We’re in for a Sunday night edition this week and this time – as we’re in international break, Sam’s on holiday and Tom’s about to go too – Tom take the opportunity to catch up with the very first WGTA cohost, Nick!

We haven’t got much of an agenda in this fireside chat which mostly covers discussion on how FPL has evolved in the 9+ years since we founded WGTA, how our games have changed (especially with the advent of algorithmic, analytical FPL) and observations about how the game may continue to grow. Plus a bit of chatter about how we’re doing this season.

Normal service is resumed Tuesday 9th.

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It’s not been the best start for us. But why? Time for a quick examination to see if we’ve just been plain unlucky or if we feel like we’ve got it totally wrong as the early couple of weeks bring nothing but below average scoring to kick off this week’s show.

Then, it’s onto form vs fixtures: are we losing faith too soon in some, while jumping onto others when they could merely be a flash in the pan?

Plus the one week punt update and a discussion on captaincy where this week seems an uncertain, split pin week.

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After a rather lackluster opening weekend, we’re glad to be given the chance to talk out our various grievances this week as a lot of sliding doors moments deprive us of a fire start.

In form vs fixture, we look at the three key risers this week – Reijnders, Semenyo and Wood – to ask if the early reactions merit an early purchase, plus look at other options out there given what we’ve seen… knowing it’s just been one week.

Also an update on the one week punt and also best captain for the week ahead, before we spend time analysing potential moves for our own sides.

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In our final preseason pod, we take in the final friendlies and community shield to see what we've learned - and what outstanding questions we're hoping get answered in the time left.

Then we update on the pod this year - how we're approaching it, and start the One Pick Punt competition as well as making our season long Bold Claims.

 Finally - our teams. Obviously there's still time to go, but we'll run through what's changed and why from the extra pod last week and how we're likely to set up ahead of the deadline - and this start of the 25/26 campaign.

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An extra pod from us this week as we inch ever closer to the Gameweek 1 deadline.

 We focus exclusively on our drafts, discussing how we’ve got to where we are with just over one week to go before the first deadline – making the case for, and debating, our picks and decisions including potential chips played: will a bench boost be wielded?

 Back next week for our final preseason show before the campaign kicks off.

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Sam & Tom are joined by the brilliant FPL Raptor (Ross) as part of our preseason content to discuss some of the psychological pitfalls us FPL managers face during the season – and how to tackle them.

We work through 5 key areas taking in many biases and heuristics on our journey, which hopefully will assist you in not falling into these traps throughout the 25/26 season – and beyond!

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Sam & Tom are here for our most popular preseason episode: the price pod 🤑

We give our WGTA take on the pricelist for the 25/26 season, taking in player data, our expectations and how the changes to format have influenced our thoughts on possible selections for our teams 🛡️

I'm sure we missed out lots of players - it's always a tough one getting the entire price list into one pod! - but hopefully this was insightful.

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Sam & Tom are back, coming in hot on launch day as WGTA returns for year NINE (wtaf!)

This episode, we react to the prices and talk through some early takes on what we’ve spotted as we’ve hunted through the list.

We give our views on the changes to the game this year, covering defensive contributions (defcons, of course), double chips, the contentious afcon transfer refreshing and the bonus tweaks to ask why FPL towers decided to put these in place.

Plus we reveal some very early drafts given all we’ve spoken about.

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It’s the final WGTA of the 2024/25 season, and Sam & Tom are in an introspective mood as we look through the 10 mistakes we said we WOULDN’T make at the start of the campaign… and talk through how we

Plus our season long bold claims roundup and our coveted [citation needed] end of season award as we wrap up this year’s shows!

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Have a lovely break. Back in July!

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In our penultimate pod of the season, Sam & Tom debate whether we should lean into the games with something on the line or those without any real meaning in order to spike some high scores on what’s always a goal-friendly final gameweek! 

Plus a rundown of past last days to see how many goals are normally scored, a final bold claims and a captaincy decision that may run right down to the wire.

We’ll be back next week for our season finale, but if this is your last pod – thanks so much for your support this campaign <3

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