FML FPL - Fantasy Premier League Podcast

Extremely quick turnaround to the knockout stage, and we're all on a free wildcard, so we banged out an episode. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro: Walsh Is Back and We're Back 00:04:37 No Minus Points for Missing Penalties 00:08:14 Conceptualizing the Round of 32 and How to Talk About It 00:11:00 Working Backward from the Quarterfinal Favorites, Starting with Argentina 00:15:09 Qualification Booster and Clean Sheet Shield 00:19:03 Back to the Favorites with England: Jude Will Never Leave Our Team 00:24:29 France and Germany's Side of the Bracket: Three French and Maybe Zero Germans 00:28:20 Butting Heads on Spain 00:35:22 The USA and Not Making Too Many Bets 00:40:22 The Colombians: Lucho and Who 00:43:02 Netherlands and Morocco Quadrant: Trying to Steal a Great Round of 16 Matchup 00:47:09 Ending Quickly with Some Discord Questions: One Last Ride, Comparing the UI to FPL, and Cheap Mids 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 #R32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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

We're halfway through a match and halfway through a matchday, but it's kind of the only time we could pod before Walsh goes on vacation, so here we are vibing with a great tournament so far. Join the FML FPL World Cup Fantasy league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA We're also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Chapters: 00:00:00 Top Chef to Kick Off Our World Cup Fiesta: Top Tier Tear Play 00:02:18 Halfway Through MD1 Recap: This Is Where Team FML FPL Is At 00:10:41 Starting with Questions from Discord: Fun Teams, Triple Defenses, Japan Differentials, and Transfer Targets 00:19:10 Back to Team Alon and Walsh: Who Replaces Montes, Which Attacker Is Out, and Are We Definitely Wildcarding in MD3 00:24:07 Germany Thrashing: Football Terrorist Leroy Sane 00:27:54 Brazil Lineup and Performance: Weird 00:31:37 Shockingly Good from the USA and Other Random Bits and Bobs from MD1 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 #MD2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alon chats again with Anthony Dabbundo and they go group by group through the 2026 World Cup, picking out winners, dark horses, teams they like, teams they dislike, and potential Fantasy World Cup angles. Follow Anthony here: https://x.com/AnthonyDabbundo And check out his work for The Ringer here: https://www.theringer.com/creator/anthony-dabbundo Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro to Anthony and Gambling Disclaimer 00:03:00 World Cup Bets with the Most Value and World Cup Bets with the Most Fun 00:07:53 Starting with the Groups and Their Situations 00:10:24 Group A: Mexico, Czechia, South Korea, and South Africa 00:14:13 Group B: Switzerland, Canada, Bosnia, and Qatar 00:17:52 Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, and Haiti 00:26:01 Group E: Germany, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, and Curaçao 00:33:41 Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, and Tunisia 00:37:59 Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, and New Zealand 00:40:53 Group H: Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, and Cape Verde 00:43:13 Group I: France, Norway, Senegal, and Iraq 00:49:31 Group J: Argentina, Austria, Algeria, and Jordan 00:52:41 Group K: Portugal, Colombia, Congo, and Uzbekistan 00:57:20 Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, and Panama 01:02:40 Group D: USA, Turkey, Paraguay, and Australia 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 #MD1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three days until go time!!! We sorta tried to keep things relatively on topic, but in reality we're completely all over the place, mostly focused on our combined fantasy team. World Cup Fantasy is live! Join the FML FPL league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA We're also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Chapters: 00:00:00 Vacation Brain: We're Three Days Away from MD1, What the Hell 00:03:31 Questions from Discord Are the Launch Pads, but We Talk About Everything: Goalkeepers, Highest Scoring Teams, Chip Strategy, and Much More 00:39:10 Who Is Locked into Our MD1 Team Right Now (Subject to Change) and Some Chip Planning 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 #MD1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Whether you're PFPing (playing for points) or PFVing (playing for vibes), it's time to dive headfirst into World Cup Fantasy. World