Fantasy Football Fanatics

In a low scoring week for the FFFanatics someone has gone early with the triple captain chip. The remaining FFFanatic with their wildcard presses the button. Theres a lot to talk about for the best hive mind FPL team around. A new leader in the podcast league and a look at some of the other teams standing out. Want to compete against the FFFanatics? Join our @FPLFFFanatics Podcast League - use the code k07oof on the Fantasy Premier League site. 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!***

This week FFFanatics Duncan, Andy and Matt talk early wildcards as Andy reveals the fate of his first score post wildcarding whilst Matt has activated his. There are predictions galore in the GW5 fixtures preview and as always Man Utd are a hot topic of debate with Lukaku’s post Inter exit comments under the FPL microscope. Will Mané's touchline tantrum affect the Liverpool attack? Duncan and Andy speculate and pontificate. There’s a surprise in store to finish the pod and a discussion of the true meaning of Kung-Fu and an ex footballer who has mastered it. Want to compete against the FFFanatics? Join our @FPLFFFanatics Podcast League - use the code k07oof on the Fantasy Premier League site. 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!***

There’s honourable mentions for two players you don’t want to upset in Ashley Barnes and Jamie Vardy in the football moments this week. The FFFanatics talk early wildcards as Ben and Duncan had played theres with mixed results. One man went to Mo went to Mo the Arsenal this week but we discuss whether Mane can match him.  Gary brings news of Manchester United’s leaked fantasy league to the fixture preview, but which Utd players are they all tipping for success this season? Matt’s keen on Tammy and wants to get his crampons stuck into Mount as he talks up the cheap Chelsea options. There’s talk of a 4.0 fixture in the Palace backline and Ben has spotted another reason to be interested in their defence. Duncan’s interest is peaked by the Leicester attack and urges caution to those thinking of moving them out before Andone one gets a deserved spanking. With the Carabao Cup this week Matt wisely reminds us all to avoid early transfers. Want to take on the FFFanatics? Join our @FPLFFFanatics Podcast League by

Rotation sees Duncan, Matt and Gary in the FFFanatics lineup this week. They look back over GW2 and discuss VAR and they need to talk about Kevin De Bruyne. Barnes is his best and worst self and he now has a grime track by @BacchusUTC all about his shithousery and how people love to hate him, needless to say Duncan is all over it.  Teemu Pukki features in the FPL moments of the week for both positive and negative reasons before the FFFanatics look through the upcoming fixtures. Matt talks Evertons lack of goals and whether their defensive assets are worth it. Duncan looks at Chelsea and who in their team is the best option going forward. Maverick Savant Gary picks out a potential and unlikely goalscorer in Brighton v Southampton and Matt tempers the Man Utd Martial love in. The FFFanatics discuss the best cheap cheap striker and predict goal a plenty at Vicarage road when West Ham come to visit. Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics  ***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or w

This week there is a FFFanatics love-in for the fuzzy feeling on the first friday night of the new season. With three MNU fans on the pod there is also obviously some excitement about Ole’s young guns' end to the weekend. The FFFanatics pick a highlight from their individual Gameweeks before looking in awe at the FFFanatics joint team which is somehow outperforming them all - and they discuss a nice problem to have - what to do if you’ve had a good start? The first fixtures preview of the season casts a critical eye over GW2 in FPL  before Andy reveals the fortunes of the FFFanatics GW1 gut punts and their gambles for GW2. Be warned the FFFanatics may have also gone ***Brighton mad*** a cardinal sin for the boyhood Palace followers. Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics. Like the show? Why not 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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In the last but not least pod of pre-season the FFFanatics are getting close to match fitness. Andy and Matt get more minutes under their belts and there’s a first appearance of the season from big money signing from the Chinese super league - Gary - who impressed in some of his sporadic loan appearances last season. Duncan is back too looking for match sharpness and has news of another new arrival to the wider pod family.  The FFFanatics talk FPL team names, introduce their new features for the season including a FFFanatics Fantasy team - managed by the collective - will Andy and Gary’s maverick tendencies balance out Ben’s Dullardism or will Matt’s pragmatism prevail? Gary’s gut punts have grown this season and the FFFanatics start by picking their season (Shane) long players to watch. Follow us on twitter @FPLFFFanatics. Like the show? Why not 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 lis

Join Andy, Matt and Ben who take a very early look at the upcoming FPL season. With early thoughts on top 3 and bottom 3 teams, breakthrough players, best of the newly promoted teams, and overvalued/undervalued teams. We also go through our current FPL drafts and pour one out for Niasse who is no longer in the game

Get in touch and follow the Fanatics @FPLFFFanatics. What a goalfest to end the season on, GW38 doesn’t disappoint and lives up to its monicker as the craziest GW of the season. The FFFanatics look back over the last weekend and discuss the season and what they’ve learnt from their own fantasy team’s performances. They trade best and worst transfer decision, maverick moves both successful and dreadful. Andy looks back to the FFFanatics predictions in the preseason and we reveal who was on the money and who was way off. There’s the final mini league and gut punt standings before the FFFanatics pick the first names on their team sheets for the next season (2019/20). 

As the season nears its final gameweek the FFFanatics are back to full strength and Duncan in particular is on the hunt for explosive differentials in the last chance saloon that is GW38. There’s a quick look back over some of the highlights from the European semi finals and Matt takes pleasure in Spurs pain at Bournemouth. As always the Fanatics discuss their whipping boys and gut punts for the gameweek to come before clean sheets, captains and transfers.

