The ScoutCast – Episode 71 – That Russian Striker - Best FPL Tips, Advice, Team News, Picks, and Statistics from Fantasy Football Scout

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Keane	EVE	B
Up	van Dijk	LIV	B
Up	Ballard	SUN	C
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	van Hecke	BHA	A
Down	Struijk	LEE	B, £
Down	Hill	BOU	C, £
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

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Gabriel Magalhães
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Porro
Mukiele

Bruno Fernandes
Salah
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Watkins
Thiago
Bowen

Woodman
Mavropanos
Dewsbury-Hall
Le Fée

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Price Change Predictions

Risers

Fallers

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	5.1m	99.5%	Likely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	98.8%	Maybe
Gabriel	ARS	7.1m	91.3%	Maybe
Tarkowski	EVE	5.7m	95.1%	Unlikely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	81.0%	Unlikely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	95.1%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	89.2%	Unlikely
Casemiro	MUN	5.7m	87.2%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	85.0%	Unlikely
Ndiaye	EVE	6.2m	87.9%	Unlikely
Isak	LIV	10.3m	83.1%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	81.9%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	80.2%	Unlikely
Lacroix	CRY	5.1m	77.4%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	74.5%	Unlikely
Struijk	LEE	4.3m	73.6%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	74.0%	Unlikely
Beto	EVE	5.0m	71.4%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	69.0%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	69.1%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	65.9%	Unlikely
Brobbey	SUN	5.3m	65.9%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	65.5%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	5.8m	60.2%	Unlikely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	64.5%	Unlikely
Cherki	MCI	6.4m	47.7%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	64.2%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	61.3%	Unlikely
N.Williams	NFO	4.8m	60.3%	Unlikely
Groß	BHA	5.5m	56.5%	Unlikely
Virgil	LIV	6.2m	58.5%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	53.7%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	52.4%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	52.2%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	50.2%	Unlikely
Havertz	ARS	7.3m	47.3%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	48.9%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	47.2%	Unlikely
Eze	ARS	7.2m	35.4%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	46.1%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Iwobi	FUL	6.3m	108.6%	Very Likely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	104.9%	Very Likely
João Pedro	CHE	7.6m	94.8%	Likely
Semenyo	MCI	8.2m	104.6%	Very Likely
Van den Berg	BRE	4.6m	101.4%	Very Likely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	100.6%	Very Likely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	100.3%	Very Likely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	99.4%	Maybe
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	98.5%	Maybe
Welbeck	BHA	6.3m	98.6%	Maybe
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	99.3%	Maybe
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	96.9%	Maybe
Senesi	BOU	5.2m	98.2%	Maybe
Tchaouna	BUR	4.8m	96.3%	Maybe
Palmer	CHE	10.5m	93.5%	Maybe
Mayenda	SUN	5.2m	94.0%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	93.7%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	93.3%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	93.0%	Unlikely
Guéhi	MCI	5.1m	94.8%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	92.8%	Unlikely
Sánchez	CHE	4.8m	92.1%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	92.5%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	86.3%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	88.5%	Unlikely
Dorgu	MUN	4.1m	87.6%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	87.7%	Unlikely
John	NFO	4.0m	86.3%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	82.7%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	76.9%	Unlikely
Ekitiké	LIV	9.1m	75.6%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	79.4%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	78.2%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	78.4%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	78.6%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	75.7%	Unlikely
Hall	NEW	5.4m	74.1%	Unlikely
Mainoo	MUN	4.7m	72.7%	Unlikely
Kilman	WHU	4.1m	70.6%	Unlikely
Webster	BHA	4.4m	69.9%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Raya Martin	ARS	C, Vs
Down	Donnarumma	MCI	B
Up	Pickford	EVE	C
Up	Roefs	SUN	A
Down	Verbruggen	BHA	B
No Change	Darlow	LEE	B, £
No Change	Henderson	CRY	B

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:30pm

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	B, Vs
Down	O’Reilly	MCI	A
Up	Keane	EVE	B
Up	van Dijk	LIV	B
Up	Ballard	SUN	C
No Change	Lacroix	CRY	A
Down	van Hecke	BHA	A
Down	Struijk	LEE	B, £
Down	Hill	BOU	C, £
No Change	Thiaw	NEW	C
No Change	Cash	AVL	C