Cup Fantasy is live! Join the FML FPL league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA We're also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Chapters: 00:00:00 New USA-Style World Cup Theme Music and Welcome to World Cup Fantasy 00:01:01 World Cup Fantasy Rules and Our Interpretations: Scouting Bonus for the Win 00:20:27 Groups, Fixtures, Favorable Matchups, and Scouting Bonus Targets 00:27:18 Premium Picks and Top Teams: Brazil's Vini and Raphinha, Spain and Yamal, and Many More 00:31:54 More Players and Teams We Love, More Players and Teams We Hate, and Early Picks (Subject to Change) 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 #MD1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re not good FPL players and we’re not having fun, so something has gone very wrong. Let’s break it down. World Cup Fantasy is live! Join the FML FPL league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA Or just use the code: WQRK6PBA We’re also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Alon will be on The FPL Last Resort post-mortem episode on Monday: https://www.youtube.com/@fpllastresort Chapters: 00:00:00 Admin Stuff: Cup Winner, Mug Winners, World Cup Pods, and a Discount 00:03:01 Very Quick GW38 Debrief: Walsh Transferred In Someone Who Didn't Play and Alon Saved His Transfer for Next Season 00:05:38 The Forgotten GW1 Bandwagon: Reijnders and Future GW1 Punts 00:16:10 The Timing of Holding Too Long or Too Short: Bad Process 00:26:07 Are the DefCons in the Room with Us Now: Use Transfers on Midfielders and Forwards Instead 00:51:08 Capping Palmer and Capping Gyok: Pay More Attention 00:52:55 What Is the Purpose of Playing FPL and What Is the Goal of Playing FPL 01:05:48 Our Benches and Our Autosubs: Not Good 01:10:37 FPL Burnout 01:15:55 The Joao Pedro Story: Evolving Our Evaluations and the Moving Target of "Nailed Players" 01:20:47 Bench Boost GW1 01:23:22 Liverpool and Slot: Bad Management and Injuries 01:29:03 How to Deal with New Rule Changes: They Will Be Broken 01:33:54 Nerfing Pen Takers 01:40:21 Rapid Fire Notes and Things to Chew On: MGW, Teams In and Out of Europe, and Carl Rushworth FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. 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

Previewing what FML World Cup will look like, GW38 captaincy, the Man City situation, messy bitch Mo, some other FPL dudes, lifestyles, Attack on Titan… this is what we do. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek38 #GW38 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We talk some stuff in what looks like a bit of a meh GW38 for a meh FPL season. Chapters: 00:00:00 Admin Stuff: Upcoming Schedule for This Week and Next, and Yes, We Will Be Doing Regular Fantasy World Cup Pods 00:01:25 GW37 Recap: Captain Gyok on the Bench Is a Fun Way to End the Season 00:06:35 Managerial Merry-Go-Round: Mostly Getting Us Excited for Next Season 00:16:00 Arsenal and City in FPL: Bad Picks 00:22:22 GW38 on Hard Mode: How Many Teams Will Play Starters and Have Something to Play For 00:26:21 Some Free Hit Picks 00:30:58 One Lifestyle Question Before We Go FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek38 #GW38 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s late season FPL, or, in other words, we talk a little about FPL stuff, then answer lifestyle questions and call it a day. Thanks for your support. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek37 #GW37 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A little FPL as a treat, and then we get to business (lifestyle questions). Chapters: 00:00:00 GW36 Recap: Triple Captain O’Reilly, So Far Not That Good 00:06:15 The Arsenal: Who to Pick and Why to Pick Them 00:11:51 A Potpourri of Other FPL Questions: Beach Teams, Liverpool and Slot, FPL Picks, and More 00:27:50 The Pod Really Begins Here with a Lifestyle Bonanza 00:40:48 GW37 Schedule FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek37 #GW37 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pretty sure we spent more time on Top Chef, some TV series, and reminiscing about old cartoons instead of FPL… But we did start with the requisite FPL stuff (Arsenal, Man City, Triple Captain, yada yada other shit), so yeah, take that. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek35 #GW35 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Too many options and too few options, and plenty of time to get it wrong. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW35 Recap: Pole Calmer on the List 00:11:40 Allegedly There Is a Double Gameweek: Crystal Palace Picks 00:16:20 Manchester City Actually Have a Double Gameweek: Who Are We Backing 00:20:45 Ndiaye Frustration Through the Roof, Throw in Minteh Too 00:29:54 Delaying Arsenal Picks and Questions Until After the Champions League Second Leg 00:32:24 Players Walsh Has His Eyes on for His Five Free Transfer Bonanza 00:37:15 Ending on Some Lifestyle Questions and Wrapping Up FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek36 #GW36 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re about 50/50 FPL and lifestyle at this point in the season, and we’re here for it. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek35 #GW35 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Picking players from teams who still have something to play for. That’s where we are. Chapters: 00:00:00 Free Hit GW34 Recap: Injuries and Blanks 00:09:11 Interesting Table Situation: Teams to Target and Teams to Avoid 00:24:46 Man City Picks: Cherki or Load Up on the Defense 00:30:27 Chelsea Firing Rosenhower: Captain Palmer? 00:35:40 Hitting Some Questions: Wildcard 35, Mo Out, Rice, and Casemiro 00:53:04 Alon Bench Boost Situation FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek35 #GW35 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What the hell are we doing???????? This Free Hit is impossible and we are just going in circles. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek34 #GW34 #BGW34 #FH34 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The annual Free Hit pod always comes as a relief because we are released from the double and blank gameweek shackles and get to play fantasy sports for one week. Chapters: 00:00:00 Barely a DGW33 Recap: Bunch more doubles to go so it doesn’t seem that important to talk about it 00:06:32 SUN v NFO 00:12:22 FUL v AVL 00:15:54 LIV v CPL 00:21:39 WHU v EVE 00:28:19 WOL v TOT 00:34:40 ARS v NEW 00:43:41 MUN v BRE 00:49:59 GW34 Captaincy FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek34 #GW34 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Start it off with lifestyle questions (mostly food) before Alon goes through his nailed guys, likely guys, and maybe guys to make up his GW33 wildcard team. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek33 #GW33 #DGW33 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Same teams we talked about on last week’s emergency Walsh wildcard pod, but this time Alon is wildcarding. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW32 Recap: Wwwaaaalllssshhhhhhhhhhh!!!!! 00:10:16 Baseball Umpires Wearing Blazers 00:11:56 A Lot of Man City Chat: What to Do with O’Reilly, Cherki, What’s Up with Haaland, and More 00:28:56 Title Race and Relegation Race 00:34:52 Rosenior’s Chelsea FC in the Double and Beyond 00:40:40 A Quick Chat About the Other Doubling Teams: Burnley, Brighton, Leeds, and Bournemouth 00:46:28 A Couple More Questions and Then Talk About… the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek33 #GW33 #DGW33 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A million weeks have gone by and we are left with Walsh’s wildcard team and about 12 hours until the GW32 deadline. No editing, no music, no chapters, and no nice audio this time — Alon is out of town and we had to get this out quickly. FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek32 #GW32 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A very strange time in the season: a long break, wildcard uncertainty, teams already mentally on the beach, and just enough FPL left to string us along. Chapters: 00:00:00 BGW31 Recap: Would Rather It Not Have Gone the Way That It Went 00:07:23 Thiago and Brentford in the Homestretch 00:13:45 Walsh Has Ripped the Wildcard Button: What Do We Know Now and Who Are the Early Targets 00:21:11 Looking Ahead to Manchester United and Chelsea Prospects and Other FPL Defenders 00:28:49 Reasons to Maybe Not Use the Wildcard This Week 00:33:19 Which Teams Might Already Be on the Beach: Palace Have the Flip Flops On 00:37:45 Ending on a Couple of Lifestyle Questions Before a 2.5 Week Break FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek32 #GW32 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dumb weekend ahead before a huge break. Lots of bad FPL picks to choose from to get through the blank, and then later we do lifestyle questions. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek31 #GW31 #BGW31 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fewer matches than usual to talk about with the blank gameweek, but we still jump around all the topics. Chapters: 00:00:00 FML FPL Cup Tiebreakers 00:05:29 GW30 Recap: Walsh Keeps Climbing and Alon Is Not Having Fun 00:13:52 Blank Gameweek 31 Fixture Talk and Where to Put Our Focus: Fulham at Home to Burnley and Punts 00:27:20 Walsh’s Plans Around Using Free Transfers, Wildcarding, and Planning for After the Chip Dump 00:38:37 More Scattered FPL Questions: Villa Defenders, Dubravka and Darlow Pairing, Palace Blank Against 10 Men, Teams on the Beach, and Wisdom of the Crowd 00:45:19 A Little Preview of Walsh’s GW32 Wildcard Targets FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek31 #GW31 #BGW31 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Running through the cup tiebreakers from GW29, and then we get into the FPL stuff: Haaland out (but for who??), a tricky captaincy week, Mo or Palmer, our teams (Alon’s bench boost), and some lifestyle questions. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek30 #GW30 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let’s talk about GW29, how bad we are at the game, and then disappear for a week. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW29 Recap: No Joao Ladro = No Joy 00:09:46 Wisdom of the Crowd: Joao Pedro and Antoine Semenyo 00:24:14 A Little Bit of Wildcard Talk: The Purge 00:27:37 Stinky Haaland: Semenyo Is Just Better 00:36:40 A Little Timber Talk: More Attacking Returns 00:40:10 Questions from Discord: Bryan Mbeumo, Marcus Tavernier, Elliot Dot Anderson, Martin Dubravka, Banning Patreon Subscribers, Wolves, and More FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek30 #GW30 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sometimes a quick turnaround is just what the doctor ordered. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW28 Recap Where Minus Fours Become Minus Eights: Alon Is Raging 00:12:20 The Fun Watching Burnley vs Brentford and Backup Goalkeepers in FPL 00:20:20 Haaland, Forwards, Captain, and Vice Captain for GW29 00:26:10 The State of Michael Carrick’s Manchester United 00:38:14 Back to Forwards Quickly: The 3-5-2 Formation on the Horizon 00:41:27 Potpourri of Questions from Our Discorders 00:53:39 One Thing Each We Would Change About FPL to Make It a Better Game FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek29 #GW29 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mostly lifestyle questions, Walsh’s Keeper Corner, and a GW28 captain discussion. Get involved. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek28 #GW28 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The game and the season are completely cooked, but there is still plenty to figure out… Including the usual attempts to squeeze some meaning out of this miserable FPL life. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW27 Recap: Spinning Our Wheels 00:08:35 Walsh Is Very Fucking Pissed at Himself for Holding Thiago: How Wrong Was It, and Can We Prevent It Next Time 00:16:38 The Season Is on Rails: Template Forwards, Template Chip Plan, Template Moves 00:19:21 Alon Ranting About Defcon Midfielders: Pushing a Boulder Up the Mountain or Whatever the Idiom Is 00:29:17 Chelsea Assets as the Fixtures Turn: What to Do with Palmer, Joao Pedro, and Enzo 00:37:15 Wirtz in a Pileup (with a Back Thing): Versus Semenyo, Boomo, Morgan Rogers, Edot Anderson, Dango, Schade, Harry Wilson, or Back to Tav 00:47:27 It’s Nico O’Reilly’s Team Now: Best Defender Pick in the Game 00:50:56 Arsenal Football Club and Divesting: Hold Gabriel and Maybe Hold Rice, That’s It 00:54:47 Back to Talking About Forwards Like Thiago and Joao Pedro: Or Alternatives like DCL or Solanke 01:04:08 The Sad State of Crystal Palace: Bad FPL Picks 01:08:54 Simple Game: Do Not Sell Good Picks for Bad Picks FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek28 #GW28 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We spend half the episode on lifestyle questions from Discord trying to find some joy (thank you for your questions), and then we talk about FPL because we have to. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek27 #GW27 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Low energy, low vibes on this one, considering the matches were about a week ago and our combined points sit at 57. Chapters: 00:00:00 Fantasy Champions League and GW26 Midweek Recap: We Got Killed 00:07:47 Missing All the Rosenior Chelsea Points: Palmer and Joao Pedro 00:13:59 Frank Out for Spurs and Dyche Out for Forest 00:17:29 Mid-Priced Mids Are Hot Right Now: Dango and Schade on Brentford, Bournemouth’s Rayan, KDH and Ndiaye on Everton, Elliot Anderson, Summerville, and More 00:28:12 Discord Questions Looking Ahead to GW27 and Beyond FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek26 #GW26 #Gameweek27 #GW27 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We kept it short and sweet because of the super short turnaround. Good luck in GW26. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW25 Recap: KDH Season 00:04:48 Breaking the Game by Free Hitting an Illegal Team 00:09:41 Violent Conduct and Dangerous Play in Football: Wolves vs Chelsea 00:16:09 Liverpool vs Manchester City: The VAR Debacle 00:19:25 Manchester United vs Spurs: Red Card and Bruno, Boomo, and Cunha 00:23:53 Double Gameweek 26: Who to Captain, What to Do with Wolves, and Blank GW31 (Free Hit Week?) 00:37:31 Crystal Palace Are Back: Jørgen Strand Larsen, Ismaila Sarr, and the Legend of Daniel Muñoz 00:54:44 Ending with a Couple of Lifestyle Questions: A Second Podcast and the Winter Olympics FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek26 #GW26 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Wolves and Arsenal double, and that hogs the conversation. We also talk non-Arsenal defenders, our moves, Saliba vs. Timber, Ekitike vs. Wirtz, and a tricky GW25 captain. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek25 #GW25 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From FPL bloodbath to “we are so back.” That’s FPL baby. Chapters: 00:00:00 Crystal Palace Deadline Day and a GW24 Recap: We Are Flying 00:10:01 Walsh Cannot Stand Thiago Anymore and Joao Pedro Is Inevitable 00:14:45 Chelsea in General in the Liam Rosen…aur Era 00:21:23 Liverpool Are Back, Led by Ekitike and Wirtz 00:23:50 The State of Crystal Palace: Maybe Muñoz Back on the Menu 00:27:13 Morgan Rogers and Rayan Cherki 00:33:43 The Big Three FPL Midfielders of Bruno, Wirtz, and Boomo: Anyone Else? 00:40:54 Rattling Off Some More Questions from Our Discord 00:56:29 Touching on Some of the Other Matches We Watched in GW24 FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek25 #GW25 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New injuries and a wild Double Gameweek appeared. Then, through questions from Discord, we talk about captaincy, Chelsea, Manchester United, some strikers, some Crystal Palace, some transfers, and more. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek24 #GW24 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alon chats again with Michael Caley to get his statistical takes on FPL-relevant teams and players. Check out The Double Pivot podcast: https://www.patreon.com/c/doublepivot/ Read Michael’s newsletter Expecting Goals: https://www.expectinggoals.com/ Chapters: 00:00:00 The Corner, Throw-In, and Set Piece Revolution 00:05:12 Arsenal: How Good Are They 00:10:01 Chelsea: Enzo’s Role Change, Estevão, Joao Pedro, and Pedro Neto 00:14:58 Striker Trends: Who Stands Out Alongside Haaland and Ekitike 00:19:35 Non-Bruno and Non-Sesko Manchester United Attackers: Boomo, Cunha, and Amad 00:24:51 Some Guys: Morgan Rogers, Harry Wilson, and Iliman Ndiaye 00:35:35 Manchester City Boys: Doku, Cherki, and Semenyo 00:40:36 A Couple More Guys: Florian Wirtz and Kevin Schade 00:45:38 Spurs Are Bad, Brentford Are Good, and Set Piece Targets FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek24 #GW24 #FantasyFootball #MichaelCaley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An absolute FPL blood bath for us. And we go again. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW23 Recap: Why Do We Play This Game 00:03:06 The Great Manchester City Leak 00:11:17 Semenyo and Haaland 00:17:13 The Other Manchester Team: Buying Bruno, Buying Boomo, and Buying Manchester United 00:29:53 Arsenal Triple Up: Still the Move? 00:35:02 Good Forwards Are Lava: Haaland, Thiago, Ekitike, Ollie, Bowen, and Other Shouts 00:45:37 The Week That Was: Morgan Rogers Side-Pass Assist, Harry Wilson Worldie at the Death, and the Enzo Penalty 00:48:59 Rounding Out with Questions from Our Discorders FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek24 #GW24 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It is a very typical Friday My Life episode, starting with Fantasy Champions League and ending with the New York Mets, with a whole lot of FPL bullshit in between. #GW23 First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek23 #GW23 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nico Oh No O’Reilly and Manchester City’s roulette, Palace in shambles, who to buy from Chelsea, and more. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW22 Recap: Florian for the Win 00:05:07 Man City Mess: Nico, Do Not Captain Haaland Away, and What to Do with Foden / Cherki / Semenyo 00:15:28 Michael Carrick’s Manchester United: Play a Normal System, Play Your Good Players, Train Mid-Week 00:26:03 Glasner the Lame-Duck Manager and the Crystal Palace Nightmare 00:31:15 Is Anyone Ownable at Chelsea Football Club: Enzo, Palmer, Trevoh or Maybe Even Neto 00:42:00 Saka Disaster, Rogers, Defenders, Slot Out and Questions from Our Patreon Subscribers FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek23 #GW23 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A lot of calls to make this week (CUP WEEK!!!) and in the coming weeks. Enzo vs Hilson vs Tav, Cunha and Bruno, Ekitike and Wirtz, Rogers, Thiago, O’Reilly, Semenyo / Cherki / Foden. Podcasts we listen to, our teams and captains, and probably more that I don’t remember. Man, there is just so much to catch up on before #GW22 Sign up for the 2026 FML FPL Cup by GW22: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147419920 First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek22 #GW22 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have survived another FPL fixture pileup. Now breathe. Sign up for the 2026 FML FPL Cup by GW22: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147419920 Chapters: 00:00:00 The FML FPL Cup, the Mug League, and the GW21 FPL Pileup Recap 00:10:43 Bruno Guimaraes vs Declan Rice for FPL and Why Minutes Are Still King 00:23:48 Cunha, Bruno Fernandes, and This Is Manchester United Football Club 00:29:36 Manchester City Talk: Haaland, Foden, Cherki, Semenyo and an Injured Defense 00:45:28 Harry Wilson and the Magic Wand of a Left Foot 00:55:37 Discord Questions and Assorted FPL Chaos: Defenders, Thiago, Tavernier, Kroupi, Bournemouth, Mateus Mane and More FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek22 #GW22 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Load management season is here. Ekitike minutes, Thiago returns, central midfielder FPL frenzy, and more. Sign up for the 2026 FML FPL Cup by GW22: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147419920 Chapters: 00:00:00 FML FPL Cup Announcement and GW20 Recap: Hodl Thiago 00:12:40 We Have to Talk About Rice and Other Central Midfielders (Elliot Anderson, Bruno G.) 00:31:13 What About John (Not Jhon) 00:33:30 Wildcard Soon? 00:37:42 Ekitike, Hamstrings, and Load Management 00:43:21 Hodl Thiago: The Hat Trick Hero 00:47:43 Wolves Destroy West Ham and What We Would Do with West Ham 00:59:30 Discord Questions, GW21 Captaincy, and Our Teams 01:15:51 A Little Wirtz Chat Before We Go FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek21 #GW21 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A quick and dirty episode with another FPL deadline less than 30 hours away. Hits are flying and we are trying to stay afloat through the fixture pileup. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW19 Recap: Hits for the Best Pick in the Game (BPITG) Gabriel 00:08:51 Cunha, Manchester United and How Missing First-Choice Players Make a Team Bad 00:22:56 Is Haaland an Easy Captain This Week 00:29:18 Everton Defense and Tarkowski, Frimpong, and a crazy West Ham vs Brighton Match 00:37:34 Discord Question Potpourri 00:55:19 Our GW20 Teams and Let’s Get Outta Here FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek20 #GW20 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A very quick turnaround to GW19, so we bounce around everything FPL related that is on our minds. Holiday Promo: Enjoy 25% off an FML FPL Patreon subscription throughout December: https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL Chapters: 00:00:00 GW18 Recap: The Usual Red Arrows and a Very Quick Turnaround 00:06:21 Managing Our FPL Teams in the Fixture Pileup: Holding Your Nerve with Transfers 00:08:15 Goalkeeper Sidetrack as Usual: Sels vs. John and Valdimarsson Over Dubravka 00:15:12 Surprise Visit from Producer Nate: GW19 Wildcard Picks, Thiago, Wirtz vs Cunha and Arsenal Talk 00:43:40 Brentford 4 Bournemouth 1: Patience with Thiago or Not 00:49:39 Manchester City Questions: Cherki, Foden and the Defense 00:55:58 Discord Grab Bag: Dorgu, Our Teams, Moves and More FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek19 #GW19 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The FML FPL Cup is coming soon (GW22). Christmas food, Palace, Semenyo, DCL, and a bunch more Discord questions. Also a very tough captaincy week. Then, off-air, Walsh might have convinced me to captain Ekitike in the end… TBD… First fiveish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek18 #GW18 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hodl Sels, Bruno replacements, coverage picks, Christmas movies, and more. AFCON FTs went quickly. Holiday Promo: Enjoy 25% off an FML FPL Patreon subscription throughout December: https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL Chapters: 00:00:00 GW17 Goalkeeper Recap: Sels No-Shows and Price Drops While Kelleher Saves a Pen 00:06:32 Early Transfers for Alon and an Early Hit for Walsh 00:11:28 Bruno Out (Cunha In?) and Isak Out (Ekitike In?) - FPL Basics 00:17:54 More Midfielders to Choose From: Morgan Rogers, Cherki, Saka and Rice, Mount, Gordon, and Wirtz 00:36:43 Goalkeeper Corner: What to Do with Sels and Who to Pick 00:42:43 Defender Picks: W. Fofana or Cheapies or Keane Lewis-Potter Season or Frimpong Season 00:53:35 Other Non-Ekitike Forwards: Bowen, DCL and Thiago (Thia-Go or Thia-No) 00:59:40 Bournemouth Obituary 01:04:41 Christmas Movies FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek18 #GW18 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Topics include Bournemouth at home to Burnley, maybe it is Kluivert time, Mateta and other Palace dudes, forwards (Woltemade, Ekitike, Bowen, Thiago), Gordon, Cherki, Cunha, Szoboszlai, and more. Pretty much all questions from Discord. First fiveish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek17 #GW17 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The arrows are somehow green, and now we’re left trying to figure out which cheap players are real, which ones are lying to us, and whether any defense can be trusted at all. Holiday Promo: Enjoy 25% off an FML FPL Patreon subscription throughout December: https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL Chapters: 00:00:00 GW16 Recap: Free Hit Failure but Green Arrows 00:10:57 Brentford Without Dango: Is Thiago Still a Great Pick and Can Schade Replace Dango’s Production 00:18:40 Arsenal Not Keeping Clean Sheets and Saka Is Hazard of Old FPL 00:31:11 Chelsea Defense Talk: Trevoh, W. Fofana and the Clean Sheets 00:38:08 Do We Have Our Villa Back? Morgan Rogers Balls Out 00:47:21 Cheap Form Players Everywhere: Harry Wilson, Cherki, and DCL 01:11:30 Ekitike Time FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek17 #GW17 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Boomo, GW16 captaincy, Liverpool vs Brighton picks, a lot of Arsenal chat, an assortment of Discord questions, and some Free Hit stuff. FPL Last Resort GW16 Preview with Alon FML FPL: https://www.youtube.com/live/BUqQm2aswDE?si=EwQ0FqcZGEVn9Dis First fiveish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek16 #GW16 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Everything is going very badly, and now it is time to climb back up to OR1 using Free Hit and our five free transfers… sure, why not. Holiday Promo: Enjoy 25% off an FML FPL Patreon subscription throughout December: https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL Alon will be guesting on FPL Last Resort today at roughly 1pm EST / 6pm GMT, so check that out: https://www.youtube.com/@fpllastresort Chapters: 00:00:00 Producer Nate Voice Message and GW15 Recap 00:08:27 Liverpool Picks in a Post-Mo, Injured Gakpo World: Ekitike, Isak, Szoboszlai 00:17:16 Do We Have to Talk About Guehi? Do Not Trust Fans. Palace vs Manchester City in GW16 00:29:53 A Brief Free Hit 16 Chat 00:33:37 Cole Palmer Back 00:41:46 Spurs vs Brentford Was a Very Surprising Match and Result 00:50:41 AFCON Midfielder Replacements: Foden, Saka, Bruno — Do You Need More 01:02:50 Discord Questions and a Little More Free Hit 16 Chat FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek16 #GW16 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FPL is not stuck in here with us. We are stuck in here with FPL. Or something like that. Holiday Promo: Enjoy 25% off an FML FPL Patreon subscription throughout December: https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL Chapters: 00:00:00 GW14 Recap (Before Manchester United vs West Ham): It Is Really, Really Not Good 00:13:36 Muñoz, Pino and the Palace Defense 00:21:42 Phil Foden Is Back, Man 00:29:50 The End for Semenyo and What Bournemouth Are Up To 00:36:19 Talking About Our Teams and Blowing Free Transfers; Then a Liverpool and Slot Conversation 00:51:40 Arsenal at Villa: Is Free Hit in GW15 Good 00:58:38 Discord Questions FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. All Other Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek15 #GW15 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices