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

Aurier – 5.1m

TSB – 8.3% Form – 6/2/1/5/-1 Total points – 54

Whoever has read any one of my articles since I have been doing this and seen me write about our resident right back, thank you. Any one who has read those and then thought of buying him in FPL, I ask, what did you expect? it’s one thing every week I tell you. It’s like the always “captain Aguero gang” it’s said for a reason.

Not only does Serge possess serious fallibilitiles in himself as a player and full back but it’s our whole defensive unit that is not performing. Again, something I mention time and time again. Second choice keeper, new manager, lop sided right flank, I could go on. The people that preach form over fixtures got caught in the huge contradictory trap that is Spurs’ defence for the past however many weeks.

Norwich Heatmap and Stats

90 mins

1 own goal

62 touches / 78% pass accuracy

1 out of 2 dribbles completed

2 accurate long ball out of 5 attempted / 0 accurate crosses out of 7 attempts

2 clearances / 7 tackles / 3 interception

8 out of 10 ground duels won

6 out of 6 aerial duels won

17 times possession lost

Conclusion

Do not buy

Times I have been really on the fence with him, just due to the nature of his role. But time and time again he makes me laugh when I watch him try and emulate anyone competent in that position.

Lucas – 7.2

TSB – 5.9% Form – 8/8/2/1/3 Total points – 54

Lucas was brought on after 45 minutes as part of a double change and switch of formation. For that I again applaud Mou doing something earlier rather than later. Normally playing on the right, he was moved over to a left sided position, which was also occupied by Dele with Eriksen and also Kane favouring that part of the pitch. I suppose with Aurier roaming the right and Lo Celso (later Lamela) over there they targeted the left to maybe get some joy.

He had an ok game, and gave us some more attacking threat we had been lacking. His punt up the pitch to Kane led to Lewis handling for the Eriksen equaliser. So, he got his “FPL Assist” dubious at best. Still not a huge fan of Lucas, as I think he can offer more with his skillset maybe just not for Tottenham.

Norwich Heatmap and Stats

45 Mins

1 FPL assist

40 touches / 60% pass accuracy

1 shot blocked / 0 out of 2 successful long balls

3 out of 3 dribbles completed

1 out of 3 aerial duels won

5 out of 11 ground duels won

Conclusion

Still worth a punt at his price



If he starts, that is the question as always. I would prefer us to play Sissoko in his inside right role, so we are not weakening the central area when covering for baby Serge.

Dele – 8.9m

TSB – 15% Form 9/2/1/8/2 Total points – 73

Dele played more of a second forward flanking Kane in this formation. This is where he is most dangerous, when he is in and around Kane. His numbers do not look amazing, but on another day, he could have had 3 attacking returns. He still looked dangerous all game long and should be one of the first names on the team sheet for me. As he continues to prove muppets wrong about his ability.

The question marks for me are still the composition of our midfield and attacking areas. Until we sort the midfield out, Dele will have a place but his attacking contributions may be compromised. As for me he loses so much when shifted out wide or dropped deep. Not good for FPL prospects.

Norwich Heatmap and Stats

90 mins

69 touches / 85% pass accuracy

1 shot on target / 1 shot off target / 2 shots blocked

2 key passes

1 out of 1 completed long ball

0 out of 2 successful dribbles

2 out of 9 ground duels won

Conclusion

Wait and see if you still don’t have him



He is still posting good numbers over his last 7 games. I do not like the idea of “covering” players in FPL but if you cannot afford or don’t want Kane you could grab our second striker for a lot less.

Kane – 11m

TSB – 20.7% Form – 16/1/2/8/8 Total points – 102



The 83rd minute and you get a penalty, who do I want to take it. Got to be Kane, missed 1 out of his last 21 penalties for Spurs if my memory serves me right. He is great at them and even more so when the pressure is on to rescue a point for his team. Much is written about Kane and his perceived drop off to an “average” striker. You cannot please everyone and he cannot do it all himself. The fact that he is 26 and on course to keep challenging for historical records despite his small time as a first team regular is testament to the man.

He will still get goals no matter how rubbish his supply is. In this game he worked hard as usual and got his goal form the spot. He has a decent run of fixtures coming up with Saints (A), Liverpool (H), Watford (A), Norwich (H), Man City (H) and then Villa (A) in the next 6. Some goals in those games with only the Champions elect performing ok in the defensive department.

Norwich Heatmap and Stats

90 mins

1 goal

2 shots on target

37 touches / 84% pass accuracy

1 key pass / 1 out of 2 successful dribbles

3 out of 4 completed long balls

0 out of 5 aerial duels won

4 out of 5 ground duels won

Conclusion

Buy for me.



Kane will want to play all the games he can, He will get a break in January with the FA cup coming in, so should start all the rest of the games. This is only good news, he is a great threat when he builds up momentum. I have Vardy and Kane at the moment and an appalling rank of 2million (I have slacked off this year due to numerous things). I am seriously considering about moving Vardy on, as everyone has him and doing something different. Time will tell.

Fin.

So, there you have it the GW21 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