Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! The lads are back to preview GW30.

Shortened pod this week after the lads return from a stag do, and with a Tuesday deadline after FA Cup QF weekend, there's much to talk about!

The shape of the rest of the FPL season, while not confirmed, far clearer than it was ahead of GW29, with the FA Cup semi-finalists confirmed and likely resulting in 4 teams blanking in GW34, and 4 teams doubling in GW33. The lads run through what that, and an injury to Erling Haaland, now mean for the game.

Crystal Palace are going to be very popular in FPL from now until the end of the season , with three possible doubles (and two possible blanks) between now and the end of the season. With that in mind, two Eagles feature on the centre of the radar, with an additional one on the mid-range. The lads also include a City asset with upside, and doubling defenders.

In a shortened pod they skip straight to captaincy, where they assess whether Marmoush and Mateta, playing two of the worst sides in the league this season, can rival Mo Salah's captaincy supremecy.

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