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Wilson and Son start as Newcastle host Spurs in Gameweek 8

All eyes will be on St James’ Park this afternoon as Newcastle United take on Tottenham Hotspur in the first game since the Saudi-led takeover.

Kick-off is at 16:30 BST.

The Magpies’ are given a boost by the return of talisman Callum Wilson (£7.3m), who has been out since Gameweek 3 with a thigh injury.

Jamaal Lascelles (£4.4m) also comes back into the starting XI, with Federico Fernandez (£4.4m) dropping to the bench.

As for Tottenham, they are unchanged from the side that beat Aston Villa in Gameweek 7.

That means another start for Son Heung-min (£10.1m), despite suggestions that he wouldn’t be involved due to a positive Covid-19 test.


GAMEWEEK 8 LINE-UPS

Newcastle XI: Darlow, Manquillo, Lascelles, Clark, Ritchie, Hayden, Longstaff, Willock, Joelinton, Saint-Maximin, Wilson

Subs: Gillespie, Schar, Shelvey, Lewis, Hendrick, Fernandez, Fraser, Murphy, Gayle

Spurs XI: Lloris, Royal, Romero, Dier, Reguillon, Skipp, Hojbjerg, Ndombele, Moura, Son, Kane

Subs: Gollini, Sanchez, Tanganga, Davies, Winks, Alli, Lo Celso, Bergwijn, Gil

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  1. The-Red-1
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Son....

    Rage transfers incoming. Took him out after the rumours.

    Bye Lukaku

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Lukaku has Norwich

      1. Mr. O'Connell
        • 11 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        So

        1. Dynamic Duos
          • 10 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Yeah I just don't get this argument at all

        2. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          It’s Norwich……..

          1. Mr. O'Connell
            • 11 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            It's Lukaku

            1. Salah’s Sonnet
              • 12 Years
              2 years, 5 months ago

              It’s also Norwich

      2. Dynamic Duos
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Lukaku is garbage

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Bookmarked

      3. Amartey Partey
        • 4 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Norwich with 2 clean sheets in a row.

        1. Salah’s Sonnet
          • 12 Years
          2 years, 5 months ago

          Against?…….

          1. Amartey Partey
            • 4 Years
            2 years, 5 months ago

            Brighton and Burnley.

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

    Newcastle going down would be funny.

    1. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Would love it!!!

    2. Optimus.
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Oil love it if that happens

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

        Very crude.

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

    Definitely picked the wrong Spurs player in Scarlett.

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      That's far too wrong 😛

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

      Johansson?

      1. BeWater
        • 3 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        She is actually on the same number of FPL points as Dane.

  4. Bavarian
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Kane essential

    1. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      What year?

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

    how to improve this team guys? Got 2FT 0.1 ITB and WC left...

    Sanchez Foster
    TAA Shaw Marcal Rudiger Livra
    Salah Raph Benharama saka brownhill
    antonio ronaldo ings

    1. dwain100
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Get rid of Shaw and Ronaldo for Dias and Vardy

  6. Warby84
    • 8 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    1-7 I reckon at this rate

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

    Spurs have a good run coming from GW12 but Son will be 10.5 by then.

    1. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Team value seems to be irrelevant atm

  8. maglia rosa
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    It could easily be me but the comparison tool seems to be stuck on Season 2018....any one else having this problem? Something for the Mods?

    1. NATSTER
      • 13 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      2021 for me

      1. maglia rosa
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Defo me 😛 had it on World Cup qualifying for some odd reason 😆

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

    Lukaku to Kane?

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

      GW12!

    2. Magic Zico
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 5 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Hold the knee

  10. Low Life
    • 14 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Told my friend not to do Jota > Son as Son had Covid

    1. Dynamic Duos
      • 10 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ooops

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

      I removed Son on my WC because of that info

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

      Those of us who weren't on WC got lucky with the timing of that positive test news. I would have had Son in my team and taken him out when that news broke.

      1. Low Life
        • 14 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Think some people not on a wildcard did that anyway!

    4. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      loosing a friend incoming...

    5. MADCHESTER UTD
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah same here. I’m really not happy with that false late info Saturday morning. Telegraph and standard said Son was out. Took him out last minute of FPL and more importantly my flying high FanTeams. Not happy

  11. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Funny how its always players of the team winning that start going down like flies all over the pitch or its keepers taking a catch with nobody near them and hitting the deck for as long as they can. Im all for sporting behaviour but very weary of this being taken advantage of.

  12. lilmessipran
    • 11 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Getting rid of Son for a hit feels way worse than not getting him on a WC

    1. Pep bites Kun
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Ooh yes!

  13. Baps hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Watford and Newcastle the whipping boys to target? Has Norwich actuay improved? And did I forget something? MU?

    1. FOO FIGHTER
      • 4 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Add Leeds to that pile.

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

        Yep, sorry for being careless 🙂

    2. F4L
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      it changes, Norwich were, then switch to 5 back. Watford are missing a lot of first choice defenders right now. Newcastle could get a new manager in and improve.

