Planet FPL - The Fantasy Football Podcast

With James off to Wolverhampton tomorrow to watch Ben Davies and Eric Dier trying and defend on the halfway line the Deadline Stream was once again brought forward to a late Friday afternoon start, which means it was also released as an audio. Intended transfers discussed. There are flag concerns with some short term such as Bukayo Saka and some longer-term such as James Maddison. Solutions discus...

James is joined this week on Clash of the Correspondents by Brighton fan Sam Murray and Sheffield United fan Ben 'Tommo' Thompson ahead of Sunday's GW12 meeting at The Amex. The Seagulls have gone 5 Premier League games without victory, is the distraction of the Europa League and dream ties such as tonight's trip to Amsterdam proving to distracting on a squad that is beginning to be stretched by i...

Just when you thought it was safe to log out, the game changes the outlook. It was a disastrous week for the majority of Sky Fantasy Managers and for around half Cristian Romero's red card on Monday night means action needs to be taken for owners. On the Podcast Suj and James plot solutions to the Romero problem including whether managers should go back when his suspension ends. There's other inju...

Following Sunday night's live show much of the audience stayed behind for a Q'N'A with Suj and James to ask a variety of FPL and football questions. And absolutely nothing said came back to bite James on the arse at Tottenham last night! There's talk on FPL players who could break the template, how to deal with the bad Gameweek, football fandom, VAR, Tottenham's title chances (James edit: yes this...

Last night at The Thirsty Bear Pub in Central London Suj and James welcomed an audience of Fantasy Football managers for the Gameweek Review and it was a Gameweek that will live long in the memory for being one of the lowest scoring weeks in memory for engaged managers with Erling Haaland off at half time against Bournemouth with a 1 point return and Mo Salah fared only 1 point better at Luton! Al...

How much of a consciousness should Blank Gameweek 18 have on the thinking and strategy of FPL managers? On this Podcast Suj & James discuss the two paths managers are on. Those who have used the Wildcard and those who will use it straight after GW19. What difference does this make? Should managers already have a consciousness of the transfers they make now and how that could impact on the Blank? T...

On James' live stream this afternoon lots of FPL dilemmas covered and there does seem in some cases a reactionary nature to some suggested transfers. There's answers for benching dilemmas, one week punts, future transfers and more... which includes why time may be up on Erik Ten Hag's reign as Manchester United manager.. TICKETS FOR THE PLANET FPL LIVE SHOW OUR NOW ON SALE! Buy your tickets for th...

Suj and James discuss all the latest for Sky Fantasy and for many managers this could be a period to relax and let the points take care of themselves and for those trying to chase patience may be needed. That's because the upcoming captaincy options focuses very much around the current top 4 of Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City and Tottenham looking best and the announcement of the December TV f...

James is joined by Dan and Dan on Clash of the Correspondents this week as Luton Town fan Dan Ashby and Liverpool fan Dan Lord discuss all the latest at their clubs ahead of the Super Sunday meeting at Kenilworth Road. Luton have shown variation of late but points are still proving difficult to accumulate. Can they beat the drop and does it already look like 3 from 4 will go down? Can The Reds mou...

On the Gameweek 10 Review, a big weekend of swings with Erling Haaland returning big and Ollie Watkins blanking, whilst Mo Salah and Bukayo Saka returned but perhaps not as big as captainers may have hoped. City tore United apart in the Manchester Derby, Tottenham stayed top with victory at Palace and Chelsea lost at home to Brentford again. All the games reviewed and all the important FPL assets...

With James off to Selhurst Park tonight for the game, the Deadline stream was brought forward to a lunchtime start and released for you as an audio too. There's big desire for many to get Ollie Watkins and Bukayo Saka and for many it looks like Tottenham assets may have to be the sacrifice to get there. But at what cost...? Plus there's discussion on captaincy, advice for those on Wildcard, best e...

In pre season they were the two teams who the cool kids (and some not cool kids) were predicting to surprise and finish towards the upper ends of the bottom half or perhaps even better. But now both currently find themselves in the relegation zone and in deep trouble. So why has it gone so wrong for Bournemouth and Burnley? James is joined by Bournemouth fan Neil Grover and Burnley fan Jack Toner...

Suj returns from holiday to join James for the Sky Fantasy Football Podcast after a weekend that saw some huge scores which included James landing in the top 1k and there is a feeling that a true template is forming as we approach winter... but you can't have them all... Arsenal look the best captaincy now for 4 of their next 6 fixtures, coverage looks required, but selling Tottenham may be the on...

