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The ScoutCast – Episode 109 – Two Men

15 August 2013 5171 comments
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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.

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

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  1. Christina.
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Puts pen down.

    Wipes brow.

    Takes a deeeeeep breath.

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    1. Milner4eva
      13 years, 2 months ago

      still got hart?

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      1. Christina.
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Nah.

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  2. GuyIncognito
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Vorm - Marshall
    Koscienly - Toure - Reid - M. Turner - Chester
    Hazard - Mata - Walcott - Snodgrass - J Williams
    Benteke - Soldado - Jelavic

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    1. Jafalad
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Not sure Jelly still has it. Prefer Giroud

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      1. GuyIncognito
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Jelly has been a monster in pre-season.

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  3. mungojerrie
    13 years, 2 months ago

    RMT

    migs (davis)
    Mertesacker, ivanovic, baker (mcnaughton, chester)
    coutinho, hazard, snodgrass, yaya, (Mirallas)
    Giroud, Benteke, Lukaka

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    1. Jafalad
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Yaya-too lightweight.

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  4. Twelve years a slave
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Im stuck with these losers

    Need help as Brayford no seems not nailed on

    Toure Coleman M Turner (Chester Brayford)

    22.5 give me some names

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    1. Jafalad
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Burner seems the best bet.

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      1. Twelve years a slave
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Is he nailed on/? I heard he had to compete with Hudson

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        1. Jafalad
          13 years, 2 months ago

          Evs seemed to think so.

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    2. Christina.
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Trigger, you still on cech?

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  5. Rutwik
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Final draft. What do you guys think ?

    Mignolet / Lewis

    Coleman Garrido Dawson Cuellar Parr

    Walcott Hazard Silva Nolan Ben Arfa

    Sturridge Dzeko Benteke

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    1. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      13 years, 2 months ago

      Think Parr is injured, get Chester. I would also want some bench material in my front 8.

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  6. Gregor
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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    13 years, 2 months ago

    Any of you fantasy kings got a view on this?

    Terry, Ravel, Walcott and Sturridge

    ooooor

    Cole, Kim, Coutinho and Giroud????

    Thanks.

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    1. JuanMata#10
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Option B

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      1. Gregor
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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        13 years, 2 months ago

        Giroud not a bit risky?

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    2. Jafalad
      13 years, 2 months ago

      The latter option look splendid. 🙂 However, Walcott should be one of the first names in your team, imo.

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  7. Esalman
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Is Richards nailed-on for City?

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    1. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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      13 years, 2 months ago

      No, anything but I would say.

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      1. Esalman
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Zabaleta then :\ I could really use the .5m..

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        1. Mr. Greedy
          13 years, 2 months ago

          Lescott should start for a couple of weeks until Nasty is fit.

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          1. Esalman
            13 years, 2 months ago

            Thanks!

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    2. Mr. Greedy
      13 years, 2 months ago

      lolz!
      No

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  8. Bojan Kurbalija
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Benteke or Soldado ?

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    1. reshardo
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Soldado

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    2. Esalman
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Depends on whether Benteke (ars, chel, liv) will do better than Soldado (cpa, swa) in GW1-2.

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    3. Jafalad
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Solidado esp if he's on pens.

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  9. reshardo
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Need some advice please

    A) coutnihno & sissoko
    B) Sturbridge & Jrod

    This is my dilemma

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    1. THE Wild Rover
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Mids or Fwds? :-/

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  10. @Bryan
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Anybody else have an earmarked "emergency RVP fund"? Not the full whack, but enough to jump on any early bandwagons or do an emergency u-turn to get the dutch points machine in ASAP without tearing up your team or taking extensive hits.

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    1. Christina.
      13 years, 2 months ago

      1.5m here. But that's not for the Hollander.

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  11. mplev
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Hi guy, please RMT:

    Cech (Davis)
    Toure, Turner, Baker (Collins, Ramage)
    Walcott, Hazard, Coutinho, Mirallas (Kim)
    van Persie, Dzeko, Anelka

    Obviously secrificed the defence to have RvP while maintaining a strong midfeild.

