Welcome back to this week's off-the-bench podcast from the Premier League. I'm Sam from

FPR family. Hey Sam and I'm Pras. Pras, it was a big week in FPR this week's Off the Bench podcast from the Premier League. I'm Sam from FPL family.

Hey Sam and I'm Pras.

Pras, it was a big week in FPR this week,

with many managers expecting very big things from their teams,

especially those that owned El Pedro and Cole Palmer,

who were the most transferred in ahead of Chelsea's match against Burnley.

But for Palmer's owners, it ended very much in disappointment. Game Week 28 was also the week that we passed a thousand defensive contribution returns for the season, meaning that over

2,000 defensive contribution points have now been awarded in the game. But it was really low

scoring. How was your week, Pras? It was one of those weeks where I felt like I got away

because I didn't have the aforementioned Zhao Pedro and Palmer. So going into the Burnley

game, I was a little bit nervous with just Enzo. They disappointed. And ultimately, I got 47 points,

which was just enough for a green arrow and pretty much carried by Virgil Van Dyck,

and we'll talk about him in a second. But to honour the defensive contributions, I got none

from my defender. So here's that. Do you know what? Your game sounds very similar to my because

I was in the same spot. I didn't have Jalpejo. I didn't have Karl Palmer. And I was terrified

about that Chelsea game. I just had

Enzo Fernandez, who I really wanted to sell, but you can't sell ahead of the game at home to Burnley. So I thought, well, yet one more week. But I bought him Virgil Van Dyke this week, and he did save my game week in the same way that it sounds like he did yours. I also managed to bench an essay so that was fun

for his clean sheet because I just didn't see that coming

to be honest.

42%. yours. I also managed to bench Sennesse, so that was fun for his clean sheet, because I just didn't see that coming, to be honest. Forty-two for me, it's a very, very small red, but the first red I've had in weeks now, so I was on a bit of a hot streak, and it's a bit annoying to see that little red one appear in that long list of greens. But alas, I still feel like it should have been a lot better.

The team on paper should have done a hell of a lot better than it did do. But there we are.

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