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The ScoutCast – Episode 228 – Countdown

10 August 2017 7234 comments
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The final countdown has begun with the new season kick-off now less than 24-hours away.

Earlier the week the ScoutCast grew gathered as the clock ticked down, with Jonty, Andy and Luke joining myself to tackle a raft of perfectly targeted questions from you – the community.

Each of us take turns to reveal our current line-ups, while the collection of queries allowed us to put each of the four positions under the microscope. On occasions, we even broke from the ScoutCast tradition to provide some definitive answers.

Pre-season gremlins struck as I dropped out in full flow on Paul Pogba, but I managed to return to steer the ship towards its final destination – the first weekend preview of the new campaign.

It’s good to be back.

This ScoutCast was first beamed live via our YouTube channel on Tuesday night. Be sure to subscribe to get notice of future live episodes.

If you’re a traditional type, you can acquire the mp3 audio version via this link on the first player below, or take in the full visual experience via the second player below.

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

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  1. Cocoon Aguero
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Evening lads. Here's what I've got:

    De Gea (Elliot)
    Bertrand Yoshida Suttner Mee (Long)
    DeBruyne Eriksen Zaha WardProwse Carroll
    Lukaku Jesus Firmino

    Any suggestions or good to go?

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    1. Lebowski85
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Evening? What continent are you in my good man?

      Looks great. I like the front line! Double Southampton is a no no. Switch Yoshi for Ake/Daniels and your golden!

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      1. Cocoon Aguero
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        I'm in Seattle, United States. Just wanted to confirm my selections before nodding off. Thanks for the review, will definitely take that into consideration. Would switching Bertie instead be a good option, or is Ake/Daniels at 5.0 and keeping Bertie a better value?

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    2. GE
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      DDG -> 4.5
      Suttner -> Danilo/Davies

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      1. Cocoon Aguero
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks much. There was another suggestion above for changing my defensive selections, so I'll definitely take a closer look at those players. I'm thinking I'll need ManUtd clean sheet cover, I even considered bringing in Matic. He had 1G 8A last season and already has an assist in the UEFA Super Cup. At 5.0 I think he could be a steal, but a bit too much of a risk for me to actually commit.

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        1. G-Whizz
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • Has Moderation Rights
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Don't waste a midfield slot on Matic, look at Jones £5m...

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  2. MarvelouSuccess
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    RMT

    Foster

    Yoshida / Dann / Daniels

    Fabregas / Mane / Zaha / Fraser

    Jesus / Kane / Lukaku

    Eliott / Long / Suttner / Carroll

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    1. kysersosa
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Not bad, 6/10, but your paying for that front 3.

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    2. EWH2020
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Very good team IMO. Only thing would be wedging DDG in for United defensive cover?

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  3. Erdna9
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Lads need opinions.

    Forster (Elliot)

    Trippier - Kolasinac - Cedric [(Mee) (Mbemba)]

    KDB - Salah - Willian - Zaha (Carrol)

    Lacazette - Lukaku - Gayle

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    1. GE
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Laca -> Jesus

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      1. kysersosa
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Leave lukaku, you have KDB

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  4. GE
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    No Liverpool or Spurs

    1) Alli
    2) Mane

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    1. fishnil
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Mane

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    2. Francescoli
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Mane

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    3. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Mané.

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    4. Expected Toulouse
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Mane

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  5. fishnil
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Alli or Eriksen?

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    1. GE
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Or Mane?

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      1. fishnil
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Have Salah already

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    2. Francescoli
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Alli

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      1. fishnil
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Thanks.

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    3. kysersosa
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Eriksen. Ali will be hot at some point, but Eriksen is more consistent.

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  6. Francescoli
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    A) Walker and Yoshi
    B) Kolasinac and Danilo

    Forster / Elliot
    Kolasinac / Danilo / Ake / Mee / Suttner
    KDB / Willian / Zaha / Fraser / Carroll
    Kane / Batshuayi / Jesus

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    1. Sharkytect
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      A is safer

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    2. fishnil
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      A

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    3. dunas_dog
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      B

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  7. Sharkytect
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Urgh. Bottomed on last page. Forgotten how quick these pages turn:

    First RMT for two years:

    Foster, elliot

    Bertrand, davies, valencia, hunemeir, TAA

    KDB, salah, t carroll, milivojevic, willian

    Kane, Lukaku, Rodriguez

    Thoughts?

