The ScoutCast – Episode Ninety – Subtle
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Maybe I underestimated Granville. Maybe his throwaway comment made at 10.32 on a weary Wednesday evening wasn’t throwaway at all. Maybe Granville is a Fantasy football mind games genius.
Regardless of whether his plan was pre-meditated and devious, it certainly worked as you’ll find out in this, episode ninety of the ScoutCast.
Aside from my sidekick’s scheming, we give dear old Leighton another rinse following his twanged hamstring, tackle the template midfield yet again, check on the market movements in “all aboard” and, of course, look forward to the weekend action. We also start spending points on the ScoutCast team: it’s the slippery slope. Where’s Granville’s genius when you need it?
Reveal the evil plan via this link or simply stream this latest episode on the player below…
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| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change | Hart | MCI | B, Vs |
| Up | Cech | CHE | B, Vs |
| Up | Robles | WIG | C, Vs, £ |
| No Change | Lloris | TOT | C, Vs |
| No Change | Foster | WBA | C, Vs |
| No Change | Vorm | SWA | C, Vs |
| No Change | Mignolet | SUN | B, Vs |
| No Change | De Gea | MUN | A |
| Up | Boruc | SOT | B, Vs, £ |
| No Change | Jääskeläinen | WHM | A |
| No Change | Begovic | STO | C |
| No Change | Howard | EVE | A |
Defenders
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No Change | Kompany | MCI | B, Vs, Rest |
| No Change | Vertonghen | TOT | A, Vs, Rest |
| Up | Luiz | CHE | A, Vs, Rest |
| No Change | Baines | EVE | A |
| Up | Boyce | WIG | C, Vs, OoP |
| Down | Bassong | NOR | B, Vs |
| Up | McAuley | WBA | C, Vs |
| Down | Johnson | LIV | B |
| Up | Jones | MUN | A |
| No Change | Sagna | ARS | B |
| Up | Huth | STO | C |
| No Change | Cuéllar | SUN | B, Vs, £ |
| No Change | Rangel | SWA | C, Vs |
| Up | Clyne | SOT | B, Vs, £ |
Midfielders
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up | Bale | TOT | A, Vs |
| No Change | Mata | CHE | C, Vs, Rest |
| Up | Walcott | ARS | C, OoP |
| Up | Hazard | CHE | B, Vs, Rest, Inj |
| Up | Maloney | WIG | B, Vs, £ |
| No Change | Y Touré | MCI | B, Vs |
| No Change | Silva | MCI | B, Vs, Inj |
| No Change | Fellaini | EVE | C |
| No Change | Coutinho | LIV | B |
| Up | Morrison | WBA | C, Vs |
| Down | Cazorla | ARS | C |
| No Change | Snodgrass | NOR | B |
| Up | Kagawa | MUN | B, Rest |
| Up | Walters | STO | B |
| Down | Lallana | SOT | C, Vs |
| Down | Sissoko | NEW | C |
Forwards
| Player | Club | Factors | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up | Tevez | MCI | A, Vs, Rest |
| Up | Koné | WIG | B, Vs, £ |
| Down | van Persie | MUN | A, Vs |
| Up | Sturridge | LIV | B |
| Up | Lukaku | WBA | B, Vs, Rest |
| Up | Benteke | AVL | A |
| Down | Aguero | MCI | B, Vs, Inj |
| Up | Rodriguez | SOT | A, Vs, £ |
| Up | Defoe | TOT | B, Vs, Rest |
| Down | Lambert | SOT | C, Vs |
| Down | Rooney | MUN | C |
| Up | Carroll | WHM | A, VsX |
| Up | Ba | CHE | C, Vs, Rest |
| Down | Berbatov | FUL | C |
| Up | Cissé | NEW | B |
| Down | Remy | QPR | B |
Selection Factors
| A, B, C | Current Form |
|---|---|
| Vs | Favourable Fixtures |
| VsX | Unfavourable Fixtures |
| Rest | Rotation Risk |
| Inj | Injured/Returning from Injury |
| OoP | Out of Position |
| £ | Potential Bargain |
| Sus | Suspended/Near Suspension |
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November 30 at 6:44 am
Jafooli (C) says:
Grav check?
November 30 at 6:44 am
Sporting says:
check your grav.
November 30 at 6:45 am
Jafooli (C) says:
oh yeah…..no…..
November 30 at 6:49 am
Berbilly Gilmore - Betis for La Liga 2013 says:
Failed.
November 30 at 6:51 am
Jafooli (C) says:
November 30 at 6:58 am
Berbilly Gilmore - Betis for La Liga 2013 says:
I take that back
November 30 at 6:49 am
Acquafresca;; Manager of Panathinaikos -ο Παναθηναϊκος με κέρδισε says:
COONGRATZ
November 30 at 6:51 am
Jafooli (C) says:
After the ‘Please allow 5 to 10 minutes for avatar changes to take effect’, do I need to do anything else?
