Welcome back to the FPL Lounge for our GW8 Preview of the 24/25 season! Back from the international break, the lads start by going over the big non-FPL related news: Thomas Tuchel's appointment as England manager. They also look at any big injuries and late returns from the international fixtures. The radar has a familiar feel to GW7, with only new additions to the fringe, but that does include an old FPL Lounge favourite and a winger with a good fixture run in the next four. No swimming against the tide this week, so the lads try to catch each other in their honey traps, where contrasting approaches make for some spicy traps. Captaincy feels like the first incredibly obvious choice of the season. They finish, as ever, with a little game they like to call Who The Heck Is Stat?! If you like what you hear, do let the guys know on X (fka Twitter), Insta, Threads or TikTok, @FPL_Lounge, and be sure to subscribe wherever you get your pods, so you always get new episodes in advance of the Gameweek deadline!