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Ask James | Thursday September 10th | Planet FPL 2026/27

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On James live stream today conversation includes the fear over not having the right Chelsea assets after The Blues scored six second half goals against Leeds last night that included Cole Palmer scoring twice and four (FPL) assists from Morgan Rogers. Joao Pedro was given the night off. But there are others in demand too including Arsenal defenders and Liverpool attackers. Plus Free Hit versus Wildcard, why James is (as is stands) likely to neither, weekend captaincy, benching dilemmas, selling players that perhaps should be held on to and lots more... Tomorrow on Planet FPL: The Weekender ep.47 Today on Patreon: Premier League YEars 1994/95 Quiz (IT+) & James Plays (AT) The full Planet FPL schedule for this week can be found via this post: https://www.patreon.com/planetfpl/posts/content-schedule-168809418 Want to become a member of our FPL community and support the Podcast?  Join us on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/planetfpl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow James on Twitter/x: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/PlanetFPLPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Suj on Twitter/x: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/sujanshah⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow Clayton on Twitter/x: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/claytsAFC⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow David on Twitter/x: https://x.com/PlanetFPLHunter Follow Nico on Twitter/x: https://twitter.com/nico_semedo Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@PlanetFPL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Like us on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/planetfpl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/planetfpl⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Planet FPL - The Fantasy Football PodcastAsk James | Thursday September 10th | Planet FPL 2026/27. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network. I have nothing against buying cons from Rodgers, I can't give you good reasons not to buy those players. Hello everybody, my name is James and for the benefit of those listening back to the audio, you're listening to our James, my regular YouTube live stream, where welcome questions from the YouTube community on anything, football or fantasy related, it's just gone past 12.30 pm UK time on Thursday September the 10th. As per usual, I'll be answering questions in order of submission, repeat slash similar questions may well be skipped if you're watching live or on repeat on YouTube. Smash the like, hit the sub button, audio listeners, a five-star review, really does go a long way. I've got nothing specific to go through at the start, so I'll just get into the questions and I'll

cover them off until 1.30 pm UK time. Enties up first is hi James, can you give your opinion on the gel Pedro versus Palmer, cap se debate this week, please? Yeah, I can. It's one game of football and one will probably score more than the other. Shit that and it, but it's probably the truth. I'm a back my horse at Shell Pedro. Been very keen on him since preseason. I have to say Palmer is back on it. There is no doubt I can't see him being denial about that. He's on it. I watched the game last night. Him and Rogers, not just them too, but also net zone risk James as well, made a huge difference when they would look absolutely bang average last night Chelsea. So here's what will probably happen. One of them will probably go off and you have one will probably blank. That's probably what will happen and it's one game. So you can go either way. I'm back in gel Pedro. I think if in doubt, that might be the way to go, just in the sense of the ownership aspect of it. That's not why I'm

making my decision. I mean, I'm going to own gel Pedro and unless I decide to free hit, which is now I'm probably not going to do. Then I won't own Palmer. So it makes it straightforward for me. If I did free here, I'd be loaded free hit and move it from gel Pedro to Palmer. So plan for me this week was always gel Pedro. He hasn't given me any reason to want to back against it. It's just a case, obviously, the likes of Palmer and his sack. Also obviously really putting their hands up. I'll be on gel Pedro. So adash and says hello James. I have to bench one of Cherokee Visahole. With one free transfer, which these two would you start as I'm already starting Holland and Shabosh time and free Chelsea attackers smash it all. It means the like. I mean, I didn't think we're going to mention it. I'm Chelsea players made for clarity. Cherokee United Visaholeeds Hall at leads. I'm probably bench Lewis Hall. I'll be the chair which says hard James. What your thoughts

including Palace or it's which players on free hit and who would you pick? Neither defense has looked good. So it looks like it could be goals in that match. So PSR just comments might be quite important. So last and got a couple the other night in the car. And I got the vibe from his comments that and catch him might be a bit of a doubt this weekend, which would maybe bring last and back to the table. But I think where I to free hit the only player really without clarity on that would be under consideration for me is Calili. I'm right winged back for Palace. You can buy all means free hit and bench is the op or Daro Shays absolutely fine. I think probably find it up doing it. Calili would be bored alive for me. Otherwise I'd probably avoid it. Jpz is who says I make why are you personally looking to free hit slash wild card and why also what are the upcoming fixture swings for different. Who's you men looking up? I don't recommend necessarily looking at different

was at the moment. I think a lot of the moves early on are template because players are performing very well. So for example, Colp harmers like, Oh, I said in preseason, you show me something. He's showing me I acknowledge it. Why am I looking to free hit a wild card? It's it's team specific. I'm as said, now last night was always going to be really important for me. I mean, I made free early moves Sunday night knowing I had the free hit in the back pocket. And essentially, my choice at the moment is do I want a free hit to put Palmer and Isak in when I'm probably not going to capture neither. I'm not sure it's enough. I'm very aware that there's every chance to kill me this week. But I think there might be better ways of looking at it. I did an apiece for advanced tier Patience yesterday looking at considerations of a different play. Should I not free here? Now, it's still needs to get through the team news tomorrow. The ad lies not to sat at the afternoon. So I'm not going to say I'm not doing it. But at the moment, I'd say it's probably 80%

also that I'm not going to free hit. Why is team specific? Isn't it? It's dependent on the players you've got. If you look at me going into this week, I generally would have just had Jail Pedro from the Chelsea Liverpool attacks. Right. I'm now probably only going into the game week, which is Jail Pedro and Morgan Rogers. There's a tag from those, but it was little things that I felt could go against me. Like, would I be doubtful about Califuri starting this weekend? That now looks like pretty clear and comfortable similar with consa. I still have good players. We've halved decent fixtures this week. Califat, Lewin is at home, Rogers and not Rogers gives white and Shade. I benched them both when they had away fixtures in game week two and they both went off. I've looked particularly great this week, but they're very capable. They don't think that there's probably is probably not enough in it for me. The main thing in seriousness that would change it all now is like a serious injury to one of my key players this weekend. And probably none more so than Jail Pedro, ironically might be like, oh, well, that's going to flip the captain.

Who am I captain now, for example? So vice for me, this week is probably sitting on Harlan, for example, I genuinely think there are plenty of better options for Captain Sid and Erlin Harlan this week. FPL Borat, Cesar James, if you were on Wild Card this week, would you have all free of Rogers Jail Pedro and Palmer? Guy in my mini-league is on this and feels like he's been blinded by a hole at home. No, as in no, I don't think he's been blinded. Yes, I would. Yeah, I'd put them all in. I think I think you've set an on Wild Card at the moment. You're attacking the fixture in front of you, which looks great. There appears to be at this moment zero reasons to have free Chelsea. So to like flip that, somebody asked me what I said, it's like, well, treble Arsenal defence, like could appeal, but you are cutting yourself off of maybe have it, soccer, other guard, solace, whereas with Chelsea, you really feel like you're just putting the only free assets in there to consider it this month. I totally get in time, someone like

Marco Palescio might change that opinion, but at this moment, if you're on Wild Card, I think you'd have the urge to put free Chelsea in under the only free to pick. So yeah, I'd absolutely be going in. The thing is as well, unlike say, with the Arsenal players, there's nothing to worry about moving forward from a rotation perspective, these guys are going to play solid minutes, weekend, week out with no European football. If you step forward three, four weeks and the fixtures begin to look a bit more challenging, and actually ultimately they do straight after whole, then you can move off the one that you like the least. Rodgers isn't doing it. I need Palmer, gelpejo, jump off Rodgers to an Arsenal player, for example, so I'm exactly blinded by whole mate. It's called six goals in 45 minutes last night and look ridiculous. They look like we're going to score it real every time they went forward. And yet in the first half, the barely out of the shop. So last night would have only strengthened the opinion on those who were obviously were absent.

Gelpejo said the night off. Yeah, I if I was Wild Card in this way, I'll do it. I'll do a wild card draft on the weekend. It's my they're all forever more being it. It arguably not only would all three of them be in it, I'll give you the first three names at it. A man says, hi James, can I get your thoughts on Pedro Poros and option? I'm looking at both him and Calili as an eco a Riley replacement this week. There's a shift money around a bit before Wild Card next week. Wouldn't bother. Wouldn't bother. As in you're going to so you're going to wild card next week and game week five. I can't look at I've read those two players and think they'll definitely significantly be about an an eco a Riley this week. Let's see what mereska says tomorrow, but mereska said before they went to Porto said that you thought an eco a Riley would probably be available for the managed to Derby. So the wild card is going to enable you to shift that money around and you're going to have an extra transfer for future moves in the future, rather than all one week hunt on a defensive player. Don't get me wrong. Those would be two of the better options. And I would consider both

those players where I free hit in this week. But unless mereska says no, a Riley is not available. Or and or you don't have any cover on your bench and that can include the up as an example, like something like that. Just cover this week if he doesn't make it. He's fine mate. I wouldn't bother. Carry the transfer mate. Harry B says yes James. Some cues for free hit for what is your view on best free Liverpool after last night. If you had to have one, would you go Harland or Bruno? And would you go triple Arsenal defence or two in the attacker cheers? So the free Chelsea speaks for itself now. Issac would definitely go in. If it was me personally, I'd keep Van Dyke. I don't think and I've looked at free hit drafts this week and again I'll put one together tomorrow. As an virtual Van Dyke owner, I wouldn't want a free hit and take him out. Now if you're struggling for the money, flipping that to Jacque is fine. I still think one Liverpool defensive.

Despite the fact that Goldie conceded last night, it wasn't great. Fully with two flus and their last away game at Sunday. So I think still one defensively out. I would stick with Van Dyke personally. I don't think you need the money. I looked at drafts this week. I'd like Rhea and Gabrielle in it. It doesn't need to be Rhea and Gabrielle. Does it? That combination is like 14 million. Whereas Gabrielle on concert is like 10. Okay, so that's four million. So Van Dyke, I think the midfielder one. I think at this moment is probably between Shiboshla and verse without clarity on Cody Gap postators or obviously Bradley Bacchler. Touchwood was just cramped last night. But I think in any case, the quick turn around after that last night would mean you're not going to get in in 90 minutes. So does Ungamoa start again? I mean, it'd be question marks about the wide position. So just avoid that. So then it becomes verse versus Shiboshla. He played a right again

last night. Flowing in verse. I wonder if he's also one that's maybe going to fall into a category this year of home versus away a little bit. I think I'd probably just go Shiboshla because I'd think if he scored, there's he could get a pen and there's every chance he's double figures. So I think probably on that he's just about Shiboshla over verse. If it was like if Shiboshla is a good chance, you'll take it. Verts might have good moments and good chances are not just the back of Shiboshla. Double arsewood defense here. Conter Califira got wouldn't piss about with that. It would be fairly easy with these other assets mentioned to put Sakarin and I probably would do that. He came off with lunch when he took over last night. So I do think that's going to be a really challenging game for Arsenal actually on Saturday, but I would put him in. So again, I'll do a draft on a weekend or tomorrow, but I think you probably just had nine of it. Something bright and defensive and then something else for a pun. It's probably that. Ricky Young says, do you think Savio could be an option to do well for Spurs when the goals come? Let he might be. We've obviously had this news

now that McCylon Madrid is going to miss somewhere between four and eight weeks, which us as Tottenham fans read that and go, okay, call Christmas. Roll his ankle quite badly or something. I don't know. So that leaves us in terms of wide options. Tell Savio Kudos and Kulaszewski is nearing a return to being involved, but not going to be anywhere near starting a football match for quite some time, I would suggest. Kulaszewski is not a profile of Roberto Deserbi Winger. He summits a fact to him. Now sit on Monday's podcast that I think actually the intention was to get Mudric in this team. I'm playing ahead of tell on the left and Savio and Kudos compete on the right. Now Savio and Kudos were competing on the right. Shipmate because one's always going to replace the other with 30 to 20 minutes to go. Right. I think this Mudric injury makes me think. Certainly me as a fan. I can't speak for Deserbi, but for me as a fan, it's like, okay, look, Kudos is getting really close to

starting now. Right. Savio Scott gunner left. If he goes on the left, I don't think he's as interesting as a prospect personally. In any case, what are all these guys 6.5 or so? They're not worth that mate. If a top nomass it kind of shows its hand around game week 7 or game week 9. I suspect it will be my emotional. Next up is CHR says, hi James, I feel like palace are not included alongside Brentford Bryant and Bournemouth as club models for the non-Greedy 6 to aspire to. Similar player sales success plus more trophies are my wrong. Yeah, the reason is is because I think with the freebies, what we associate with them is their model in terms of buying players in the transfer market is really impressive. When they buy a player, we are eyes on and Palace have had success. So a lot of the as they come in from Redding, I think, no, sorry,

