I was reading the rules for The Premier League that Al had sent around. When that game was running, it was a eZine, not a great web-based game like we have. So managers didn't have direct access to the opposition rosters like we do. So, they had the notion of a Scout BRB that could be used once per session to gain info about the opposition.

Clearly, we couldn't use that as all we have to is click on a link and we've got instant access to our opposition's rosters. However, I think we *could* incorporate a scout into our game. The idea of the scout is that he (or she?) would go and scout the opposition, bringing back information to help the team game plan to limit the effectiveness of a particular area of the opposition (DF / MF / FW only).

Scout use:
 * Can be used once per session regardless of how many scouts a team has.
 * Effects one area of the opposition by reducing the area total by 5 (note, this would not impact their 3x-rule).

Thoughts?