S5 Ep42: FPL Pod: Newcastle and Brighton picks with Alistair Bruce-Ball

FPL Pod

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4.6 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The FPL Pod team look ahead to Double Gameweek 36, with crucial decisions to be made on which Newcastle and Brighton players you could think about bringing into your team. With Gameweeks running out, there’s some big calls to consider: Joelinton or Joe Willock in midfield? Alexander Isak or Callum Wilson (or both) up front? Which Brighton midfielder will get regular minutes?

To help navigate these dilemmas, broadcaster and fellow FPL podcast host Alistair Bruce-Ball joins Kelly Somers and the team to discuss which single Gameweek choices might also pay dividends for managers.

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Newcastle midfielders (12m 58s)
Newcastle forwards (16m 24s)
Brighton defenders (26m 8s)
Brighton midfielders (31m 02s)
Single Gameweek picks (38m 37s)
Captain picks (43m 44s)

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0:00.0	It's another double game week and hopefully this time it'll be a little more successful.
0:05.6	Are you swooping for seagulls or magpies?
0:08.1	Who should you move in for March?
0:09.8	And don't sleep on single game weekers, especially at Liverpool.
0:18.5	Hello, welcome along to the FPL pod.
0:20.7	I'm not sure about you, but it's Thursday when we're recording this. And I've just about got over double game week 35. The game week that promised so much, but let's be honest, it delivered so very little. I'll go first. Hands up. I got 36 points. San Bonfield, what did you get?
0:38.6	41.
0:39.9	Oh, show off.
0:41.8	It was red all week, all weekend. I was like, oh, no, this is a disaster. And then
0:47.5	Alexis McAllister. Oh, he's back, he means. He popped up with that consolation goal that turn my arrow from a quite significant red to a really reasonable green.
1:00.1	I think I want up 10K in overall rank.
1:02.5	So, yeah, thank you, Alexis McAllister.
1:04.6	I am forever in your debt.
1:06.4	I did think of you when he scored that goal.
1:08.8	And I thought, that's Sam beating me once again. Jules,
1:11.9	come on. What was your score? 35 similar week to you, Kelly, where nothing really worked,
1:17.2	including Jason Stee to go minus two. I mean, come on. Minutes two. I was fuming watching that
1:23.4	game. Yes, I know a lot of people felt your pain in that one. And with Brighton in general,
1:27.6	no one saw that scoreline against Everton coming, I don't think. But let's park that and crack on
1:32.8	with our Game Week 36 preview. And to do that, we need the help of our guest. He's presenter of
1:37.8	another hugely successful FPL pod, Fantasy 606 from the BBC. He's also one of their main
1:43.7	commentators. And he is someone I regularly
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