Not content in ramming my words down your throat via these ‘ere pages, I’ve joined forces with Granville – my great fantasy football rival and attempted to shovel more nonsense your way via your ears and the voodoo of the internet.
I’ve been planning this for several weeks and finally managed to organise the time to try out a pilot episode of a Podcast or the “Scoutcast” as I’m calling it, on Tuesday afternoon.
You can crack right on and stream or download the mp3 direct from here. Use right-click and “Save as” if you want to download for later. Patient or sceptical types meanwhile, can read on for more info on this latest experiment…
I say experiment because it’s very much a pilot episode – you may hate to hear my nasal whine, preaching fantasy football views as I argue the toss with co-host Granville. Then again, you may have been crying out to hear two middle-aged men discuss the fantasy fortunes. Who wouldn’t eh?
We’ve gone for simple format for this pilot episode – previewing the weekend’s forthcoming games, discussing the demise of the mid-price midfielder and the merits of the speeding Anelka bandwagon. Joe Kinnear, Tony Adams and The Two Ronnies make appearances (not in person obviously – RIP Ronnie) and there’s also plenty of banter – the kind you’d expect from a pair of bitter mini-league rivals.
Keep in mind that we recorded this on Tuesday afternoon, before the Drogba suspension broke and tonight’s internationals. Apart from that, have a listen and let us know your thoughts on here or mail me a mark@fantasyfootballscout.co.uk.
If it takes off and we can get around to producing some more, then I’ll eventually set up a subscriber page and upload to iTunes. Let’s not walk before we can run though eh?
Click here to grab this pilot episode.
Many thanks to Podsafeaudio.com for the music included in this episode.
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Guys, really enjoyed the podcast. It wasn’t too cheesy, good mix of debate, chat, and serious stats talk. Music is quite funny. You both have pundit voices, haha.
Good stuff, keep it up I say.
PS. Fran to make a guest appearance!
Worked for me, great stuff –
Trying to be constructive maybe condensed into 30mins would have been enough
I agree…if only because in future it will be very hard for you guys to use a lot of material that won’t get covered in the articles on the site.
Excellent stuff though!
Yeah…we’ll make episode one shorter. Great feedback though guys – keep it coming.
no! laptop busted for last few weeks and i,ve been making do with the wii but now i’m going to have to get off my lazy arse and get it fixed. it must be strange hearing the messiahs voice. the gf will go crazy now that she’ll have to hear ff as well. aw well, i’ve already promised the prize money to be spent on her so she cant complain (much more)
Mmmm smart move!
I am playing the FPL and also Telegraph and I used the 1m prize money as a good smokescreen…..
Now the missus is expecting a huge cash haul – Better give me some more hot tips Mark otherise Im in trouble!
Mark, scoutcast is great! You should be commentating on MOTD! All we need now is a piccy and the legend that is The Scout will be complete.
You’re a legend, mate.
Downloading now… Looking forward to putting a voice to the Legend!
On a side note, who do you guys think would be best keeping the bench warm this week. Zaki/Delap/Geovanni/Ireland. I’m leaning more towards Zaki or Delap at present as Ireland is getting so far forward he looks too much of a danger to drop. Geovanni has every bit of a chance scoring a free kick and picking up bonus points. Delap has been seriously consistent since the start of the season and could quite easily do some damage against a poor WBA side. Leaving me with Zaki, 1 point or a brace. What do you guys reckon?
i think you have to keep geo and ireland as they have great potential.
zaki or delap is a gamble. but wigan have not been good at the jjb and everton are slightly resurgent. edging towards delap still though. the rewards are probably greater with zaki
Thanks for the reply Higgo. I think you’ve helped me rule out Geo and Ireland. I’m captaining Anelka this week as I’m fairly sure 90% of my mini leage will captain Ronnie, a risk I know but worth it this week I believe. So I was thinking Delap could be the safer bet against WBA and Zaki could be the outsiders choice to pick up big points. My point is do I put all my eggs in one basket or spread my bets somewhat?
If you not gonna play Delap at the Brittania where he has picked up an average of 6points a game when are you gonna play him?
if you’re captaining anelka you’re already taking a small risk so i would say stick with delap in case it goes wrong. or…..go down in a blaze of glory!