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    1. Sjaugen
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      gtg,
      I would drop Valencia myself. Get in DDG and spend the extra funds on tossing Mili

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      1. Sharkytect
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        I am not that way inclined towards Mili, thank you.

        Oh, upgrade him. I see

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  8. decisions
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Damn. Was all set and then tried...

    Kane > Benteke
    Atsu > Alli

    stick with Kane right??

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    1. _Make
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      I prefer your tinkerings.

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    2. Sharkytect
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Yeah, stick with Kane

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    3. Blanka
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Quite like Tekkers and Alli

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    4. Oven Glover
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Stick with Kane

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      1. decisions
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        i trust kane... benteke never. i'm sticking. thanks for the help. will def look out to see what option would have been best, i like self torture

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    5. Dosh
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      same decision to make! Can't decide :O

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      1. decisions
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        ahhh

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        1. decisions
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 16 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          tbf either could work..

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  9. RubberDucky
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Last RMT please

    (A)

    DDG/Elliot

    PVA / Stephens / Francis / Suttner / Long

    Millo / KBC / Zaha / William / Alli

    Kane / Lukaku / Quaner

    OR

    (B)

    Hennessy /Elliot

    Danilo / Stephens / Francis / Suttner / Mee

    Millo / KBC / Redmond / William / Alli

    Kane / Lukaku / Abraham

    Much appreciated

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  10. Whats the Mata?
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Guys,

    A. Willian + Stephens + Mounie
    OR
    B. Fraser + Bertrand + Gabbiadini

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  11. Mayo for Sam
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    How long is Bavis nailed for? Is Lloris a better 5.5 long term option?

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    1. _Make
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      A couple of weeks maybe?

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  12. HazMac
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Last one
    A) Willian + Lukaku
    B) Mkhi + Jesus

    Have bats hi and kdb

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  13. m32
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Can't decide between:

    A) Kolasinac and Iwobi
    B) Lejeune and Zaha

    Or is there a better way of spending 12.5m on a defender and midfielder?

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    1. fishnil
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Alonso Atsu?

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    2. Dosh
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      I've gone with Alonso and Iwobi

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  14. Malinwa
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Gayle will be starting?

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    1. Adam West - Team Serbia for…
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      No he's injured and he did not start the last preseason friendly . It is highly likely Mitrovic and Perez will start until he is fit . I am not sure how long Gayle is injured for

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    2. MarvelouSuccess
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      8/10

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    3. Sjaugen
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Most likely. Had a minor injury

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  15. Schliegs
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    A. Gab + Mkhi
    B. Mounie + Mane

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    1. fishnil
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      B

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    2. Schliegs
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      C. Firmino + Ritchie

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  16. Ozist
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hey guys,
    Let me know hows my team,

    Courtois
    Stones, Lindelof, Yoshida, Francis
    Debruyne, Eriksen, Salah
    Jay Rodriguez , Lukaku, Jesus

    Bench:
    Elliot , Loftus cheek, mariappa, Tom carroll

    Any suggestions??

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  17. Halberstram
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Righto, GWK1

    Please rate

    Foster
    Daniels-Jones-Bertrand
    Redmond-Zaha-KDB-Willian
    Kane-Firmino-Lukaku

    Elliot-Carroll-Mee-Mbemba

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  18. True Blue
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    which is best 4.5 x 2 defender rotation pairing for the first 8-10 GWs?

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  19. blacky7475
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Thoughts appreciated...

    Which £5.5m defender to go with (Foster, Elliott) Stephens, Mee, Dann & Suttner:

    A) Bertrand (doubling up on Saints)
    B) Danilo
    C) Dawson (freeing up £0.5m, but doubling up on WBA)
    D) ???

