GW1: The Point of No Return

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.

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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?

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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.

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