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Kane supported by Moura and Lamela against Villa

Harry Kane (£11.0m) will be supported by Lucas Moura (£7.5m) and Erik Lamela (£6.0m) for Spurs’ Gameweek 1 clash with Aston Villa.

With Son Heung-min (£9.5m) suspended and Dele Alli (£8.5m) ruled out with a hamstring injury, there was an opportunity for cheaper midfield players to come in for Spurs.

Moura and Lamela have taken those opportunities and those who included them in their first squad of the season will be delighted.

Moura is currently in 11.2% of squads as the Brazilian was considered the most popular cheaper alternative to the expensive Kane.

Lamela is the real differential, snapped up by Scout legend Mark Sutherns for Gameweek 1, and owned by just 0.7% of Fantasy managers.

Christian Eriksen (£9.0m) is among the substitutes and it will be interesting to see which of the attacking players he replaces if he does come on.

Kyle Walker-Peters (£5.0m) gets a start at right-back with Juan Foyth (£5.0m) suspended, although Serge Aurier (£5.0m) has recovered from his knock to feature on the bench.

Meanwhile, Dean Smith surprised Fantasy managers with some elements of his team selection.

Despite Matt Targett (£4.5m) and Frederic Guilbert (£4.5m) playing extensively at left and right full-back respectively in pre-season, neither were in the starting line-up.

The former was named on the bench while Guilbert was not in the matchday squad at all.

Furthermore, Jota (£6.0m) also impressed during the summer but is named among the substitutes while Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) and Trezeguet (£5.5m) start either side of Wesley (£6.0m)

Spurs XI: Lloris; Rose, Sánchez, Alderweireld, Walker-Peters; Ndombele, Sissoko, Winks; Lamela, Lucas; Kane.

Aston Villa XI: Heaton; N Taylor, Mings, Engels, El Mohamady; Grealish, McGinn, Hourihane; El Ghazi, Wesley, Trezeguet.

2,111 Comments Post a Comment
  1. Podge
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I put McGinn in my team name but not in my team. 😆

    1. Bielsa's Bucket
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      That's illegal

      1. Pumpkinhead
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        THIS

    2. Licky
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      McGinn and Tonic?

  2. Stupendous
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Robinson to McGinn for free???

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yes, but only if you do it before the 15th minute. Hurry!!!

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

      Chillax

      Robinson could have scored today and has Palace at home next playing OOP as a striker

      McGinn isn’t going to play Spurs every week

      1. Ask Yourself
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Robinson likely to play after sharp goal?

        1. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          He was their best player today

          1. Stupendous
            • 11 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Thanks.

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

          He was excellent pre season - I think he’d be extremely unlucky to be dropped

      2. Stupendous
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Nobody answered me when I asked about Robinson before

        So..

        Thanks!

      3. thepeen555
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Play spurs every week lol

      4. Stupendous
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        "Isn't going to play spurs every week"

        Brilliant!

    3. tisza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      utd 3 nice home games in next 4.
      he was okay today

  3. Four Hit Wonder
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Finally, a proper football game. I hope VAR doesn't spoil it.

    1. Scholes Out For Summer
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      How is VAR spoiling anything?

      An offside is an offside, doesnt matter if its a ref telling you or a camera is

  4. Jafoole_88
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Kane operating as a defensive midfielder again

    1. Podge
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Not really surprising

    2. thepeen555
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      If he stays that way he won’t last 2 weeks in my team

  5. puhd
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Come on Kane (c)!!!!

    1. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Without Eriksen and Alli as support? Bad call bro.

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

    Adams to whom for free?

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

      Why did you put him in your team if you only wanted him for 1 GW?

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

        Hoped for more than 0-3

        1. Pumpkinhead
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          y?

          1. Pumpkinhead
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 8 months ago

            Surely you didn't think Southampton was going to light it up this season.

  7. Wild Rover
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    McGinn down

  8. Differentiator
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Spurs need goals. Good for Kane cappers

    1. Rik Waller
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nah, Villa can sit back now.

    2. Unliklinho
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I think you mean Moura owners...

  9. ZeBestee
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Mcginn down. Jinxed.

  10. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    McGinn broken

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Mended

  11. ENZO SZN™
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    McGinn, this season first cheapie bandwagon. Fixtures after this is tempting.

  12. Bielsa’s bucket
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    I’ve got McGinn 1st sub but I doubt I’ll be seeing those points

    1. Wheyyyy
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Same. Need Perez or maguire to be benched.

      1. Bielsa’s bucket
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I was tossing up between playing him or Rico but expected a B’’mouth cleanie (almost was) pah!

  13. goriuanx
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    There's no doubt he will score you goals but every time I've watched Kane since his injuries, it seems like he hinders everyone else around him.

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Hasn't looked the same ever since he swore on his daughter's life and stole a goal from his teammate

    2. Differentiator
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      That's because you're a Liverpool fan

    3. Nice to Finally Michu
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He does slow the game down but to be fair he doesn’t have Eriksen to make the ball move faster on the ground not Alli/Lo Celso to occupy any defenders

    4. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Misses the likes of Eriksen, Alli and Son

    5. Licky
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I think its been that way since before the injuries, I think he's regressed as a player because he's become too obsessed with his own goal scoring record, he's gotten far too greedy (I'm worried Salah is getting like that as well), won't play simple passes when they're on, the injuries might just be adding to that.

      1. Licky
        • 11 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Still a really good player mind, I just think he was better when he was playing for the team a little bit more.