Alisa from Redding, As they from Queen's Park Rangers, who obviously been successful, Tant and Sav from what Fuddle though, it was like Premier League proven, but yeah, they've made some good signings, but with these B clubs, they're making signing of players that we've never heard of and they're going on to be really good, right? And for big sales, likes of Vissa, Kevin Shardy will be another at Brentford, Bryant and the repeat like Casado, McAllister, etc. Bournemouth, Rayanne, where did it come from? Sabani, House and Kirk, who are those ones for Palace? That's why I don't think they're included in that. Also, any palace fan will tell you, my friend, that they hit the end of the transfer window and essentially a panic button is getting press because they like to leave their deals still very late on. So that's why I think they're separated from the other bs, mate. Ricardo Martinez says, free freeze, is it silly while recording Game with five instead of six ahead of long break? Squad is not a disaster, but has some problems, rode on, hinsherwood, and I'd like ever a new castle full of massets. I don't know if ever a

new castle full of massets are a reason to work, or whatever would say is, you could certainly put that Josh King in in five or Garcia. I do think the full and run is very, very short. Everton, the likes of Barry, Brent Wait, Tarkovski, James Garner, if he's fear, hopefully he's after Saturday, no offense. Good longer term holds, King and Jews be whole another good example of that. Longer term holds, the new castle fixture run is longer, takes shoulder up to Game Week 10. Game Week 5, I totally agree with you is the right entry point for new castle and Everton specifically. What I would say to you is, is new castle and Everton reason enough for you to wild card? Is that your reason? Because when I wild card, I want my reasons more to be Chelsea Arsenal Liverpool, Stuff Lot Out, not new castle Everton. So just go and get him. You've got free freeze, right? Make it for for Game Week 5. And if you want to stick in Brent, wait and visit as examples,

and I want to rest your team, you're saying hinshawards an issue. So maybe you'll want to look at maybe Jews be whole as an example instead, or one of the new castle wide players feels a bit more dicey that to me personally. Then fun. Do that. Just buy a couple. I don't think road on an hinshawad injuries and I want Everton new castle doesn't feel like right to wild card. That's not a debate of five versus six because many of you and I'm not hugely keen on Game Week six, right? I realise parma is I'm not going to have either and he's beginning to look a problem. CM Punk says best 4.0 defender and wild card, Egan included. Also for fifth mid and fifth defender. 4.0 defender, 5.5 mid or 5.0 defender, 4.5 mid. I went Yokeui this week and I made that choice purely on all if I need to use it this week, I can if I want to problems. That was the number one reason why I made that choice because for me it probably just sit second-ferd sub for on-game weeks and not that bothered where

it plays or not. I know a lot of people are bothered about the minutes aspects that I'm not particularly now. 5.0 defenders, there are loads, loads, easy to make the wrong choice. I see my hammer of it should not one in last night, it's going to catch people's attention a little bit more and more. I don't think time isn't not necessarily right for leads maybe but it is it's free home games in the next four. I think if you go for that player you're looking at it is a longer term. I'm doing certain on that personally, it's not say is a bad pick, I'm just still a little bit uncertain. Defcon numbers for him look great. The 4.0 defender of 5.5 mid feels more the right way to do it to me. I think so in terms to answer your original question on the best 4.0 defender, I do think it's one of the whole players to just think the defcons will be there so ultimately if they end up in your team this is a reality here with like an e-gun or mending. I don't think we think about it like this but you won't want to see them in your team if like

they're a way to ask them in game week 10 right but the chances are that they'll return in that game with a 3.0. They'll score one on some other players in your team like if that's coming off the bench it's like he's it's what it's okay got me some 3 points, 3 points, whatever. So I have an e-gun on mending. I recommend going back to listen to a bit on clash to correspondence with Danny Monk. Donnell obviously did Chelsea if he hold this week. He'd kind of put me off e-gun a little bit towards the end of last week but brought that back around this week so it's toss a coin between the two. If you're not fussed about the point one then arguably Egan might be worth the point one more than Mending. I just a bit concerned with Mending with these minutes Danny speaks about them obviously building him up and saying like he just gets on the end of everything. I mean Egan's cape would do in that. I don't read into the fact that he didn't get it against Villa. Villa's a tour team to turn not to pick Defcon's up against seems to be my understanding. So one of them whole

got whole boys mate. CM Punx's thoughts on them Bummo versus Morgan gives white and whole versus Chal. I'm just not that sure to clean she it's going to be there for no car so it's like attacking fixtures. I agree. I would get I'll put a draft together for Wildcard tomorrow. I'm not sure rival will be in it is my V.A. And I'm not sure and Bummo or Morgan Gibbs White would be in it either. I think of the two I think is more upside in and Bummo just a bit concerned about Gibbs White might be wonder. It might be the opposite what we've said about say like Solis in terms of home V away. Palace is home record last year was dreadful. Forest home record last year was dreadful. I just know how that looks if Morgan Gibbs White blanks against commentary in Game Week 5. I'd find it difficult to take him out so I only my own both of those players. I'm not fretting over either of them by the way. Quite I prove them. I probably I probably wouldn't go and Bummo if I

was sound wildcard at this moment in time. I would be maybe more likely to go Morgan Gibbs White just because I can see that a bit further from a minutes perspective and the talisman on panel is Brian Bummo's I realized his next G wasn't great against Everton Bips great in the first two right. It's only Highlands produced more in the first three Game Weeks. Also fine. Hall vs Ciao I'm not convinced on IABOM but for me personally at this point in time the 0.1 would be important on the decision ladder and I would just go Ciao. Valentines to side James on free freeze with Bruno and my team and only Ciao Pedro as a Chelsea attacker would you A roll B use free transfers to get one or two Chelsea mids or C free hit and protect against Hall. The free hit aren't today can't be answered just on that because that alone is not enough. What's the rest of your team you're sitting up like I got his section Bush live and die. It's not enough free. I've got no Liverpool as

well. I get his more read. I've got no Arsenal defence. I get his more reasons to do it you won't palace as an example maybe. The one thing of Chelsea this week completely understandable but isn't that wonk and it'll be the same for the Manchester United players next week when they play full-time. United's fixtures after this weekend are a bit better moving forward than Chelsea's in my opinion. A huge amount in it but between them between this week and game week 9 when they play each other. United's a full-time lead away Tottenham and Bulma for home. Chelsea's a Brent for the Neverton away Bulma for Tottenham at home. That's probably pretty similar isn't it. Probably toss a coin on that base. It's probably the fact United got full-time makes it look slightly better for them base. That's all. Are you going to have regret?

