Pod 25, Gameweek 24: Risk

This week, Tom and Sam preview the Boxing Day fixtures amid a tumultuous weekend in Gameweek 17, which kicked off the festive feast of FPL.   We discuss Saka replacements – or do you just hold on? – in the kneejerk, take the temperature on other moves fantasy managers are making in Best Transfers, goals galore are predicted in Bold Claims and we ask if anyone can stand against the Egyptian juggernaut for our captaincy pick?   Please subscribe to the pod and leave a 5* review if you enjoyed the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

22 Dec 20241h 23min

Assisting Managers' Xmases!   With Sam out at his Christmas Party, Tom drafts in reinforcements in the shape of Mark McGettigan AKA FPL General and long term friend of the pod Alex Ball for this week's show!   On the agenda, we discuss the new Assistant Manager chip and our hot takes on it, the busy Christmas period and who we're targeting, plus the Gameweek 17 preview.   If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review - it really helps get us out there 💜 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

16 Dec 20241h 45min

Tom & Sam take a breath after a hectic 3 gameweeks in 7 days to think about the state of the fantasy football game at the moment. As things get rather template, we ask: where can we differentiate?   Plus a look at FPL GW16 in our gameweek preview, as we discuss defensive woes in the Kneejerk once more and also try to figure out which of Salah or Palmer should get the armband this week!   Subscribe and leave a 5* review if you enjoyed the show! It really helps get us out there 💜 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

9 Dec 20241h 21min

It’s a super fast show this time with the quick turnaround, as Tom & Sam absorb the midweek outcomes (note we’ll be live during Thursday’s fixtures!) and look ahead to the weekend. We talk over our reaction to the games, our possible moves – if any – in the kneejerk (and ask: did we kneejerk selling Isak?) and then look at best transfers in and best captains as the next deadline looms large on the horizon! Please subscribe to the channel and leave a like if you enjoyed the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

5 Dec 202450min

A special upload from another show! Recently, Tom was interviewed by Gary at the FPL Have A Beer channel to discuss his and WGTA's FPL journey. This covers the origins of WGTA, Tom's experiences (positive and negative) online and Tom's own personal story. Do give Gary a follow on socials (@FPLHaveABeer) and subscribe to his YouTube! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

4 Dec 20241h 41min

This week, it’s a shorter show as the Gameweeks turn over thick and fast!   Tom and Sam reflect on the weekend’s events before launching directly into the midweek preview, with captaincy perhaps up for grabs as well as spanners being thrown into the mix affecting our transfer plans. We chat selling Mbeumo, if Jackson is the key man, as well as why Saka is probably a no brainer.   Please drop a like and subscribe to the channel if you enjoyed the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

1 Dec 20241h 6min

This week, Tom & Sam cast their eye over the upcoming, busy fixture run as the first run of midweek games looms between Gameweek 14 & 16, for which the planning starts now!   But if we’re going to cook in that period, what do we need to prep to get there? And who should we be targeting as we readjust our sides in the run up to the gameweek congestion.   Plus in the Gameweek Preview, a move had already been made in the Kneejerk, there’s bold claims busts and also our thoughts on best captain for the week ahead with many options on the table.   Please drop subscribe and maybe even a 5* review if you enjoyed the show Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25 Nov 20241h 31min

With FPL about to hit fast forward, Tom & Sam take a look back to help us in the upcoming onslaught of fixtures by revisiting the 10 mistakes we said we wouldn’t make in preseason to ask – were mistakes made? And, if so, can we learn from this to help guide us to green arrows during the hectic period to follow?   Plus in the gameweek preview, our own plans to take big hits come under the microscope, plus best transfers in, captains and bold claims debated!   Please drop a subscribe and 5* review if you enjoyed the show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

18 Nov 20241h 33min