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S8 Ep39: FPL Pod: Blank Gameweek 31 nears closer

FPL Pod

Premier League

Sports, Fantasy Sports

4.6749 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

There’s just one Gameweek to go before the first Blank Gameweek of the season. With Arsenal and Man City not playing in GW31, should you sell now? 🤔

Kelly Somers and the FPL Pod team are here to help you answer that very question. As they also discuss targets for the upcoming GW30 and chip strategies following the FA Cup giving us a clearer picture of future blanks.

LISTEN 🎧
* Midweek round-up (01m 26s)
* FA Cup impact (04m 06s)
* Chip strategy (10m 35s)
* Eyes on the Blank (17m 28s)
* Gameweek 30 targets (21m 02s)
* Differentials, captains and transfers (32m 20s)

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Transcript

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0:00.0

With the FA Cup and Champions League over for the week, we discuss how things are looking in terms of blanks and fixtures confirmed, plan our potential chips, and we look at players with a good couple of fixtures with blank Game Week 31 looming.

0:17.2

I'm going to be honest, it feels like it's been a while since we've had any FPL. Welcome back, everyone. We haven't been anywhere, though. I have been with you last week. And it's Thursday, I'm going to warn you. We're actually recording on Wednesday night because, of course, this G-Play, draws us away. So, yeah, sometimes these evening records go a bit crazy. But this is going to be with you guys at the usual time. The team will have this ready for you on the Thursday afternoon. So we're going to be able to round up everything that we have seen while there hasn't been any Premier League football. Sam and Jules always here alongside me. Enjoyed our little break, Sam? Ready and rejuvenated? Yeah. You're a Spurs fan. I'm a lot of questions. I've asked. That's literally the worst thing i could have asked all season isn't it like what what was i

0:58.1

thinking yeah yeah i'm really for some maybe for some fPL again let's put it that way

1:04.4

good news is because we haven't really been targeting fPL as spurs and fpil i suppose

1:08.9

we haven't really had to talk about it and make it worse,

1:11.0

have we?

1:11.3

Jules is a lot

1:11.8

happy because PSG won

1:13.1

this evening.

1:14.1

In fact, Jules,

1:15.2

let's just go straight in,

1:16.2

shall we?

1:16.9

It has been a midweek

1:19.0

of Champions League actions,

1:20.5

so give us one of you a famous.

1:22.6

Can we call them famous?

1:23.4

Famous Roundups. Six English clubs we had in this first leg of the last 16 in the Champions League and zero win.

1:33.1

Six games, zero win, two draws.

1:34.8

You love that as well, don't you?

1:36.3

No, I'm just not sure.

1:37.6

I say what he says about our beloved Premier League or not, there's still the second legs next week,

1:44.6

so a lot of things can change and happen.

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