FPL team guide 2021/22 – Tottenham Hotspur: Best players, stats and more

B

B

A has higher potential imo. Watch cavani who's still on break for if he's match fit and sharp gw1. If he is then he's got a nice window of 4 games in about a month before UCL rotation kicks in. I'd go for 4.5 and mahrez over cresswell and pepe fwiw

I like A tbh

people would said B because they have Watkins and Sancho

I'm finding it difficult to leave him out that's for sure...if they had an easy opening fixture he'd be 30-40% owned I reckon

See if Kane stays first

Nah.

Not at all. His efficiency was abnormal last season and will have a hard time repeating that score.

With Sancho done, Hendo at number 1 and Varane getting closer, United should be a real threat to challenge for the title this season.

There's too much talk about it now imo

Feels like it's been reported as "done" every day for weeks now - a la Sancho last year

Starting to get the feeling this is him & his agent leveraging an extra few grand an hour, a city centre apartment and a car or two out of his new Madrid deal

Sounds like a fun idea!

Nice, enjoyed BB last season I must say and found myself chilling out with a couple of beers watching it...Mark has superb insight as always and you compliment each other well...the apprentice idea sounds fun...GL to you both for the new season!

Az I'm disappointed man

I skipped into the members area full of excitement at the thought of all the lovely new features we've been promised for years finally being available...

And its still just the same old same old from 5 years ago 🙁

Sounds like the latter will not get much mentorship and could wind up looking like a beginner's idea of what Lateriser's style is -- playing the Pep/Tuchel roulette, taking lots of hits to get the perfect players in for differential captaincies, etc. Without the savvy of an experienced player, that will probably wind up worse than just following the template.

Yes, that's the conclusion I've reached. So my squad is set up for the matches from GW1-4, or possibly GW5 if I want to observe the first match with newbies. Looks quite different to my earlier draft.

Haha. Yeah, and for the last 15 years.

jip, also a nice fixture swing around then.

Always aggressively attack the opening two or three gameweeks. This blind long term planning is a fools errand. After a weekend of football it will all go out the window as the game becomes form based. There is so many unknowns until then that make nailing your gw1 picks a complete lottery. My experience from 12ish years is attack the first 3 gameweeks and apply the wealth of knowledge we get from analysing 20/30/40 games with wildcard. Or get stupidly lucky and keep it because a lot of your pre season guesses are performing. It's a numbers game out of 7+ million some win the lottery.

https://twitter.com/JanAageFjortoft/status/1419591886638047239

https://twitter.com/RMadridistaReal/status/1419592703373987847

The Internet is going to run out of Varane updates if you keep going at this rate:

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/01/the-best-mid-price-fpl-midfielders-for-2021-22/?hc_page=2&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23869914

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/09/the-best-mid-price-and-premium-goalkeepers-for-fpl-2021-22/?hc_page=2&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23878061

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/13/fpl-tools-tips-on-how-to-use-the-per-90-filter/?hc_page=1&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23881982

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/21/the-latest-van-dijk-and-gomez-injury-news-as-toney-opens-pre-season-account/?hc_page=2&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23891519

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/25/fpl-team-guide-2021-22-southampton-best-players-stats-and-more/?hc_page=2&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23898169

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/25/fpl-team-guide-2021-22-southampton-best-players-stats-and-more/?hc_page=2&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23898277

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/25/can-rayan-ait-nouri-live-up-to-his-potential-and-become-a-viable-fpl-asset/?hc_page=4&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23899117

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/25/can-rayan-ait-nouri-live-up-to-his-potential-and-become-a-viable-fpl-asset/?hc_page=4&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23899157

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/26/fpl-team-guide-2021-22-tottenham-hotspur-best-players-stats-and-more/?hc_page=1&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23899171

Waste of Wildcard

not against BB1 but WCing just after that is a bad idea imo

As a rule of thumb it makes sense to leave BB until late in the season - you can easily have a squad value of 5mil more by then

I think the best approach if you're wanting to bench boost GW1 would be instead to invest in 2 x 4.5M Goalkeepers, then have 5 starting defenders and play a 4-3-3. This could allow you to potentially do 2 transfers, downgrading one player then upgrading 4.5M midfielder right before the 1st wildcard. Think this could avoid the problem of too much funds on the bench when bench boosting in DGWs and being stuck with players you don't want.

I'm a fan of the idea! Did it last year.
This year I'm not feeling the temptation, don't know why.
If you do feel it, do it!

