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The ScoutCast – Episode Seventy Nine – Love It

23 August 2012 3415 comments
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We may have suffered inauspicious starts to the season but there’s no denying it, we just love Fantasy Football.

For all his grumpiness and bile, Granville’s enthusiasm spills over as we both dive into the hot topics of the week: Juan Mata’s decline, Eden Hazard’s rise, the Rooney vs Van Persie question, whether Granville is the dopey one.

All these issues and more are addressed in the next 38-minutes, along with the return of All Aboard, the weekend preview and the first decisions to be made with the ailing ScoutCast XI. It’s my turn to play Pat Rice to Granville’s Arsene Wenger this week and, to script, I prove to be more of a hindrance than a help.

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Mark Mark created the beast. He's now looking to tame it.

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  1. rosh22
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Guys pls help me choose a starting XI and a captain

    DDG
    A Cole, Zabaleta, Cuellar, Barnett, Fabio
    Sigurdsson, Hazard, Hoilett, Pilkington, Puncheon
    Tevez, RVP Graham

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    1. tw
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      bench: tevez, rvp, hazard
      captain: barnett

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      1. cband
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        Lol

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      2. rosh22
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        ... come on now

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        1. tw
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 3 months ago

          at least put some effort in! like give us a couple captains you were thinking of and a couple players you were thinking about benching, don't just give us your whole squad and ask us to make the picks for you

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    2. Zizou
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      i'd bench barnett fabio and pilkington and capt rvp

      really dont like the midfield

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  2. Shhh... I Should Be Working
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Don't you just hate it when one of your players (e.g. Tevez or Hazard) are just over 100% on the price rise chart... all those transfers in today are going to be wasted!

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    1. Hiphopopotamus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Yeah, i share your pain Shhh. Luckillly, this time around, i'm a-ok. Tevez can only rise once more this week which will happen tonight. And i aint got Hazard.

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  3. LOL LINGARD SCORED
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Updated my link, just testin it 🙂

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  4. Jebiga
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    McCartney is only LB in West Ham

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Errr, no, he isn't. 🙂

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      1. Jebiga
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        Who else ? @%$&^%&^^
        Jarvis in ? I cant wait 😀

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 3 months ago

          Potts is designated, and Matty Taylor played there 11 times last Season.

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          1. Jebiga
            • 13 Years
            13 years, 3 months ago

            That makes me to bring Demel also so no haddacke

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    2. Jebiga
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Fail reply

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    3. Rinseboy
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      was this a reply to mine from prev page? Thanks if so, so McCartney and Demel are the full backs?

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      1. Jebiga
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        Yes !

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        1. Rinseboy
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 3 months ago

          Hi Doosra

          who is a better pick for a west ham defender?!

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  5. JELLYFISH
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Morning all. Anybody care to put me out of my misery on whether VDV's price dropped last night? (can't check from work, FPL site firewalled)

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    1. Shhh... I Should Be Working
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      He did not drop 🙂

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      1. JELLYFISH
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        Crickey! Word on here yesterday was it was a formality. I assume it is only a matter of time before he does, but he buys me another day to decide what to do with him.

        Thanks for sharing anyway 🙂

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        1. tommygun
          • 15 Years
          13 years, 3 months ago

          I think he may hold until tomorrow... If he doesn't start again it could be freefall

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          1. JELLYFISH
            • 13 Years
            13 years, 3 months ago

            Good to know, thanks

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    2. cband
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Nah he didnt

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      1. JELLYFISH
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        Yipedeedoodaa......

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  6. Zizou
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    ok think i'm sorted for my team this weekend, any obvious flaws or incorrect sub choices

    jaask (fed)
    ivanovic clyne cuellar
    lamps bale pienaar michu
    tevez torres rooney
    (kacaniklic, demel, hangeland)

    capt at the moment is a choice between rooney michu and bale

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  7. cband
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Could somebody pls tell me if kolarov is going to threaten clichy's minutes or zabaleta's (dont know what side he plays)

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    1. tommygun
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      clichy

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  8. Kevin Twine
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Azpilicueta completed his medical and signed a 5yr contract at Chelsea yesterday. Fee in region of €8m + bonuses.

    How much game time does everyone think he'll get in comparison with Ivanovic?

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    1. tw
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      who?

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    2. si
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      He will certainly share the workload for easier games. Probably some CL group games. Ivan will keep the big games for sure but this is not great in terms of his FPL output.

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    3. Fine, keep changing my name…
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      No confirmation on the Chelsea website. Not saying it won't happen, but I don't believe it's a done deal yet.

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  9. backflipbedlem
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Ramires out
    Got michu already thinking of getting hazard, I know gw3 etc
    Or shud I double up n get dyer as well, 5 out of 7 good fixtures

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    1. Jebiga
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      I did it last night !

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  10. Jebiga
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Tell me who to captanize ?
    1) Torres – because of very strange reason
    2) Bale – because im thinking that
    3) Rooney – because he is brilliant @ home
    4) Michu, Dyer – because everybody captanizing them – my personal thinking of that game is 1-0, or 0-0, or 1-1
    5) Tevez - because hes good form, also think about low scoring game

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Bale is a crap choice - look up his PPI ...

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      1. Mr. Greedy
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        It was only one game...

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 3 months ago

          -5 - for a player like Bale. Something amiss.

