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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. Marveaux or Kacaniklic
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Sorry if this has already been answered but if Sinclair leaves the Swans, who is likely to take over on pens?

    Probably Graham, although im hoping for Michu!

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

      graham took a pen other day so i assume him

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

    How does this team look? .5 mil left in bank, would love to hear any criticisim!

    Green
    Cole A Hangeland Zabaleta
    Mata (C) Noble Bale Yaya
    Jelavic Graham Rooney (VC)
    SUBS: Friedel Williams Guthrie McCartney

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    1. gdog2244
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Looks pretty good

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    2. FPL_J05H
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      dont like 2 rotating midfielders sorry Noble/Guthrie apart from that its alrite

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  3. Scratch
    • 16 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    ***LOOKING FOR HELP!***

    Trying to find all the ex-Leeds United players currently at Premier league teams. Youth team players and loan signings count too.
    So far all i've managed is:

    Rio, Micah Richards, Kilgallon, Richardson, Bessone, McCartney
    Lennon, Pennant, Howson, B Johnson, Snodgrass, A Johnson, Milner, Bannan, Rose
    Graham

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

      Forgot Delph

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    2. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Harte

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

      Jake Livermore was on loan with the season before last.

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

        As was Lichaj.

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    4. The Bandit
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      No need to thank me, it's my job. If you don't care enough to acknowledge a reply don't make your question seem so desperate...

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    5. murr23
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      2 lads currently at QPR

      Shaun Derry and Rob Hulse

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

    Who looks safer for the DGW - Mata or Lampard?

    If I go Lamps I can upgrade Kaca --> Noble/Maloney.

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

      yeah thinking that myself, if i knew lamps would get both games, it would be him without a doubt - on pens too

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    2. Gianluca Busio's Hair …
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      i have the same dilemma.....currently have mata, no wait lamps. so many changes. i fear lamps will be rested a bit, whereas mata will play 160-170+ minutes.

      having a DGW on game 1 is quite cruel.

      all other deadzone (ie Australia/ America) ideas accepted.

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  5. baulchy
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    13 years, 5 months ago

    Nani, Valencia, Santi, Nasri or Gerrard??

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    1. gdog2244
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Valencia, then Gerard, santi, Nani, Nasri

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  6. Esky1982
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Silva-Bale-Tevez. Or. Yaya-augero- fat frank

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    1. godfather42
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      long term a, short term b

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

    fed jaaskelainen
    ivanovic hangeland cuellar gunther clyne
    bale pienaar mata noble ?
    torres tevez ?

    a)michu + rooney (and can downgrade torres to podolski/giroud)
    or
    b)carzola + graham (and can upgrade torres to rooney/rvp)

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    1. spiritof82
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I've decided to sod the whole '+2m in the bank for Rooney' thing and upgraded Danny Graham to Darren Bent - has given my team MUCH more balance. Can wait a few weeks to see how Rooney/Van Persie saga pans out.

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      1. FPL_J05H
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        BIIIIIIG Mistake!

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

    Nani, Valencia, Santi or Gerrard??

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    1. gdog2244
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Valencia

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    2. Babytigrrr
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 16 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Gerrard? Really?

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  9. PB-THE-VET
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Toress + cole + ivanovic(afraid lescot wont start)

    Good or bad?

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    1. roganyosh
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      13 years, 5 months ago

      i had this but realised id be messing about taking hits to sort the defence out. so just got cole + torres and a bit of vidic 😉

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  10. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Please help

    2 midfielders that rotate well for 10m?
    2 defenders that rotate well for 9.5m?


    ???

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

      You started again ?

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    2. PB-THE-VET
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Dyer and guithre ornoble and maloney

      Hangeland and cueller

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

      Noble n Maloney

      Koscielny n Gunter

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      1. Davido989
        • 15 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        What about Taylor from West Ham?

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

      prob noble + maloney/miyachi

      hangeland + 4.5m

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  11. Mattymo23
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Really need some help here.

    1) Michu and Bent

    2) Graham and cazorla

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

      2

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

      2 without a doubt, for me.

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

      1 is much more of a differential and potentially just as good IMO. tons of people have 2

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

        villa's fixtures are better than arsenal's, and bent is very likely to have a great season under lambert as a presumably nailed on captain. cazorla will get rotated every so often potentially, at least when wilshere and rosicky are back.

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  12. LMNO
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    grav test

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

      Pass 🙂

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  13. FantasyFreak
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Fed Begovic
    Demel Tierny Cuellar Hangeland Ivanovic
    Bale Mata Dyer Guthrie Noble
    Rooney Tevez Aguero
    0.5m in bank.

    Should I do Mata->VDV and Rooney->Torres?
    Then I will have 3.0 in bank for Torres->Roo/RVP.

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    1. FPL_J05H
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      roo to torres for GW1

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

    Just trying FFS out in my iPhone ... is there an app? Cos this is rubbish!

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

      If you press the time at the top it pulls you up so you can refresh

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  15. COMH
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    RVP corners for Vidic headers. MASSIVE

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  16. Nani-17
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    A:
    Jussi, Fed,
    Terry, Hangeland, Williams, Cuellar, Clyne,
    Bale, Lampard, Yaya, Michu, Noble,
    Torres, Aguero, Pog

    GW2 transfers: Terry -> Saylor, Torres -> Rooney

    or

    B:
    Jussi, Fed,
    Gorkss, Hangeland, Williams, Cuellar, Clyne
    Bale, Lampard, Yaya, Mata, Noble,
    Torres, Aguero, Graham

    GW2 transfers: Lampard/Mata -> Michu, Torres -> Rooney

    ???????????????????????

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  17. Davido989
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Sorry, 2 defenders rotate for 8.5m?

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

      Clyne and Fabio.

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      1. Twisted Saltergater
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 16 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Agree

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  18. Marveaux or Kacaniklic
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Cazorla is just a CK imo Look at his stats over his career, terrible fantasy prospect and terrible VFM imo

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    1. isacki: full casual
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      CK

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

      His stats haven't been that bad. He's very consistent which is always a good sign usually gets around 6/7 goals and maybe 9/10 assists. Also with Arsenal he'll be in a more advanced position.

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

        On average**

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

    Is Brown still injured? or unfit?

    I think Sunderland back 4 will be:

    Gardner Brown Kilgallon O'Shea

    Yes/No?

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

      sorry but r u sure that chec will have 2 clean sheets ??

      last match man city scored 3 goals v.s hm

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

        No i'm not sure, but it is Reading, who are a naturally defensive team, and Chelsea are at home. And Wigan. Not exactly Man City standard opposition. Plus they will hopefully have 11 men for each game, rather than 10. Massive differences!!

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

          yes maybe u are right but it's a very big risk man

          i know that u have torres but if he scroed goals and cech get just 1 goal on each game u maybe sad 🙁

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    2. Nani-17
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Cuellar should start

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  20. kimoo
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    why every 1 go for mata instead of lamps ?

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

      Lamps played an international, dont think Mata did?

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      1. Nani-17
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Lamp got an assist for England.

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

          That just shows he put extra effort and energy into the england match, so will be more tired for chelsea.

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

        yes that's right
        but that meaning is mata more naild on and get high points more than lamps ?

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

      Lamps is playing far deeper and more conservatively than ever before and Mata has the all important central position of the front 3 midfielders

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      1. 1569Tippins
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        13 years, 5 months ago

        Plus, 3 games in just over a week is a lot for old man Lampard's legs to take ... go Mata!

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  21. is_there_nanibody_out_there
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    does anyone know if mariappa shouls start for reading double game week

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

      He's a doubt I think (due to competition for places).

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  22. cdfcdevils
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Rate my team please need urgent help

    Federici
    A.Cole, Jenkinson, Hangeland
    Carzola, Mata, Michu, Bale
    Tevez, Torres, DeFoe

    Jussi
    Williams
    Figueroa
    El Ahmadi

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  23. The Bandit
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Someone said earlier that 1.5m ish players had joined FPL so far. Unless a million join tomorrow/sat am looks like being well down on last year...

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    1. isacki: full casual
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Could be an extremely hairy night tomorrow at FPL towers

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

      Just wait until the tedious 'I want the highest GW score' entries come flooding in.

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

      The servers will be creaking tomorrow and saturday.

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    4. Hooper is a Bull.
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      At least we won't have the same shambles on Saturdayas last year

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    5. Reedy
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      I was thinking that. Every other year it's grown. Unless there's been a slow uptake this year due to the Olympics, as the Scouts suggested. We could get a sudden influx...

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

      Lots of people join throughout the year so I'd be surprised if the figure isn't pretty much the same this time around by the end of the season

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    7. gdog2244
      • 13 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      That could happen many of my mates are doing that

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  24. COMH
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Joe Hart to be fit for Sunday?

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

      More likely than not, is what I've been hearing.

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  25. Hooper is a Bull.
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    1) Bent/Giroud + Tevez

    2) Graham + Aguero

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

      Bent + Tevez

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  26. PrestigeWorldwide
    • 13 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Bale + Dyer + Noble

    or

    VDV + Larsson + Britton?

    Better 4.5 option than Britton?

    Thanks for any comments!

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

      A.

      guthrie maybe over britton if you picked B..

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

    Who are you guys subbing in for your Chelsea MF's GW2/3?

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

      Mata for Bale

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    2. spiritof82
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Valencia, Nani, Young or Kagawa ... will wait till GW3 to see if there is a pattern to Ferguson's selections. Cazorla is on the radar too.

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  28. _____JR_____
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    QUICK POLL GUYS!!!
    A) Taarabt + Allen
    B) Cabaye + Guthrie (depending on fitness obv)
    C) Dyer + Larsson
    D) Dyer + Etherington

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

      A.

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    2. spiritof82
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 15 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      None of these. Do you have 11.5m to spend? Michu, Pienaar, N'Zogbia or McClean + Maloney, Noble or Diarra (Fulham - 1 goal, three assists in less than 800 mins last year).

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    3. @BigChrisso
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      A

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  29. Touré De Force
    • 15 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Are we expecting Gervinhio to start st the weekend?

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    1. isacki: full casual
      • 14 Years
      13 years, 5 months ago

      Nah...

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

      No I'm not.

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  30. baulchy
    • 14 Years
    13 years, 5 months ago

    Will Valencia play at RB or is he back on the wing?? Him or Santi??

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

      I expect Rafa to start RB. But I'm going Cazorla over Tony V all the same.

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