November 30 at 6:52 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
Patience.
November 30 at 6:53 am
Jafooli (C) says:
It’s been about an hour (or 15mins, not sure)…
November 30 at 6:52 am
tw says:
mail me a blank check and all your credit cards
November 30 at 6:53 am
Jafooli (C) says:
done…..please mail me your back…..
November 30 at 6:53 am
Gaz Downright says:
*tumbleweed*
November 30 at 6:55 am
...al - The Phisherman says:
Aye, that’s my job
November 30 at 6:53 am
Sporting says:
hello mr pastry!
November 30 at 6:54 am
Jafooli (C) says:
wow, it works? How come I canny see it?
November 30 at 6:55 am
Sporting says:
maybe it doesn’t really work and it was a wild guess from me.
November 30 at 6:56 am
Jafooli (C) says:
nice work……anyway I think it’s dough….
November 30 at 6:47 am
cylus11 says:
Is Fellani a must again,
He has got 2 tough games against City & Tott.
I can get him for Mata for free. Has Matas form been a worry in last 3-4 gameweeks. Lot of many have shipped him out. So could be differential.
Hernandez from Swansea seems to be a good punt for next week.
My rest of team is :
Ming,
Ridg, Enrique, Rafeal
Walcott, Bale, Mata, Sess
Fletcher, Augero, Suarez (c)
Subs: Jask, Mcnuff, Cameron, Demel
Any thoughts Fellani is essential so i can do Mata to Fellani or wait for 2 GWs and then decide.
Any thoughts on the same.
November 30 at 3:46 pm
Bedok says:
I would not change tis week. But Mata does have that blank coming up. Seems Fellaini is non-stop scoring.
November 30 at 9:35 pm
Pineybyrne says:
Yeah, he could score against any team.
November 30 at 6:50 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
Hi everyone, looking for some thoughts on my team.
Jaaskelainen • Begovic
Shorey • Baines • Cuellar • Wisdom • Hughes
Sessegnon • Puncheon • Mata • Morrison • Bale
Ba • Van Persie • Berbatov
2 FT, £1.6m in the bank.
Which choice looks best?
a) Baines + Ba → WBA defender/Enrique (already have Wisdom)/Nastasic + Suarez – which one?
b) Jaask → Mignolet
c) Mata → anyone
d) Baines + Mata → 2 replacements.
e) something else
Thanks in advance.
November 30 at 6:53 am
Gaz Downright says:
Get rid of Sessegnon and the dots, and maybe Baines
November 30 at 6:53 am
Vettel is a cry baby says:
Needs more QPR
November 30 at 6:53 am
tw says:
baines + mata + ba > nastasic + walcott + suarez (-4) imo
if you don’t want to take a hit then go with option a and then ditch mata next gw
November 30 at 6:55 am
Vettel is a cry baby says:
Or this
November 30 at 6:57 am
mataga123 says:
why does everyone hate on mata now? acouple of weeks ago he was a “must” and now everyones transffering him out..? he will come good soon. just BE PATIENT
November 30 at 6:58 am
...al - The Phisherman says:
im trying to be this weekend
but rafa is breaking my balls
November 30 at 7:00 am
mataga123 says:
yea i agree with you. he is an idiot.. to bench mata? how does he not “fit” in there team? he IS THE TEAM ahaha
November 30 at 7:00 am
...al - The Phisherman says:
tempted to get silva in for mata since i just sold tev, i need my city fix
but money’s getting tight with mata dropping tonight and silva probably up tomorrow… teicky
November 30 at 7:03 am
mataga123 says:
i might sell maa.. but i think the season keepers possibly are bale,silva and mata. fellaini is good. and 5th midfielder sterling/routledge/puncheon
November 30 at 7:03 am
...al - The Phisherman says:
yeah ive gone mental with my mids so gota watch the prices of each
tricky decisions lately
hopefully silva won’t rise till saturday
November 30 at 7:18 am
mataga123 says:
yeah
November 30 at 6:59 am
tw says:
i’ve been suggesting for people to transfer him out for a couple weeks (even a week or two before he started getting rotated) because of chelsea’s tough run of fixtures and i had a feeling that their form would drop off and something like this would happen (though I didn’t expect RDM to get fired quite so quickly).
November 30 at 6:58 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
Walcott not playing is a possibility. Might wait like you said.
November 30 at 7:07 am
tw says:
true. wait and see but i’d def do the other two transfers this week
November 30 at 6:54 am
Vettel is a cry baby says:
A. Nasty + Suarez.
November 30 at 6:55 am
Evs says:
A) for me TM, with either Enrique or Nastasic
Maybe the latter as you have Wisdom (assuming he plays, and if fit)
November 30 at 7:00 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
WBA defender not worth it until Jan WC?
