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The Weekender ep. 47 | Planet FPL 2026/27

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On the Weekender this week with David and James discussion features: * Newcastle's win at Millwall * Chelsea FPL assets and their wild 6-3 win against Leeds * UCL wins for Aston Villa, Liverpool and Man Utd * UCL round-up features notes on Man City, Arsenal & Bayern Munich * Coverage of UCL wins for Real Madrid and Barcelona * James also watched Roma's draw at Fenerbache and Como's victory against Leipzig * GW4 Free Hit & Wildcard Drafts Tomorrow on Planet FPL: James presents the GW4 Deadline Stream, in partnership with FPL Team, exclusively on the Planet FPL YouTube Channel at 1230pm BST. Today on Patreon: The Differential Show (IT+) 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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The Weekender ep. 47 | Planet FPL 2026/27

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This podcast is part of the Sports Social Podcast Network. What's interesting is we did free hit drafts and I left Holland in, you didn't. And we've done wildcard drafts and you've left Holland in and I'll tighten them out. Hello everybody, my name's James, welcome back to the Planet FPL Weekender. We're following an important week of football we can confirm that 5th will be enough for Champions League qualification again next season. How are you Mr Hanna? Well good night, how are you? Happy Friday? Yeah, not too bad, all good. Thank you very much. I'll be discussing Planet FPL in football from midweek including the Champions League. I've watched 8 games over the last 3 days. I'm going in and actually all of them relatively interesting, actually more interesting than the game I was at in not in them last Saturday.

I can tell you, we're going to finish with some free hit and some wildcard drafts. Many of you are on one or the other this week. David on Niver because we like red arrows. We'll start with a little bit of a roundup of the Carrabale Cup. I think much of this particular podcast is going to be theme in terms of some FPL lead stuff with this as well. I watched Newcastle at the den on Tuesday night. Did you self David? No, I didn't. You've watched way more than me this week. You've outdone me very much so this week. I think we're highlights of it. I wasn't going to bother. What I did a bit clever was. I watched the Champions League football and I recorded the Newcastle game Tuesday in a lead game Wednesday. I watched them as if they were live at like half past 10 managed to avoid the score. I wasn't going to bother with Newcastle, because I knew Newcastle had a load of injuries and we're probably going to pick a bit for week and say and I thought Newcastle would do the same. Did I sort of Newcastle, Tim? I thought, well, I'll stick that on because that's probably going to be quite interesting because the picks are pretty strong, Tim.

And actually, they still had a fright just before Joe Willett scored the winner for them. Millwood had posed a little bit before that. They were flagging quite badly, Millwood, in terms of like they were tired. But it was beginning to look like they might get them to penalties. Great effort from Millwood, because they've got so many injuries at the moment. I was flagged by the fact that Newcastle picked a very strong team. I'd like to call out the man who did the SkyGraphics who put Fabian Shere at left-sided centre back and Sven Botman at right-sided centre back. That does my OCD like the sort of stuff that I can't deal with. Deditch played it right back. Louis Hall left back. Nico Gonzalez played again. Harvey Barnes, your own visor played again. Probably the take away FBL bit in the first and foremost is Deditch went off at half time. Phil, we think some former tightness in his hamstring. Matthias Yassler's comments after the yesterday, sorry, didn't give clarity on his availability for Monday. I think there's a bit of a vibe from some of our Newcastle patrons that might end up maybe moving Louis Miley to right back for the game at Leeds on Monday night.

Deditch was always going to be a risk. Obviously the man replaced him at R times Tino Livremento, who's now got 45 minutes under his belt. If you went that way, you want to be on the pulse. Newcastle is going to be hot topic next week. It's not so much for Topic now. People on wildcard may go for a defender or visor or maybe even a midfielder. But next week from a transfer perspective, they're at the top of my ticker, a whole at home, commentary away, Villa at home, palace away, ever at home, like it's a really good run of fixtures. What's your vibe on them at the moment in terms of FBL interest? I don't think I've got any at the moment, but definite eyes on. We said before the season started that they are really generously priced across the board. Newcastle, but the problem was we weren't really sure exactly where to go. Well, maybe that's kind of becoming a power in. Louis Hall got another assist on choosing the night thing, wasn't it? So he's a new contract confirmed signed this morning. He's had at least one price rise, I think.

There'd be nothing wrong with going Malik Chow if you want to go that way. He's historically had a good attack in data from the back. Ilanga started with a couple of goals. Certainly, he's Liverpool earlier on. It's got to get both of our teams actually to be there. I don't know whether I would still go there, but yeah, plenty won't be with Seron wild cards. And you can understand why with the with the fixtures coming up. I think Fernandez, part of got started in the on Tuesday. No, so he came on. We came on, right? Right in Triggin, he's quick as he made one run where he kind of latched onto a board. He wasn't for him, but it wasn't for him in the sense it wasn't to him. But he's like run from a central position diagonal into the touch line and running behind and then carried it up the touch line, one corner, really great little bit of play. You know, remind him of Vardy. That kind of like that tireless effort in behind. I'm going to get on something that's a bit of a kind of a scrap bowl. And before you know, I have a lot of one new corner. So it wasn't anything in terms of like particular chances for him in the game or anything like that.

But on what I saw there with more clarity and not being as drunk as I was when I was in the nest and not in a monstery watching the second half, yeah, he's going to be a center forward. The intention here is going to be to use Visser as a 10. We can do that. I don't know how off-putting that might or might not be for people. Because one other team who comes into really good fixtures next week, although it's a bit more short term, he's everton. And obviously you've got Tiano Barry available now, a little bit cheap. I'm going to be interested to see which if I ever in our wildcard drafts when we get to the end. I don't know if that's going to be off-putting for people with Visser that I think, yes, he started again as the nine on Tuesday. But once Fernando's part is up to speed and once Visser's back as well, I think this is going to be the 10. Well, he can still contribute from that. Absolutely. Absolutely he can. And I'll reiterate what I said sort of after they beat my team. He is going to be very important. I think his minutes are going to be quite largely secure.

