Welcome back to this week's off the bench podcast from the Premier League.

I'm Lee from FPL family.

And I'm from FPLPL Family. And I'm as

from FPL Black Books. So as at time of recording, Game Week 17 has remained open following the

conclusion of Sunday's matches. The official Fantasy Premier League shared on their social platforms

that more information will follow in due course. So definitely one for us all to keep an eye on.

We're here, though, to talk about

the rest of Game Week 17. There were huge returns for the likes of Dan Byrne and the ever-popular

Cole Palmer. But it was the heavy hitters, really, that didn't really come in for us.

Disappointing blanks for the likes of Sarn and Bakayasaka, the highly captained Mo Sala, of course, against Manchester United, and Erlin

Harland missing altogether, as feared by many FPL managers. So as, let's start with Game Week

scores. How was 17 for you? Do you know what, Lee? I'm delighted to say for the first time

coming on this podcast, it was actually pretty decent.

65 points for me, which is another big green arrow, really.

I've half my rank in the last couple of weeks.

I finally got some defensive points.

Gabrielle coming in, Simmercass, Livermento, all getting kind of six and above.

And then Gordon, Palmer, Watkins, all delivering.

So, yeah, a nice healthy green about yourself. I think this is a first for you on Off the Bench, isn't it?

Whenever I listen to the Off the Bench podcast, it's, oh, I've done this and this didn't

go quite well.

But that's a nice score, mate.

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