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
No Change	Semenyo	MCI	C
Up	Rice	ARS	C, Vs
Up	Wilson	FUL	B
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	C, Rest
No Change	Rogers	AVL	B
Up	Gibbs-White	NFO	A, VsX
Up	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	C, £
Down	Palmer	CHE	C
Down	Tavernier	BOU	C, £

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:38pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
Up	Thiago	BRE	A
Up	Bowen	WHU	A
Up	Watkins	AVL	A
Down	Welbeck	BHA	B
Down	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C
Down	João Pedro	CHE	C

Last updated: 24 Apr, 2026 4:41pm

[sbu_large_image] Podcast

The ScoutCast – Episode 71 – That Russian Striker

8 March 2012 2500 comments

Granville

Pavel wotshisface. He’s a bit good. We really must learn to pronounce his name correctly – with thousands of Fantasy managers shipping him in, he’s threatening to stick around.

While we practice our “Pogrebnyaks” in “All Aboard”, Mark and I also lament the costly break granted to Sergio Aguero and David Silva, debate the double Gameweek temptations and pick apart our hosts freshly dealt wildcard.

We’ve even included the entire episode this week, rather than cut the thing off half way through. We spoil you, we really do.

Grab the banter here, or stream away with the handy player below.

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Blando
14 years, 1 month ago
Great podcast as usual. No better soundtrack for FM12, football coming from all angles. 😉
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TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
14 years, 1 month ago
Nani or Young for my WC?

First to five wins.
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1. Le Bluff
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Nani.
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2. Epic Fail
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Young.
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3. HuttonDressedasLahm
  14 years, 1 month ago
  MJ
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  1. COMH
    14 years, 1 month ago
    Nani is Thriller MJ
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4. jungle
  14 years, 1 month ago
  i just swapped Young to Nani after watching the game tonight. Young looks like we loaned him from Southend United...
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  1. Balotellitubbies
    14 years, 1 month ago
    Got to agree on that. United aren't weak on wingers, should have broke the bank on Sneijder.
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  2. Epic Fail
    14 years, 1 month ago
    He does look poor tonight, but that's how it goes with both Young and Nani. They both go missing for ages then explode out of nowhere. Purely inconsistent.
    
    If Nani was on the pitch tonight and playing badly, the masses would be saying that you should get Young in over Nani.
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5. isacki: full casual
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Nani
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6. King Eric, in America
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Young, of the two.
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7. McDog
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Nani. But it's all about Tony V.
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  1. King Eric, in America
    14 years, 1 month ago
    +1 for the Ecuadorian.
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8. Declan
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Nani
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9. 1966 was a great year for E…
  14 years, 1 month ago
  I don't think anyone can really predict who'll do better out of the 2, just pick one and hope you're lucky.
  
  I'm waiting for Valencia, though.
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dogtanion
14 years, 1 month ago
Corrigan! I'd pay a lot of money to see a team of mine from 08/09..!
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COMH
14 years, 1 month ago
Gotta be Welbeck time. Better hold up play and he links up better with Rooney imo.
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1. Declan
  14 years, 1 month ago
  clutching?
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  1. COMH
    14 years, 1 month ago
    I dunno are you?
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Declan
14 years, 1 month ago
PSV are fooked
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Abominable Snowy84
14 years, 1 month ago
id prefer a ski sunday outro
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Shane Ferguson 4.0
14 years, 1 month ago
What is prediction of RvP against Newcastle? Will he going mad and put them a couple or maybe just 1 or 0 goals.
If he'll be on 10-12 points max I would take a risk and (c) Suarez...
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1. Chris_White
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Anywhere between 2 and 20...
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2. Laserface
  14 years, 1 month ago
  4+4+3+2+3 =16 points
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3. Wuffs
  14 years, 1 month ago
  As a Toon fan i hate to say this, but all i can see is a heavy defeat in that there London.
  
  Three or four - Nil maybe.
  