    Thinking it's only likely to be a short term fix until Trippier returns

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  20. Jinswick
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    No City is a worry, but I feel KDB is a touch over-priced and until we know who is nailed on up front, I'm loathed to get Aguero or Jesus whilst there are rotation concerns.

    That being said, thoughts on this team? Will play 4-3-3 most weeks, and the 4 at the back offer a decent attacking threat.

    DDG
    Berty, PVA, Cedric, Dawson
    Alli, Willian, Zaha
    Kane, Lukaku, Firmino

    Subs: Elliot, RLC, Carroll, Mee

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    1. Gregor
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • Has Moderation Rights
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      No City seems crazy, Alli to KDB and PVA to Dann, for me.

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    2. Oven Glover
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Like it. Especially PvA. Good luck!

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  21. Typo
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Iwobi nailed for the first two weeks?

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    1. Schliegs
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      he's in my squad

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  22. NIKO.
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Morning lads buzzing the day has finally arrived! I'm really tempted to captain
    De Bruyne anyone else?

    Have a good one

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  23. Who Ate All Depays?
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Foster
    Stephens / Darmian / Lowe
    KDB / Mkhi / Salah / Atsu
    Kane / Kaku / Gabbi
    (Elliot / Carroll / Mee / Hunemeier)

    Any suggestions with 0.5m itb?

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  24. Ronamessi
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Ali or Salah sort if already asked

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    1. MarvelouSuccess
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      salah

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  25. Blue Gaffer
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    1. Ritchie & Cedric
    2. JWP & Bertrand

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  26. Ruth_NZ
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Has the pre-season summary disappeared from the site? Can't find it any more. If anyone has a link I'd appreciate it. Thanks.

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    1. _Make
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      That's a bit remiss! Here you go: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/pre-season-form-guide/

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      1. Ruth_NZ
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        Cheers!

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    2. A.T
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Looks like it's been replaced by the team news section I'm afraid Ruth.

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    3. _Make
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      What are your last minute-thoughts by the way Ruth? I'm going for a big 5 at the back as I think that's where the value is to be had.

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      1. Ruth_NZ
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 1 month ago

        I tend to agree in general but I think 5 at the back is inefficient because of no defender rotation.

        So, a 4-3-3 for me. But I wanted to pick Batshuayi and the noises coming out of Cobham suggest that Morata will start tomorrow. Which kind of screws that plan. 😕

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        1. _Make
          • 9 Years
          9 years, 1 month ago

          Boo. Yeah, I'm taking as few risks as possible. Stones and Kolasinac are my only real punts. People talk about ownership as being a major factor in their decision-making, I want a team of starters!

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  27. Albert Cole
    • 16 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Kolasinac to start?

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  28. Jafooli
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Honey monster likely to start?

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    1. MarvelouSuccess
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      hunemeier? no

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    2. Doosra - ☭BowenOfRice☭
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      It is vaguely possible. Long a slightly better bet.

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B03D_KnVF1fRYTdvakt4c3Q1MmM/view

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  29. AdamFF
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Hi guys,

    Last minute RMT, any final tips would be ace 🙂

    Forster
    Cedric Dawson Daniels
    Zaha Atsu De Bruyne Mane
    Firmino Lukaku Jesus

    Real question is do I have Mane or Ali and should I keep Zaha?

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  30. Xuey
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 1 month ago

    Bottomed

    First RMT, would be ecstatic if I could get some advice/opinions!

    Foster/Elliot

    Stones/Cedric/Daniels/Simpson/Long

    KDB/Pogs/Zaha/Willian/Carroll

    Kun/Kane/Chicharito

    IN CAPTAIN AGUERO I BELIEVE! Not completely happy on the defence. Any help greatly appreciated! Cheers!

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    1. Teror
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      I wouldn't get Chicarito in just yet. Poor fixtures, away, etc. Maybe start cheaper with Mounie then upgrade Cedric to Bertrand and Stones to Kompany. I'd do Pog to Mikhi as well

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    2. fishnil
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 1 month ago

      Chicha, Pog, Simpson -> Mounie, Salah, Dummett/4.5.

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