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Captain Kane delivers weekly prize

By The Scout 22 Nov 2016
Tottenham Hotspur v West Ham United

Malaysian manager Nora Syikin banked on Spurs forward and bench boost to win Manager of the Week prize

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After tinkering at all costs, Nora Syikin claimed the Fantasy Premier League Manager of the Week prize for Gameweek 12. 

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Having joined the game back in Gameweek 7, the Malaysian manager's squad embarked on a haphazard journey that eventually ended in glory only five weeks later.

Before deploying the first Wildcard in Gameweek 11, Nora had spent 292 points on transfers, and in a bid for the Gameweek 12 prize this busy transfer policy was extended prior to Saturday's deadline.

Nora made 19 swaps for Gameweek 12 and stumbled upon a winning formula, despite taking a huge points hit to make said transfers.

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With the Bench Boost chip in play, Jordan Pickford's (£4.1m) first clean sheet of the campaign in the win over Hull City, plus Darren Fletcher's (£4.4m) maiden goal of the season against Burnley, bolstered the Gameweek tally.

Harry Kane's (£10.8m) 13-point haul, doubled by Nora's captaincy of the Tottenham Hotspur forward, was perhaps the key factor. 

But elsewhere Nora had shown foresight by drafting in Sunderland pair Patrick van Aanholt (£5.0m) and Jermain Defoe (£7.5m) ahead of 10 and 11-point returns respectively.

With Chelsea's Diego Costa (£10.5m and nine points) and Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne (£10.8m and seven points) maintaining their relentless consistency, Nora's Boca Juniors line-up delivered a peerless 106-point total to snatch the weekly crown.

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