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S7 Ep40: FPL Pod: Going big in attack with the Wildcard · FPL Pod

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Speaker 1: We're all back in the country to continue our wildcard
0:03
Speaker 1: squad build. We have an in depth discussion on midfielders
0:06
Speaker 1: and who would go for alongside Salah. The eternal Harland
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Speaker 1: debate continues and Jewels reveals his wild card is almost active. Hello,
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Speaker 1: Yron is Thursday. Welcome back to the FPL Pod. Another
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Speaker 1: podcast for you despite there being no FPL this weekend,
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Speaker 1: as we continue to look ahead to the season, running
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Speaker 1: a reminder, as I said, they're no FPL this weekend
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Speaker 1: because there is the FA Cup. Then we do return.
0:31
Speaker 1: We're going to return again on Monday, by the way,
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Speaker 1: because the Premier League returns in midweek. So hello as
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Speaker 1: always to tuneing on and Sam Bonfield and Sam, we're
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Speaker 1: all back in the country.
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Speaker 2: Just about time on this podcast to relate the story
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Speaker 2: about that I'm here now.
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Speaker 1: Sam got stranded in the heath Throw mess. I came
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Speaker 1: through Heathrow last night and discovered I'd left off my
0:52
Speaker 1: belongings in where i was on holiday. So I'm having
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Speaker 1: a bit of a disaster this morning.
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Speaker 3: Jewels, bit of a calmer week for you, Yeah, much
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Speaker 3: much coy mode. Just the trip to Paris, but that
1:01
Speaker 3: was easy, you know.
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Speaker 1: On the trend, so I feel regularly there and back
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Speaker 1: every week on you pretty much?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, too much? Right now I'm back and ready for
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Speaker 3: the weekend.
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Speaker 1: Do you have a bit of news when it comes
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Speaker 1: to your FPO team as well, Jeels, a.
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Speaker 3: Bit of news as in what I'm doing actually with
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Speaker 3: the team? Yes, yeah, yeah, because on the last show
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Speaker 3: we talked about when to play your wild card and
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Speaker 3: what to do with all your chip because there's obviously
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Speaker 3: not many game weeks left and for some of us
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Speaker 3: they're still bench boost and the free here and the
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Speaker 3: wild card and the assistant manager ship all of that.
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Speaker 3: And then I thought, do we play the World Card
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Speaker 3: game week thirty? Game week thirty one? And I actually
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Speaker 3: think that game week thirty is a good time to play,
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Speaker 3: so we can discuss that a bit later.
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Speaker 1: Okay, Yes, that's good news because we have been talking
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Speaker 1: about wild cards a lot. It is an international break,
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Speaker 1: so it does mean that a lot of people are
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Speaker 1: very tempted to use that second World Card. It's a
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Speaker 1: really good time to play it. Of course, there's currently
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Speaker 1: over one hundred and twenty four thousand of the chips active.
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Speaker 1: It's seventy eight thousand when we recorded last week, Sam,
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Speaker 1: is this around the point that you thought it would
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Speaker 1: have been.
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Speaker 3: Yeah?
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Speaker 2: It's weird, isn't it, Because normally in an international break,
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Speaker 2: particularly this international break, I'd expected that number twee.
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Speaker 1: A lot higher.
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Speaker 2: But I think because we're coming out of the international
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Speaker 2: break and then into the FA Cup, and there's still
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Speaker 2: so much that can happen between now and the game
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Speaker 2: week thirty deadline on Tuesday, that I guess maybe some
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Speaker 2: people are just waiting it out and waiting and see
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Speaker 2: what happens with the FA Cup, and maybe we might
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Speaker 2: see by the time we were recording on Monday morning,
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Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised if that number is quite a
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Speaker 2: lot higher.
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Speaker 1: And also, of course it is international break as well,
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Speaker 1: which means that players have been playing. It's Thursday morning
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Speaker 1: now at this point, I think all of the games
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Speaker 1: are over, aren't they. The last games are like the
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Speaker 1: Wednesday night. I think that's about right, isn't it. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: So I think there'll probably be a lot of concerns,
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Speaker 1: a lot of injury concerns, which we'll talk about in
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Speaker 1: a little bit more detail throughout the podcast when we
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Speaker 1: do continue on Wildcard Squad. A reminder that if you
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Speaker 1: didn't listen to the pod last week, it might be
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Speaker 1: worth listening to it just because we are building our
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Speaker 1: perfect worldcard squad and we're going through by position. So yeah,
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Speaker 1: we did the goalkeepers and the defender last week, so
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Speaker 1: definitely worth listening back to that before we continue with
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Speaker 1: our world cosset called building Jewels. This is your time
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Speaker 1: to shine. Whilst myself and Sam have been abroad, you
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Speaker 1: were embarrassed, but you also watch everything regardless of where
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Speaker 1: you are. Is there any headlines from the international break
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Speaker 1: that we need to know?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, loads loads of things happen, loads of good things
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Speaker 3: as well for us manager in the game. Let's start
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Speaker 3: with England obviously, because it was a really good week
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Speaker 3: for Mais Luis Kelly for example, have you.
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Speaker 1: Been complimentary about England?
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Speaker 3: Sorry, that's not what I said. I said it was
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Speaker 3: good now England exactly. All for Reach Games, who's called
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Speaker 3: a lovely freaky Not so much for Phil Foden, who
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Speaker 3: once again had a bit of a an anonymous game.
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Speaker 3: Earlin Harland scored and Martino Degand who's very good in
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Speaker 3: the In Norway's win against Israel, we saw good Jeremy
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Speaker 3: Doku and Kevin Lebrune, especially in the second leg of
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Speaker 3: Belgium game against Ukraine, and Mosella played twice nineteen minutes,
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Speaker 3: scored and assisted in one of the games with Dias
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Speaker 3: Called played twice in ninety twice nineteen minutes with Columbia
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Speaker 3: as well and also scored in in both games. Alexander
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Speaker 3: Isstik had got in and assists in against Northern Ireland with
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Speaker 3: Sweden did really well in that game, even Hoyden scored
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Speaker 3: and then Trol Christian Ronaldo somehow for Denmark. Kunya and
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Speaker 3: Andrew Pedro were both started one game each for Brazil.
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Speaker 3: Didn't go that great but still. And Chris Wood had
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Speaker 3: a hat trick with New Zealand. New Zealand is already
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Speaker 3: qualified for the Worker by the way, and then got
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Speaker 3: yellow cardif because he went in the stand to sign autograph.
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Speaker 3: That was a little bit a little bit weird. And
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Speaker 3: I think I will finish with Roald Jimenez, who was
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Speaker 3: outstanding for Mexico in the Nation's League semi final and final,
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Speaker 3: scoring against the USA and then against Panama as well
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Speaker 3: in the finals, So well done to him.
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Speaker 1: Just on the subject of Chris Wood, there was a
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Speaker 1: few concerns around him. Sam wasn't there in terms of injury.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it takes a blow to the hip, doesn't he
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Speaker 2: as he's making a shot. Yeah, we'll have to see.
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Speaker 2: I think there's quite conflicting information out there about him
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Speaker 2: at the moment. The positive thing for us is that
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Speaker 2: obviously not in for his play that we can. So
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Speaker 2: we should get of an update from Nuno as to
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Speaker 2: exactly what the deal is with Chris Woods, because for
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Speaker 2: a lot of managers, myself included, I think all three
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Speaker 2: of us have got Chris Wood. He's quite an integral
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Speaker 2: part of our FPL teams and wasn't a player that
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Speaker 2: I was thinking I was going to have to deal
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Speaker 2: with after the international break. So it will throw, you know,
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Speaker 2: throw people's plans out. And it's injuries like that, the
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Speaker 2: fact that Anthony Robinson withdrew from the US squad having
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Speaker 2: been fine in the game against burs that we can before,
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Speaker 2: Anthony Gordon, all these kind of players that people have
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Speaker 2: in their teams. If you start to see those flags building,
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Speaker 2: then actually it might be a bit like George was
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Speaker 2: saying that you start to think about that. Weld can't
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Speaker 2: know whether it's worth just doing a very quick one
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Speaker 2: ahead of game week thirty instead of holding it for
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Speaker 2: thirty one.
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Speaker 1: Yeah. I did check in the Athletic we're reporting on
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Speaker 1: WEDNS Tuesday, Wednes. I think it was that he's expected
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Speaker 1: to be assessed on Thursday, Chris Woods. So keep an
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Speaker 1: eye out or an ear out for what Nuno Spirito
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Speaker 1: Santo says. They do face Bright in the FA Cup
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Speaker 1: this weekend, so maybe they'll opt to rest him and
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Speaker 1: hopefully we'll be back for the midwek will have to
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Speaker 1: find out. Okay, then let's go back to our World
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Speaker 1: Card squad then, and it's time to move on to
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Speaker 1: the attacking players. This is potentially one of the hardest
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Speaker 1: parts of the pitch for me. I think in terms
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Speaker 1: of midfielders, there are twenty nine midfielders that scored over
6:13
Speaker 1: one hundred points this season. Is Salah still essential? I
6:18
Speaker 1: can't even believe I'm actually asking this, because I think
6:21
Speaker 1: I can answer it. He is, Isn't he Jewels?