  So by the law of averages RVP is going to be involved in there somewhere.
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Abominable Snowy84
14 years, 1 month ago
fergie pulled his hammy 😆
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Dr Ennet
14 years, 1 month ago
hey shipstontrev, if you are out there tonight i just wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for a very interesting and well put together review on our group... i really appreciated your effort...:) have not been able to check the site the last few days... looking forward to our clash this weekend... 🙂 i am up against a seasoned veteran with at least a 4 point hit in my pocket... best of luck anyways mate!
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1. Dr Ennet
  14 years, 1 month ago
  and isacki, i felt your pain in our game, but i am dead certain you will bounce back! 🙂
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  1. isacki: full casual
    14 years, 1 month ago
    Haha thank you Ennet, that was the trouncing of a lifetime. Congratulations on such a high score in such an awful week!
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    1. Dr Ennet
      14 years, 1 month ago
      cheers a lot mate! i did not really see that coming... but as i said, you will bounce back with a bang! 🙂
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2. Shipstontrev
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Hi Doc, glad you liked it! I see you've made 3 transfers this week to my 2 (so far), so we could be starting at level pegging. Feel free to make one or two more 😉
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  1. Dr Ennet
    14 years, 1 month ago
    ha ha my trigger finger is itching now when kelly and kompany are out (2 weeks perhaps i read below)... don't see a lot of points coming from simpson to be honest... 🙂 we'll see mate... only time will tell...
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    1. Shipstontrev
      14 years, 1 month ago
      I have Simpson too, he'll be on my bench.
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      1. Dr Ennet
        14 years, 1 month ago
        he was on my bench until kompany went off injured tonight, so it's either an 8 point hit, which i am not too unfamiliar with 🙂 or playing simpson... haven't decided what to do... you reckon it might be worth taking that extra hit to avoid playing simpson? i know it might not be kosher to give advice to your opponent, but i reckon that we are all friends in group k 🙂
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        Shipstontrev
        14 years, 1 month ago
        I think it would, as I'm not too sure about the Newcastle defence any more. RVP is in such great form at the moment, and I can see Norwich scoring at Newcastle in GW29..
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        Dr Ennet
        14 years, 1 month ago
        cheers mate... i am leaning that way... just have to decide who to bring in - evans or enrique... already have skrtel... and that would mean a 4 point advantage to you... 🙂 are you planning any more transfers at this point?
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        Shipstontrev
        14 years, 1 month ago
        Yes, I'm thinking of selling Richards for Skrtel, but I;m not confident about Liverpool's ability to keep a clean sheet.
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        Dr Ennet
        14 years, 1 month ago
        me neither... hmm... tough one... i am going to sleep on it... 🙂 have a great night!
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        Shipstontrev
        14 years, 1 month ago
        You too.
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PL Ball
14 years, 1 month ago
Cmon Ando!
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Dr Bronner
14 years, 1 month ago
Anderson next player to score.
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1. Dr Bronner
  14 years, 1 month ago
  22/1
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  1. Declan
    14 years, 1 month ago
    Ill give you 50/1
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Akers
14 years, 1 month ago
How many would Barcelona have put past United had they played last night?
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1. isacki: full casual
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Nowhere near as many, probably only 5 or 6
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  1. Crouch Potato!
    14 years, 1 month ago
    Also Real Madrid way clear in la liga, i think they would also go to town.
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  2. Akers
    14 years, 1 month ago
    At least 5.
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  3. isacki: full casual
    14 years, 1 month ago
    You got to say all in all that United's CL final performance against Barcelona looks rather good in hindsight.
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    1. isacki: full casual
      14 years, 1 month ago
      In answer to which one ... both of them 😉
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2. Epic Fail
  14 years, 1 month ago
  As Leverkuson are the better team. I'll go with 13.
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  1. Declan
    14 years, 1 month ago
    🙂
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3. Abominable Snowy84
  14 years, 1 month ago
  who likes to see 2 cheating teams go up against each other.
  
  give me yoevil vs carlisle every day of the week 🙂
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DV8R
14 years, 1 month ago
What do you think of these 3 transfers? For a 4 point hit

OUT: Aguero, Sess, Valencia

IN: Rooney, Adam, Miyaichi
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Laserface
14 years, 1 month ago
Pointless post ..
How many points do you predict for this team this gw ??