Have every chance he's on the pens. Yeah, absolutely. But they don't know just psychologically that's off-putting. It might be a 10 rather than a nine defensively have kept a clean sheet here. Well done. Hornet check, by the way, some of his kicking was not great. I don't think Newcastle fans will give a shit because it's better than Nick Pope's. But some of his kicking was a little bit questionable in this. Great effort from Millwall. The game I watched Wednesday night was mental. Chelsea. Honestly, staggering. More staggering because of the fact that Leeds should have really been outside. They were so dominant in the first half-day. Seeing the one-up could have been more up. Underline data. Although Chelsea 163 leads about outscored them on the XG. Worth saying. I mean, Chelsea pits a weakened team in that in that first half.

Didn't they have to bring the cavalry on in the second half? And they certainly delivered all the players everyone will be thinking about from FPL this week. But yeah, maybe Leeds will regret not getting further ahead. I mean, they did go to in a look, but maybe they should have been even more outside in the first half based on some of the chances they had. Both teams obviously made a lot of changes. For Chelsea, you obviously got a Maxence the Quar played again. But otherwise there was a champion on played again. Otherwise, those were the only two from the team that started an Arsenal last Sunday. That was Leeds. What's in some played? And what's in some played for Chelsea? And what's in some. Ready, what's in some? Chelsea guys in our Patreon community was about really highly of them. In the involvement in preseason. The game just passed in by a little bit. It was he didn't do particularly badly. But to me, as it passed by the whole Chelsea midfield in the first half. I mean, he's 16. This credit, the latter tall, right? It's incredible. He's even playing at this stage. Farco and Gusto, like as a midfield that wasn't working. It was a back four for Chelsea.

And it was basically for Leeds as well. Daniel James, you can tell, right wing back. It was right winger. And the player who played on the left, Melvin Bard was deeper. So interesting. These two sides been quite associated with a back for AD. They both felt like more like back fours to me, basically. And Purdue played for Leeds. Mahamruvich played and scored a tower in header to put Leeds one new up. And Chelsea brought on like the cavalry at half time, four subs. Palmer, Rogers, Netto and Reese James. And then Leeds doubled their lead straight away through Brandon Amerson. Wonderful layoff touch by a Nameshia, by the way. And you couldn't look at that point and go Leeds weren't deserving of the two-neil lead. And it was like, unless some it changes really quickly, that Leeds might walk out of here winning three or four, no, basically. Well, yeah, it changed really quickly because 15 minutes late at Chelsea will win him. Four goals in 12 minutes, wasn't it? Yeah, by the end of the night, these substitutes, these Mickey Mouse, FPO assets,

there's no one's considering of Cole Palmer and scored twice. Morgan Rogers had provided free assists, although I will tell you that FPO that would be four assists. They've done this beautiful little interview after the game where clearly they have a really nice relationship with our friends. But he clipped up a bit that was filmed before the interview started. He's even better. It is. Where Morgan Rogers is, the joevely, I think, is fair to say, losing the plot. The fact that Palmer has been given Man of the Match rather than him. He's like, four assists, mate. I was showing him like, he must be an FPL player Morgan Rogers because he said four assists, not three, wasn't it? It's a classy stuff. He comes across really well, Morgan Rogers, I'm never seen him. I like his... Yes, he doesn't lack for confidence. How about if he might be a bit additionally motivated, somehow? Anyway, for those who didn't own I've already used two players going into the weekend clash with Ho. It's not helped the mood, does it? Them two doing that in 45 minutes against the side who yes were weakened. But traditionally, we consider quite strong in leads.

Yeah. No, I want to... Obviously, I didn't watch this game live because it's on the same time as Liverpool, but when I check my phone, I saw all those Rogers assists. I've kind of made peace with the fact that I'm not going to have Col Palmer this week in FPL. I've got sure I've had Joe. I've seen all those on flush score assists, Rogers assists, Rogers assists, Rogers assists, Rogers. It was like, yeah. Stop ignoring him, just get him in. As we talked about on our dish show before. He's in for me, got two of the three and roll with whatever's next. But yeah, I mean, a little like leads had a strong trouble in support. Even though it was in London in midweek, they were plenty of fans behind the goal, probably be disappointed how it's all unravelled at the end. But yeah, just shows you what firepower those three lads are. And two for Danny Welbeck as well. So he's up and running for Chelsea as well. Yeah, but it only makes you think all the two for Welbeck could have been two for Peugeot Pedro. Really well-tank, cleverly ahead of the end as well. The goal we scored where he kind of faints he's going to turn it right and instead it's back onto his stronger foot.

It was really nice as well. So nice goal from Netto as well, which came from good work from Palmer and Rogers. It's like as soon as they got beyond leads midfield toe, they were in. And ultimately, your Kiravitch has said yesterday, we just spoke about it on a different show. How do you deal with them, kick them, he's joking, maybe not. But then he said afterwards about life, if we go man to man, we're going to die basically. So he's told you what they're going to do. They're going to go low. They're going to make it the they're going to ask questions that I don't think they're over going they're over going to commit. The only way that Chelsea kind of hurt hole in the way that they've like exposed and hurt leads with somebody's transitional goals on Wednesday night is basically if they can't add a counter. I if hold and commit on the counter and then Chelsea, they've recount are like straight away. Yeah, otherwise the space isn't going to be the same in any case. The quality of them free up front, they could kill him anyway. And that's not just it's not reflective of how many and conceded or haven't or how many XGC have conceded or haven't those

from free. He does look like the best attack in the league at the moment. Yeah. That he was saying wasn't as easy to see if Chelsea score yet again very early on, which they've done in all lead games at the moment. Hold probably aren't going to change their approach. They're just going to stick to the game plan and then hope they can stay in the game and maybe have a little go later on if it stays one one mill. So yeah, it's going to take Chelsea to record two girls before a whole start chasing the game probably. And even then they might just decide let's just let's just live to buy the back. Take a whole different side. Take a take a two three. Yeah. But I mean, that's not right. Hold off just yet. You know, they've started season really well. I don't think so. Of course they have. No, it's just reflective of the fact. I think Chelsea could almost be playing nearly anybody in the bottom half this weekend. Hold on by the way, the second, but anyone expect to finish bottom up. And he don't think the sentiment would be incredibly different to what it is anyway. Yeah. But he gets at a point where it's like I need to act upon this. Yeah.