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Speaker 3: Yeah? I think it is. I think it would be
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Speaker 3: mad not to pick him in your team if you're
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Speaker 3: playing your World Card, if you're whatever you're doing, if
6:30
Speaker 3: you have him already, don't let him go. If you
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Speaker 3: don't have him somehow you're probably the only one in
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Speaker 3: the world. Then find a way of having him also
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Speaker 3: because I think Liverpool could if they keep that gap
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Speaker 3: between them and Arsenal, wrap up the title very soon
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Speaker 3: and after that it's a little bit free flow because
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Speaker 3: you're already champions. You could easily see them most I
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Speaker 3: keep scoring and keep keep having ranking points, basically for
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Speaker 3: rest in the game. So it's been incredible so far
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Speaker 3: this season. Yes, lately Liverpool maybe haven't been as great
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Speaker 3: because the lost obviously the League final and in the
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Speaker 3: Champions League two. But I think even if they're maybe
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Speaker 3: not at the absolute best like they were previously in
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Speaker 3: the season's still more Sala It's still the best player
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Speaker 3: in the league by far, and they are still the
7:17
Speaker 3: best team in the league too, So yeah, I think
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Speaker 3: he's a messtume.
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Speaker 1: Of course, why would people be considering moving salad on?
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Speaker 1: Do you think there are people that are considering it? Yeah,
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Speaker 1: I think there are.
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Speaker 2: I think there's a couple of reasons. I think one
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Speaker 2: is when your wildcard, you think about the budget as
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Speaker 2: a whole for the first time maybe all season, or
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Speaker 2: at least since the first World Cup was played, so
7:38
Speaker 2: over the course of most of the weeks where you're
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Speaker 2: making your transfers, you're just looking at what budget do
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Speaker 2: I have available, what's in my bank, how much can
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Speaker 2: I get out of the player that I'm thinking about selling,
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Speaker 2: and how much money for the player I'm thinking about buying.
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Speaker 2: Whereas when you're wildcarding, I kind of look at it
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Speaker 2: as well, I will take everyone back out, and then
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Speaker 2: I've got a pot of money again to spend. Now,
7:56
Speaker 2: obviously I don't actually take them all out, but I
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Speaker 2: see the part as a whole, and people will kind
8:01
Speaker 2: of look at it and go, well, if I've got
8:03
Speaker 2: you know, if I've been building my team value and
8:05
Speaker 2: say I've got one hundred and two one hundred and
8:07
Speaker 2: three hundred and four million to spend on my team,
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Speaker 2: how much of that is going on premium assets. Now,
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Speaker 2: over the course of this season, we actually haven't had
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Speaker 2: that many premium assets where we've really wanted to invest.
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Speaker 2: It's been Harlan and Salah at the beginning. But then
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Speaker 2: obviously Harlan hasn't really been setting the world on fire,
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Speaker 2: and we'll talk about him a lot more later. But
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Speaker 2: if you do want to go back to a system
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Speaker 2: where you have Harlan if you want to keep Cole Palmer,
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Speaker 2: and he's another conversation I'm sure we're going to have
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Speaker 2: in a minute. If Bacayosaka comes back and suddenly we'll
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Speaker 2: want him in our teams as well, then you're looking
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Speaker 2: at upwards of forty million for those players, and if
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Speaker 2: you're spending that level, that's going to compromise the rest
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Speaker 2: of your team. So I think people will just assess
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Speaker 2: all of the premium assets and think about which one
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Speaker 2: of them is the most important to own. Now, for me,
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Speaker 2: Salah remains the most important player to have in your
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Speaker 2: team and I wouldn't even consider not having him. He's
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Speaker 2: got seventeen double digit halls so far this season. Last season,
9:03
Speaker 2: no one had more than ten acrourse the whole season.
9:05
Speaker 2: In the two seasons that were previous, no one had
9:07
Speaker 2: had more than eleven. So the fact that he's already
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Speaker 2: on seventeen and we are at game week thirty is madness.
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Speaker 2: And as Joe said, I think over the next couple
9:17
Speaker 2: of weeks we'll probably see Liverpool crown champions. And at
9:20
Speaker 2: that point you just stop playing without any kind of fear,
9:23
Speaker 2: don't you. And it's like, well, it's done. Now, let's
9:25
Speaker 2: just do it and have fun. So I can only
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Speaker 2: see positive things for Salah plus depending on your strategy
9:31
Speaker 2: for game week thirty four and the blank. We know
9:34
Speaker 2: that he's guaranteed to have a fixture, so if you're
9:36
Speaker 2: not planning to use a free hit, then he's a
9:38
Speaker 2: very important player to have.
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Speaker 1: I just think you're bonkers if you're selling Salah. That's
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Speaker 1: my conclusion from even without hearing all of those wonderful
9:45
Speaker 1: stats that we reel off every week. I just think
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Speaker 1: it's bonkers. So okay, so it's almost a given, isnt
9:50
Speaker 1: Let's not discuss Salah anymore. The other premium midfielders are
9:54
Speaker 1: a bit tougher because I feel like if we were talking, well, obviously,
9:56
Speaker 1: if we were talking pre Christmas, everyone wanted colpar or
9:59
Speaker 1: had open Joe's. It feels like it's a different conversation now,
10:03
Speaker 1: not only given his form, but also of course the
10:05
Speaker 1: fact that he missed out in the last game where
10:07
Speaker 1: he's still got a yellow flag above him. Do you
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Speaker 1: think it's time to sell given the form and the injury.
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean the injury is obviously the first thing,
10:15
Speaker 3: because he might not be in great form. Which she isn't.
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Speaker 3: I think his last goal is January fourteenth against Bonnemer,
10:22
Speaker 3: so that's a lot of games, I think almost. I
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Speaker 3: think it's ten games without anything, not even an assist,
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Speaker 3: not a goal, just nothing, and he missed penalties, he
10:31
Speaker 3: missed chances. The confidence is really low, but that you
10:34
Speaker 3: can turn that around. There are the best players in
10:36
Speaker 3: the world, so at some point that would stop. The
10:38
Speaker 3: primary if he's hur and can't play, that's not going
10:41
Speaker 3: to stop now. So the injury, which I think is
10:43
Speaker 3: not worried so much because it's hard the international break
10:47
Speaker 3: almost two weeks. Chelsea are not obviously playing in the
10:50
Speaker 3: FA Cup, so there's nothing for him this weekend, so
10:52
Speaker 3: it should be okay really for game with thirty and
10:56
Speaker 3: the midweek range of fixtures, so then we can talk
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Speaker 3: about the not just his form, the form of his
11:01
Speaker 3: own team. Because Chelsea havn't been great, having been good
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Speaker 3: at all lately. There's probably a cause and consequence between
11:07
Speaker 3: all of that. Because he hasn't been great, the team
11:10
Speaker 3: is not playing as well obviously because he was such
11:13
Speaker 3: a keep out of everything good that team was doing
11:15
Speaker 3: this season and last season that if they have a
11:17
Speaker 3: called Palma not in good form, then everybody struggles and
11:20
Speaker 3: the whole team struggles. I just, I just I'm just
11:23
Speaker 3: not sure when when it's turning really and he's expensive,
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Speaker 3: really expensive, and I think right now there's so many
11:31
Speaker 3: better options than called Palma that I'm not sure if
11:34
Speaker 3: he should be in your wild card team.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's a sell for me, Sam, what do you think?
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Speaker 2: Well, it's difficult though, I think with Palmer because everything
11:42
Speaker 2: that you've just said is right. I think it's one
11:44
Speaker 2: goal in seven in the Premier League, which is you know,
11:46
Speaker 2: bad enough. But then, as Joe said, when you add
11:48
Speaker 2: in the European matches and all of that, that that
11:50
Speaker 2: number goes up without without extra goals and extra points.
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Speaker 2: So it's a difficult one. The problem I have is
11:57
Speaker 2: that I know he's one of those players if you
12:01
Speaker 2: take him out and you then don't have the budget
12:04
Speaker 2: left because you've spent it elsewhere, and then he starts
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Speaker 2: performing well, which Chelsea are going to need to towards
12:09
Speaker 2: the back end of this season if they want to
12:11
Speaker 2: qualify for European football again in terms of the Champions
12:14
Speaker 2: League and all of that. Jazz, So I think he's
12:17
Speaker 2: a difficult sale, particularly if he is fit for the
12:20
Speaker 2: Spurs game, because he has a really good record against Buts.
12:22
Speaker 2: It's three goals and an assists in three appearances in
12:25
Speaker 2: the Premier League against US like it would not surprise
12:27
Speaker 2: me to see him find form quickly after the international break.
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Speaker 2: He's been out in Dubai, I think, and had a
12:32
Speaker 2: backscaan which was clear.
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Speaker 3: So.
