Ignore the Template FPL Podcast

Today is going to be a deep dive on strategy for Game Week 1. Specifcally, I will be calling out pros and cons, then doing a bit of a thought experiment where I steelman my own arguments for and against the bench boost for GW1. After wading through all the arguments, I give my overall take and then walk through my draft for BB GW1 along with a bunch of alternatives and context supporting my decisi...

The game has finally launched. In this episode I will be reacting to all of the major changes FPL made for the upcoming 2025/26 season. I talk through my first 2 drafts (one of which is a GW1 BB draft), and then I provide some big updates on my end- Airtable spreadsheet improvements, and a new mini league prize.  Link to join the mini league: Link Link to the Discord Server: Link Airtable with all...

Buckle up buttercup, we're covering all of the updates that have come out over the past 24-48 hours that will greatly impact FPL's next season in 2025/26. Hopefully this is the last of the updates FPL provide before the game launches, because there are some serious red flags. There are also some positive changes I like, but tune in to get an overview of the changes, and stick around for...

It's another transfer window/offseason special. Today I will be talking through a thought experiment on how to rebuild Newcastle United and Aston Villa. I'll identify problems and propose solutions/ transfers for each club to give my alternate reality of the summer 2025 transfer window ahead of the upcoming season.  FPL Content will be back when we get closer to the new season. Subscribe...

It's another transfer window/offseason special. Today I will be talking through a thought experiment on how to rebuild Man City and Chelsea. I'll identify problems and propose solutions/ transfers for each club to give my alternate reality of the summer 2025 transfer window ahead of the upcoming season.  FPL Content will be back when we get closer to the new season. Subscribe and/or tune...

It's another transfer window/offseason special. Today I will be talking through a thought experiment on how to rebuild Arsenal and Tottenham. I'll identify problems and propose solutions/ transfers for each club to give my alternate reality of the summer 2025 transfer window ahead of the upcoming season.  FPL Content will be back when we get closer to the new season. Subscribe and/or tun...

This one is going to be different- It's a transfer window/offseason special. Today I will be talking through a thought experiment on how to rebuild Manchester United and Liverpool FC. I'll identify problems and propose solutions/ transfers for each club to give my alternate reality of the summer 2025 transfer window ahead of the upcoming season.  FPL Content will be back when we get clos...

Using a set Value Added Per Million (VAPM) we can calculate the target price of every player who played in the premier league last season. Stay tuned to the reddit/discord post where I will have some bonus players who will be arriving to the EPL such as Wirtz, Frimpong, and Cherki.  Subscribe and/or tune in for more offseason FPL content. Link to the Discord Server: Link Airtable with all of the d...

Buckle up buttercup, we're going to fix FPL in the next hour and twenty minutes. Jokes aside, there are issues the game of FPL faces in regards to gameplay and engagement. On this episode, I will be proposing several ideas that can be used to improved FPL. They are not all pie in the sky, or whacky ideas (though some of them certainly are), on the whole, these are practical, easy to implement...

For the final podcast of the season I will do a full review of my teams performance documenting the highlights and lowlights, chip usage, and big red/green arrow swings. Then in the second half of the podcast I review all of the best value added per million (VAPM) players for the 2024-25 season by position and pick my surprise and disappointment of each batch. Finally I wrap the podcast by discuss...

The main topic of discussion today is whether to maintain rank, or chase rank for the final gameweek of the season. I cover strategies to use depending on your situation, and discuss my top 5 fixtures to target on the final day along with the top 10 "safety" picks. Tune in to hear how I did in GW37, and my final transfer plans for GW38. I discuss my plans for the pod on the off-season, a...

Covering a variety of in-the-meta topics today of FPL for GW37 and final GW38. Tune in to hear how I did in GW36, and my transfer plans for GW37. Today is a big long ramble because let's be real, so much uncertainty in GW37. Let's roll the dice. Link to the Discord Server: Link Airtable with all of the data: Link Link to my Reddit for all of my weekly FPL content: Link All statistics not...

