FML FPL - Fantasy Premier League Podcast — Podcast

World Cup 2026 Semis and Final: A Closed Loop System 14.07.2026 32min

Our final World Cup pod is short and sweet, and we have FPL launch around the corner. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and Future Planning: When Will They Launch FPL? 00:01:49 Team FML FPL: Quarterfinal Clean Sheet Shielding to a Million Points 00:03:30 Attacking the Third Place Match: The Deadline for the Final Is Not the Final 00:08:04 Questions from Discord: All-In or Diversifying This Round, Max Cap and Clean Sheet Shield, Messi or Kane 00:21:05 What Are We Doing with Our Team: Wait for the Lineups, Probably Have to Sell Yamal for Cash, TBD the Rest 00:26:50 World Cup Fantasy Parting Words: Looking Forward to FPL FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World Cup 2026 QF: Our Team Has Gone Airplane Mode 08.07.2026 44min

Well, the round of death for Fantasy World Cup has arrived, and we do not have enough free transfers to deal with it. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and How We Did in the Round of 16: The Airplanes Have Descended into Team FML FPL 00:03:18 Our Team's Situation: How and When to Use the Clean Sheet Shield 00:08:46 Starting with Questions from Discord: Nyland, USA vs Belgium "Analysis," Messi, Quarterfinal GKs, 15 Playing Players, and Kane vs Haaland 00:27:58 Briefly Going Through the Other Matches We Haven't Talked About Yet, Starting with France vs Morocco 00:30:21 Spain vs Belgium: What's Up with Lamine Yamal? 00:35:11 Awful Argentina vs Classic Switzerland FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #QF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World Cup 2026 R16: Probably the Last Round That the Fantasy Game Is Still Fun 03.07.2026 54min

Working around potential eliminations feels like a minefield from here on out, but we have four transfers to use. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and How We’re Doing in the Round of 32 So Far: Qualification Bonus Is So Stupid 00:05:26 The Balogun Situation: Cheap Forward Options 00:09:10 What Are We Gonna Do: Reverse Engineering Our Transfers 00:13:40 Canada vs Morocco: Morocco Are All Good Picks 00:17:14 Heavy on France and Heavy on Argentina Is Logical 00:20:48 Clean Sheet Chip Talk: When Is the Best Time to Play It and Why 00:28:04 Germany, by the Way: Klopp In? 00:30:58 Netherlands: Complete Joke, Bye Koeman 00:32:03 Brazil vs Norway and England vs Mexico: Jude Red Incoming 00:38:30 Portugal vs Spain and USA vs Belgium: Portugal Stink and USA Without Balogun 00:44:03 Mbappé vs Olise: One of Them Is the Best Player in the World Right Now FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #R16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World Cup 2026 R32: Free Wildcard for the Knockouts 28.06.2026 59min

Extremely quick turnaround to the knockout stage, and we're all on a free wildcard, so we banged out an episode. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro: Walsh Is Back and We're Back 00:04:37 No Minus Points for Missing Penalties 00:08:14 Conceptualizing the Round of 32 and How to Talk About It 00:11:00 Working Backward from the Quarterfinal Favorites, Starting with Argentina 00:15:09 Qualification Booster and Clean Sheet Shield 00:19:03 Back to the Favorites with England: Jude Will Never Leave Our Team 00:24:29 France and Germany's Side of the Bracket: Three French and Maybe Zero Germans 00:28:20 Butting Heads on Spain 00:35:22 The USA and Not Making Too Many Bets 00:40:22 The Colombians: Lucho and Who 00:43:02 Netherlands and Morocco Quadrant: Trying to Steal a Great Round of 16 Matchup 00:47:09 Ending Quickly with Some Discord Questions: One Last Ride, Comparing the UI to FPL, and Cheap Mids FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #R32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World Cup 2026 MD3: A Wildcard Hullabaloo 23.06.2026 1godz 17min

