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The ScoutCast – Episode 204 – Flagging

Frustrated by the international hiatus and with Granville tied up in political red tape, Jonty and Andy tag along as we go hunting for our Fantasy Football mojo.

Andy dons his Zlatan mask in celebration of a belated brace, as we talk flags – for far too long – tackling the lively break “Hazard controversy” head on.

Premium strikers, price drop bargains, Christmas shopping and the baby imminent table all earn oxygen, as we desperately attempt to brush away the ring-rust and look ahead to Gameweek 12.

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

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  1. Ten Season Wonder
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    I can see that in the next few weeks I am going to have to make a decision on my fourth midfielder and whether to go for Theo. or downgrade to someone like Chadli to accomodate a slightly better defence (Alonso)

    1. RustyBz
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Theo>>>Chadli

      1. Ten Season Wonder
        • 10 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        It's going to become an issue in the next few weeks i feel

  2. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Chasing a big lead in my ML - Defoe(c) a step too far, or better to just play it safe with Aguero and try to make up the points elsewhere?

    1. Sims
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      26 weeks to go. There will be better opportunities to gamble

    2. RustyBz
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Odds are, you'll go further behind by doing that.

      What other options do you have to captain?

      1. Jinswick
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Not many....

        * = my differentials to the leader

        Sanchez, Wally*, Firm, Cout*
        Aguero, Austin*, Defoe*

        1. RustyBz
          • 9 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Hmm, I'd say Cout but I reckon its 50/50 with him starting.

          Just go Aguero.

    3. Clump
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      It's not a bad shout imo. He's as likely as anyone to nick a couple this week. He'll not get a better home fixture all year.

  3. QuintonFortune25
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Any changes needed or good to go?

    DeGea
    Fuchs - Alonso - Evans
    Hazard - Sterling - Firmino - Capoue
    Aguero (c) - Lukaku - Benteke

    Jaku - Amat - Smith - Rodwell

    1. RustyBz
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Looks OK to me. Capoue is horrendous at 4th mid, but not much you can do about it without hits

    2. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Agree with Rusty, Capoue awful 4th mid. But keep this week. Good luck

    3. Scholes Balls
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Look into removing DeGea in the next few game weeks and upgrade capoue

    4. Pegboy
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Money in the bank?

  4. Henry Hill
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    With Bellerin out for 4 weeks Jenkinson could be a decent punt for a few weeks - BOU, whm, STO are all favourable fixtures for cleanies. Wouldn't be surprised if they kept cleanie vs United either to be honest.

    1. RustyBz
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Yeah may well be. I'd rather bring in someone like Alonso though I think

    2. Sims
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Too big a gamble for 5m

      Arsenal not keeping cleanest anyway and no attacking potential

    3. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Dont see the point in using 2 transfers on a defender for 3 fixtures

  5. King Henrik
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Do i take a hit and replace chadli or hold ?

    Pickford
    Alonso Lovren Pieters
    Hazard Coutinho Capoue Firmino
    Aguero Rashford Lukaku

    Jaku Chadli Holebas Amat

    Thanks

    1. Sgt. Schultz
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      hold

    2. Sess!
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Hold. Might play and if he doesn't he'll be fit next week when he'll be a good shout.

    3. Jumping Jurgen
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Coutinho won't start IMO.

  6. Ghost86
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Coutinho to hazard for free makes sense?

    I have firmino and Sanchez

    1. Sess!
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      No sense at all tbh.

    2. Musicholic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Not at all. I would keep Coutinho and replace firmino for haz. Coutinho is involved in most of the goals.

    3. Scholes Balls
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Do you have Costa or pedro?

    4. Ghost86
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      I have no Chelsea cover balances the team better with players from different teams was my thinking

  7. shirtless
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Well maybe against my better judgement I'm going double West Brom. Foster might be out soon to save 0.6m so might as well give him a go... Feeling good about this week. All hail the Pulis!