    Can anyone recomend a 4.5 MID who is nailed on for PT? Thinking of downgrading Kim and ugrading a defender.

    Thoughts?? Cheers

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  12. enrico.palazzo
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Trekkers or Lukaku? I have no Chelsea/arsenal defemce

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    1. enrico.palazzo
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Defence even 🙂

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    2. Willis.
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Get bent

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      1. Willis.
        13 years, 2 months ago

        eke

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  13. The Suspended One
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Migs (Boroc)
    Cole Walker Zabs (Chester Brayford)
    Hazard Oscar Gerrard Wally (Barkley)
    Lambert Aspas Dzeko

    I'm either winning round 1 or WCing round 2.... Maybe both....l

    How do I change my profile picture?

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    1. Willis.
      13 years, 2 months ago

      FAQ off!

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  14. reshardo
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Sorry

    Meant to be

    A) sturridge & sissoko
    B) coutinhno & jrod

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    1. THE Wild Rover
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Both are good.. B if you have to play them both this week

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      1. reshardo
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Thanks mate b is what I was thinking!

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    2. EmreCan Hustle
      13 years, 2 months ago

      If you must have one, then go with B. But why sissoko over Downing or Ramires or even Ramirez ?

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      1. reshardo
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Because sissoko has kind games after man city and should be playing in the hole

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  15. sumatera
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Anyone considering Wilshire? Will he play in the hole, nailed on?

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  16. Sheldon420
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Best options for 4.0 nailed on defender (apart from Chester) and 4.5 nailed on midfielder (apart from Thomas)?

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  17. Twelve years a slave
    13 years, 2 months ago

    If i knew Ivanovich was nailed , would snap him up in an instant. Still remember the 24 points from last years double

    People saying aspi not fit , but that was a week ago , and surely the best way to get him fit would be to play him in one of the two easy games , ivan willbe wantedfor man u so surely wont play all three?

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    1. Jafalad
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Tend to agree. Need to get to grips with JM's rotations first I feel.

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    2. Christina.
      13 years, 2 months ago

      That's my worry. I had Cole last season. Ivan scored 24pts. Now I have Ivan and everyone says he is not nailed.

      Even Mark has Cole...

      😕

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      1. Jafalad
        13 years, 2 months ago

        What's your mini-league code? I want to scoop your loot! 🙂

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        1. Christina.
          13 years, 2 months ago

          I tried.

          Got moderated.

          😕

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          1. Jafalad
            13 years, 2 months ago

            Why?

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            1. Christina.
              13 years, 2 months ago

              Mr BK's league

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  18. Cole-man of the Ca-hill
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Walcott's injury is pain in the arse now!

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    1. THE Wild Rover
      13 years, 2 months ago

      He will be fine... Relax

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    2. Woy of the Wovers
      13 years, 2 months ago

      That doesn't sound like such a bad injury.

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  19. Messimerized- Join My FPL L…
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Who stickied that Arsenal Poem?

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  20. neopaint2005
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Is Soldado that good? I heard a lot about this guy from here???

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    1. Michaelangelo
      13 years, 2 months ago

      no. he's quite crap honestly. People only have him because his name when translated to english is soldier. a lot of patriotic people on here. what was the question?

      oh, and here:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wVS81U2PQM

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  21. Andy1
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Coutinho or silva

    No lpl or mcy attacking coverage at the moment. Plan to get sturridge in for benteke in week 2 or 3 though

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  22. Christina.
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Cech + 4.5m def OR

    4.5m keeper + Cole?

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    1. andy85wsm
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      13 years, 2 months ago

      Cech I reckon

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    2. Jafalad
      13 years, 2 months ago

      4.5/Cole is what I currently have.
      Why not put Cech with a 4.0 gk till you do the WC?

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      1. Christina.
        13 years, 2 months ago

        Coz Cech doesn't have a gw 3.

