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The ScoutCast – Episode Seventy Eight – United

16 August 2012 4984 comments
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Back for a new season, with “sailing fan” Granville now woken from his Olympic dream, we return for another podcast after a three-month hiatus.

While some of the regulars are shelved this week, we talk over the Sky Sports Game, welcome new Fantasy Football double act “Fenners & Merse” and start the clear up after Robin Van Persie kicked over the applecart.

The episode is underpinned by a new concept – the idea that Granville and I can join forces and actually be effective. The premise is we pick a ScoutCast XI and cross our beams to co-manage it over the season, arguing the toss in every ScoutCast episode on transfers and substitutions. The aim is harmony and a united success. It seems unlikely to end that way.

Oh, and there are actually two of my “jokes” that Granville misses in this episode – see if you can make out the second. I swear he was dreaming of gold medals in the sailing.

Listen in on the squad selection via this link.

Alternatively, stream it down your pipe using the player below…

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

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  1. Dale Cooper
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    What do you think about this team:

    Friedel, Fedirici
    Luiz, Clichy, Demel, Clark, Fabio
    Mata, Bale, Pienaar, Allen, McClean
    Tevez, Torres, Podolski

    I'm struggling to find a reliable cheap 3-team defensive rotation. I'd also get De Gea in Friedel's place, but I'm a bit uncertain over his first team role. I know Allen isn't the best pick - got him to rotate with Pienaar.

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    1. Hiphopopotamus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      My 3 cheapies are: Tierney, Gorkss & Demel if that's any help.

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    2. An Púca
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Clark will be gone when Dunne returns...will Luiz keep Cahill out?

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    3. An Púca
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Clark will be gone when Dunne returns....will Luiz keep Cahill out for long?

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      1. Evs
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        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Or will he simply move into mf or full back?

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        1. An Púca
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          he could go fb allright as Lowton/Stevens are'nt great options as things stand

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  2. davysteen
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Mata or Lampard? And are either a better captaincy candidate than Torres?

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    1. Rui
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I'd say Mata. More likely to play both matches and will be further up the pitch. And if you have Torres then you may as well captain him.

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    2. mgrea
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Yes both better (c) option seen as if they score they get more points than Torres.

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    3. Hiphopopotamus
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I've got both atm but i'd say Lamps. I'd captain Torres out of the three.

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  3. TheresOnly1AW
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Ok, I think this will be the final squad for GW1. Comments are appreciated

    Federici (Green)

    Lescott / A. Cole / Hangeland (Demel, Clyne)

    N'Zogbia / Mata / Robson-Kanu / Yaya Toure / Bale

    Tevez / Torres (Graham)

    Torres > Rooney for GW2

    Mata > Cazorla for GW3

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  4. benc01
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    How about this team..!? Any players not gonna be regulars? not that i can see;

    Jaaskeleinen, Green,

    A.Cole, Williams, Heitinga, Barnet, Coloccini

    Hazard, Toure, Bale, Allen, Britton

    Torres, RVP, Pogrebniak...

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    1. davysteen
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      allen is not guaranteed with gerrard, lucas and shelvey in great form pre season..

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      1. Fray Bentos
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Very little chance of shelvy ahead of allen

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    2. Old Glory
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I'm not a huge fan of allen and pog. Heitinga is decent, but 5.5 is a bit rich for an everton D with limited offensive potential...

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  5. Parm
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Yeah!!!

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  6. thischarmingman
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone catch the full team they put up? Rate it!

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  7. Bøwstring The Carp
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    How safe and nailed on is Petric? About 95% ?

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    1. Conrad.
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      yup.

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    2. Evs
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      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      99.9999% I would say.

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    3. Yossi
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      He'll definitely start the first few games...

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    4. Moose™
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      yes. i hv him!

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  8. Tmel
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hey guys doing a prediction thing at work, anyone wanna offer some advice on the following?

    Premiership:
    18th:
    19th:
    20th:

    Championship:
    1st:
    2nd:
    3rd:

    PL golden boot winner:

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    1. Mick
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Stoke
      Wigan
      Reading

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    2. Matt
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Villa
      Southampton
      West Ham

      Crystal Palace
      Bolton
      Birmingham

      Torres

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    3. Tanjiro
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Wigan
      Southampton
      West Ham

      Man Utd
      Man City
      Arsenal

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      1. Tanjiro
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Oops, didnt read the championship bit... no idea on that, sorry!

