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Mings missing for Villa as Davies replaces Tanganga in Spurs left-back role

First-choice centre-back Tyrone Mings (£4.5m) is missing for Aston Villa as they host Spurs in their Gameweek 26 fixture.

The former Bournemouth man, who reportedly has tonsilitis, has been a key member of Dean Smith’s defence this season so his absence could mean good things for Spurs attackers.

“(Mings) is a massive presence in the dressing room. I hope his tonsils are feeling better. We have some good players waiting to step in who can do a job. We have complete faith in Kortney and Bjorn.” – John McGinn, on Sky Sports

The Villa manager has retained faith with the 3-4-3 system though, choosing Kortney Hause (£4.4m), Bjorn Engels (£4.4m) and Ezri Konsa (£4.3m) in the three-man defence.

Matt Targett (£4.4m) and Frédéric Guilbert (£4.4m) are the wing-backs while Jack Grealish (£6.7m) and Anwar El Ghazi (£5.5m) flank Mbwana Samatta (£6.0m) in the front-three.

Meanwhile, Son Heung-min (£10.0m) looks set for a central role again as Steven Bergwijn (£7.5m) takes up a left attacking midfield spot.

Ben Davies (£5.3m) is back in the Spurs side for the first time since November, which means Japhet Tanganga (£4.1m) drops to the bench.

Aston Villa XI: Reina; Hause, Engels, Konsa; Targett, D Luiz, Drinkwater, Guilbert; Grealish, Samatta, El Ghazi.

Tottenham Hotspur XI: Lloris; B Davies, D Sánchez, Alderweireld, Aurier; Dier, Winks; Bergwijn, Alli, Moura; Son.

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  1. teddypicker
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    TAA, Salah, Mane, Son, KDB and Aguero... is it possible?

    1. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Quite easily I think

    2. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      If it is then Its certainly worth it

      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Not *

    3. Sun Jihai
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, just needs a lot of 4m players

    4. FDMS All Starz
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Don’t think Kun is essential with UCL back, Jesus is just as capable

  2. pablo discobar
    • 14 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Was planning on selling son for Mane. Tough now. Maybe I should sell KDB for him?...

    1. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Yes has to be kdb

    2. Agger
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Keep Son if you've got Salah

    3. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      If you can stand the haunting...

    4. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Keep up. Double Pool defense and Salah. Keep Son obviously.

  3. BigBillyBass
    • 5 Years
    4 years, 1 month ago

    Bjorn Engels is a disgrace to his team, his manager and his fans. What a total arse

    1. @persecuted_by_mods
        4 years, 1 month ago

        What happened?

        1. George Sillett
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          He comitted the terrible sin of making a couple of mistakes. This poster is talking BS.

      • George Sillett
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        So by making one mistake he becomes a disgrace to his team , his manager and his fans ?

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Not one

          1. George Sillett
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            *2*

            1. Nightcrawler
              • 4 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              No. Has made coubyless mistakes. Was dropped earlier this season

              1. Nightcrawler
                • 4 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Countless*

                1. BigBillyBass
                  • 5 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  This

        2. BigBillyBass
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          He’s a total arse of a footballer

          1. George Sillett
            • 8 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            If he's that bad why is it not the fault of the manager for picking him in the first place ?

            1. BigBillyBass
              • 5 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Are you his girlfriend or something?

      • Brosstan
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Laughable comment tbh

        1. BigBillyBass
          • 5 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          I had a good chuckle

      • Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        What about Kiwivillan?

    2. el polako
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      I brought in Son for Mane few weeks ago - what a nightmare 😉

      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Same, Robbo in for Kiko further haunted me

      2. bitm2007
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        why is that I nightmare ? Son has delivered !

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Were u not haunted last night?

        2. FPL Pillars
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Taking the piss out of an earlier article mentioning Mane got 5 points it haunted his sellers.

          1. bitm2007
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            OK. Thanks

      3. Piggs Boson
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Same. I'm haunted by it.

    3. Agger
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Lazio v Inter & Madrid v Celta tonight. That's what footballs all about

    4. Camzy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Hmm...

      Vardy > Jimenez this week (-4)
      Martial > Son next week

      Gives me:

      Henderson Martin
      TAA Soyuncu Bednarek Taylor Williams
      Salah Mane KdB Son Dendoncker
      Jimenez Ings DCL

      Worth?