Vorm
Evans Skrtel Enrique
Yaya Siggi Demps Bale
Ba RVP(c) Rooney

Subs -krul,kelly,simpy,sess
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jungle
14 years, 1 month ago
adam = meh
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1. jungle
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Reply to dv8R
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  1. Keep calm and hoof me the b…
    14 years, 1 month ago
    But at least its double meh! I might get him in but not a long term plan
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The3rdTurd
14 years, 1 month ago
Got lost on bottom of last page, but worth reposting:

https://twitter.com/#!/ESPNuk/status/177863199247450112

"Injury update: Roberto Mancini expects Vincent Kompany to return within two weeks after hobbling off in Manchester City's loss to Sporting"
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isacki: full casual
14 years, 1 month ago
Which United defenders outside Evans, Ferdinand (ish) and Evra do you trust in to actually defend?
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1. Granville
  14 years, 1 month ago
  None, but everyone else lacks experience. This is the way to learn.
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  1. isacki: full casual
    14 years, 1 month ago
    True, you only become a good defender with lots of time. I guess the next question is which ones do you think will make it?
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2. Akers
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Nemanja Vidic.
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  1. isacki: full casual
    14 years, 1 month ago
    Well spotted... schoolboy omission!
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Crouch Potato!
14 years, 1 month ago
Rooney playin at left back, looks solid there.
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Akers
14 years, 1 month ago
United should be 2 or 3 down.
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1. 1966 was a great year for E…
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Has someone hacked Akers' account?
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Abominable Snowy84
14 years, 1 month ago
what will be the utd excuse if they lose this
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1. Declan
  14 years, 1 month ago
  mickey mouse cup?
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Drip Doctor
14 years, 1 month ago
This Munian kid is special. Lot of hype, great on Football manager, never seen him play before but wow, he looks good.
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Shane Ferguson 4.0
14 years, 1 month ago
Just 2 questions.

1 - I have Taiwo (4.5) and Kelly (3.9) - who to sell for Enrique? First one might play at weekend but I would get 0.6 more if I sell him. Is is clever to wait Kelly to be ready for next week?

2 - Play Siggy or transfer out Sess for -4 and buy someone between 7.2 - 7.8 (depends who will I sell for Enrique...look at 1st question.

Thanks a lot
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Conal_H
14 years, 1 month ago
Assuming Kompany is out, would it be worth extending my already -8 hit to a -12 point hit to do Kompany > Squirtle?

Defense looks like this:
Evans, Senderos, Kompany, Simpson, Shotton.

Wouldn’t be happy playing Simpson or Shotton, and feel Squirtle could score well in the next few weeks. However, is -12 a hit too far?
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Brian (Not the Messiah)
14 years, 1 month ago
Whats everyones thoughts on this Podolski to Arsenal rumours?
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1. Abominable Snowy84
  14 years, 1 month ago
  true me thinks
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2. Akers
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Is it a rumour? Thought it was a done deal?
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  1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
    14 years, 1 month ago
    oh is it official?
    
    whats everyones thoughts on it anyway?
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    1. isacki: full casual
      14 years, 1 month ago
      🙂
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3. isacki: full casual
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Done! £10.9m!
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4. Declan
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Great signing imo, just hope he's to play with RVP and not to replace 🙁
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  1. Brian (Not the Messiah)
    14 years, 1 month ago
    yeah... could be a bad sign!
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hillbillypete
14 years, 1 month ago
so Kompany is going miss at least next 2 games. worth gettin rid i say.
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Crouch Potato!
14 years, 1 month ago
Looks a done deal'
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isacki: full casual
14 years, 1 month ago
Evans is having another solid game surrounded by the also rans at the back...
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PL Ball
14 years, 1 month ago
Deserved that.
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DLL18
14 years, 1 month ago
Nice finish
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The3rdTurd
14 years, 1 month ago
Just confirmed on Man City's website:

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2012/March/Boss-hopes-Kompany-back-within-fortnight

10 days to 2 weeks, so may be back in time for the Chelsea game.
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1. ssssshhh
  14 years, 1 month ago
  Yes Mancini has confirmed that he hopes he will be back.
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  1. Drinkall
    14 years, 1 month ago
    Bit of a nothing statement that. I confirm that hope to win the lottery this weekend.
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  2. Drinkall
    14 years, 1 month ago
    *I
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