Nico 'the icon' Semedo is back on the Podcast with James, for a laid back chat about various topics from the World of football over the last month. Topics covered include, discussion on Nico's FPL team (or lack of one!) and advice on players who get engaged, Nigeria's exit from World Cup qualification, Ibrahima Konate's performances, if the UK medi…

Ahead of tonight's Gameweek 14 deadline James welcomes Burnley fan Jack Toner and Crystal Palace fan Ruaidhri McLaughlin-Dowd on to Clash of the Correspondents to discuss the latest at their clubs before the two meet at Turf Moor on Wednesday. Burnley have lost four in a row and very much in the mix at the bottom of the table and there's concern at…

Suj and James discuss another eventful weekend in the Premier League, where there was largely success for Free Hitters (including Suj) but disappointment for Erling Haaland Triple Captainers, and James' Wildcard also went okay. But what's perhaps more important is what's next and a big theme around Suj and James' discussion is who might get rotated…

On the Weekender this week with David and James discussion features: *Everton's win at Manchester United *Newcastle and Manchester City's Champions League defeats *Chelsea's victory against Barcelona *Are Arsenal the best team in Europe currently? *Tottenham's improved showing despite defeat in Paris *Liverpool's defeat to PSV and if time should be…

On James' live stream this afternoon following his return from defeat in Paris, conversation includes, Liverpool's latest shocker and if the players have thrown in the towel, if Arsenal are Europe's best team currently and lots on FPL with James currently on Wildcard and many deliberating Wildcard versus Triple Captain this week... Tomorrow on Plan…

On Clash of the Correspondents, James welcomes Aston Villa fan Lee Jackson and Wolves fan Bradley Parker to discuss the latest at their club ahead of Sunday's meeting at Villa Park. It's 6 wins in 7 for Villa and they are now bang in form and will expect another victory at the weekend. Morgan Rogers will be popular for Free Hitters this week but wh…

Tottenham are shocking at home, Fulham shocking away. Something has to give this weekend at White Hart Lane. Ahead of the game James welcomes Tottenham fan Ricky Saunders and Fulham fan Lewis James to discuss the latest at their clubs. Tottenham haven't won at home since the opening day in the Premier League and lost woefully at rivals Arsenal. How…

It's a Gameweek Review debut for David Hunter as he joins James, but the timing could hardly have been worse as David's Liverpool were humbled 3-0 at Anfield by Nottingham Forest. Still, David can share his pain with James who watched on from The Emirates as Tottenham were destroyed at The Emirates with Eberechi Eze scoring a hat-trick. The pain, i…

It's an important one for FPL managers on Clash of the Correspondents as James welcomes Brighton fan Sam Murray and Brentford fan Tom Medd to discuss the latest at their clubs ahead of attractive long-term fixture runs and tomorrow's meeting at The Amex. Verbruggen v Kelleher...? Van Hecke v Van Den Berg...? Minteh v Ouattara...? Welbeck v Thiago..…

On the Weekender this week with David and James discussion features: * Scotland 4-2 Denmark * World Cup Qualifying round-up * The rise in home wins in the Premier League * Arsenal v Tottenham tactical previrew * GW12 Free Hit Drafts * GW12 Wildcard Drafts Today on Patreon: Money in Football (IT+) & Talking Tactics (AT) The full Planet FPL schedule …

It's yellow and amber central on the FPL website currently with several key and template players flagged. James offers solutions and some calm on his live stream today. There's also coverage of captaincy for the weekend, benching dilemmas, players on radar and considering the short-term when it comes to considering attacking options. Plus, discussi…

On the Clayton and James Show... *Clayton's trip to See Atletico Ottawa and the 'icycle kick' *Antoine Semenyo's release clause *Albania 0-2 England *Greece 3-2 Scotland *Hungary 2-3 Republic of Ireland *OTD: France 1-1 Republic of Ireland (2009) - The Thierry Henry handball incident https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4RMSY5S9BA Tomorrow on Planet FP…