      1. Rainer
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Selling GW28 players for hits seems off.

        KDB to Son?

        1. Camzy
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          I have a full lineup for 28 as is.

          Only KdB and Henderson are out from my team.

      2. Top Lad Dakes.
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Am almost definitely doing those exact moves, but for 2FT this week

    5. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Well, that’s Alli done for me I think

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        You still own Alli?

        1. HuttonDressedasLahm
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Kept for this game

      2. Nightcrawler
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Id be fuming if i owned him. Shd have scored a hat trick

    6. RAFA THE GAFFA
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Best pick?

      A. Kun+Mahrez >> Jimenez+Mané
      B. Kun+Greenwood+Aurier >> Jimenez+Ings+VVD (-4)
      C. Kun+Greenwood+Mahrez >> Jimenez+Ings+Son (-4)

      1. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        A.

        1. RAFA THE GAFFA
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Interesting. Rules out double pool defence anytime soon

      2. DNML
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        C. I have all of them. Also have double def + Salah so little biased probably:)

    7. Royal5
      • 12 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      What a strange Arsenal lineup.

      1. Dthinger
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Is it though? The only thing weird is Nketiah. And a lot of us had been expecting lava to get dropped. We just thought it would be Martinelli who took his spot

    8. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Auba hattie incoming.

      1. FPL Daniel
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Amen brother. He has too. Son has delivered

        1. FOO FIGHTER
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah, so happy about that Son goal. Fixing my rank 😀

    9. FPL Daniel
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Kepa please stop Son the next GW

      1. Jullepuu
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        You can only dream

    10. FPL Pillars
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      McCarthy
      Robbo TAA Egan
      Son Salah KDB Grealish
      Jiménez Ings Vardy

      Martin, Cantwell, Soy, Williams

      1FT 0.5ITB.

      Roll FT looking good right?

      I think two frees for BGW28 will be invaluable. Tempted by Traore but will observe how much is taken out of him Thursday. Happy to hold Grealish for Southampton.

      1. Jullepuu
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        We have almost the same team so good to go lol

        1. FPL Pillars
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Nice! Cheers

      2. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I'Roll, definitely.

        1. FPL Pillars
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Aye very likely to do so unless injury

          1. GreennRed
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            As long as you get 11 in 27 try saving the FT. Will be a good few taking hits or pulling Freehit or WC for GW28 while you have it in the pocket for, hopefully, DGW jackpots ahead.

    11. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      3 goals by Son in two GWs will console me after missing out on Mane's 5 pointers

      1. Jullepuu
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Same

      2. Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Demons exorcised

      3. RoysCallerAnne
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        That article (or headline) really was a new low on here. Rightfully ridiculed.

    12. Jullepuu
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      First time for me in the top 10k! (Second season playing this "seriously") Now Auba and Aguero will bring my rank down.

      1. RoysCallerAnne
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Congrats, its not easy to get there.

        1. Jullepuu
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Thanks! Feels like I'm now guaranteed to spend the whole next season outside top 100k lol

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

      Is Saiss nailed?

      1. Jullepuu
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Pretty much yeah but Boly is even more nailed and probably the better pick if you can afford him

    14. Digital-Real
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      son price increase tonight?

      1. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Probably not

    15. Nightcrawler
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Arteta hair is ridiculous

      1. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        He's a good coach though.....

      2. Holmes
        • 10 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Not really, better than being bald

        1. Nightcrawler
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Ridiculously good

        2. George Sillett
          • 8 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Not really , lower maintenance.

          1. GreennRed
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            Mightn't suit him. Could look like a potato 😉

    16. My heart goes Salalalalah
      • 7 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Son max baps and Jack keeps 1

      1. GreennRed
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Happy days for Jack. Top dog in a poor team, always worth considering.

        1. My heart goes Salalalalah
          • 7 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Yeah he's a proper talent. But with those fixtures it might be time to sell?

          1. GreennRed
            • 12 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            No. Villa poor most of the season but Grealish has been class in FPL and realball.

      2. FPL Pillars
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        If true then, great!

    17. HuttonDressedasLahm
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Hi all,
      Current team.....
      Henderson
      TAA Lundstram Holgate
      Salah KDB Grealish Alli
      DCL Firmino Ings

      Pope Cantwell Soyuncu Cresswell(I know!)

