This week, Tom & Sam cast their eye over the upcoming, busy fixture run as the first run of midweek games looms between Gameweek 14 & 16, for which the planning starts now! But if we’re going to cook in that period, what do we need to prep to get there? And who should we be targeting as we readjust our sides in the run up to the gameweek congestion…

With FPL about to hit fast forward, Tom & Sam take a look back to help us in the upcoming onslaught of fixtures by revisiting the 10 mistakes we said we wouldn’t make in preseason to ask – were mistakes made? And, if so, can we learn from this to help guide us to green arrows during the hectic period to follow? Plus in the gameweek preview, our own…

It’s all about Sam’s favourite term “Edge Pieces” this week, as FPL heads into the final international break of this season and we take our now customary step back to assess the situation. This time, we discuss the importance of the Edge Pieces in FPL – especially this season – and then each pick out and debate a top 3 in defence, midfield and atta…

After a punishing weekend for Tom and finally a great one for Sam, there's a few things on the agenda on this week's show! We discuss finally selling Haaland and its aftereffects, whether short term punts could have a place despite our wider plans, and also the increased risk of hits in the new world. Plus our usual gameweek 11 preview! Please drop…

After a tumultuous week in FPL – featuring what we’re going to dub a “semi-fail” on Tom’s Haaland TC – and as we head into double figure Gameweek numbers, Tom and Sam chat to try to figure out what’s going wrong this season and how they’re planning to sort it out after a lackluster start to the season! To try to address this, we take a look into th…

As FPL resumes after international break, Tom & Sam reflect on a rather disappointing weekend with a packed show looking forward to next week instead! There’s a few things on the running order this week, with a look at whether we are both hitting the button on triple captaining the Norwegian robot, and then as our main focus a look at the defence i…

Title: Quad Planning Tom & Sam zoom back in on the detail on FPL, with the next four fixtures before the final international break of 2024 in focus for this week’s episode. Building on what we began with Nick last week, we look at each team’s performance thus far and ask where our interest lies for FPL, and if – and then, how – we’re looking to be …

Tom & Sam are joined by high-flying former founding co-host Nick to zoom out as we head into the international break. We take time to think about how different levels of engagement in FPL can have their positives and negatives, with Nick enjoying a stellar start to the campaign! We also begin to preview the next block of 4 fixtures in terms of disc…

Sam & Tom survey the wreckage after a one man wrecking ball in Cole Palmer torpedoed their Wildcard hopes and dreams! We know not everyone was on Wildcard this week, but a discussion on processing bad weeks and how to react – especially if you have just wildcarded – seems apt given the week we’ve had. Are there any bright spots? Is there anything w…

Sam & Tom have both pressed the button this week, meaning hot picks and team structure take centre stage. We know not everyone is on wildcard, so to assist everyone – while using our wildcard drafts as the main discussion springboard – we do an audit of FPL key picks from top to bottom (as reasonably as we possibly can!), noting top individuals for…

Tom & Sam assess the damage after a below par return to FPL action following the international break. We take a look at the current FPL game state, with a heavily – yet, maybe, temporary – templated player set at the moment meaning differential hauls make all the difference. But, with Gameweek 6 wildcards the popular strategy, we ask: how long will…

As FPL slowly emerges from its international break slumber, Tom and Sam take time to dwell on decision making and how things may be altered by the format tweaks this year now we’ve had some time with the game live. We investigate how decision-making processes – satisficing vs maximising in behavioural science – are somewhat shaped by our personalit…

This week, Tom & Sam zoom in on one troublesome spot in our fantasy teams: the expanded funzone midfield at around 5.0-8.5m. With many unhappy owning the likes of Nkunku and Eze, we wonder who, of any of these guys, is worth investment now or keeping an eye on going forward. There’s the Price Point, where we highlight one bit of eye test info Sam n…

Sam and Tom are back after the FPL opening weekend to react to the drama as it unfolded. On this week’s pod, a lot of bits and pieces with scant data to report on: - Our GW1 reflections: what changes did we make on the final day, how did we do and what have we learned? - Introducing The Price Point: Sam’s eye test spot for this (and every!) Gamewee…

Tom and Sam present their preview of the opening weekend! FPL preseason has reached boiling point – as the UK has in summer – as we go through our final points ahead of Gameweek 1. On this week’s pod, it’s the return of Pick Your Fighter as we examine some of the key, outstanding decisions FPL managers are grappling with in several positions in the…

This week, Tom & Sam look into management tips as FPL preseason simmers away. On today’s pod: - General discussion of how things are developing – players who are becoming more interesting to us and the wider community and our thoughts - A very swift draft update – where are we in our thinking? - And the highlight of this week’s pod, we’ve put our m…