November 30 at 7:02 am
Evs says:
Not sure, I would prefer city.
November 30 at 7:06 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
Tricky fixtures.
November 30 at 7:04 am
Katie says:
Baines Morrison Berb > Jones Sterling Suarez
Boom!!!!
Captain Demba
November 30 at 7:06 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
Jones may be a rotation risk now. Morrison over Sterling anyday. Rather Berba over Ba long term.
November 30 at 6:52 am
Gaz Downright says:
Baines Cons
hamstrung
bad “form”
difficult fixtures ahead
Pros?
pens?
November 30 at 6:54 am
tw says:
pros: pens, fk’s, corners, gets forward a lot.
still thinking the cons outweigh the pros. and we can always bring him back later
November 30 at 6:56 am
Vettel is a cry baby says:
How do you still even have him. 9 games with easy fixtures. NO CS. and only 1 assist in the last 5 games. Waste of space
November 30 at 6:57 am
tw says:
lots of us on here still have him. though most are shipping him now
November 30 at 6:58 am
Gaz Downright says:
I was busy getting Mata
November 30 at 6:55 am
Jafooli (C) says:
RMG (Rate My Grav)……I reckon it blows goat
November 30 at 6:56 am
Gaz Downright says:
wasn’t aware rolling pins were into goats…
November 30 at 6:57 am
Jafooli (C) says:
they are where I come from……hand in hand…
November 30 at 6:55 am
Gaz Downright says:
orange and red all over the place, my team selection page looks like a hot dog!
November 30 at 7:14 am
In Like Flynn says:
November 30 at 6:58 am
Jafooli (C) says:
Right time to start hunting down those gravless fools……..they really piss me off they do…..
November 30 at 7:00 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
Now link your team.
November 30 at 7:02 am
Jafooli (C) says:
how you do that….
November 30 at 7:05 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
Nevermind.
November 30 at 7:08 am
ChristIna says:
LOL
It’s to much for him.
BTW, Saffers showing their true colors.
November 30 at 7:10 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
too*
Early days.
November 30 at 9:36 am
Fantasy is My Ball and Chain says:
How do you link your team??
November 30 at 7:06 am
Acquafresca;; Manager of Panathinaikos -ο Παναθηναϊκος με κέρδισε says:
Click my profile top right
Copy past URL from “View gameweek history” from FPL site
Paste it into your profile under website.
November 30 at 7:10 am
Jafooli (C) says:
done….is it working?
November 30 at 7:11 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
Yes, nice rank.
November 30 at 7:06 am
tw says:
FAQ is your friend
November 30 at 7:04 am
tw says:
+1
November 30 at 7:04 am
Acquafresca;; Manager of Panathinaikos -ο Παναθηναϊκος με κέρδισε says:
this.
November 30 at 7:02 am
Acquafresca;; Manager of Panathinaikos -ο Παναθηναϊκος με κέρδισε says:
November 30 at 7:04 am
Jafooli (C) says:
Get a new grav….bored of yours
November 30 at 7:06 am
Acquafresca;; Manager of Panathinaikos -ο Παναθηναϊκος με κέρδισε says:
I will change back to my original once UEFA league is over..
PS posted above how to link team.
November 30 at 7:09 am
tw says:
unless you get relegated then you’ll be part of season 2 starting gw 20. and maybe CL or Europa as well
November 30 at 7:09 am
Acquafresca;; Manager of Panathinaikos -ο Παναθηναϊκος με κέρδισε says:
Hey, Hey. Im on the rise! 2 GW wins in a row
6W 8L
November 30 at 7:13 am
tw says:
nice! I didn’t realize how you were doing, just was pointing out that you have the chance to continue on
wish i could say the same but im on an awful drop. 4 losses in a row I think putting me at 6-8 as well. this week was infuriating though as i lost to Parm by ONE point. and i’d considered but decided against pienaar to walcott for a hit which would have won me the match by a point. so depending on how other people did i could be in the relegation zone…
November 30 at 7:17 am
Acquafresca;; Manager of Panathinaikos -ο Παναθηναϊκος με κέρδισε says:
Still hoping to make Europa, if im lucky enough CL..
November 30 at 7:06 am
ChristIna says:
Wtf is that for a grav?
Pizza dough?
LOL
November 30 at 7:08 am
Acquafresca;; Manager of Panathinaikos -ο Παναθηναϊκος με κέρδισε says:
November 30 at 7:11 am
...al - The Phisherman says:
Here’s a close-up
http://img1.uploadscreenshot.c.....104188.png
wtf
November 30 at 7:10 am
tw says:
November 30 at 7:12 am
Jafooli (C) says:
some bloke rolling dough
November 30 at 7:01 am
tw says:
given this is my current defense: baines, sagna, rafa, demel, saylor
does an 8pt hit for baines + sagna + pienaar > enrique + nasty + walcott/bale sound reasonable, assuming baines and sagna aren’t fit this for this gw?
