Limping out of the blocks like three flabby Dads at their kids’ Sports Day, Granville, Jonty and myself are in a sheepish mood for the first ScoutCast of the season.
We do our upmost to rouse some enthusiasm for the events of Gameweek 1, buoyed by tales from you, the community and your latest round of finely honed questions, drilling down into the current big dilemmas.
Chelsea and Arsenal’s stuttering start, the strategy surrounding Aguero and Sanchez, plus the top targets ahead of Friday’s 6.45 deadline provide plenty to distract me from the fact that I’d been robbed of a David Silva goal just minutes before coming on air.
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8 years, 9 months agoKeeping Walcott for now. Dont care if he loses 0.1. Points win prizes not team value. Although it has to be said it would be nice if we knew the likelyhood of him playing from week to week.
My rival beat me last season with an inferior team value of 4 million so I'm not going to be wasting transfers so much this season.