The FPL Banger Podcast

Description: After a 2-month break, United fans Chris & Sam, Chelsea fan Leon & Arsenal fan Siva (i.e. the Banger Committee) return to review the Premier League season at its midpoint, celebrating the highs and lows before selecting their Worst PL XI of 20/21 so far. Banter ensues, bad football opinions for everyone Timestamps: 0.00 Intro 3.23 Mid-Season Review 39.12 Worst PL XI so far 39.30 Goalie 41.17 Defenders 44.58 Midfielders 48.49 Forwards

With news of a possible postponement of Spurs v Villa in GW18, which in turn could affect fixtures in GW19, Sam & Siva attempt to make sense of everything while discussing the best FPL assets for both GW18 and GW19, both from the perspective of managers who will be playing a chip (Free Hit, Wildcard, Triple Captain) and also those who won’t be playing a chip. Man City, Man Utd, Villa, Arsenal, Liverpool all come into focus. If you liked the Pod, check us out on Twitter at FPL_Banger Timestamps: 1.20 Man City 9.01 Man Utd 15.01 Villa 18.41 Burnley 21.21 Spurs 25.37 Arsenal 28.42 Palace 30.59 Sheff Utd & Newcastle 34.38 Wolves & Everton 36.31 GW18 Best Picks Summary 37.22 Liverpool 42.11 West Ham 45.39 Chelsea 46.54 Leeds 50.15 Southampton 52.30 GW18 Captain & GW19 Captain + Chip Strategy 59.28 Minileague Update Minileague Code: 05tm12 We're Sam & Siva, 2 guys who have played FPL for almost 10 years with 5 top 20k finishes (14k in 2020) between the 2 of us. We do a concise stats-driven weekly FPL pod previewing the gameweek.

With the announcement of BGW18 and DGW19, Siva & Sam return to map out transfer plans and chip strategies (free hit, wildcard, triple captain, bench boost) with the blank and double gameweeks in mind, including DGW26 and BGW29. We also talk captaincy picks for the next 3 GWs (GW15, 16 & 17) as well as replacements for Chillwell, Reece James, Lamptey, Ings and more. If you liked the Pod, check us out on Twitter at FPL_Banger Timestamps: 1.12 GW14 Review 4.18 Agenda 4.50 BGW18 Strategy 10.44 DGW19 Strategy 17.17 BB v TC v FH in DGW19 22.58 GK 27.51 Defenders + Chilwell James Lamptey replacements : TAA Robbo Dias Stones Dier Cress Coufal Dallas Taylor Justin Vest Bednarek Zouma 45.31 Midfielders : Salah Bruno KDB Son (& Kane) Rashford Grealish Mount Bowen Soucek 60.48 Forwards : Vardy Firmino Martial + Ings replacements: Adams Bamford Wilson Welbeck 69.10 Captaincy for GW15 16 17 Minileague Code: 05tm12

Sam & Siva return to settle the big debate once and for all: Bruno v KDB for captaincy in GW13. We also discuss the problem of Son & Kane stealing our green arrows each week, replacements for Jota at every price bracket, budget forwards and defenders, listener questions and more. If you liked the Pod, check us out on Twitter @FPL_Banger Timestamps: 0.36 GW12 Review 2.03 De Bruyne v Fernandes 8.58 Alternative GW13 Captaincy Options 11.06 GW14 Captains, and more KDB v Bruno chat 14.58 Kane & Son, Wilson Ings Adams & team structure 22.12 Jota replacements: Bowen Soucek Benrahma Ward-Prowse Lookman Cavaleiro Zaha Grealish Maddison 36.04 Werner replacements 39.18 Defenders: James Cancelo Stones Dias Dier 43.57 Our Transfers Minileague Code: 05tm12 Our Current Teams: Siva: McCarthy Chilwell Taylor Lamptey Salah Son Bruno KDB Bamford Adams DCL Sam: Ryan Chilwell Cresswell James Bruno Son Salah Grealish Ings DCL Wilson

Premium Overload! With hauls for KDB, Salah, Son, Kane and a return for Bruno off the bench (and even a Sterling haul) we assess the best premiums and how many of them we can get without compromising the rest of our teams. To that end, we also consider the best budget enablers at the moment, strategies for dealing with the upcoming fixture pile-up as well as answering listener questions and looking at captaincy for GW12. Follow us on Twitter @FPL_Banger Timestamps: 0.0 GW11 Review 8.51 Agenda 9.52 The Big 5: Salah KDB Bruno Son Kane (and a bit of Sterling) 31.07 Managing rotation risk and dealing with the fixture pile-up 38.41 Christmas wish list for every position and budget enablers 39.00 Defenders: Dier Reguilon  40.37 Trent Robertson 44.31 Reece James  45.47 Midfielders: Ward-Prowse (and some Vestergaard) Bowen Zaha 50.14 Forwards: Ings Bamford Wilson DCL Werner 57.06 Captains for GW12: Salah / Jota v Son / Kane 59.51 Captains for GW13: KDB v Bruno 60.32 Minileague Update

