S8 Ep5: FPL Pod: No Wildcard panic needed

FPL Pod

Premier League

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4.6 • 749 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

One Gameweek into the new season and FPL managers are already trying to rip up their teams and start again 😱⚽️😱

So Kelly Somers and the FPL Pod team are here to reassure you there’s no need to panic just yet, as they discuss Chelsea players, forward options, and debate the best captaincy picks

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* Don’t panic (08m 10s)
* Chelsea conundrum (16m 09s)
* Waiting for Watkins returns (21m 50s)
* Considering Etikeke (26m 46s)
* Differential of the Week (29m 45s)
* Transfers and captaincy (37m 56s)

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0:00.0	One game week down and the message is simply don't panic.
0:05.2	We analyse Chelsea's readiness, hover over Harlan transfers and debate a rather tricky week for the captaincy.
0:17.2	So we have lift off the FPL and Premier League season is underway.
0:21.9	Game week one has been and gone.
0:24.8	I think I'm just about feeling all right about it.
0:27.1	Kelly Summers back with you alongside the usual FPL pod team of Sam Bonfield and Julian
0:31.8	Naran.
0:32.4	So firstly, Sam, your review of your first game week.
0:36.0	Are you happy?
0:40.1	Are we ever happy? Actually, stupid question.
0:44.6	I'm never really happy. Unless I'd hit 100 club, I don't think I would have been happy. To be honest,
0:51.1	girls, I was so happy on Friday and Saturday. And I was like, yes, this is all going so well until Manchester City, because I'd taken out Rinders just ahead of the deadline.
0:57.7	And I'm so frustrated with myself. This is why you shouldn't listen to other people and let them
1:02.7	get in your head because I'd had a number of conversations on Friday. Have I not taught you that?
1:06.9	I know, I know. The worst thing about it was, the person I listened to has got Rinders in his team. And I was just like, are you joking? I was just like, I felt like it was a bit risky having a couple of Man City assets. Plus, we'd heard obviously that Roderie had travelled and I was a bit like, oh, I don't really know what this means for Manchester City. And then I fancied having somebody in the Monday night game because, you know, it's always nice to have somebody in the Monday night game. Gives you hope if everything else has gone terribly over the course of the weekend. So I went for Gsby Hall instead. But actually, you know, on reflection, Friday and Saturday were decent. The Cudas pick, obviously, coming in trumps, and that made me very happy,
1:45.2	as did Van de Van. So I ended up on 55. I think as it goes, I'm relatively happy. I think you can't
1:54.3	win FPL on Game Week 1, right? So let's just be not too far behind. That's kind of the way I look at it.
2:00.5	And yeah, I think I'm
2:01.9	all right. So you got 55. I got 54, which is exactly average. So you're just above average.
2:08.0	That's good news. And Jules, I think you were a point behind us. Oh no, sorry. You're five points
2:13.2	behind. Already trailing behind. 49. How was your game week? I was not happy.
2:18.3	I knew Holland would score.
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