On Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Newcastle fan Simon Bibby and West Ham fan Chris Stone to discuss the latest at their clubs and the FPL assets within them ahead of Monday's meeting at St James's Park. Will either Correspondent give James reason not to buy Alexander Isak? And he's not the only Newcastle asset under consideration, with Lewis Hall likely to be popular for those in search of an enabling defender and there's a warning not to forget about Anthony Gordon and...

On the Clayton and James Show this week: Pep Guardiola's reported Man City contract extension England's victories against Greece and Ireland Gameweek 12 FPL Wildcard Drafts Euro Focus: Bodo/Glimt OTD; Arsenal 2-3 Tottenham (2010) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItrSG5KJ6Tg Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Clash of the Correspondents, Newcastle United v West Ham with Simon Bibby and Chris Stone Today on Patreon: A QNA for Nico and The Midweek FPL Dilemma For the full Planet FPL schedule this...

Suj joins James to discuss rotation concerns for the upcoming festive period with particular focus on spacing and rest days with context to try and ascertain where key players may well be rested in forthcoming weeks, There's analysis on what the outlook may look like in December for the likes of premium picks Mo Salah, Erling Haaland, Bukayo Saka and Cole Palmer and where James has questions over the likes of Alexander Isak and Ollie Watkins who could well offer differential captaincy...

On Clash of the Correspondents it's bottom v top as James welcomes Southampton fan Matt Samuel and Liverpool fan Dan Lord to discuss the latest at their clubs, including the FPL assets of interest ahead of Sunday's meeting at St Mary's. There's discussion on Mo Salah's form and captaining him this weekend, the impact a Diogo Jota return may have in coming weeks, rotation possibilities and best defensive assets, factoring in doubts over the fitness of Trent Alexander-Arnold. Will Tyler...

On Ask James today, Alexander Isak looks a popular buy for many this week, there's debate on several big name players including Erling Haaland, Mo Salah, Bukayo Saka and Bruno Fernandes. Plus, discussion on Ange Postecoglu, Tottenham assets, enabling defenders and forwards and lots more... Monday on Planet FPL: Clash of the Correspondents, Southampton v Liverpool with Matt Samuel and Dan Lord Today on Patreon: Security in Football and Positives & Negatives For the full Planet FPL...

On Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Arsenal fan Adam Pritchard and Nottingham Forest fan Mark Sutherns to discuss the FPL assets at their clubs and the current key talking points ahead of the GW12 meeting between the clubs at The Emirates. And it's two clubs who currently sit inside the top 5 on 19 points. Forest have very much exceeded expectation so far, so is a push for European qualification now a realistic goal? While for Arsenal the gap to leaders Liverpool is already 9...

On the Clayton and James Show this week: The David Coote controversy England, squad withdrawals and The Nations League Clayton's FPL team dilemmas Euro Focus: Feyenoord OTD: Tottenham 4-5 Arsenal (2004) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbtgTzBR97Y Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Clash of the Correspondents, Arsenal v Nottingham Forest with Adam Pritchard and Mark Sutherns Today on Patreon: Tot&Ars and The Midweek FPL Dilemma For the full Planet FPL schedule this week, including our...

Clayton joins James to have a look at some of the data from the opening 11 weeks in the Premier League and have a discussion about which teams are and aren't overperforming. There's discussion on performance versus expected goals, expected goals conceded and expected points, using data from fbref and Understat. There's also coverage on using context for statistics such as factoring in the quality of opponents, why some data isn't sustainable for some teams, the cut off between the bottom 7...

Suj and James discuss a miserable weekend, no, laugh at a miserable weekend of red arrows, failed Fantasy returns, and dismal home showing for the clubs they support! Yeah it's that kind of vibe. All the games reviewed as usual which included those disappointing days for West Ham and Tottenham and another disappointing day for vulnerable Manchester City, who were beaten by a Brighton side who now very much appeal for Fantasy managers and so to will Chelsea and Arsenal assets following their...

On the Clayton and James Show this week: Fulham 2-1 Brentford Clayton's trip to see Arsenal in the San Siro Man City's form and concerns FPL plans for GW11 Euro Ficus: FC Noah OTD: Sheffield United 1-1 Sheffield Wednesday (1992) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOe0ll2GljQ Tomorrow on Planet FPL: James presents the GW11 Deadline Stream, in partnership with FPL Team, exclusively on the Planet FPL YouTube Channel at 1230pm GMT Today on Patreon: The Differential Show and Away Days For...

James is joined on Clash of the Correspondents by Brentford fan Tom Medd and Bournemouth fan Neil Grover to discuss the latest at their clubs, and some key FPL assets from within them ahead of the meeting between them in GW11 at The Gtech, and spoiler, goals are expected. Should goals arrive key talismen Bryan Mbeumo and Antoine Semenyo are likely to be involved. What are the prospects for these popular FPL assets both in the immediate and for the longer-term? There's also discussion on the...

On James' live stream today there's further discussion on the 7.5-9.0 forwards and those below, the danger of having 'the ideal' midfield four, best enabling defenders for consideration, James' desire to own Salah but why thoughts of Isak may hold him back, upcoming captaincies including whether Solanke is the only for this weekend, how away fans get treated in Europe causes annoyance, the pressure is on Lopetegui and O'Neil and James also outlines why he would give no consideration to using...