        And I'm WC after gw 3 , during Int break.

        Cech/Boruc at the moment.

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        1. Jafalad
          13 years, 2 months ago

          Ah. Covering gk needed then.

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    3. Pinoche
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Cole + 4.5m

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  23. andy85wsm
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    13 years, 2 months ago

    I have Hazard and Oscar.

    Should I go terry and Dzeko or clichy and lukaku?

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    1. Jafalad
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Cli/Luk

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      1. andy85wsm
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        13 years, 2 months ago

        Didn't you want me to have a Chelsea defender earlier? 🙂

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        1. Jafalad
          13 years, 2 months ago

          Yes but not Terry who is unlikely to play both games given his injury history.

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    2. Willis.
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Former

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  24. FantaCity
    13 years, 2 months ago

    To be thorough, here's the Sam Allardyce quote re-injuries from bottom of page talking about Cardiff match;

    Any team news ahead of Saturday?

    SA: "There's no injury news from our team at the moment. It's the first time in my management career that I've gone through a pre-season without a single injury. We've had knocks, but no player has had to miss a game because of injury throughout the entire summer, so I hope that continues all the way through to next May!"

    ...and a link to the article;
    http://www.whufc.com/articles/20130815/big-sam-on-cardiff-city_2236884_3349287

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    1. FantaCity
      13 years, 2 months ago

      I suppose you could interpret 'no injury news' to mean no NEW injuries, since Collins and Carroll were already known injuries at this point ......? It's a lottery for now imo

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    2. MARVELLUS
      13 years, 2 months ago

      I think this is misleading, as Carroll, McCartney are out....

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  25. Kerrazy
    13 years, 2 months ago

    who to rotate Nolan with ? 🙁

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    1. Christina.
      13 years, 2 months ago

      No one.

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      1. Jafalad
        13 years, 2 months ago

        + billions.

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  26. andres
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Is jedinak a good option for the 4.5 5th mid?

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    1. FantaCity
      13 years, 2 months ago

      As good as any. Reliable, but very little points potential. Safe bench

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  27. Mytteristen
    13 years, 2 months ago

    Hey guys! Hundreds of drafts have been set up, and I'm still not sure which direction to go. Currently no RVP in my team, and this is where I'm at. Any thoughts/suggestions?

    Mignolet, Boruc
    Koscielny, Terry, Collins, Turner, Brayford
    Walcott, Hazard (C), Silva, Mirallas, Morrison
    Benteke, Sturridge, Altidore

    0.5 in the bank for Benteke > Soldado
    I know Collins is most likely injured, but I'm sure he will be back soon, and I could need the WHU cover in GW3. Or are there better alternatives?

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  28. MARVELLUS
    13 years, 2 months ago

    It's going to be a nightmare here tonight isn't it...

    I was in the FFS H2H's last year, are they no longer happening??

    Also, my final choice in my team is this:

    1) RVP, Snodgrass, Maiga or
    2) Sturridge, Silva, Lambert?

    Thanks.

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    1. Ninjaa
      13 years, 2 months ago

      A. Imo. Rvp is a must for me, he can score against any team anywhere. Snoddy and maiga got nice opening fixtures. Sturridge may not start, don't like silva anyway anyway and after the summer signings even less

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  29. Esalman
    13 years, 2 months ago

    If I get both Coleman and Olsson, which one do I start GW1? Olsson at home, or Coleman potential oop?

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    1. MARVELLUS
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Coleman.

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  30. Slash
    13 years, 2 months ago

    What I have come up with so far:

    Migs - (Boruc)
    Ivanovic (vc) - Koscielny - Coleman
    Hazard (c) - Walcott - Mirallas - Snodgrass
    RvP - Dzeko - Rodriguez

    (Jediank - Ward - Chester)

    How does that look?

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    1. fanofippo
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Very similar to my team!

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    2. BeachBadger
      13 years, 2 months ago

      Pretty much my team until I tweaked to for 3 chelsea DGWers

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