S4 Ep14: Off The Bench: Midfield premiums deliver
FPL Pod
Premier League
4.6 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Cole Palmer reminded managers of his ability, while Harry Wilson and Bruno Fernandes continued their remarkable run. So FPL experts Az Philips and Lee Bonfield go through the best options and the emergence of other forward picks to consider.
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* Exciting Ekitike (05m 58s)
* Harry Wilson heroics (16m 42s)
* Cole Palmer returns (22m 09s)
* DCL impresses (30m 15s)
* Man City options (33m 43s)
* Bargain differential buy (41m 38s)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to this week's off the bench podcast from the Premier League. I'm Lee from FPL family. |
| 0:21.7 | And I'm Az from Feele Blackbox. What a weekend of Premier League action that was then as. |
| 0:27.3 | And then to round it off as if Saturday and Sunday wasn't enough for you, a Monday night game at Old Trafford for the ages, a real, real Premier League classic that, wasn't it? |
| 0:35.5 | This league never ceases to amaze me. |
| 0:38.0 | Plenty to talk about in FPL with many of the premium scoring big. We'll dive into all the games, of course, but first, let's start with our teams. How did Game Week 16 go for you? Yeah, I mean, like you said, Monday night was crazy. I mean, that's one of the best Monday night footballs. Normally, it's sort of culminates, isn't it? It gets to Monday night, And then it's a disappointing game. |
| 0:54.5 | And then you sort of end the week. |
| 0:56.2 | But that was, that was a classic. |
| 0:58.0 | Yeah. footballs. Normally, it's sort of culminates, isn't it? It gets to Monday night and then it's a disappointing game and then you sort of end the week. But that was, that was a classic. Yeah, it was okay. I mean, 72 points. It was a small green arrow. I can't really be getting small green arrows where I am. I want the big meteoric rises, you know. Getting harder and harder every week to make those step changes though, isn't it? |
| 1:11.7 | I know. And lots of teams are sort of becoming the same, aren't they? I mean, the transfers I made, you know, I bought in Foden, I bought in Fernandez, who obviously did well, but lots of people have got them in their sides, but they had to come in. So, I was sort of a, it was a game week to just get my |
| 1:25.4 | team in order |
| 1:26.7 | and hopefully I can |
| 1:27.5 | kick on from there |
| 1:28.1 | so not too bad. |
| 1:29.2 | Yeah, |
| 1:29.4 | very good, |
| 1:29.8 | very good. |
| 1:30.1 | Well, it was 89 for me. |
| 1:31.3 | I was very, It was a game week to just get my team in order. Hopefully I can kick on from there, so not too bad. |
| 1:29.2 | Yeah, very good. |
| 1:29.8 | Very good. |
| 1:44.4 | Well, it was 89 for me. I was very happy with that this week. Very good. Come on. You don't have to say it like that. Come on, you should say congratulations. Yeah, so 89, I was happy with that. The defence was actually not much to write home about at all. once a wolf scored that goal towards the end of the game at the Emirates, |
| 1:46.7 | the rye and timber double clean sheet disappeared. |
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