It's just Alon on this episode, running through some MD3 group situations (Disgrace of Gijón) and World Cup Fantasy picks. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and How Our Team Is Doing in Round 2 00:04:37 Starting with Some Questions from Discord: Bounou and Morocco Defense, Scouting Bonus Picks, Ivory Coasters, Premiums for MD3 00:17:19 Third-Place Qualification Chart from Michael Caley of The Double Pivot Podcast 00:21:38 Group by Group Wildcard Thoughts, Starting with Group A: Flirting with a South Korean 00:23:14 Group B: Maybe a Full Avoid or a Sneaky Bosnian Herzegovinian 00:25:42 Group C: Three Morocco and Probably Three Brazil 00:35:11 Group D: The Disgrace of San Francisco 00:40:34 Group E: The Best Ivory Coast Team I've Ever Seen 00:43:58 Group F: How Much Do We Believe in Netherlands and Japan 00:55:01 Group G: Mo Curious and WTF Are Belgium 00:58:21 Group H: Possible Full Avoid Even Though Spain Are Spain 01:02:54 Group I: France and Norway, Bleh, but I'm Interested in Senegal 01:05:27 Group J: The Disgrace of Kansas City 01:09:47 Groups K and L: Haven't Seen’em Play Yet, but Maybe a Congolese Player and Maybe a Croatian Player 01:11:06 Our Tentative MD3 Wildcard Team with Discussions to Be Had FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World Cup 2026 MD2: What Even Is a Matchday 15.06.2026 48min

We're halfway through a match and halfway through a matchday, but it's kind of the only time we could pod before Walsh goes on vacation, so here we are vibing with a great tournament so far. Join the FML FPL World Cup Fantasy league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA We're also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Chapters: 00:00:00 Top Chef to Kick Off Our World Cup Fiesta: Top Tier Tear Play 00:02:18 Halfway Through MD1 Recap: This Is Where Team FML FPL Is At 00:10:41 Starting with Questions from Discord: Fun Teams, Triple Defenses, Japan Differentials, and Transfer Targets 00:19:10 Back to Team Alon and Walsh: Who Replaces Montes, Which Attacker Is Out, and Are We Definitely Wildcarding in MD3 00:24:07 Germany Thrashing: Football Terrorist Leroy Sane 00:27:54 Brazil Lineup and Performance: Weird 00:31:37 Shockingly Good from the USA and Other Random Bits and Bobs from MD1 FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fireside Chat with Anthony Dabbundo 10.06.2026 1godz 12min

Alon chats again with Anthony Dabbundo and they go group by group through the 2026 World Cup, picking out winners, dark horses, teams they like, teams they dislike, and potential Fantasy World Cup angles. Follow Anthony here: https://x.com/AnthonyDabbundo And check out his work for The Ringer here: https://www.theringer.com/creator/anthony-dabbundo Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro to Anthony and Gambling Disclaimer 00:03:00 World Cup Bets with the Most Value and World Cup Bets with the Most Fun 00:07:53 Starting with the Groups and Their Situations 00:10:24 Group A: Mexico, Czechia, South Korea, and South Africa 00:14:13 Group B: Switzerland, Canada, Bosnia, and Qatar 00:17:52 Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, and Haiti 00:26:01 Group E: Germany, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, and Curaçao 00:33:41 Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, and Tunisia 00:37:59 Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, and New Zealand 00:40:53 Group H: Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, and Cape Verde 00:43:13 Group I: France, Norway, Senegal, and Iraq 00:49:31 Group J: Argentina, Austria, Algeria, and Jordan 00:52:41 Group K: Portugal, Colombia, Congo, and Uzbekistan 00:57:20 Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, and Panama 01:02:40 Group D: USA, Turkey, Paraguay, and Australia FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World Cup 2026 MD1: Building Team Alon & Walsh 08.06.2026 1godz 5min

