World Cup 2026 MD3: A Wildcard Hullabaloo

It's just Alon on this episode, running through some MD3 group situations (Disgrace of Gijón) and World Cup Fantasy picks. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and How Our Team Is Doing in Round 2 00:04:37 Starting with Some Questions from Discord: Bounou and Morocco Defense, Scouting Bonus Picks, Ivory Coasters, Premiums for MD3 00:17:19 Third-Place Qualification Chart from Michael Caley of The Double Pivot Podcast 00:21:38 Group by Group Wildcard Thoughts, Starting with Group A: Flirting with a South Korean 00:23:14 Group B: Maybe a Full Avoid or a Sneaky Bosnian Herzegovinian 00:25:42 Group C: Three Morocco and Probably Three Brazil 00:35:11 Group D: The Disgrace of San Francisco 00:40:34 Group E: The Best Ivory Coast Team I've Ever Seen 00:43:58 Group F: How Much Do We Believe in Netherlands and Japan 00:55:01 Group G: Mo Curious and WTF Are Belgium 00:58:21 Group H: Possible Full Avoid Even Though Spain Are Spain 01:02:54 Group I: France and Norway, Bleh, but I'm Interested in Senegal 01:05:27 Group J: The Disgrace of Kansas City 01:09:47 Groups K and L: Haven't Seen’em Play Yet, but Maybe a Congolese Player and Maybe a Croatian Player 01:11:06 Our Tentative MD3 Wildcard Team with Discussions to Be Had FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices