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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Mainoo	MUN	4.6m	83.3%	Unlikely
Kayode	BRE	4.5m	83.1%	Unlikely
Henderson	CRY	5.0m	82.9%	Unlikely
Rodon	LEE	3.9m	74.8%	Unlikely
Alderete	SUN	4.1m	72.9%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.5m	72.7%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	71.6%	Unlikely
Leno	FUL	4.9m	67.1%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	66.4%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	64.1%	Unlikely
Thiaw	NEW	5.1m	65.4%	Unlikely
A.Becker	LIV	5.4m	62.3%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	61.3%	Unlikely
Igor Jesus	NFO	5.8m	60.4%	Unlikely
Senesi	BOU	5.1m	55.0%	Unlikely
Justin	LEE	3.9m	56.0%	Unlikely
Frimpong	LIV	5.7m	55.9%	Unlikely
Sarr	CRY	6.3m	53.5%	Unlikely
Cucurella	CHE	6.0m	52.7%	Unlikely
Kelleher	BRE	4.8m	50.6%	Unlikely
O'Reilly	MCI	5.0m	47.5%	Unlikely
Aaronson	LEE	5.4m	48.0%	Unlikely
Damsgaard	BRE	5.6m	48.2%	Unlikely
Richards	CRY	4.4m	45.7%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	44.9%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	43.2%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.0m	41.3%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.3m	44.2%	Unlikely
Barry	EVE	5.7m	38.9%	Unlikely
Aina	NFO	4.7m	38.5%	Unlikely
Amad	MUN	6.2m	38.2%	Unlikely
Darlow	LEE	3.9m	36.4%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	37.4%	Unlikely
Gravenberch	LIV	5.5m	36.7%	Unlikely
Gomez	BHA	4.9m	33.7%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	33.7%	Unlikely
Adli	BOU	5.4m	33.5%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	33.2%	Unlikely
P.M.Sarr	TOT	4.5m	32.7%	Unlikely
Saka	ARS	9.8m	32.9%	Unlikely

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Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Ekitiké	LIV	9.3m	108.2%	Very Likely
Lucca	NFO	5.5m	99.4%	Maybe
Strand Larsen	CRY	6.1m	84.3%	Unlikely
Gvardiol	MCI	5.9m	84.2%	Unlikely
Saliba	ARS	6.1m	82.7%	Unlikely
Kevin	FUL	5.8m	81.6%	Unlikely
Burrowes	AVL	4.4m	81.0%	Unlikely
Lamadrid	WHU	5.0m	81.4%	Unlikely
McAidoo	MCI	4.5m	80.0%	Unlikely
Spence	TOT	4.2m	79.9%	Unlikely
Weiss	BUR	4.3m	79.8%	Unlikely
Rayan	BOU	5.6m	74.0%	Unlikely
Merino	ARS	5.4m	73.9%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	73.3%	Unlikely
Keane	EVE	4.6m	72.8%	Unlikely
Emenalo	CHE	4.5m	73.0%	Unlikely
Travers	EVE	4.3m	73.0%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	71.9%	Unlikely
Gyökeres	ARS	8.8m	71.7%	Unlikely
Mbeumo	MUN	8.6m	69.1%	Unlikely
Salmon	ARS	4.0m	70.2%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	67.4%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	67.2%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	67.1%	Unlikely
Trossard	ARS	6.6m	66.4%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	66.2%	Unlikely
Slonina	CHE	3.9m	65.8%	Unlikely
Potts	WHU	4.4m	64.2%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	61.9%	Unlikely
Fabianski	WHU	4.5m	61.0%	Unlikely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	60.4%	Unlikely
Moore	SUN	3.9m	60.3%	Unlikely
Gusto	CHE	4.9m	59.4%	Unlikely
Andrey Santos	CHE	4.5m	58.1%	Unlikely
Milenković	NFO	5.1m	57.4%	Unlikely
Evanilson	BOU	6.8m	52.5%	Unlikely
Estève	BUR	3.9m	52.4%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	52.1%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	51.9%	Unlikely
Palmer	CHE	10.6m	53.2%	Unlikely