If these attacking guys said look, we'll do free here on wildcard drafts at the end. I suspect the three are going in the free hit draft. Be interesting to see if that's the case with the wildcard. Calvator came on a scored. Took his goal really well. I just think this was probably one of them. It can happen occasionally where the very comfortable in a game. They knew up playing really well, deserved the lead. And that one goal happens and it can. It's like sees the moment a little bit and Chelsea did. And leads kind of went under that said it goes. I've counted it. I pulled it back to what for free. And you think I wouldn't be shocked if they got this to 4 for. Cut the goals, tighten away from them from the end. So yeah, thrilling game like madness. There's no way you if you just said to me at all times, Chelsea going to get six. And this is the can only be on penalties madness. Just to wrap up the rest in the car about cut. Good win for ball. If against Lincoln for goals to knew largely rotate side include the hat trick for Ryan Christy.

So the midfield returns of Alex Scott continue just with a different player. You can stand last and scored twice in crystal palace fixture over Midasburg. Actually, come on. Also scored Sunday, and beat hole in the battle of the rotated premier league. And it was vitally from Bradford at late an orient. The midweek of watching football began. I think we both watched this David with a very fun game in Belgium, which featured Astambilla finally scoring some goals this season. Yeah, really enjoyable game this. And we were saying on the earlier party, even my sort of planning it's bruise every week. Would you with the way they sort of they beat you a few times, but it always give you a chance. Yeah, yeah. It's the first time I've seen Bill or all season actually for whatever reason. Maybe they just not ended up watching them, but yeah, they are a really new look side with them with the tune that they've had in over the last window. But definitely reasons to be positive there from from what I've seen. Nicholas Jackson, who I've always liked.

He just gets the chances makes really good runs. Thought he had a good relationship with John again. Actually, they were they seem to be linking up reasonably well. Jackson deserved these goals just before half time. And I think it's quite good for Villa that John again still less sort of knitting it all together. He's a big personality in the team. You can tell he's talking to the new players. Yeah, I'd fill a win three to it makes it sound like it was a bit of a battle. I think the scoreline actually flatters club Rouge to be honest. I thought Villa were far superior to bruising. Where it not for a bit of a deaf penalty in the second half. I feel like I could have could have maybe should have scored more goals to be honest. So yet deserving winners and a bit of a step forward for Henry this season, I think. Yeah, take raises Villa's kind of like a long term objective for me. We've got this brilliant runs for a game week 11 to 15. So I'm just kind of like constantly monitoring at the moment. They don't think you don't see me wanting the defensive ones of the last become a bit more complicated. Now like Wambus Acres now competing with cash for Gary to compete with Matt's and.

To be out of the system. I think our story Taylor Hollywood bellies well, Poutares had three or four runs in the game. We just strode out from center back and cause bruised were so man to man. If it's a beat is man, he was carrying a ball for 40 50 yards. And he's quite useful for actually Poutares. We don't see that as much in the Premier League, though midfielders. McGinn, I think he's one to watch and it's not like a go and buy now. But I think when the good run comes round, it will be like, who can I rely upon? Kind of hoping we see some your hand man Zambie soon. My FPL takeaway from this one is cut the things offensively. One is Jackson certainly monitor cause he will be first choice. Noble to me though. I don't know if we're going through the Harvey Elliott thing here again. We've gone at you. They didn't get under the. I mean, the buy didn't either. That's probably fitness reasons isn't it? But in a weird way, I'm watching the game and I've been. Did so much man to man Jolion here and open space. You would think this is right for Garnacho, like particularly later on when Bruce will put in a bit of pressure on him.

Put him on and get him to carry and play to his strengths. Didn't get on. George, you know, he said, fine. Be sure to score twice in the first half by the way. He's 4.5. And I think we've been like, he's going to lose his place. He's going to lose his place. Maybe he's not. Because I think we'd have to now view it and say, well, this is enough weeks now we've gone at you being sub. And the boy keeps playing. Now we've still got man's ambi to come in is the bit we don't quite know yet. And things like. Could Leon Koretzkas out to off the international break. Could that free up when they go a free in midfield and play without a 10. When D.R. I think has had a really solid 12 months or so for Vellab, McGinn's always going to be a part of it. He's the question might as well as man's ambi fitting. But actually, we'd have to say him is ahead of Garnacho at this moment. It's a bit of a weird one because my understanding when Garnacho signed to Favilla was that he was very much an emery signing.

I understood that emery really rates Garnacho. But so, you know, I mean, Fernandez, George Hemings, he played well again. He definitely could have scored at least one the other the other night. It may well be that there's a process here of understanding how they play first before. But it alerted me more because the game felt like put him on. Yeah. Okay, just. You watch your team Wednesday night. I watched them as well. Farley enjoyable game. You can see the the goal that made us all think I'm really sure that I want Liverpool assets. Marcus Laurent a clearly doesn't appreciate playing at an infield. Loves the goal as it five and three, isn't it? He's definitely scored five goals at infield. Isn't it like two in his other last 70 or something? Yeah, he's called his it's called his dog. I'm filled as well. They were saying uncommon true. Yeah, that's a general line on that. It's absolutely superb. So he might call his dog. Good. Yeah. And if you would though, no, it's slightly that I don't suppose Laurent, they would call his dog the burn about.

If he scored the winner at Real Madrid, I'm not really having that. He was exceptional in the first half. He was amazing when they played us by the way early. Yeah. And both attacking and I've not seen many fullbacks keep Rio as sort of pocketed as that to be honest. Credit to Rio in the second half, actually, because I was saying an ass like maybe maybe they should put Barclay on the left and just take Rio away from your intake because you had absolutely no joy out of him. But fairness to Rio is obviously a bit of a pet talk at our time, but maybe it's just these natural confidence. He just kept going and then he does get that little bit of joy just before my call us the second goal, but you're and say, yeah, he was probably the best player on the pitch in the in the first half, I think. Yeah, two one. I think we were good value for the win by the end. Daff goal. Another Daff goal. I think it's more structural than kind of silly individual mistakes, which I think we as Liverpool fans have kind of had to be a piece with while we kind of getting to know this new manager.

