Podcast October 4

The ScoutCast – Episode Eighty Three – Kids

The latest episode, created mid-afternoon today, was not recorded amidst a playground, although, at times, the background noise and smutty innuendo would suggest as much.

While the fruit of our loins play merrily in adjacent rooms, Granville and I retire to find some quiet and systematically pull apart another week of Fantasy football with all the usual regulars thrown in. Granville has a 22-point lead to show for his efforts, while I’m doing all I can to remain calm after what can best be described as a false start. The green arrows are coming. Surely they’re coming?

Join the kindergarten cops via this link or stream the bedtime story using the handy player below…

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Damo.
11 years, 6 months ago
Heard this on the radio last night. Funny but shows just how much control Cowell has over his "stars" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tNOPVY4B9Q&t=1m20s
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Tim Canterbury
11 years, 6 months ago
If I see "no chelsea/city cover will hurt you" in response to a RMT one more time I'm gonna scream
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1. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Whers ur chelsea cover?
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2. Damo.
  11 years, 6 months ago
  I wouldn't. No Chelsea or City lozenge will heard you
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3. HuttonDressedasLahm
  11 years, 6 months ago
  I have neither. I'm worried though as I have no "cover" 😉
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4. Captain Berbarossa - arrrrr…
  11 years, 6 months ago
  I only have Hazard and no City. If Hazard doesn't deliver against Norwich, then he'll be gone too. Not too fussed on not having cover from either at the moment, but will look to work in Aguero at some point.
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5. GreenWindmill
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Best get some Chelsea/City cover then. Or stop posting RMTs 😉
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6. Half Man Half Bear Half Roo…
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Chelsea I can understand people not needing coverage for, Norwich at home is a great fixture. But Man City coverage? Must have I think. Their fixtures for the next 6 weeks are brilliant.
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  1. Half Man Half Bear Half Roo…
    11 years, 6 months ago
    I meant to say, but after Norwich for Chelsea their fixtures aren't so great*
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aree036
11 years, 6 months ago
Whoops;

1 ft this week. looking for a long term pick. If you’ve watched a few recent games would love to get some feedback on the potential of these two, have read good things.

A) Jenkinson out for Glen J

B) malone out for Ramirez
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1. HuttonDressedasLahm
  11 years, 6 months ago
  B, for sure
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Mainevent
11 years, 6 months ago
RVP or Bale captain?
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1. aree036
  11 years, 6 months ago
  RVP for me, did play mid week but has had a few days rest and proved he can score with roo in the team.
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2. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Baleinator. But both are excellent cands.
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3. Evasivo
  11 years, 6 months ago
  I have both the above but going for Mata myself
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4. Kevin Twine
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Bale
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5. Hank Scorpio
  11 years, 6 months ago
  This is my dilemma too. I've currently got the (C) on RVP, but am having the occasional twitch!
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Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
11 years, 6 months ago
LateRiser12?
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1. Lateriser 12
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Yes?
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southernpacific
11 years, 6 months ago
RMT for this week.

2FT 0 in bank.

Begovic (Jussi)

Baines Cole Ridgewell (Hughes Nelsen)

Yaya Michu Hazard Bale (c) (Sterling)

Tevez Ba Podolski
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making up the numbers
11 years, 6 months ago
Hey Guys,
Am stuck on Bale or Hazard,
and Defoe or Fletcher.
Any advice will be appreciated,
thanks as always
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1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius�…
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Bale & Defoe, imo.
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2. southernpacific
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Im captaining Bale this week. Defoe over fletch
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3. HuttonDressedasLahm
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Hmmm, I have Defoe but worried his time is nearly up. Fletcher is better excluding this fixture, but are Sunderland creating enough overall? I'm not sure
  Bale and Lambert?
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4. making up the numbers
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Cheers lads,
  just trying to decide which is more pressing,
  go for Bale and keep Fletcher
  or go for Defoe and keep Hazard,
  its just for this GW as the WC will be activated after 11.30 tmr
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  1. Scoredelario
    11 years, 6 months ago
    Just for this GW? Well I would get defoe then because Hazard has a great fixture.
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Kingston
11 years, 6 months ago
Play clyne or hangeland this week?
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1. Dago
  11 years, 6 months ago
  clyne!!!!
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2. HuttonDressedasLahm
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Clyne for me, and for you!
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roscola
11 years, 6 months ago
Now there's a surprise - Lawro has predicted no more than 2 goals for any team at the weekend. Creature of habit.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/19795970
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1. Optimus.
  11 years, 6 months ago
  still hasnt got no.3 key fixed i see
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  1. roscola
    11 years, 6 months ago
    😀
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2. GreenWindmill
  11 years, 6 months ago
  He obviously has a 'system' he sticks to.
  