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	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Kelleher	BRE	C
No Change	Raya Martin	ARS	B
No Change	Martinez	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Darlow	LEE	C, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:02pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
No Change	Gabriel Magalhães	ARS	A
No Change	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	Thiaw	NEW	B
No Change	O’Reilly	MCI	A, OoP
No Change	Andersen	FUL	B
No Change	Muñoz	CRY	C
No Change	Kayode	BRE	B
No Change	Cash	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Rodon	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 5:57pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	A
Up	Palmer	CHE	C
Up	Gordon	NEW	B
No Change	Wilson	FUL	A
Down	Semenyo	MCI	B
No Change	Dango Ouattara	BRE	B
No Change	Rogers	AVL	C, Vs
No Change	Ismaila Sarr	CRY	B
No Change	Rice	ARS	C
No Change	Tavernier	BOU	B, £
No Change	Anderson	NFO	B, £
No Change	Stach	LEE	B, Vs, £

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:01pm

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	B
No Change	Thiago	BRE	B
No Change	Ekitiké	LIV	B
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	C, Vs

Last updated: 20 Mar, 2026 6:03pm

[sbu_large_image] Podcast

The ScoutCast – Episode 109 – Two Men

15 August 2013 5171 comments

Mark

No thrills. Few spills. Just two men in a room talking about Fantasy Football.

Granville and I handed Jonty and the “Professor” an extended pre-season and rolled the ScoutCast back to its rawest form. Just myself and the Mancunian sharing our thoughts after a summer break and looking forward to another Fantasy campaign.

We talk double Gameweek assets, I roll out the van Persie duvet, Granville reveals more than he should about his team lineup and, around all that, we assess the early bandwagons and preview the weekend fixtures.

Forty-five minutes of two blokes talking about the stuff that’s rattling around in most of our heads right now.

It’s good to be back.

Eavesdrop on the conversation via this link or earwig via the handy player below.

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TokyoRed 東京赤
12 years, 7 months ago
4MM goalies:

1 Get the most likely to play (which is who?) and hope for the best?
2 Get the least owned to avoid price drops
3 Don't worry about it as you're not going to sell them anyway so price drops are irrelevant?
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1. Heels_Over_Head
  12 years, 7 months ago
  good rules
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2. the cromulent one
  12 years, 7 months ago
  If you want to avoid price drops, find a keeper that is red-flagged. The number of transfers out needed for a drop in price is proportional to the ownership %. But if a player is red flagged, it takes 2.5x as many transfers out.
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  1. Heels_Over_Head
    12 years, 7 months ago
    and if the red flagged player is dropped from the system because they're no longer playing in England?
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OptimusBlack
12 years, 7 months ago
A) 4.5 M GK ( Mannone , Adrian , Marshall) + Kim. Really Want Kim ( Adrian + Kim) have them now

B) 5 M GK (Foster , Vorm .... etc) + Morrison , Pozuelo

Other GK Boruc
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1. Heels_Over_Head
  12 years, 7 months ago
  A
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2. the cromulent one
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Adrian is far from assured to start, no? I would ateast pick a playable backup.
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  1. OptimusBlack
    12 years, 7 months ago
    Really iamnow sure but some ppl here said he is naild on iam Gambling on him till now may be change it to Mannone .
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nalas
12 years, 7 months ago
Current draft:

Boruc (Davis)
Terry / Toure / Mertesacker (Turner, Chester)
Hazard / Walcott / Silva / Mirallas (Kim)
Sturridge / Soldado / Lukaku

Concerns:
- No playing second GK.
- Terry. Will he get 2 games? Doubtful.

Any suggestions for improvements? Thanks.
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1. Kerrazy
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Yeah i would think that Ivan is more nailed than Terry so Terry>Ivan. i dont really fancy Sturridge so Sturridge>Giroud/Benteke for me.
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  1. nalas
    12 years, 7 months ago
    I just have a feeling that Benteke will draw two blanks... tough fixtures. I might very well live to regret that thought, though.
    