We definitely giving opposition a chance. Yeah, it feels like at times, it doesn't take much for all of a sudden a big chance to be created by the opposition once they play through our midfield. I do think Irrae Oliver will get there with that. They say never falling love with the lone player, but Ronnie Raoho is already doing great things for the ball. That's excellent. Yeah. I like to what you said on to our patrons about like he's got a bit of additional aggressiveness to his players, maybe saying you've been lacking. Yeah. Yeah, he feels like he could deck someone at any point. Yeah, which we've to be honest, we've needed to be honest, we've been too easy to play against for too long. He's a little bit mad, which I don't mind as well. Like seeing pressing and pressing the hockey for like a bit like Andy Robertson did in that month's city game all those years ago. But yeah, he's. As I said in our Slack, having Frimpong and Kirk has with with the number 10 and three three two right players in a number nine felt too open.

And Irrae Oliver's realized that in fairness to him and has ripped that open as put a physical presence at right back alongside Van Dyke and Jacquet back. So we look a little bit more solid, albeit not perfect by any means. But yeah, I thought we deserve to win by the end. Florian Verts didn't again didn't get the return. Works his bottom looks off. I thought he I hope for his sake he gets an attacking return when Alex because he's in my FL team, but just just to give him a bit of a longer. Which you praise because he's working really hard for the team. It wasn't EZax. Now you did get the assist for for Sabazly. But yeah, I'm really encouraged. Oh, sorry, it was a Sabazly for the give ease. I can assist in UCL. That's right. Yeah. But yeah, there was the encouraging signs all over the all over the pitch. I think and yeah, tomorrow we've got full. And I guess if you're on free here, you can have three level. Not necessarily because you might choose you don't want one defensively because you don't trust that.

And therefore maybe don't go to free offensive. I think it's complicated on the wide players. The time recording is before and only Eriola's press comments, which is scheduled for 12 p.m. UK time today. Might give us clarity on likes a Barclay gap. Barclay played on the right. Yeah, not involved massively. But still are three big chances. So it should definitely have scored the one on one. Don't quite know why that was the case to be honest that he started on the right. Maybe to just maybe the my personal view is and we've jokes about it previously. Like it feels like you got four good left wingers and no no round wingers. I think he'd be the most suitable to go out to that side. But I get it is like if he's the big money signing you want to play on the left, that's what you want to do. Yeah, but I think he would be the most adaptable to do it. Yeah, I spent some time there for PSG, but yeah, on the face of it, it does seem much to spend

£20 million on someone and then play in a completely different position. But he probably does have all the tools to to cut in on that left hand side from his left foot from the right hand side. Try GACPO in the first home game on the right hand side against forest with mixed results. He did get the assist for Rome, EZAC in that game. But so yeah, he wasn't heavily involved kind of on the periphery. It felt like most Liverpool's play in that first half went down Rio and Camo as side against your end table. But so solid star, you went south, don't think it's serious. Sounds like it's crump. As we speak at the moment, Eriola has not had as pressy yet. So not sure on the status of GACPO in the barcala for tomorrow. I want to throw our narrative away on ESAC. Evan Ilson was a shit FPO asset under Andonia Riola. Discuss.

I think we're talking different calibre of players. I know we are. But Evan Ilson is a good player. I'm not comparing him to ESAC, but he didn't return much. But he did a lot of good work to bring others into it. Just a vibe I had a little bit. It might have been that you kind of want to draw people out. He was much more involved when he was against forest. A lot against forest was made of the lack of the touches and stuff like that. But he was dropping short and linking nice. He was much more involved, like looked way more like himself. I just wonder if there is a narrative that you might end up doing a lot of good work for others. That means others do really well from a fantasy perspective. I'm not putting anybody off getting him for this week. But that's not what I'm saying at all. No, I want him myself. It just made me wonder. Because it's what I was saying last Friday we saw the exact opposite, right? It's just continuing and doing the damage right at the top end. But the assistor, the one that played those passes, wasn't on the pitch here.

So that might even be a little bit of a correlation. I don't think Alex Wanderer is that played badly for clarity. No, no. I'm Wednesday night. It was just something I wondered and were supposed to in terms of an idea of him dropping short and maybe not holding that kind of direct line that you necessarily want him to. But at the same time, he's so good. You get the best out of it. I think he's got a field of game. He scored against Forest, but the reaction after that wasn't like, oh, I want to steam into him for fantasy. I know if you did before it, but if Switch made us want to steam in. Yeah. There was talk about the very small amount of switches he had against Forest and people saying rightly, you know, Harlan never gets the ball and we don't talk about that with him. Yeah. Well, I think he's asked off the ballwork is better than Harlan's. He has got the link up play to be more involved. Yeah, it's an interesting theory. I'll have a look at what he does in the in the full-on game. I don't think we're going to have to anyone needs to worry about him as an FPL.

No, no, no, no, please don't take my words. It's just going to score plenty. Yeah, just saying I wondered about a little bit. Okay, let's move on to your dear friends from Manchester who played Mr. Loverman last night. Saber. Yeah, I know stolen that, but at least you knew it was coming. Yeah, Comfort asked for United to be fair. Saber did, they look pretty competent for long spells of that first half in general play, but both boxes they were let down really. They made some pretty, pretty bad blunders for some of the United girls to be honest and good players don't need. They don't need a second invitation that for Nile doesn't flattily United. They were they were comfortable winners. Some interesting goalkeeping from Saber's keeper. They did have a free header at the back post just before a hard time, which you know better players would have maybe taken advantage of, but yeah, those two girls just before a half time.

Man, the second half was pretty straightforward and Carrick could bring on some French players and O'Shea Lacey came on and Mason Mount came on at half time for two lemons. So he was able to rotate quite comfortably. So this was always United's fixtures for the rest of their Champions League are pretty difficult. So they needed a comfortable win in this one. And they've done what they needed to do. So they're up and running. One of those players who wasn't replaced, they was Bruno Fernandez. Yeah. Should he have been not on this isn't a he played badly conversation just a. Managed a derby in three days and this game was one at half time. And he is now 32 like. Do you want to start thinking about these? He didn't really didn't really break sweat to be honest. I don't think it's a massive problem, but yeah, I meant the plenty of managers. I guess you would have to take him off. Second half is a bit of an unadvents, be honest. Okay. Fine. How did Cessko play?

Yeah, I mean, definite throughout. So it's not really because he's signed best part was in the last. He didn't sign in January that he signed. That's some last summer. Yeah. Feels like he's never really been fully fit to have a spell as that number nine. But so whenever he whenever he finishes, you think we're talking about an excellent finish here in all fairness and yeah, took his goal really well. Sounds like from what the guys were saying in our Slack channel. They don't quite expect him to start the derby. I don't think they're going to carry. I'm going to agree with that. I'm going to reverse what's been going on so far this season. Right for an short back in, I think. Excellent option off the bench here. No doubt about that. United rivals city where they play on Sunday, one two-no in Portugal, just two goals for Alain Harden. Didn't watch this one. I don't think you did either, David, but looks like it was a bit of a stroll. Probably the key FPL takeaway that we've already got this morning is that Niko Rally is 100% ready to play.

So if you own is fit, if you don't own, you won't going to buy him this week anyway. Also an excellent victory for Arsenal in Naples, which I also didn't watch because I try and avoid them as much as I can. The data on this is quite something. It has to be said. I think people see the score line and go, oh, yeah, one new Arsenal, we are, I knew it. Which is exactly what we said, by the way, on our UCL fantasy podcast and Tuesday, you know they're going to go down with one new. How we did say that, yeah, it looks like they could have won by anything. It looks like. Yeah, definitely. I mean, this was on the same time as Liverpool, so that's Mike's keeps from watching Arsenal. I don't need anything. Yeah, but so yeah, what's the five-minute highlights of it? One-nil flatters Napoli of anything that the data is quite staggering. Yeah, they created four, four goals worth of XG year, five big chances to zero. Missed some chances. I mean, Marino had a free header from close range and capier had an excellent chance as well.

When the goal does come, it's probably not a big chance to be honest. So this lays it off to Oda Gard, great strike, enough the inside of the post. Yeah, you think Napoli away, very tough fixture. Arsenal have struggled through the game to be honest. It's a great start for them. And yeah, you wouldn't expect them to have many problems again, getting through the group stage of the Champions League. They're looking good, good foul, don't they? Yes. Tuesday night. I'm probably moving on to a little bit of European stuff just to round this up. I watched Real Madrid in, so Tuesday night. Very interesting game, Dave. Trenton midfield, wasn't it? Merinius that himself is again, is repeated, is not midfielder. So right from the start of the game, to say Inter had them pinned in wouldn't be correct. But territoryally dominating, having a lot of the ball,

Madrid just very much going low, seeding possession, not putting too much pressure in. Yeah, they've ended the half, despite feeling like Inter Milan had audible. And they did, by the way, 70% of the ball went about in the first half. And you can say game state from the early goal, but I'm telling you, this was the pattern from minute one of the game. Yeah, Madrid have ended up scoring two goals because they did press and windable back in the final third, which included Val Verde, Nick In the ball off of Inter's goalkeeper, Martínez, not that one. And Coach Jones partly up blame on the first goal as well, but I'll be second to cover himself in glory that led to killing the Fappé's goal, Eva. It's quite strange. And the vibe was that the people in there were nappy. I spoke about this with Nico and Nico's corner. That entire bunch they are there, Vanishes to boom, whistle in Vanishes Jr. I'm winning the football match. What's going on here?

I need slay. But they weren't happy with the football at all. I think it's a narrative to watch. Here's what I do think that with the likes of an Bappé and Vanishes Jr. in that top line, that actually, yes, Madrid playing on the counter, he's probably going to be beneficial for them, like we'll talk about Barcelona in a second. Madrid could definitely beat Barcelona playing this way by just getting the time of their counter attacks correct, right? If they end up playing in the champs league later in the season. They haven't got enough to dominate, but they do. Yeah, I've got a suspicion that Marinho there might work, because he kind of feels right. But what I definitely saw the other night he said, and the people aren't going to stand for having 30% of the ball win the Bernabéu. Yeah, culturally they don't want to be a counter attacking side. They want to be Holland Globe trotters, don't they really? I mean, what are the fans want? Midfield, you're looking at Trent Valverde, Bellinum, Brahim Diaz, Vanishes Jr. Yeah. Vinny certainly you can use on the counter attack, but the rest of them, they can't they played that night against Manse.

That was kind of, they felt like a kind of an outlier in terms of their performance, but they played such good football in the first half of that game last season. It's a strong side. But I don't know if they're going to love that football, but ultimately it's all about the end result. Vinny didn't help himself as well because when he got stabbed and he's getting whistled, he didn't make it off in 10 seconds, did he? So then now spend a minute without a player as well. Oh, okay. And never felt out the game, you know? Yeah, never felt out of it. But I think I'm not going to miss a couple of big chances, didn't I, so? Yeah, I mean, this is the madness of it, right? It's still a four big chances to zero, Madrid. And on a different day in terms of their counter playing the second half, they could have ended up actually winning the game for a four-neil. When Augusto scored with 15 to go to make it to one, I'm watching the game, I'll see what in it might walk out of here with a draw. They did a comeback from my victory against Napoli at the weekend as well. So I've, my vibe is that this might be the best way for Madrid to play

to win the Champions League in the kind of latter stages. But in between the people there probably aren't going to stand for it. And also at the same time watching them thinking, you can do, you can be better than this. Yeah. That's, so that's the other football is fine when you get results, isn't it? But when the results start happening, especially around Madrid, it's going to turn to heart sicker. It does have to get results. Toit and results, Barcelona beat final five-one. I want to say in a half-empty camp, no. Pissing it down, wasn't it? Well, yeah, no roof at the moment. It was lashing it down. Raffini had got the memo, didn't he, on the web, I've seen the picture of it. They look like the two, if you haven't seen it, Raffini has go. The ball was coming to him and he's coming off the right hand side. He's obviously a left footer and he does look absolute perfect angle. Just walk onto it and just bend it into the far corner.

It looks absolutely perfect. As he's walking onto it to do that, just at the last second, he stops his momentum, just pushes it with the outside of the foot and sends these two final players for a hot dog. They look like they were getting into a bobslade again for something. Do you know anything? Yeah. You've not seen the picture. Go on the feed. No, Instagram. There's a still of the defenders are mid-slide. It's raining so much. They probably skid on the pit on the pitch. The looks on the defenders faces. It's such a human reaction. They look like they've seen a ghost. Raffini has just absolutely done the... The thing is as well. I do get it from the two players' perspectives. If you haven't seen it, like it was raining, I mean really, really, really raining. So the pitch is so, to the point that you start again, but if this continues for the number two hours, we might be dealing with a puddle situation here. It's two minutes into the game.

