S4 Ep22: Should you resist playing your free hit?
FPL Pod
Premier League
4.6 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
On this episode; how to navigate the reduced gameweek? Is Kevin De Bruyne too expensive to be investing in despite his return? Should managers be moving on from Tino Livramento? Which Arsenal assets could be strong differentials?
• Intro (00m 28s)
• Should you resist playing your free hit? (6m 43s)
• Gameweek 18 fixtures (20m 09s)
• The longview (33m 46s)
• Transfers & Captains (36m 59s)
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| 0:00.0 | From the Premier League, it's the official fantasy Premier League podcast. |
| 0:12.4 | Is it Katie Backer's City Slicker score 7? |
| 0:16.0 | And just how do we manage the reduced game week? |
| 0:18.1 | All that and more on this week's official fantasy Premier League podcast. |
| 0:27.1 | Hello again, no rest for the Wicked. Your third FPL deadline in just over a week is around the corner. |
| 0:33.2 | Seven fixtures to reflect on from Game Week 17. Game week 18 will see five take place, but our panel are at full strength. So welcome along to French football expert and journalist Julian Loron. |
| 0:44.0 | Hi, Kelly. Hi, everyone. And a big hello to Pundit Sam Parkin. Morning, Kelly. And half of FPL family who like me had a late night last night doing the FPL show as well, Lee Bonfield. |
| 0:54.6 | Good morning, Kelly. Hi, everyone. |
| 0:55.9 | Good morning, Lee. Thank you for getting up bright and early with us. Let's start with the recap of Game |
| 1:01.1 | Week 17. Their Man City put seven past leads with four of the game week's top six scorers coming |
| 1:06.9 | from Pep Guardiola's side, Kevin DeBreiner leading the weight with 16 points, |
| 1:11.3 | where the most-owned midfield of Bernardo Silver scored just one points coming off early. |
| 1:16.6 | The second most transferred-in player of the game week was Ollie Watkins. |
| 1:19.7 | He justified his transfers in by bagging a goal and assists at Norwich. |
| 1:24.0 | West Ham and Mikhail Antonio failed to score again, helping Arsenal's Aaron Ramsdale and their defence to another clean sheet. |
| 1:30.9 | I know Jules enjoyed that one. Amil Smith Row came on and scored to seal a 2-0 win. Liverpool came from behind to beat Newcastle 3-1, thanks to Mo Salah, Diogo Jotter and Trent Alexander Arnold, whilst Chelsea and Everton drew 1-1 with Mason Mount returning |
| 1:44.6 | for the fourth game week in a row. No clean sheet though, but an assist and maximum bonus points |
| 1:50.3 | for Rhys James. On to our panels then, Julian, you took a four-point here, but actually worked |
| 1:55.8 | up pretty well, didn't that? Yeah, Kelly, 65 points. I put only Watkinson, because as we said, the fixture list is good for Vila. |
| 2:03.3 | And also, I was at the Liverpool game, which they lost and he was not a very good game. |
| 2:06.7 | But he looked really sharp, to be fair. |
| 2:09.8 | And I think with a bit more of an attacking tactics and strategy from Stephen Gerard, at Liverpool, |
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