    I don't mind Giroud but since I have Walcott I figured that it would make sense with some Liverpool coverage this GW and going forward.
    
    Thanks for the input.
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2. Koflok
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Good team.
  
  I'd take Cole over Terry though, but that's just me.
  
  Not fancying Benteke instead of Sturridge / Soldado?
  Just for the DGW and take him out, for a hit even.
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  1. nalas
    12 years, 7 months ago
    I'm not convinced that Benteke will do better over those two tough fixtures than Sturridge (STO) or Soldado (cry). It's pretty much a coinflip, from my point of view, and I'd rather have Sturridge and Soldado after the GW.
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Lanley Staurel
12 years, 7 months ago
£4.5m mid dilemma.

Jedinak from Palace or R Morrision from West Ham. Need to play and a thin chance of an assist would do.

Anyone any views?
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1. Koflok
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Thomas. When he's back from injury he'll play.
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2. Heels_Over_Head
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Barkley is flavor of the day
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3. PINKFISH (SANCTIONED AND GA…
  12 years, 7 months ago
  You need to rethink your whole team. and don't panic.
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  1. Heels_Over_Head
    12 years, 7 months ago
    ?
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MountainBeach
12 years, 7 months ago
Think i'm almost done, just need a few opinions

Mannone

Ivan Collins Coleman

Hazard Walcott Coutinho Michu

Benteke Sturridge Lambert

Boruc Brayford Yacob Chester
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1. Egg noodle
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Mannone - Not nailed on
  Collins - injury free now?
  Ivanovic - will he play both games?
  Michu - bad fixtures, not striker anymore.
  Benteke - Personally dont see his GW1 prospects
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  1. MountainBeach
    12 years, 7 months ago
    Mannone- True, any other 4.5 alternatives? If he does not start, Boruc can come off the bench I guess
    Collins- Most likely to play
    Ivan- Yup I reckon he will
    Michu- Scored 2 against utd last season and 2 again Arsenal as well, hes been playing in the hole but even so he was their top scorer in the preseason
    Benteke- Tough fixtures, but im willing to take the risk
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Camzy
12 years, 7 months ago
I think my team is ready. I'm just waiting for news on Walcott and any other starting team updates. Can't wait for the start of the season!
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1. Kerrazy
  12 years, 7 months ago
  sneak peak ?
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  1. Camzy
    12 years, 7 months ago
    It has Sturridge in it 🙂
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    1. CPG
      12 years, 7 months ago
      Are you certain Sturridge will start? Do you have Coutinho also?
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BigManBakar
12 years, 7 months ago
So heres my team

Hart
Zaba Toure Cole
Mirallas Coutinho Hazard Nolan Walcott
Benteke,Lukaku.

Subs:Gazzaniga,Ward,Chester,Smith.

Based on a couple of RMT's, the general concensus of the people around here is that
A)Doubling up on the city defence,but i think it is worth it with the opening four fixtures (newcastle,hull,cardiff and stoke)
B)A poor bench (The subs play but are not likely to get me points,but is that an issue when the first 11 is there to get them for me!)
C)Too much invested in defence,linked with A but looks good to me
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RenNy
12 years, 7 months ago
Foster (Boruc)
Ivanovic Mertesacker Toure (Collins Whittaker)
Hazard(C) Walcott Coutinho Kim (Colback)
RVP Lukaku(V) Anelka

How does this look?
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1. Kerrazy
  12 years, 7 months ago
  lose Foster upgrade Anelka.
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  1. Simon69
    12 years, 7 months ago
    Foster & Boruc rotate well for the season..
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Acquafresca
12 years, 7 months ago
Gut or head...

