Building Our FPL Teams From the Ground Up

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices