Planet FPL - The Fantasy Football Podcast

A later than usual Ask James for the final public content before Correspondent Week kicks off on August 5th, and the stream is dominated by FPL discussion. There's coverage of Haaland v Salah, best midfield options between 4.5 and 6.5, set and forget enablers, there's chat on ownership with those that have high ownership and those who are perhaps being overlooked and the inevitable Tottenham chat...

Clayton and James have a look at some of the Premier League's newest additions from overseas who listeners and viewers may not be familiar with. There's coverage of Manchester United's big money buys, some of Brighton's newest additions, the new forward at Brentford, Manchester City's new man and there's also coverage of signings at Aston Villa, Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest. Tomor...

Clayton and James present a new show idea where they discuss some of the current talking points in football, covering several topics. On today's Podcast: Premier League players with only one year left on their contract, includes coverage of Chelsea, Liverpool, Newcastle, Kevin De Bruyne, Heung-Min Son and Kevin De Bruyne 6.5 FPL midfielders Notes from Tottenham's performance at QPR on Saturday Eur...

A week on from Gareth Southgate's decision to stand down as England manager, Suj and James reflect on Southgate's tenure, discuss what might be next with the next manager and ask what England fans want England to be. There's praise for what Southgate has achieved both on and (especially) off the pitch, including how he united the team; but there's also acknowledgement that the time was probably ri...

Suj and James take a deep dive into the fixture schedule in the first half of the season looking at opportunities to buy and sell FPL assets where fixture swings occur... and spoiler in many cases it's difficult to find these so-called swings. There's discussion on when rolling could be beneficial and James details rolling 5 week periods that show periods when managers may want to use their first...

On James' live stream on YouTube lots of FPL dilemmas covered following Wednesday's launch including keeping an open mind, fixture swings and the prospect of a GW2 Wildcard following a GW1 Bench Boost is mentioned quite a bit. Plus, having an awareness of which clubs are actively pursuing players for certain positions, underpriced players, structures, Tottenham chat, upcoming content plans and lot...

With Fantasy Premier League open and all the prices available for the 2024/25 season Suj and James kick off their coverage of Season 8 of Planet FPL by assessing the players of interest from all 20 clubs running through from Arsenal to Wolves. There's discussion on unavoidable premiums, the mid price players who really interest and budget enablers are identified from both well and unfancied teams....

With the launch of Fantasy Premier League 2024/25 anticipated today, Suj and James react to yesterday's news of changes to gameplay for the season ahead including the ability to store up to 5 transfers. But who does it benefit most? Will fixture planners like James benefit from the change? Or will Suj be able to forget deadlines for a month with little consequence? Plus, ultimately is the change g...

Clayton and James discuss what we know so far as we await the imminent official launch of Fantasy Premier League 2024/25. Many player prices are already known; what's the thoughts on Erling Haaland being priced at £15.0m? It's the highest ever price for an FPL asset. Cole Palmer has been given the highest ever increase in price coming in at 10.5 but will remain a popular option. There's a run thro...

Suj and James reflect on last night's European Championship Final that ended in a deserved triumph for Spain and defeat for England. The inquest now begins for England after the 'reality check' of being beaten by a team that was more incisive, kept the ball better and had more tactical flexibility. Should Gareth Southgate stand down as manager? Has he earned the right to make that decision himself...

Clayton joins James to review last night's dramatic victory for England as super-sub Ollie Watkins' 90th minute against The Netherlands sealed The Three Lions first ever semi final victory on foreign soil. There's discussion on a much improved first half performance and why the second half became more difficult and thoughts turn towards Sunday's final against Spain in Berlin. Can England bring it...

Suj and James discuss last night's Semi Final victory for Spain against France, which was headlined by a brilliant goal from Lamine Yamal. How good is the young Barcelona attacker and how good could he be? There's discussion on regrets for France, if England or The Netherlands can realistically expect to trouble Spain on Sunday and there's a preview of tonight's game in Dortmund including selectio...