Three days until go time!!! We sorta tried to keep things relatively on topic, but in reality we're completely all over the place, mostly focused on our combined fantasy team. World Cup Fantasy is live! Join the FML FPL league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA We're also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Chapters: 00:00:00 Vacation Brain: We're Three Days Away from MD1, What the Hell 00:03:31 Questions from Discord Are the Launch Pads, but We Talk About Everything: Goalkeepers, Highest Scoring Teams, Chip Strategy, and Much More 00:39:10 Who Is Locked into Our MD1 Team Right Now (Subject to Change) and Some Chip Planning FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

World Cup 2026: Welcome to World Cup Fantasy 02.06.2026 59min

Whether you're PFPing (playing for points) or PFVing (playing for vibes), it's time to dive headfirst into World Cup Fantasy. World Cup Fantasy is live! Join the FML FPL league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA We're also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Chapters: 00:00:00 New USA-Style World Cup Theme Music and Welcome to World Cup Fantasy 00:01:01 World Cup Fantasy Rules and Our Interpretations: Scouting Bonus for the Win 00:20:27 Groups, Fixtures, Favorable Matchups, and Scouting Bonus Targets 00:27:18 Premium Picks and Top Teams: Brazil's Vini and Raphinha, Spain and Yamal, and Many More 00:31:54 More Players and Teams We Love, More Players and Teams We Hate, and Early Picks (Subject to Change) FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Post-mortem: Our 25/26 FPL Season Autopsy 29.05.2026 1godz 53min

We’re not good FPL players and we’re not having fun, so something has gone very wrong. Let’s break it down. World Cup Fantasy is live! Join the FML FPL league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA Or just use the code: WQRK6PBA We’re also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Alon will be on The FPL Last Resort post-mortem episode on Monday: https://www.youtube.com/@fpllastresort Chapters: 00:00:00 Admin Stuff: Cup Winner, Mug Winners, World Cup Pods, and a Discount 00:03:01 Very Quick GW38 Debrief: Walsh Transferred In Someone Who Didn't Play and Alon Saved His Transfer for Next Season 00:05:38 The Forgotten GW1 Bandwagon: Reijnders and Future GW1 Punts 00:16:10 The Timing of Holding Too Long or Too Short: Bad Process 00:26:07 Are the DefCons in the Room with Us Now: Use Transfers on Midfielders and Forwards Instead 00:51:08 Capping Palmer and Capping Gyok: Pay More Attention 00:52:55 What Is the Purpose of Playing FPL and What Is the Goal of Playing FPL 01:05:48 Our Benches and Our Autosubs: Not Good 01:10:37 FPL Burnout 01:15:55 The Joao Pedro Story: Evolving Our Evaluations and the Moving Target of "Nailed Players" 01:20:47 Bench Boost GW1 01:23:22 Liverpool and Slot: Bad Management and Injuries 01:29:03 How to Deal with New Rule Changes: They Will Be Broken 01:33:54 Nerfing Pen Takers 01:40:21 Rapid Fire Notes and Things to Chew On: MGW, Teams In and Out of Europe, and Carl Rushworth FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GW38: Skrtel with a Bloody Headwrap - Friday My Life [Patreon Preview] 23.05.2026 12min

Previewing what FML World Cup will look like, GW38 captaincy, the Man City situation, messy bitch Mo, some other FPL dudes, lifestyles, Attack on Titan… this is what we do. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek38 #GW38 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GW38: Last Normal Pod of the Season 20.05.2026 38min

We talk some stuff in what looks like a bit of a meh GW38 for a meh FPL season. Chapters: 00:00:00 Admin Stuff: Upcoming Schedule for This Week and Next, and Yes, We Will Be Doing Regular Fantasy World Cup Pods 00:01:25 GW37 Recap: Captain Gyok on the Bench Is a Fun Way to End the Season 00:06:35 Managerial Merry-Go-Round: Mostly Getting Us Excited for Next Season 00:16:00 Arsenal and City in FPL: Bad Picks 00:22:22 GW38 on Hard Mode: How Many Teams Will Play Starters and Have Something to Play For 00:26:21 Some Free Hit Picks 00:30:58 One Lifestyle Question Before We Go FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek38 #GW38 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GW37: Quintuple City Defense - Friday My Life [Patreon Preview] 15.05.2026 12min