    3. Cruicky
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      depends on what you're targeting.

      attackers - Watford & Newcastle have 0 clean sheets. Those 2 + Norwich & Leeds have conceded on average 2 goals a game.

      defenders - Norwich have scored 2 goals in 8 games, so opposition are usually good value for a clean sheet more often than not.

  14. Don Van Vliet
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    This rumour milling has to stop. Tore up a perfectly good wildcard and seriously down on points as a result.

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

      I did too but it was not rumour milling

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

      Always do your own research and believe nothing

      1. MADCHESTER UTD
        • 8 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        But team info from the likes of telegraph, standard should be gospel.

    3. Mr. O'Connell
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Just think how you'll feel when Son bags his 4th goal in about 40 mins time

      1. Pep bites Kun
        • 7 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Gutted?

    4. Ginkapo FPL
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      You chose to listen

      1. Don Van Vliet
        • 10 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        With good reason...

    5. Jensen Luiz Coleman
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Someone's had too much to think.

  15. Ruudy Van
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    A) ronaldo to Lukaku (C)
    B) ronaldo & Benrahma to Toney & KDB -4

    Meslier
    TAA Laporte Cancelo Christensen
    Salah Raphina saka
    Ronaldo antonio Wood
    (Foster Benrahma livra brownhill)

  16. OLD Rafiki
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Kane trying to trick us

  17. R.C
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    7/8 captain successes so far

    subscribe to my patreon to know who I captain next

    xoxo

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

      All dead teams captained Salah for 7/8

      1. R.C
        • 6 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Dead teams don't give out advice on patreon though 😉

      2. Optimus.
        • 13 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Nice 😀

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

      Or make a youtube channel and dont tell anyone about your team unless they pay you 😀

  18. grooveymatt65
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    ronaldo and benrahma to son and Wilson for free looks super tempting right now

    1. F4L
      • 9 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Newcastle's fixtures are sadly dire for the rest of the calendar year, as good as Wilson can be he'll be living off scraps.

  19. Baps hunter
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Recency bias. Vardy and Son essential now?!?

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Is it still considered a threemium if it’s Salah/Son/Vardy ?

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

    Son rumours now cost my WC team 27 points.

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

      Im not going to bother counting , but costly for sure with switch to Mahrez and Cpt over Salah with Son out

    2. MADCHESTER UTD
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I’m fuming about it. Cost me big points in FanTeam as well as FPL. Could’ve been ok had mahrez matched him but he obviously didn’t

    3. dshv
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Same

  21. afsr
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    How was Lukaku ag Brentford? Worried he may not start vs Norwich, and planned to buy him now for Ronaldo

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Did he play?

  22. El Presidente
    • 4 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    But the rumour was right, he did test positive for covid19

    1. R.C
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      false positive

    2. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      then how do you explain this?

    3. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      They should use better covid tests and not save pennies.

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

        This

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

      So what you can still play if you dont have symptoms or mild flu you know:D

  23. BeWater
    • 3 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    If there was a nuclear apocalypse which wiped out every living thing on the planet, including cockroaches, Son would still find a way to haul the following gameweek.

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

      Son supernova explosion.

    2. OLD Rafiki
      • 3 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      yeah

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

    Anyone else consider a switch from Lukaku to Mane after next week?

    1. Rupert The Horse
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Who would your new striker be?

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

        343 to 352 with 2 FTs

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

      Not with the fixtures

    3. Baps hunter
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 6 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Vardy and Son are cheaper. I fear that only Salah is nailed to start in that team. Mixed fixtures also. And had Jota started instead of Firmino... I'd like to play this fantasy in parallel universe, this season has been combination of bad luck and poor decision making for me.

  25. R.C
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    How essential is Vardy now?

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Nobody is

  26. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
    • 10 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    New owners probably spent half time reading small print of contract looking for the get out clause

  27. R.C
    • 6 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    is Greenwood actually United's best player or will he be dropped soon?

    1. tommo1989
      • 7 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Can’t see him being dropped. He’s ahead of Sancho for sure

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

    Currently down 17 pts after getting Mahrez and Dias for Son and Chilwell after the COVID news. Sometimes too much info is a bad thing

    1. MADCHESTER UTD
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I still think we did the right thing. Get any last minute news unlike more casual players. Normally it pays off. It’s not our fault the news was false

  29. Sun Jihai
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    Wonder if anyone on WC got in Kane for this week with a plan to switch in Lukaku in GW9 for the Norwich game
    Probably would have been a few if not for the Lukaku fit message in the press conference

    1. Thomas Magnum
      • 8 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      I did this exact thing on WC. wondering whether I even bother with Lukaku, will monitor price changes though because if Kane rises and I sell I likely would be priced out of him

      1. Sun Jihai
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        2 years, 5 months ago

        Ah nice - well played!

  30. diesel001
    • 7 Years
    2 years, 5 months ago

    MBS and Staveley won't be enjoying this. Size of the task ahead dawning on them.

    1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
      • 14 Years
      2 years, 5 months ago

      Honestly I could see the whole project being a complete train wreck

      It's Newcastle like