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FPL Pod

S8 Ep12: FPL Pod: Assessing the season so far

FPL Pod

Premier League

Sports, Fantasy Sports

4.6749 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

After a bumper Gameweek 7, the international break gives us time to reflect on how the season has gone and prepare for what’s ahead 💯🙇🧐

So Kelly Somers and the FPL Pod team talk chip strategy, defensive contributions, and discuss the best players from each position.

LISTEN 👇

* Chip strategy (06m 19s)
* Fixture swing (14m 52s)
* Goalkeeper options (17m 29s)
* Defensive selections(20m 10s)
* Midfield picks (30m 15s)
* Forward thinking (35m 41s)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

No Premier League football this week, but a happy pod after a much better game week. We check in on chip strategy, big up Bournemouth, do our regular positional stock check. And the question is, will I be persuaded to finally play my wild card?

0:17.5

Well, isn't this refreshing an FPL pod where we all actually had a pretty good week?

0:22.4

It's only second what, seven or eight game weeks, but I think we're improving, would you say,

0:26.9

Jules, between us?

0:28.1

Yeah, I think that was amazing.

0:29.0

That was our best week so far, as you said.

0:31.2

You know, everybody who had plenty of, not just a green arrow, but loads of, you know, jumping

0:37.2

a lot higher in the rankings, which is great.

0:40.5

I mean, he helps when your captain does well, for example, or when some of the key players

0:45.6

do well. It could have been better, I think, for three of us, even more than the, what, 77 points

0:51.7

for me and you, Kelly's and I think 80 80 something for... 86 for Sam, yeah.

0:56.0

Yeah, but still very happy on Sunday night.

0:59.0

Yeah, everyone very happy.

1:00.0

And Sam, I imagine you, especially so, because so many returns.

1:04.0

Yeah, and big returns as well from the players that did.

1:06.0

So like, I text you to know because when Kudas did his thing, I was like, oh.

1:10.0

I knew he wouldn't

1:10.9

reply. He never replies when he's wrong about something. I'm happy for Kudus. I mean, he's goal. You know the shot he's not even on target, right? It's been coming for weeks, Charles. I'm not going to, I'm not going to, also, I've watched Spurses's games recently, more than I would have just because of work.

1:25.5

The last few games, he's been so unlucky not to return.

1:29.0

And I take it all back.

1:30.2

You know, and I think think even put the clip on social media when I said it was wrong it was a mistake bringing kudison over greelish it wasn't it was a master's stroke it was all part of the plan it was genius part of the plan you just had to be patient so you know the fact that you were is yeah good it started well, didn't it, on Friday evening with Semenio and his points.

1:45.9

Although I was a bit upset with Sinesi for not picking up the DefCon that he normally does.

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