Scout Scribbles – International Round Up
Filed under: Scout Notes - Posted by: Paul
Robin Van Persie is subbed off at half-time during Holland’s win over Hungary. Shinji Kagawa misses out for Japan due to a back problem, Branislav Ivanovic and Eden Dzeko continue their strong starts to the season, while a Frank Lampard penalty saves a point for England as we round up all the main protagonists from last night’s international matches…
Shinji Kagawa’s Fantasy owners were handed a scare after the United midfielder pulled out of Japan’s game with Iraq. The former Dortmund man played down fears of any problem, going on to say:
“I felt a twinge in the back during practice when I was on the ball. I had some treatment but didn’t want to risk causing the team trouble by playing. Obviously it’s a shame I wasn’t able to play… It’s not that serious and I don’t think it will keep me out for long”.
Nevertheless, there will be concerns over Kagawa’s fitness heading into Saturday’s match with Wigan. Sir Alex Ferguson has been careful with his game time in the last couple of league games, subbing off the summer signing from Dortmund around the hour mark and with Wayne Rooney injured and Van Persie’s official prognosis still unknown, we face an anxious wait until the club releases statements. With a Champions League clash against Galatasaray the following Wednesday, Ferguson is unlikely to take any unnecessary risks.
The United boss also has Antonio Valencia and Javier Hernandez to travel back from matches in Uruguay and Mexico respectively. The pair enjoyed contrasting evenings, Valencia seeing red on 90 minutes in Ecuador’s draw with Uruguay, while Javier Hernandez netted the winner for Mexico in their 1-0 win over Costa Rica. Ferguson will now hope to get both back unscathed as he assesses his squad prior to the Wigan clash. The Friday morning press conference can’t come soon enough for many.
Branislav Ivanovic continued his superb start to the season with a goal and two assists in Serbia’s 6-1 thrashing of Wales last night. City’s Aleksandar Kolarov also played a part for the victors, providing a goal and assist in what was described in some quarters as an “inspirational performance”. Gareth Bale served a reminder of his eye for goal by lashing home a long-range free-kick for Chris Coleman’s side as a consolation. QPR’s Jamie Mackie provided an assist in Scotland’s home draw with Macedonia, while Zoltan Gera provided an assist in Hungary’s defeat by Holland – a foul on the West Brom midfielder in the box led to a converted spot-kick by Balasz Dszudszak.
John Arne Riise played a crucial part in Norway’s 2-1 win over Slovenia – the Fulham left-back hammered home a spot-kick deep into time added on to seal the three points for the hosts. Jonny Evans picked up an assist in Northern Ireland’s 1-1 draw with Luxembourg – the Man United centre-half teed up Dean Shiels to put his national ahead early in the first-half. Reading centre-half Kaspars Gorkss gave Latvia the lead in Bosnia but the hosts, led by Edin Dzeko with a goal and two assists, ran out comfortable 4-1 winners.
Frank Lampard saved England’s blushes with a late spot-kick earning a home draw against Ukraine, with Danny Welbeck providing the assist. Reading’s Alex Pearce climbed off the bench to net for Republic of Ireland in a 4-1 win over Oman; Shane Long was also amongst the goals for Giovanni Trapattoni’s side. Swansea new boy Ki-Sing Yeung turned in a mixed performance for South Korea yesterday. The midfielder’s own goal handed Uzbekistan the lead but he somewhat atoned for his error by providing an assist for his nation’s equaliser in a 2-2 draw.
Clint Dempsey, Tim Howard and Geoff Cameron were all in the US starting XI that sealed a 1-0 win over Jamaica. Dempsey played the full 90 minutes for the US as he looks to build up his fitness ahead of his debut for Spurs. A bench role looks likely for the former Fulham man when Andre Villas-Boas’ side travel to Reading on Sunday.
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September 12 at 2:11 pm
bebe247 says:
What rating would ye give my team…. what changes would ye make
Ruddy… davis
Baines…rafael…jenkinson..mccauley….demel
Hazard…cazorla….michu….morrison…guthrie
Rvp(c)…tevez…graham
0.3 in the bank
Thoughts would be appreciated
September 12 at 2:13 pm
Yossi: The Jewish Iniesta-Real Sociedad. "Quotation is a servicable substitute for wit" - W Somerset Maugham says:
Keepers are awful and Jenkinson will be out of the team soon… Other than that it’s fine
September 12 at 2:56 pm
bebe247 says:
No keepers are guaranteed clean sheets and theres nothing more annoying when u get 1 point for your expensive keeper while a league rival gets 7 for a super cheap alternative….. those keepers rotate well with one being at home every week….. im more concerned with the boys who bring home the bacon… jenkinson will be swapped after his home game with sou this weekend
September 12 at 2:14 pm
Conal_H says:
8/10.