With Sam achieving a jump from an overall rank of 2.2m up to the top 400k in the World in the space of just 4 weeks (where he joins Siva), they address the week’s biggest #FPL issues; the best Man City assets that might help us beat Pep Roulette, whether Bruno Fernandes is a must-have asset regardless of fixtures, the possibility of Diogo Jota being “cover” for Mo Salah, letting go of Spurs assets, the best captains for GW11 and more. Timestamps 1.10 GW10 Review 4.06 Always Captain Bruno Part 2 6.04 Wilson & Vardy 10.18 Agenda 11.09 Man City: KDB Mahrez Jesus Sterling Cancelo Walker Dias 20.43 Bruno Fernandes Son Kane 30.27 Jota Salah 36.30 Werner Ziyech 40.19 Forwards: Wilson Adams Bamford Cavani DCL  44.02 Budget Mids, Template, Formation    47.13 Defence: Reece James, Budget Picks 49.48 Captains 54.32 Transfer Plans, KDB v Salah, Contingencies for Villa v Newcastle  If you liked the Pod, follow us on Twitter @FPL_Banger *Recorded just before the EPL confirmed the postponement of Villa v Newcastle

After selling SALAH and becoming beneficiaries of a generous double digit haul from Bruno Fernandes, Siva & Sam return to debate whether to get Salah straight back in after his quick recovery, and how to fit Salah in with the Spurs, Man City, Man Utd and Leicester assets - we can’t have them all. They also consider budget forwards, defensive options and debate the best captain this week. If you enjoyed the Pod, let us know on Twitter @FPL_Banger Timestamps 0.0 GW9 Review 3.33 Agenda 4.33 Salah Strikes Back 6.04 Bruno 7.48 KDB Sterling 8.25 Kane Son 14.08 Vardy 16.45 Jota 22.51 Salah Bruno KDB Sterling Jesus 34.15 Ziyech Werner 35.26 Bamford Adams Watkins Antonio Wilson  39.33 Defence: Robertson Cancelo Dias Cresswell Coufal & more 45.06 Captaincy: Vardy Salah Bruno DCL KDB

As the international break (finally) comes to an end, Sam & Siva return from a good GW8 to discuss all the big topics: what to do with MO SALAH, holding on to Son/Kane and attacking the fixture swings with Man United, Man City, Villa, Leicester and Everton. They also appreciate the awesomeness of Hakim Ziyech, consider the best defensive options and debate captains. If you enjoyed the Pod, let us know on Twitter @FPL_Banger Timestamps GW8 Review 0.00 Son Kane 3.51 Bruno Rashford KDB Sterling Jesus 7.22 Ziyech Werner 15.15 Grealish Watkins Bamford 17.54 DCL Everton 22.24 Zaha 24.48 SALAH & Replacements 26.29 Robertson 33.12 Cancelo Dias 34.07 Cresswell Coufal Masuaku 35.16 Captains 36.13

With the upcoming fixture swings Sam & Siva discuss plans for GW8 and beyond, addressing the issue of what to do with Spurs assets, the value alternatives to Liverpool defenders, Pulisic replacements, budget mids and forwards plus captaincy and listener questions. If you enjoyed the pod, let us know on Twitter @FPL_Banger Timestamps 0.38 GW7 Review 3.50 Agenda 4.22 Liverpool defence over? & Chilwell 8.12 Saiss replacements 11.10 Walker Cancelo Dias 12.35 Bellerin Tierney 13.33 Cresswell Coufal Masuaku 14.52 Vestergaard KWP Lamptey 16.20 Pulisic replacements 16.50 Ziyech Mount  19.46 Chelsea triple-up Havertz Werner 22.35 Grealish 24.22 Barnes Fornals Bowen Haller 26.46 Podence and budget mids 27.20 Jota Foden Saka Torres 30.35 Plans for Spurs assets Kane Son 31.27 Rashford Fernandes Martial and more Spurs plans 34.12 Budget Forwards Maupay Wilson Adams Bamford Antonio 37.15 Captains

After the horror show of GW6, Sam & Siva try to help FPL managers to pick up the pieces and look ahead to GW7, analysing which premiums to target for upcoming fixture swings, whether it is too late to get on the Spurs train, mid priced and budget enablers, plus a look at captains, listener questions and the importance of taking care of our mental health. If you enjoyed the pod, let us know on Twitter @FPL_Banger Timestamps 0.15 GW6 Review 4.42 Premium Assets: Son Kane 10.19 Mane Salah Bruno 17.53 Sterling KDB Foden 20.45 Mid Priced Mids: More Foden Zaha  23.55 Grealish & Villa 25.42 Rodriguez 28.55 Chelsea mids 32.18 Podence Bowen Barnes Maddison 35.50 Mid Priced & Budget Forwards 37.13 Bamford 40.51 Maupay Wood Wilson 42.13 Jimenez & Ings 45.50 Defenders 46.14 Trent Robbo 47.33 Saiss 49.08 Chilwell James 50.49 KWP Lamptey Coufal Dallas Ayling Mitchell 55.34 Lookman 56.41 Captains 61.44 Mental health PSA