With the Premier League TV selections confirmed for August and September, Suj and James discuss thoughts for Sky Fantasy planning and assess which clubs Fantasy managers will 'need' coverage of and which clubs will be 'wanted'. (Yes you can listen to this at any point in the next month if you want to revisit it!) There's a surprising lack of single gamedays in the opening 6 matchweeks, James detai...

Suj and James discuss the four Quarter Finals at The Euros which included another nervy game for England as they beat Switzerland on penalties. There's detailed conversation on Saturday's shoot out victory against The Swiss including positives, negatives and selection dilemmas for Wednesday. There's coverage of the three other ties as Spain beat late Germany in extra time but showed vulnerabilitie...

On James live stream this afternoon questions answered on Euro Fantasy, expectation for the four Quarter Finals, England's expected switch to a back three and the likely line-up. Plus, thoughts on Archie Gray's move to Tottenham and other youngsters at the club, thoughts on possible moves for Nico Williams, Federico Chiesa and more. Today on Patreon: The Differential Show and Talking Tactics on Ar...

Suj has arrived in Portugal and joins James to discuss the recent wave of swap deals involving Premier League clubs which some may describe as collusion to beat Profit and Sustainability Reporting ahead of the June 30th financial year end. But has anyone actually done anything wrong? There's details on the swap deals that have been done, the importance of pure profit and amortisation for accountin...

Clayton and James conclude their coverage of the last 16 at The European Championship with discussion on last night's games and how Matchday 4 concluded in Euro Fantasy, and for James that included a Cody Gakpo captaincy haul. Will Wildcards now be activated or not? The Netherlands were dominant in beating Romania and in pouring rain in Leipzig well fancied Austria were beaten by Turkey. There's t...

Clayton and James discuss Monday at The Euros as favourites France and Portugal made it through to the quarter finals and despite the two games not being thrillers there's lots to unpack ahead of the meeting between the two on Friday evening. There's detail on an intriguing tactical battle as France saw off Belgium but The French aren't inspiring, from their 3 goals scored at the tournament two ha...

Clayton and James discuss the 4 games played at the weekend in The Euros which included England's dramatic victory against Slovakia where The Three Lions were only seconds away from elimination before Jude Bellingham's incredible equaliser. Did England deserve their victory? What went well, what didn't and will England likely change anything for Saturday's quarter final with Switzerland? There's d...

On James' live stream this afternoon, topics covered include The Euros so far including standout performers and what's to come, including if England could go all the way and tactics on The Three Lions including James' favoured line-up for Sunday and response to growing calls to move Bukayo Saka to left-back. Plus, Euro Fantasy chat, transfer speculation, Austria's quality, best defence at the tour...

England are Taking The Mikautadze. First they land on the softer side of the draw avoiding France, Germany, Portugal and Spain and then yesterday the Belgians decided they didn't want to be there either and with England left with the potential of The Netherlands or Slovakia in the last 16, Georgia's stunning victory against a heavily rotated Portugal meant another 'so-called' easier tie for The Th...

Clayton and James discuss the conclusion of Groups C and D at The Euros and it's job done for England, Group Winners and on to the so-called easier side of the draw. But once again the performance and result disappointed. There's discussion on the good and the bad from The Three Lions latest showing, if Denmark can trouble Germany on Saturday, how France performed against Poland which means a chal...

Clayton joins James to discuss the latest for Euro Fantasy and last night's conclusion to Group B as Spain's second string team beat Albania and Croatia are nearly out after Italy scored a 98th minute equaliser which means a possible end to Luka Modric's International career. And in the second half of the Podcast there's discussion on England and the intel suggests it will be one change with Conno...

With Suj travelling through France on the way to Portugal, and Clayton partying in Czechia, James brings a European flavour to the Podcast as he's joined by Calin Mates to discuss his pride in Romania's performances so far, the view on England from afar and to review the 8 games played ay The Euros from Friday through to last night's Group A conclusion. The Podcast includes discussion on the 2nd m...

Many England fans would have been ready for this, a sub-par performance and points dropped in the Group. So why does it still feel so bad!? Suj and James discuss being here before but why yesterday's draw with Denmark feels worse for England than previous draws at major tournaments, and there's search for how to fix the clear problems The Three Lions are having. It didn't help that England's showi...