One of the best players on the planet is about to show you on his left foot as clear as day or I could have been a bit slided here. We've all done it and we kind of like slide block tackle and stuff. Yeah, I'm just sent them to the two of them wild. What a player he is, Raffini. It's... What's intriguing is obviously, at the moment, and I think this is going to stick. He's going to be the nine. With your mouth off the right, you used out the enemy off the left, you scored a gorgeous goal as well. Celebration was good as well. Yeah, yeah, I had to brave on that pitch as well. And you can obviously be used on that side as well. You've got Rodgery in this team now alongside Padre, Danny Elmo. If they can get it right defensively. Fairly low pitch. They're great, so watch, man. Raffini and your mouth alone could be anybody. Your mouth was doing some disgusting bits. It was trying to end careers just by being absolutely brilliant at various points at this game.

Their box office, aren't they? They're going to be a team that you want to go out your way to watch. I think just... No, not whoever, though. Obviously. From the comfort of you, from room, yeah. Just the way Flick sets them up, Pierre, he's... They're so watchable. They've been at the back. They've... Palk about R.C. one of the best around, but... I get by virtue of the way Flick sets them up. They're going to be exposed at times once they give the ball away in dangerous areas, but... Yeah, but you can see why. Bucky's often favourites at the moment because they just... They look like they can just outscore anyone in any giving game. Certainly games like this where they're just so much better than the opposition. They're just going to rack up some huge numbers, I think, aren't they? Yeah. Brilliant to watch. I watched Roma in Istanbul against Fenerbahce yesterday, largely because I've been hearing some really good things about how they'd start the season under Gasbriny. They weren't great, to be very honest. Easily could have lost this game. Obviously held the lead for... I've kind of towards the end of the first half.

And then early in the second half, equalising goal scored by the left back, you brought in to UCL Fantasy this week, though. No, not that one. Oh, sorry. Was that the wrong one? Different Anne Brown. No, I'm really very... Right, I've seen that goal. Right? She's brown. Do you know it's that shall it? English, isn't it? He is, yeah. Yeah. I had a look at Little Look at his career prof. I think it was that in Switzerland and somewhere else. He hasn't been on the books of an English club. Derby. I was at Derby, was it? Went through the system at Derby. I did the same as you. Never, never played for them. I don't know why. And then you got signed for LaZanne in Switzerland once again. I think it was in Belgium and then he's been picked up now by... Then a Batshi. So, yeah, he's had a really interesting story. I always enjoyed the Turkish Super League lineups. You always get some blush from the past in there. I mean, I've been a few of them look like teams of misfits and there's some misfits in Turkey in this Fenerbahçe team. My main takeaway was that Angola can take and still run. Yeah. Absolutely. They have Edison in goal.

Angola can say, as you say, brought the carcouon. He's playing over there now. Would I paid more attention to in seriousness was the game afterwards. I watched Como beat like last night. They're fun. Yeah, man scored, didn't they? Batterina. Yeah, I do like Martin Batterina. I don't even gaff a Super League and I'm very annoyed that I didn't stick him in my UCL fancy team because he was in it over the weekend. I changed my mind to forcing Louis D. Azou did nothing in a five-nil victory. Anyway, he's scored and assisted. I've seen him play better than that. He's going to have an interesting kind of couple of years because he's possibly the one that's maybe going to take Messi's shirt for Argentina that I once messaged. It's going to be a difficult role. But I watched a small in interview, says Fabric Astid with CBS, talking about him kind of being obviously in an Arsenal team and having like Burkamp there and kind of like number

10's being lost and we speak about it a lot and he's like, I want to give him that freedom to players as a tent. He also spoke really interestingly about having the amount of detail he gives to certain players in terms of structures. Some people need like real discipline of a player's like be more relaxed too in terms of a bit of freedom and stuff. Maybe can't take on quite the same amount of information. He's going right to the top Fabric Astid. Really annoyingly. Really, really annoyingly. Because I know that he's going to have a run up at Chelsea or he's going to end up at Arsenal. He may well do it with this team by the way. I think on what I watched last night, Lipsy still misplenitive chances. And I'm really intrigued that they play Manchester United in match day free, which is an early kickoff by the way, the same day Arsenal play by Munich. So that's probably a game fund at the TV day kind of gig. It's PSG Barcelona the night before by the way.

Sorry David, you're going to miss one of these. I believe because you might be at Liverpool for a game maybe. Sorry. Anyway, I will definitely watch Como Manchin. My vibe on it watching the game last night was that really impressed with Como. But they might have lost to United. Just because of the firepower at the top that United have got with Fernandes and Bumbe, I've rush for played, et cetera, where its sesco coming on. Kurnia, whatever they've got, probably would have exposed some little bits. But they play some really good football and I equally wouldn't be surprised if United went there in, it's probably about five, six weeks away from now and got paid. I've found your right wing solution David. I've found your right wing solution David. Oh yeah, okay. Who's that? Telling you mate. Asana D.L. right wing for Como, another Senegalese quick winger. He's only 21. Big potential.

Okay. That's a name to watch out for. Asana D.L. It balances really well with battering a kind of floats off the left and pauses like a natural 10. He's direct, but he's more than that. He's got quality, took his goal so well. He gets in position, just smashes it bottom corner from like a really acute angle. He actually moved to the left later in the game. They moved to like a five four, one very late and just kind of shoved paths to right midfield. And he went and played on the left, so he's got some adaptability as well. Yeah, that's a name I've not heard of. Asana D.L. I've not seen Como yet. I would like to try to catch up. They're five, they're five forty five in match day two as well. A way to find or so. I intend to watch both of their next two games in the Champions League as well. They, there's every chance they'll push for Syria this year as into win it. I realize that league is not of the standard of 30 years ago, but watch them. They've got money behind them. I wouldn't, I wouldn't be surprised if they ended up being so caught,

fine list in this. I think that's my course. And at a limitations, it's subject to draw and stuff. But yeah, do you know what live team really good Trevor Chalibba played set back? Fun. Good side. You watched Bayern Munich for about five minutes. So I did. I think you want to tell us on those five minutes. Well, yeah, watch the first half of United and it was three nil at a time. So I thought that's probably game done. And then I noticed Bayern were nil nil with both of glint. So I thought I messaged you and I said I'll stick, I'll stick Bayern on. And then I thought the second half on and they scored pretty much immediately. So that was the end of that. I just put United back on just to see if there's anything else happening there. Yeah, nil nil at a hard time, five nil, five nil at a full time. Two more. I've seen the goals like two more bangers from Michael Alise. And the one from Alfonso Davis is as great as well. Kane gets a can gets his customary goal. Yeah. Can I just ask you on Alise, just your opinion.