      .2 short of DCL to Jiménez
      For funds....
      A. Alli to Fernandes
      B. Holgate to Lascelles
      C. Alli to Barnes (a week early)
      D. Other

      1. CRO KLOPP
        • 6 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        B

    18. Sid1891
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Play Dunk or Lascelles next GW?

    19. BigBillyBass
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Martial + TAA > Son + Gomez for free?

      1. FOO FIGHTER
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Get rid of TAA? You alright?

      2. Alonso The Great Midfielder
        • 12 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        keep taa. ditch martial.

    20. bitm2007
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      The last three matches are going to be hide behind the sofa time. 55 with just KDB to come, my green arrow will probably turn red,

    21. Sid1891
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Similar 57 w KDB
      Not that bothered as long as KDB gets involved

    22. What is playing ‘price points’?
      NorwichCityLad
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Is a having a price point a good idea or not never bothered myself but am thinking of doing something different as never finished inside 100k

      1. RoysCallerAnne
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Price points were regularly talked about by RuthyNZ and he is an FPL genius.
        I dont even know what an FPL price point is. Maybe something to do with swords and shields. Or triple liverpool defence. Or Xstats.

        1. RedLightning
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 13 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Wasn't Triggerlips a bigger advocate than Ruth_NZ of Price Points, or at least of recommending how much of our budget ought to be spent on each of the four positional categories?
          And of course Joe keeps mentioning them too.
          Nothing to do with swords, shields, triple Liverpool defence, xstats, coverage or effective ownership.

      2. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I never think of them I just go for the players I think will score points. There has been many a time where I had to take hits to change team structure. So maybe I should start thinking of it more.

      3. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        They do it for “flexibility” to “hop on the next bandwagon”

        Whilst it simultaneously rules out players not in that price point

        A classic FPL fallacy

      4. J0E
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        It makes all players accessible within one/ two moves ... keeps hits to a minimum. Also means you don’t have to rule out any player as can just switch price points between positions or tailor them to the player price you want. I take about 5-7 hits a year only through this method.

        1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          I’d venture your current setup isn’t really a classic price-point based one though Joe (quite wisely I might add 🙂 )

          You have an overload of expensive midfielders and an underload of expensive strikers/defenders for example

          I’d see price point management more as having a premium/midprice/cheap player in every position - which really causes problems when (as often happens) we get an overload of overperforming players in one price point (e.g. cheap strikers), and an underload (e.g. midprice midfielder’s) in another etc

          1. J0E
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • Has Moderation Rights
            • 14 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I have tailored it. So for eg one of those expensive mids can be downgraded to upgrade a striker or defender.

            For price points to work there needs to be flexibility. With salah/mane, KDB and son I think it’s worth spending more in midfield, but that may not the case in a few weeks. Price points make it easy to be flexible quickly if w change is needed.

            1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
              • 14 Years
              4 years, 1 month ago

              Also known as the “play the price points until the price points don’t work” approach 🙂

              1. J0E
                • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                • Has Moderation Rights
                • 14 Years
                4 years, 1 month ago

                Lots of others get confused by it too.

                Key is getting any player within two moves. Easy to understand then. 🙂

                1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                  • 14 Years
                  4 years, 1 month ago

                  Sounds more like “get the players in form regardless of their price” tbf 🙂

                  1. Old Man
                    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
                    • 12 Years
                    4 years, 1 month ago

                    Must be a good week for you MBP?

                    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
                      • 14 Years
                      4 years, 1 month ago

                      The switch from double pool defence to Triple back in GW21 has exceeded even my expectations

                      (If my maths are right it’s been 18 cleansheets, 2 assists, 1 goal, a pile of baps.... for a total of 150 points in those 6 weeks including TAA Captain in the DGW - bonkers)

                      Son (c) today was beautiful

                      Painful for 93 minutes, but beautiful in the end 🙂

      5. Forza
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        It's a good idea for flexibility ahead of GW 1, but now that we've established that having 3-4 cheap defenders and 2-3 premium midfielders is the way to go, it's not worth it. The mid-price strikers and midfielders (bar Grealish/Jimenez) simply aren't delivering, so that price point is largely dead.

