Episodes
On James' live stream FPL dilemmas covered with Tottenham assets popular ahead of an attractive set of fixtures and Phil Foden too is on many a mind, but James is neither convinced to buy him or a returning Heung-Min Son. Plus, navigating forthcoming weeks advice for those without - but want to get to - Cole Palmer, benching dilemmas feature Fulham and Aston Villa players, Bukayo Saka is a doubt (of course he is!) and James confirms his intention to continue to take Erling Haaland on. Today...
Published 10/18/24
On Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Wolves fan Bradley Parker and Manchester City fan Jonny Pringle to discuss the latest at their clubs and the FPL assets from within ahead of Sunday's Gameweek 8 meeting at Molineux. It's one point from seven for Wolves and the, pressure is mounting on Gary O'Neil, but have they really been as bad as the results suggest? For City, much of discourse recently has surrounded Pep Guardiola's future, but whether he stays on beyond this season or...
Published 10/17/24
On the Clayton and James Show this week: Thomas Tuchel appointed England manager Sir Alex Ferguson's ambassadorial role at Manchester United coming to an end Live coverage team requirement suggestions for next season FPL Challenge and potential 'tier points' in FPL in the future Euro club in focus: Sparta Prague OTD: Man City 1-0 Chelsea (2004) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_GM12HOMRU Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Clash of the Correspondents, Wolves v Manchester City with Bradley Parker...
Published 10/16/24
Clayton and James discuss the England reign of Fabio Capello, that began after England had failed to qualify for The European Championship and ended four years later after a successful campaign to qualify for the same tournament. The end came after Capello's captain had been stripped by the FA of the captaincy for off the field misdemeanors, which came a couple of years after Capello had stripped the same player, John Terry, for other off field problems. Those issues with Terry feature in...
Published 10/15/24
Suj and James look ahead to the forthcoming four weeks before the final Interlull in 2024, a period where for many popular FPL assets the fixtures look rough, primarily because of fixtures against each other. For example Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool all play each other over the next four. There's discussion on flipping assets with bad fixtures, such as Bukayo Saka for someone with a great run like Phil Foden, how often would feel comfortable to play the likes of Morgan Rogers or Antoine...
Published 10/14/24
On James' live stream today... is he leaning towards buying Erling Haland with a potential injury concern for Bukayo Saka pushing possibility further? Plus, reaction to England's shocking defeat and performance against Greece and lots of FPL topics covered including seperating offensive and defensive players through difficult fixture strectches, Tottenham and Wolves assets, defensive enablers for the next few weeks and plenty more. Today on Patreon: The Differential Show on James' season so...
Published 10/11/24
On Clash of the Correspondents James is joined by Fulham fan Lewis James and Aston Villa Lee Jackson to discuss the latest at their clubs and their interesting FPL assets ahead of the GW8 meeting at Craven Cottage. Fulham have started really well, beaten only twice in Manchester and they have a great group of upcoming fixtures, whilst Villa have also started well, though it perhaps should also be expected with who they've played so far and fixtures are now looking tougher and have we already...
Published 10/10/24
On the Clayton and James Show this week: Manchester City's Association Party Transaction case against the Premier League News Round-Up features discussion on Liverpool and Manchester United FPL chat on Clayton's team and if James is any closer to bringing Haaland in Euro Focus: Shakhtar Donetsk OTD: Leeds v Stuttgart in the Champions League in 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFXg3qSYUEY Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Clash of the Correspondents, Fulham v Aston Villa with Lewis James and...
Published 10/09/24
On the first of three Clash of the Correspondents during the International break James is joined by Nottingham Forest fan Mark Sutherns and Crystal Palace fan Ruaidhri McLoughlin-Dowd to discuss the latest at their clubs and their FPL assets ahead of the GW8 Monday night meeting at The City Ground. Forest have made an impressive start, having lost only once and remain unbeaten away from home following Sunday's draw at Chelsea, but to flip that they haven't won from home fixtures against...
Published 10/08/24
James is just outside the top 5k after another storming weekend on his no Haaland strategy, but can it continue - and does James even want to continue without him - with Wolves and Southampton next for the big Norweigian!? On the Gameweek 7 Review Suj and Jaes discuss all the weekend games, which included Bukayo Saka's haul for Arsenal against Southampton, Haaland's blank against a Fulham side who will feel they merited something from The Etihad and one or two games that didn't thrill the...
Published 10/07/24
On James' live stream, further thoughts on Ten Hag after Manchester United's draw in Porto and as expected lots of FPL topics covered including GW7 captaincy, benching conundrums, Luis Diaz owners seem to be getting itchy about his prospects and everyone wants a bit of Cole Palmer; but there's a Tottenham player many seem to want too! Tomorrow on Planet FPL: James presents the GW7 Deadline Stream live in partnership with FPL Team, exclusively on the Planet FPL YouTube Channel at 10am...
Published 10/04/24
James is joined by Brighton fan Sam Murray and Tottenham fan Ricky Saunders to discuss the latest at their teams and the Fantasy assets at their clubs ahead of Sunday's Gameweek 7 meeting at The Amex. How have Bright fared so far under Fabian Hurzeler, and are they viewed as a team that has only lost once or winless in four? And how high is confidence in the Tottenham camp following Sunday's excellent victory at Old Trafford? All the key FPL assets covered including Joao Pedro's status,...
Published 10/03/24
On the Clayton and James Show this week: Bruno Fernandes red card overturned Tuesday night round-up featuring Arsenal's win against PSG Bournemouth 3-1 Southampton Welsh clubs in the EFL eyeing European qualification Euro club in focus: Ferencvaros OTD: Liverpool 4-3 Salzburg (2019) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1qcAcS4S9s Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Clash of the Correspondents, Brighton v Tottenham with Sam Murray and Ricky Saunders Today on Patreon: Tot&Ham and The Midweek FPL...
