FML FPL - Fantasy Premier League Podcast

Well, the round of death for Fantasy World Cup has arrived, and we do not have enough free transfers to deal with it.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro and How We Did in the Round of 16: The Airplanes Have Descended into Team FML FPL

00:03:18 Our Team's Situation: How and When to Use the Clean Sheet Shield

00:08:46 Starting with Questions from Discord: Nyland, USA vs Belgium "Analysis," Messi, Quarterfinal GKs, 15 Playing Players, and Kane vs Haaland

00:27:58 Briefly Going Through the Other Matches We Haven't Talked About Yet, Starting with France vs Morocco

00:30:21 Spain vs Belgium: What's Up with Lamine Yamal?

00:35:11 Awful Argentina vs Classic Switzerland

FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy.

#WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #QF
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Working around potential eliminations feels like a minefield from here on out, but we have four transfers to use.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro and How We’re Doing in the Round of 32 So Far: Qualification Bonus Is So Stupid

00:05:26 The Balogun Situation: Cheap Forward Options

00:09:10 What Are We Gonna Do: Reverse Engineering Our Transfers

00:13:40 Canada vs Morocco: Morocco Are All Good Picks

00:17:14 Heavy on France and Heavy on Argentina Is Logical

00:20:48 Clean Sheet Chip Talk: When Is the Best Time to Play It and Why

00:28:04 Germany, by the Way: Klopp In?

00:30:58 Netherlands: Complete Joke, Bye Koeman

00:32:03 Brazil vs Norway and England vs Mexico: Jude Red Incoming

00:38:30 Portugal vs Spain and USA vs Belgium: Portugal Stink and USA Without Balogun

00:44:03 Mbappé vs Olise: One of Them Is the Best Player in the World Right Now

FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy.

#WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #R16
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Extremely quick turnaround to the knockout stage, and we're all on a free wildcard, so we banged out an episode.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro: Walsh Is Back and We're Back

00:04:37 No Minus Points for Missing Penalties

00:08:14 Conceptualizing the Round of 32 and How to Talk About It

00:11:00 Working Backward from the Quarterfinal Favorites, Starting with Argentina

00:15:09 Qualification Booster and Clean Sheet Shield

00:19:03 Back to the Favorites with England: Jude Will Never Leave Our Team

00:24:29 France and Germany's Side of the Bracket: Three French and Maybe Zero Germans

00:28:20 Butting Heads on Spain

00:35:22 The USA and Not Making Too Many Bets

00:40:22 The Colombians: Lucho and Who

00:43:02 Netherlands and Morocco Quadrant: Trying to Steal a Great Round of 16 Matchup

00:47:09 Ending Quickly with Some Discord Questions: One Last Ride, Comparing the UI to FPL, and Cheap Mids

FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy.

#WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #R32
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It's just Alon on this episode, running through some MD3 group situations (Disgrace of Gijón) and World Cup Fantasy picks.

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro and How Our Team Is Doing in Round 2

00:04:37 Starting with Some Questions from Discord: Bounou and Morocco Defense, Scouting Bonus Picks, Ivory Coasters, Premiums for MD3

00:17:19 Third-Place Qualification Chart from Michael Caley of The Double Pivot Podcast

00:21:38 Group by Group Wildcard Thoughts, Starting with Group A: Flirting with a South Korean

00:23:14 Group B: Maybe a Full Avoid or a Sneaky Bosnian Herzegovinian

00:25:42 Group C: Three Morocco and Probably Three Brazil

00:35:11 Group D: The Disgrace of San Francisco

00:40:34 Group E: The Best Ivory Coast Team I've Ever Seen

00:43:58 Group F: How Much Do We Believe in Netherlands and Japan

00:55:01 Group G: Mo Curious and WTF Are Belgium

00:58:21 Group H: Possible Full Avoid Even Though Spain Are Spain

01:02:54 Group I: France and Norway, Bleh, but I'm Interested in Senegal

01:05:27 Group J: The Disgrace of Kansas City

01:09:47 Groups K and L: Haven't Seen’em Play Yet, but Maybe a Congolese Player and Maybe a Croatian Player

01:11:06 Our Tentative MD3 Wildcard Team with Discussions to Be Had

FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy.

#WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD3
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We're halfway through a match and halfway through a matchday, but it's kind of the only time we could pod before Walsh goes on vacation, so here we are vibing with a great tournament so far.

Join the FML FPL World Cup Fantasy league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA

We're also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join

Chapters:

00:00:00 Top Chef to Kick Off Our World Cup Fiesta: Top Tier Tear Play

00:02:18 Halfway Through MD1 Recap: This Is Where Team FML FPL Is At

00:10:41 Starting with Questions from Discord: Fun Teams, Triple Defenses, Japan Differentials, and Transfer Targets

00:19:10 Back to Team Alon and Walsh: Who Replaces Montes, Which Attacker Is Out, and Are We Definitely Wildcarding in MD3

00:24:07 Germany Thrashing: Football Terrorist Leroy Sane

00:27:54 Brazil Lineup and Performance: Weird

00:31:37 Shockingly Good from the USA and Other Random Bits and Bobs from MD1

FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy.

#WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD2
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