  I played a prediction game a couple of years ago and quickly realised I was best off not trying to guess draws and just pick one of the teams to win. I did go for teams scoring more than 2 goals though 🙂
  
  (I won the game by some distance, draws are for chumps 😉 )
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  1. roscola
    11 years, 6 months ago
    If only he would realise that his 'system' doesn't work. It performs worse than chance, given that the celebrities are always ahead of him.
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    1. GreenWindmill
      11 years, 6 months ago
      You're asking for too much now I'm afraid, self awareness is not among "Lawro's" traits 😉
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    2. SackWenger
      11 years, 6 months ago
      There will always be celebrities ahead of him as it is virtually impossible to maintain an average that competes with a celebrity having an excellent week. A fairer analysis is how often he wins his head to head.
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      1. GreenWindmill
        11 years, 6 months ago
        Ok, so far it reads:
        
        Played 6, Won 1, Lost 5
        
        Case closed 😉
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      2. roscola
        11 years, 6 months ago
        As with all averages, celebrities having excellent weeks will be balanced out by celebrities having bad weeks.
        
        But he doesn't do very well in his head to heads either. He loses more than he wins, I think.
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        roscola
        11 years, 6 months ago
        Aha, GW rides in with the facts. Good man 🙂
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        GreenWindmill
        11 years, 6 months ago
        Yeehah!
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lfc123
11 years, 6 months ago
My current Team....

Friedel

Hangeland - Williams - McAuley

Bale - Fellaini - Dyer - Cazorla - Nolan

Lambert - RVP - Tevez

i have 1FT and 0.8 in the Bank.. WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE 🙂

i am thinking maybe tevez to either suarez ba or torres..
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1. HuttonDressedasLahm
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Isn't Williams out??
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  1. lfc123
    11 years, 6 months ago
    erm, not according the the fantasy website, doesn't say a thing?? where have u heard this
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    1. GreenWindmill
      11 years, 6 months ago
      http://t.co/bGGNc5cg
      
      From the scout tweets.
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2. southernpacific
  11 years, 6 months ago
  RVP> Torres for one week
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Dago
11 years, 6 months ago
Last question, one week punt on a forward 8.3 million budget? (not Jelavic, already have 2 Everton)
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1. cassanata
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Defoe
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2. aree036
  11 years, 6 months ago
  lambert this week
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3. lfc123
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Defoe or Ba
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4. Kevin Twine
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Defoe
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aree036
11 years, 6 months ago
My differential big scorers this week that can be keepers:

Ramirez
Walker
G. Johnson
Lennon

Agree?
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1. southernpacific
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Ramirez and Lennon, not sure about the other 2
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Alton E.
11 years, 6 months ago
Would you do anything with this

Vorm
Hangeland Clyne Baines
Michu Sterling Cazorla Hazard(c) Pienaar
RVP Jelly
(begovic, fletcher, demel, saylor)

I could get Bale but i wan't Suarez aswell.. Not keen on losing RVP
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1. NABIL - FPL otai
  11 years, 6 months ago
  bench sterling, play fletcher.. AJohnson will go mad at City and Flecth may benefit.
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Optimus.
11 years, 6 months ago
is cazorlas starting birth now a threat with ramsey back and firing?
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1. Billy Gilmore
  11 years, 6 months ago
  The only person Ramsey is threatening is the celebrity who inevitably dies just after he scores.
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  1. Crouch Potato!
    11 years, 6 months ago
    Has just been dropped as Wales captain also, Ashley Williams takes his place.
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2. Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
  11 years, 6 months ago
  You obviously haven't seen Cazorla play have you...
  