Very strong, but Morrison, Jenkinson and your keepers are issues
September 12 at 2:21 pm
Wild Rover says:
Just because you don’t have/want Morrison does not make him an issue….
September 12 at 2:30 pm
Beavis - Manager of SC Bastia says:
+1.
I don’t like him either but I wouldn’t go as far as calling him an ‘issue’ or a bad pick.
September 12 at 2:51 pm
bebe247 says:
Morrison as far as im concerned plays in the hole for a team in form and that have a great run of fixtures coming up… well worth the six million to give him a chance…. his form isnt too bad either
September 12 at 2:15 pm
TheSportsGuy - you say cabay I say hello says:
Keepers are not good, and rafael faces difficult games and rotation risks after this next game.
I would change Rafael to Cuellar and upgrade the keepers to something like foster and begovich.
September 12 at 2:48 pm
bebe247 says:
The keepers will stay as they rotate well and keepers are not really an important position… rafael and jenkinson will be my free transfers in the next 2 weeks but ye have to admit they have strong games tbis week…
September 12 at 3:26 pm
lord_trumpington says:
Keepers are important and there are better budget combinations than Ruddy and Davis. the Jussi and Begovic rotation has delivered me 3 CS’s so far equating to 21 pts over 3 gw’s. As a comparison thats 13 pts more than Zabaleta has returned over the same period, so you may want to re-evaluate the importance of your keeper options.
September 12 at 2:13 pm
Iain Dowies Love Child says:
Potential WC team – ANY feedback welcome (keepers left out ATM as I’m yet to decide):
Kosc – Rafael – Distin – Cuellar – Demel
Hazard – Santi – Yaya – Michu
RVP – Tevez – Graham
September 12 at 2:15 pm
MartinUnreal says:
I don’t see the appeal of michu AND graham, a midfielder who is on fire scoring goals and you also want the striker who scores 1 out of 10 of their goals so far? I would look elsewhere and keep Michu and hope his run continues.
September 12 at 2:42 pm
Iain Dowies Love Child says:
Get you there – Graham is there for the moment but will be replaced by another similar priced option
September 12 at 2:15 pm
ChristIna says:
3 keepers?
Nice.
September 12 at 2:16 pm
Conal_H says:
It’s great man. No idea how you managed to afford it though. Guthrie your 5th mid?
September 12 at 2:38 pm
Iain Dowies Love Child says:
Yeah – forgot to add him in
September 12 at 2:16 pm
Yossi: The Jewish Iniesta-Real Sociedad. "Quotation is a servicable substitute for wit" - W Somerset Maugham says:
Missing a mid mate
September 12 at 2:13 pm
Arselona says:
Hughes > Ridgewell
or save transfer?
September 12 at 2:17 pm
Yossi: The Jewish Iniesta-Real Sociedad. "Quotation is a servicable substitute for wit" - W Somerset Maugham says:
Save
September 12 at 2:19 pm
TheSportsGuy - you say cabay I say hello says:
Save
September 12 at 2:32 pm
Beavis - Manager of SC Bastia says:
Save.
September 12 at 4:53 pm
victory_is_mine says:
+1
September 12 at 2:14 pm
ASAP Rocky says:
RMWCT please
Jussi – Bego
Jenkinson – Demel – McAuley – Cameron – Cuellar
Cazorla – Hazard – Michu – Bale – Sterling
RVP – Tevez – Graham
0.6 in the bank.
September 12 at 3:56 pm
Goofsta says:
i like it!
September 12 at 2:14 pm
Arselona says:
Bench Ba or Petric?
September 12 at 2:19 pm
ASAP Rocky says:
Hmm, tough one.
I would say bench Ba.
September 12 at 2:32 pm
CoYi says:
Ba. I have both and Ba will be on the bench
September 12 at 2:15 pm
Anonymous says:
Will any of the websites monitor the price rises and NTI’s for the UCL like they do the FPL (why do we say UCL shouldnt it be FCL or FUCL)
September 12 at 2:32 pm
Beavis - Manager of SC Bastia says:
They haven’t in previous years so I wouldn’t imagine it will start this time round.