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    4. Evs
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      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Down....

      Southampton
      Wigan
      West ham

      Up.

      Not sure, but Cardiff long strong this year with Bellers and Helguson joining.

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    5. Granite
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Wigan
      Southampton
      Reading

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    6. Cruicky
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Reading, Southampton, Norwich.

      Cardiff, Birmingham, Wolves.

      Probably Aguero.

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    7. McEwan
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Wigan
      Reading
      Southampton

      Blackburn
      Bolton
      Leeds

      RVP

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    8. Old Glory
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Down

      Wigan
      Southampton
      QPR

      Up

      Leicester
      Wolves
      Cardiff

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  9. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    De Gea and Lescott or Schwarzer and Kompany?

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    1. Moose™
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      d n l

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    2. Tanjiro
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      D&L

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      1. Hybrid.power
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks fellas.

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  10. Boss Hogg
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Pick one to play in gw1:

    Vertongen
    Michu
    Graham
    Tomkins

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    1. Moose™
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      graham

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    2. Tanjiro
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Graham

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  11. som3awy
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    What's Guthrie's postion in the midfield?

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    1. Old Glory
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Somewhere between the back line and the forwards

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  12. Hiphopopotamus
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Does this look too good to be true?

    DDG | Fed
    Zabaleta | Rangel | Demel | Gorkss | Tierney
    DVD | Kagawa | Toure | Lamps (c) | Mata | (vc)
    Tevaz | Defoe | Graham

    Nowt in bank.

    Mata & Lamps to Bale & Valencia in first two weeks.

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    1. Moose™
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      nicee

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      1. Hiphopopotamus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Cheers MrClown. If no-one rubbishes it i might finally have made my decision!

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    2. An Púca
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      too weak a defence for my dicky ticker!

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      1. Hiphopopotamus
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Thanks Mc. I was expecting that sort of comment ( because it's true 🙂 ) but they rotate well and i can sort them out at a later stage. Until then i reckon (or more likely I HOPE!) they could be good value tho.

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  13. Boss Hogg
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Any 4.0m defenders worth signing?

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    1. Freshy
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Giving Mariappa shot GW1

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    2. Moose™
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      clyne

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  14. Piggs Boson
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    I love the new addition to the scoutcast! It should be interesting following your transfers every week.

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  15. The Duke
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Anyone know the news on Joe Hart? Will he start this weekend?

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  16. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Is Ivanovic nailed on for both games in GW 1 ?

    Cheers 🙂

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    1. Granite
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Him and Cole defo Teflon Terry probs

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  17. mgrea
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Robson-Kanu nailed on?

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    1. An Púca
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      he's predicted to start in Team News

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  18. Zarathustra
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Hey guys, some match ups here:

    Cuellar (SUND) vs Fabio (QPR)

    Nolan (WHU) vs Noble (WHU)

    Torres vs Tevez

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  19. Mak_Gold
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Start which two out of Noble, Guthrie and McClean?

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      1. Optimus.
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        1st 2

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      2. som3awy
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        What’s Guthrie’s postion in the midfield?

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        1. Optimus.
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          http://www.thetilehurstend.com/2012/8/16/3244326/reading-fc-position-previews-2012-13-midfield-and-attack

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        2. mgrea
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Centre mid, more defensive.

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      3. Moose™
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        potential. noble n mcclean. but sunderland hv tough fixtures. go for noble n guthrie for gw1

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        1. Mak_Gold
            13 years, 5 months ago

            Cheers guys.

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      4. Omar Little
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Could I trouble some of you fine gentlemen share some of your wisdom
        on the team I have constructed together below, ta ta.

        Green – Davies

        A.Cole – Hughes – Colo – Wilson – Cuellar

        Bale – Lamps – Piennar – Taarabt – Guthrie

        Tevez – Aguero – Torres

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      5. jimski
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        A) Allen + Graham
        B) Dyer + Petric

        Already have Michu.

        Thoughts?

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        1. Moose™
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          b

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      6. Evs
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        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Tweaking too much tonight.

        Want to upgrade Petirc, and looking for ways and means.

