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

I'm As from FField Black Box.

And I'm Oscar, FPL Blackbox.

And I'm Oscar, FPL focal. Oscar, what a weekend of Premier League action, players returning from Afcon, injuries, new signing to discuss as well. We'll dive into all the games, of course, but first,

let's start with our Game Week 22 teams. How did it go for you, mate? Yeah, not too bad,

actually. It was a bit of a strange game week because my entire team literally played on Saturday. So, yeah, my team was done by Saturday night. Ended up on 42 points all out, which was a small green arrow to 54K. Yeah, LaFay has been like my big differential. He's about 1% owned and he scored. So I was buzzing with me. Luke Kelly assisted, who I also had. And it felt like a bit of redemption because I bought him for penalties and then he goes and misses one the week before that. I did have Van Dyke Gakpo and Eckertique tripled up for Burnley Home. Gapot. That's an interesting one. Yeah. I've been really patient like rolling transfers. I've got up to four four, and I just felt like, let's use one to sort of attack a fixture. And I foolishly picked that Bernie home game for Liverpool. Yeah, brought in Gakpo for CUNY. Obviously, Kunya got that assist off the bench. But yeah, six points between Van Dyckfo and Eckertico, so that was bit of disaster. And Captain Harlan Blank, but yeah,

all things are considered, like, I can't complain to get a green arrow. Yeah. How did you get on? Yeah, I mean, I got 40, so a little bit less than yours. I was really supportive of Ekatike. He was the main one. Obviously, held him through that, that injury scare he had, really hoping for returns against Burnley, didn't get them, just two points of him. But I was cursing,

because I switched the captaincy from Ekateke to Harland, watched him blank against Manu and thought, oh, now it's going to be a bit weird. If Ekatek does well, I'm going to be a bit annoyed because he's not my captain, but in the end, two points. I mean, it was a pretty, I think most people had a pretty mere game week this week. I think if you've got around 35, 45 points, you're probably pretty happy, right? I'm not seeing too many big scores out there. No, and I've seen quite a few bench disasters as well. So if you're listening, you've benched some points, then you're definitely not alone, you know, like Tarkoski and doggy. Should we talk about the Manchester Derby first? Because that was crazy

game to start the game, wasn't it? Carick's then you're definitely not alone, you know, like Tarkovsky and Dorgie. Should we talk about the Manchester Derby first?

Because that was crazy game to start the game, wasn't it? Carrick's first game. Couldn't have gone much better, really, could it? I think genuinely might have been Man United's best performance of the season. So, I don't know, new manager bounce, or do you reckon like Carrick's going to bring a new lease of life to United? What did you think of the game?

Well, I thought it was the best I've seen, Manu play in years, probably. It was back to

like when they had Solshar in as interim and they were playing this really exciting

brand of football. I think they were helped by the fact Man City's backline was just ravaged

by illness and injury and they just look completely unsettled from pretty much the

first minute. But I thought, man, you were great. It was just a perfect storm, isn't it? It had all

their players back from Afcon. They, you know, they put Bruno in the 10 and they just, yeah, they were

just absolutely dominant. I'm not sure they're going to have the same amount of dominance away at Arsenal.

But yeah, I think if we're looking at Manchester United players from 24, I think, you know,

that's the perfect time to invest, surely. Oh, yeah. I'm looking at Selimphoden in 24 to Bruno.

It just feels like a fairly obvious move. 62 chances created this season by Bruno, which is 21 more than anyone else. Yeah, it's such a good Man United performance, like high intensity, like sharp passes, great finishing. I think you could say 2-0, Flat City. It was 3.81 expected goals for Man United, not 0.47 for Man City. And there was three off side goals as well. I'm not included

than that. Yeah, some interesting choices, right? Like Cunia and Cessco both benched for Carrick's first game. And it was in Bumo, straight away on his return from Afcon playing up top. He did come off at 71 minutes, but he was really impressed by him. And I think he's an interesting one if carries on playing up top especially.

Yeah, I think the problem is with Man if he carries on playing up top especially.

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