James welcome content creator and Planet FPL Patreon Harry Daniels who has well in excess of 200,000 subscribers on YouTube and a remarkable FPL history with five consecutive finishes all inside the top 10,000! How does Harry keep doing so well in FPL? There's discussion on his play style and why 'playing it safe' works well for him. Plus Gabriel i…

On the Weekender this week with David and James discussion features: * Ireland 2-0 Portugal * England 2-0 Serbia * World Cup Qualifying round-up * Fulham and speculation around Marco Silva's future * Harvey Elliott's lack of minutes at Aston Villa * Wolves v Crystal Palace tactics preview * And 10 FPL dilemmas. Player A vs Player B Today on Patreon…

On The Fan View James has a catch up with last season's relegated Correspondents, Ipswich fan Paul Gaught-Allen, Leicester fan Sam Martin & Southampton fan Matt Samuel to find out what's been going on at their clubs since they went down, and none have particularly lit The Championship up, yet. There's discussion on the managers, with Ipswich fearfu…

On the second Clash of the Correspondents of the week James is joined by Newcastle United fan Simon Bibby and Manchester City fan Jonny Pringle to discuss all the latest at their clubs ahead of the GW12 meeting at St James's Park. And Newcastle are probably delighted that is having only picked up 12 points so far this season and much of that owes t…

On Clash of the Correspondents, James is joined by Manchester United fan Alex Trembath and Everton fan Sean Norton to discuss the latest at their clubs ahead of the GW12 meeting at Old Trafford. United's form and results have been improving, they are now five unbeaten and talk about Ruben Amorim's future has dissipated. Everton meanwhile performed …

Suj and James discuss all the football and FPL consequences from Gameweek 11 where for many there was difficulty to find points as once again many template selections failed to deliver. There's a Wildcard active, but is it Suj or James that's seen enough of their underperforming stars? Much of the theme of this Podcast is a search for players to pi…

On the Weekender this week with David and James discussion features: * Sunderland 1-1 Everton * Wolves sack Pereira and what's next * Round-up of English sides in Europe this week * Man City v Liverpool tactical preview * Free Hit & Wildcard Drafts for GW11 Tomorrow on Planet FPL: James presents the GW11 Deadline Stream, in partnership with FPL Tea…

On Clash of the Correspondents, James is joined by Sunderland fan Spencer Barrowman and Arsenal fan Adam Pritchard to discuss both sides brilliant start to the season, upcoming expectations and the FPL assets we should be considering from both. Will Arsenal ever concede again? They will of course but three goals conceded in 16 games this season and…

On James live stream today the players of interest for those who want to Wildcard in GW13 is looking less and less appealing, will Liverpool assets be wanted because they play for Liverpool rather than actually being good assets? And does similar apply to players at Manchester City and others? Plus, Mikel Merino possibly offers a short term option …

Nico 'the icon' Semedo is back on the Podcast with James, for a laid vack chat about various topics from the World of football over the last month. Topics covered include, discussion on Nico's FPL team and his search for a football team to support, Djed Spence and Micky Van De Ven blanking Thomas Frank, controversy in African World Cup qualificatio…

The Mayor of FPL Tom Campbell guest hosts the Gameweek Review Podcast this week with James to discuss the fallout from the 9 games played in Gameweek 10, and it featured some shocking performances, none worse than James' Tottenham who limply lost to Chelsea. Newcastle can also lay claim to a shocker as they were beaten at West Ham yesterday, whilst…

On the Weekender this week with David and James discussion features: * Brendan Rogers departure from Celtic * Carabao Cup round-up including defeats for Liverpool and Tottenham * Could Crystal Palace's victory now cause blanks and double pre Christmas? * Enzo Maresca admitting to not expecting Sunderland to play a back five at Chelsea * Sunderland …

