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Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Fantasy Podcast | Do you need both Haaland & Salah? | Plus, how to win FPL - tips from former world no.1

Sky Sports Premier League Podcast

Sky Sports

Sports News, Sports, News, Soccer

4.0760 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Whilst the Premier League is on a break, is it time to refresh your fantasy football team? The Sky Sports Fantasy Podcast is back on your Sky Sports Football feed, full of tips and tricks to help you win your mini-leagues.  

On this bonus episode, hosts James Savundra and Mark Briggs discuss whether you now need to own BOTH Erling Haaland and Mohamed Salah, and debate whether activating your Wildcard is the best way to do it.

They also reflect on Transfer Deadline Day and what that means for FPL. Plus, they reveal their own transfer plans for Gameweek 4.

They're also joined by former Fantasy Premier League winner Ali Jahangirov (FPL Gunz). He beat 11 million players to win FPL in the 2022/23 season. You won't want to miss his advice!  

The Sky Sports Fantasy Podcast drops every Tuesday – search for us wherever you get your podcasts and give us a like, follow or subscribe so you don't miss a moment (podfollow.com/sky-sports-fantasy-podcast). And watch us on Sky Sports News every Saturday during the season.

Listen to every episode of the Sky Sports Premier League Podcast here: skysports.com/sky-sports-premier-league-podcast

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome along to episode four of the Sky Sports Fantasy podcast.

0:19.5

It was goals galore in the Premier League once again,

0:22.1

which is great news for attacking players in FPL.

0:25.1

It was quite the opposite for defenders,

0:26.5

with only one team managing to keep a clean sheet across the weekend.

0:31.0

We've reached the first international break of the season,

0:33.7

so there's no Premier League action until September the 14th,

0:38.9

but don't despair. There's still plenty of big FPL decisions that could be made before then.

0:43.4

Do you play your wild card?

0:44.6

We'll tell you if now is the right time.

0:47.0

We'll also reflect on what we've learnt from the first three game weeks of the season and

0:51.6

discuss what turned out to be a busy transfer deadline day.

0:55.0

And what that means for FPL, you won't want to miss this as well.

0:59.1

We'll be joined by somebody who has won FPL.

1:01.8

Yes, finishing top of the pile out of 11 million players.

1:05.9

Now, my co-pilot and Sky Sports colleague Mark Briggs, we're looking to do exactly that this season.

1:11.4

Mark, welcome along. Talk us looking to do exactly that this season. Mark,

1:17.4

welcome along. Talk us through Game Week 3. You saved your free transfer last weekend. Did it work out for you? Yeah, it was a very good week for me. I got 84 points. So I was a very happy

1:22.9

FPL manager. I captained Erling Harland, like a lot of people, but I also owned Mohammed Salas,

1:29.4

so I picked up huge points through those two players. But I think what I was most happy with

1:33.9

was I kept hold of Alexander Isak and Eberra Eza. I've owned them both since the start of the

1:39.7

season, and neither of them had registered a goal or an assist in the opening two game weeks.

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