Get in touch and follow the Fanatics @FPLFFFanatics. In this episode the list of countries the FFFanatics have podded from is added to by Matt and Gary in Seoul, Korea. Gary goes all back to the 1960s in search of a goal for huddersfield. Duncan knows a team that have beaten the reigning champions in the last two seasons, can they do it again? Matt is looking forward to an extended Jamie Vardy party. As well as looking at the mid point of DGW35 and previewing GW36 the Fanatics discuss their gut punts before clean sheets, captains and transfers. 

Get in touch and follow the Fanatics @FPLFFFanatics. Another big double gameweek is upon us and the FFFanatics have played their wildcards. Duncan, Matt and Ben discuss who to ship out before GW35 and who the key teams are to target for the double. Brighton are a big talking point with all three FFFanatics getting carried away with the FPL community bandwagon, Ashley Barnes gets a mench and there's big changes in the FFFanatics gut punts league. Are liverpool assets more valuable to invest in this week despite not having a double or should we go all in for DGW players? The FFFanatics go team by team in the DGW35 preview and rank them by best fixtures first. As always the Fanatics discuss their gut punts for the gameweek to come before clean sheets, captains and transfers.

Get in touch and follow the Fanatics @FPLFFFanatics. The FFFanatics are back with a rare pod cameo this week from Mini league maverick Gary. The buzz words this week are motivation and rotation. Which teams still have it all to play for and which are on the beach? Where will rotation hit hardest for the big teams? Gary predicts an upset in LEI v NEW and wards us off the Man Utd back line. As always the Fanatics discuss their gut punts for the gameweek to come before clean sheets, captains and transfers.

Get in touch and follow the Fanatics @FPLFFFanatics. At the midpoint of Double Gameweek 32 the FFFanatics take a look at how their planning has paid off. All but Free Hitter Duncan have been build for DGW32 with transfers, so which strategy is paying off? There’s a look forward each FFFanatics strategy for their remaining chips and discussion of how to navigate the upcoming blanks in BGW33. There’s a huge lead at the top of the gut punts league with one FFFanatic holding a record of 7.8 points per game for the players they’ve suggested. As always the Fanatics discuss their gut punts for the gameweek to come before clean sheets, captains and transfers.

Get in touch and follow the Fanatics @FPLFFFanatics. Two is company, three is a crowd but four is a full set of the FFFanatics. With a total of three players producing attacking returns across all the FFFanatics teams combined and no defence returns at all, commiserations are plentiful. There’s a change in format for the DGW32 preview as we look team by team. Is tripling up on Man United assets as essential as we once thought for GW32? Which Man City assets should we stockpile? And which teams/players are good differentials? As always the Fanatics discuss their gut punts for the gameweek to come before clean sheets, captains and transfers.

Get in touch and follow the Fanatics @FPLFFFanatics. A shorter pod given the upcoming blanks in GW31, Matt and Ben console themselves with their average gameweek scores by reminiscing about Man Utd v PSG and comparing themselves to Andy’s post wildcard troubles. They preview BGW31 and pick out the players to target whether you are using a free hit chip or transfers. As always the FFFanatics discuss their gut punts and whipping boys for the gameweek to come before clean sheets, captains and transfers.

Get in touch and follow the Fanatics @FPLFFFanatics. Another horror week collectively for the FFFanatics. They review their transfers and console each other through the low points of their gameweek 29 returns. There’s a three against one split on chip strategies, a surely unassailable lead in the gut punts league and discussion of the Avian derby. As always the Fanatics preview the upcoming fixtures, discuss their gut punts and whipping boys for the gameweek to come before clean sheets, captains and transfers.

Get in touch and follow the Fanatics @FPLFFFanatics. Duncan and Matt pick over the bones of Blank GW27 while Ben gets hitched and Andy groomsmans. The FFFanatics talk about their chip strategies with blanks and doubles not far off and which of the two is the best. They preview GW28 which comes hot on the heels of GW27 and pick out the big shouts fantasy wise. As always the Fanatics discuss their gut punts and whipping boys for the gameweek to come before clean sheets, captains and transfers.

Get in touch and follow the Fanatics @FPLFFFanatics. An ok week for the FFFanatics even though they are Aguero less. They review their transfers, discuss the high points of their gameweeks and identify potential problem areas. As always the Fanatics preview the upcoming fixtures, discuss their gut punts and whipping boys for the gameweek to come before clean sheets, captains and transfers. In Niasse we trust.

Get in touch with the show on twitter @FPLFFFanatics. This week the FFFanatics record halfway through Double GW25 and bemoan their lack of Aguero. Andy is loving the fact that Niasse is back playing and might come good on his bet, while Duncan enjoys an Arsenal player’s ability to track back and Ben gets returns from every player but his captain. The FFFanatics look ahead to GW26 and discuss a budget top six defender that has been doing well, whether Richarlison will performance against his old team mates at Watford or whether they’ll Zaha him off the park. Theres a few good gut punts to look back on and more in store for GW26 as well as whipping boys, clean sheets, captains and transfers. 

Get in touch with the show on twitter @FPLFFFanatics. This week the FFFanatics discuss the jekyll and hyde character of Nuno Espirito Santo and an unexpected outcome in Arsenal’s halftime entertainment. Speculation is rife on the pod as who will lineup for Arsenal and Man Utd in GW24 following he FA cups games. Its Salah (c) set and forget time as Mo faces another good tasty home fixture. Spurs are a hot topic with so many injuries - will their second string come good and who has already gone maverick with one of their stand ins? The FFFanatics preview GW24’s fixtures before looking back on some successful gut punts (now being tracked weekly!) and ahead to next gamweek's whipping boys and clean sheets. Andy is no longer the record holder for most money ITB as Ben and Duncan top his GW22 pot of gold, but how will they be spending it?