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Post-mortem: Our 25/26 FPL Season Autopsy

We’re not good FPL players and we’re not having fun, so something has gone very wrong. Let’s break it down.

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Alon will be on The FPL Last Resort post-mortem episode on Monday:

FPL Last Resort

FPL discussion with FPL Richie and Danny (Bullet), two long suffering veterans of the FPL community and elite 1k managers. Yes, even Richie.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Admin Stuff: Cup Winner, Mug Winners, World Cup Pods, and a Discount

00:03:01 Very Quick GW38 Debrief: Walsh Transferred In Someone Who Didn't Play and Alon Saved His Transfer for Next Season

00:05:38 The Forgotten GW1 Bandwagon: Reijnders and Future GW1 Punts

00:16:10 The Timing of Holding Too Long or Too Short: Bad Process

00:26:07 Are the DefCons in the Room with Us Now: Use Transfers on Midfielders and Forwards Instead

00:51:08 Capping Palmer and Capping Gyok: Pay More Attention

00:52:55 What Is the Purpose of Playing FPL and What Is the Goal of Playing FPL

01:05:48 Our Benches and Our Autosubs: Not Good

01:10:37 FPL Burnout

01:15:55 The Joao Pedro Story: Evolving Our Evaluations and the Moving Target of "Nailed Players"

01:20:47 Bench Boost GW1

01:23:22 Liverpool and Slot: Bad Management and Injuries

01:29:03 How to Deal with New Rule Changes: They Will Be Broken

01:33:54 Nerfing Pen Takers

01:40:21 Rapid Fire Notes and Things to Chew On: MGW, Teams In and Out of Europe, and Carl Rushworth

Find the episode at:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/post-mortem-our-25-26-fpl-season-autopsy/id1024068765?i=1000770112065

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/56gA72VPers6qDjTDY65bh?si=nnJNhtkSQ5iZlU-swD-fJg

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GW38: Last Normal Pod of the Season

We talk some stuff in what looks like a bit of a meh GW38 for a meh FPL season.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Admin Stuff: Upcoming Schedule for This Week and Next, and Yes, We Will Be Doing Regular Fantasy World Cup Pods

00:01:25 GW37 Recap: Captain Gyok on the Bench Is a Fun Way to End the Season

00:06:35 Managerial Merry-Go-Round: Mostly Getting Us Excited for Next Season

00:16:00 Arsenal and City in FPL: Bad Picks

00:22:22 GW38 on Hard Mode: How Many Teams Will Play Starters and Have Something to Play For

00:26:21 Some Free Hit Picks

00:30:58 One Lifestyle Question Before We Go

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GW37: Forget About FPL and Let’s Lifestyle

A little FPL as a treat, and then we get to business (lifestyle questions).

Chapters:

00:00:00 GW36 Recap: Triple Captain O’Reilly, So Far Not That Good

00:06:15 The Arsenal: Who to Pick and Why to Pick Them

00:11:51 A Potpourri of Other FPL Questions: Beach Teams, Liverpool and Slot, FPL Picks, and More

00:27:50 The Pod Really Begins Here with a Lifestyle Bonanza

00:40:48 GW37 Schedule

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GW36: A Fake Double Gameweek and a Whole Bunch of Bullshit

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Too many options and too few options, and plenty of time to get it wrong.

Chapters:

00:00:00 GW35 Recap: Pole Calmer on the List

00:11:40 Allegedly There Is a Double Gameweek: Crystal Palace Picks

00:16:20 Manchester City Actually Have a Double Gameweek: Who Are We Backing

00:20:45 Ndiaye Frustration Through the Roof, Throw in Minteh Too

00:29:54 Delaying Arsenal Picks and Questions Until After the Champions League Second Leg

00:32:24 Players Walsh Has His Eyes on for His Five Free Transfer Bonanza

00:37:15 Ending on Some Lifestyle Questions and Wrapping Up

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Find the episode at:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gw36-a-fake-double-gameweek-and-a-whole-bunch-of-b-t/id1024068765?i=1000766178979

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IZJWd12PFyMs8nitrt2Sj?si=Q_qIbqTMRKa4pM0g60HwvA

YouTube: https://youtu.be/8R8deTnGn6o

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GW32 Break: Nothing Matters Until It Does

A very strange time in the season: a long break, wildcard uncertainty, teams already mentally on the beach, and just enough FPL left to string us along.