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

      They scored more when he was out injured towards the end of last season, I was fuming when Poch dropped Moura for Kane in the final after he got them there.

    7. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I think it's ego. Him and Alli are so full of themselves. And now he thinks he's the world's best striker because he did well in BPL, except he's nowhere near. He's resting on his laurels and waiting for the goals to come to him.

      And when he does score, it inflates the ego another inch.

      IMHO.

      1. x.jim.x
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I would say he is the best striker in the world right now, with Suarez and Lewa declining.

    8. tisza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      i agree he hasn't looked right.
      also spurs were looking to get mids running through ahead of Kane so his positional role has changed (don't care what heat maps say

  14. Champ
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Having a reasonably good game week so far. Hope you are too.

    Thankfully I know from other years that this now guarantees a great season ahead.

  15. One More Hit
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Been driving so just seen the stats.

    Bilva not playing beings in Lundstram (who was originally Kelly)

    Swapped Dunk for Montoya half an hour before the deadline

    Fine margins

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

    85 with AWB Vardy and Barkley to go

    Brace from Vardy and I could break a ton.

    1. Top Lad Dakes.
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Similar here. Looking like 84 with Perez Jota here. Big game from those two and I could have a dream start

    2. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Brace, break ... Are you angling for an injury to Vardy ?

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

      Same as everyone else bro

    4. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      72 with Auba, Perez, Lucas and KWP to go.

      Everyone will have 90+

    5. FPL_Gyarados
      • 10 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      69 + bonus and Vardy, Perez and AWB left to play for me. Happy out!

  17. SPorting
    • 12 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    KWP had to shoot from there.

  18. Eat my goal!
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Where’s kili?

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Looking for a tissue

      1. Eat my goal!
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Recon he’s used it already

        1. Sim Simma
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Tango Foxtrot Charlie

    2. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Tanzania

    3. TorresMagic™
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Try google maps.

  19. Flynny
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Trossard to mcginn sounds tempting

    Tross unlikely to start next week.

    McGinn lovely villa fixtures

    1. Lebowski85
      • 11 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I've just done it. I printed on Trossard...and it didn't work. Can't risk it again.

      McGinns fixtures looks sweet and I should have started with him, tbh. He was the only villa asset if interest

    2. ZeBestee
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Yes. Pondering the same.

    3. Concrete
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Why did he not play?

      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Trossard was on the bench. Going to be eased in.

        McGinn may be a bandwagon. May do early transfer if he looks like rising...

        1. Concrete
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 8 months ago

          Cheers. I’m thinking of not knee jerking on this one. Will see if anymore info comes about

          Obviously price changes may force my hand

    4. abaalan
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Very annoying regarding Trossard. Played loads in pre-season and did well....now doesnt feature (luckily i had Montoya coming on as 1st sub, so swings and roundabouts i guess.)

    5. Harrypottermus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      I think you have to keep your finger off the transfer button until the end of the game week.

      1. Flynny
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Let's see how price rises go.

        I'd like to make no transfer this week.

        But my bench isn't looking great - and not sure I fancy a trossard no show and weak bench option..

  20. g40steve
    • 6 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Sissoko cannot cross a ball into the box?

  21. Ajax Hamsterdam
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    any idea why taylor didnt start today ? thanks

    1. Ajax Hamsterdam
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      for burnley that is

  22. Ole Gunnar Kush
    • 13 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Thoughts on Origi's game time? Could be bargain of the season at that price..

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Nowhere near enough to be bargain of the season.

    2. SPorting
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He'll get some mins in GW2 but Mané is back and he looked sharp on that side when he came on.

      1. Ole Gunnar Kush
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        cheers

    3. Sim Simma
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Impact sub

    4. Grand Thibauto
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Mane will replace him. Best case scenario is replacing Firmino which is not possible if he is fit.

    5. Four Hit Wonder
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      You're late.

  23. How Mina You
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    As an Arsenal fan, this is hilarious until I remember that we'll probably lose 2 - 0 at Newcastle tomorrow...

  24. The Ejiptian King
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Trezeguet looks pacey.

    1. Team Cruel
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Isn't he like 50 or something?

      1. Sim Simma
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        *41

      2. The Ejiptian King
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Indian summer.

      3. thepeen555
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        I don’t think it’s that trezeguet lol

      4. Ragabolly
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Lol no it's a different Trezeguet, he is 24

    2. dark91
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      He is quite quick but don't expect quality finishes from him

  25. Hairy Potter
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Looks like Kiwivillan benched McGinn and played Wilson after all that bigging up Villa and slating Bournemouth.

    1. La Roja
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      what a lad

    2. J ⚒ Gimme ur Mané
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      How do you know?

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

      Yeah , he was constantly slamming anyone that had Rico or Lundstrum on their bench.
      Saw him say it at least 3/4 times

      1. Yank Revolution
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        He's insane

  26. Who Am I?
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Any1 knows why Guilbert isnt in the squad?

  27. HurriKane
    • 11 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Mhat a pass mcginn. Looks a baller and bargain at 5.5 given villa fixtures

  28. Gassemannen
    • 8 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    % chance of Martinelli getting some minutes tomorrow?

    1. The Ejiptian King
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Unlikely I'd say.

  29. thepeen555
    • 7 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Wesley thinks he is Tom Daly at the Olympics

    1. Eat my goal!
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 8 months ago

      Sucking?!

      1. thepeen555
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 8 months ago

        Yeah and diving lol

  30. Brosstan
    • 9 Years
    4 years, 8 months ago

    Wesley done nothing except lying on the ground whining. Pathetic from such a big lad.