Published 10/02/24
Suj and James take a deep dive into some of the stats of players from the opening 6 gameweeks of the season to see what has caught the eye. There's a look at Goalkeeper over and underperformance, who's exceeding their xG and who's due a goal, plus crossing monsters, those showing the most creativity, who's constantly getting shots away and one stat particularly catches James' attention. Tomorrow on Planet FPL: The Clayton and James Show Today on Patreon: UCL Fantasy MD2 Preview and Nico's...
Published 10/01/24
Suj and James discuss the 9 games from the Premier League weekend and there was some wild swings for Fantasy managers, and particularly many on Wildcard which included Suj, and for many it ended in disappointment. There's discussion on thinking longer-term for Wildcard and that decisions aren't made based on just one Gameweek. But for James, who Wildcarded back in week 3, it was a stormer and Cole Palmer's monster 25 point haul helped him rise inside the nose bleed territory of the top 50k....
Published 09/30/24
On James live stream this afternoon, many FPL managers are on Wildcard and there's plenty of questions answered to assist those making multiple changes. Includes thoughts on David Raya's possible absence tomorrow and goalkeeper alternatives; Trent Alexander-Arnold, enabling defensive options, Brentford assets, captaincy for the weekend, selling the likes of Mo Salah and Ollie Watkins, Antoine Semenyo for the next two, budget forwards and there's reaction to Tottenham's performance in the...
Published 09/27/24
Is there too much football at the top level of the game? It's a hot topic of debate particularly in light of Rodri suffering a serious injury only days after speaking out again about the demands on players physically and mentally at the upper echelons of the game. Clayton joins James for an open discussion on if the likes of Rodri are right, and if so, what can be done to change things? Conversation features the Science opinion on how many games games top players are asked to play, why the...
Published 09/26/24
On the Clayton and James Show this week: Tuesday Carabao Cup round-up AFC Wimbledon stadium damage Arsenal tactics in forthcoming weeks and their FPL assets Rodri injury impact on Man City Everton Takeover by The Friedkin Group Euro club focus: Qarabag OTD: Everton 1-5 Norwich 1993 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5VGF2l-ZCU Tomorrow on Planet FPL: The People's Poll Podcast on if there's too much football Today on Patreon: Tot&Ham and The Midweek FPL Dilemma For the full Planet...
Published 09/25/24
James is joined by Arsenal fan Adam Pritchard and Leicester City fan Aaron Lagor to discuss the latest at their clubs and their interesting FPL assets ahead of Saturday's Gameweek 6 meeting between the clubs at The Emirates. There's reaction to Arsenal's dramatic draw at Manchester City and their start to the season, the dual for the title and whether The Gunners have really been as good defensively as we all seem to think they have been? While Leicester remain winless, but have been...
Published 09/24/24
Suj has seen enough and despite a strong start to his FPL season the Wildcard is now active! On the review of all the Gameweek 5 fixtures there is a theme of looking for players on Wildcard as James tries to lead Suj into what he would do if in the same position. And for James it was another positive week against his no Haaland and no Salah strategy, but an early move has been made for GW6 and it's unlikely to surprise. Arsenal assets with be in high demand; so is double defensive the way...
Published 09/23/24
It seems everyone has forward concerns... on James' stream this week there's concern for those who own Alexander Isak, Joao Pedro or Rodrigo Muniz; so what should owners do? Plus, there's discussion on captaincy with some who own Erling Haaland put off by Arsenal's defence strength; there's further defence of Ange Postecoglu despite Tottenham's dismal showing at Coventry in the Cup and lots more... Today on Patreon: The Differential Show and The Team News Stream Tomorrow on Planet FPL:...
Published 09/20/24
James is joined by Souuthampton fan Matt Samuel and Ipswich Town fan Paul Gaught-Allen ahead of the meeting between the two promoted clubs at St Mary's on Saturday. Both clubs remain winless, but the situation feels more troublesome at Southampton following their defeat at Manchester United and despite averaging a whopping 62% possession so far, they have only scored once. Ipswich have two points more following draws with Fulham and Brighton and now have an outstanding long-term fixture run...
Published 09/19/24
On the Clayton and James Show this week: Can Clayton get the intro right? Aston Villa and Liverpool's Champions League wins and FPL impact Round-up of last night's Champions League and Carabao Cup football Weekend Premier League yellow cards The Barclaysmen trend European focus is on Atalanta OTD Man Utd 3-1 Chelsea 1 from 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79_prbQagi4 Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Clash of the Correspondents, Southampton v Ipswich Town with Matt Samuel and Paul...
Published 09/18/24
Clayton and James have an open discussion about the word expert, its factual definition and its use within the FPL community. Because it's a word James really dislikes. But why does he dislike it? Or is it that he doesn't dislike it at all, and only dislikes how it is used? And there's brief coverage to kick off on the words that lost out in the poll, 'nailed' and 'essential'. Tomorrow on Planet FPL: The Clayton and James Show and Tot&Ars Today on Patreon: UCL fantasy Final Drafts and...
Published 09/17/24
On the Gameweek 5 Review Suj and James discuss all the games from the weekend and it was a particularly painful one for James following defeat in the North London Derby. Discussion on Arsenal's victory and how they overcame the absence of Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard. But it wasn't all bad news for James in FPL as Ollie Watkins matched another Erling Haaland haul and it was another successful weekend for Suj who included Gabriel in his starting eleven. Plus, for many Wildcarders there...
Published 09/16/24