Our self-finanities too. I think there's lots of people to set up to go for none. It's the palm of this week anyway. I know as you set up a new day we're doing that should definitely proceed with that. But I just think before you sell those United guys you just have to ask yourself do you want them next week. Ultimately we could be sitting here and all concluding in a few weeks the full-time is about a fiction hole. Other than we ain't got enough info to decide on that but that's a possibility. Declan Burns, Sizajan's Witcher McGuire or Ballard would yourself a concert will need the one who remains to rotate with Mahemrabitch. Then you've got to keep McGuire because Ballard might become a problem for you. Very easy could become a problem right if Alderetti's going to push back in the team maybe got some minutes in midway. I don't think that's an immediate but we're carrying down so arriving Ballard is on the fret. I don't think the ties

the lit is going to be a threat to McGuire for a while. That said I'll tell you now irrespective of a fiction. Less mansionite I've got a very very good one and leads a very very very bad one. I will just pick Mahemrabitch over McGuire most weeks. Take that from someone around this McGuire. The Frederick Hurt says, Missing Price changes but still feel like going on Riley and Dango Tura to concert Rodgers. I then have 0.9 upgrade Hume McGuire and rotate that with Mahemrabitch or Roll. Where do I go? Hume needs dealing with now because obviously may have lost his place. If you're looking from a rotation perspective Hume to concert is a very straightforward move. I'm pretty sure that's a move. So I'll make this week. I would have felt if he hasn't already. I don't know. Moving Dango on these to Rodgers is acceptable. I can't give you many reasons why not.

I really wait and see I think is genuinely my view. He was never going to look outstanding in this way. I think it's every chance United might win on Sunday by the way. It was never going to look particularly outstanding coming into this game week but there are some home games where he still could. I just want to I don't feel the requirement to have to die off it. That said I might have a bit more depth in my squad at the moment than you do carrying the likes of Hume. I'll get him getting nervous about it. So definitely I have nothing against buying concert Rodgers. I can't give you good reasons not to buy those players. Stavrosano says hi James already have Isak Verts, Shell Pedro in place with free phrase. What do you think of a Riley Foden and Bumo Maguire out? So this is from minus four. For Palma Rodgers, concert Mitchell from minus four. Last chance for because of 0.2 short else play free hit. Again you're close enough that I think you probably don't play it.

I know Mitchell scored twice last week. I'm not sure to answer that. I get it. It's good fixture this way but I just began down to the 4.0s I think personally. I'm not convinced on that from minus four. Personally. Just trying to work that out with the Mitchell bit. Could you could you go Palma Rodgers? You've still got, yeah you probably still got to do it from both defenders haven't you? Me personally if that's me, I'm probably going Foden and Rodgers and I'm going Maguire to concert leaving out that personally. CM Pants says on wildcard need to pick one of the combos. One whole Brian and Bumo Morgan gives white you QE or two. Chow and Bumo all Morgan gives white Shabosh Lai Gross. Gross slash Yokeer. Eighth for tackle. Well that's up to you isn't it buddy.

What do you want to do with your structure? Do you want your eight for tackle to be kind of dead spot like Yokeer or do you want gross that you can use in a rotation? Now ultimately you can give me whatever you want but the structure here is where he answer lies and that will be done to your own personal preference my friend. If I answered that consider my put Yokeer and left the million in the bank I could have just gone to gross. Yeah I left the open to be able to get to sacchar Palma in the few weeks. Thomas Forten says how do James would you play Solis or Barnes this week I also Cherokee but I think he will start. Yeah yeah I would play Cherokee over there in many way. Yeah I'd play Solis. Yeah substitute appearance and did he assist the goal as well? I was watching Liverpool but I think he assisted the goal as well. Yeah I'd play Solis. I think he probably started. Next up is Frederick Hertz says my offensive is Roger's vert Shabosh Lai and Bumo Solis Pedro Harlan DC. I was 0.9 to upgrade. Do I do anything with that?

How many phrases? I would think not really. No. No you probably better off carrying. It's probably bench Solis probably from that lot I would say and then I'd be thinking about if you've benched posted it's probably an important relevancy but Solis down again literally is per one of the previous questions just a couple of minutes ago. So you can answer 5.5, 4.5 and then you shift up something else can't you? You could shift the vert Sopta Palmer in a couple of weeks maybe as an example. Aaron Hills says I James bench DCL Solis or Semenio thanks for the best from that lot. It's Semenio is going to be close to 90 isn't it? Solis from that lot. Okay Lankin says I James would you play a Jair or Nico Williams this week or sell one for concert alternative is to buy next week instead and sell Virgil to spread more funds. Yeah, prefer that. Yeah, let it go this week

off Van Dyke next week. Yeah, do it that way, prefer that because there's nothing wrong with a Jair or Williams. There'll be people wild card in and putting those two players in. So yeah, I think the straight you know you have to be like, it's a concern. How much is it going to yeah, Van Dyke this week absolutely fine. You wouldn't sell Van Dyke this week. So yeah, next week, mate. D dots is I and arguably maybe even just wait till the international break. He's concert bright and significantly better than Van Dyke at Bournemouth. Like it's closed and I get it. There'll be a value interpretation to this but I sense you got a free week break if you don't do anything next week one with four weeks, four weeks of information to learn and arguably maybe saved that two six. I get it. There'll be a value swing that that info might be more important to you. D dots is I James I'm Rodgers and Pedro but after last night I'm worried about Palmer. We worried about four. I would worry about

not owning them. Okay, yeah, okay, sorry. I've really worried about him. I can get him in two transfers and triple captain him. The caveat is I don't like the Chelsea fixtures after this week what to do. So this is again, there's no critics on anyone, right? I would wild card with all three of these Chelsea attackers. I would free hit with all three of these Chelsea attacks. There's no criticism but it would be like just discussing earlier about saying moving Manchunite players to Chelsea players who you're not just going to have to reverse again next week. Oh shit. And Bumo Fernandez applying full of them. Yeah, right. Exactly. So here's what I'd say. Just in short summary because I think this will be repetitive stuff over the next couple of days. First thing, forget the fact that they'll play for the same time. Second thing, forget the fixtures a little bit because at least those fixtures are there. All right, Arsenal play hole in game week 10 before an international break when I'm sure no Arsenal players will pull out of that game because of the international break.

