Yes or no?

    1. BARIO MALOTELLI
      • 5 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Thinking same wana do fanderson kamara to moutinho auba. Rly wana auba against cardif

    2. ceejay106
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Yes

  29. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    Goddam Llorente gives me a nice red arrow and a drop off 309 places.

    1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Hard to say that he purely contributed to that fall.

      Would a Spurs cleansheet have seen you not drop?

      1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
        • 9 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Perhaps you would be 5 points better off. Would that have kept your rank, considering others would have had some Spurs defensive cover too.

        1. SPorting
          • 12 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Exactly. Fecking Llorente.

  30. Pino
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 8 Years
    5 years, 2 months ago

    I used my WC this GW after a few weeks of unlucky results.

    Points this GW:

    old team 57p
    WC team 87p

    1. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      That’s a cheap team!

      1. Legendary!
        • 12 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        Cheap. As. Chips

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

      Great job

    3. DR0GBA
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Glad you're not my rival who also used his wildcard and didn't get in any City or Spurs players 😀

    4. ChelseaGuy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 7 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      Successful then hehe

    5. Mo Mané Mo Problems
      • 9 Years
      5 years, 2 months ago

      How are you assessing your old team?

      I think you need to think about what transfers you would have made for a -4 or -8 and then calculate.

      My team from last week with no changes and let’s say Pogba captain would have scored about 40 points.

      My team with the -8 i would’ve probably taken and Salah captain from those transfers would have scored 61.

      My wildcard team scored 67.

      1. Pino
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        5 years, 2 months ago

        I used my FT on the old team and didn't liked how my team looked like. So I wrote down my best 11 with captain. Than I did a WC and set up my new 11 players. Captained Salah in both cases.

        Old team FT used

        Fabianski (Hammer)
        Doherty Digne Robbo (TAA VB)
        Richarlison Salah Pogba Martial (Camarasa)
        Wilson Kane Rashford

        WC team
        Etheridge (Hammer)
        Doherty Digne Robbo (Shaw VB)
        Alli Salah Pogba Sane (Camarasa)
        Jimenez Firmino Rashford

        1. Mo Mané Mo Problems
          • 9 Years
          5 years, 2 months ago

          Ah fair play! Nice one!