The main topic of discussion today is whether to play it safely, or to go for more differential picks. I cover strategies to use depending on your situation, and discuss my top 8 safe picks and their alter ego differential picks for Gameweek 36 and beyond. Tune in to hear how I did in GW35, and my transfer plans for GW36. Finally I wrap the pod with a Champions League Special of an 'Anything...

Now that most of us are back to our old teams, who should we target for the final 4 game weeks? Today I discuss GW35 updates, questions from the Discord server, I review my FH34 performance and look ahead to GW35 and the transfers I have planned. Finally I close with a sneaky, unexpected Anything But FPL segment. Link to the Discord Server: Link Airtable with all of the data: Link Link to my Reddi...

Free Hit for Game Week 34 is all that matters. Just like the FH chip, I am not focusing on last week or next week. It is all about this week and this week we are focusing on the best players who do not blank. I walk through my ideal FH34 team, talk about the optimized algorithm FH34 team, alternative players one might sub in, general FH ideas and strategies, and then I jump into questions from the...

Today is more of a departure from the normal checking on player stats to talk about ideas as a whole and brainstorming how to make this whole ecosystem better. Because let's be real, we have talked these double game weeks to death, all the potential chip strategies, and should already know the players to go for. I discuss my teams awful performance yet again, and look ahead to what I plan on...

Today let's talk about DGW32. We have to talk about general chip strategy and some player updates so lets get that out of the way before jumping into questions from the discord. I quickly cover my teams performance, another red arrow, follow by a quick update of my plans for DGW32. I thought today would be a short episode, but I just rambled for an hour. Hopefully it was informative. Link to...

Today let's talk about Wildcard for GW31. A lot of people may be using their WC, or will be transferring in players ahead of the doubles, so I discuss the top 3 players from each team that double in either GW32 or GW33. Before that I chat general chip strategy around this time, then I quickly talk about my teams performance in GW30 (meh), and my WC team for GW31. This is a long episode so I a...

Today let's talk about Wildcard for GW30. A lot of people may be using their WC, or will be transferring in players ahead of the doubles, so what does the algorithm say when trying to optimize a team? Then I discuss the WC team I would play if I were using my WC Chip. The I talk through my even worse performance in GW 29 and plan for my own GW 30 assuming I don't use my WC.  Link to the...

Today we have to talk about Blank Game Week 29. A lot of people may be using their Free Hit Chip, or will be transferring in players who don't blank, so what does the algorithm say when trying to optimize a team? I run through 4 optimized teams with different parameters, and then discuss the FH team I would play if I were using my FH Chip. The I talk through my abysmal performance in GW 28 an...

With all of the chaos to come out of the FA Cup weekend, now we have to plan for all of the fallout. This week's episode I discuss popular transfers out, and who I would bring in based on the stats. I review my GW27 performance again and plan for GW28 with all the new news to come from the FA Cup.  Link to the Discord Server: Link Airtable with all of the data: Link Link to my Reddit for all...

Today I run through some community questions provided by the Discord Server- feel free to jump into the group chats and ask questions at the link below. Then I covered some nonsense transfers happening in the meta of FPL, review my team's GW27 performance and plan for GW28, and talk about anything but FPL in the 'Anything but FPL' segment.  Link to the Discord Server: Link Airtable...

Today is a short episode becuase I completely did not realize we have midweek fixtures in the premier league this week and I wanted to get something out to you guys and update the data in the spreadsheet. So I quickly highlight a handful of players who have the best fixtures between GW27 and GW29 on paper. Then I review my team's performance and plan for GW27-29 myself. Link to the Discord Se...

Today I discuss what to do with (most people's) final week of the Assistant Manager Chip, a new Q&A segment talking about popular things in the meta, transfers, my gameweek 25 performance, and finally look ahead to GW26. Unforunately I ran out of time to discuss 'Anything But FPL' this week, but it will be a priority next week, I promise.  Link to the Discord Server: Link Airtab...

Today I do a bit of a review and analysis of the different chip strategies for Double Game Week 24 and beyond to compare AssMan Slot v. AssMan Moyes v. TC Salah. Then I discuss DGW25 and different options for AM, Aston Villa players to bring in or avoid, and go over what one might do with Trent Alexander-Arnold. Finally, I do a team review, plan for GW25-29 and jump into an 'Anything But FPL&...