        Downgrade Zabelta for a 4.5m def?

        Christ, this is crazy talk....

        * Evs is losing the plot *

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        1. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Crazy talk Evs. Petric WILL bag 2 goals.

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          1. Evs
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            • 16 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            I know but gw2 he has united away, I also have tevez who plays Liverpool.

            Not a healthy strike force.

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            1. TheSteady ¤ Wines th…
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 5 months ago

              Tevez can score against Pool. And Petric has whm GW 3 and Tevez QPR 🙂

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            2. lightspeed
              • 16 Years
              13 years, 5 months ago

              For that reason I passed on petric

              Still fancy him to do well but feel graham is the better choice

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              1. Evs
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                • 16 Years
                13 years, 5 months ago

                Hey Lightspeed.

                I have Michu in mf, I don't really want double swans attack.

                Unless Nzog for Michu, Graham for Petric.

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                1. lightspeed
                  • 16 Years
                  13 years, 5 months ago

                  Ay up Evs

                  That could solve your villa coverage with 2 more proven players

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                  1. Evs
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                    • 16 Years
                    13 years, 5 months ago

                    Hmmm.... I just fancy Michu having done some digging.

                    Nzog returns are not as good as it recall when looking at the stats.

                    I will ponder.

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        2. Cyril Figgis
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Madness! You know Petric and Zabaleta are solid picks, dont be tempted!

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          1. Evs
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            • 16 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            Sell Kags for Tarrabt?

            * I am losing it..... *

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            1. Cyril Figgis
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 5 months ago

              I'm not a fan of Kags until we see where he's playing and how much game time he will get... I still prefer him over Taarabt though... Just stick with your team man! 😛

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              1. Evs
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                • 16 Years
                13 years, 5 months ago

                I'm gonna,

                Thanks for the sanity check Jimmy, and stopping me doing something daft.

                I owe you one 😉

                I am now.... GOOD TO GO 😉 !

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        3. Old Glory
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Just go to Graham. Good form, good fixtures.

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      7. Lateriser 12
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        So do we have the most nailed on Reading defender yet? Also any news on Lescott and Robson Kanu?

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        1. Evs
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          • 16 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          What type of news or HRK ?

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      8. Ramboros
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Beginning to conclude my team.

        Schwarzer(Mig)
        Gunter, Zabaleta, Hangeland(Cuellar, Santon)
        Mata(C), Bale, Taarabt, Michu(Lennon)
        Agüero(V), Petric, Tevez

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        1. Moose™
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          nice

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      9. methos
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        13 years, 5 months ago

        Play Michu or HRK in GW1?

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        1. Moose™
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          hrk. put michu as first sub

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      10. tangtastic
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Anyone care to predict the Arsenal defense vs Sunderland?

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        1. Conrad.
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Gibbs - Verm - Kos - Jenkinson

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      11. sid_photo
        • 13 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Ruddy (Cerny)
        Terry Lescot Hangeland
        Hazard Bale Kagawa Guthrie
        Torres(+2m) Aguero Pog

        (Ferdinand Noble Barnett)

        Thoughts?

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        1. Moose™
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          nice. looks good to go

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      12. Conrad.
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Bartley to back up Chico / AshWill?

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      13. Cruicky
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Noble and Dyer or Taarabt and Britton?

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        1. Piggs Boson
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          Noble & Dyer

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        2. Moose™
          • 13 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          noble n dyer by miles

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      14. Ivor
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        So who's likely the starter for Arsenal up front? Haven't really been following things too closely. Giroud?

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        1. Conrad.
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          yup. or Gervinho if AW doesnt think Giroud is up to it yet.

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          1. Ivor
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            Gervinho is classed as a midfielder, right? Could be one to watch. Seem to remember Podolski playing up top in the past, could be an option.

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            1. Ramboros
              • 14 Years
              13 years, 5 months ago

              Have you ever seen Poldi play up top alone? Surely he will only play up top with another striker, or on the wing. Giroud a pretty safe bet as st.

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        2. An Púca
          • 14 Years
          13 years, 5 months ago

          take a look at the predicted teams on the Team News tab

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          1. Ivor
            • 14 Years
            13 years, 5 months ago

            Cheers - cracking team that, forgot about Cazorla. Shame about Jenkinson!

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