He, where he scores the goals is central position. Yeah. Very right. You see the best ten in the world if you play sale. I can't give a reason to say no. I was based on the last 12 months. Yeah. I was thinking about this last night and thinking if you was trying to fit in a four together. I would, I would you do it. And I was thinking something like your male riot carburet Shadia left Alise, and then he said, I'm going to say ten and back eight nine. Deal with that. Yeah, it's not bad. That is it. Yeah. You almost half expects into score. Even when he's like 25 yards out. If he's got time on the ball. In those central areas and times are sort of put his. Well, he's aggressive with his left form. The, the, the, his first goal. Like the strike is a joke. He's 30 yards out and he's wrapping it past the keeper. Yeah. But the goal he scores to make it five knew is like right at the end of the game.

And he has to put in quite a bit of acceleration into get to the ball first. There's no, he's four nil. He's got that big game mentality now. It's like if I get it's on the score again, you know. Yeah. Top player. Love him. Yeah, great player. Just, just one for future ball and all winner Harry Kane. Just a quiet night at the office. Wrap up the other results. A K beat last one nil on Tuesday night. Betis one, three, two in lill, which included a winning goal from former top of the young. So Troy Parrot taught me beat Villa Rail by three goals to nil. Well done to anyone who had drassy in UCL fantasy. Yeah, I'm not one of them. Stuttgart beat Viking or sorry, David. Viking. Viking by three goals to one. That completed wrong UCL fancy assets in that one as well. Sporting came from behind to beat Galatasaray. Three, one, just the sixth for Paris Saint-Germain, their victory against Slovak and Bratislava. I think two goals and two assists for Dembele. So Patrick for Ferrant Horrors.

So Farant Horrors out because the lineups got the information on the lineups. Well, never mind. We can discuss it on Patreon in a couple of weeks. Sergio Dess, that's one of your fantasy favorites as well, scored for PSV I and Hovernan in the draw with Shatter the Net. Ten man's Slavia Prague, Werby in Lones going into injury time. Last night and lost three, two. That's a wrap of the UCL this week. Next week is just Europa League football Wednesday Thursday and we've got more talk about in terms of Carabell Cup next week as well. I will see you at Anfield, Mr Hunter. But before that and before we finish, it's talk free hit and wild card drafts for the game week coming up. So I think it's probably fair to say spoiler. There's bits of Chelsea and Liverpool in this. Give us your free hit David or what it would be. First of all, are you using the chip this week? No, I kind of half expected to this game. We'll be honest, but I've made a couple of transfers instead and I was going to say hope that Parma and ESAC don't punish me too much.

I actually hope ESAC does punish me heavily. But yeah, I've put roaches in to go along with your arpeggio. So hopefully I can cover the main bits. So no chip for me. Break does look good. If you are on it, you can put a decent side out. I think I've only zoned in on a few teams as you, as I'm sure you might have done as well. Three Arsenal, three Chelsea, three Liverpool, two Palace. So I've got Dean Henderson and Cali Lee as the two Palace. Another three defenders, Concert, Virgil and Califurie. I'd feel four of Captain Cole Palmer. If I had it, I would captain him. He feels like the one that could go crazy. Florian Virg, so I've got him my team. I wouldn't take him out on free hit. Hopefully he's due Morgan Rogers, Bakaio Saka, and then to up front to our Pedro and ESAC. Plenty of money in the bank if you do that. So reasonable bench as well. James Trafford, Stranglasson, Pascal Gross,

the Ramavitch as the final sub. Okay. I stretched my mind more. It doesn't look massively different. I've got Holland in mind. It's quite interesting. So I've got a lot is the same. By the way, so I think the Chelsea front free. I would go to our Pedro captain personally. I think you're saying you would go Palmer. Yeah. Fine. I've got Shabosh lines that are verbs. But I totally get your A.O. in Florian verbs. I wouldn't want to do anything about it. The similar to how I feel we're kind of vand like being left in here basically. I've owned him for these first three weeks now. I've got full and we're taking him out. I wouldn't. I found a solution here on the free hit. And my Vibragan versus Kinski this week. And it's like take for brother and out. Play Kinski and put Maxim DeKyper in. That felt like a nice little solution that gave a bit of a top and more Brian. And away I will play Vibragan this week. And I hope that Kinski outscores him.

I know the pun the pains in my life. If I go Kinski first. Oh, let's leave Vibragan out when he's playing a promoter side. Now I'm going to play Vibragan personally. So for me, it's Kinski cons of Van Zijk-Kalafuri DeKyper. Palmer, Rogers, Shabosh, light, Isak, Jalpejo, Harlan, still in. That's a morphined out bench for me. So the Bravko Gomez, Yalkuri, the op. I think those two Brighton midfielders cover it up really nicely in a four-free-free system. If you run lucky enough to have someone. Nico Arali pulled his back in the warm-up kind of gig. So yeah, he's clear, isn't it? Heavy Chelsea and Liverpool coverage. No, Collis. Your boy, you pit, Kallili would have been the one. But no. I'm cheaper than DeKyper. I've used every penny here. Admittedly, I could have done great at Gomez a little bit more. But it is pretty thin on the bench anyway. I'd prefer DeKyper.

I think, but if it was that choice this week. Similarly, I wouldn't pay the extra for Pedro Poro. So the combination there, I felt, just like Kinski with the Bravko. And then put DeKyper in felt like it worked a bit better. Money-wise, I felt. I was maybe, because you obviously haven't got hard on door for Nanders in yours. You might have felt a bit more obliged to spend more of it, maybe. Pretty much, yeah. Yeah. Okay. What would be different on Wild Card? I'm going to say now what I said on my Auschheim stream yesterday if you haven't watched it. I prefer Wild Card in now to Game Week 6. Yeah. Exactly. At least I feel like this is attacking something. Unless something goes wrong with the team news, I won't be using I've really used chips personally this week. And I'm already, as I said, you're on a different show this morning, David. And except of my red arrow this week. And if it's not one, I will be pleased. What would go in on a Wild Card for you? I suspect many of these selections are going to be similar as well.