On James' live stream, lots of FPL dilemmas covered ahead of Saturday's Gameweek 10 deadline, including Crystal Palace players are on agenda with Daniel Munoz, Ismaila Sarr and Jean-Philippe Mateta all appearing popular. Plus, the potential monster who some want to sell but may want to get back, advice for Viktor Gyokeres and Joao Pedro owners, Tri…

On Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Liverpool fan Dan Lord and Aston Villa fan Lee Jackson their teams and both are in very different form. When Lee last guested on CotC, Villa were winless. Four consecutive wins have followed including Sunday's victory against Manchester City. In the same period, Liverpool have remarkably lost all of…

On the Clayton and James Show... *Discussion on Clayton's FPL team *Increase in direct football and long throws in the Premier League *Inconvenience to fans of fixture movements *Euro Focus: Swedish title winners Mjallby *OTD: Chelsea 2-3 Manchester United (2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6MbeYRgWA4 Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Clash of the Corre…

A good week to have a bad week? Probably. But for FPL managers who started any of Joe Rodon, Bryan Mbeumo or 23 point scoring Micky Van De Ven it was probably a good week. Suj and James even managed to sell one of the few other popular players who hit a double digit return, in Pedro Porro, who assisted one of Van De Ven's two in Tottenham's 3-0 win…

On the Weekender this week with David and James discussion features: * Brentford and their win at West Ham * Liverpool's week * Round-up of English clubs in Europe * Nottingham Forest & the Sean Dyche appointment * Manchester United v Brighton preview * GW9 Free Hit Drafts * GW9 Wildcard Drafts Later on Planet FPL: James presents the GW9 Deadline S…

On James' live stream following his trip to Monaco to see another lacklustre Tottenham display the majority of questions focus on FPL dilemmas for GW9. There's coverage on flipping Gyokeres to Saka, other Arsenal assets, Enzo Fernandez, the big upcoming appeal of Crystal Palace's assets, benching dilemmas, cheap defenders, captaincy and lots more..…

It's another battle at the bottom on Clash of the Correspondents as James is joined by Leeds United fan Ed Salinger and West Ham United fan Chris Stone to discuss the latest at their clubs ahead of the Friday night game at Elland Road. For Leeds, there have been positives and negatives so far and they are currently above Friday night's opponents, b…

On the first of two Clash of the Correspondents focusing towards the bottom of the table this week, James is joined by Wolves fan Bradley Parker and Burnley fan Jack Toner to discuss matters at their club ahead of what already feels like a 6-pointer at Molineux on Saturday. Wolves remain winless and on only two points following defeat at Sunderland…

Suj and James review all the action from Gameweek 8 which included some extraodinary individual showings as Erling Haaland recorded another brace, Jean-Philippe Mateta scoring a hat-trick but underperforming (!) his xG on the day and Cody Gakpo scored, hit the woodwork three times and missed a sitter. Those Gakpo misses were in a rare Anfield Liver…

On the Weekender this week with David and James discussion features: * Wales' defeat to Belgium * England's victory in Latvia * World Cup Qualifiers round-up * Jordan Pickford's new contract & Everton 'beef' with Lee Dixon * Burnley v Leeds preview * GW8 Free Hit Drafts * GW8 Wildcard Drafts Tomorrow on Planet FPL: James presents The GW8 Deadline s…

On Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Nottingham Forest fan Mark Sutherns and Chelsea fan Gary Mantle to discuss the latest at their clubs ahead of Saturday's lunchtime meeting between the two clubs at The City Ground. Ange Postecoglu is still Forest manager despite speculation he may be removed having won none of his seven games in cha…

On James' live stream today topics covered include the worries for those on Bench Boost this week, whether players like Bruno Fernandes should be sacrificed to make money, Iliman Ndiaye owners considering selling, a number of transfers that look like they could wait a week, leaving money in the bank, some naughty benching dilemmas, thoughts on Engl…

David & James Pod in search of answering whether anyone can ever repeat Leicester City's remarkable success when they won the Premier League ten seasons ago in the 2015/16 season? There's reflection of Leicester's title success and memories from it and reasons behind their successes, including their style and some of the statistics behind the trium…