It’s late season FPL, or, in other words, we talk a little about FPL stuff, then answer lifestyle questions and call it a day. Thanks for your support. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek37 #GW37 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GW37: Forget About FPL and Let’s Lifestyle 12.05.2026 45min

A little FPL as a treat, and then we get to business (lifestyle questions). Chapters: 00:00:00 GW36 Recap: Triple Captain O’Reilly, So Far Not That Good 00:06:15 The Arsenal: Who to Pick and Why to Pick Them 00:11:51 A Potpourri of Other FPL Questions: Beach Teams, Liverpool and Slot, FPL Picks, and More 00:27:50 The Pod Really Begins Here with a Lifestyle Bonanza 00:40:48 GW37 Schedule FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek37 #GW37 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GW36: Home Movies - Friday My Life [Patreon Preview] 08.05.2026 12min

Pretty sure we spent more time on Top Chef, some TV series, and reminiscing about old cartoons instead of FPL… But we did start with the requisite FPL stuff (Arsenal, Man City, Triple Captain, yada yada other shit), so yeah, take that. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek35 #GW35 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GW36: A Fake Double Gameweek and a Whole Bunch of Bullshit 05.05.2026 53min

Blahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Too many options and too few options, and plenty of time to get it wrong. Chapters: 00:00:00 GW35 Recap: Pole Calmer on the List 00:11:40 Allegedly There Is a Double Gameweek: Crystal Palace Picks 00:16:20 Manchester City Actually Have a Double Gameweek: Who Are We Backing 00:20:45 Ndiaye Frustration Through the Roof, Throw in Minteh Too 00:29:54 Delaying Arsenal Picks and Questions Until After the Champions League Second Leg 00:32:24 Players Walsh Has His Eyes on for His Five Free Transfer Bonanza 00:37:15 Ending on Some Lifestyle Questions and Wrapping Up FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek36 #GW36 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GW35: Players You Want for the End of the Season - Friday My Life [Patreon Preview] 30.04.2026 12min

We’re about 50/50 FPL and lifestyle at this point in the season, and we’re here for it. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek35 #GW35 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GW35: Trying to Care 28.04.2026 59min

Picking players from teams who still have something to play for. That’s where we are. Chapters: 00:00:00 Free Hit GW34 Recap: Injuries and Blanks 00:09:11 Interesting Table Situation: Teams to Target and Teams to Avoid 00:24:46 Man City Picks: Cherki or Load Up on the Defense 00:30:27 Chelsea Firing Rosenhower: Captain Palmer? 00:35:40 Hitting Some Questions: Wildcard 35, Mo Out, Rice, and Casemiro 00:53:04 Alon Bench Boost Situation FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek35 #GW35 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FH34: Talking in Circles - Friday My Life [Patreon Preview] 24.04.2026 12min

What the hell are we doing???????? This Free Hit is impossible and we are just going in circles. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek34 #GW34 #BGW34 #FH34 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

BGW34: Free Your Hit and Your Ass Will Follow 21.04.2026 59min

The annual Free Hit pod always comes as a relief because we are released from the double and blank gameweek shackles and get to play fantasy sports for one week. Chapters: 00:00:00 Barely a DGW33 Recap: Bunch more doubles to go so it doesn’t seem that important to talk about it 00:06:32 SUN v NFO 00:12:22 FUL v AVL 00:15:54 LIV v CPL 00:21:39 WHU v EVE 00:28:19 WOL v TOT 00:34:40 ARS v NEW 00:43:41 MUN v BRE 00:49:59 GW34 Captaincy FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek34 #GW34 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices