Whether you got a red or green arrow doesn't really show whether the hit was a success or not. You need to compare what points you would have got with and without the hit.

I love hits but looking at your rank my transfers obviously have not been as fruitful as yours 🙂

11 greens to 6 reds when taking hits......add this to the extra tv gained thro making more transfers then hits are fine....aslong the transfer is gd the hit will be paid back

3 green and 5 red for me. It's far too simplistic to say hits are either good or bad.

The world number 1 has made 50 transfers. That's a lot of hits.

9 hits for me, and only 3 greens

I do remember checking some weeks that i got my red arrows that the hits did pay off though - they got me more points than the players id transferred out, and so covered themselves and I'd have had a red arrow anyway

I took out Hazard for Puncheon last gw. That worked out well.

6 - 5 in favour of green this year but that's unusual. I've noticed my hits paying off in previous years with higher returns the bigger the hit. Not so with WCs, though, and the same this year with two red arrows :-). You've also got to consider the longer term benefit, particularly when setting up or deconstructing a DGW team

4 greens and 2 reds this season when I have taken hits.

4 of them probably justified (3 greens and 1 red), and 2 not (1 red and 1 green).

I have taken fewer hits than in previous seasons, and have therefore taken fewer bad hits than before.

However, considering the number of successful hits taken by the world number one, I may have to reconsider this strategy. Hits clearly can be good, but they have to be the right ones.

Whoever is talking to have the main camera on them,but i really enjoyed watching that one tonight.

Fewer beards? 🙂

Obviously getting the video right so its not all focussed on one face the whole time would be good 😉

I liked it though, though i think it does definitely need at least 3 people involved to make it work as a 'hangouts' style thing, so Jonty needs to stay involved. And maybe more special guests like Luke to consult

Me as a guest.

More nudity

Bewbs.

Several people on the live chat suggested a split screen - would make sense

guests on every week voted by us

I think maybe Mark should give us some background on how he got into this website, what his goals were and where he sees it going.

How about getting Matty Etherington in as a guest? He's top of the Stoke league and has a 33K rank, not bad at all!

Great to see the faces behind the voices, and the distinguished special guest.

I would like it to show screenshots of Mark's and Granville's teams and of the Scoutcast team when they are discussing them. Perhaps also show the list of fixtures for the game-week when they are discussing potential clean sheets and likely results.

How about making a feature of Granville's cat, like in the intro to Coronation Street or as in Ernst Stavro Blofeld?

Possible guests could include other members of the scout team and Applebonkers, Wakey, SmartyPants, Forca, Fran (if still around), 'Katie' etc.

+42.

Blargh I still can't get over selling Lukaku before week 38 last year.

Gotta get past GW35 first. I think recent injuries dictate nothing is fixed and to take each GW as it comes.

GW38 tends to bring surprises

Nice post! I'm thinking Man Utd striker (most likely Rooney) -> Sturridge for gw38. Newcastle are just horrible at the moment. But Adebayor/Eriksen up against aston villa (who should be safe at this point) is really tempting

GW38 - time for the bench fodder to shine!

Januzaj and Barkley are tempting punts for me. Have held them various times during the season with no return....maybe, just maybe.

So the tricky Utd fixture could actually fall into the goal fest category since netlither side has anything to play for. Rooney hattie on last day of season to help me overturn a 150pt deficit to win my mini league. Liking this 😀

I'll be keeping my United players if I had them. Southampton have gone off the boil and United need to finish the season with a win possibly to ensure a place in the europa league (which they do want).

What I will do is to prevent those assured starting player in the upcoming world-cup, e.g., Rooney & RVP. They don't want to pick up injury by a meaningless match and so they won't play hard at GW38. However, players like Mata is very playable as he is fighting hard to get into the World-cup squad. Sturridge will be a great purchase by GW38 if and only if Liverpool needs that game for the title.

Apart from preventing to transfer in world cup starter from teams with nothing to play for, I will also suggest to sell the deadwood, coz you need the full bench to prepare for those unimaginable resting regular players.

You have to take hits for the right players. That sounds obvious but looking at Luke Weston's history he's probably been taking hits in previous seasons and been nowhere near world no1.

The stars have aligned for him this year and it's all coming off. Normally spending points is too much of a risk for the serious player.

I have a Rank of 979 right now..and I have only taken 3 hits this season...I try to avoid hits as much as I can..

60 points worth of hits here, and 14K. Sometimes they come off, sometimes they don't. The art to them is to use them on players that you would probably keep for a few weeks anyway, taking a hit for a Chelsea defender, Hazard, Suarez, Yaya, Ramsey this season would have been well worth it over keeping any other players in their position. Just looking at what colour arrow I got when I took a hit it is 8-5 in favour of taking a hit (8 Greens)

This season I've tried to limit my hits to something like one every 8 games but there are certain cases that I wouldn't think twice about taking one, like a Suarez v Norwich situation or a Dgw for instance.

I love taking hits and they generally work out for me, this season more than most.

The most fun way to play the game imo 😉

If you're bringing in a captain then it's worth a hit. Also if an unexpected player is doing well and his price is going through the roof then it's worth a hit to bring him in at the lowest price possible.

They can pay off, especially for the DGWs.

Also, keep in mind that hits can be looked at over the medium to long term as well. Planning can only get you so far. What if there are 2 or 3 players (that you don't have) flourishing? Taking a hit or two to get them in early can pay off big time.