Which to follow?
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1. Kerrazy
  12 years, 7 months ago
  gut.
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  1. Acquafresca
    12 years, 7 months ago
    Gut: Sturridge/Nolan
    Head: Soldado/Coutinho
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    1. Kerrazy
      12 years, 7 months ago
      head in your case LOL.
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      1. Acquafresca
        12 years, 7 months ago
        Yep. Time to strap this knee down..
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    2. Ross Geller
      12 years, 7 months ago
      Soldado / Coutinho is better pair, but i also fancy Sturridge
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    3. ccc
      12 years, 7 months ago
      Head
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    4. Camzy
      12 years, 7 months ago
      Pick Sturridge. He's a really solid pick to start the season, and I think he'll be fit and raring to go.
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      1. Acquafresca
        12 years, 7 months ago
        Me too.. but now the hard part...
        
        Drop Benteke/Lukaku/Soldado?
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        PINKFISH (SANCTIONED AND GA…
        12 years, 7 months ago
        Benteke. that;s my gut.
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        PINKFISH (SANCTIONED AND GA…
        12 years, 7 months ago
        If you have a gut feeling I am wrong then I am totally wrong and you should believe that
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        ccc
        12 years, 7 months ago
        I dropped Benteke, I went Lukaku, Sturridge & Soldado too
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2. TokyoRed 東京赤
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Head always
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3. PINKFISH (SANCTIONED AND GA…
  12 years, 7 months ago
  The eyes don't lie.
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  1. PINKFISH (SANCTIONED AND GA…
    12 years, 7 months ago
    Eyes transfer opinion to your brain and your gut will stop you making stupid mistakes.
    
    Gut.
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    1. PINKFISH (SANCTIONED AND GA…
      12 years, 7 months ago
      The brain transferred feelings to your gut and therefore only if you have both sets of information then you are just digesting opinions of others. Going with your gut means going with some information that you know has transferred itself from your eyes to your brain. So when you have to make a choice your gut instint will guide you to the truth.
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4. tw
  12 years, 7 months ago
  I was gunna say gut until I saw the choices....
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  1. Acquafresca
    12 years, 7 months ago
    Trust me it's not obvious as you think.
    
    Have a really strong feeling about Nolan 1-3. Sturridge as well.
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    1. tw
      12 years, 7 months ago
      ok then two questions for you:
      
      1) which has worked better for you in the past, head or gut?
      2) which pair will you be more bummed you didn't get if you pick the wrong one?
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      1. Acquafresca
        12 years, 7 months ago
        I;ve honestly never listened to my gut until GW38 Nolan hattrick 😯
        
        Always gone for the "safe" and "obvious" choices..
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        tw
        12 years, 7 months ago
        😯
        
        well do you think lightning will strike twice with nolan? if not, follow your head
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        Acquafresca
        12 years, 7 months ago
        I'ts not a "lightning feeling".
        
        More like I think he'll score in 2/3 games to start the season.
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        RVP IS Essential
        12 years, 7 months ago
        I say go for it. I think West Ham will get off to a flying start offensively as well, which is why I'm opting for Noble as my budget mid.
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      2. PINKFISH (SANCTIONED AND GA…
        12 years, 7 months ago
        Gut instinct should be trusted implicitly.
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  2. 12 years, 7 months ago
    ^This 😆
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5. 12 years, 7 months ago
  Depends.
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Cole-man of the Ca-hill
12 years, 7 months ago
Repost

RMT...

Mignolet (Davies)

Coleman, Mert, Lescott (McNaughton, Chester)

Hazard, Walcott, Mirallas, Coutinho (Snoddy)

Bentekkers, Dzeko, Lukaku
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Mojo Rojo
12 years, 7 months ago
A) Diame
B) Wanyama
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1. Setting the Toney
  12 years, 7 months ago
  B
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BigManBakar
12 years, 7 months ago
So heres my team

Hart
Zaba Toure Cole
Mirallas Coutinho Hazard Nolan Walcott
Benteke,Lukaku.

Subs:Gazzaniga,Ward,Chester,Smith.