Suj and James take the opportunity of the second International break to discuss learnings from the small sample of data learnings from the season so far with conversation featuring DEFCONs, talismen, over and underperformers. Defensive contributions (DEFCONs) is still in its infancy of many FPL managers mind and there's a look at teams DEFCONs accu…

On the Weekender this week with David and James: *What's wrong with Liverpool *Russel Martin's sacking at Rangers *Scotland's victory against Greece *Round-up of the state of playing in World Cup qualifying around the World *England's victory against Wales *Tuchel's comments about 'silent' Wembley Today on Patreon: World Cup XI Challenge with David…

On James live stream this afternoon, lots of FPL discussion, include the need to wait on after the internationals for Enzo Fernandez, several Arsenal assets, mid priced midfielders, frustrations on Bruno Fernandes, when we might see the best of Alexander Isak and lots more including too much football continued... Tomorrow on Planet FPL: The Weekend…

On Clash of the Correspondents, James is joined by Brighton fan Sam Murray and Newcastle fan Simon Bibby to discuss the latest at their clubs and all the FPL assets from both ahead of their GW8 meeting at The Amex. Brighton remain very Jekyll and Hyde, two wins from seven, and WITH those victories coming against Chelsea and Manchester City seems to…

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It was a week that begun with Antoine Semenyo hauling again and finished with another goal for Erling Haaland, but the final card for many reads could've done better and that's the case for both Suj and James on the Gameweek 7 Review. Liverpool lost again with another blank for Mohamed Salah in their late defeat at Chelsea which means Arsenal, vict…

Suj stands in for David this week on The Weekender with James and it's been a busy week for his club West Ham. On the Pod...*Potter's departure *The appointment of Nuno *Everton 1-1 West Ham *Arsenal v West Ham preview *Round-up of the English clubs in Europe *Could Ange be done at Forest already!? *GW7 Free Hit Drafts *GW7 Wildcard Drafts Later on…

A brand new monthly format as Planet FPL's very own editor and social media manager Nico (the icon) Semedo joins James for a discussion on various football topics that Nico thinks should have been covered recently on the Podcasts, that were missed. Conversation includes Nico's FPL team, players taking their shirt off, Axel Disasi and Raheem Sterlin…

On this week's Clash of the Correspondents, James is joined by Everton fan Sean Norton and Crystal Palace fan Ruaidhri McLaughlin-Dowd to preview Sunday's meeting between the clubs in GW7. There's discussion on Everton's disappointing draw with West Ham on Monday and The Toffees start to the season with concern aboutr creativity and goalscoring rai…

On James' live stream this afternoon, the usual coverage of FPL questions includes Arsenal assets, the big 2, underperformers who may do well soon, bench boosts and rotation risks. Plus, there's discussion on some of the Premier League's managers, why Tottenham may struggle in 'easier' fixtures, DEFCONs lowering the pool of defensive FPL options an…

Suj and James review the weekend of Gameweek 6 where many who Wildcarded and those who used the Triple Captaincy had success... spare a thought for those who don't own Erling Haaland... because it was another week where for many returns were difficult to come by. All the games discussed, including Arsenal's late and deserved win at Newcastle and it…

On The Weekender with David and James... *Betis 2-2 Nottingham Forest *Aston Villa 1-0 Bologna *FIFA potentially suspending Israel *Proposed 64 team World Cup *Carabao Cup round-up *Tottenham v Wolves preview *GW6 Free Hit Drafts *GW6 Wildcard Drafts Tomorrow on Planet FPL: The GW6 Deadline Stream,. James presents, in partnership with FPL Team, liv…

On Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Aston Villa fan Lee Jackson and Fulham fan Lewis James to discuss the latest at their clubs ahead of Sunday's GW6 meeting at Villa Park. And there's only one place to start, what is going on at Villa!? With only one goal scored, no wins, and Sunday's limp draw at ten man Sunderland the most recent r…