I play my wildcard by game week 2-3 each year I play. This is deliberate and not a response to poor planning etc... I’m not saying I’m a pro player or anything like that but I’ve had some pretty good finishes top 50k a couple of times. Totally depends on your strategy. I prefer to get off to a fast start and defend a lead in mini leagues etc and I’ve always won with this strategy. Using it early is a big advantage as by gameweek 6-8 I’ve found people end up wildcarding to a similar team to what I already have and I’ve reaped the benefits because of the early moves etc. There is so much data now and fpl advice that you end up with similar teams as most people because there will be a big article on fixture swing in gameweek 6 etc and everyone follows this strategy (not saying this is bad btw) and everyone wildcards similar time with not much difference in teams as all the cheap players are identified and best big hitters are known.

Again I’m far from a pro at this game but I think it’s a good strategy to wildcard from a position of strength and try and extend lead early rather than holding on for Injuries or following the crowd.

As far as bench boost gw1 this is actually something I’m doing this year. Based on what I said above I thought why not give it a try as I end up wildcarding early every year so why not try and actually use the chip effectively by setting my team up for gw1-2. Chelsea for example could destroy a new look palace team that have a new manager.

I’m going to try something new for a change and get the most frustrating chip out the way and ultimately save myself stress and points hits later in the season trying to get 15 dgw players which just never seems to work. 😉

Just say no Zimo

Occam'd Razor: Dias to Stones

Dias to 5.5 mid

Dias to Digne?

Start at the back, there’s always a lump there that I miss.

Dias -> Digne

Grealish to Buendia and Toney to DCL.

Downgrade Grealish

It's a squad game, not a team game. Bench needed for context.

The obvious answer

Dias > 5.5m def (Digne/Stones)
0.5 investing in 4.5m def or save.

No-one disagrees that this is the perfect team then....

Bloody hell. Five minutes after I post this, bookies stop taking bets on next Swansea manager!

I thought they were getting John Eustace from us?

Ah just read he’s turned it down.

Who said he was sacked? Do you read any of the news or just post random headlines?

He said he left to spend time with his family, extended family and their wives.

Who has he poked this time.

Interesting. Not worried about that defense?

I'd say no.
There's a couple of early fixtures where you'd want to bench Ayling and Ait-Nouri, and you'll maybe be thinking about starting Buendia and Watkins GW4-5.

Not for me mate. Kind of forcing yourself into an early WC and the benefits not worth it.

wilson to toney and get a 5.5m defender

looking good FF. Not keen on Bruno though and would prefer upgrading ESR

Like it a lot

Scotty B

"Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day"

Well you surely. Nobody is doing yours for him.

What do you mean "if"? 😆

I thought it was to be sealed this week - do you mean there's a chance he may not sign at all?

Mahrez one of the few regulars back in training. Definitely a better option early doors.

Do you think City fans know Pep's thinking more than the rest of us?

Hmm. Tough one that. I mean there’s still 3 weeks to go.

Just wait until Community Shield. Assess from there.

I am planning to go with Mahrez. Prefer him over Son with Kane + new manager situation at Spurs.

Not a City fan but it's got to be Mahrez. Foden not back in training yet and we don't even know if he's fully recovered from the injury that kept him out of the Euro final.

It is, although I wouldn't rate Son if Kane is missing, for whatever reason. Decided against Mane then?

No Salah/Mane....that is suicidal not sexy lol

No need. Lots of cheap with better value

You've skimped on ever team

Close to 0

not for the first gameweek.
Maybe after gw4 onward?

Not anytime soon I guess

dislodging Nacho and Vardy is an ask at start of season at least

Thanks!

He's a 22 year old coming from the Austrian league...

A most dignified, fair & balanced appraisal of the situation is contained henceforth:

https://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2021/07/01/the-best-mid-price-fpl-midfielders-for-2021-22/?hc_page=1&hc_sort_by=comment_date#hc_comment_23869735

Would it not be a better idea to downgrade Havertz and upgrade Fofana to Chelsea defender as you want to have a CHE player?

Havertz? Why?

Defence is too light for me

People will dismiss Havertz but he has the best XGI/90 per million of any player in the league based on the second half of last season. He was heavily underperforming and the UCL goal could settle him down, so if any outside player is going to explode I'd say he's up there.

He wont play due to covid rule

I think A is a better. Just because I see Coufal getting more attacking returns than Shaw (due to power of MUN midfield + attack and potential 4-3-3 formation this year).

Your Keyboard is brekon.

Breksit talks on going with Varane

Both are overpriced in my opinion
Son + 2m!

Your team must be good if the top scoring FPL player is the weakest link, can't think why he is priced as he is....

Maybe, and in time, definitely. I just need to know when he's fit and ready to start.