Based on a couple of RMT's, the general concensus of the people around here is that
A)Doubling up on the city defence is risky,but i think it is worth it with the opening four fixtures (newcastle,hull,cardiff and stoke)
B)A poor bench (The subs play but are not likely to get me points,but is that an issue when the first 11 is there to get them for me!)
C)Too much invested in defence,linked with A but looks good to me
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1. Kerrazy
  12 years, 7 months ago
  A) risky when you can get a decent forward with the downgrade of Hart.
  
  B) lose one of Hart and that'll be sorted
  
  C) do A/B and it's all sorted.
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12 years, 7 months ago
Morning People!
1 More Day to go!
Can't wait!
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Ross Geller
12 years, 7 months ago
Morning lads!

Quite happy with these team for the first 3 GW. Will probably wildcard after...

Foster / Boruc

M.Turner - Coleman - Terry - Toure - Collins

Kim - Walcott - Mirallas - Hazard - Snodgrass

Lukaku - Sturridge - Benteke ........ (1.5M in bank)

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Lukaku --> Negredo / Soldado - 2.gw

Benteke --> one week punt on Giroud / Dzeko / P.Cisse - 3.gw

Thoughts? Thanks 🙂
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The Mouse
12 years, 7 months ago
Mornin'! Maybe it's the lack of sleep talking here but I think I fancy a punt on The Sess.. Yup
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1. Heels_Over_Head
  12 years, 7 months ago
  no
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Deicide
12 years, 7 months ago
Boruc Marshall
Terry Collins Merte Chester Brayford
Cou Hazard Walcott Snodgrass Thomas
Dzeko Lukaku Soldado

Is all set?
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1. ccc
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Not sure I like the Dzeko punt. Not sure he is actually their #1 striker.
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ccc
12 years, 7 months ago
Do yourself a favor. Do not watch highlight videos of people you do not have in your team. I now want Altidore and Bony.
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1. Heels_Over_Head
  12 years, 7 months ago
  well... watch a tape of Ivory Coast vs. Mexico and you'll lose interest in one of them at least
  
  I seriously don't understand what's wrong with Ivory Coast's national team sometimes
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2. Deicide
  12 years, 7 months ago
  I saw Bony's stat and i want him..
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3. tw
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Jozy!!!! 😀
  
  if he can carry his recent USA form to Sunderland he could be a great pick
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blakeaces
12 years, 7 months ago
Migonlet (Boruc)
Willams, Agger, Vertoghen (Clyne, Brayford)
Hazard, Gerrard, Walcott, Paulinho (Koren)
Berbatov, Lukaku, Lambert

I know some players are in doubt for GM1 but how does this team look? What areas do I need to improve on and what players do I need to keep or kick out. I am looking at vorm as a goal keeper. In his first season he got like 170+ points but low this year has he was injured. He would be a very good punt. Thoughts please?
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Blah Blah Blah
12 years, 7 months ago
Is Barkley even going to play and will Ravel?

Key factor for me is the £4.5m mid plays in GW3 when we need him to.

Views?
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Johnny128
12 years, 7 months ago
Which goalie pairing is best?

A) Boruc & Foster (rotate for tough fixtures)

B) Vorm & Marshall (rotate home & away)

C) Mignolet & budget 4m (play Migs all season).
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1. Camzy
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Boruc + Marshall. Bank the money.
  
  If you're insistent though, Mig + 4.0
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  1. Johnny128
    12 years, 7 months ago
    Thanks Camzy, interesting option! Take it you've gone for Boruc/Marshall then?
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    1. Johnny128
      12 years, 7 months ago
      Just had a look, those 2 don't rotate so well!!
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      1. Camzy
        12 years, 7 months ago
        Yeah I have those 2.
        
        They don't rotate well, but it's not about that. 2 seasons ago, I started with Given and Vorm and it turned out well because I played Vorm when he saved a penalty and got 11 points. They rotated horribly, but I got the rewards cause I chose the better keeper and eventually shipped Given for Krul.
        