Right, Chelsea guys, they're going because they know European, they're going to play. You're never going to have a sweat about them. Just put those players for what they are now in different teams and I realised it's the Chelsea element to how well they are offensively but just strip it maybe even a better way of explaining that is if Chelsea just said gel Pedro, would you want gel Pedro? Yes. If Chelsea just said Palmer, would you want Palmer? Yes. If Chelsea just said Rogers, would you want Rogers? Yes. The fixtures for them, we need a consciousness of this this year about the fixtures. It's getting harder and harder to think that players are going to play weekend, midweek, weekend, when this Champions League games are stuff going on. At the moment, it's early, doesn't matter, first midweek games shouldn't be too much of a problem. The longer this goes on, the more of an issue it'll be. Those Chelsea guys are at standing assets and you're not going to have to worry about them. Now inevitably, there's going to be a week where they don't score a goal at some point, right?

And chances are it's like shit week, right? Imagine this. This would be a completely viable strategy at the moment, a very aggressive one and I wouldn't only dissense that it cuts you off a cut of players offensively for Arsenal. Otherwise, I wouldn't mind it. But Treble Arsenal defence and Treble Chelsea defence right now is a viable idea. Right. Now in any week, the good news is Chelsea don't play Arsenal again until the second half of the season so that's very helpful. And I don't think it's even not to be quite late either. But if Arsenal concede and Chelsea don't score, that's six of your chances are that six of your 11 blanks bang off the two teams. Yeah. Sometimes that will happen. I'll give you an example of this. There's a different format game telegraph. Some of you will play. Maybe not many of you. Right. At the moment, I've started pretty well. I have all three of the Chelsea attackers and I have six Arsenal defenders. There's Lewis Kelly, his classifier's the defender and there's no limit on the amount of players

you can have from a team. So in any week that Chelsea didn't score and Arsenal can say, I'm nine players blank instantly. But at the moment, it looks more often like it would go the other way and the Chelsea guys would be scoring an Arsenal will keep clean shades. Right. So it's absolutely fine. Definitely, definitely fine to have all three of them. No problem without whatsoever. And don't worry about the fixtures too much with Chelsea because the other thing is with the fixtures, my friend, where's the swings this year? So many people are going to work hard in game week six for what? For the structure, presumably, I want to fix my structure. I want to get the players that I've got the right information about. All that's fine. It's perfectly fine. In fact, that must be the reason because the aim for the fixture swings because they ain't there in game week six as far as I'm concerned. It's not there. That's why others, someone earlier, game week five or ever to Newcastle, yeah, sure. Game week seven on Tottenham Bulmouth maybe, right? There's little difference. It's six. What is it? Three weeks of Arsenal. Great. We've

not got Arsenal coverage anyway. Okay. So don't worry too much about the fixtures because those swings aren't quite here yet. I don't think they exist till nearly Christmas. Fine. Entie says hi, James. Play one out of Mahamruvich, Ajayah and Sangari this week. Mahamruvich over Ajayah, I think, is a straightforward one. Yeah, close Mahamruvich and Sangari close. Probably like favours in Mahamruvich, probably. Will Mercer says hi, James. Hope you're well. Would you prioritise the second Chelsea attacker or consa? I have three free transfers. Is it just worth doing both for better to build the transfers for the long international break? So I knew I was going to be in a world of trouble this week and also part of the influence and sticking Rogers in was taking a viewpoint of I am going to want more than one Chelsea attacker here moving forward. So I didn't want to do anything till game week six.

There was obviously swing of value that was obviously going to be quite important. It was going to be a massive swing on the players. I was selling versus the players that I was buying this week. Bar, Yalkuri. So I would probably get them in. The beauty of that will. So what I've done, I've left myself with no free transfers. Right. So I'm used for a if you can just put the Chelsea attacker in and consa and carry the one. So then you've still got two next week. I think that should be a design a deal. Right. Look at the way the big players have kind of stepped up so far. Right. It's like, oh shit, how am I getting up to Palmer or this start and the other. So ideally, if we can use our transfers to swing around, somebody's more premium players this year, that will be helpful. That becomes a lot easier if you've always got two free transfers in the bank. Because if Issac does more than say, just okay, maybe it's just one off. We don't know yet. If Alex under Issac can rediscover himself and Harland is Harland and Fernandez and Palmer and

Saka and they all show up, then it's not just the moving between Palmer's Sackers. It's a shit. I need to flip the structure to get in game, which well, Harland down to be able to put Fernandez in in 14 like the transfers in hand are going to become really important further down the line. So I think consa Rogers, yeah, or Palmer if that's what it is, or Jail Pedro, whatever you don't have, all fine, try and carry the other one, I think. Valentines says, do you think there are better weeks to free hit than this one in case no injury Christ happens with popular players? Asking as I only got Jail Pedro and considered to keep Bruno and then Bumo for game week five and further. So yeah, look again, I think there's a relevancy of Liverpool, right? So if you've got no Liverpool attack, that's like clearly another reason to arch, I want Liverpool this week as well. It's interesting, no one's not many have been asking about a Liverpool attacker's. So there's context to the rest of your team. For me, it was very borderline. I set my team up at the

start trying to leave game week four out of the thinking knowing that it was a good spot for me, potentially to wild card based on the choices I made, but also picked players that I felt I would maybe be okay to carry food this week like Morgan Gibbs, why for example? Because he's got a good fixture in game week five and Brian and Bumo because he's got a good week in game week five. So it was part design game week four, but ultimately I've put concert and rogers in and I've also restructured a little bit that allows me a moving game week six. Let's say I free hit now. All I've got to do is do that all again. So that's something to think about here, right? So someone asked earlier about Chelsea and the fixtures and not being that happy with it, right? As in, I don't think they're great fixtures. I agree with you by the way, but if the target is ultimately going to be on, I'm going to put Chelsea players in my team anyway, we want to free hit for now under circumstance, you're like, I just got your page. I've done what Liverpool you've got and you go right and put in palm of rogers, ESAC. I can avoid the Manchester Derby, which closer it

gets to my thinking, probably will have goals in it by the way. Then yeah, sure, go. It's a good week. The idea of holding it, yeah, of course, something goes wrong. I give you an example. Game week seven, managed to see your own Twitter switch. There's no way City will rotate. I lie, they will. I'm telling you that they will. So having a free hit draft ready in Game week seven close at deadline, you might just be, yeah, shit, the big man's not playing. I need to do something with this. Yeah, it could be handy for that. Definitely could be. There are other weeks that will apply midweek set of fixtures in December, maybe. Didn't we have a week cut the years ago, midweek fixtures in December, where it felt like most of us ended up with like an average of like eight, nine stars. Might have even been less of a few people came off the, like it was a mess, complete mess. Maybe something like that. It would just be, oh, okay. And I'm prepared to take that sort of

