Planet FPL - The Fantasy Football Podcast

On the fifth episode of Correspondent Week Suj & James speak to Arsenal fan Adam Pritchard about The Gunners hopes for the new season and the best FPL assets from The Emirates. Does Gabriel Jesus justify being the highest owned player in the game? Adam's delighted he's signed but not convinced that the ownership numbers are justified. Could the value in Arsenal therefore lie in the midfield spots...

Tuesday's Planet FPL Correspondent Week Podcasts kick off with Andy Martin joining Suj & James to discuss his club Leeds United, the best FPL assets at Elland Road and hopes that next season a flirtation with relegation can be avoided. The Pod begins by discussing the impact the sales of key men Kalvin Phillips and Raphinha may have and then moves on to discuss the new arrivals, Rasmus Kristensen,...

Fantasy Football legend Mark Sutherns joins Suj & James to discuss Nottingham Forest's promotion to the Premier League after an absence of 23 years and the beat FPL assets from The City Ground. There's discussion on the incredible turnaround and the wave optimism that is sweeping through the club's support since the appointment of Steve Cooper. Tactics and formation are discussed and why Jesse Lin...

On the second Podcast of Correspondent week Suj & James speak to Southampton fan Matt Samuel to find out about Saints likely system and their new incomings. Three at the back appears to be the way Ralph Hassenhuttl wants to go, could this lead to greater solidity at the back for Saints? But could it also lead to concerns about scoring at the other end? There's discussion on imminent new signing Se...

Welcome to Correspondent Week! Over the next 7 days Suj & James release 20 Podcasts with their Premier League fan correspondents. First up it's Liverpool with Dan Lord. On the Pod, the template Liverpool 3 of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Luis Diaz and Mo Salah all discussed and whether they're the best 3 for FPL managers to select. There's a case for all of Liverpool's defensive assets assets to be con...

In the final Podcast of Planet FPL Champions Week James speaks to Planet FPL Mini League Winner and Fantasy Premier League overall runner-up Suvansh Singh to discuss his incredible season, a season that's even more incredible when we learn how long he's played FPL for! In the discussion, Suvansh's mixture of pride at being India's highest ever FPL finisher but also the tinge of regret in not winni...

James speak to Planet FPL Advanced Tier Patreon mini league winner Cole Bonzer discuss his successful FPL season where he finished just outside the top 2k in the World and to find out about his very unique and interesting introduction to football and FPL. Cole reveals the consistent approach that works for him, why he backs form players, thoughts on Man City's key assets and the impact Raheem Ster...

James is joined by Davie Perrins, last season's Sky Fantasy Runner-Up and also with an FPL season finish within the top 20k. How did Dave balance successful seasons in both Fantasy formats? There's an intro into the differences between Sky Fantasy and Fantasy Premier League and how Dave dealt with the pressure of competing for the first prize of £50,000 in Sky Fantasy.  Discussion focuses on strat...

On the second Podcast of Champions Week James interviews Leeds Correspondent and Planet FPL Correspondent Mini League winner Andy Martin to discuss his successful season where he finished with an overall rank of 2,204. With Andy now boasting near 40,000 followers on Twitter the conversation begins with discussion on how to deal with online criticism when an FPL season is going badly, there’s the g...

On the first Podcast of Champions Week James interviews Jamie Pigott, the official Fantasy Premier League Champion of 2021/22 to discuss his incredible achievement and the mental side of dealing with the pressure and success. Jamie gives insight as to why strategy was so important to him, how luck played its part in his ultimate triumph, dealing with setbacks, his rise from novice to champion, tho...

On James' first YouTube live stream of the 2022/23 season lots of FPL chat as you would expect, impact of potential transfer moves, strategy discussions, why the top 6 all feel confident going into the new season and lots more including what's to come on Planet FPL in the next couple of weeks... Next Week on Planet FPL - Is Champions Week as James interviews 5 of the most successful fantasy manage...

Suj & James discuss all the latest on their respective clubs and give the fan opinion on the topics that matter on their respective clubs Tottenham and West Ham. There's discussion on both clubs transfer incomings, outgoings and what may yet happen in the transfer window. There's info about a number of Hammers players coming towards the end of their contracts, a change in coaching personnel and ou...