  Unless this is a joke... 😮
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3. Paul Psychic Octopus
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Can't see it in that everything has gone through Cazorla and he's been brilliant, if not quite delivering the FPL returns you expect from an attacking midfielder.
  
  But you're right in that Ramsey - and Wiltshire - may mean earlier substitutions and rotation around CL games.
  
  I'm thinking of shipping for Bale or Mata
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4. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
  11 years, 6 months ago
  As Cazorla is always playing in the hole where he is most influential i cant see this being to the detriment of his potential even with Ramsey being back on 'form'. Personally ramsey is a shocker and always misses sitters, he gets way too much props for 1 good game for every 10 bad.
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5. athreya
  11 years, 6 months ago
  No he will take Diaby's place or play on right wing. He is not a replacement for cazorla. Only player who can replace him in current squad is Wilshere but he is at least One month away from starting games.
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6. Optimus.
  11 years, 6 months ago
  thanks for the effort put into my nonsensical question..much appreciated 😉 must be early for some
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NABIL - FPL otai
11 years, 6 months ago
ba, of course..or defoe.

(jelly is 8.4 btw)
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1. Optimus.
  11 years, 6 months ago
  reply to that fail
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Paolo Di Laernu - low rep r…
11 years, 6 months ago
http://i.imgur.com/CDJwm.png?1

The "I-am-sick-of-trying-to-second-guess-these-sly-managers-and-their-rotational-ways-so-I-will-just-pick-a-team-that-is-guaranteed-to-get-some-points-before-or-after-big-European-games" Team
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1. bill_clinton
  11 years, 6 months ago
  ha
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El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
11 years, 6 months ago
Newcastle vs United surely going pointing towards being a big scoring game
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1. Optimus.
  11 years, 6 months ago
  ba(c) could be a decent shout
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  1. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
    11 years, 6 months ago
    I believe so. Since my balls have shrunk this week after Captaining Fellaini last week ill choose bale as the safer option. Lol.
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  2. Billy Gilmore
    11 years, 6 months ago
    Or RVP(c)?
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    1. Optimus.
      11 years, 6 months ago
      yeah should be goals..i have rvp ba lambert and thinking of ba or lambert for (c)
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    2. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
      11 years, 6 months ago
      Seems viable against a battered Newc back line. But Bale vs Villa at home is impossible to ignore. Villa are balls.
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    3. NABIL - FPL otai
      11 years, 6 months ago
      ^^this.. ahead of Hazard, Bale, Michu & Lambert. Yeah, call me crazy.
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2. Willis.
  11 years, 6 months ago
  1-1.
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El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
11 years, 6 months ago
Guthrie to Frei(4.3m!!), whos with me.
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1. Billy Gilmore
  11 years, 6 months ago
  One rotation risk to another 🙄
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  1. GreenWindmill
    11 years, 6 months ago
    Guthrie must be gutted - went from being a squad player with Newcastle where he would have got European football to being a squad player for Reading.
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    1. Billy Gilmore
      11 years, 6 months ago
      😆 😀
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lfc123
11 years, 6 months ago
Williams for Ivanovic

and

Tevez for Ba??

4pt hit, yes or no
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1. Hank Scorpio
  11 years, 6 months ago
  I would say no.
  
  Williams could easily get a CS (if he's fit), Ivanovic could maybe be rested for Azil..however you spell it.
  
  Tevez should start and if so could/should outscore Ba.
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2. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Tevez is still as influential as he was with Aguero's arrival if not more. The only risk is rotation. I have kept him as he will always have a big year.
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mdm
11 years, 6 months ago
Yaya owners:

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/match-preview/261623/yaya-doubt-for-sunderland-clash

Yaya -> Gervinho ??
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1. bill_clinton
  11 years, 6 months ago
  absolutly transfering him out now!! gervinio transfer wud free up some spondulas too
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2. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Did look bit off v Dortmund
  