This week, Sam and Tom are spending a bit of time meditating on probably the most significant thing that’s hit FPL in recent years: analytics. To talk about this, there’s literally no-one better to invite on as a guest than the Dark Lord of Analytics himself, Simon @analytic_FPL. We cover a myriad of factors surrounding the use of analytics and FPL…

6 days on from launch Tom & Sam continue their preseason content with this, our formal full-fat look at the pricing ahead of FPL 2024/25. We look at each position by price - using some homebrew data in spots - to assist putting together those drafts ahead of the opening Gameweek. There's a lot of analysis and interesting findings along the way, so …

Tom and Sam are back for the 2024-25 season on fpl launch day!! On the show today: we give our initial reactions to this year's pricing (we've got a pod next week in-depth on this), talk about changes to the format and our aims for the year ahead before revealing our (very very very) first drafts to each other for the first time! So excited for the…

We said goodbye to FPL 2023/24 in interesting fashion, with one last blast on a final day which had the sting definitively taken out of it football wise BUT a lot to play for in fantasy football. Today, we provide you with a full season review for the FPL campaign that has been and gone, and start looking ahead to lessons we can take into the new s…

We're back for our penultimate pod of the season, previewing the final gameweek! We pick over the wreckage of DGW37 first, and then move into our look ahead with the mini league and bold claims in close contention. Then a focus on the final week itself - asking, historically, how many goals are scored so what does that tell us? And who should we be…

What else could we do this week aside from previewing the final, big double of the season in Double Gameweek 37?! We go through the teams doubling and ask who the "locked in" key men are, and hunt for differential opportunities - both within the doublers, and also in single gameweek teams too. Plus our bold claims, captaincy decision (surely the ro…

Double gameweek 35 is mostly in the books, and FPL – at least in the engaged end – seems to have taken that Buzz Lightyear meme where there’s hundreds of clones on a shelf to heart, while players are dropping like flies and many manager’s teams are redolent of the walking wounded. Today, we investigate whether there are in fact any edges left open …

WGTA return during the second half of double gameweek 34, which was without doubt one of the most swingy weeks we’ve seen for a while, with various permutations in terms of free hit choices and one week punts for those now on wildcards leading to really diverging outcomes here and there 🔀 We discuss possible changes to the game post FA Cup replay s…

Join WGTA OG Nick and I on a voyage through the fantasy football content creator journey, as we look back on 300 podcasts and nearly 7 years of Who Got The Assist? Sorry, there's no FPL advice on this one. Sam will be back on Wednesday for our main pod. As always, please subscribe if you enjoyed the show 🙏 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit po…

We're back for another full-fat pod after a chaotic GW33 unfolded, leaving us to pick apart the wreckage as usual, especially after some VERY last minute decisions were made by both hosts... This week, though, it's all about Double Gameweek 34 as we preview it for Non Free Hitters and Free Hitters alike. We look at key transfers in, where the heroe…

With the final few double gameweeks of the season all but locked in now, the WGTA crew discuss many of the popular picks possibly exiting our sides in the coming weeks, as managers chase upside. But the key question is, will it prove a wise move to do so? Plus our Gameweek 33 preview: is there any alternative to the robot for our armbands? And what…

Tom & Sam are back in the middle of the hustle and bustle of three Gameweeks in 7 days with a lightning pod ⚡️ With one Foden owner and one Noden, we reflect on how small decisions made a long time ago can make big differences further down the track 🚃 And then we preview Gameweek 32, with best captains - a lot on offer this week - and top transfers…

We’re back as FPL returns and the run-in kicks off with a high scoring gameweek, here to reflect on how our shiny new teams performed post wildcard as we begin to implement our planning and, hopefully, break towards the top 100k at least. We look at our decision making with chip season in mind, and then preview Gameweek 31 in a fast turnaround pod.…

Join the WGTA crew as we assess the lay of the land with fixtures now locked and loaded! Plenty of strategies will be viable from now until the end of the 23/24 season, but which will suit your team best (and indeed our own)? We figure through the many, many routes on offer for the many chip strategies that are available, as well as providing thoug…

In a purely 'free hit-free' zone this week, the WGTA crew take a look at all 20 teams in FPL so far this season. We assess what we've learned from 29 gameweeks, and what we can use to inform our decisions for the final stretch. Please leave a like & subscribe if you enjoyed the show! 🙏 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch…

It's a big week for the Free Hit chip, but both WGTA boys have taken a slightly different route and will be going in without it...so can they survive? We will be taking a good look at some of the key players for GW29, alongside some that may be going under the radar as we put together our own Free Hit draft. Plus, if you're not Free Hitting, transf…

We’re back as the mist starts to clear and Gameweek 29 strategies start to be solidified, albeit slightly upended by freak injuries and a certain Phil Foden making a major case to be a potential season keeper. This week, we assess him and a few others in terms of their value vs their listed price – what if FPL was repriced tomorrow, how would they …