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Speaker 2: I would struggle. And this is part of the reason
12:38
Speaker 2: I don't want a worldcard right now, because we are
12:40
Speaker 2: unlikely to know too much information about col Palmer ahead
12:43
Speaker 2: of the deadline because that's Chelsea and Spurs game is
12:45
Speaker 2: on the Thursday night and so we may not have
12:48
Speaker 2: firm word on Palmer ahead of that deadline on the
12:52
Speaker 2: Tuesday evening, which would make him for me a difficult cell.
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Speaker 2: But then it's frustrating if you get to the game
13:00
Speaker 2: starting because you kept all that money sitting then on
13:02
Speaker 2: the bench effectively and you haven't used it. So I
13:05
Speaker 2: think if I was weld cutting, I would still have him,
13:08
Speaker 2: but I would also have him there partially as a
13:11
Speaker 2: placeholder for Bakayosaka when he returns from injury.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess you do have to think about how
13:17
Speaker 1: to get him back, but I feel like I've been
13:19
Speaker 1: holding him since that cold mid January in the hope
13:22
Speaker 1: that he scores another. It's so much money. I think
13:24
Speaker 1: SACA is a really interesting point amongst all those jewels,
13:27
Speaker 1: because we're going to want him back quite soon, aren't
13:29
Speaker 1: We had a thought?
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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, and I think it could be back for
13:33
Speaker 3: the game against Fulham at the m Reates on Tuesday night.
13:36
Speaker 3: I think he's not far from being ready really to
13:39
Speaker 3: do that. Then there's the Everton game, and then there's
13:42
Speaker 3: the Champions League obviously, which is massive against Real Madrid
13:45
Speaker 3: first at home and then back to back week again
13:47
Speaker 3: in the Champions League, the return, the return lad then
13:49
Speaker 3: in Madrid. So the thing with Sakka is that I
13:53
Speaker 3: don't expect him to start if he's in the squad
13:55
Speaker 3: against Fulham, more to get thirteen minutes, because he's been
13:58
Speaker 3: up for so long that you don't just throw it,
14:02
Speaker 3: throw him at the deep end straight away and then
14:04
Speaker 3: expect him to start and do well. So you could
14:07
Speaker 3: expect him gradually. I think a bit of time made
14:09
Speaker 3: against Fulham, maybe a bit more against Everton. I think
14:12
Speaker 3: the idea is to get him ready for that Real
14:13
Speaker 3: Madrid first like really, so there's a bit of time
14:16
Speaker 3: before that, but he should be back really in you know,
14:20
Speaker 3: in April, and and then how long do you wait
14:25
Speaker 3: to bring him back into your team because again it's
14:26
Speaker 3: a big but it's a lot of money of course
14:28
Speaker 3: for Bosaka and he might need one, two, three, maybe
14:31
Speaker 3: four promen edge matches to really get going again and
14:35
Speaker 3: get him close to his best each time. But if
14:37
Speaker 3: you bring him to your team and there's blends for
14:39
Speaker 3: three weeks in a row, four weeks at this stage
14:41
Speaker 3: of the season, with all the other midfielder's options that
14:44
Speaker 3: you have, it's a waste. You can't really do that.
14:47
Speaker 3: So you have to bring in Socca when you think
14:49
Speaker 3: it's going to hit form and return for you, because
14:52
Speaker 3: otherwise it's a massive waste of money. I mean, I
14:54
Speaker 3: we love him, but it's the truth, right, you can't
14:56
Speaker 3: have him in your team if he's not returning and performing.
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Speaker 3: How long will he he needs to be back to
15:01
Speaker 3: something close to his best or able to return in
15:05
Speaker 3: the game for us, that's the big question.
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Speaker 1: Okay, so maybe hold fire and don't go too early
15:10
Speaker 1: on Sacker, but just watch, watch and see him as
15:12
Speaker 1: he builds up his minutes sounds like the message from Jewels.
15:15
Speaker 1: Bruno Fanlle is an interesting one, Sam, because a lot
15:18
Speaker 1: of people brought him in four Cole Palmer congratulations if
15:21
Speaker 1: you did do that last week, because it certainly benefited,
15:23
Speaker 1: didn't it. Lots of people wanted Bruno fans and Manchester
15:26
Speaker 1: United players, as we saw Jews scored big on those
15:29
Speaker 1: last game week as well, but they are third bottom
15:32
Speaker 1: on the FDR. For me, though, Bruno seems the one
15:36
Speaker 1: man United player that could maybe still weren't a place
15:39
Speaker 1: in your team despite those fixtures.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I agree with that. I think you
15:42
Speaker 2: know the way that he's playing. He's so integral to
15:45
Speaker 2: everything that they do and obviously has penalties. And that's
15:47
Speaker 2: another thing, isn't it. When you're when you're looking at
15:49
Speaker 2: a World card squad, I like to build as many
15:52
Speaker 2: players as possible with additional routes to points. So they
15:54
Speaker 2: take free kicks, they take penalties, they take corners. That's
15:57
Speaker 2: perfect because it ideally puts them in a where they
16:01
Speaker 2: can really overachieve in terms of the game. And Bruno
16:03
Speaker 2: Fernandez obviously fits that bill nicely. But when you look
16:07
Speaker 2: at the fixtures in the next just in the next
16:09
Speaker 2: three weeks. It's not in forest, Man City and Newcastle
16:11
Speaker 2: like those are not easy fixtures. That's a really difficult
16:14
Speaker 2: run that they've got, including the Manchester Derby, and then
16:17
Speaker 2: after that the fixtures that follow are they're a little
16:21
Speaker 2: bit more mixed. I think it's alves Born with Brentford,
16:23
Speaker 2: West Ham, Chelsea and Villa to end the season. So
16:27
Speaker 2: I wouldn't go elsewhere in Manjester United, I think if
16:29
Speaker 2: you've got a Mans United defender, if you're invested in Onano,
16:32
Speaker 2: if you've got what of Xerxy or hoiling up top,
16:34
Speaker 2: I wouldn't want to keep them. But Bruno, I think
16:37
Speaker 2: is a more interesting pick and potentially is one that
16:41
Speaker 2: you could hold because there's a number of players in
16:43
Speaker 2: that kind of eight today and a half bracket who
16:46
Speaker 2: have got much nicer fixtures than he has. But equally
16:49
Speaker 2: he's the one that's in better form than a lot
16:52
Speaker 2: of them. So the potential there is to keep and
16:55
Speaker 2: then obviously just use that money to switch across to
16:57
Speaker 2: a different eight million midfielder a couple of weeks down
17:00
Speaker 2: the line. If the kind of gamble on Bruno hasn't
17:03
Speaker 2: paid off, are you going to keep it.
17:04
Speaker 1: On your work cardholes.
17:06
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so. I think so. And also because United,
17:09
Speaker 3: I think I've improved a bit. To be fair to them,
17:12
Speaker 3: I mean we've been critical enough of how bad they've
17:14
Speaker 3: been this season to say when they improve their improving.
17:17
Speaker 3: Also they've done well in twenty twenty five against big teams.
17:22
Speaker 3: You know, there's the draw against Liverpool, there's the there's
17:25
Speaker 3: what happening in against us in the league and in
17:28
Speaker 3: the FA Cup two there's the winner against City. Okay,
17:30
Speaker 3: sometimes it was a little bit like far fetch might
17:34
Speaker 3: not be the row, but a bit late and not
17:35
Speaker 3: always perfect. But still the results have been there, so yeah,
17:39
Speaker 3: you can look at it and Sam is right. It's
17:41
Speaker 3: a tough schedule, certainly the first three game weeks, but
17:44
Speaker 3: then you think, yeah, but they're also capable because you
17:47
Speaker 3: don't really know what to expect from them, they are
17:48
Speaker 3: capable of really good things and then being very very
17:51
Speaker 3: average too, So for that you keep him. And to
17:53
Speaker 3: be fair, he's eight point five million, Coo Palmer is
17:56
Speaker 3: at ten point eight, so that's two point three in difference.
17:59
Speaker 3: So if you play well, you can even have Bruno
18:01
Speaker 3: and if cor Palmer starts playing well again and scrowing again,
18:04
Speaker 3: and you find that extra two point something million, then
18:07
Speaker 3: you might be able just to swap Bruno for cor
18:09
Speaker 3: Palma or even Saka at some point if Ssaka is
18:12
Speaker 3: firing towards the end of the season. I know there's
18:15
Speaker 3: still a bit of a gap between their prices, but
18:17
Speaker 3: it's still two point three million. You can find it, really,
18:22
Speaker 3: so that's also a way of seeing it.
18:24
Speaker 1: Maybe, Yeah, it sounds like something there's gonna be quite
18:26
Speaker 1: a lot of differences in people's teams aside from Salah
18:28
Speaker 1: because there's no kind of shoeings as there were with
18:31
Speaker 1: Palmer and even Soaker when he was fit. What about
18:34
Speaker 1: the Manchester City midfielders, Sam, because we know that when
18:38
Speaker 1: I mean Geors already mentioned Phil Foden's forms, Perhaps we
18:41
Speaker 1: don't need to go into that. And Kevin de Bruna
18:43
Speaker 1: we know when they're fit. Normally we'd want a way
18:44
Speaker 1: into that Manchester City attack, especially when they've got the
18:47
Speaker 1: fixtures they have coming. But have you have you seen
18:49
Speaker 1: enough to warrant any inclusion?
18:52
Speaker 2: Not with the midfielders for me, and that's such a
18:55
Speaker 2: weird thing to say, because normally I'd look at a
18:58
Speaker 2: fixture run like man City of god So Leicester United, Palace,
19:01
Speaker 2: Everton Villa Wolf, Southampton Borne with Fulham to end the season.
19:04
Speaker 2: That's just mad right, So normally I'd look at those
19:07
Speaker 2: fixtures and go, right, how am I traveling up on
19:10
Speaker 2: Manchester City? Obviously I'm going to have Harlan Maybe I
19:13
Speaker 2: should have a Vardial and obviously he picked up some
19:16
Speaker 2: kind of knock over the international bak as well, so
19:17
Speaker 2: that's on to monitor as well. And then i'd want
19:20
Speaker 2: a midfielder as well, one perposition. But I'd look at
19:22
Speaker 2: it and I go I don't think that the likes
19:25
Speaker 2: of KDB and Phil Fodener are at the moment worth
19:28
Speaker 2: the level of money that you have to spend on them.
19:30
Speaker 2: I'd rather stick with Palmer than have one of those two.
19:33
Speaker 2: So if that's the case, is there somebody in the
19:36
Speaker 2: cheaper bracket now, Doc who's been interesting at points this season?
19:39
Speaker 2: You've got a number of cheaper midfielders that you could
19:41
Speaker 2: go to. But for me, and this is a conversation
19:44
Speaker 2: for when we get to the forwards. If I was
19:46
Speaker 2: going to double up on the City attack, it would
19:49
Speaker 2: be with the two forwards, because I think my mos
19:51
Speaker 2: offers better value than all of the Manchester City midfielders
19:56
Speaker 2: do right now. So I'd rule out having a Manchester
19:59
Speaker 2: City defender on that basis.
20:01
Speaker 1: Yeah, what did you say, defend us that?
20:03
Speaker 2: Yeah, so normally i'd go for a defender of midfielder
20:06
Speaker 2: and a forward. But at this point I don't think
20:09
Speaker 2: you want to go for a defender because they haven't
20:10
Speaker 2: been keeping clean sheets. There's been like goals letting here
20:13
Speaker 2: and there. But so I wouldn't want And then I'd
20:16
Speaker 2: look at the midfielders and go, well, in reality there
20:18
Speaker 2: some of them are too expensive. So I think i'd
20:20
Speaker 2: rather have my motion if you can afford it, my
20:23
Speaker 2: moos and Harlan up top for that run. Then I
20:25
Speaker 2: would have, say Harlan and a midfielder or even my
20:27
Speaker 2: motion at midfielder.
20:29
Speaker 1: Such a weird situation to be in, isn't it Like
20:31
Speaker 1: scrambling around trying to find a man City player and
20:33
Speaker 1: they've got these these fixtures. It is mad. Do you
20:36
Speaker 1: agree on City Jews?
20:37
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think it would be wise to have a
20:40
Speaker 3: City player, but find the right one. So whether that's
20:43
Speaker 3: Harland and we've got the money for it, whether that's
20:45
Speaker 3: mar Mush, I think one is probably you can try
20:48
Speaker 3: to have two, but I think at least one document
20:51
Speaker 3: Savin you are six point two million, so in your
20:53
Speaker 3: in those midfield slot. We talked about the price of
20:55
Speaker 3: Palmer a ten million, ten point five million or ten
20:58
Speaker 3: point three eight even Bruno at eight five six point
21:02
Speaker 3: two for a Docuo Savino. The problem is they are,
21:05
Speaker 3: as we've seen all season long, capable on their day
21:09
Speaker 3: to be really good and also have no end product,
21:11
Speaker 3: and you feel frustrated and you're watching the game and
21:13
Speaker 3: things like why did it, why is it even in
21:15
Speaker 3: my team? Why is he doing? Why did they not
21:17
Speaker 3: in the seas or a goal there? For me, it's you,
21:21
Speaker 3: so you can go for Vardio. But defensively, we've said
21:24
Speaker 3: they haven't been able to keep clean sheets enough in
21:27
Speaker 3: the season to really to justify almost the price of Vargio. Yeah,
21:32
Speaker 3: going forward is great. Is the defender with the most
21:34
Speaker 3: gold this season in the league. I get that, but
21:36
Speaker 3: it's still expensive. So it's either Halen Marmous Docu Savino
21:40
Speaker 3: for me, the others for then KDB, Bernardo Silva, whoever
21:44
Speaker 3: you want, Nico another defender, the goalkeeper, whether they sort
21:47
Speaker 3: of take out Edison doesn't make much sense really, So yeah,
21:52
Speaker 3: it's one for me. It's one of those four.
21:54
Speaker 1: Okay, So it feels like we're discussing a lot of midfielders,
21:56
Speaker 1: but we're not really settling on it. Basically, we're just
21:58
Speaker 1: telling you which one is probably not to go for
22:01
Speaker 1: at the moment. There's a yes for Salah, maybe for Bruno.
22:05
Speaker 1: If you can find one that you think is good,
22:07
Speaker 1: go for City, but probably don't. Saca maybe go for eventually,
22:10
Speaker 1: Palma maybe keep it, maybe don't. So yeah, we've got
22:13
Speaker 1: one midfielder as it stands, Sam throw some other names
22:16
Speaker 1: in Palace.
22:20
Speaker 3: Did you see him with Columbia. No, I'm glad you
22:23
Speaker 3: didn't see him because you would have to stopped loving
22:25
Speaker 3: him so much.
22:26
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, but we can't talk about him today. I'm
22:29
Speaker 2: banned from talking about him because we're on too the midfielders.
22:31
Speaker 2: But genuinely, and this isn't my my weird Crystal Palace
22:35
Speaker 2: loving coming back again, but I genuinely do think that
22:37
Speaker 2: Crystal Palace, given the fact that they've got a double
22:40
Speaker 2: game week as well in game week thirty two, so
22:42
Speaker 2: they are a team that you would want to highly
22:44
Speaker 2: invest in. Plus they've got Southampton coming up in midweek
22:46
Speaker 2: and then the game against Brighton, like it's a all right,
22:50
Speaker 2: the double's not great. It's Man City and Newcastle, but
22:53
Speaker 2: I genuinely do think that you want both now. Annoyingly,
22:56
Speaker 2: Kells over the last couple of weeks is Lasa has
22:59
Speaker 2: massively told us both from when we owned him and
23:01
Speaker 2: he did absolutely nothing. Now he's decided to be peak
23:05
Speaker 2: everything that you would want in a midfielder in FPR,
23:07
Speaker 2: which is incredibly frustrating. The conversation between Sara and z
23:11
Speaker 2: though is difficult. Like I've spent a lot of time
23:14
Speaker 2: backwards and forwards this week because I'm probably going to invest.
23:17
Speaker 2: I might even travel up on Palace this week to
23:19
Speaker 2: be honest, but ideally having at least at least one
23:24
Speaker 2: of these two I think is important. Sarbet's on almost
23:28
Speaker 2: every metric in terms of underlying stats except for total
23:31
Speaker 2: efforts and assists everything else. Starwin's on. He's got more goals,
23:37
Speaker 2: have more shots inside the box, He's got the higher XG,
23:39
Speaker 2: he's got the higher XGI. Like everything is looking good.
23:42
Speaker 2: And since game week ten of the cheap midfielders, he's
23:45
Speaker 2: seventh for big chances created. Sorry for big chances with sixteen.
23:50
Speaker 2: That is more than the likes of Parma. It's more
23:53
Speaker 2: than the likes of Brian and Bonmo. It's more than
23:55
Speaker 2: the likes of Chris Wood, who everybody is like waxing
23:58
Speaker 2: libercal about how brilliant he's been this season. And then
24:00
Speaker 2: his twenty four shots in that period is also more
24:02
Speaker 2: than Mateta has had, which you know, we all know
24:05
Speaker 2: how much I love Mateta, But so I think and
24:11
Speaker 2: ismailasa one of them, definitely potentially both of them.
24:17
Speaker 1: Joe's which way do you ling? I'm just I just
24:19
Speaker 1: can't believe you didn't be tempted to go back to
24:21
Speaker 1: Sara after he trolled us. It's a person, Yeah, although
24:24
Speaker 1: I do love him for his spot for connections.
24:27
Speaker 3: Yeah, of course, go on, Jeels. I mean, Sarah had
24:31
Speaker 3: those two brilliant returns learning in the game eleven points
24:34
Speaker 3: and fifteen points. Of his last three years. For despite
24:37
Speaker 3: a really good January, it's been a bit more difficult
24:40
Speaker 3: in terms of returns. I mean, because like Sam said,
24:42
Speaker 3: I think Dream Games what he's produced hasn't been too bad.