I must admitt Delap does sound the safer option but usually when I play it safe I end up losing out! Just out of curiousity who are you captaining this week?
i havent decided yet. i think most people will be captaining anelka or frank so it might be a good time to back ronnie. villa play v well against big sides but if berba a doubt i might go with ronnie to knock them past a leaky villa defence
No midweek meander this week
or was that on the podcast? Apologies if it is, cant listen now at work…
It’s up now Alexi…
Fran, your really annoying. Forst you kkeep saying maybe ronaldo will be this, maybe that,maybe his nose will be itchy, myabe he didnt wipe his arse right in the airport…you’re a melter man. then, using the same info you already had, you say it looks like he’ll be rested for the second half. You’re a prize muppet.
I can’t think what you mean.
Anyway, I’m dropping Ronaldo and Lampard, and then captaining Van Persie, Bentley and Ronaldo…all on Fran’s advice (so far) in this thread.
sorry, “he’ll be rested for the first half”…your baseless speculating is annnoying enough, but stop claiming to know whats gonna happen in the future so some sad twit can go trawling back though the archives to say “look, Fran said this, and it came through”. Its like your mate saying bottom left corner for a penalty on TV- its just soooooooo annoying.
I feel like Grimey (as his friends called him) in the Simpsons trying to point out Homer’s faults. I think i’m going insane…speak sense or shut the f**k up FRAN!!!
but homer won the contest.
and fran said ronaldo was indispensable….
whats fran ever done to you ?! ; )
Next time, FRAN will post it will be after Manu match after Ronaldo has netted 3 goals.. Then, he will say…. “Finally, I opted for Ronaldo as captain”!!!!
with berbo a doubt im thinking of changing him for anelka (late i know) but will anelka price go up again this game week?
Grimey “look, it’s Homer Simpson, he’s in a contest for children!”
Lenny “Pipe down, we’re watching the contest”
Grimey, ” I dont understand you people, he just entered a contest for children??”
Lenny ” yeah, and he beat their brains out !”
Gold
puregold!
laughed very hard!
“barney’s film had heart, but football in the groin had a football in the groin”
Hello Mark, really enjoyed this podcast. I used to love the Telegraph fantasy football program on Fridays but they have stopped doing it this year. As a result I have slightly lost interest in that particular game. I look forward to hearing more in the future. Just one thing to note, perhaps you should have included Kuyt in your mid-priced midfielder argument as an example of someone bucking the trend?
Mark
Just spent lunchtime listening to the podcast. Must say, you both sounded very relaxed and professional. Great stuff keep up the dedicated output….
We’re listening…
Nice work with the podcast Mark and Granville.
Others may have said so (not sure, I skim read all the comments) but I think it’s a little long and slightly too meandering.
Totally understandable as it’s a pilot of course.
But I think if you can keep it sharp and make it 25-30 minutes max it will be a winner.
I think we’re kind of agreed that it should be shorter. I was sure it was only going to take about 20 minutes. We shall endeavour to make future podcasts more focused and imaginative.
It was not too long it was brilliant, I really loved every second. Listened on my way to my first job this morning.
Is it Lee or Granville?
Seriously i thought it was informative and exactly as the site appears a few people having a chat about something they enjoy doing.
Keep em coming!
Well done Mark and Granville, enjoyed listening to that!
Good banter at the start and the referrel to these boards was funny. Even Fran got a mention! lol
On Boro’s O’Neill… Will he play consistantly?
ps: Agree what you say on Portsmouth, I think this is the start of the Clean Sheet streak we have been waiting on! Belhadj for me!
O.M.G!!!
LAST
LOL
seriously!
Excellent idea, enjoyed the cast.
Agree with the Granville/Chappers comparison.
I didn’t mind the length of the podcast, you can always do something else (play a game or something) whilst listening.
Thought the intro music was AWFUL, but who cares?
Part Two?
Well just listened to it all…so I enjoyed it obviously…and the sound quality sorted nicely…well done guys !
well done guys. very strange to hear your voices now. great bit of banter. felt like i should be sitting in a pub having a pint listening to it. maybe thats the next step.. a gathering of the scouts on a premiership day. maybe we could meet fran
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