As you heard earlier, the draw for the quarter-finals of the Fantasy Football Scout Cup III, sponsored by Paddy Power, was made live in the podcast this morning by Mark and a buoyant Granville. Well, not quite…
Ok, my hands are up, I made a little mistake (I am human after all), and tried to put my buddy Anorak through. I didn’t think anyone would notice It was a genuine mistake and I apologise to sandgrounder.
So, just to clarify, here is the official quarter-final draw…
2 – DRP Vs. DollyDaisy
4 – gooner dave Vs. sandgrounder
As always, the top-scorer will earn themselves a free £25 bet courtesy of Paddy Power.
Mark’s conqueror Tippman (20,094th place) takes on User (9,079th) with both players looking particularly primed for this week’s Man United home tie against Wigan; Nani and Dimitar Berbatov occupy places in each of their squads, though with Tippman on four straight red arrows, User comes into this one as favourite.
DRP (3,258th) and Dolly Daisy (2,869th) is a tough one to call. Of the remaining players, they were equal high-scoring last week, both chalking up 60 points. DPR has two Birmingham and two Wolves defenders, but barring that, he has no more than one player from any team. Dolly Daisy, on the other hand, has 3 Chelsea men -including two defenders- and two Everton; with the Toffees facing a trip to Sunderland, this could be a tricky tie for our highest-ranked surviving player.
14,004th-placed The Von has nine of his squad facing away trips, with only three of his front eight -Cesc Fabregas, Nani and Kevin Davies- playing at home. He’ll be hoping Newcastle can keep their good away form going, with three Magpies players in his squad. DaFoe22 sits in 9,893rd place and is another contender with 2 Chelsea defenders, but along with Nani he has Charlie Adam. With a home tie against Wolves up next for Blackpool, this could be crucial, as he also has nine squad members facing away trips.
GoonerDave (in 5,604th place) takes on sandgrounder (18,493rd) in our final match-up. Both have a Cesc-Rafael Van der Vaart-Adam combination in midfield, though sandgrounder also has Nani, something GoonerDave must surely consider before Saturday’s transfer shutdown.
All ties will be played over gameweek 14, and I’ll be you the results early next week.
The only thing that’s left to say is good luck to all eight quarter-finalists looking to reach the prestigious semi-finals.