24:47
Speaker 3: But then he hasn't been reflected then in the game
24:51
Speaker 3: for us, So there's there's there's no point it can
24:53
Speaker 3: be the greatest player of all time if there's no
24:55
Speaker 3: assist on your goals for us, it's like it's like
24:58
Speaker 3: if it was me playing basically so and you don't
25:00
Speaker 3: want me in your team, well you can. I think
25:02
Speaker 3: you should. I'm a bit I should be with Daniel. Sorry,
25:05
Speaker 3: so I don't know, I'm not. I'm not sure I
25:09
Speaker 3: can be very macurial as you've experienced yourself, right, because
25:12
Speaker 3: we have high expectations. And then but I think I
25:15
Speaker 3: think Parlas a good team to invest in, really, And
25:19
Speaker 3: I think whether you go for Mateta doubling up, I'm
25:21
Speaker 3: not sure traveling up only some Bonfield really can do
25:24
Speaker 3: that can put this one out. But at least one
25:27
Speaker 3: of Mateta yet who knows, as we know, and maybe
25:31
Speaker 3: Henderson I don't know, Gay somebody like that if you
25:34
Speaker 3: want to. But yeah, yeah, I know. I think I
25:36
Speaker 3: think it's a good team to invest in.
25:37
Speaker 1: What about Bournemouth. The eternal conundrum which Bournemouth midfield is
25:41
Speaker 1: to go for some people, some idiots like me, have
25:44
Speaker 1: had various double ups points and it's not works out.
25:46
Speaker 1: I wish I'd just stuck with Cliver. I've tried Cliver
25:49
Speaker 1: and Dango together that didn't work. Got rid of Dango.
25:52
Speaker 1: I've tried Cliver and Semno, it's only been going for
25:54
Speaker 1: one week, but I'm already kind of regretting it. But
25:58
Speaker 1: where do you rest on the Bournemouth debate, Joels? Firstly,
26:02
Speaker 1: you would you have one? Would you have to it?
26:04
Speaker 1: Switched west Ham, Fulham Crystal Palace? Next four?
26:08
Speaker 2: Yeah?
26:08
Speaker 3: Really good. Fictually I would go for Justin Clover. He
26:11
Speaker 3: started both games with the Netherlands in the international break
26:14
Speaker 3: against Spending in the nation's league, not not just your
26:17
Speaker 3: like you know, qualifiers like England or your friendlies, and
26:22
Speaker 3: he did well. He had an assist in the first leg.
26:24
Speaker 3: I thought he did well in the second leg too,
26:26
Speaker 3: in very open games where his qualities are there to shine,
26:30
Speaker 3: because that's why he plays the best. So I even
26:34
Speaker 3: think for somebody like him who maybe we didn't expect
26:37
Speaker 3: to start for a team like the Netherlands, really it
26:40
Speaker 3: must be a massive boost. You can just imagine, we
26:42
Speaker 3: say often on the show after the international break. But
26:45
Speaker 3: for players like him, same with Maswi Skelly that we mentioned.
26:48
Speaker 3: Imagine you played for your national team. Sometimes it's your debut.
26:51
Speaker 3: Sometimes you don't expect to start in a team loses
26:54
Speaker 3: with talent and then you do. The boost that you
26:56
Speaker 3: must have then coming back for your club is massive.
26:59
Speaker 3: So I think is in. I know before that he
27:02
Speaker 3: had an assistant of good, but he was You said it, Kelly,
27:05
Speaker 3: every time you were watching you were frustrated because you
27:08
Speaker 3: wonder how much you don't get more in Premier League
27:10
Speaker 3: matches for you. I still think he's really good at
27:13
Speaker 3: the moment, so I go for Clover Sam.
27:16
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just agree with what George just said. I
27:18
Speaker 2: think Cliver is the best option. He is a player
27:21
Speaker 2: that I don't have and alongside would you bring hid?
27:26
Speaker 1: Would you bring him in?
27:27
Speaker 3: I would?
27:27
Speaker 2: I will, Yeah, I'll bring it. I would if I
27:30
Speaker 2: was wild carding, I bring him in. I might even
27:31
Speaker 2: transfer him in this week, like I think he's that
27:34
Speaker 2: important over the next few weeks. Genuinely watching him, particularly
27:37
Speaker 2: in that game against Spurs a couple of weeks back,
27:40
Speaker 2: I honestly couldn't tell you how how he's just got
27:43
Speaker 2: what he got and how he didn't get an absolute
27:45
Speaker 2: monster haole. And I know if you look at the stats,
27:48
Speaker 2: you know of his twelve goal six of them are penalties.
27:50
Speaker 2: But that's why we are in penalty takers, right. We
27:52
Speaker 2: bring them in for that very reason because they have
27:55
Speaker 2: that additional route to points. And you know, last season
27:58
Speaker 2: we will have Palmer in that kind of cheap price
28:00
Speaker 2: point because it was on penalties he was regularly returning.
28:02
Speaker 2: I feel like Cliver is the similar person in our
28:05
Speaker 2: team for this season, like he's the cheap asset that's
28:08
Speaker 2: on penalties that's regularly returning playing in a borneous side.
28:11
Speaker 2: There are doing really nice things and playing really good football.
28:13
Speaker 2: So for me, Cliver would be a no brainer on
28:17
Speaker 2: a wildcard, he'd be a tick in the box.
28:20
Speaker 1: More difficult question when it comes to Brentford.
28:22
Speaker 3: So definitely.
28:24
Speaker 2: And I think it's hard, isn't it, because when you
28:27
Speaker 2: look at the next three weeks, it's Newcastle, Chelsea Arsenal
28:30
Speaker 2: and then it eases up slightly but not really because
28:32
Speaker 2: it's Brighton Forest, Manchester United before it's which Film and
28:35
Speaker 2: Wolves to end the season. I don't really know what
28:38
Speaker 2: to do with him, Like he sits in that mid
28:40
Speaker 2: price point where I have high expectations of the players
28:44
Speaker 2: that sit there because I'm spending a lot of money
28:45
Speaker 2: on them, so I want them to be returning every
28:48
Speaker 2: single week. Now, obviously that's not realistic to expect them
28:50
Speaker 2: to get a goal every week, but that's kind of
28:52
Speaker 2: my mindset when I'm spending that level of money. If
28:54
Speaker 2: I'm spending seven or six on a player, I'm sort
28:57
Speaker 2: of happy for it to be a return every other week.
28:59
Speaker 3: Like I'm not.
28:59
Speaker 2: I don't have the same level of expectation on them,
29:02
Speaker 2: whereas with him, I do, and I think you know,
29:04
Speaker 2: earlier on in the season he was regularly returning and
29:07
Speaker 2: again need penalties and all of that stuff. But at
29:10
Speaker 2: that price point, with the fixtures the way that they are,
29:13
Speaker 2: they're right down there on the FDR with Manchester United
29:17
Speaker 2: right at the bottom, just Everton and Fulham with the
29:19
Speaker 2: worst set of fixtures to end the season. I'm really
29:22
Speaker 2: on the fence with him. I'm going to hold him
29:24
Speaker 2: for now because I'm not world carding, but I think
29:27
Speaker 2: when our world card I'll end up losing him.
29:30
Speaker 1: Scared. I mean, I don't have him, but that was
29:32
Speaker 1: one of my regrets earlier in the season. It feels
29:34
Speaker 1: like we all saw the pictures turn we all sold him.
29:37
Speaker 1: But I am inclined to agree with Sammy Eugels.
29:40
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I just and again, Branford can be anybody
29:46
Speaker 3: really in the Premier League, in any league, you can
29:47
Speaker 3: have great games and be even top teams. That fixture
29:51
Speaker 3: list really scares me for them, So I would not
29:53
Speaker 3: invite in Brentford.
29:54
Speaker 1: Okay, any other names that we need to throw in,
29:56
Speaker 1: because I think we've just about seldom too. Maybe three? Yeah,
30:00
Speaker 1: well there's two that we kind of agree on. I
30:02
Speaker 1: think in terms of Salah and Cliver. Sam's going to
30:05
Speaker 1: throw in I think Sara, I would give you I've
30:10
Speaker 1: predicted okay, but let me right, let me firstally predict
30:14
Speaker 1: Sam's because she's thrown me a little bit. Sam's gone
30:18
Speaker 1: Salah Sar. Yeah, have I just forgotten? I've just like
30:23
Speaker 1: I said, who are you rather to Rogers? We haven't
30:27
Speaker 1: discussed him yet. I'd have Parmah. She said she used
30:30
Speaker 1: to have Parma. Controversial decision. I think that big decision.
30:34
Speaker 1: I understand it now.
30:36
Speaker 2: The fifth one for me is interesting because I don't
30:38
Speaker 2: want to free hit in game week thirty four. For me,
30:41
Speaker 2: come into your thinking with this, that is really important.
30:45
Speaker 2: I want to hold the chip because I didn't really
30:47
Speaker 2: want to free hit thirty eight. Like that's now my thing,
30:50
Speaker 2: and so because of that, that basically means at the
30:53
Speaker 2: moment it's really difficult to pick that fifth spot because
30:57
Speaker 2: it would be another Liverpool, which you know, we could
31:01
Speaker 2: we could go back there, we could go back for
31:02
Speaker 2: a Lewis Diastole or a Dotter, or it's still another
31:06
Speaker 2: Chelsea I think just Palmers enough, or it's Spurs. Let's
31:09
Speaker 2: move on quickly. So at the moment it's a struggle.
