Planet FPL - The Fantasy Football Podcast

On this week's Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Tottenham fan Ricky Saunders and Crystal Palace fan Ruaidhri McLaughlin-Dowd to discuss the latest at their clubs, the FPL assets of interest and preview Saturday's Gameweek 27 meeting at White Hart Lane. Champions League qualification now looks a realistic possibility for Tottenham, particularly if 5th is enough, but are recent perform...

James returns from his hiatus to join Suj for the Review of the Blank Gameweek 26 weekend that featured a major gamble on Wolves offensive players and particularly Hwang Hee-Chan, who blanked while differential and alternative Aston Villa players in Douglas Luiz and Leon Bailey went off. All the games discussed including Pep's wild set up in victory at Bournemouth, Arsenal's dismantling of a woefu...

James usually does a live stream most Friday's, but in his absence, Suj and Clayton stepped up (with a fire album cover photo - check Twitter), and in the world where everything revolves around Fantasy Premier League - Suj specifically asked for NO FPL questions. A variety of weird and wonderful topics, ranging from deep amateur philosophy, to what animals the two could fight, who at Planet FPL wo...

With James yellow flagged, Suj takes the lead and is joined by Clayton to discuss the remaining fixtures from GW25 in the Premier League and look ahead to blank GW26 and beyond. 1.3 million FPL managers Triple Captained Erling Haaland who returned against Brentford after a blank against Chelsea, and there's an argument that he could have had even more. With the FA Cup on the horizon, this is a piv...

On the Sky Fantasy Football Podcast Suj is joined by Gary Robinson to discuss the fallout from the weekend results, including modest returns for Halaand, the return of the Egyptian King Salah, and planning for the Wolves v Sheffield United and West Ham v Brentford single game day coming up. We look at whether it's still time to invest in Liverpool with their injuries, and when it might be time to...

On Clash of the Correspondents is James is joined by Manchester United fan Gary Robinson and Fulham fan Dara Curran to discuss the latest at their clubs ahead of Saturday's Blank Gameweek 26 meeting between the clubs at Old Trafford. It's 4 wins on the spin for United in the Premier League including 3 hard fought away victories and they are back in contention for Champions League qualification. Bu...

James is joined by Clayton to discuss the weekend football in the Premier League and for those who went heavy on Double Gameweek players it's not been hugely successful so far with many blanking and even those who did return may now be injured and that could include one of the few players with a Double who did really well, substitute and returning talisman Mo Salah. And so far it's disappointment...

Mo Salah is back in full training for Liverpool ahead of their Double Gameweek but should he be forced back in immediately for FPL managers? On James' live stream there's a heavy focus on the upcoming double, but which Brentford, Liverpool, Luton or Manchester City assets are worth getting? And how does that impact on the upcoming blanks of Gameweeks 26 & 29? For James it's now likely two transfer...

James is joined by Clayton to explore the best ways of planning towards Gameweek 29 without the use of the Free Hit Chip over the 5 weeks ahead which includes an updated explainer of what we know for the Blank over FA Cup Quarter Final weekend and what is projected to be added. There's a week by week and step by step guide of which teams to target and sell and when on the pathway to GW29, when we'...

On the Sky Fantasy Football Podcast Suj and James discuss all the big talking points including the upcoming Manchester City and Liverpool fixtures next week. And those aren't the only upcoming single gamedays coming up, with Wolves v Sheffield United and West Ham v Brentford next week those games need to be kept in mind, but first it's Crystal Palace's trip to Everton. Skip? Invest? Chain on to th...

Ahead of Double Gameweek 25 James is joined by Manchester City fan Jonny Pringle and Brentford fan Tom Medd to discuss the latest at their clubs on Clash of the Correspondents and this one features all the important FPL relevant info with both teams set to meet for the second time in a little over 2 weeks next Tuesday. Is now the time to activate the Triple Captain chip on Erling Haaland? Should t...

Suj and James review the 9 weekend games played in GW24 and for both Arsenal's 6-0 victory against West Ham meant it was a bad FPL week as Gunners assets returned well with Gabriel benched and in James' case Bukayo Saka sold! But it was of course it was Suj's team that suffered a record home league defeat. Captaining Erling Haaland at least brought some relief, but City did struggle to break down...

