FPL Lounge

Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! The lads return to preview this midweek GW15.

With such a short turnaround from GW14, the lads assess the impact rotation could have on GW15, with some high-owned players picking up knocks/niggles, some replaced earlier than usual, and some benched in GW14. The lads also take a look at the big-name players one booking away from a ban.

The radar has the feel of Postman Pat's cat, with the Toon Army featuring heavily, including a budget 'keeper and a midfielder whose FPL ownership is rapidly increasing.

No swimming against the tide for several weeks, so the lads naturally return with not one, but two players to swim against bringing in to your team ahead of GW15 - and they're both defenders! Plenty of reliable assets have favourable fixtures, too, when weighing up who gets your captaincy, before they finish, as ever, with a little game they like to call Who the Heck is Stat?!

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Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! The lads return to preview GW14

A rarity for this season takes place with midweek Premier League games meaning 3 FPL GWs in 9 days. the lads highlight the issues this raises for you teams. It also starts the run in towards the congested Xmas fixture schedule, which has consequences for Wildcard. When added to rearranged games coz of City's Arabian adventures, it calls for some chip strategy consideration, and how to build your team towards it

Some outstanding underlying numbers, regained fitness and improved fixtures result in 3 new radar picks for the lads to consider.

Its getting real sticky out there with even more honey traps being laid out this week - again no tides to swim against. Many potential captaincy options with many good options playing at home - but can anyone challenge the usual contenders. The lads finish, as ever, with a little game they like to call Who the Heck is Stat?!

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Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! The lads return after the international break to preview GW13.

Plenty of flagged players for FPL managers to consider ahead of the GW13 deadline, so the lads remind all listeners to keep an eye on press conferences. A look ahead at the fixtures, too, before a busy Christmas schedule, sees some smaller EPL teams atop the ticker - would we see some emerging FPL assets?

Not on the radar - yet! A skinny radar features an if-fit West Ham midfielder on the mid-range, with a team mate on the fringe alongside a recent England debutant.

Honey traps again feature, with little to swim against, and the lads try to assess a pretty poor week for standout captaincy options. They finish, as ever, with a little game they like to call Who the Heck is Stat?!

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Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! The lads return to preview GW12.

As seems to be the case across the entire football landscape at the moment, VAR was a talking point for the lads this week, as well as the European midweek consequences for FPL.

Some cheap soon-to-be starters in one of the best defences in the league make their way onto the radar this week, with another cheap new starter on the fringe too. A positive turn of fixtures for a London team draws out some further options on, or just outside, the radar.

More reactionary Haaland action and big injuries means not much original to swim against again, so the lads whip out their honey traps once more. What do they believe might happen, that others perhaps wouldn't...?

Captaincy seems to have a few contenders this week before they finish, as ever, with a little game they like to call Who the Heck is Stat?!

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Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! The lads return to preview GW11.

Very few talking points this week, but the lads have a quick chat about possible rotation in the Carabao Cup, especially given some Premier League heavyweights face off against each other.

Some injury news means guaranteed minutes for a new addition to the radar's mid-range, while the fringe also has some new, budget, defensive additions with high clean sheet potential over the coming weeks.

After a bumper swimming against the tide last week, there's nothing of interest this week, so the lads try to catch each other in goals-heavy honey traps.

There's also another genuine captaincy debate before they finish, as ever, with a little game they like to call Who the Heck is Stat?!

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Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! The lads return to preview GW10.

the lads have a quick chat to start about Europe, and the potential to wildcard, but also spend some time reflecting on the passing of two giants of English football, Sir Bobby Charlton and Bill Kenwright.

The radar has a familiar feel to last week, with some minor additions and movement, including an upgrade for an in-form Ollie Watkins.

There's a bumper swimming against the tide where the lads swim against not one, but two players being heavily transferred in and out this week.

There's also a genuine captaincy debate before they finish, as ever, with a little game they like to call Who the Heck is Stat?!

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Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! The lads return refreshed after the international break to preview GW9.

After a quick chat about Beckham (the documentary *and* the man), they turn their attention to wildcard strategy and why now may be tempting for many.

Their radar is given a refresh, with a few players remaining from GW8, but also plenty of new chat and discussion, including a very appealing under-priced defender and a number of forwards with decent underlying numbers.

They swim against a defender who's had several, perhaps unjustified, price rises, before a captaincy discussion concentrated around the two most expensive assets in the game. They end, as ever, with a little game they like to call Who the Heck is Stat?!

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Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for our preview of Gameweek 8 - the last before an International break

A very similar looking radar to last week as the trends spotted then continue, but 2 midfielders and strikers who've been highly adored in these parts before are rearing their heads again too: one each for the radar and for the "anyone else" watchlist.

Someone call Winnie the Pooh as the lads are rolling out the Honey Traps again this week, with injuries and fixture swings dominating transfers and not leaving much to swim against. Can they swing low sweet chariot??

STOP THE PRESS... Captaincy is an actual conversation this Gameweek!! The lads of course discuss the main man Erling, but if ever there's a week to genuinely think about some other options... hear what the lads have to say. They end, as ever, with a little game they like to call Who the Heck is Stat?!

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Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for our preview of Gameweek 7.

Some potentially helpful rotation this week with the Carabao cup rather than Europe taking up the midweek games.

Many defenders remain on and join the radar this week with varying risks and opportunities which the lads discuss. Some top premium assets of FPL past are starting to catch the eye again too...

A swimming against the tide this week which seems to hugely go against popular opinion (and the data experts!), but the lads seem pretty set on going against it... spolier alert - it involves a Double Gameweeker

The lads discuss captaincy and vice captaincy - whilst realising they missed someone they'd eyed up for the radar, so do listen out! And they end, as ever, with a little game they like to call Who the Heck is Stat?!

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Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! European football returns but the lads, as ever, are focusing on FPL in this, their preview of Gameweek 6.

European rotation of course if a concern at this time of the season, but with so many injuries mounting for the Manchester clubs, how much rotation will we see? The lads feel confident that De Zerbi's Brighton will more than make up for it.

No centre of the radar again this week, but a packed mid-range and fringe, featuring a player the lads *nearly* swam against last week and a defender - yes, defender - with the 3rd best non-penalty xG in the league!

Show me the honey, bebe! Nothing to swim against this time, so the lads get sticky, before finishing with captaincy, and a little game they like to call Who The Heck Is Stat?!

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