>I also feel
>strongly that Phillip is the
>boot decoy....so who is the
>boot: Other possible candidates....Kristina, Andrea.

In EP2 Rob explained that Phillip might be able “to work his way back into the rotation”. Phillip later told Rob, ”You own my vote”.

Last week Rob explained to Phillip that he and Grant had an alliance, that Natalie and Ashley were together and that Phillip was number five. That leaves Andrea and Kristina on the outside of Rob’s alliance.

While Phillip is the odd duck around camp, he is not a threat to Rob, and has apparently worked his way back into the rotation. From the promos he appears to be a boot decoy this week.

The promo shows a picture of Natalie, Ashley and Andrea sitting together in the shelter while the voiceover is Rob saying …”Somebody within my alliance might flip”…suggesting Natalie and Ashley, since he doesn’t consider Andrea part of the alliance. If Natalie and Ashley flipped and teamed up with the other females, Rob, Grant and Phillip would be outnumbered.

The best way to nip this potential flip in the bud is to vote out either Andrea or Kristina, after which the women no longer have the numbers.

When Rob finds out that Matt defeated Russell and is still on Redemption Island, Rob may consider voting out Andrea, to insure that Matt and Andrea can’t reunite in the game. However, since Andrea seems to have aligned with the other young women, getting them to vote her out could be difficult.

Phillip may question Rob's instructions to vote for Kristina, his former alliance partner, but Rob probably reminds him that his vote belongs to him by asking..."Don't you work for me?"

Phillip will be on the "hot seat", the boot decoy decoy in trouble for questioning Rob, and acting weird around camp, but in the end the simplest solution for Rob is to vote out Kristina, who has already lost his trust and no longer has an idol to protect her.

Krautboy