31:12
Speaker 2: But after the weekend we'll have a much better insight
31:15
Speaker 2: as to which other teams and which other matches are
31:17
Speaker 2: going to feature in game week thirty four, and at
31:19
Speaker 2: that point I'll then be able to make a firm decision.
31:21
Speaker 2: If Crystal Palace ends up having a fixture in thirty four,
31:25
Speaker 2: then I'll does an.
31:26
Speaker 1: Song Palace double up. This loving is getting ridiculous. Yeah,
31:31
Speaker 1: I agree, but I'm not going to be able to
31:32
Speaker 1: I can kind of guess yours because he shouted a
31:34
Speaker 1: name out before we go, before I ask him, which
31:36
Speaker 1: is helpful. You're going to go Salah, Yeah, I think
31:41
Speaker 1: I think you might go Morgan gives why. I don't
31:43
Speaker 1: know where I've got that from. Justin Cliver, Yeah, Bruno
31:49
Speaker 1: Fernandez and who's your fifth.
31:52
Speaker 3: So quickly because I know, and not just because it's
31:58
Speaker 3: from Palace obviously, but it's a big help. But Wilson
32:02
Speaker 3: Other Bear was I was standing with the front on
32:04
Speaker 3: the twenty one tears. Yeah that is no, no, listen,
32:12
Speaker 3: he's cheap. So this fifth for me, this fifth spot
32:15
Speaker 3: has to be a cheap, cheaper option, right because I
32:18
Speaker 3: won't have any money left anyway, and I think at
32:20
Speaker 3: five point three million, which is cheaper than Morgan Rogers
32:23
Speaker 3: for example, I think Other Bear is amazing and he
32:25
Speaker 3: was so good in this international break. Everybody was really
32:29
Speaker 3: impressed with him. I think even before before this game
32:33
Speaker 3: when he nice come back from injury, he's done well
32:36
Speaker 3: we Spurs when he played. So I'm just saying for
32:39
Speaker 3: cheeky fifth midfielder, just I'm just saying, like Paris born
32:43
Speaker 3: and bred, handsome, smart, quick, really good footballer, a bit
32:47
Speaker 3: like me. Put him in your five three million Wilson
32:52
Speaker 3: Other Bear. That's all I'm saying.
32:55
Speaker 2: It's also part of your thinking with the cheap fifth
32:56
Speaker 2: that you need to keep some money for your assistant manager.
32:59
Speaker 3: Yeah exactly.
33:00
Speaker 1: There's a bit of that too, and I really think, yeah,
33:02
Speaker 1: that's a good point.
33:03
Speaker 3: There's that and also the I think Ange, I mean
33:06
Speaker 3: it's not I think I know Ange loves him, and
33:08
Speaker 3: I think the fact that he was injured after starting
33:11
Speaker 3: pretty well this season I think was a blow, and
33:13
Speaker 3: now he's bag. I wouldn't be surprised at all if
33:15
Speaker 3: he was playing. I'm not saying he's going to start
33:17
Speaker 3: every game and really tear it apart, but I think
33:20
Speaker 3: he will have a lot of game time and I
33:23
Speaker 3: think he could do really well for space. So yeah,
33:26
Speaker 3: it's a fifth midfielder spot. I'm not saying that he
33:28
Speaker 3: should be the star and the captain of your team
33:30
Speaker 3: every week, but yeah, I want to believe in him.
33:32
Speaker 1: Really, we've spent a lot of time talking about the
33:35
Speaker 1: more expensive midfielders, really, and perhaps I think our conversation
33:38
Speaker 1: has shown there is a bit of a lack of
33:41
Speaker 1: options when it comes to that price bracket. It feels
33:43
Speaker 1: like maybe we have overlooked the cheaper midfielders and that
33:46
Speaker 1: fifth midfielder. It's a really important point that you make
33:49
Speaker 1: when discussing Jules's fifth midfielder then, because people will still
33:51
Speaker 1: have the assistant manager ship to play, so we'll have
33:53
Speaker 1: to bear that in mind when distributing their budget, Sam,
33:55
Speaker 1: who would you say is the kind of best fifth
33:58
Speaker 1: midfielder option or some cheaper midfielder options. People will go for.
34:02
Speaker 2: Jacob Murphy's one I've considered because obviously they have the
34:05
Speaker 2: double in coming up, and then they'll obviously have the
34:08
Speaker 2: blank as well, so that they'll be playing in because
34:12
Speaker 2: so that's important and I think again it's going to
34:14
Speaker 2: depend on your strategy, isn't it. It's also going to
34:16
Speaker 2: partly depends on if you've got your bench boots still
34:18
Speaker 2: to play, because if you're wild carding towards a bench
34:20
Speaker 2: boost team, you do need to make sure that they
34:23
Speaker 2: can't just be a burner slot. And it's the same
34:24
Speaker 2: with the forward line, right you're going to need to
34:26
Speaker 2: have someone that's going to be playing, and if they're
34:28
Speaker 2: not going to be playing, you need to be fairly
34:31
Speaker 2: sure that they're going to at least come off the
34:32
Speaker 2: bench and get you some points. I think it depends
34:35
Speaker 2: on what you're going to do on your forward If
34:36
Speaker 2: you're going to go Salah and then the next most
34:39
Speaker 2: expensive midfielder you're going to have is going to be Bruno,
34:42
Speaker 2: it is going to be quite easy for you to
34:44
Speaker 2: have a fifth midfielder that is worth somewhere around the
34:48
Speaker 2: six to six and a half million, and you won't
34:49
Speaker 2: necessarily need Morgan Rodgers levels of saving budget, but you could,
34:53
Speaker 2: you know, you still could go back to Morgan Rodgers
34:55
Speaker 2: if you want to. Their fixures aren't They're not terrible
34:58
Speaker 2: to end the season. There's some nice ones in there.
35:00
Speaker 2: When it's your fifth midfielder, you're only going to be
35:02
Speaker 2: playing them like every now and then, and it's only
35:05
Speaker 2: really going to be when you're bench boosting. So if
35:07
Speaker 2: you're going to bench boost maybe in game week, say
35:10
Speaker 2: twenty thirty six, in one of the doubles, then you
35:13
Speaker 2: could have a look at you know, you want to
35:15
Speaker 2: look at the fixtures. They're there, so potentially go for
35:18
Speaker 2: somebody like Anthony or Anger, like he's one that I've
35:20
Speaker 2: contindered to keeping.
35:21
Speaker 1: Would you have said that a week before the last
35:23
Speaker 1: game week though.
35:24
Speaker 2: Probably would have said more kids before the last game week?
35:27
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, probably would have said stations to be had
35:29
Speaker 1: around those two because you've both gone. You've both kind
35:32
Speaker 1: of thrown in those Notting and Forest midfielders. By the way,
35:34
Speaker 1: we're gonna have to move on soon because I'm going
35:35
Speaker 1: to get in so much trouble. But the midfielder chat
35:37
Speaker 1: is just so interesting. I think, yeah it is.
35:39
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the Nottingham Forest midfielders are are really
35:42
Speaker 2: nice options. The Forest fixtures are great. You're probably gonna
35:46
Speaker 2: get if would If Wood is fit and fine, then
35:49
Speaker 2: you're going to probably have him as one of your forwards.
35:52
Speaker 2: Then you're probably going to go with one of either
35:55
Speaker 2: Sales in goal, or you're going to have a defender
35:57
Speaker 2: as we talked about last week. So then I think
36:00
Speaker 2: you can afford to have one of the midfielderesn't to
36:03
Speaker 2: be fair, Anthony and Anger has been my fifth midfielder
36:05
Speaker 2: for a few weeks now, and you're right, he's been
36:07
Speaker 2: really frustrating because I've benched a load of points out
36:09
Speaker 2: of him, and I think that's just something you have
36:11
Speaker 2: to accept. I'd rather that than have a player that
36:14
Speaker 2: maybe doesn't start or maybe doesn't bring any points in
36:17
Speaker 2: at all, because when it gets to that point where
36:19
Speaker 2: I want to bench boost, you're going to need them
36:22
Speaker 2: to play right. And also there are some weeks then
36:25
Speaker 2: you want to rotate out your third forward and play
36:27
Speaker 2: him instead. So I quite like the idea of going
36:30
Speaker 2: for both either or of them. It's just that Anthony
36:33
Speaker 2: and Anger is cheaper. That's the reason that I would
36:36
Speaker 2: put him in instead.
36:37
Speaker 1: Okay, we're going to move on because well it's so
36:39
Speaker 1: far through this podcast. If you're listening, take a look
36:42
Speaker 1: out how far through we are, and you'll realize we're
36:44
Speaker 1: not going to talk about forest for very long because
36:46
Speaker 1: we're tranking this podcast within forty five minutes. We were
36:48
Speaker 1: really good last week, but this week I blame We
36:51
Speaker 1: can blame me because I've asked any questions. Yeah, it
36:55
Speaker 1: always blame and presented yours. You know that, except when
36:57
Speaker 1: you're presenting you do do that on occasion. I'm sure
36:59
Speaker 1: it's not your fun. Forwards. There are thirteen of them
37:01
Speaker 1: who have broken the one hundred point barrier this season.