On James' live stream this afternoon lots of attentions on players who double this week with Liverpool, Luton and Manchester City players heavily focused on and there's also a lot of talk on strategy following Chelsea's excellent win at Aston Villa that will have thrown some FPL managers off course. There's talk on whether a bench boost in GW25 can be right, the difficulty in projecting double gam...

On Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Luton Town fan Dan Ashby and Sheffield United fan Ben 'Tommo' Thompson to discuss the latest at their clubs ahead of Saturday's GW24 meeting at Kenilworth Road Luton assets are about to become very popular in FPL with two forthcoming double Gameweeks and the may cover the blank of 29. Plus they're playing really well! So who's best to invest in? Ar...

Suj and James discuss all the latest for Sky Fantasy Football including the impact of Monday's announcement of the March TV fixtures and there weren't any huge shocks in the announcement that mean longer-term planning can begin with the caveat of understanding that FA Cup results and a potential Bournemouth v Luton announcement may mean plans needs to change. There's discussion on learnings from t...

Clayton joins James for a discussion on the lack of spending in the January transfer window and ask if this is a one off caused by fear of failing Profit and Sustainability Reporting or of it's the start of a new trend for spending within the Premier League. Did Everton's points deduction cause fear throughout the league to curb spending and show that FFP/PSR really did have teeth? There's talk of...

It was a weekend with lots of goals in the Premier League and that meant some big swings for FPL managers in GW23 as Richarlison and Ollie Watkins returned big and there were also big hauls for attacking enablers such as Alejandro Garnacho and Matheus Cunha, but find defensive returns was far more difficult. All the games reviewed including Tottenham's draw at Everton, Villa's thumping win at Shef...

With less than 24 hours to go before the GW23 Deadline Suj and James discuss all the games from Gameweek 22 and the hours that built up to it that included late transfers and late captaincy changes. There was plenty of drama to discuss as Newcastle became the first to win at Villa this season, Luton gave Brighton a hiding, Tottenham got into trouble but rectified it against Brentford and Mancheste...

On James' live stream today conversation includes why Liverpool v Luton hasn't be arranged for GW25 and why if an announcement isn't forthcoming we might be looking at at a treble Gameweek for The Reds later in the season... but it's not as good as it sounds! Plus, now Erling Haaland is back has he got to be bought back or is there a case to wait one more week? There's discussion on benching dilem...

On the Sky Fantasy Football Podcast Suj and James discuss all the latest talking points including latest movements of fixtures and for James there was a big jump in rank after (the criticised) Elijah Adebayo fired a hat-trick and a 20 point haul in Luton's shock 4-0 win against Brighton. It's attack Manchester City assets day, but who? And who should be sacrificed to get there? And how aware shoul...

Liverpool correspondent Dan Lord joins James to give his fan view on Friday's shock announcement that Jurgen Klopp with leave The Reds at the end of the current season. There's discussion on the emotional reaction of the announcement and what's next for Liverpool, not just this season but beyond in to coming years. Is Xabi Alonso the obvious candidate to replace The German? There's reflections on...

Suj and James present an updated Chip Strategy Podcast following last weeks domestic Cup matches and yesterday's all important FA Cup 5th round draw. What's changed? What's still not clear and what do we need to know? Is there clarity now on what will be the most popular chip strategy? There's discussion on the immediate problem of negotiating Double Gameweek 25 and Blank Gameweek 26, updated proj...

On James' live stream, reaction to this morning's shocking news that Jurgen Klopp will stand down as Liverpool manager at the end of the current season. Where does Klopp rank among the Premier League greats and what is the impact on Liverpool both for the remainder of this campaign and beyond? Plus, this weekend is obviously important for FPL managers as we head into blank and double season and th...

James is joined by Wolves fan Bradley Parker and Manchester United fan Gary Robinson to discuss the latest at their clubs and preview next Thursday's GW22 meeting between the clubs at Molineux. Wolves were the only side to win at 3 games in the Premier League over the festive period and Monday's hard fought draw at Brighton meand spirits remain high ahead of the visit of United; but how much of a...

On the latest Sky Fantasy Football Podcast Suj and James discuss why it's all eyes on the Manchester City line-up next Wednesday against Burnley to see if Kevin De Bruyne, Erling Haaland and others can be bought. But if steaming in to City assets who should be binned to fund the moves? Saliba? Watkins? Dunk? Chelsea v Tottenham is now off due to Chelsea's progress in the Carabao Cup Final, there's...