        Marshall and Cardiff have the best potential for clean sheets out of the promoted sides. You never know.
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        Johnny128
        12 years, 7 months ago
        Yeah, no doubt Marshall has the best chance judging on their last season form. Bit risky though! I hope the $ saved went to good use! Personally leaning towards sticking with Migs. I dont really have too much faith in the whole rotation thing! (Esp for Soton & Cardiff, but thats just me 🙂 )
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2. Aspastics
  12 years, 7 months ago
  C all the way
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Kerrazy
12 years, 7 months ago
Just wondering. what would my team look like if i pick Parker(deal agreed with QPR).

just curious.
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1. Simon69
  12 years, 7 months ago
  It would look more shite
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Kim Philby
12 years, 7 months ago
It's funny to see the Scouts worry about how to pronounce van Ginkel's name as they never seem to care when it comes to Szczesny's name.
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1. Simon69
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Everyone knows how to pronounce our Chesney's name
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  1. Kim Philby
    12 years, 7 months ago
    That was nowhere near the Chesney in the Scoutcast though 😉
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tw
12 years, 7 months ago
have any of you planned out your transfers for gw 2 and 3? like obviously you'll probably be shipping dgwers but do you have any idea who you'll get in?
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1. Acquafresca
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Whoever scores of course.
  
  Bandwagon-ho!
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  1. 12 years, 7 months ago
    ^^ Playing Value game at the start myself.
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  2. tw
    12 years, 7 months ago
    can't tell if that was serious or sarcasm.... 😕
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    1. Acquafresca
      12 years, 7 months ago
      Serious.. 😆
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      1. tw
        12 years, 7 months ago
        that's probably what I'll end up doing I have to say.... lets just hope that the bandwagons end up being this season's michus and not this season's grahams/petrics
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  3. Heels_Over_Head
    12 years, 7 months ago
    mix of bandwagon and matchups for GW 2 & 3... trying to anticipate whose price is headed up over the int'l break (other than RVP)
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2. ccc
  12 years, 7 months ago
  yes. Ivan & Lukaku to Collins & RVP. I'll keep Hazard most likely.
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3. Simon69
  12 years, 7 months ago
  I'm not opposed to playing my WC in GW2. If any of my strikers get off to a dodgy start and RVP starts banging them in then ill definitely be pressing twhe WC button
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The Mouse
12 years, 7 months ago
I'm a fan of Vorm. Not the easiest fixtures tho. Having said that, I wouldn't write Swansea off against anyone
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1. tw
  12 years, 7 months ago
  I would've considered Swansea defenders but them having Europa League this year is really putting me off. they've got a Europa fixture before gw 2 and gw 3.
  
  plus pretty tough opening fixtures until the second international break
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2. ccc
  12 years, 7 months ago
  agree
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Absinthe 42
12 years, 7 months ago
Has anyone looked into breaking the mould, and instead of a 4.5 mid etc etc, finding three/four Mids/Atts that are mid/cheap and rotate well?

I'm working on a team now, that seems really close to having promise, but I can't quite get it right yet.

We've had the uber defence, so why not the uber attack!
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1. The Mouse
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Anelka and JRod maybe.
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2. @Bryan
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Generally speaking, the front seven is where we make most of our points these days, so that is where we splash the cash.
  
  Rotation rarely plays a factor. Although if you want RVP from the off, I can see the appeal of rotating two 5m mids, but finding the right players who are nailed on in pre-season: Good luck! 😉 😀
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  1. Absinthe 42
    12 years, 7 months ago
    But we can splash the cash in a different way don't you think.
    
    If you can find three players where two of them have good potential each week, then that could lead to more points than two starters and one bench fodder.
    
    I'm not talking about 5m players, I'm thinking those up to 7m.
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3. tw
  12 years, 7 months ago
  why not uber attack?
  