        I went from ~47k to ~3k in six gameweeks with a structure that some would consider 'imbalanced'.

        1. J0E
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 14 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          It would be good to see over a number of seasons and among lots of managers how well the imbalanced approach compares with the balanced approach.

          I suspect an imbalanced approach will get some brilliant seasons but also some awful ones.

          Whereas a balanced approach would rarely finish outside the top 100k or so and get a fair few high seasons.

          Would be good if anyone has some figures on that.

          1. Forza
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 9 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            For the majority of my six seasons so far (including this one) I haven't actively tried to find balance in terms of price points; I've ended up in the top 3035 three times and outside the top 200k three times. t's volatile but fun!

          2. Baps hunter
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 6 Years
            4 years, 1 month ago

            I think it is abdolutely impossible to calculate it. We cannot tell from a team who are the players on the watchlist. Using mini wc or two free transfers sometimes in combination with price points is a mixed strategy.

            Early in the season it is very useful if you have a lot of interesting targets in same price bracket. Also later in the season, but for those who have for example Jimenez and Ings, that 3rd spot is difficult from price point of view. There aren't many good options in any price bracket.

        2. TiAgoFPL
          • 4 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          My ml leader had a very imbalanced Team when he used the first wildcard (Sterling Salah Mané and KDB) and he went from 11 to 1st of the league and now he is 42k

      6. The Polymath
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I have a feeling those who are organised and want to limit hits are the ones most likely to worry about price points.

        1. Baps hunter
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 6 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          More aggressive players target plum fixtures and can therefore take more hits and change their team structure with more ease by doing so.

      7. RedLightning
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • Has Moderation Rights
        • 13 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I usually start by just selecting the squad of players that I expect to score the most points, irrespective of any price points.

        But that was a problem this season because I started with too many elite defenders and too little spent on my midfield and forward line. That would have worked out really well last season, but this season it proved to be disastrous.

        I also played my first wildcard too early and still got my squad structure wrong - it wasn't till GW10, by which time I had plummeted to 3 million, that I managed to get it right and start to climb back up the rankings.

        So this season I would probably have started better if I'd paid more attention to price points.

        They may not be essential, but there are some strong arguments in their favour. There are other ways to play though, such as being prepared to take more well-judged hits.

    23. Ci Siamo
      • 8 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      FPL aside, who is the better player?

      Mane or Son

      1. Cok3y5murf
        • 7 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Mane > Son > Salah > Sterling

      2. Now I'm Panicking
        • 9 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Mane easily for me

      3. OverTinker
        • 5 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Mane ofcourse.

    24. Wolfman180
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Does this WC team look too unbalanced or worth considering? (That is if Nketiah plays well and looks good for a first sub in a 3-5-2 formation)

      Ryan/ McCarthy
      TAA/ Boly/ Digne/ Fernandez/ Tanganga
      Mane/ Salah/ KDB/ Son/ Traore
      Ings/ DCL/ Nketiah

      1. Corgz Dark side of the Loon
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 8 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Tananga looks to have been dropped for Davis

        1. Wolfman180
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Aye it does looks that way, but he'd be last sub anyway and for 4 mill I dont see many other alternatives

      2. Tinkermania
        • 4 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Any pressing reason for wildcard this week?

        1. Wolfman180
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          4 years, 1 month ago

          Not majorly no, my current team is

          Ryan/ Button
          TAA/ Digne/ Boly/ Kelly/ Tanganga
          Salah/ Martial/ KDB/ Traore/ Cantwell
          Vardy/ Firmino/ Ings

          No major fires to put out however theres a few players I want to transfer out and I'm weighing up what a WC could look like

    25. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Ings GW27 captaincy case just got a hell of a lot stronger after that farce from Villa

      1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        Looks sensible.

    26. OverTinker
      • 5 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      Aguero benching will keep me in 10k but I guess he will play right??

      1. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
        • 14 Years
        4 years, 1 month ago

        I am sure you will be well inside the top 10k by the end of the season regardless of Aguero. Lots of doubles etc to come yet.

    27. Tinkermania
      • 4 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      50/50.

    28. Wrong Captain Choice - Ag i…
      • 14 Years
      4 years, 1 month ago

      What are redmond owners who wildcarded doing?

      Saving the transfer and reassessing gw28?