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S6 Ep35: FPL Pod: Eyes ahead to big Blank Gameweek

FPL Pod

Premier League

Sports, Fantasy Sports

4.6749 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Off the back of a Blank Gameweek in 26, we’ve had an even tougher one confirmed following FA Cup results as just eight teams will play in GW29 ❌😬

Kelly Somers and the FPL Pod team discuss the best options for navigating some upcoming tricky Gameweeks as well as the potential chip strategies for the run-in.

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* Blank GW26 reaction (01m 16s)
* FA Cup impact on GW29 (12m 18s)
* Saving Chips for Doubles (18m 46s)
* Bye, bye Estupinan? (26m 43s)
* Man City midfielders (28m 22s)
* Captaincy for GW27 (42m 46s)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

We survived Blank Game Week 26 and now we're trying to plan for 29.

0:05.2

Before then, we play hold or sell.

0:07.1

We'll give you top targets for 27 and for some reason this week there are more arguments than ever.

0:17.7

Hello, welcome back to the FPL pod.

0:20.4

It's Thursday. Ian Irving is already shaking his head at me. Ian, is that in reflection to the game week that was?

0:26.7

No, I quite enjoyed the game week, to be honest. It was more the shambles that was starting this recording that was shaking my head out, to be honest, but we're here now.

0:34.5

Yes, we are also all here just about myself, Kelly Summers, Sam Bonfield,

0:39.1

Julianneuron, and as I said, Ian, is back with this this week as well. We've had Sam, who's in Orlando,

0:44.3

we've had her husband Lee trying to go get ready to go to go to go to gym in the background.

0:47.5

We've had my partner bringing in my little girl, moaning that he doesn't have the things he needs to look after her for a whole hour. Yeah, it's all been very stressful. Let's

0:54.3

now focus on FPL for once. Jules hasn't been the problem on this pod, have you, Jules?

0:58.8

I was even second after Sam. I'm waiting for you and Ian to be ready eventually.

1:04.2

It's chaos. This podcast is chaos. There's a little insight into behind the scenes,

1:08.4

but let's focus on FPL because that's the reason I think people do tune in.

1:11.5

Sam, hope you having a lovely holiday.

1:12.9

Don't tell us too much about that, though.

1:14.5

People can follow on Instagram if they want to.

1:16.2

Tell us about your game week.

1:17.7

Yeah, it was all right.

1:18.9

It was a difficult weekend.

1:20.7

I think we all knew that if you didn't free hit last week,

1:22.9

it was going to be a bit of a challenging game week and then to have a couple of players in my starting 11 who for whatever reason their actual managers decided to put them on the bench this week and then

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