The ScoutCast – Episode 29 – Croissants And Footy
The latest ScoutCast episode is now live for your aural pleasure. Listen in as I recount my Paris trip diet of croissants and football, and a closely fought contest between Wifey and WIFI. I seem to have absorbed some French luck too, as I continue on my ‘Fantasy Cup’ run. Maybe it’s due to Le Chat Noir that ran in front of my car last week. Mark on the other hand is desperately trying the differential blagging game and failing miserably. There might just be a contest this season after all.
As well as the usual podcast regulars, the pair of us visit the familiar “Fantasy Island” destination with a passenger that at first seems like a case of mistaken identity. A shared surname created the confusion, giving me all the opportunity I needed to dwell on United’s latest triumph over Mark’s Gunners. He can harp on about Forest all he likes. I know the truth.
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hello blokes,
as arshavin wil probs go down 2nite and drogba will rise b4 the gw ive decided to do my transfers 2nite and was thinking as there are hardly any consistent (reasonably priced) midfielders to do the following:
arshavin > mid worth 4.4m
zamora > rooney
anelka > drogba
please take a look at my team and tell me if this is worth doing.
cheers
any1?
haha just seen the fulham goal. NOT a duff assist. not even close, please don’t embarrass yourself and email in. mahousive deflection on duff’s pass
that was directed at me!! I posted above!
here is my team for the weekend. any opinions, advice guys?. i am going to do anelka > tevez this week so my lineup will be
Hart
Hangeland Evra Nelsen Cahill
Lampard N’zogbia Eagles
Drogba Rooney Tevez
and subs in order will be: Murphy, Bramble and Gera
Midfield a little weak??
may have to dowgrade lampard later on. but think my midfield is fine for ths week
or i could play murphy instead of hangeland or nelsen
Only noticed that Sanli has now returned to the rightful Tuncay on FPL!
about time!
wooohoo won my fantasy cup 52 to 51 would have been easy if i didn’t take a 4 point hit but still the hughes bp saved me. i would’ve gone out if he didn’t get it cuz i only scored 1 goal. who would you guys bench out of tuncay, n’zgobia, lampard, and eagles.
These DGWs freak me out. I think they make this game boring, narrowing transfer goals mostly to the players who play DGW. I’m tired of them, I want more normal gameweeks!
And I’m glad this another crappy DGW is finally over. No transfers this time, having a rest!
you and me both. i’m exhausted
agree, it’s forcing most teams to become pretty similar
tuncay
SO angry!! outta the fantasy cup because of a stupid points hit!! Diamanti > Zamora
where’s bobby when you need him
I am fed up of women and fantasy football. ROAR.
Petrov or Nani!? or anyone else?! got 8.2 m
got to be nani, cant see him being dropped. hes in the form of his life
whoho…i got 7pts from o’hara..3BP’s.
shud i sell him to Lee@Taylor (Bolton)??
who to play: milner or duff?
I’ve got them both benched this week, but Milner the likelier to come in if I Tweek before Sat.. tough call but Milner and AV still solid enough IMO.
my plan to bench them both to. However with Richards being injured and my sub already done I’m not taking a hit when i have solid enough bench players. Milner has the shirt at the momenth though. Still not convinced by fulhams form.
What sub have you done this week?
Got 60 this GW including my 8 point hit. dropped in rankings but made ground on number 1 in my league so i suppose thats not too bad.
gonna resist rooney. already taken in Drogba and Tevez for Klasnic and Anelka this week.
actually i have a green arrow..first in a while haha wooo!
I hav been knocked out of fantasy cup for just 1 point. nooooooooooo
I feel your pain. I was knocked out in the first game by a guy with many less overall points than me and who hadn’t made a transfer since GW1! That hurt!
ya. wen u lose against those teams it really pisses u off then.
whos the best mid i can buy for 4.4m 4 the next few games?
McCarthy, especially with DGW26.
James McCarthy.
Yeah probably best of a bad bunch at that price
cheers guys
arshavin > mcCarthy
anelka > drogba
zamora > rooney
good call?
Depends on timing. I am bringing in McCarthy for GW26, then Drogs for GW28 (as I have to sell Evra and Diamanti to get him and they both have Doubles in GW27).
i guess mccarthy from wigan, if you have 100k to spare get o hara
I think for an extra 0.1mil, O’Hara would be the best long term purchase.
How do you rate this team for the next couple of weeks? Using two freebies this week.