November 30 at 7:07 am
Acquafresca;; Manager of Panathinaikos -ο Παναθηναϊκος με κέρδισε says:
trim that down to a 4pt hit. Baines and pienaar > walcott / defender.
ditch sagna next week
November 30 at 7:09 am
tw says:
but that leaves me playing a man down this week…
November 30 at 7:13 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
Rafa, Demel & Baines replacement = 3 right?
November 30 at 7:15 am
tw says:
ah demel! forgot he played 90 min this week. does he have his spot back now?
i guess chelsea isn’t too bad of a fixture, considering they’ve drawn the last two games 0-0 and have something like 3 or 4 shots on target over those two games
November 30 at 7:09 am
Gaz Downright says:
oh feck me why is it so difficult!
can some kind sole please help me find one page on paddypower which has this GWs “anytime goalscorers” for the EPL?
william hill can do it… why cant paddy?
November 30 at 7:09 am
Gaz Downright says:
soul!
bloody ‘ell
November 30 at 7:13 am
TorresMagic™ - Congrats to "PILGRIM" for winning the EARLY BIRD LEAGUE! says:
Who do you want?
November 30 at 7:14 am
Gaz Downright says:
just everyone on a simple page… blimey why is so hard
November 30 at 7:13 am
Lateriser12 - "I am a consulting detective. The only one in the world" says:
NEW POST
http://www.fantasyfootballscou.....nt-4460770
November 30 at 8:50 am
jamesmather says:
Any thoughts on who to bench for this week?
One of the Norwich defenders (Home against Sun) so I can play Huth?
Pity to bench Hernandez, but who to swap out for him?
Also, anyone you’d trade out there? (Other than Gor)
Begovic WBA (A)
Jose Enrique SOU (H)
Bassong SUN (H)
Garrido SUN (H)
Santi Cazorla SWA (H)
Fellaini MCI (A)
Sterling SOU (H)
Bale FUL (A)
Suarez SOU (H)
Van Persie RDG (A)
Fletcher NOR (A)
Jaaskelainen CHE (H)
Huth WBA (A)
Gorkss MUN (H)
Hernandez ARS (A)
Reckon ill play jaas rather than bego, but tough one to call…
Thanks!
November 30 at 9:31 am
dunsey92 says:
Baines and ba to evans and saurez for a hit.Good idea?
November 30 at 9:33 am
Fantasy is My Ball and Chain says:
Not sure on Evans mate
November 30 at 9:39 am
dunsey92 says:
Who would you get.got 6.1 after i put in saurez.
November 30 at 9:52 am
Limbo says:
I like Enrique – OOP playing very advanced and has some decent fixtures. Was unlucky not to score in last game.
November 30 at 9:55 am
dunsey92 says:
Already got him.yeah think he is gonna do the biz soon.
November 30 at 9:35 am
spectrum says:
Who to captain guys Rvp or Suarez
November 30 at 9:49 am
Limbo says:
Many folked shipped Mata then? Out of favour with Benitez? Or just finding the right mix?
If it’s the latter I hope he reviews all of Mata’s games for the last 10 weeks… rotation drives me mad…
November 30 at 10:43 am
motlufc says:
Id really appreciate some input:
Bego Jaask
Rafael Cuellar Boyce Gorkss Demel
Santi Michu Fellaini Johnson Routledge
Berba RvP Fletcher
1 FT and 6.1 in the bank.
Michu Berba > Walcott and Suarez or Bale and Suarez for a hit?
Or just Berba to Suarez and one of the two next week?
Or something else?
November 30 at 4:49 pm
soulivests9 says:
Michu or Sterling this week?
November 30 at 5:19 pm
Sithlord007 says:
Evening,
Do we think Young will play tomorrow for man u? Or should I take a 4pt hit on Walcott or Yaya?
November 30 at 5:26 pm
masshlx says:
My team for week 15
Mignolet (Begovic)
Rafael, Cuellar, Ridgewell (Baines, Gorkss)
Michu, Hazard, Fellaini, Bale (Pienaar)
Fletcher, Lambert, Tevez
Bale captain
Fellaini vice
0.9 in bank
used wildcard week 3
December 2 at 2:32 am
World XI says:
Play baines instead of Rafeal imo.
December 2 at 2:30 am
World XI says:
How nailed on is Defoe now Ade is back from suspension.? I am thinking of bringing him in GW17 but AVB almost always plays 1 up top. Will he play 4-4-2 or just not play Ade.