A brand-spanking new weekly podcast in which FPL fanatics Alex Constantinou and James Sharpe invite you to board their team coach to paradise for the Premier League season with special guests from the the biggest names in FPL.
Fantasy Island is your ultimate source for FPL tips, strategy and analysis. Each week we provide expert gameweek previews and reviews, essential captaincy and differential picks and crucial transfer advice to help you climb the rankings as well as revealing our best bets for the week and beyond....on the podcast that can seriously damage your wealth!
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A brand-spanking new weekly podcast in which FPL fanatics Alex Constantinou and James Sharpe invite you to board their team coach to paradise for the Premier League season with special guests from the the biggest names in FPL.
Fantasy Island is your ultimate source for FPL tips, strategy and analysis. Each week we provide expert gameweek previews and reviews, essential captaincy and differential picks and crucial transfer advice to help you climb the rankings as well as revealing our best bets for the week and beyond....on the podcast that can seriously damage your wealth!
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The FPL season is done and dusted. The mini leagues are won and lost, our final ranks are set in stone, and we can forget about this game for a few weeks for the summer. Before then, however, James and Alex have some awards to give out.
Who has been the king of the season? The biggest flop? The best bargain and the biggest waste of money. Who has been the biggest FPL troll?
The boys discuss their choices before saying goodbye for might be the final time.
Have a great summer!
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Timestamps
00:00: Introduction
01:54: GW38 season review
08:18: Differential of the season
17:43: What a waste of money
28:10: Bargain buy of the season
37:34: James's Journal - awards season!
45:03: Flop of the season
51:10: Troll of the season
01:01:08: King of the season
01:08:17: Emotional goodbyes
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It's the final game week of the season and there's all to play for. Chasing a mini league or trying to hold your lead?
Alex and James discuss the best spicy picks and captain options ahead of Gameweek 38 while one of our hosts also received some hate mail in the post!
Which teams to target? What to do about Arsenal and Bukayo Saka?
Might this also be the end of the road for Fantasy Island?
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Two game weeks to go. Ranks to be gained. Mini leagues to be won.
Alex and James discuss the best two-week punts and who you should triple captain if you still have the chip left...as well as what James got up to at his recent spa weekend!
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Just when we thought we had our plans in place for the final weeks of the season, a big blond Viking strode back into our sights. Erling Haaland is back fit and could face Southampton on Saturday.
Do we take a chance…even if it costs us four points?
Or do we stick to our guns and look to bring in the value picks like Yoane Wissa, Matheus Cunha, Chris Wood or Evanilson?
James and Alex bring you all the answers! Follow us on X, Instagram and TikTok for the best FPL tips, transfers and captain picks...all on the show that can seriously damage your wealth!
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James and Alex discuss their Free Hit successes, whether it's time to sell Liverpool and Arsenal players, how James asked some tough questions of Graham Potter, whether FPL is like poker and whether we should captain Bryan Mbeumo against Manchester United.
Alex also gives his verdict on ABBA Voyage...is it really as good as everyone makes out?
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James and Alex are both playing their Free Hit so run through all the players they are considering in Gameweek 34.
Do we take a chance on Trent Alexander-Arnold? Which Newcastle midfielder is the best pick? Do we just target the promoted teams?
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Timestamps
00:00: Introduction
02.55: Bench Boost 33 review
14:43: Goalkeepers
21:27: Defenders
33.03: Midfielders
42:58: Forwards
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It's another double gameweek and lots of FPL managers will be playing their bench boost chip...but which players should we pick?
Will it be Ollie Watkins, Marcus Rashford or Morgan Rogers who is the standout Villa pick? What to do with Savinho who was benched for Man City's last two games? Will Bukayo Saka start both games in the double for those wishing to captain the Arsenal midfielder?
James and Alex discuss all the key questions ahead of DGW33 as well as lamenting Alexander Isak's disappointing triple captain return.
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It's chip time! Triple captain and bench boosts are in play across the FPL landscape and now we need to decide who to put the armband on and which double gameweekers to bring in.
Alexander Isak is the obvious choice but is he 100 per cent fit? Should we wait until GW33 and put it on Bukayo Saka or even Phil Foden?
Which are the best Aston Villa assets for their double with minutes risks over Morgan Rogers, Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio?
Mo Salah has also signed a new contract at Liverpool...can he now break Wayne Rooney's FPL total points record?
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Timestamps
00:00: Introduction
01:35: How we did in GW31
06:26: Can we cheer FPL assets against our own team?
09:55: Triple captain thoughts...Isak? Saka? Foden?
20:02: Transfer and chip plans for GW32/33
22:58: Best Villa options with PSG minutes concerns
27:30: James's Journal...a tasty UEFA dinner!
31:35: Best non-doubling midfielders
38:55: Mo Salah's new contract...what does that mean for FPL
42:10: My 11-year-old knows more about football than the experts
45:18: Glasner for AM?
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Wildcard played and the points are rolling in! When are we planning to bench boost and when is the best time to triple captain?
James and Alex review GW30 and reveal their chip strategy while asking has Pep ruined Phil Foden and whether we should plan to stick the triple captain armband on Bukayo Saka with injury doubts over Alexander Isak.
The boys also reflect on an evening with Paolo Di Canio and nights out with George Best.
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We're sat twiddling our thumbs while we wait for the FA Cup results and decide whether it's time to wildcard or not. In the mean-time, James and Alex discuss whether it's best to play it safe or take mega risks when it comes to FPL!