    Foster
    Kosc Evans Williams
    Walcott Firmino Coutinho Gundogan
    Aguero Lukaku(c) Austin

    Heaton Stones Fletcher Amat

  8. VS10_
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    CSKA Moscow and Finland star player Roman Eremenko banned for two years after testing positive for cocaine 🙁

    1. pompeyfan
      • 14 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      pretty tough sentence

      1. RustyBz
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        that'll teach him

      2. Get up ya bum
        • 14 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Ridiculous. Jon Jones from ufc got the same ban for coke. I don't see the harm tbh

        1. pompeyfan
          • 14 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          agreed. arguably not performance enhancing

          1. Get up ya bum
            • 14 Years
            7 years, 5 months ago

            Definitely not performance enhancing

    2. Sess!
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Hope it was a good night and he was sniffing it off some double ds

    3. Ten Season Wonder
      • 10 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      It was recreational, not performance enhancing.

      Extremely harsh ban that.

  9. Scholes Balls
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Costa + Lallana to Hazarad + Austin for -4 ?

    1. pjanns
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Yop.
      As both Costa and Lallana is in doubt, this sounds good.

      1. pjanns
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        are*

      2. Scholes Balls
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        cheers

    2. RustyBz
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Erm, yeah not bad actually

      1. Scholes Balls
        • 7 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        It is not a great move, but Lallana likely to be sidelined for a few weeks and everyone in that price bracket is meh.

  10. pjanns
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Alrighty, GTG?

    Foster (Grant)
    Kingsley - Walker - Fuchs (A. Smith - Holebas)
    Hazard - Lallana - Coutinho - Allen (Fer)
    Aguero - Lukaku - Costa

    1. Do nothing, Leaning towards this.
    2. Fer --> De Roon (-4)
    3. Do something about Lallana? (-4)

    1. Astronautovic
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      1 or 3 but not 2

    2. Scholes Balls
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Maybe do nothing and then do a double change next week for -4

  11. Astronautovic
    • 8 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Alli ---> 8.4
    Who would u pick? Theo? R there better picks? Eriksen?

    1. RustyBz
      • 9 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Feo

    2. Sess!
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Eriksen flatters to deceive. Walcott by far best pick if and it's a big if, he still gets decent gametime with giroud and ramsey now fit.

    3. Musicholic
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 8 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Theo anyday, I would bring in spurs post GW14.

    4. Pegboy
      • 13 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Sounds like Alli might be back this weekend (unless I've missed some news?). I'd probably ride it out

      Out of Theo and Eriksen I'd pick the first.

  12. Del Monte
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    New article!

  13. _Gunner
    • 9 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Will I have 11 playing players? 0 FTs, 1.3 itb

    Cech
    Kone Brunt Fuchs
    Sanchez Walcott Capoue Bolasie
    Aguero Lukaku Austin

    subs: Pickford Lallana* Amat Holebas*

    1. Del Monte
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Not for definite.

      Sanchez and Walcott are doubts but I think both will play.

      1. _Gunner
        • 9 Years
        7 years, 5 months ago

        Why is Walcott a doubt?

        1. Demí
          • 13 Years
          7 years, 5 months ago

          Wife about to pop like 5th of november

  14. M.M.A
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Would you rather have
    A) ozil & chadli
    B) firmino & siggy

    1. KDF
      • 7 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Firminio and Chadli

  15. FPL Blow-In
    • 11 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Benching Bardsley the right thing here? BOU really struggling for goals as of late?

    1. FPL Blow-In
      • 11 Years
      7 years, 5 months ago

      Foster
      Dawson(BUR), Kone(HUL) Vertonghen(WHM)

  16. Ten Season Wonder
    • 10 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    I can't wait until this Gameweek is over!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  17. Gruu
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Any changes needed or good to go? 0 FT & 1.2m in the bank

    Cech
    Friend - Pieters - Evans
    Hazard - Coutinho - Firmino - Gundogan
    Aguero - Lukaku - Austin

    (Boruc, Capou, Kingsley, Holebas)

  18. Zlat Was A Goal
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Any West Brom fans who could assist??

    Is Brunt a good out-of-position defender to go for? Or has he just been playing because Chadli has been out? Should I go for McAuley instead or would be guaranteed starter and a threat from set pieces?

    Thanks!!

  19. mr messi
    • 13 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Any Chelsea team news yet?

  20. Jason Bourne
    • 7 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Fuchs (wat)
    Williams (SWA)
    Daniels (stk)
    Evans (BUR)

    Who do you bench?

  21. TorresMagic™
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • Has Moderation Rights
    • 14 Years
    7 years, 5 months ago

    Nyom assist?