Gary Robinson joins James for a detailed discussion on all things Manchester United and to reflect on what has been a difficult opening start to the season for the club both on and off the pitch. Sheikh Jassim has reportedly withdrawn his bid to buy the club and a minority investment from Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS now appears to be close to competition, leaving many United fans unhappy as there...

James is joined by Clayton for a review of the Gameweek 9 weekend that featured Liverpool winning the Merseyside Derby, Manchester City getting back to winning ways, Arsenal escaped from Stamford Bridge with a draw despite a sub par performance, Aston Villa made it eleven home league wins in a row with a 4-1 win against West Ham and the pressure is mounting on Bournemouth and Burnley after disappo...

On the Ask James live stream this morning lots of FPL dilemmas covered including over those who are at risk of not being available including Bukayo Saka, there's lots of interest in Liverpool's Konstantinos Tsimikas, there's talk of holding Tottenham assets longer-term and differential midfielders are attracting interest... TICKETS FOR THE PLANET FPL LIVE SHOW OUR NOW ON SALE! Buy your tickets for...

James is joined by Manchester City fan Jonny Pringle and Brighton fan Sam Murray on Clash of the Correspondents to discuss all the latest at their clubs ahead of Saturday's meeting at The Etihad. Has City's last two Premier League results in which they have lost been simply down to the absence of Rodri who returns from suspension this weekend? Have Brighton been distracted by European involvement...

James is joined by Shaun Thorpe (@FF_Thinker) for this weeks Sky Fantasy Football Podcast and all eyes are on the upcoming single gamedays with Aston Villa hosting West Ham and Tottenham's fixtures with Fulham and Crystal Palace. There's discussion on problem players, those who need binning, the impact of the final weekend November TV announcement, why the December selections could have a big impa...

James is joined by Tottenham fan Ricky Saunders and Fulham fan Dara Curran to discuss the latest at their clubs ahead of the Monday Night Football at White Hart Lane. Tottenham, against all expectations, are top. Could they...? They couldn't, could they? Fulham, are struggling to replace the loss of Aleksandar Mitrovic's goal, is there cause for concern? Plus There's discussion on the all importan...

Clayton joins James for an international break Planet FPL Podcast with discussion on all 20 clubs as Clayton brings a stat on each club that leads to a conversation on each, what we've learned so far, what we can expect next and the Fantasy assets of interest. TICKETS FOR THE PLANET FPL LIVE SHOW OUR NOW ON SALE! Buy your tickets for the event on November 5th here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pl...

On today's live stream James confirms information about the Planet FPL Live Show on November 5th and there's conversation on FPL assets that are on mind both for the short-term and long-term... Today on Patreon: Football's relationship with alcohol with Ian Hobbs For the full Planet FPL Schedule this week, including our offering on Patreon view this post:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/89442472 Wa...

On the first of three Clash of the Correspondents during this International break James is joined by Newcastle fan Simon Bibby and Crystal Palace fan Ruaidhri McLaughlin-Dowd to discuss the latest at their clubs ahead of the GW9 meeting between the two at James' Park. Ten points from the last 4 in the league from the Toon Army which included five consecutive clean sheets across three competitions,...

Suj and James discuss their latest thoughts for Sky Fantasy Football after a weekend that caused moves that weren't intended, with Jordan Beyer unavailable, Taiwo Awoniyi out for a month and Yves Bissouma sent off. What moves were made and what's on the agenda next? Plus, learnings from the weekend, new enablers putting their hands up for consideration, why 1 Tottenham might not be enough, conside...

This morning the joint UK and Ireland bid to host Euro 2028 was confirmed as successful with Turkey joining Italy to host the 2032 tournament. The awarding of the tournaments came soon after FIFA had confirmed six nations across three tournaments would host the 2030 World Cup... and that leaves an inevitable host for the 2034 tournament. Are one nation host tournaments now a thing of the past? How...

Suj and James review all the weekend GW8 games which included Mo Salah rewarding the FPL managers who were brave enough to captain him ahead of the likes of blanking Erling Haaland and Heung-Min Son. Arsenal beat City in a cagey Super Sunday with a late deflected Gabriel Martinelli and Bukayo Saka finally missed out, but it's North London rivals Tottenham who went top with victory at Luton despite...