The boys each pick their three essential players for the run-in to help boost your ranks...three big guns and three mega differentials.
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It's the international break but there's still enough to be excited about. James is thinking about playing his wildcard even though we don't know the FA Cup results or the makeup of the blank and double gameweeks.
The boys discuss the merits (and drawbacks) of playing it this week instead of in GW31 and reveal which players you need to target and eye up the perfect Crystal Palace and Newcastle triple-ups.
James also spills the beans on England's life at St George's Park after he spent the week interview Jordan Pickford and James Trafford while enjoying all the free media food!
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Timestamps:
00:00: Introduction
03:25: GW29 review
15:25: WC30 v WC31
20:55: Palace triple-up
33:45: The secrets of St George's Park
48:00: Early GW30 transfer thoughts
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Get the party poppers out...it's Fantasy Island's 50th episode!
James and Alex discuss Mo Salah who has already broken his own points record to secure his title of greatest FPL player of all time...and ask whether he can go past 400 points before the end of the season.
The question, though, is do we sell him before he does?
We discuss GW29 and why you might want to wildcard instead of free-hitting while also looking back at our favourite memories from our first 50 episodes.
Thank you to everyone who has listened and followed along the way.
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It's the big question for the business end of the season: when do I play my remaining chips?
The Fantasy Island boys give you the definitive answers ahead of the upcoming blank and double gameweeks while also wondering what on earth you should do if you were hit with the flurry of injuries and suspensions.
James describes what it was like to see Matheu Cunha's meltdown in the flesh as well as his recent frustrations at picking up parking fines, spending four of the last six days in hospital and the incredible reason he's getting ready for Eurovision.
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PS: We apologise for any minor sound issues in the recording...bloody WiFi!
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The hindsight merchants are out in force after Cole Palmer blanked against Southampton leading many to claim those who captained the Chelsea talisman were BAD AT FPL.
Is this true? Was it the wrong decision? Or was it just bad luck?
Alex and James discuss this as well as ask whether the Premier League is now deadly dull after Liverpool marched further clear at the top and it looks as though the relegation battle is all but decided.
Might we be selling Mo Salah for Erling Haaland soon while James reveals the secrets to how a football journalist covers a late Premier League game.
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Timestamps
00:00: Introduction
03:00: How to catch the FPL casual
10:35: GW27 review
15:32: Manchester United are SHOCKING
21:20: James's Leicester rant
25:50: Selling Salah for Haaland?
34:00: Brilliant Brentford double-up
36:33: The secrets of covering a night match as a football reporter
43:00: Captaining Palmer over Salah
52:37: GW28 transfer plans and captaincy
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As Beto keeps banging them in for Everton, that's raised the question of who is the worst player to become a must-own FPL asset?
James and Alex give their thoughts and also discuss what to do with the Assistant Manager chip this week.
Are Liverpool wobbling or seeing the season out like champions and what to do with Erling Haaland now he looks to be suffering from injury.
...also James has a worrying update about his rats. All on the show that can seriously damage your wealth.
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Good morning, Costa Rica! After news broke that Fantasy Island was the third-most popular FPL podcast in Costa Rica, Alex and James are paying tribute to their favourite North American country.
As well as that, they are discussing their plans for DGW25 and their chip strategies heading into the upcoming blanks and doubles. What to do with your Assistant Manager, how many Aston Villa players do you need?
What about Arsenal's injury crisis...is that a reason to avoid or invest in their assets?
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The line-up for Double Gameweek 25 is confirmed with Liverpool and Aston Villa both playing twice
The boys discuss the best players to bring in and what their plans are to navigate the double and then the blank in Gameweek 29.
Alex laments accidentally captaining Erling Haaland instead of Mo Salah for the double while James also makes a desparate plea to Nottingham Forest striker Chris Wood, begging him to stop ruining his season.
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Timestamps:
00:00: Introduction
04:00: Alex's BIG mistake
08:50: How James is getting on
14:37: Are we sleeping on Mateta?
21:16: A desparate plea to Chris Wood
28:39: Who's the best fictional rat?
36:30: DGW25 and BGW29 plans
42:40: Isak to Watkins?
46:38: Have we changed our mind on Assistant Manager chip?
52:28: Load up on Brentford and Bournemouth?
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Should we be picking a third Liverpool player for the upcoming Double Gameweek or is time to play the Assistant Manager chip on Arne Slot?
Could a punt on David Moyes be the answer?
Alex is furious after benching Dango Ouattara's 21 points at the weekend and can't even say his name.
James and Alex discuss all the key talking points about DGW24, including why Alex might not even captain Mo Salah!
Oh, and there's more rat updates from James! All on the show that can seriously damage your wealth!
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Have Manchester City turned a corner? Is it time we jumped on the Phil Foden bandwagon? Should we all want to own Erling Haaland again?
James and Alex discuss whether FPL managers should want a slice of the City action before discussing the best way to attack the double gameweek for Liverpool and Everton.
Mo Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold are the obvious picks but who is going to be your third option? Should we be playing our Assistant Manager chip on Arne Slot? Is it time for more Dominic Calvert-Lewin pain?
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Oh we do like to be beside the seaside! Bournemouth are showing incredible FPL value as Semenyo hauled against Chelsea as they continue to put up sensational attacking numbers.
Alex and James discuss the best Liverpool triple-up with their Double Gameweek on the horizon as well as any Everton assets that might tempt under David Moyes ahead of the double.
...and which Premier League player would make the best traitor on the hit BBC series.
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