Synopsis
The Fantasy Football Fanatics are three friends obsessed with Fantasy Premier League. Duncan, Matt and Ben discuss all things FPL including planning ahead, predictions and rants. The show is produced weekly during the August to May English Premier League season.
Episodes
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Got the Stones? 2020/21
24/01/2021 Duration: 50minThis episode we look back on our DGW19 scores and GW20 conundrums. We talk about loads of different KDB replacements, an less Vardy replacements (where have all the good strikers gone?!). We look ahead to potential doubles in GW23 and 24 and we talk about the elephant in the FPL room, Liverpool's form and do we ditch? Want to take on the FFFanatics? Code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is 6ft5kc Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics If you like the show please rate and review us wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us.
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Resist the urge. 2020/21
03/01/2021 Duration: 01h02minThis episode we talk about the ideal free hit team for the blank gameweek and how we're setup for the double gameweek. We also look at the contrasting form and fortune of owning Chelsea and Man City players before discussing strategies for managing your FPL team with the unpredictable nature of the Covid season. Want to take on the FFFanatics? Code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is 6ft5kc Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics If you like the show please rate and review us wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us.
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Last chance to wildcard. 2020/21
27/12/2020 Duration: 56minMy other half says I am too fanatical about FPL, but in my defence I have the Liverpool double up. This episode we talk who we'd prioritise if we were using our wildcard, the two new potential 4.0 starters at Liverpool, whether to keep KDB, Grealish and DCL. Want to take on the FFFanatics? Code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is 6ft5kc Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics If you like the show please rate and review us wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us.
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Big Sam Returns! (With Sammy Lee). 2021/22
20/12/2020 Duration: 01h03minThis episode we chat the return of Big Sam, Man Us thrashing of Leeds, the new whipping boys and starting to plan the blank and double game weeks!
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Sparse gameweek. 2020/21
13/12/2020 Duration: 46minDuncan, Matt and Gary are here for the quick turnaround between game week 12 and 13. Topics this week are: Leeds defenders, massively overrated in FPL community or cheap enablers about to return? With the big guns all putting in lackluster performances this week is Europe fatigue catching up with the big teams? Then Gary has spotted a big trend with the effect of fans returning to some home games and Matt's wants to talk Double Gameweek planning as Blank GW18 and DGW19 rumours fly. Want to take on the FFFanatics? Code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is 6ft5kc Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics If you like the show please rate and review us wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us.
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Big hitters, bench fodder and enablers. 2020/21
06/12/2020 Duration: 57minDuncan and Ben are here to ask, did Mourinho score Spurs' first goal this week or did Son? They also ask if you're having a bad season is it worth sticking with the man everyone has, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, in a depleted out of form Everton facing tough fixtures? Then the FFFanatics have a proper pre Christmas fixtures clear-out and decided which Big hitters to have, who are the new bench fodder fancies and which first team enablers should we be stocking on to make it all possible? Want to take on the FFFanatics? Code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is 6ft5kc Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics If you like the show please rate and review us wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us.
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Good going backwards. 2020/21
22/11/2020 Duration: 01h04minDuncan, Matt, Ben and Andy make it four on the pod to look back at GW9 in FPL. Andy talks about the Wrexham take over and planned Netflix show which we are hoping is more of a disaster movie than Sunderland til I die. Topic for the FFFanatics this week are Captaincy GW10, are clean sheets back? Which teams/players are doing this business at the back, the Salah conundrum and part III of what to do with Spurs players (and Man City). Want to take on the FFFanatics? Code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is 6ft5kc Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics If you like the show please rate and review us wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us.
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End of Kane & Son? 2020/21
01/11/2020 Duration: 01h09minMatt, Andy, Ben and Gary talk their FPL gameweeks, the Spurs fixture turn, and Everton and Villa coming back to earth. Also a lil bit of Man City chat and Jack Wilshere!
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Death of the premium defender. 2020/21
25/10/2020 Duration: 01h12minRip up the plan again (the ones you already ripped once up last week) unbeaten Villa lose at home, Man City draw despite an amazing record away to West Ham. Form team Everton get schooled, The leaky defences of Man United and Chelsea become watertight and Liverpool can't keep a clean sheet at home to Sheffield United. Duncan, Ben and Andy are here to talk: The death of the premium defender - Whether its a blip or the beginning of the end of Everton and Villa's form - Cheap strikers buy/sell/hold - Impact of midweek European games on the big teams - What is your strategy at the moment? Want to take on the FFFanatics? Code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is 6ft5kc Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics If you like the show please rate and review us wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us.
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Pick and mix. 2020/21
18/10/2020 Duration: 01h13minDuncan, Matt and Gary are back with a little bit of this and a little bit of that there FPL. Liverpool minus Virgil is our talking point, we look back on Newcastle 1 Man United 4, Man City 1 Arsenal 0 and Everton 2 Liverpool 2 before looking ahead to some of the fixtures that excite for GW6. Want to take on the FFFanatics? Code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is 6ft5kc Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics If you like the show please rate and review us wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us.