  1) most points come from attackers
  2) it's often easier to predict clean sheets than attacking returns
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  1. Absinthe 42
    12 years, 7 months ago
    Sorry that's nonsense.
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4. Ryan
  12 years, 7 months ago
  I've gone for a big 8. I don't want to leave out the likes of Snodgrass, Mirallas, JRod, Dzeko
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  1. Absinthe 42
    12 years, 7 months ago
    Snoddy & JRod are cheap enough to fall into a rotation plan though Ryan.
    Add in Bent and a few others and it *might pay more dividends than the 9.5,9, 4.5m route.
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    1. Ryan
      12 years, 7 months ago
      4 mid priced players can rotate with one sitting out with the worst fixture. Nothing wrong with that. Its easier to have guaranteed solid mid price attackers then speculative dodgy uber attacking players.
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      1. Absinthe 42
        12 years, 7 months ago
        It's just finding the right ones and maintaining it....... I'll let you know how I get on.
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        Ryan
        12 years, 7 months ago
        I'd be interested to see who you come up with.
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        Absinthe 42
        12 years, 7 months ago
        If I do get something it won't look good to the masses.
        A RMT will get the team destroyed.
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GuyIncognito
12 years, 7 months ago
If Osvaldo moves to Southampton I guess it means the end of Lambert as a fantasy option?
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1. Heels_Over_Head
  12 years, 7 months ago
  let's not react to a deal that isn't done yet... don't want all fans acting like Arsenal and ManU fans now, do we?
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2. Setting the Toney
  12 years, 7 months ago
  'IF' it happens then yes
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3. Ryan
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Spurs are after that guy too. Might affect Soldado
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Mojo Rojo
12 years, 7 months ago
Will there be a FPL app for iOS and if so, when will it be released?
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1. Absinthe 42
  12 years, 7 months ago
  There's been one for ages. It's not worth it, last resort only.
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thepuntmaster
12 years, 7 months ago
Will Gary Hooper start?
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1. Heels_Over_Head
  12 years, 7 months ago
  he's medically cleared, why not?
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2. Setting the Toney
  12 years, 7 months ago
  I think so, yes
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ccc
12 years, 7 months ago
Could you imagine what would happen in this place if RVP got a red card in the Swansea game antagonized by Ashley Williams?
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1. ccc
  12 years, 7 months ago
  of if he scored a hat trick 😀
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  1. tw
    12 years, 7 months ago
    or if Ashley Williams got a hattrick 😉
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    1. ccc
      12 years, 7 months ago
      😆
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2. tw
  12 years, 7 months ago
  😆
  
  i'd rather he got it in the pool game so that he misses the palace game everyone wants him for. plus his price will plummet over the international break. and that'll all pave the way for rooney (c) gw 4. well I was thinking about that as a differential anyways but this would make me more assured
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3. @Bryan
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Nice wee price drop before GW4 😛
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Up the Boro
12 years, 7 months ago
Gents, not sure which moves, if any, I should make:

Szczesny / Boruc
Ivanovic / Reid / Toure / Brayford / Chester
Coutinho / Navas / Hazard (v) / Nolan / Kim
Dzeko / Giroud / Lukaku (c)

2m to play with.
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1. Setting the Toney
  12 years, 7 months ago
  upgrade dzeko to soldado
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2. Heels_Over_Head
  12 years, 7 months ago
  You lack the Walcott
  
  Not sure I like the Navas
  
  Brayford -> B.Turner (both Cardiff, but B.Turner seems to be playing and Brayford not in GW1)
  
  Consider using your money to upgrade either Cardiff player (defense or midfield or both) to Newcastle players for their run of games weeks 2 to 5
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3. tw
  12 years, 7 months ago
  navas = big no! at least imo. have you seen his stats? very discouraging
  
  navas to walcott.
  
  and i'd upgrade dzeko or giroud to soldado (or benteke if you want another dgw). or do both of those swaps even
  
  and i'm not sure about reid at 5.0, i'd probably prefer coleman
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4. Birdman Transfer
  12 years, 7 months ago
  Perhaps you're not as high on Soldado as I am, but if you are interested, you have City cover in Navas, perhaps Dzeko>Soldado?
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5. Up the Boro
  12 years, 7 months ago
  thank you all, some great suggestions there, back to the drawing board!!! good luck to all
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