September 12 at 2:16 pm
The Viper says:
Another thing, I know there is always the chance of rotation but what is the likelihood that Hazard is given a rest before the champions league? (He played 90 mins twice during the break didn’t he?)
I’ll be going RVP (c) Hazard (vc) so don’t want a doubt over both..
Anyone? Is it basically a case of “no one knows but he should play” ya?
September 12 at 2:19 pm
Yossi: The Jewish Iniesta-Real Sociedad. "Quotation is a servicable substitute for wit" - W Somerset Maugham says:
*Repost with no “Repost” tag alert*
But yep, what you said on the last line… No real reason for him not to play, but rotation might come into play
…
September 12 at 2:22 pm
The Viper says:
No one replied to the last one so I didn’t feel compelled to point out that its a repost
Thanks!
September 12 at 2:18 pm
Lachy484 says:
Krul, Jaaskelainnen Clyne,McCartney, Baines,McAuley, shawcross Michu, Fellani, dyer, hazard, toure, Tevez, torres, Ba
who should i play on the bench and who should i put as captain
September 12 at 2:21 pm
Yossi: The Jewish Iniesta-Real Sociedad. "Quotation is a servicable substitute for wit" - W Somerset Maugham says:
People really don’t like playing this game themselves anymore do they??
Bench Clyne, McCartney/ShawX and Dyer….
I’d captain Hazard out of those options, or maybe Baines for a differential…
September 12 at 2:24 pm
Lachy484 says:
Thanks i will bench clyne and shawcross cause mcCartney is playing norwich and clyne is playing arsenal
September 12 at 2:23 pm
ASAP Rocky says:
First time on here?
Most of the time people organize the information clearer than you did, see above examples.
The manner in which you ask the question matters greatly if wishing to receive feedback.
General rule of thumb, tell us your thoughts on what particular decision you are leaning towards and give people options, i.e. “Should I bench Clyne or ShawX?”
Its easier to digest and may increase your chances of a response.
September 12 at 2:25 pm
Funkyav says:
or just link your team, makes everything a lot easier and then we can tell how serious you are
September 12 at 2:26 pm
Crouch Potato says:
To put it gently, making such decision’s is what it’s all about,.
September 12 at 2:21 pm
boc610 says:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/foot.....erton-book
great interview….
September 12 at 2:22 pm
Aatish says:
NEW POST http://www.fantasyfootballscou.....n-benteke/
September 12 at 2:22 pm
Mind over Mata says:
Please let me know if you fancy A or B more:
A)
Foster / Begovic
Baines / Demel / Saylor / Cuellar / Clyne
Cazorla / Hazard / Michu / BArfa / Guthrie
RVP / Tevez / Lambert
B)
Foster / Begovic
Baines / Demel / Hughes / Popov / Cuellar
Cazorla / Hazard / Michu / BArfa / Guthrie
RVP / Tevez / Lambert
Thanks for any responses!
September 12 at 2:28 pm
Mind over Mata says:
Anyone there?
September 12 at 2:37 pm
Dufflinks says:
Definitely A as you already have Foster and I’m not sure Popov is a starter.
Clyne is an okay choice but I’d maybe consider Gorkss of Reading. 3.9, a good goal scoring record and rotates better with Demel.
September 12 at 3:57 pm
Goofsta says:
I also don’t think popov will start…
September 12 at 2:24 pm
beric says:
I think Lallana, Ramirez AND Lambert might be too much Saints cover (b7 team)
Who would you do without?
September 12 at 2:26 pm
Mind over Mata says:
I’d say Ramirez
September 12 at 2:24 pm
Dufflinks says:
Trying to decide between Maloney (mun) or Guthrie (TOT) for my 4th midfielder spot. Guthrie is probably playing in the hole so has scoring potential but I quite fancy Maloney’s chances again Rafael…
What say ye FFS community?
September 12 at 2:26 pm
The Shadow - If I wanted to know your game rank, I'd have looked it up myself. says:
Either would be a good choice for fifth midfielder.
September 12 at 2:26 pm
beric says:
I’d play Maloney
September 12 at 2:27 pm
Mind over Mata says:
Both are good choices.
I’ve gone for Guthrie as he is a steal for 4.4m
September 12 at 2:29 pm
Dufflinks says:
Cheers – Sorry wasn’t very clear I realise – have them both but undecided about which to play and which to bench this GW
September 12 at 2:30 pm
Mind over Mata says:
Oh, right. In which case… probably Guthrie.
