The ScoutCast – Episode 216 – Confessional

+1

It's not an extra player in 29, just a different one. Trollkaku is due 🙂

Lukaku has Hull at home in gw29

how do you know he made a transfer but it wasn't aguero sterling or sane?

Wait for pressers, that decision may be a very easy one.

Totally agree.

What are these muppets expecting for 5 mill?

Unfortunately this game is about results and points...patience is thin around here. Some will keep him hoping that he'll play whilst others have points to chase hence brought in those in DGW

Last sentence is very apt.

You can get it in with pocket Aces and lose. You can eat green veggies all your life and still get cancer and you can bring in Matt Phillips for 5.5m and still get 6 consecutive blanks.

Toughen up people.

Not sure it's hate. I started the season with Phillips so I don't hate him, but I have sold. Injuries aside I think he needs a rest. He will come back strong later in the season but I don't want him right now.

Yep

Too many petulant posters here these days

I had to ditch him to fund Lukaku to Aguerro this week. Plus, I'm not so sure he'll even play 28, Pullis won't risk him. So I moved on. He served me well so I am grateful to him

What is the point of this silly post? The game is results-oriented. You are well within your rights to be disappointed with a player not returning. If 5.5m is all you could afford, and you got him in, then fair enough. Others banked on his potential, replaced a slightly more expensive player than him and have been thoroughly let down by the lack of returns. He has not returned for long enough now and would have been transferred out of virtually every team, if it were not for the blanks. Everyone would have admitted their mistake and moved on, no complaints. But because of the sudden DGWs, the BGWs, free transfers are far and few between, he does occupy one of four midfield attacking spots, and is pretty much returning what a 4.2m mid would have returned. A 4.2m mid and 5.8m cannot be judged the same. There is still a 1.6m budget difference and so this situation deserves moaning when a player has gone cold, is clearly the weakest link in every team and is using up a fair amount of money that could be useful with this sudden DGW. The fact that you clearly want to act but have your hands kinda tied is what's frustrating.

I don't think there is one. Looks like I'm doing it, but I'm well aware that it could backfire.

Folly.

i think C is enough. it's just the first DGW folks - keep something in reserve.

I took a -4 for him.
Probably needs a solid 50-60 points

if people are taking -8 they are probably bringing in Kun/Sterling/Sane. That's essentially 4 extra games from players (taking into account captaining a DGW player)

Only takes one Everton penalty for the ADHD brigade to start preaching Baines over Coleman.

I think you got me confused with someone else. I thought it was 50/50 but I bought Baines. 🙂

I went Baines too. Painful to see Coleman got all the extra points. 🙁

Rondon is brutal. Are you on a hit?

im going heaton.. think leicester will be scoring again at home this week

Heat even with Siggy

The fixtures are terrible. It's back to the question of Aguerro or not. I was a happy non owner before he got his red card and I'll be a happy non owner after.

good to go

I would leave as is, looks good.

He wont take penalties, so...

He won't lose 27, he will lose only 6 from the penalty miss and 9 from the potential 3 BAPS. He can't lose what he has never gained.

What could go wrong? Gtg

Wildcard.

looks good

Can't do much better this week...

cheers all 😀

Excellent team. No Kane but you can't have everything. 🙂 Good luck TCing.

First choice:
Yes
Baines
Snoddy - for Sterling

1) Probably Yes
2) Baines
3) King or Lanzini

1) probably not for me
2) Baines
3)I have King, but if I got to choose next week, I would get Snoddy

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or being lazy?

Costa >> Aguero in mind?

Points > Money 😉

You get 0.1 back if you sell early enough.

I think I'm keeping but haven't decided yet. The possibility of Aguerro scoring 30x3 make me tingle a little

Play safe
Or play aggreasive to cover the 58 point gap.

I am in similar situation in my ml and thinking of using tc

I have currently activated TC but may cancel it . The thing is its a 50-50 decision and it looks one of the better times for a TC . Although there is bound to have other opportunities later on We may not have fixtures like this .It all your personsal gut decision

Thanks guys, I probably am going to play safe and not use TC. Forgot to mention he has already used his WC, while I still have mine saved up to help with the DGW/Bench Boost later in the year. I think owning Kun/Sterling as differentials this week plus having the WC up my sleeve will help me catch him.

The spreadsheet.

EFL games
Southampton and Arsenal, United and City

FA Cup games
Arsenal Leicester
Watford Chelsea
Spurs CPL
Southampton United
Sunderland Middlesbrough

Morrison and Baines

It's really the form vs. class debate, isn't it? I don't know that there's a right choice. I tend to prefer class (Baines and Zaha, in this case; especially when one of them is on pens), but I'd say go with your gut.

That 75 about to be cut in half

The last sentence in these stats says it all. Total dudes / rode the wave of lady luck.

TM this is great news for us in and around top 1k with chips left.

That's a higher number of WCs used than I thought and that's a lot of BB used.

Encouraging stuff

Good to go. Whats the plan for next week?

His price and his position on the field do not make him as attractive as Sterling as Sané, simple as that really

Yep Whats 3m among Friends 😛

Expensive. Position.

Plays too deep- he misses Pellegrini

Normal? Averaging nearly 2 transfers per manager for the 47 who did a transfer

He used to be more varied and got caned. Then he studied up and discovered that 1-0, 1-1, 2-1 and 2-0 are statistically the most common results (around 70% of games finish with one of those scorelines). So now he mainly sticks with them.

This week it's 1-1, 2-0 or 2-1.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39106010

Wants to win weekly.

cheers Ruth :). I was sure something has changed with him as he gave different predictions earlier and now mainly goes with 2-0 ones. Thanks for that why he is doing it like this now. Feels pretty Boring though these.

2-0

was waiting for that 😆

Would have been a shock if he hadn't this week.

Was the only way he could afford ibra and stan to kun and sterling

Most likely Allen would get only 2 additional points for his game against City, so not sure if he is worth the hit.

Nah, would play all 3 over Allen

It's always a Friday show from memory.

It's enjoyable though feels weird watching Mark reaching celebrity status. I remember listening to the podcast not having a clue what him and Granville looked like...

Nah, it's mainly a bunch of know-nothings telling people stuff they should already know. Plus Mark doing a bit of statistical analysis sometimes. And waving his hands like they showed him on his presentation skills course. 😉

It's basically only useful in terms of knowing what the spoon is feeding to the masses.

Fortunately no attempt is made to disseminate any understanding of game strategy. Consequently all it is likely to cause is pronounced price volatility as the herd stampedes into and out of the fashionable players, plus the taking of an unnecessary amount of hits. I don't have the stats but I'm betting that the amount of hits taken by active managers this season will comfortably beat previous seasons.

Very Zen

I'm very tempted to TC him but with a 30 point lead in my mini league having him captain is enough, saving my TC for later on

Me as of now

Many

Hope that works

Yikes.

Baines is the one that I don't like but you're being good and brave.

good luck, you should have a big week despite the -12

Tempted to do 3rd and 4th myself but -12 seems steep