route this year, where it might be. I've got to use it. I also have a plan in mind of maybe using it quite late in December, maybe. Luke Potts says, who would be the best 4.5 midfielder for the next two weeks until World Card six, just the next two weeks? I can't guarantee you will stay in the team, but it's probably George Hammons at Villa. Now, you're Cui got a little bit more up, so maybe this week, but I watch Villa choose you know, and I'd say what you could have scored twice in the first half George Hammons. So it's just what's the, he's gone at you're ever going to nick that spot and how close is Manzambi? I've finished the bearing mine. So I think he's a more difficult longer time pick at the moment. Just the next two though. Yeah, I don't mind it. Be him or Yalkyrie one or the other. Liam Neville says, hi James, has anything happened last night at Change Your Mine and Best Options for free hit this weekend or if you'll free hit this weekend? Cheers man. I think I covered, so

thank you for your question, Liam. Kay Lankin says, looking at World Card six, but possibly only be making five moves. Would have four free's at that point. Would you make do with a form? World Card later. Yes, without any doubt whatsoever mate, because in theory, there's a good chance. Once you deal with six, hopefully you won't want to do anything till nine either, so you build some back up. Aaron Langley says, always here for the great content. I hope you will James. Would you do Balod to Mendy, Semenyotapama and Ubumot of Rogers or just two with Balod to concert, I have a one to Rogers. Yeah, and I'd cut Semenyotapama from that the moment. Not against him. I said 90 minutes and all three games and stuff. I'm too wired for what I would want him to be for a fantasy asset ultimately, so the fixture this week kind of gives, he'll go off at some point, but the fixture this week, I think gives you a reason to move that on. So yeah, the two. Liam Neville says, also, Barclad did come off with just cramped, you seem starting

this weekend or does the answer change based on Gap Post Fitness? It's like I'll answer pieces string buddy, right? So yeah, it's cramped. I've heard that one before. Wasn't mascara per caution. And here we are. 12 days later, not being sure. Actually, that's not true. It's over a week layer, not being sure if he's going to be back available for the weekend. So you might have something similar happening with the edit at the moment, even right? Possibly as well. So look, could the Barclad start? Yeah, absolutely. He's in play 90 minutes. Well, if he was getting cramped after 65 minutes, he ain't getting to 90 at the weekend, mate. So it's going to be a restricted minutes in any case. If that's like a free hit, like question on Barclad, I spoke earlier in a week about like a really like the idea of it, but you have to know that he's swinging for the tree. I don't think that is necessary when I think yes, even verse is

fine this weekend, along with Shaboshla. Daniel Mackie says, does holes defensive start give you poles on free hit to attack them this week? Whatever we expect you potentially like for free hit, if you decide against pulling the trigger this way. The whole isn't reason to pause for me. This one has discussed on Monday's pod, pick your narrative. The day side in the country I wasn't considered a goal. Oh, their XGC was five from the three games. You choose. You choose. The answer is probably somewhere in the middle right? Chelsea aren't going to score six from an XG of one. I could. It's unlikely. The whole might consider big XG and still keep another clean shape. If only we had this crystal ball to know what was going to happen next, this game would be easy. It also be boring. No, hole isn't reason to pause. It's other, it's players across the whole team is reason to potentially pause, which is kind of more like where I'm at. I'm going to go into the weekend with two players and I can probably kill me.

One's called parmer. One's called ESAC. That's probably the way it's looking. By the way, there's more than that. Funhandous. It's still going to hurt, right? If he does well, even believe it or not, I managed to sit you, Gleenshite is going to hurt, right? So it's going to hurt me and I managed to die. I'll be most probably. Harlan's EO might still hurt me. It's also a possibility, right? So can't cover that all even with the free hit. Couldn't, couldn't cover that all. Other weeks to like, there aren't a huge number. I think game we keep might be one for people because they attack certain things in six and there's a few of those teams don't have good game we hate fixtures. Might sit okay. I think ultimately the idea of using it where you can explode into a captain really appeals. So for those on a non-Harland route, game week 16 might really appeal. Not even might be the one that I end up looking at. He's taking on Harland in a period, not yet,

in a period of time and then using 16 to cover him back off and some other assets. There's some other teams with really good fixtures that week and they wouldn't be part of all game week 17 wild card. So that's the one I've got a lean for in the kind of the far distant as a maybe, but I'm also realistic about it to know what someone asked earlier that this might be something that ends up getting just thrown in at really short notice of I've got too many problems here. Thing is as it stands that might change in the next 24 to 36 hours or so, but they don't have many problems this week. I've actually got a Riley bust on a bench at the moment. So I'd still feel like I'm going into this week in a position of strength. There will be other weeks where I don't go into the week without position of strength and I'm like okay, this is the one for me. And again the fixture swings are not as strong this season as they have been in some other seasons. It's like looking at it and going villa villa game week 11 oh my god this incredible five game week run and I'd look through plans pretty much up to New Year the other

day and I never put a villa player in. It's like which one at the moment. Hopefully by the time we get there it's like okay yeah I'm interested. So some of the swing is just not really there in quite the same way. There'll be different setups happening. I think we've got a template form in here with this idea of the Chelsea players. Truthfully, best thing for the game. They will start doing a bit of shit. Ask to start concealing goals. We get confusion. People going in different directions again would be would be good. It is very team specific. Like me having Harland and if you don't have Harland that alone is going to change weeks would maybe look good and don't for free here right. You don't own Harland. You're like okay five seven nine eleven pick all the odd weeks and then 16 whichever one you like. Shane O's last says hi James keep the content coming nice. Show try my best. We can. There'll be a bit later tomorrow by the way guys because my boy Nico's on on a day tomorrow so I got me two people but he's not Friday deadline at least.