Never let the price of a player fool you into thinking that the other will be a better call. Has caught me out several times.
September 12 at 2:32 pm
Mind over Mata says:
Any thoughts on my team dilemma above?
September 12 at 2:38 pm
Dufflinks says:
Thanks – dropped you a reply, hope it helps!
September 12 at 2:26 pm
shanegriffin - Irish Madridista says:
What’s the story with Andy Carroll?
I don’t want him, but if he’s back playing soon then I want Nolan over Morrison in my WCT..
September 12 at 2:35 pm
CoYi says:
I anticipate him missing our next 4/5 games, atleast….
September 12 at 2:28 pm
mchoa696 says:
Wildcarded this week and this is how my team turned out. Not too sure about Stephen Taylor or Dembele. Any other improvements you guys could suggest?
Foster Mignolet
Taylor Baines Ivanovic (Demel Gorkss)
Hazard Dembele Michu Yaya (Sterling)
RVP Tevez Grahem
September 12 at 2:29 pm
Fail@PickingCap says:
Have both, which keeper to play?
Cech or DDG?
September 12 at 3:18 pm
Elwood says:
DDG
September 12 at 2:29 pm
roscola says:
Mark – I daresay it’s not a new request but is there any chance of fixing a few things in the inline search box in the comparison tool:
i) Make it disregard diacritics (i.e. so that “Tevez” matches “Tévez”, “Aguero” matches “Agüero” etc). Easy fix for that might be to change the spellings in the database but maybe that would mess with importing Opta stats or something
ii) Remove the duplicate entries e.g. there are two players called Samir Nasri
iii) Make it so it matches first name as well as last name. Often catches me out.
Note that this doesn’t mean I don’t love the comparison tool. Best thing about being a member, IMO
Also, there seem to be several duplicate entries. For example there are two Samir Nasri
September 12 at 2:31 pm
roscola says:
LOL at the irony of the duplicated point in the last line
September 12 at 3:00 pm
Scroobius Mac says:
+1
September 12 at 3:29 pm
ATHELTICO TIMBO says:
Why don’t you just email him mate
September 12 at 2:32 pm
brianutd says:
Apologies however anyone reported the RVP situation?? cheers
September 12 at 3:17 pm
Elwood says:
He’s okay according to the telegraph
September 12 at 3:28 pm
ATHELTICO TIMBO says:
There has been no new update yet
September 12 at 2:33 pm
Mind over Mata says:
Does anyone think Popov will become first choice over the next few weeks?
September 12 at 3:02 pm
Count Of Monte Hristo - Heisenberg 1 Gus Fring 0 says:
Kolarov looked quality last night. He needs to do that more often for City.
And the Bale free-kick. wow!
September 12 at 5:29 pm
farbs777 says:
Cole > baines?
Lescott > Baines?
Your response will be greatly appreciated?
September 12 at 6:22 pm
gazbhoy32 says:
Cole > Ivanovic.
September 12 at 6:23 pm
gazbhoy32 says:
………..or Lescott > Ivanovic AND Cole > Baines if you have any spare cash.
Will set you up for ther season.
September 13 at 8:06 am
farbs777 says:
I do have the cash and I do plan to get them both out by gw5 but trying not to take the hit so I was asking who you think should be my gw4 transfer considering cole has 50% chance of playing?
Thank you for your btw.
September 12 at 5:53 pm
farbs777 says:
Please help gents dunno why no one responds to me on these forums?
PLEASEEEEE
September 12 at 6:22 pm
gazbhoy32 says:
To the 100,000+ muppets who transferred RVP in BEFORE the WC Quals:
WAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA………..
………………….*SNIGGER*…………………*titter*.
Will prob come on as a sub against Wigan, IMO.
September 13 at 1:21 pm
dileno says:
Your opinion on this WC team?
Jussi DDG
Demel Clyne Gibbs Ivanovic Rangel
Hazard Michu Ben Arfa Cazorla Routledge
Torres Tevez Lambert
Possibly
Morrison / Guthrie for Routledge
Fletcher for Lambert
approx 0.5-1.5 in the bank
September 13 at 10:58 pm
josepe says:
test
September 13 at 11:14 pm
oxido_76 says:
test
September 13 at 11:16 pm
oxido_76 says:
re-test
September 13 at 11:20 pm
oxido_76 says:
re re test
September 15 at 9:30 am
vwfiesta says:
What’s up with the new Swans left back not being added to the game yet?