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          1. Jebiga
            • 13 Years
            13 years, 3 months ago

            He hitted crossbar, agrhhhhh

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            1. Fray Bentos
              • 16 Years
              13 years, 3 months ago

              Exactly and if it had gone in, he would’ve got a decent PPI score. Stupid system

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          2. Scroobius Mac
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 3 months ago

            Yeah the goal.
            He had shots off target. It's fine. Dempsey had awful PPI in some games because of shoot and hope - also the reason he ended up with such a haul.

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            1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
              • Fantasy Football Scout Member
              • 16 Years
              13 years, 3 months ago

              Not generally true, that. 🙂

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      2. cband
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        I feel like he'll score this week...could be wrong

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      3. Billy Gilmore
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        Unless you score you seem to get -'ve PPI...

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      4. Fray Bentos
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        I would never base my decisions on PPI!

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        1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          13 years, 3 months ago

          Suit yourself - but it is what generates the bonus. And a similar sorry story is told by his Metro scoring, based on Opta. 35.

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          1. Fray Bentos
            • 16 Years
            13 years, 3 months ago

            But its based on him not scoring or assisting in that game – certainly doesn’t mean he wont in the next game, by any means!

            Although saying that his ICT index wasn’t very high either, but if you look at his scores throughout the season they weren’t always high.

            Despite that he is still a very good captain choice

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    2. Twelve years a slave
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      michu

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    3. cband
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Bale

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    4. Fray Bentos
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Bale

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    5. Messi & fabregas
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Rooney

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    6. Coldplay
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Michu

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    7. Bubbles
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Rooney (c), Bale (vc).

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  11. tw
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    doos, isacki, and any other contributors around. please please please respond to JK's email soon/asap!

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    1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Hmmm ... 😀 Soon! 😉

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    2. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGeniusâ…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      PS - the reason I haven't is that I will be updating our own tables/site today.

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      1. tw
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        can't you just take a couple minutes and respond with what role you'd like to have? then you can get on to updating your site. all we're asking is to know which of the jobs you'd like. we aren't starting any of them til gw 2 anyways

        gl with the updating though!

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  12. BMox81
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Jaask
    Zab/Cuellar/Clyne
    Bale/Cazorla/Michu/Noble
    RVP/Torres/Tevez

    Subs: Fed/HRK/Fabio/Hangeland

    All locked and loaded and ready to go!

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  13. Christina.
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    All the Petric lovers - not worried that he only played 67min?

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    1. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      I wouldn't be. The game was well and truly won at that point so give him a rest.

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    2. Coldplay
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Not after that performance. He should be nailed on now and 70 minutes are enough for him to do his magic.

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  14. Messi & fabregas
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    morning gents
    why so many more people are getting Rooney and not van persie?

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    1. rosh22
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      CHEAPER

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    2. Billy Gilmore
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      1 million reasons I would suspect.

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    3. JELLYFISH
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Probably a safer bet and the fact that he's 1m cheaper. I took the Kun>RVP option earlier in the week more for a punt than anything else (planning on doing WC during the internationals)

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  15. Dub
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Can't believe so many people thinking of captaining Michu this week.
    Earth. Thud.

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  16. Jebiga
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Mr. Doos tell me your thinking about Jarvis in West Ham. I think i will bring him in

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  17. Coldplay
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    NEW POST

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  18. Alius33
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    I've nailed down my W2 lineup, tell me what you guys think:

    Vorm
    Baines-Vidic-Rangel
    N'Zogbia-Kagawa-Yaya-McClean-Michu
    RVP(c)-Tevez

    Got 107 points in W1 so I'm not very worried about getting a few less this week.
    🙂

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    1. hendra respati
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      strong at back..

      n'zogbia surely differentiator..

      RVP as captain?? are u sure?? i would wait for couple weeks to trust him.. better Michu/Baines/tevez for me safe option

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      1. Alius33
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        Yeah I'm still going back and forth on the captaincy. Man u is at home and it's with fulham so he could rake up the goals, but your right he hasnt had a lot of pre-season and he could be wobbly. Plus with city being away to liverpool, i dunno if tevez will do as well as last week, but then again, who knows. It's a toss up, i'll either get it right or wrong.

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  19. hendra respati
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    GK: Cech
    D: Chico, Ashley cole, Baines
    M:yaya toure,guthrie,cazorla,Kagawa,Bale
    F: Tevez, torres

    Think from u guys??

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    1. Alius33
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      Very nice! I decided to get rid of Torres and bring in RVP, but your midfield is awesome, so don't worry about that. Who you got as captain?

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      1. hendra respati
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 3 months ago

        well.. i got my headache because thinking who is my captain..

        but now i'm thinking for Baines/tevez,
        any suggest?

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  20. Rinseboy
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    who is the best west ham defender to have for 4 mil>?

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  21. gunner1994
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    Will prices change again before the gw deadline? If so, what are the chances Michu will rise in price again?

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  22. sugarboy
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    A) Rooney & McClean or
    B) Defoe & Kagawa ?

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    1. Fred the Red
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 3 months ago

      A

      Defoe likely to step aside once Ade is match fit

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  23. Fred the Red
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 3 months ago

    How's it look for GW2 guys? Ramires is still in the team because Aguero->whoever was a more pressing transfer. Out with either Torres or Ramires for GW3

    DDG

    Zab Cuellar Clyne

    Bale Toure Michu Ramires Noble

    RVP Torres

    Jaaskelainen Petric Gorkks Hangeland

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