He says would you do road onto concert this week. I'm roll the other two or some menu and road onto Rogers and concert slash Mahamruvich at Rogers and concert. I can't give you reasons not to put those two players in. I'm not going to give anyone a reason parmer either really particularly unless he's that he's hitting you down to zero. That fine two free transfers you're attacking us yourself if you went Rogers and concert what was bothering you next week in game week five what's going to bother you in game with me. I'm not in hopefully. Okay. Okay because the two teams for me to invest in new next week are ever in a new castle. So I think if you like me and you've used the transfers the decision is probably okay but if I get an injury going into five and I got a deal with it then you added the two teams I'm probably going to look at maybe otherwise well and we'll try and compete with game week six wild carders a little bit. David James Whiteway says

Lanxier seven goals spur zero goals still think you should have given him a go especially now without Richaelison was Mahmush prolific before city. Yes he was mate he was also not doing it in the second TMA he was doing it in the Bundesliga. I wish we'll nothing but the best and I hope that we buy him back one day. Circa Nis says made transfers all week but not activated free here a while card what would be your preference uncertainty regarding primarily gap on barcle of reason where I may not play free here. Does that help you on a wild card? I do it just you take them out and you go I'm going to Shibos like because this is like it's a bit safer or so I don't know. It depends a little bit so I have a strategy of wanting to wild card quite late so in December like in short. But if I was on a strategy where I was thinking about wild carding in game week six

I think I'd probably be getting it done. So I do think there's the reference of that. Well did you ever target wild card in mind? You might not have right? How many changes is this going to be? How important is it? I also it's personal opinion but it's first day today so if I was on if I was going to wild card this way I'd have been doing it last Friday. Now you said you've made transfers and maybe you've been playing the values so I think that's still okay to activate. I think it might come back to what was your longer term plan on wild card. There's reasons why I want to do it quite late maybe you don't have those reasons which case probably yeah I probably prefer this minute right now to game week six. Murphy says I James on free hit four wanted triple Liverpool attack but gap on barcala now worries who's your pick on top of Shabosh Lionysack please don't say that for me Van Dyke because I own but my advice to someone else if they're I would have I can't do that money just go Jekko. Rob Passe says I James why does no one

seem to be talking about Jews be haunt wild card I commonly have him the Kyra and Groce but I've phoomov Alex Scott my hammer bitch I mean my friend if you've got phoomov players like that you'd not gonna survive because I'm sitting in with phoomov Palmer and isak mate Jews be ho is a perfectly reasonable pick. Ultimately you've got Odigard at the same price is scored again last night right it's beginning to maybe appeal roger's only a million more it's like can you find it Sangari was a million cheaper looks fine for death cons etc so no one would use be whole absolutely nothing wrong with him mate you crack on Luke Stevenson says what should those with a Riley do attempt to sell McGuire's like I'm benching this week would buy a DeKypa for a one week punt before wild card six got times two Arsenal defender and a Riley's already set for game week five. So don't bother with with DeKypa evil truthfully truthfully truthfully um DeKypa

will be in a free hit for me I can nearly say that right now for tomorrow's weekend but by any mean to what to bench O'Reilly if Mariska passes in fit again that for me I just hold the transfer mate. Aritra Rade says hi James your thoughts on triple Arsenal defense versus double defense and what a sack of Odigard I'm gonna skip that because I think I've already covered it by a appreciate question I think it's that I think in my head the preference is actually just to treble Arsenal defense but you are cutting yourself off and so therefore I think the double is the right answer. Zem says where would you rank Bruno for captain see this game week I think he's being slept on certainly surprised at a high-povershout Pedro against the side yet to concede and he's not on penalties yep that'll be why I'm captain him so I support Tottenham so I don't know what a penalty is that probably isn't influenced away but I would rank Bruno this week

I think certainly Palmer and Jal Pedro are above him and they suck as well for me and then probably Fernandez and Harland. Murphy says look into Wildcard 6 with Benchboost still in hand in planners game week 10 looks decent to play with Bournemouth assets but can also just play at game week 7 if I had Lennar Castanier leave on the bench after any preference yeah my preferences maybe you don't overthink this because it's not that important. Okay game week 10 and knowing who's going to play who's going to be rotate I've just given you an example on game week 10 I'm not joking since it's a discussion with a few of our patrons on a zoom call this week about game week 10 right Arsenal goes to Liverpool on the Sunday they go to Slavio Prague on the Wednesday and they play whole at the weekend that date might get announced today I suspect it's probably going to say a Saturday though there is a chance sky will be cheeky and put it on a two o'clock Sunday the

great Ian Parin would explain that better than I can if they do that right it's international break afterwards call me a skeptic but call me a skeptic okay do you want to bench boost that week call me a skeptic now I'll saccus the example I've given right I'm not picking on Bacchia saccus specifically here with this is a this is a player who looks really good at the moment but struggled for with injury problems last issues how can we protect him I think can probably be whole without him everyone agree yeah right that's that's a problem week that's a problem week that this is my point don't focus too much on the fixtures a great man told me in pre-season his names Paul Parsons by the way you told me that we've bench boost when you've got when you've got a week that he's like oh I'm not sure between these four players which two I should pick press the button

I've heard worse advice than that and he says hi James played one Vissa Hall Sangari this play the attack of mate when says hi James fought some more moussures of wild card differential uh no not for me at the moment mate uh please listen back to Monday's podcast uh because seems as if oddeguard maintains his form in game week six which is still prefer doing solace to sacro or oddeguard would be better I mean we're fodeguard out performing sacca still when it looked and I have the confidence he's going to I'm not going to pay three million extra for sacca for the sake of it there's a structure thing I like there but if oddeguard's going to look like a better asset in sacca I want we're going to pay for sacca for so game week six decision ultimately I still think this is a short period and I'm not convinced that on oddeguard personally it's not to put anybody off I think if your wild card in every reason to put you in at the moment I'd probably leave the spot open personally so I'd probably maybe go to Arsenal Defence and just leave the spot open on the third at the moment just to seek a bit more information because also

moving oddeguard to sacca or the vice versa will will be tough um the s2 dark says Savio and a free hit not the best of course but what's the chance of playing close to 90 I'd say he starts shouldn't have too much doubt about that but I'm not some as for instance says for some for brother versus kinski this week um both games in one one and it went mar the top of fan in me will will be going for brother against a promoted team or haven't scored you. JB says I'm trying to chanel white in a bend crulling and not use a transfer to move to a different 4.5 defender but should cons to be an exception to this yes he should yeah yes he should no I can't I can't speak for Ben he's not here but um I know we we looked because Ben is an exception exceptional manager we looked at some of his uh transfer moves a couple years ago

and the only defenders he bought were from Arsenal Liverpool and Mancetta who at the time were the the best free teams in the lake um now cons is going to play every week for Arsenal I can't speak for Ben but I think he'd make an exception for him uh we've we've an opinion says would you start Gomez or boomo and boomo comfortably uh king of mandalore says forkson and boomo slash white subparmer slash consa original plan was sell isack for parmer can't bring myself to do it no I quite agree with that really like him boomo after this paper would love parmer want versus need this is a discussion I don't know patreon q&a cut the weeks ago want versus need it's an old sky fantasy football discussion I want something I need something do you want cold parmer do you need to get rid of brine and boomo I think you've answered your own question in the question mate you don't really want to sell him uh john os is often in chains

