![]() All we can do is try use his talents to the full and get him into positions where he can showcase those talents, and persuade him there are certain things he needs to do to get into those positions. “It’s what Eze has added to his game, not what we have added to his game. Half of his 14 attacking returns have arrived since Roy Hodgson returned to the club ahead of Double Gameweek 29, the avuncular head coach bringing the best out of his young midfielder after a period of stagnation under Patrick Vieira. His second 16-point haul in the space of six games arrived in the 2-0 win over Bournemouth, a brace against the Cherries taking him to double figures for goals in 2022/23. Pop quiz: who is the leading sub-£6.0m FPL midfielder for points this season? Miguel Almiron (£5.4m)? One of the Brighton contingent, perhaps? The answer, you won’t be surprised to read after seeing the above sub-heading, is Eberechi Eze (£5.5m). He eventually won the free-kick that Douglas Luiz (£4.8m) scored from. Ollie Watkins (£7.4m) ended his run of blanks and it was a decent display from the striker, who was involved in two big chances – one spurned by him, the other by Leon Bailey (£4.3m). Pedro Porro (£4.8m) was nullified and Son Heung-min (£11.5m) was repeatedly caught by the offside trap the Villans’ backline should give Liverpool’s attack their toughest test in quite a while in Gameweek 37. Unai Emery racked up their sixth successive win on home soil and would have had another clean sheet to go with it had Kane not won that late penalty. Spurs were limp on the road again but, in mitigation, a trip to Aston Villa is a tricky prospect these days. Kane now needs just two more strikes to match his best-ever goals tally in a single league season (29), while he requires only three more points to better his highest-ever points total of 242. Kane had uncharacteristically spurned a big chance before he inevitably got on the scoresheet, his goal arriving from 12 yards after he, if we’re being generous, ‘initiated contact’ with Emi Martinez (£5.0m) to win a late spot-kick. Spurs had an xG of 0.00 in the first half against Aston Villa, eventually coming into the game after the break. Harry Kane (£11.4m) is much the same when it comes to goals, even when his team is playing dreadfully – as happened on Saturday at Villa Park – and when he can’t find a way to score by honourable means – as happened on Saturday at Villa Park. ![]() “Life, uh, finds a way”, said Jeff Goldblum in 1993 dinosaur romp Jurassic Park. They probably won’t be the pushovers that many FPL managers hoped they would be in Gameweek 38 when Tottenham Hotspur come calling, although it may be ‘win or bust’ by then – something that would play into Spurs’ counter-attackers’ hands. ‘Dogged’ would probably be a good description of their performances in Gameweek 35 and 36, with the Whites hanging in there when their high-flying opponents were on top. I believe with the spirit we showed, the commitment we showed if we’re going 2-0 up I think would have, the way we defended the game apart from silly penalties, of course, we would have won the game.” – Sam AllardyceĪs for Leeds, Sam Allardyce has at least instilled some real fight into them after the capitulations of the Javi Gracia era. “The scoreline should have been a victory for us today. Even Howe admitted that the Magpies have missed him. The damage could have been greater, indeed, had Patrick Bamford (£7.1m) not missed a first-half penalty.Įight goals have now been conceded in the four matches that Sean Longstaff (£4.3m) has not started recently, Newcastle’s midfield often being overrun without him. ![]() It’s now just one shut-out in 15 matches for Howe’s side and while there have definitely been some hard-luck stories during that run, it’d be wrong to say that Leeds didn’t deserve to bust their clean sheet on Saturday. ![]() ![]() Kieran Trippier (£6.1m) created chances without reward, Fabian Schar (£5.1m) racked up the shots without scoring (he’s now had 48 without success since his Gameweek 1 howitzer from distance) and the Magpies once again finished without a clean sheet. Once the game-time from the Albion match is totted up, it might be easier to guess if one or both will start against Leicester City in a favourable Gameweek 37 encounter on Tyneside.Īt the back, it was a familiar tale. Above: There was plenty of drifting into central positions from Alexander Isak despite his start on the left wingīut owners would no doubt prefer to see him leading the line, something that may still happen against Brighton and Hove Albion if Eddie Howe decides to divide his two strikers’ minutes with the Thursday-Monday turnaround in mind. ![]()
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