  Might take him out. Depends on late team news
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3. ★FC Borecelona★
  11 years, 6 months ago
  😮
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4. CRAZY TRAIN
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Yikes! Was planning on swapping him out for Silva and Santi to Gervinho next gw. May do Yaya to Gervinho this gw off the back of this. Thanks for the heads up op
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Hank Scorpio
11 years, 6 months ago
Play Demel at home to Arsenal, or Hughes away to Southampton?
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1. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Both are bad for this week. But id say demel at home edges it.
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  1. Hank Scorpio
    11 years, 6 months ago
    I would agree, I expect both to concede and so have currently got it on Demel as the homer.
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2. NABIL - FPL otai
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Play Demel.. Soton will score, while there is a chance of 0-0 at Upton Park (you read it here 1st).
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  1. Hank Scorpio
    11 years, 6 months ago
    Demel it is, cheers folks!
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Alton E.
11 years, 6 months ago
Jenkinnson for Finland
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pezzerman
11 years, 6 months ago
Vorm
Baines, Gallas, Evans
Bale, Gerrard, Pienaar, Fellaini
Lambert, RVP, Graham

subs: Cerny, Nolan, Hangeland, Demel

Who to captain?
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1. El Berbossa - \\\"El b…
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Bale or RVP seems consensus.
  
  I have it on bale.
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2. Evasivo
  11 years, 6 months ago
  RVP if you want a safe bet
  Bale if u want a differential
  Baines if you're feeling lucky
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3. Alton E.
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Gallas 😉
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  1. Alton E.
    11 years, 6 months ago
    Bale or since u got Gerrard you could go for him. He'll have a party when Suarez wins a penalty
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4. NABIL - FPL otai
  11 years, 6 months ago
  RVP over Bale, by a whisker..
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5. pezzerman
  11 years, 6 months ago
  hmm..ive been burnt by Bale before..Captained him against Norwich and got 1 point..Left him on bench last week and he got 16..
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Evasivo
11 years, 6 months ago
So far managed to resist having any Southampton players in my FPL team. May consider Lambert for this GW but feels so wrong! #AdkinsScum
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4vets
11 years, 6 months ago
Someone needs to be first on the NEW POST!
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1. Holy See
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Can I be last on this one? http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2012/10/05/scout-scribbles-toon-cruise-past-bordeaux/
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  1. bill_clinton
    11 years, 6 months ago
    no peg
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Optimus.
11 years, 6 months ago
possible goalkeeping problem for newcastle..could be good news for rvp

http://www.nufcblog.com/2012/10/05/newcastle-now-have-goalkeeper-problem/?
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1. Willis.
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Nooooooooo!
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2. GreenWindmill
  11 years, 6 months ago
  No real change - Harper would have been playing anyway.
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athreya
11 years, 6 months ago
With Suarez scoring yesterday also, are people willing to believe that he is going to consistently produce results? Suarez has been a frustrating In FPL terms for last two seasons. Maybe he will be explosive this season?
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1. Optimus.
  11 years, 6 months ago
  they have widened the goal mouths by 2" this season..hes a must now
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  1. athreya
    11 years, 6 months ago
    Thanks that was very insightful.
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2. lfc123
  11 years, 6 months ago
  Being Liverpools only striker, i can honestly see it happening, no risk of rotation at all and finally proving he is a finisher. Not being bias as a liverpool fan either haha
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GreenWindmill
11 years, 6 months ago
As expected, the Terry/Ferdinand report reinforces my opinion that both players are absolute muppets.
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Efan Ekoku Pops
11 years, 6 months ago
Just a little note about Danny Graham: He scored in every PL match in October last season...
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1. aree036
  11 years, 6 months ago
  nice stat. i'll eat my hat if he doesn't get one in the next two.
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11 years, 6 months ago
Jaask,

Baines, Rafael, Figueroa

Bale, Michu, Fellaini, Nolan,

RVP, Tevez, Lambert

(Begovic, Hughes, Clark, Ben Arfa)...

Save my transfers for the int break?
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1. Alton E.
  11 years, 6 months ago
  yes
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2. aree036
  11 years, 6 months ago
  your team was built for this gmwk. I think i prefer barfa to nolan or even fellaini though.
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