mate would you start van heck or my hammer of itch this week cheers my hammer of itch uh francesco says rogersor shall petro captain this week shall petro will be where I'm going Luke Stevenson says I'll fill him bad enough to make sure bosh lie a captain option to rival the Chelsea lads for me like sure I'll probably have him in the top 10 um but would I consider captain personally not no minutes will be good look he's on pens he's on set plays and stuff he's on tour at three kicks cool so just the thing is we're going to just go off at any time so the only thing I'd say bats you look why not just captain of any week then from that pace reality is Liverpool could get four on him might blank crap nasty taking goal last night by the way and by the way a rojo I thought played pretty well for Liverpool right back last night uh Matthias is playing boomerah gomas just done uh I'm going to cover off to all right let's go to one 40pm I cannot go any later

than that but I'm just going to do these very quick fire uh Daniel cushion says green's from the US should I choose tavernier shade or stack for my game week four wild card team um just a bit early for tavernier so for me shade i gentle can if hi james i think you already answered my questions have a great day you two uh jell trees this is what your thoughts on having an oddie guard and is that instead of saccharon vissa uh yeah i mean in terms of the timing wise yes probably preferder uh i a gundy wireless is hi james bench one of gomas or gonzalo's is gonzalo gossier isn't huh i'd probably play gomas uh Samuel sports bench in dilemma vissa or Diego gomas of bria and have a great day jane i play vissa mate uh pes crazy says hey james bench one of them boomer gomas and barry this week um oh it doesn't really matter what i say you're going to do it anyway aren't you hey i'm here a week uh except sunday gomas bench uh and dresses hello james what's

your opinion on the referee in the arsono chelsea game i saw it shambolic ref got almost all 50-50 decisions wrong arsono fan here yeah your last three words mate i were all i needed to hear there the most wrong team ever in the history of forever um bright wasn't the only controversial moment in the and we didn't even mention it on monday's part i was fine with it wasn't the only controversial moment really like if gabriel should have been sent off or not okay i'm gonna move on uh jane sucks is i james am i right and remembering jerky nearly going full of the year before he went to it he quite staggered and looking back now uh not saying it didn't happen james i have no recollection of that personally uh charlie says i james would you rather have sacca and beefy defense or bruno and cheaper defense both scenarios still include califurian concert cheers and good luck the bruno route probably uh where preno says would you use your only free transfer for parmer instead

of bruno fananders so look i think people would have planned this but the issue with the actual plan on this is twofold two things have happened that might have changed your thinking pre game week one one is parmer's form all right so even more reason but the other reason is full of and that's who fananders plays next week um i'd leave it i'd tear wide leave it as well because i think i think there are captains who alternatives this week right where parmer jelpejo rogers is sac that shabosh like harland fanand is loads sacca whatever loads of options really this week that you could you could make a uh a legitimate case to captain this week right load right now make a legitimate case for the people in game week six that's why i would leave it because the answer might be this for nandas mr teases afnu may on wild card you might be wild card in six though

i accept that uh mr teafnu may on wild card which two new cast assets would you consider out the langavissa barns or whole fictions till game it's handler excellent it would be viscer and hall for me if i had to uh zomboid says i'm looking to forward wild card this week and have caught early transfers problems of balard lafay maguayan not fan of him brimo dc alkinsky means i'm lean to wild card thoughts good luck on my thoughts uh lander says hi jane's which two four points your defenders would you go with on wild card uh the up an either of mandi or eager nank got a huge preference but mandis the one still four point zero how many it's which rotate fine never to the point you'd always want to pick one but one will always look okay on your bench fio says hey james what are your thoughts on neco ralya's a pick i'm not sure he starts even if he's fit sending could give me the money to get parmered this week instead of rogers uh sure like you you're you sounds like you're

looking for a bit of confirmation bias i want to sell this player want to buy this player so what's what's stopping you there's no criticism here i'm asking you the question to ask of yourself what's stopping you from doing that is it that you you actually deep down do think neco ralya's probably still a good asset because if you don't think he starts if that's if that's a view point which is fine you don't think he starts then i don't know what would stop you but something is uh leica truce says hey james would you please discuss picking gonzalo garcia on wildcard over someone like barry benching this game at potentially next week two before playing him so if you own garcia you play him in five probably into united and you will definitely want to play him six seven eight there is no chance whatsoever that roger ego minnis might take next time of his minutes over those games might depend what full of do against west am in the cup next

week i'm sure minnis will start that one if there's no more games to start okay let garcia should start those games in any case i can tell you now that if he does badly in game week nine you'll be looking at sell him and if you ain't got money in the bank you'll be looking at ever nilson or it i i i don't think it's going to be for me unless the money is there to potentially it makes the same move that in game week nine jumps up to omama moosh now if it jumps up to omama moosh that i think is more appealing for totem's run game week nine through to november december but for that to be attractive you need to see something from my football team right garcia is playing the free-promote clubs in arouse absolutely great by the way full and finished the season tools the end playing those free clubs again in arouse tools the end of the season if i had to pick one at em at the moment i would pick barry but you'll do what you want anyway

that joke still going jack b says do you ever preference on brogan or kinski is a 4.5 set and forget keeper until second world card yeah i do i um i'll tell you so i think part that question set in fact so one the the idea where with these still appeal is yes they rotate largely fine except for the king game week eight but you can go for brogan and still or kinski in the brogan i don't know if that's what you're thinking but i'm gonna ask i'm gonna answer the question that way and therefore my preference would be the brogan route actually is for brogan and still because i think and this might sound wild at the moment and it does sound wild but i'm going to say anyway i think is more chance you'll want free top players and free bright players in the longer term that that's a reference of bright and playing in europe um rotation of assets when players become back available there is a scenario here where it's like shit i want poro and marmouche

oh i can't i've got kinski and the bravco i find that more difficult to foresee with the bright assets i need to be too right so you can look at our grosses great long term pick cool seas but there's jacka there's sangari there's other ones you can pick for the kind of similar returns and stuff right who are those bright and sood it would be like shit got to have them tottenham might provide those players so therefore if it's the case of pairing with the 4.0s i actually would prefer to buy consequence of tottenham maybe having a bit easier in the longer term actually would type the bright and route right he's 140 i have to finish the stream you've got a little extra out of me sorry to those i didn't get to smash me a tag twitter x blue skyer any of those things please not in my dm's but do it publicly i will happily answer your question before the end of this day tomorrow weekenders said might be out a little bit later for you if you'd like to support the show it's www.patreon.com for a slash planet fpl plenty more going on there

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