Hart/Sorensen
Evra/Cahill/A Cole/Dann/Baird
Duff/Fabs/N’Zog/Modric/Tuncay
Rodallega/Rooney/Tevez
?
looks a dam site better than mine lol
Don’t like doubling up on teams like Fulham & Wigan though, can take Stoke because I have a keeper and a midfielder so its a bit different, also Wigan have a DGW coming up so thats all fine but Fulham, really tempted to get Baird out to Tomkins, thoughts?
if u were selling someone from ur defence id luk at a cole, personally i wouldnt buy tomkins and id keep the defence u have,
u could easily do this , which is wat im tinking of,
keep sorenson for his double week26 then get green week 27,
id rather green over tomkins and also he will swap very nicely with hart until the end.
sortef
ya its a good team, no weakness, u dont need drogba at the moment but try and fit him into your team at some stage
I plan to get him in for Tevez after his DGW, have enough money to do it with about 0.4 left over.
im so skint its unreal i wish i knew players values ^ & v before gw9 i wouldnt have been so stupid…i know i doubled up on fulham wit zamora an gera..fat load of good those 2 numpties proved to be :@
Ah well, just basically leave your transfers to nearer the deadline and ask on here what you should do with your team and you should pick up pretty quickly, try and stay off the points hits also. Your team looks decent, the defence is fine especially for the next couple of weeks. Maybe get N’Zogbia or Tuncay in for Arshavin, would free up cash to make it more flexible for yourself in coming weeks?
is tuncay being rotated at the moment?
Another 16 point hit pays offf
How did it pay off? Take away your 16 and you have 49 points, 6 below average.
I was going to reply to the comment but didnt. He bought O’Hara,Lampard,Rooney,Hughes & Larrson for 32 without inc the capt, players out scored 9 doing a quick count at best & with the 16 he still made a profit of 7 so well done
I won fantasy cup by 4pts..thank u duff!!
need to ship arshavin out…who is a better option?
MTaylor or MPetrov?
or nani? my current mid is Lamps, Duff, NZog, Modric
Here’s my plan to execute before Drogba’s price rise:
Anelka and Ballack out for Nani OR Huddlestone OR Modric.
Can someone have a look at my team and give an opinion on this plan? Thanks!
And Drogba in … forgot to add.
modric is better pick than huddlestone no questions asked
im not knocking ur plan IcyNorth, but id bet carlton cole / rodallega will outscore drogba over coming weeks,
have u considering c cole who has (almost certainly)2 dgw one after another and good fixtures?
and rodallega has similarly 2 DGW more apart and nice fixtures,
i was looking at drogba but ill prob wait until these doubles are out of the way around week 30 as chelsea may also be missing week 29 due to fa cup QF should they progress
Very interesting thoughts, dbronaldo. I will think about your suggestions. I’m worried if I don’t buy Drogba now, I won’t be able to afford him in the next few weeks.
i wouldnt consider huddlestone as a potential transfer, nothing wrong with selling ballack and anelka & bringing in drogba & nani although theres a rotation risk with nani but it could pay off
I wish I could read Sir Alex’s mind re Nani.
hello all, all things considered im not 2 unhappy with falling from 50 – 60 k ,tings could have been far worse and my fulham defenders proved my fate in them was justified,
onwards and upwards, im wont be put off more upcoming DGW because of this one ,
so i read earlier andy was on about having rooney this week then selling rooney 4 cole , then buying rooney 4 tevez,
this would mean having DGW forwards for them all……….i wont lie, i like the looks of it, may do something similar.
would give me 2 dgw for cole,and 1 for tevez, rodallega and rooney.
hopefully ill get more 57!
thank u dbronaldo for encouraging me to double up on fulham defenders also
… outta fantasy cup coza zamora 4 point hit tho!!
I don’t want to double up on Fulham at all, have Baird & Duff but looking to shift one out, Fulham are in bad form and were dire tonight apparently.
its just a temporary move SuperD, paid off 2nite and i will def play them both againist bur and bir at home, agreed they are completely out of form, hopefully they will pick up some confidence from the win and ill be getting rid of one come week 29,
i reckon 1 fulham defender is essentially to rotate around the fixtures until the end,
id keep baird, was impressed by him 2nite, at 4.3mil playing cm is a bargain
no worries mate, was a calculated risk that paid off this time , il prob bench my 3 fulham players this week and hope play both baird and hughes in week 26 and 27 where another 2 clean sheet double points have good possibilities,
then im planning 2sell one of hughes/ baird as it looks very likely the wont play week 29 v stoke due to fa cup (dont hold me to that just yet not decided) and il look at likes baines and song to come into my defence who fixtures wont be messed up with fa cup postponements as they are out.
yep im doin the same… well,, i dunno whether to plat collison r zamora,,, Wat u thinK?
id play zamora over collison,
currently im debating hughes or a reid,
dont want to be stung if fulham get a cleansheet at bolton and reid may not start next week given how zenden did when he got introduced
I can do 2 of these this week? Have 2 freebies you see.
Baird > Tomkins
R Johnson > Cahill
Milner > Tuncay
?
i see ur plans have changed,
id do the first 2, not mad about tuncay.