Suj and James have a look at five FPL forwards that James has been repeatedly warning recently that FPL managers shouldn't cut themselves off of, because although there are several good options below 7.5 (and one very good one above 9.0!) these five players may well show greater consistency and have more explosiveness. The 5 players in question (WishJ) are Ollie Watkins, Alexander Isak, Dominic Solanke, Kai Havertz and Nicolas Jackson. There's analysis of their statistics so far this season...

Clayton joins James to discuss the weekend fixtures from Gameweek 10 with Mo Salah captainers doing well, but many other popular assets misfired, which included the majority of James' team, infact all of James' team misfired, but it was somewhat saved from being the Gameweek from hell by Dominic Solanke! And the Tottenham forward was also a surprise selection as part of Clayton's Wildcard which has performed well. On the Pod, discussion on all the games includes why James was confident...

On James' live stream, Erling Haaland is being sold by many to fund a move to Mo Salah, but it isn't that straightforward! James confirms why he's invested in Rayan Ait-Nouri, plus, concerns over structures with three cheap forwards continued, team news updates, Calvert-Lewin and Solanke frustrations, Gabriel concerns, captaincy, festive rotation concerns and lots more... Today on Patreon: The Differential Show GW10 Preview, The Team News Stream and the Best Bits Tomorrow on Planet FPL:...

On the Clayton and James Show this week: Carabao Cup Round-up featuring victories for Arsenal and Tottenham, injury updates and the draw impact on FPL later in the season Rodri's Balon D'Or victory Clayton's Wildcard draft and what James what do different Euro Focus is on Bayer Leverkusen On This Day: Newcastle's 5-1 Tyne-Wear Derby victory from 2010 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKsajx6xS2Y Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Ask James, live stream at 2pm GMT with an audio Podcast posted...

Following Monday's announcement of the parting of the ways between Manchester United and Erik Ten Hag, James welcomes Manchester United fan Gary Robinson to discuss the The Dutchman's tenure and what lies ahead for The Red Devils. There's coverage of where it will went wrong for Ten Hag and whether he will be remembered well having won trophies in his two full seasons and what can be expected next for United, with it looking highly likely that Sporting Lisbon's Ruben Amorim will take the...

On Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Ipswich fan Paul Gaught-Allen and Leicester fan Aaron Lagor to discuss one of Saturday's bif 6 pointers at the bottom of the table at Portman Road. Ipswich remains winless and now have injuries and suspensions causing major alarm, particularly in the backline. While though Leicester can be pleased with their return so far of 1 point per game Friday's defeat to Nottingham Forest has dampened the mood. There's discussion on the relegation...

Suj and James discuss all the weekend GW9 games as James hit gold with Bryan Mbeumo captaincy to take on Erling Haaland who despite some very big chances only scored once against Southampton - and now with Cole Palmer, Bukayo Saka and Mohamed Salah all scoring yesterday, some may be getting twitchy as to the value of the £15.4m forward. But Suj isn't pulling the plug just yet and despite some concern on social media didn't miss the deadline in a week where he also scored well. Lots of FPL...

On James' live stream, the big FPL dilemmas covered, including, Bukayo Saka keep or sell, if Son is the best Tottenham option, if Cole Palmer non-owners can wait until GW12, if Arsenal and Liverpool defenders should be benched, Erling Haaland, the Triple Captaincy Chip, differentials, enablers, flipping premium players and lots more... Today on Patreon: The Differential Show GW9 Preview, The Team News Stream and the Best Bits Later today on Planet FPL: James presents the GW9 Deadline...

On Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Chelsea fan Gary Mantle and Newcastle fan Simon Bibby ahead of Sunday's meeting between the clubs at Stamford Bridge and right from the get-go on this Podcast there's a strong feeling about a positive Fantasy weekend for Cole Palmer! That's in part because of Chelsea's bright start to the season which included a spirited performance despite defeat at Liverpool, but is also due to on-going concerns that not all is well with Newcastle... but...

On the Clayton and James Show this week: Nottingham Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace Milan's victory against Brugge Vinicius Jr unplayable in Real Madrid's stunning comeback against Dortmund Arsenal and Saka concerns ahead of playing Liverpool on Sunday Clayton wants to Wildcard, will James talk him out of it? Euro Focus on Chelsea's opponents this week: Panathinaikos OTD Man Utd 1-6 Man City (2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmDcZt_39KU Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Clash of the...

Suj and James have an open discussion about the 6 highest priced midfielders in FPL; Mo Salah, Cole Palmer, Bukayo Saka, Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden with the aim of ascertaining which of them is desired most in the immediate upcoming fixtures and then in the longer-term from the fixture swing in Gameweek 12. There's a look at the data so far this season, the fixtures, the explosive capabilities of the players and how many is the right number to have, the danger of having only one and...

Suj and James review all the key talking points from the Gameweek 8 weekend and for many it was an FPL weekend to forget with many popular assets blanking, but there were success stories to be found with the likes of Mo Salah, Heung-Min Son (perhaps controversially) and Ollie Watkins returning well. Son, was gambled on by a number of FPL managers just before deadline with concern surrounding Bukayo Saka, who wouldn't feature in The Gunners first defeat of the season at Bournemouth. Did those...