FPL Lounge

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! Join Andy & Chris for their series of season preview podcasts, the FPL Lounge Long Weekend. In this final of four episodes ahead of the 2023/24 season, they'll be looking at Forwards.  With only two 'premium' forwards in the game this year, how irresistible is Erling Haaland? Can managers survive without him? Is there a way to own both him and Kane?...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! Join Andy & Chris for their series of season preview podcasts, the FPL Lounge Long Weekend. In this third episode of four ahead of the 2023/24 season, they'll be looking at Midfielders.  With only four 'premium' midfielders in the game this year, can managers survive without? Is Salah worth his price tag? Can Son rediscover his 2021/22 form? The lads...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! Join Andy & Chris for their series of season preview podcasts, the FPL Lounge Long Weekend. In this second of four episodes ahead of the 2023/24 season, they'll be looking at Defenders.  Premium Defenders were in abundance last season but what will the lads make of the options this year? And how will that affect who or how many of the mid range and budget op...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! Join Andy & Chris for their series of season preview podcasts, the FPL Lounge Long Weekend. In this first of four episodes ahead of the 2023/24 season, they start by taking a look at general FPL strategy, ahead of what *should* be a 'normal' Premier League and therefore FPL season.  They spend the second half of the podcast looking at their least favouri...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! Join Chris & Andy for a fourth season as they take a relaxed look at the trials and tribulations of the addictive Fantasy Premier League. In their weekly podcast, the lads preview each Fantasy Premier League Gameweek, taking team news, injuries, form and things they've spotted into account, highlighting players they're beginning to notice on their radar,...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! At the end of a long and gruelling season, Chris and Andy are back to review how it went. In this first of two season review shows the lads go position by position to ponder the various FPL assets who stood out. This then leads them to a team of the season from both and ultimately, the third annual, ever-prestigious, FPL Lounge Player of the Season (from a fantasy p...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the final preview pod of the season! It's the GW38 Preview. They run through the permutations of GW38, with only a handful of teams with things to play for, primarily those locked in a relegation battle and those trying to claim England's final European spot. They look at some final day data from years gone by, concluding it's best to target goals and...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW37 Preview. The lads are back with the penultimate GW preview of the season, and it's the final double of the season, with four teams playing twice in GW37. They run through the permutations of GW37, with a handful of teams with nothing to play for, they ponder whether assets from these teams should be ignored. They also look at potential rotation, part...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW36 Preview. The lads are back again as the Gameweeks come in thick and fast - and this ones a doubler! With only 3 GWs left and doubles this week and next, the radar features players form teams with extra fixtures. The biggest of debates this week is which NEW FWD to go for - the lads talk through the pros and cons of Isak vs Wilson. They go on to look at o...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW35 Preview. The lads are back with their final 'normal' pod of the season, given there's just two double gameweeks and the final day to go. Despite being as the business end of the season, they discuss another Premier League managerial change, as Big Sam tries to firefight Leeds United away from safety. Will he be able to turn them around defens...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW34 Preview. The lads are back again as the Gameweeks come in thick and fast - and this ones a doubler! The radar continues last week's theme of being influenced by those teams doubling. Liverpool, Brighton and City assets figure heavily and the lads go through the pros and cons of who to choose. Swimming against the tide features a previous FPL Lounge p...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW33 Preview. A quick turnaround for a rare midweek Gameweek with all teams in action to start an interesting and fully settled schedule up until the end of the season. The radar has many new faces who benefit from good run-ins including multiple double gameweeks. Liverpool and Brighton attackers are back in view, which might be expected, but what won't b...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW32 Preview. A blank gameweek for four teams due to the FA Cup semi finals leads the lads to inevitably talk about strategy, with many managers - and listeners - likely to use their Free Hit chip this week. But fear not, if you're on a different strategy! The radar tries to look at players that can benefit managers on a Free Hit and just using free trans...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW31 Preview. A light talking points this week, with the lads discussing Rashford's injury - hold or sell? - and the European fixtures, plus a brief look ahead to the GW32 blank, and the potential for using the Free Hit chip. The radar again lacks a player the lads feel strongly enough to put in the centre, but does include several players on the mid-rang...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW30 Preview. More manager sackings in the talking points - how will they affect your FPL team? That plus European rotation ahead also to consider. The radar has a fair few FWDs on this week, including a no brainer in the centre, an in-form option with great stats too on the mid-range and a recently returned player on the fringe. Some other interesting lookin...

Welcome back after the international break to the FPL Lounge for the GW29 Preview - a double gameweek for 12 teams. The lads review the recent managerial changes in the Premier league, with Chris dropping a lovely Roy Hodgson-anecdote, before getting down to the real business of GW29 - all those doubles and how to play your chips! A busy radar sees some additions with good fixtures now and into th...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW28 Preview - a blank gameweek for 6 teams. The talking points dominated by the blank this week - free hit, wildcard, or can you muddle through without a chip? The radar sees some previous fringe assets make their way forward - with one even making it all the way to the centre. Chelsea players get a look in plus a few punts to consider if you are on of those...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! It's GW27 Preview time. A double for four teams lets the lads discuss the best way to optimise this GW, and they even have a quick chat about bench boosting in GW27. The radar has a familiar face in its centre, but additions to the mid-range and fringe will give listeners plentyt o think about ahead of the deadline. No tide to swim against again this week, so the la...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! It's GW26 Preview time. With the conclusion of the FA Cup 5th round (and a huge FPL Lounge shout out to Grimsby Town), we've a lot more clarity on upcoming Blank GWs. The lads run through the reduced no. of BGW28 fixtures, resulting in a likely smaller BGW32 and therefore smaller DGW34 and DGW37 than perhaps first thought. The impact that has on strategy is discusse...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW25 Preview. A strange occurrence with a blank and double gameweek all in one, with another large double announced this week for Gameweek 29. Lots of complications, lots of ifs and buts, but the lads do their best to lay out the current thinking...  The radar is heavily influenced by doubling teams with one or two old favourites from last season startin...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW24 Preview. No blanks or doubles makes for a boring Gameweek at this stage of the season, right? There's certainly an argument for that this week, with GW24 feeling like the calm before the storm, with doubles and blanks scheduled in four of the next five Gameweeks. The lads therefore have a quick discussion on strategy, surmising that it's okay not to have...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW23 Preview. It's another DGW, this time for the teams placed 1st and 2nd in the league. The lads update listeners on future DGW plans, primarily for GW25, before switching to a DGW-dominated radar. Arsenal and Man City feature heavily, but which assets are the lads more keen on? And will they ever shut up about Nketiah? They have a very reluctant swim again...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW22 Preview. It's a DGW for Andy's beloved Man United, as well as Leeds, so the lads run through some strategy and extra info on upcoming doubles and blanks. They also assess some of the business done as the transfer window SLAMS shut. Are you READY? EDDIE? GO! The lads fill the centre of their radar with an Arsenal forward with better underlying numbers tha...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for the GW21 Preview. It's a similarly empty centre of the GW21 radar as it was in GW20, although there's some movement, with Brighton assets moving ever-closer to the centre, another mention for Harry Kane, and a look at the league leader's defence. The lads will surprise many long-time listeners with what they choose to swim against the tide with this week, before...

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! We're back after an FA Cup break, to preview GW19 - a double for 4 teams. No-one occupies the centre of the lad's radar this GW, although one is very unlucky to miss out. The radar also features a focus on some doubles, a budget midfielder and some interesting changes in underlying numbers for two lowly Premier League teams. The lads return to swim against the tide...