FML FPL - Fantasy Premier League Podcast

We just hit record and chatted. Alon just got back to Paris from London, and the boys dove into GW2 and looked ahead: no stats, and no questions, just us and FPL.

And BTW, sorry if any audio/video glitches… I'm not fully set up for remote podding, but next time will be better.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, a Little Alon in London Review, and Anus Slaps

00:06:09 Our Teams GW2 Recap: The 100+ Club

00:15:09 Back to Friday: Starting with a Crystal Palace in Trouble

00:23:21 Manchester City's Destruction of Crystal Palace: Cherki and Foden

00:40:17 Chelsea Are Flying High: Palmer and João Pedro and Rogers

00:45:50 All These Great Midfield Picks Have Arrived, and Now What Do We Do with Hat-Trick Bruno Fernandes?

00:51:57 Oh, and Mbeumo of Course Too: He Gets on Base

01:12:53 Alon's Team Situation: Should Probably Consider Wildcarding, but Don't Wildcard

01:17:00 Walsh's Team Situation: It's Probably Time to Rip the Wildcard

FML FPL is supported by our Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL

FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the highs and lows of every Gameweek. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy.

#FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball #GW3
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All of this week is about identifying maybe THE GUYS, while also holding and being patient with your guys.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Admin, and Anus Slaps

00:02:00 GW1 Review of Our Teams: Some Cucking and Some Flying

00:11:30 Patience and Overreacting

00:14:54 Reaching Back to Remember the Arsenal Game: Tsolis, Tsolis, Tsolis, and Maybe Kai or Saka or Ödegaard Too

00:24:32 Villa Mauled by the Brightoning: De Cuyper Process

00:39:08 Man United Lost to the Worst Team in the League, and We're Holding Their Players

00:43:28 Another Mauling at the G-Tech Stadium: Sangaré and Dango and Tottenham

00:48:26 Ndiaye Maybe a Great Pick?

00:52:08 Cherki, Oh Baby, Oh Lord: What Do We Do with This Guy? Also Haaland and Nico O'Reilly and Other City Players

01:01:28 2-2 Newcastle vs. Liverpool: We Do Not Agree on Szobo, and We Do Not Agree on Wirtz

01:18:45 Chelsea, Another Dongfest: We've Got Our Palmer Back

01:26:34 A Few Questions from Discord, and Then a Few Lifestyle Questions from Discord

FML FPL is supported by our Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL

Shoutout to @kunning and @nycsaladlover on instagram for the camera and for the computer

FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the highs and lows of every Gameweek. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy.

#FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball #GW2
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The final week has arrived, and we're podding IRL. Join us as we embark on the 2026/27 FPL season. Lots of angst and despair to still be had.

Kick off your 2026/27 FPL Season right with 25% off your first year when you pay annually for our Patreon! You get ad-free episodes / Discord access / prize league / more episodes / etc… https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro and Anus Slaps

00:01:58 Do We Need to Revisit EDOT (Elliot Anderson) with Set Pieces and Recoveries?

00:03:53 Szoboszlai: Avenues and Wisdom of the Crowd Situation

00:10:25 Time to Talk About Isak, and Possibly No Haaland or Isak with Haaland

00:17:54 Is Fading João Pedro Too Big a Bet, or Just the Right Amount of Bet, and a Little Morgan Rogers to Boot

00:26:31 Welcome Calafiori to the Team, and Other Arsenal Picks — Also O'Reilly

00:35:29 Is Brighton Still Good for Bench Boost GW1?

00:40:44 Couple of Bench Boost Questions

00:49:48 Coming Around on Thiago and Brentford

00:56:48 Shaw vs. Maguire

01:02:40 Ödegaard and Some Tzolis

01:08:31 Jacquet: Huge Upside and a Risk

01:10:15 Are We Still Out on Semenyo?

01:13:25 Taking Some Questions from Discord: Exploitable Fixtures, Mbeumo vs. Wirtz vs. Semenyo, Finding DefCon Monsters, Hume and De Cuyper

01:24:44 Back to Our GW1 Teams: What Decisions Do We Have Left?

FML FPL is supported by our Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL

Shoutout to Keivon and @kunning + @nycsaladlover on instagram for the studio, the camera, and for the computer

FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the highs and lows of every Gameweek. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy.

#FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball
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We're both fairly settled, which feels… odd. Maybe this weekend will change it all, but we have two versions of building very similar GW1 teams: one trying to stave off the early wildcard, and one embracing the early wildcard.

Kick off your 2026/27 FPL Season right with 25% off your first year when you pay annually for our Patreon! You get ad-free episodes / Discord access / prize league / more episodes / etc… https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join

And don’t forget to join the prize league / mug league!!! https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL/posts/signup-for-prize-164652803

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro, Admin, Anus Slaps, App Review, and Census Talk

00:04:25 Walsh's GW1 Team: Cheap at the Back

00:06:59 A Little João Pedro Chat: Are Any FPL Forwards Worth It?

00:10:14 Alon's GW1 Team: Forwards Are Out

00:15:51 Thinking About Isak a Little Bit: £6.5 Million Cheaper Than Haaland

00:19:09 The Midfield Guys Everyone Is Talking About: Szoboszlai and Morgan Gibbs-White, and Then Some Mbeumo and Wirtz

00:31:54 Ndiaye vs. Le Fée vs. Kluivert and More: Set Pieces and Penalties Are Volume Games

00:37:30 Back to Walsh's Cheap Defense: Setting Up for an Earlyish Wildcard

00:45:32 Shaw and Maguire

00:48:05 No Arsenal in Our Drafts Even Though They're the Best Team: Tsolis? Mosquera? Calafiori? Ben White?

00:56:24 Back to Alon's Team: VVD, and Then Full Circle Back to Pascal Groß

01:07:10 One Week Left: What Spots Are We Still Analyzing and Figuring Out

FML FPL is supported by our Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL

FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the highs and lows of every Gameweek. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy.

#FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball
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Walsh and LR chat about why they suck and also why they're going to win FPL. And both make sense.

Check out The FPL Wire on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFPLWireFantasyPremierLeague

Lateriser on Twitter: https://x.com/lateriser12

Chapters:

00:00:00 Walsh OKAYYYYYYYY and Intro

00:02:39 League Upheaval, 10ish New Managers, and 9ish Teams in Europe

00:05:57 Man United: More Goals for Bruno and Flexibility

00:10:59 Don't Sleep on Mbeumo

00:16:10 Semenyo: Could Play 90' Every Game and Be the Guy

00:19:34 Wildcard GW3? Free Hit GW3? Avoid Haaland?

00:25:52 Can Arsenal Defense Be Taken On?

00:29:31 How to Do Well at This Game and Where Do We Fuck Up: This Time It Will Be Different

00:41:58 What's the Meta This Year: Cheapish Attackers and 8th Attackers

00:44:33 Szoboszlai and Wirtz and Liverpool (and Gibbs-White and More Boomo)

00:51:04 £4.5 Million Defenders: Shaw (but Maguire Better), Rodon, and Hume

01:01:56 Third Forward Situation: DCL and… Fulham?

01:05:27 Wirtz Time: Yes

01:11:28 Chelsea Time: Xabi, Palmer, Rogers, João Pedro, Palestra

01:16:04 What Do You Think About Spurs Defense? Robertson, Van Hecke

01:26:17 Early Chip Thoughts

01:28:51 Early GK Thoughts

01:30:10 Outro and Mug and The FPL Wire

FML FPL is supported by our Patrons at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL

FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the highs and lows of every Gameweek. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy.

#FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball
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