On today's Podcast, it's a quiz, hosted by James and with Suj showing his (lack of) knowledge! The theme is the Premier League and the format is an A-Z style quiz with each answer representing a different first letter of the alphabet. Tomorrow on Planet FPL - Tot&Ham: All the latest discussion on Tottenham and West Ham Join our Planet FPL Mini League: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto...

On the first Podcast of a new feature that will be exclusive on Planet FPL Patreon Suj & James investigate the ongoing potential takeover of Birmingham City which has been mainstream news in the UK media recently due to potential new owner Laurence Bassini's bizarre phone calls to radio station TalkSport. Is Bassini serious about purchasing the second city club? Or is he just a chancer? It's known...

With a week of European specials this week on Planet FPL Patreon Suj & James bring their usual Patreon content to the front of house and Monday's is always the Patreon Q&A where anything goes and question can be football, fantasy football or random stuff. On today's Q&A, FPL coverage features discussion on bench set up, enablers, 5.0 defenders, big at the back, Arsenal assets and the template. Plu...

Suj and James discuss ideas for what their Gameweek 1 teams might look like by talking through draft ideas. Key pointers on structure, the importance of making non selected players accessible, key price points, going with and against (the magnificent 7) the 40%+ owned players and the rest of the current FPL template. 3 premium, 2 premium or only 1 attacking premium player? Is it possible to start...

Suj & James layout a roadmap of the season ahead (ok mainly James does!), analysing when FPL managers may want to use their Chips this season. There's an explanation of what's different from last season, why there isn't a clear 'biggest' Double Gameweek and detail of the best possible scenarios to use the Triple Captaincy and why it may be the last chip used. Plus, the Sword v Shield Free Hit opti...

With Fantasy Premier League launched yesterday Suj & James pour over the details of the player prices, assessing who's value, who's not and structuring team selection for Gameweek 1. There's talk on the Magnificent 7, the template choices already developing in teams and whether there are differential alternatives within the same teams who can be picked. James identifies budget enablers across the...

Following on from yesterday's Podcast discussing the teams Suj & James take a detailed look at the fixture schedule and agree that the promising schedule for last season's top 5 will lead towards an FPL template forming. There's a look at captaincy options in the opening gameweeks with comparison of when the premium FPL assets will be needed in our teams but there is difference of opinion in the s...

On the season 6 Premiere of Planet FPL Suj & James take a look at all 20 Premier League clubs and ask 'What's New?' What impact can we expect big money signings Erling Haaland and Darwin Nunez to have on Manchester City and Liverpool respectively? Tottenham have done great business so far much to James's satisfaction and with more to come could they chase down the top two? Every clubs business ana...

It's the final Planet FPL Podcast of the 2021/22 season and it's a free for all Q&A as Suj & James open up to answer questions from the Twitter community on absolute anything. There's some serious stuff and there's some pretty wild stuff... Still to come tonight: A full re-run of Saturday's Gameweek 39 North v South FPL Community charity match for Street Child United at 8pm BST on the Planet FPL Y...

On the final Planet FPL Season 5 Podcast of the season Suj & James discuss the weekend football talking points and begin by discussing Saturday's FPL Community North v South GW39 match raising money for Street Child United. There's also discussion on the disturbing scenes which Liverpool fans faced at Saturday's Champions League final, Nottingham Forest's promotion, two new correspondents for next...

On the final Ask James live stream of the 2021/22 season James takes questions on the FPL Community on a range of topics including expectations for next season, thoughts on Erling Haaland's prospects at Man City, why United fans have to remain patient and tomorrow's big Gameweek 39 charity match... ___________________________________________ Want to become a member of our FPL and SkyFF community a...

On the People's Poll Suj & James discuss the rise in disturbance during football pitch invasions and ask what can be done to protect players and staff from recent unsavoury incidents.  Do stewards have any power to stop fans? What are the costs in policing a game? Can clubs do more? Can lessons be learned from Wembley stadium? But can invasions still be a good thing? Tomorrow on Planet FPL - James...

On the final Sky Fantasy Football Podcast of this season Suj & James discuss their final season ranks, regrets and Suj's near miss in the May manager of the month. There's a review of the best performing players since both the Overhaul and the March international break and one team's defensive assets could stand out as a target for next season. Plus, thoughts on what could happen with the Overhaul...