Yeah. I mean, I do like this. Opportunity to freshen your team up. So just read it out. For the having used bench boost, I would have to brighten keepers for brother and steel. Put Daniel Moon was in there. Could be an interesting one moving forward. Obviously, you know, glass and system. Well, not like not a fantastic fish to this week, but not terrible. And you know, glass as record is well documented. Yeah, it was well played this morning. And double Arsenal defense. Obviously, other defenders, Malik Chow, you could easily go for Hall. If you were that way inclined. And Mendy of Hall. Thank you, my name is Chris last night, actually. So people are catching on to him. And midfield for. Bummo, Cole Palmer. Oh, de Garda would stick in. He's putting his hand up as a. Being fit and firing this season. Rutches. So yeah, all of the Chelsea attacking basically, Joe Pedro, Iling Harland and young wiser with the good fixtures coming up for new castle.

Pascal Gross, I would leave in as well on Wild Card. Yeah, don't hate it at all. It's. He's that would have been nice to squeeze in. And I guess you could make it happen if you make sacrifices in other areas, but he's not made it this week. I don't think. So your wild card team has got no Liverpool. I know. Well, I think after this week, he gets a bit tough, doesn't it? It does. Yeah, I would love to. I would love to have ease. I can there is possible. But I'm sure I would throw in a defensive one over. The ones I've got here, there's obviously Arsenal. Great defensively and then quite like having a new castle and Daniel Mooner's is a bit of a differential. I like the muna's pick. Just worry it might be one early. That's all. Yeah. That would be the only. How do you feel with the thing is if ain't the start. And you put him in. And they do well. And I think you and I have to pin in. They might do okay tomorrow. What does that mean for comment your own next week?

No, I'll tell you point. Yeah. That's the only thing on Mooner's. I think is every chance is going to go. And as I said on Monday's point, he is going to go in the team. I'm certain of that. It's just how quickly can a gig. I think we're easily being tomorrow. I'd roll the dice on it. I think. No, I'm okay with that. You've got cover, but ultimately with Mooner's, if he doesn't start like against Son of he will come on. He'll come on. Yeah. Whereas with your centre back, you might be lucky enough that they they don't get on the pitch at all. He definitely would zero doubt about it if he didn't start. Yeah. Yeah, Charles fine. As a pick, Mendy, as you said, gross as insurance, sake, for Taka, yeah, it's all fine. What's interesting is we did free hit drafts. And I left Holland in. You didn't. And we've done wild card drafts. Without you, you've left Holland in. I've tightened him out. But I haven't really. If you look at mine, look at the money in the bank. Okay. I've left 6.6 in the bank, which is maybe it's men's soul.

But it leaves open the choice. It leaves open the choice of going is act to Holland. It's kind of that near enough the exact money that you need. If you don't feel comfortable about is sake following this weekend. Or you go, do you know what? I'm really happy with this front free of issake Barry Gelpejo. I can get back up here to Bruno Fernandez from any of them up in midfield is probably from Shabosh line seriousness. And it still leaves like a 1.5 spare to do whatever afterwards. So I've done it. Vibrogon and Kinski I've kept with. I realize it's going to do everyone's brains in. It's not going to be to do mine in. I don't think. Concerned Califuri Givens. I've gone to Brantfway at Everton. Next to a really good after this week. And you might say next three are really good including this week. He's notable that Newcastle defenders like Malik Chow's death con numbers was really lower taught them in game week 2s. I'm conscious he's not a definite for death con tomorrow.

But five and six fixtures are good. I think in the uglier run of fixtures they have, he will still pick him up. Everton can be quite random in terms of when clean sheets arrive and stuff. So I quite like that with Brantfway. It's the saving versus James Tarkovsky. That game of ball muffin game week 2 very easily could have been the other way around where it was Brantfway. So that Brantfway, the op and egonormendi is like Tosoco and I've put egon in there. I just think the whole way it's switched rotation is pretty good. Not to the extent of ever starting over of them. But at least one of them always seems to have an okay fixture. The every interesting thing with that is. There's one particular week that the double arsenal defense doesn't look great. I think moving forward and it's Liverpool way. I just think cycling on Liverpool way game week 9. They play each other. A whole one it switch that like lands quite nicely to go. Well, maybe just playing both and leave the Arsenal out that way. The Chelsea front free goes in.

Absolute given for me. The only reason serious is why I wouldn't go treble arsenal defense is not to cut off. Odegard, Sakka, Solis, Haberts just leave it open at the moment. So Sakka's in. I've put Sakka in. It's more in terms of the hold of the position. It's close to Fernandez. And with this I can shall Pedro at the moment. Shabosh lies in there. Antiana Barry. On the little saving. Obviously looks exceptional for minutes moving forward. And I think it's interesting next week. I wonder those who will maybe plan to go this or might end up going Barry instead. Because maybe they've lost a bit of value in their squad. And that will bring it a little bit back in line as being a little bit cheaper. Maybe. So for Bruggen, Cons of Bratfway, Califuri, Sakka, Palmer, Shabosh, Lair, Rogers, Isak, Barry, Jail, Pedro, Subs, Kinski, Yelp, Kui, Diyop, Egan. With 6.6 million in the bank. Probably to just go isak to Holland next week.

Yeah. I'm conscious about this game week seven thing. It's interesting. I think three days after PSG, which is three days after Liverpool. Yeah. Yeah. No, that's a fair point. It's interesting how these things evolve weeks a week, isn't it? Because I put Sakka and Palmer in my wild card last week. But I've not done it this week because I've done a Odegaard instead and saved the money. Whereas you've gone the other way. You didn't have Sakka and Palmer last week and you put them in this week. It's just interesting the amount of added information. I could have gone Sakka Robbins. I could have gone Sakka Robbins and Aldergaard rather than Sakka. But then ultimately, I'm now leaving what, 9 million in the bank. It was a big stream. At least they didn't use Sakka. And when you used Sakka, you couldn't have admittedly get me from Yelp Kui to Fernandez, I suppose. Or open up to get from a different forward to Ireland. I felt on this strategy, I was leaving enough money in the bank. It's essentially it's left to just go isak to Holland next week. Yeah. No, it's interesting. Okay.

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