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Goals aloud. 2020/21
21/09/2020 Duration: 01h23minDuncan, Gary, Ben and Matt talk early wildcards, Duncan went first with his in Gameweek 2 and Ben is hot on his heels with an active wildcard ready for GW3. The FFFanatics look back over the GW2 fixtures and with goals flying in everywhere they try and pick out the best fantasy options to bring in. Want to take on the FFFanatics? Code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is 6ft5kc If you like the show please rate and review us wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us.
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It’s Opening Gameweek!!! 2020/21
13/09/2020 Duration: 01h15minBen, Andy and Gary discuss how the Fanatics faired in the opening GW. What revelations and surprises have we uncovered so far and discussing upcoming Man U and City strategies!
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Player predictions and team reveals. Pre-season 2020/21
07/09/2020 Duration: 01h05minWant to take on the FFFanatics? The code to join @FPLFFFANATICS league is: 6ft5kc The second preseason pod sees Duncan, Ben, Matt and Gary make their player predictions for the season before they all reveal their latest drafts. First up its the Lord Lundstrum Cup where the FFFanatics have to pick the defender at 4.5 or under who is going to get the most fpl points over the whole season. Then it's the turn of the Grealish Trophy and Ings Award where the same rules apply for midfielders and strikers respectively except the budget is 6.0 or under. The FFFanatics then reveal their teams and despite a few similarities there is quite a lot of difference between their teams a week away from the season starting. Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics. Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!
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Teams of interest. Pre-season 2020/21
31/08/2020 Duration: 01h40minThe FFFanatics are back for preseason 2020/21 and they are looking to build up match sharpness by talking about the teams they think have the most interest for fpl before the big kick off. Gary brushes aside comparisons of this Fulham team with their attacking outlook and defensive frailties and talks up options at Leeds. Ben is dead set against one big team that the fpl community are loving at the moment and Duncan has some hope again for Arsenal assets. Take us on in our listener league auto join link: https://fantasy.premierleague.com/leagues/auto-join/6ft5kc Or league use the league code: 6ft5kc Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!
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Ep 71: As it stands. GW38+ LIVE
27/07/2020 Duration: 01h09minIt's the final gameweek of the longest season ever and the FFFanatics are recording together as the games take place. Its close at the top of the @FPLFFFanatics Podcast league, which FFFanatic will finish the highest - will the joint team catch Andy? The FFFanatics also look ahead to players they have in mind for next season and once the final whistles blow they look back over their seasons.
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Ep 70: GW38+ Free hit planning
20/07/2020 Duration: 01h07minIts the final fixture preview podcast of the season as Duncan, Ben and Gary looked ahead to gameweek 38+ and pick out two players from each of the fixtures to be considered in their free hit team and the results are pretty terrifying for non free hitters. There's a new face in the top 5 of the listen league and a tight tussle in the top two. The FFFanatics throw caution to the wind and take a hit for the joint team in an effort to catch Andy's team up. For the end of the season podcast as its so close at the top of our mini-league and any of four FFFanatics could win it (and the joint team is within touching distance of Andy) we're planning to record as the final games kick off for GW38+ *** Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks! ***
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Ep 69: GW36+ & 37+ Four horse race
13/07/2020 Duration: 01h09minWith Sterling's hattrick and Antonio's haul suddenly Gary and Duncan are back in the running for the FFFanatics mini-league. Ben rises above the gloating to talk FA cup fixture congestion and whether Liverpool are bothered anymore. Gary wants to know when to use his triple captain and who is suddenly performing best without fans watching. Duncan wants to talk FPL style - set and forget big hitters or changing them to target the whipping boys as well as who the best teams outside of the top five are to target for the last three gameweeks.
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Ep 68: GW34+ & 35+ Talking points
06/07/2020 Duration: 01h05minThe FFFanatics dispense with the formalities this week and get straight into the nitty gritty. Its time for some FPL talking points and Duncan, Andy, Ben and Matt all have things to ask. Which defence is best for the last 5 gameweeks? When should we play our free hit? Who is the best goalkeeper to have after the restart? What is your greatest FPL fear? Who are the best differentials to climb your mini league? Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics - Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to us and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!
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Ep 67: GW31+ & GW32+ Amateur hour
22/06/2020 Duration: 01h13minThere is a lot to talk about this week after the premier league’s return: A David Luiz cameo for the ages, Dawson’s scissor kick, Sir Marcus arises and a double gameweek to boot. Duncan, Ben, Matt and Gary look back at two of their successful chip strategies and two less than ideal approaches. The FFFanatics then pick the teams they want to talk about for gameweeks 31+ and 32+ before revealing their wildcard squads.
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Ep 66: GW 30+ WE ARE BACK!
14/06/2020 Duration: 01h07minMatt, Ben and Gary talk the return of FPL. Do we remember our own teams? What is our chip strategy? Which players will play better without a crowd? Koller or Baros? Find out more in the latest pod!