The ScoutCast – Episode 69 – Bye Bye Baby

Plan to take Rooney out of my team (wildcarding next gw) so can basically get any striker for this GW is Dzeko a better 1 week punt than Augero? already have RVP/Sturridge

cheers.

I think options right now are so limited that people are considering risky punts they wouldn't normally make. Specifically, no FPL history, either at their current club or ever in the PL. Decisions based more off hype than history. That's not to say they can't succeed, it's to say that given current information they are not the best transfer. Wait and learn!

I'm thinking:
Taiwo
G Cahill
Onuoha
Cisse

Even as a Gooner I would place Ox in the same category. What, one match? If you follow Arsenal, you're used to the hype around the newest young thing (largely because the team desperately needs improvement).

Need a defender at 5.8m or less who has good fixtures coming up.

Got Simpson, Huth, Kelly and Evans so far.

right folks, my eyes can't stay open, got work at 10, think it's time I called it a night. See you all tomorrow eve.

I need help with finishing up this wildcard...

Krul
Simpson - Kompany - assou
Bale - Silva - Dempsey - Sess
Morison - RVP - Adebayor

vorm - walters- naylor- boyata - 1.5ib

I know Spurs have some trouble after wigan, but think clean sheet is likely at Wigan

- Thoughts?

Watching that Liverpool game today, and many recently, I'm just not sure how we keep on winning these big games

The team is riddled with mediocrity. I don't think Jordan Henderson would even get in the Sunderland team these days to be honest

Carroll needs to go on a military boot camp or something and then out on loan. He was puffing and panting after about a three minute sub appearance against Man City, he looks so sluggish, and he seems to have so much bulk that he struggles to out jump any normal defender. Even when he wins a ball in the air his first touch is CRIMINAL. He never has the ball under control and his awareness is shocking

Adam's gone totally off the boil and Downing has no final deliverable. Obviously Gerrard's just coming back but it really looks like he's permanently lost something - really can't do those surging runs anymore

Good goal by Kuyt today but I think that might have been his first shot/header on target for about six months, and Maxi was just garbage.

Suarez, Bellamy and the back line are the only performers I'd say. The rest you could replace with any mid table gash and there wouldnt be a significant difference

I think that was a very poor decision and a bad precedent to set to have no handshakes at the QPR Chelsea game today

Sport, and good sportsmanship, should always be able to bring people together, build bridges, set a good example and instill good values.

Irrespective of what actually happened, a showing of genuine apology/good feeling would have done wonders for both teams and the Premier League, and would have helped to difuse any ill feeling between the fans

Yeah I can't help but wonder what the other 20 players think about that breaking that goodwill custom when it's down to one wife shagging racist toe rag.

here's my current team which is a state of flux as i am in wildcard looking to profit from price rises
advice please

lingaard 4.4
vorm 4.8- should i get rid now to get the profit and go krul/mignolet

assou ekotto 5.5 again is he worth getting rid as i have made good money and tough fixtures- was thinking senderos?
simpson 4.2- shud i get rid for santon at the same price and so take the money made from simpson or not?
r.taylor 5.3- currently in incase he rises again not really planning making him a long-term signing. any ideas of who to get in for him.
kompany 6.2 def keepa
enrique 5.5 again have amde good money on him is now the right time to get rid and advice on for who

dempsey 8.6 happy with him
sess 6.8 happy with him
bale 9.1 again def yes
valencia 8.0 had originally in to make me money but should i keep him. i am aware united have hard fixtures what should i do?
silva 10.3 keeper

van persie 12.5 keepa
zamora 6.6 got in in case of double rise- any chance of aguero double rising???
morison 5.3 again got in for price rises

It's a conundrum:

Clichy & Enrique

or

Bad K & Evans ( or similar 4.5 stocking filler )

City - great defence, good fixtures short and long term. Clichy not 100% guaranteed starter but decent stats.

United - poor form, injuries to key players, Evans a bit bobbins but great fixtures and strong at home.

Liverpool - shocking short-term but brilliant long term fix. Mixed form. Donkey and Vole in feeble attack.

when the price will changes?

