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FPL Pod

S6 Ep4: FPL Pod: Time for Gameweek 1!

FPL Pod

Premier League

Sports, Fantasy Sports

4.6 β€’ 749 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The wait is over. The new season is here. Kelly Somers and her FPL Pod team are back to bring you all the info ahead of Gameweek 1.

They chat Arsenal triple-up, Man Utd options, and offer some intriguing season predictions.

Note this episode was recorded before the reports of Spurs agreeing a fee for Harry Kane.

LISTEN πŸ‘‡

  • Man City headache (3m 30s)
  • Backing Arsenal (8m 59s)
  • Man Utd selections (19m 20s)
  • Season predictions (31m 21s)
  • Team drafts (36m 01s)
  • Captaincy (40m 30s)
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, guys, Kelly here. Sorry to interrupt your listening already, but we just wanted to give you a heads up that this pod typically was recorded before the reports of Spurs agreeing a fee with Byr Munich for Harry Kane broke.

0:11.6

And that's why we don't mention it and also why Sam is still so happy.

0:15.1

Anyway, on with the pod.

0:17.5

FPL is back to how ready are you for the attack?

0:20.6

We focus in on Arsenal and City, reveal our predictions and our drafts, and join me on the roller coaster of the final few hours before the deadline as I make some live transfers during the pod.

0:34.0

So here we go.

0:35.0

The new season is almost upon us.

0:37.2

This is the fourth and final preview pod ahead of the 23-24 FPL campaign. So hopefully those teams are almost, if not already, complete. Don't worry if it's not. Mine isn't either. Kelly Summers back with you back in the UK to make sure I don't miss a thing. Joining Sam. Sam, we're back here flying the flag,

0:55.4

getting ready. Yeah, you brought the sunny weather with you as well. It's really nice now.

0:59.2

It is indeed. Julian Loron is still out there, still navigating the fun of the middle of the night

1:04.1

deadline and middle of night football games. Trust me, I watched Watford at midnight last Saturday,

1:08.4

Jules. That isn't going to be fun for you. No, you're right, Kelly.

1:11.4

Hi, everyone.

1:12.3

I think the Arsenal game is at 11.30 at night.

1:15.4

The PSG game is at 5 a.m.

1:16.9

The following day, so I'll try to sleep a little bit in between.

1:20.6

And then when I checked the team before the show, preparing everything,

1:23.5

and I looked at the deadline, I'd forgotten I was over here. I said like 3.30 a.m. I was like, what? When on the 12? I was like, yeah, I'm still not getting my head around it completely.

1:32.6

I'm going to say kudos. I know we actually have lots of listeners in Australia and in those parts

1:36.6

of the world. Kudos to everyone that does get up, do their teams and watch it because I tweeted

1:41.3

moaning a little bit about staying up till midnight to watch Watford.

1:44.3

And people are saying, you don't know what it's like when it's a later kickoff.

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