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FPL Pod

S2 Ep6: International Week Is Over! FPL is BACK!

FPL Pod

Premier League

Sports, Fantasy Sports

4.6749 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The latest Official Fantasy Premier League Podcast is here as James Richardson and guests look ahead to Gameweek 5.

James is joined by broadcaster Kelly Somers, the Daily Telegraph's JJ Bull, and FPL expert Sam Bonfield to discuss how to improve our sides coming out of the International Break. Because some of us *really* need some help. 

They also discuss some important injuries, consider the lucrative GW5 fixtures, and field listener questions sent in using the hashtag #FPLPod. Finally, the team reveal their varied Gameweek 5 captaincy choices!


The Official FPL Podcast
League code: 6qp8qk
https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/763732/standings/c

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the official Fantasy Premier League podcast from the Premier League.

0:13.5

Today, there's no eye in team, but what should there be in yours as we gear up for Game Week 5 of the Fantasy Premier League season?

0:22.0

We'll be looking at must-haves, must-dos, rise as dippers and potential triple skippers

0:26.9

in this official Fantasy Premier League podcast from the Premier League.

0:34.4

Hello, Fantasy Manager, thanks for joining us today.

0:37.3

We are bringing you half an hour of advice ahead of Game Weeks Hello, fantasy manager. Thanks for joining us today.

0:42.0

We are bringing you a half an hour of advice ahead of Game Week 5 from Kelly Somers, television presenter, reporter and top fantasy manager.

0:47.7

Not sure about the top fantasy manager, James, but I give it my best shot.

0:50.7

It's been a good start to the season for you,

0:53.1

you're in the top 300,000 in the world.

0:56.6

One point behind you currently is JJ Bull, football writer from the Daily Telegraph.

1:02.2

JJ, you had a monster 81 points last week. I think it's the best I've ever done. What was behind it?

1:08.8

A bit of luck, a bit of genius, I'd say.

1:11.0

Just some great picks.

1:12.3

And an incredible algorithm, I noticed, which you created and it's running on your laptop.

1:17.3

Yes, well, a far smarter person to me called Patrick Scott run all the numbers,

1:21.2

but I've used lots of data points from Opta to make my lovely spreadsheet,

1:24.5

which helps me determine who the best attackers and creators.

1:27.5

Everyone's looking at my spreadsheet.

1:28.5

Everyone's craning the next.

1:30.0

Just tell the listeners who are desperate to know who's number one in your algorithm shot.

1:33.8

Well, it depends and it's, you know, it's not final.

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