37:04
Speaker 1: They've probably been some of the tricky decisions we actually
37:06
Speaker 1: had to make, so it's great I've left such a
37:08
Speaker 1: short amount of time, and really and they haven't been
37:11
Speaker 1: as high scoring consistently as perhaps we've seen in previous seasons.
37:15
Speaker 1: In fact, only nine forwards have scored more than ten goals.
37:18
Speaker 1: See all of that said, I actually, I actually don't
37:22
Speaker 1: think it's because of that. There's not as many options
37:25
Speaker 1: which hopefully is going to make this a shorter conversation. Firstly,
37:28
Speaker 1: let's have the conversation. I know a lot of people
37:29
Speaker 1: having Erling, Harlan's on a wildcarf fuguals.
37:33
Speaker 3: Yeah, for me, of all of all the forwards, really
37:36
Speaker 3: this is the big conundrum and what to do really
37:39
Speaker 3: the big dilemma. Do you find that money and bring
37:42
Speaker 3: him in or you don't. He's returning five of the
37:46
Speaker 3: last seven games and we've said before he's still not
37:49
Speaker 3: at his bed. You can tell one because the service,
37:52
Speaker 3: because of the rest of the team behind him, the
37:54
Speaker 3: service is not so much there for him. So it's
37:57
Speaker 3: not like before where he used to have three four
37:59
Speaker 3: big chances every game and you knew it would take
38:01
Speaker 3: at least two of those four. Now it's not the case.
38:04
Speaker 3: We discussed it. For the Forest game, he had three
38:07
Speaker 3: touches in the Forest box. What do you want him
38:09
Speaker 3: to do with three touches or nothing? But he did
38:11
Speaker 3: nothing and that's one of the two games that he
38:13
Speaker 3: then returned. The other one with Liverpool and it's the same.
38:15
Speaker 3: There was no service for him. So he can be
38:17
Speaker 3: the best striker in the world if the board doesn't
38:20
Speaker 3: come to him in good area. He's not going to
38:22
Speaker 3: do anything. So this is still the thing that where
38:25
Speaker 3: I'm a little bit not skeptical, but just a bit
38:28
Speaker 3: wary of Like, Okay, it's a lot of money. I
38:30
Speaker 3: don't want to build my team around him again like
38:33
Speaker 3: we could have done before because he was such a guarantee.
38:36
Speaker 3: Now so I need the team to still be good
38:39
Speaker 3: outside of him, and I'm not sure with all the
38:41
Speaker 3: money involved in him that would be the case. And
38:44
Speaker 3: there are other great options, I think, So I'm still
38:46
Speaker 3: really really fifty to fifteen between. I'm sorry, I see
38:49
Speaker 3: it a bit on the fence, but it's the truth.
38:51
Speaker 3: I'm just not convinced. Yeah and no, but it's true.
38:54
Speaker 3: And because there's Maumus. But Marmus then has only returned
38:57
Speaker 3: twice in his last seven, so it's his Mum's format
39:01
Speaker 3: hasn't been great in terms of returns for us in
39:03
Speaker 3: the game, but yet he's looked much better at times
39:05
Speaker 3: than Harland, much more involved than Harland's And I really
39:09
Speaker 3: would not know where to pick apart froms have the price.
39:12
Speaker 1: I think Jules there has literally vocalized the internal debate
39:16
Speaker 1: that so many FPL managers are having at the moment,
39:18
Speaker 1: because it goes back to what I said before. The
39:21
Speaker 1: Man City fixtures are there. We know how good he is.
39:23
Speaker 1: He's scored goals this season. Perhaps we've been spoilt in
39:26
Speaker 1: the past with a level of returns, but when you're
39:28
Speaker 1: investing that much money, we need those returns. Fourteen point
39:32
Speaker 1: eight million is so much of our FPO money, Sam exactly, Yeah,
39:35
Speaker 1: And I think that last season we had Alvarez in
39:39
Speaker 1: Harlan together and often we owned them at the same time,
39:42
Speaker 1: and there was a whole conversation around how you know,
39:45
Speaker 1: how do you get them both and all of that stuff.
39:46
Speaker 1: This season, I think it's not really a conversation about
39:49
Speaker 1: do you have them both. It's a conversation about which
39:51
Speaker 1: one is better, which one is best to having our
39:54
Speaker 1: teams now we know that Harland has that reassuring the
39:56
Speaker 1: expensive price tag, right, I'm going to spend fourteen point
39:59
Speaker 1: eighteen in on hi him and because I've spent that,
40:02
Speaker 1: he's guaranteed.
40:02
Speaker 2: To get points. And over the last few weeks we've
40:04
Speaker 2: seen that. But Jeeles rightly said, we've not seen the
40:07
Speaker 2: level of returns that you would expect for that budget.
40:10
Speaker 2: If you're going to spend fourteen point eight. It's like
40:12
Speaker 2: I was saying before. If I'm going to spend eight
40:14
Speaker 2: eight to nine million on a player, I want to
40:15
Speaker 2: return every week. If I'm going to spend fourteen plus million,
40:19
Speaker 2: I want multiple returns every week, because that's a lot
40:23
Speaker 2: of budget. When you compare him to my Mouche. Since
40:27
Speaker 2: Momus did his debut in game with twenty three, since then,
40:31
Speaker 2: my Moosh has got four goals, It's exactly the same
40:33
Speaker 2: as Harlan. It's only better buy better at Everton, who
40:36
Speaker 2: we had some negative things to say about and then
40:39
Speaker 2: ended up making us all it like idies.
40:41
Speaker 1: By performing really well.
40:43
Speaker 2: He's got thirty eight points my Mooche, which is only
40:45
Speaker 2: one less than Chris Wood, who you know we've been
40:47
Speaker 2: talking about again having a brilliant season. So if I
40:52
Speaker 2: was wild carding, I would not have Harlan. I would
40:54
Speaker 2: have my Motion instead.
40:56
Speaker 1: Okay, that's what a lot of people do. I guess.
40:58
Speaker 1: Coming then, Joels, who are you for? Was it gonna
41:00
Speaker 1: have to rote through this section? Att?
41:01
Speaker 3: Yeah, obviously our friend Jean Philip van Gough Matteta. I
41:05
Speaker 3: think we should rename him because he obviously lost half
41:07
Speaker 3: of his ear or most but he's back. He should
41:10
Speaker 3: be back again. There's a few players that we mentioned,
41:13
Speaker 3: you like that John Philip von goth Matta because they're
41:16
Speaker 3: playing the FAC Cup this weekend, so let's wait and
41:19
Speaker 3: see how Bateta is doing if he's playing even and
41:23
Speaker 3: there's there's a few other players that we mentioned from
41:25
Speaker 3: Manchester City to again against Bournemouth, the Bournemouth player colvit
41:28
Speaker 3: et cetera. How they do in this weekend EFA Cup
41:31
Speaker 3: before whatever we do for game with thirty. But yeah,
41:36
Speaker 3: Matteta of course, Issac we said, good form with Sweden
41:39
Speaker 3: scored in ELI Cup final before the international break. You
41:42
Speaker 3: think the momentum will be there for Newcastle already they
41:45
Speaker 3: are that's too expensive forwards plus Harler and potentially Marmoch
41:50
Speaker 3: is cheaper. As we said, Chris Wood three games without
41:52
Speaker 3: scoring though in the league for Chris Wood, now, that's
41:54
Speaker 3: only the second time this season happened. The first time
41:56
Speaker 3: I think was in September and in that time he
41:59
Speaker 3: stopped at three that discording his fourth gord so the
42:01
Speaker 3: draught was never more than three. And as we said,
42:05
Speaker 3: this is United against Forrest in midwek next week, so
42:09
Speaker 3: there's that question mark over Christwood, who's been amazing, of course,
42:12
Speaker 3: but it's three games in a row without a gold still.
42:15
Speaker 3: And jeor Pedro was decent I thought with Brazil, he's
42:18
Speaker 3: returned well lately before the international break, three in his
42:21
Speaker 3: in his last four, So potentially jor Pedro as the
42:24
Speaker 3: cheaper option really of all the others I mentioned for me,
42:27
Speaker 3: it could be a good option.
42:29
Speaker 1: Okay, so there's a few Jesus throwing as possible. Sorry, No,
42:33
Speaker 1: that was really good, and I was just my brain
42:34
Speaker 1: was still trying to process with her. How quick you spoke,
42:36
Speaker 1: But it was really really helpful at this point in
42:38
Speaker 1: the pot. And Sam, just a word on a SAC
42:40
Speaker 1: hold essential double in gamely thirty two. We don't need
42:43
Speaker 1: sure what him doing, so we're going to go with Sac.
42:49
Speaker 3: Why are you even asking about? Yeah, of course what
42:51
Speaker 3: I was just saying, I just need.
42:55
Speaker 1: And now this has taken longer than I needed it
42:57
Speaker 1: to be quick. So we've got right. Let's all assume
43:01
Speaker 1: I'm not well going right now, but let's all assume
43:03
Speaker 1: e Sac is locked in for all of us. Sam
43:05
Speaker 1: would go for mar Mooch on a wild card.
