Welcome to my new weekly column regarding the Spurs assets you should or should not be looking at come the Game week Deadline.

Aurier – 4.9m

TSB – 4.8% Form – 9/4/6/1/5 Total points – 41

Another two goals conceded for our defence. Jose must be going for some kind of Premier League record. But another attacking return for Serge. Not much else to say regarding his positioning. It is, as you can see below the same as the other Mourinho games in charge. He was again tasked with getting forward up and down that right hand flank. The right back did ok with Rashford, until we had both him and Sissoko trying to cover that right-back spot. This caused confusion between who was picking who up. It was laughable from our POV for the penalty. Nutmeg on Aurier and then Sissoko standing on his foot. Standard calamity.

Manchester Utd Heatmap and Stats

90 mins

84 touches / 75% pass accuracy

2 shots on target / 1 accurate cross

2 clearances / 5 tackles

Conclusion

Still a Don’t buy, as I said last week.

Yes an assist, a very fortunate one in my opinion. We cannot keep relying on attacking assets from defenders who keep conceding.

Ndombele – 5.8m

TSB – 2.8% Form – 2/1/0/2/1 Total points – 32

Ndombele looked to get into the thick of it when he came on. He tried to move us forward with his smart distribution and forward-thinking play. However, due to the lack of cover in that central area he was hindered severely. Not knowing to stick or twist, as we had Dele as number 10 and Eriksen floating in between.

Again he *could* be an option when it clicks and when we gel as a team. Hoping it is sooner rather than later for all our sakes.

Manchester Utd Heatmap and Stats

20 Mins

20 touches / 85% pass accuracy

1 shot on target / 1 successful long ball

3 out of 2 dribbles completed

4 out of 8 ground duels won

Conclusion

Wait and see. All about formation and fitness for the number 28.

Needs starts, and hopefully the busy Festive period forces him to get up to speed and play his way into the form we know he has in him.

Son – 9.8m

TSB – 15.5% Form – 2/8/13/10/2 Total points – 76

A game where he should have done more. Positioned on the left against AWB who has not had a great season. But he is young and still learning. Son has the ability to take on most full backs, and he did in this game get some joy. But his end product was not matching his dribbling skills.

Could be the key to getting in behind that stubborn Burnley defence and will be great on the counter attack. Going inside and outside as equally natural, could confuse the old school fullbacks we might see on show.

Manchester Utd Heatmap and Stats

90 mins

2 assists / 4 key passes

8 out of 9 dribbles completed

9 out of 14 ground duels won

Conclusion

If you have the money and the squad space then I would still buy.

One poor game, does not define this deadly winger. Still got so much to offer in the games ahead.

Dele – 8.6m

TSB – 6.6% Form 9/3/5/15/9 Total points 51

Hope people had chance to read my Pre-Season article I wrote on Dele. Just a short read regarding his positioning since he joined Spurs. As well as what I hoped for him in this current season.

Playing his natural game as the number 10, supporting Kane. Aside from his goal, which was world class, all the other aspects of his game were as average as the rest of the team. Dele had one more shot on target right at the end of the game and it was straight at DDG. He is trying different things, still. Which is encouraging for myself as a Spurs fan and myself as a Dele owner. I believe he is a player who is his best when his tail is up and confidence is brimming. If only this confidence had spread to the rest of the team.

Manchester Utd Heatmap and Stats

90 mins

1 goal

53 touches / 75% pass accuracy

2 shots on target

2 key passes / 1 accurate long ball

2 out of 3 successful dribbles

3 out of 6 ground duels won

Conclusion

Buy! Still, yes you have missed 3 goals in two weeks but you can still get on.



The man is in-form, why not get him. We have games coming thick and fast and he will go rotated at some stage but cannot imagine it now.

Kane – 10.9m

TSB – 18% Form – 0/2/6/2/2 Total points – 67

My “Buy, Buy, Buy” pitch from GW14 is looking rather stupid! Sorry all. As silly as it is to say he is due a run of good performances, he really is. What is missing is an actual midfield behind him and behind his attacking cohorts. Dele playing with him, in my opinion is good for Kane. With confidence coursing through his veins he will soon start combining well with Kane, or so I hope. He is finding his own feet at the minute then he should start playing with Kane, as he has done previously.

In this game Kane really did not do much. As you can see from the heatmap you can see he is all over the midfield, not in a good way. Probably feeling as if he had to do something to try and get the ball forward. With Winks being the only permanent central midfielder and being out manned 3 to 1 sometimes, he dropped deep to help out and get the ball moving. Not the type of display you want to see from the sole striker.

Manchester Utd Heatmap and Stats

90 mins

1 shot off target / 1 shot blocked

42 touches / 66% pass accuracy

2 key passes / 1 out of 2 successful dribbles

2 out of 4 aerial duels won

4 out of 7 ground duels won

Conclusion

Wait for me.



He needs some consistency in regards to showing more in terms of shot numbers. Really dropped off this year. Kane the machine will be back, but I am unsure as to when.

Fin.

So, there you have it the GW16 FPL Special ones article, hoping to do this every week and give the FPL world a view on the prospects from the players at my club. The players I actually know about and can give actual analysis not just spout random numbers and stats for. Hope you have got something out of this, if not there is always next game week.

Thanks for reading.

COYS

Mr WP

@Writehartlane