Chapters:

00:00:00 BGW31 Recap: Would Rather It Not Have Gone the Way That It Went

00:07:23 Thiago and Brentford in the Homestretch

00:13:45 Walsh Has Ripped the Wildcard Button: What Do We Know Now and Who Are the Early Targets

00:21:11 Looking Ahead to Manchester United and Chelsea Prospects and Other FPL Defenders

00:28:49 Reasons to Maybe Not Use the Wildcard This Week

00:33:19 Which Teams Might Already Be on the Beach: Palace Have the Flip Flops On

00:37:45 Ending on a Couple of Lifestyle Questions Before a 2.5 Week Break

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BGW31: Do We Use Our FTs Now or Save Them for May

Fewer matches than usual to talk about with the blank gameweek, but we still jump around all the topics.

Chapters:

00:00:00 FML FPL Cup Tiebreakers

00:05:29 GW30 Recap: Walsh Keeps Climbing and Alon Is Not Having Fun

00:13:52 Blank Gameweek 31 Fixture Talk and Where to Put Our Focus: Fulham at Home to Burnley and Punts

00:27:20 Walsh’s Plans Around Using Free Transfers, Wildcarding, and Planning for After the Chip Dump

00:38:37 More Scattered FPL Questions: Villa Defenders, Dubravka and Darlow Pairing, Palace Blank Against 10 Men, Teams on the Beach, and Wisdom of the Crowd

00:45:19 A Little Preview of Walsh’s GW32 Wildcard Targets

Find the episode at:

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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0PPTNCvok9AezewoKpEH4T?si=ymNV-MLHRB64_I2FKsYkxQ

YouTube: https://youtu.be/1pGZWFBcnQk

All Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl

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GW30: The Ladro and Semenyo Show

Let’s talk about GW29, how bad we are at the game, and then disappear for a week.

Chapters:

00:00:00 GW29 Recap: No Joao Ladro = No Joy

00:09:46 Wisdom of the Crowd: Joao Pedro and Antoine Semenyo

00:24:14 A Little Bit of Wildcard Talk: The Purge

00:27:37 Stinky Haaland: Semenyo Is Just Better

00:36:40 A Little Timber Talk: More Attacking Returns

00:40:10 Questions from Discord: Bryan Mbeumo, Marcus Tavernier, Elliot Dot Anderson, Martin Dubravka, Banning Patreon Subscribers, Wolves, and More

Find the episode at:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gw30-the-ladro-and-semenyo-show/id1024068765?i=1000753518672

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1BAzLpMdpl0wwJhgdh3cTN?si=Ma_lIF8rQjqwXValDw1p9g

YouTube: https://youtu.be/FYBr_d7Dsz0

All Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl

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GW29: Quick Turnaround to Forget the Pain

Sometimes a quick turnaround is just what the doctor ordered.

Chapters:

00:00:00 GW28 Recap Where Minus Fours Become Minus Eights: Alon Is Raging

00:12:20 The Fun Watching Burnley vs Brentford and Backup Goalkeepers in FPL

00:20:20 Haaland, Forwards, Captain, and Vice Captain for GW29

00:26:10 The State of Michael Carrick’s Manchester United

00:38:14 Back to Forwards Quickly: The 3-5-2 Formation on the Horizon

00:41:27 Potpourri of Questions from Our Discorders

00:53:39 One Thing Each We Would Change About FPL to Make It a Better Game

Find the episode at:

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gw29-quick-turnaround-to-forget-the-pain/id1024068765?i=1000752415926

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0N0W5LzpaotY0nlZHcMghk?si=D6aSYvTLSCCCIhDNN-1FNQ

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All Links: https://linktr.ee/fmlfpl

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