The thing is I have 2 freebies this week so would be a waste to use them, basically if I do the top two I will have to downgrade Milner next week. Where as if I do the bottom two this week I could save my transfer next week and have two for GW27, when I will be getting Drogba in. Thoughts?
had a look at ur team there,
wit ur 2 freebies id do modric > lee and r johnson > tomkins
id rather keep milner longterm than modric , and milner is more central to villa,
then the following week id look at c cole, green
Lamps, Modric, NZog, Duff, ____
who should I get to complete my mid. 9.0 or under. Im thinking MPetrov or MTaylor/Lee would be good for the next few gwks
ykwa09, Probably an in-form Valencia (with the exception of the past week, thanks to SAF), or Matty Taylor would be a good trade.
Heres the questions…Matty Taylor might be the safest pick in terms of rotation and has a decent run but his form is not that great. Will he score more in the upcoming weeks over lets say an in form player that might get rotated more, such as Nani/Valencia/Petrov/Tuncay
Bolton definitely have a decent run of fixtures coming up, including the double GW…
However, United, City and Stoke also have a double.
Would say that Tuncay is not prolific a FPL point scorer.
What about a Modric > Valencia trade and get Taylor in also?
Hi All,
Any suggestions for the upcoming GW?
Gomes/Hart
Evra/A.Hughes/Dunne/Shawcross/Nelsen
Modric/N’Zogbia/Lampard/Milner/O’Hara
Rooney/Defoe/Tevez
In the bank: 0.4
2 free trades for this week
Thinking about trading both Defoe and Modric for a pair like Valencia and Rodellega? Or could the trades be better spent elsewherer?
Defoe > Rodallega
Milner > Petrov/Tuncay
?
Awesome stuff. I can listen to this tomorrow instead of the football I’ve been listening to every day since Saturday in an attempt to continue to concern the other half with my growing addiction to fantasy football.
Can we depend on the CTC noting that a Drogba price rise is protected until Friday?
i would say no, we just dont know for sure how many days, i beleive ctc is set for 10 days of protection, but many players have changed after 8……but the onset of ‘protection peroid’ is up for debate in many of those cases,
back to plan A then.
just home…i take it bentley is the newest bandwagon??lol..
jeez u climbed up the rankings a good bit the last 3 weeks davy!! fair play!!
fair play davy u recovered v quickly congrats,
im chasing u again
was due a wee bit of luck..lol..long may it continue…haha..
thoughts on gallas to huth this week??
also is franco out and k davies in worth a 4 point hit?? would give me this team for this gw…
hart
huth ivanovic alexander
taylor lampard kuyt hunt
rooney(c) defoe davies
also sets me up well for the double next week and my transfer would be hunt out for nzogbia…
subs are robinson,gera,hangeland and nelson..
franco to c cole/ rodallega
got arshavin outta my squad for McCarthy seconds before the price drop
have enough £ for any strike force now.,..thoughts?
dbronaldo saw ur post regardin nxt week rooney> cole then tevez 2 rooney the next week, this slightly confused me, as its late who would your strikers be across these weeks?
i was just planning to ‘copy’ andys idea which i like alot:depends on if w ham have week 26 double confirmed added to the double they have in week 27
currently for week 25 to come i have:
rooney, rodallega, tevez
week 26 :
rooney > c cole and would leave me with 3 forwards all with doubles that week.
c cole (2), rodallega(2), tevez(2)
week 27: tevez > rooney,
c cole (2), rodallega, rooney (2)
looks good propect
i was just planning to ‘copy’ andys idea which i like alot:depends on if w ham have week 26 double confirmed added to the double they have in week 27
currently for week 25 to come i have:
rooney, rodallega, tevez
week 26 :
rooney > c cole and would leave me with 3 forwards all with doubles that week.
c cole (2), rodallega(2), tevez(2)
week 27: tevez > rooney,
c cole (2), rodallega, rooney (2)
looks good prospect
stupid mozzila firefox, posted twice!!
cheers mate yeah that does look tasty, when will we know if wham have that second double and what does it depend on?
currently i have anelka/zamora/tevez, was planning to go rooney, drogba, tevez. but now i think i may do rooney rodallega tevez like yourself.
the rest of my team is pretty cheap not sure who to sub/play either
Anelka > Rooney (4 point hit)
You will then be able to captain Rooney who is obvious captain this week and then you already have Tevez next week for captain, so thats 2 great captain choices in a row, should easily score pretty big and get you two green arrows in a row.
cheers SD i mite take 8pt hit 4 zamora > rodallega as well this week, thoughts?
Is Moses gonna start for Wigan?
i would think so…
mmm… he is classed as a mid in FPL
wait and c what happens this weekend then he may be a good differential for the double..