43:08
Speaker 3: I presume.
43:08
Speaker 1: Then your third thot Sam would be if Mateta is fit, yeah,
43:12
Speaker 1: which does mean I would have Chris would which makes
43:14
Speaker 1: me feel kind of weird. Yeah, I think they would
43:18
Speaker 1: be my one hundred percent locked in on Isak and Matta.
43:21
Speaker 1: Those two would be non negotiables for me. You do
43:23
Speaker 1: not need to see some fitness and you do not
43:25
Speaker 1: need to check on Mateta this weekend though. I mean,
43:28
Speaker 1: if he's if you can walk out on the pitch,
43:29
Speaker 1: I want him in my team. That's how much.
43:31
Speaker 2: That's how good is okay just to be available. It
43:38
Speaker 2: just does to be available, And like I kept, I
43:41
Speaker 2: deliberately made transfers last week that were compromised on the
43:45
Speaker 2: basis that I thought I'd want Mateta back this week.
43:47
Speaker 1: Even then you have to clear, So now I have
43:50
Speaker 1: to Yeah, okay there did you mention it?
43:53
Speaker 3: Yes?
43:53
Speaker 2: There, you're three forward. Yeah, Mateto is Sak. Marmooch would would,
43:57
Speaker 2: but then Wood might be out, so we have to
43:59
Speaker 2: wait for news.
44:01
Speaker 1: It's bold not to go with Wood, though, isn't it?
44:03
Speaker 1: It is horrible?
44:04
Speaker 2: Yeah?
44:05
Speaker 1: Can I have four forwards place?
44:08
Speaker 2: I don't know?
44:08
Speaker 1: No, just a word on Kuna by the way, he's
44:12
Speaker 1: in case you missed it. Over this international break. His
44:13
Speaker 1: band was extended by one game, so we won't now
44:15
Speaker 1: be back until game week thirty two. He's missing some
44:18
Speaker 1: really good fixtures. He's already missed one. He's going to
44:20
Speaker 1: miss west Ham and Ipswitch, so you actually I already
44:23
Speaker 1: missed two. I've lost track now anyway, he's going to
44:25
Speaker 1: miss with west Ham and it Yeah, we'll because he
44:27
Speaker 1: was going to talk again. Then it's then by the
44:29
Speaker 1: time he's back, it's Spurs United, Leicester, man City, Brighton Palace,
44:33
Speaker 1: Brentford potentially an option. We don't need to talk about this.
44:37
Speaker 1: We're running out of time on the pod. We can
44:38
Speaker 1: talk about it when it comes back, can't we? And
44:40
Speaker 1: Jews give us you three forwards again? Because you confused me? Answer?
44:44
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think again? Locked in then, ma'm I have
44:49
Speaker 3: a few. I'm not too sure and I think Jo
44:52
Speaker 3: Pedro could be the other. But by then I might
44:54
Speaker 3: not have any any much money left either, so I
44:58
Speaker 3: would have to see it. Could could just go with
45:00
Speaker 3: the front two and not from three, and I have
45:02
Speaker 3: just a rubbish Sorryry, there's no rubbish plas in the premedy,
45:05
Speaker 3: but do you know what I mean? I could really
45:06
Speaker 3: achieve just to feel it there somewhere, you know, so yeah,
45:10
Speaker 3: track track.
45:11
Speaker 1: Just backtrack, just in case you ever't need them to
45:13
Speaker 1: close your bench. You need not to be rubbish. We
45:16
Speaker 1: don't need just quickly jokes, have you. Actually that's a
45:19
Speaker 1: very good point, actually, Sam Jos, if you actually pressed
45:21
Speaker 1: the button yet, no.
45:22
Speaker 3: No, no yet, but I will I just there's there's
45:24
Speaker 3: no I won't forget and there's no need really to
45:27
Speaker 3: do it too early. But I'm really I'm really worried
45:29
Speaker 3: about the Cup. I won't lie because I think there's
45:32
Speaker 3: a lot of players who could would become in my
45:33
Speaker 3: team that played this weekend. I would rather they didn't
45:36
Speaker 3: play and they have the weekend off and you know,
45:38
Speaker 3: could go to Dubai for or would be to forget
45:41
Speaker 3: their bags at the airport for a few days just
45:43
Speaker 3: to raise get the sun, you know, enjoy the holidays.
45:46
Speaker 3: So I'm going to watch the CU a bit stressed
45:49
Speaker 3: because I just don't I just don't want them to
45:51
Speaker 3: get injured.
45:51
Speaker 1: Yes, that's where I went. I had a lovely time
45:53
Speaker 1: and one of my bags destination just like that, which
45:57
Speaker 1: is where these stupid head phones. I'm just on the
46:01
Speaker 1: FA Cup. By the way, I'm not going to go
46:02
Speaker 1: through and try and give you a really bad explainer
46:05
Speaker 1: of what this weekend does mean for game Week thirty four,
46:08
Speaker 1: but I will tell you that a reminder. Game Meet
46:10
Speaker 1: thirty four as it stands, Chelsea Everton's on Liverpool Tottenham
46:13
Speaker 1: will be on newcast Lips, which will be as Wolves
46:15
Speaker 1: versus Leicester. But the outcome of this weekend's games does
46:19
Speaker 1: depend the rest of the games in Game Meet thirty four,
46:21
Speaker 1: depending what happens this weekend so Arsenal Palace. If Palace
46:23
Speaker 1: win this weekend, that'll be off in thirty four. If
46:25
Speaker 1: Bournmouth win this weekend, Bournemouth Manchester United won't happen in
46:28
Speaker 1: thirty four. If Brighton beats nottingh and Forest this weekend,
46:31
Speaker 1: they won't play west Ham in game week thirty four
46:34
Speaker 1: Man City Villa. If man City win, Man City Villa
46:36
Speaker 1: won't be on. I wish I haven't started this now.
46:38
Speaker 1: Notting Forest, Brentford and Southhampton Fulham might also be off
46:42
Speaker 1: in game week thirty four. If Fulham or if notting
46:45
Speaker 1: and Forest progressed. That was a really bad explainer. Check
46:47
Speaker 1: out on the Premier League website. As parts. I think
46:49
Speaker 1: this is where we get just quickly.
46:52
Speaker 3: No, no, but before you go and do your next
46:54
Speaker 3: stream on Twitch with your headphones. I was just I
46:57
Speaker 3: just want to at least the good thing. I should
47:02
Speaker 3: play your world card. No yeah, I mean you'll be
47:04
Speaker 3: great with it if you play your card.
47:08
Speaker 1: I've lost my car keys, my phone charge. These headphones
47:11
Speaker 1: are the least of my worries right now.
47:13
Speaker 3: I'm just saying I see you on Twitch. I'm just saying,
47:15
Speaker 3: but I was going to say more seriously, if you
47:18
Speaker 3: play your world card for Game with thirty you will
47:21
Speaker 3: know who is obviously blanking in thirty four. So that
47:24
Speaker 3: would be a massive help to build your world card
47:26
Speaker 3: and plan as you know, planning, talent vision, everything you want.
47:30
Speaker 3: Headphones is good for Game with thirty four. You will
47:34
Speaker 3: know who's not playing and then you can so you
47:37
Speaker 3: work out will be even better. That's why I mean
47:39
Speaker 3: sorry for once.
47:41
Speaker 1: You've ended this podcast with quite a useful point. It's
47:43
Speaker 1: really good. But just what my point was was watch
47:48
Speaker 1: the games this weekend and be wary that if a team,
47:50
Speaker 1: if a Premier League team wins, check out what that's
47:53
Speaker 1: going to do to Game with thirty four. And we'll
47:54
Speaker 1: be back on Monday. And we'll recap exactly where we're
47:56
Speaker 1: at with all of that, as well as previewing game
48:00
Speaker 1: It game me thirsty next week, isn't it? You just
48:02
Speaker 1: Hadreddit dreaded game week flers. Oh my gosh, we're into
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Speaker 1: We're into the game weeks that begin with three. That's
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Speaker 1: when I really know the season ends.
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Speaker 2: And when you get into chip strategy counts, your chips
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Speaker 2: are going to be everywhere. How long can I hold
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Speaker 2: on to use them for? Can I use them all
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Speaker 2: in the last four of the season?
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Speaker 1: No, you guys do that right. I'm going becau. People
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Speaker 1: have seen enough of me in these stupid headpimees. There's
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Speaker 1: no deadline this weekend, so I don't need to say that.
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Speaker 1: As I said, we'll be back on Monday. Jeels, Are
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Speaker 1: you going to have activated your World card by then?
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Speaker 3: Yeah? Yeah, definitely, it'd be ready. Like top notch you
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Speaker 3: said the other day, top notch, we said for Monday show.
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Speaker 1: Okay, brilliant. When I'm off to go stream headlights are ridiculous.
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Speaker 1: If you're listening to this is a pod, well, they're
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Speaker 1: watching on YouTube. Don't bother checking out on YouTube. I
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Speaker 1: look stupid. That's what we want to