Anyone care to offer an opinion on my Nani/Rooney conundrum? I have both and don't really want to wildcard until next week, so what to do with them this week? 0.0m in the bank and only 1 freebie, so it appears the options are:

a) Nani -> Valencia, and play 4-4-2
b) Rooney -> any striker, probably either Zamora/Aguero/Dzeko/Welbeck/Bent, and play 4-3-3
c) A combo of the above for a 4 point hit, and play 3-4-3. This also brings more expensive mids into the equation like Silva, Gerrard etc. Seems silly to take a hit the week before a wildcard, but I'm very tempted as I don't see any returns from my bench. Cheers in advance.

Mignolet
BAE, JEvans, Caulker
Nani, Bale, Dempsey, Sessegnon
RVP, Rooney, Adebayor

Ruddy, Simpson, Reo-Coker, Wilkinson

is sorensen santon to lindy and caulker a gd swap.

I think Sorensen may be dropped soon afterlast weeks disply/ Newcastle leaking goals also. i already have mignolet as other keeper and kelly as cheap defender.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!

Its annoying me at this stage if its a good idea.

If for whatever reason you have Best or Ameobi now... sell ASAP. Unimpressive when they play (today's upset defeat they were anonymous, although it was a bad day all round) they won't even be playing pretty soon, with Ba and Cisse back early.

For some stupid reason, I can't even see Taiwo on FPL. Has he been added or not?

Got to say, I feel quite sorry for de Gea. As a fellow goalie (albeit at massively different levels) I know that confidence plays such a massive part. Its a viscious cycle. You start thinking more and more about the consequences of a f*ck up, and less and less concentrating on the game, then you're more likely to make a mistake etc etc

The thing is, him and Lindegard are pretty much the same age? I don't think he can say with any certainty that he'll ever be number one for Man U again as its not as if its grooming a young guy to take over a guy approaching the twilight of his career

I don't think I'd ever subscribe to the notion that the EPL is the best league in the world, but its definitely a different game, and I just don't think De Gea has the physicallity or mentality for it. Yet.

Eddy Jecko and Sessegnon rose.

A pair of Boltons that no-one owns fell.

The end.

so i've had this team since gw21 (with the exception of cahill and aguero), but how does it look for gw23?

krul
kompany, cahill, evans
bale, valencia, dempsey, silva, mcclean
rvp, aguero

bench: sturridge, caulker, shotton

am i fielding the right players?

Yep that's right FPL, keep selling Bale because he's yellow flagged. Could do with him becoming a differential again 😉

I'm sick of Sturridge doing nothing for me. Do you think Ba will play this week?

Haven't watched much of the ACON, but from what I've seen, the quality was pretty poor, the pitches were awful, and most of the stadia seemed to be 3/4 empty?

And I had to do without Ba for four weeks for that sh*t!?

Not chuffed. The worst of it is, his earlier than expected return, and his slower than expected fall in value, means I now can't afford to get him back.

Just noticed the United goal keepers both have the highest points per game in FPL. Interesting

Juan Mata has to be the worst player in the league by far, much worse than arshavin/cattermole etc. Doesn't deserve to be in the starting || at all, god knows how he is, overhyped spaniard, and the less talked about AVB the better.

EA servers are F*CKING BULL$HIT I can't believe that when EA servers decide to f*ck up it counts as ME QUITTING A GAME and I turn the game back on, check my cup game, and I ended up losing 3-0. Your servers F*CK UP and I AM FORCED TO TAKE A 3-0 LOSS?? ? GTFO EA

/rant over

Kevin de Bruyne(Genk) to Chelsea. Done deal for £9m. 5 year deal.

Worried I'll get knocked out of the cup this week even though i'm ranked far higher than my cup opponent. Been riding my luck too much

No,no,no, Granville. It was not the week to play your w/card. You think Sess, Dempsey and Tony V are going to bring home the bacon each week?

defensive questions w/r/t Winter Wildcard (in hand for GW 24)

current defense:
Smalling, Kompany, Enrique, Simpson, Caulker

considering the following as options to add--which ones do you rate?:
Senderos (Fulham), Clark (Aston Villa), Brown (Sunderland), Taiwo (QPR)

Choose 3 out of: Shawcross, Kelly, McAuley, Caulker, Simpson and Taiwo.

Have been WCing this week and picking up those precious price rises. Now I actually need to start thinking about the bloody team I want!

Which cheap teams do you fancy for CS for the rest of the season?

I'm thinking (in order): Sunderland, Stoke, Newcastle, Swansea, Fulham. QPR wait and see.