Podcast

We were struggling this week. Crippled by a cold that was verging on deadly man-flu, I made a miracle recovery without the aid of placenta treatment to struggle into the studio to infect/accompany Mark on another podcast.

Back in blighty, Granville makes a long-awaited return to the podcast studio, armed with a barrel full of "miffeds". Top of his list - what happened last week? He turns his back and Mark goes and finds a new co-host. Luckily for Granville, such a change was quickly frowned upon by the masses...

Yes, that's right, crazy talk. There's a lot of it about in this week's ScoutCast episode - most of it originating from Mark's chattering. Transfer in three defenders for a four point hit? Spend big money on Leighton Baines, dumping last season's top Fantasy scorer? Has he finally lost the plot?

Just like the Dutch duo of Van der Vaart and Van Persie, Mark and I keep on delivering, ...

Following the weekend result at the theatre of nightmares, I finally find the enthusiasm to pick myself off the floor, dust down and into the studio. As I would expect, Mark isn't too keen to let things pass unmentioned.

Back after our own international break, I bundle Mark into the studio for another podcast and slap him around the face with my Wildcard. Rusty after a week of absence, we’re forced to get our tongues contorted around matters, even more baffling than Mark’s unshakable faith in Victor Moses.

This week's episode of the FFS podcast features some classic match-ups - Nani vs Young, Narni vs Nanny, Tomayto vs Tomahto, Sessegnon v Row Z, Common Sense vs Mark. All battles are resolved, with the regular stalwarts of the ScoutCast thrown in, culminating with Mark's desperate defence of his seemingly unshakable faith in Victor Moses. Also, look out for a mention of my Champions League placing - England's number one for 24 hours no less.

While the title alludes to a debate on the merits of Kevin Campbell and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, it is instead a new podcast spilling with words on the Fantasy Football craze that’s taken the nation by storm – buy cheap at the back, buy big up front. It’s working, in fact it’s working rather too well. Can it continue? Mark and I lay the subject down, cut it open and sift through the giblets to offer our post mortem. Messy stuff.

Patience, the antithesis of our oft-used phrase ‘knee jerk’ is the theme that runs through our latest Podcast ...

Having been stalled by the international break and a glamorous trip back to Manchester, I take my seat alongside Mark in the studio once again, desperately wrestling for air time against the prolific gabber spewed from the ScoutCast host. Mark tries to be on his best behaviour in this episode, knuckles wrapped by a frustrated listener deprived of my pearls of wisdom by his constant interruptions, you can sense the intense effort as Mark holds his silence.

As if out of sympathy for the Fantasy Premier League, or podcast recording software crashed at the death this week. Finished. Kaput. Panic ensued – hands on head there were cries of “I can’t go through that again” from host Mark as I desperately attempted to recover our lost words. Luckily, temporary files restored, our fifty fourth episode was rescued and rebuilt like Ledley King's knee. Hopefully it won't collapse again next week - like Ledley King's knee.