The WGTA boys team up to give their live reaction and hot takes after the FA Cup 5th round concludes, and BGW29 is locked in. We talk about how the game has now opened up with a whole plethora of different strategies now viable as the "maximum chaos" secnario occurred because the FA Cup remained shock free. Plus Hwang transfer out chat and if we da…

With crucial information to come later this week, the regulat WGTA crew are joined by TikTok star and all-round good bloke FPL Cim to run through the different scenarios we could be about to face, and how we would react to each of them! In installment one of a two parter this week (we won't be live for the second part as it's during the workday - i…

DGW25 failed to live up to many of our lofty expectations (what else is new), so the WGTA take a wider look at setting up for Double Gameweeks and how they can potentially act as distractions from the greater good (Hot Fuzz reference implied). We look at the psychology of Outcome in FPL, and how that might temper how we view double gameweeks going …

Tom & Sam are back to offer a (hopefully) measured summary of how best to prepare our FPL teams for the first big double gameweek of the season. Do we pile into as many doublers as possible, or take a more cautious approach with blanks looming... Plus in the gameweek preview, we look at best captain (er, Haaland), do we triple captain plus data ana…

Another testing Gameweek in the WGTA villa, so we sit down to discuss the concept of control in FPL. How much do we really have, what's the behavioural way of looking at it, and how can we contend with this - especially with upcoming double & blank Gameweeks? And in our new gameweek preview section, we discuss the week ahead: - who's the best capta…

The WGTA crew have both endured a miserable GW23, so we welcome you on board to have a bit of a laugh at a season that keeps throwing punches our way! Either empathise or indulge in a bit of schadenfreude as we talk how we're rolling - or not - with the punches this season and how we're looking to zag in the near term to try to arrest the decline. …

With upcoming blanks & double gameweeks now becoming ever-more clear, Tom & Sam sit down to map out the best plan of action for the weeks ahead! After reviewing the last events of the last week or so, we look through the upcoming schedule. With chip season fast approaching, there's much to detail as we describe how we're looking to chart a course t…

just checking in to say we've elected to take a winter break of our own this week. seems a good time to take a breath with a lot of information to come this week and next weekend so thought we'd take the opportunity to recharge our batteries a bit. back next Sunday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

The WGTA boys are back to provide some mid-gameweek entertainment, as we endure the relentless monotony of GW21. We take a keen look into planning ahead in FPL, versus the benefits of taking a more relaxed approach. Please subscribe to the pod if you enjoyed the show! 🙏 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…

The regular duo of Tom & Sam are joined by FPL Blackwolf (Dan) ahead of an important run of fixtures which could define our FPL seasons. Who are we replacing Salah & Son with? Are we starting to prepare or future doubles & blanks? And who on earth do we captain in GW21? Please leave a subscribe to the pod if you enjoyed the show! 🙏 Learn more about…

Tom & Sam team up once again as we move past the half-way point in the 23/24 FPL season, taking time to review the data so far and what we have learnt over the past few months to help drive us forward in the new year. Please leave a 5* rating and subscribe if you enjoyed the pod! 🙏 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoice…

Join us for our final pod of the year as we pick through the rubble of another questionable gameweek in FPL - commiserate if you're also feeling a bit let down by the ol' fantasy, or enjoy the schadenfreude coursing through your veins if you're onto a winner recently. We discuss aggressive vs cautious approaches to get out of this rut, plus the Sal…

It's our Pre-Christmas pod - Sam's been down the pub, Tom's had a couple already, and we're in to chat FPL and rant a tad about the bad Gameweek which was. It's a bit of an agenda-less one with a general discussion about bad gameweeks, copium and planning ahead. HAPPY CHRISTMAS FROM WGTA. We're back on December 28th. If you liked the pod, please su…

The WGTA boys are joined by a very special guest this week, as @FPLGeneral (Mark) makes his annual Christmas appearance on the show! We take a look ahead at the upcoming festive period, as well as the imminent departures of Salah, Son & co as they disappear for tournament football in the New Year. Plus bold claims and a Q+A as always. Please subscr…

With Tom back on the pod, we take a ride through the key men in FPL and their current status, and then take a look at some of the emerging forces taking the FPL world by storm in recent weeks. Don't worry, we also have a tactical discussion about a certain Norwegian... Plus bold claims and a Q+A as always. Please subscribe to the pod if you enjoyed…

A solo pod tonight with Tom out for the evening, meaning Sam takes the reigns for the first time. Today, Sam takes a look at how planning in FPL changes during this busy festive period. Does embracing the chaos and playing more instinctively give an advantage during this time? Normal service resumes on Monday. Please subscribe to the pod if you enj…

Sam re-joins Tom on the pod this week as the paid both mull over their decision-making in GW14, leaving them both with a severe lack of Ollie Watkins all of a sudden... They take a look at the logic behind recent decisions, and how to react to the fast shifting landscape of FPL during this period of the season. Please leave subscribe to the pod if …