Welcome back to the FPL Lounge! The lads are back to preview GW23.

European rotation is the only major talking point (beyond Man City's continued collapse and potential elimination from the Champions League), with Liverpool rotating a few but generally strong sides from England's other European competitors.

There's a strong Merseyside Red theme on the radar, and who can critique it - Arne Slot's title hopefuls are, of course, on the verge of DGW24, and with Ipswich and Wolves sandwiching those two fixtures, plus a European dead rubber and a straight-forward-on-paper FA Cup tie, now is the time to flood your team with Liverpool assets. The lads run the rule over the main protagonists.

The lads take an especially icy dip in the sea to swim against the tide this week, while captaincy feels a straight shoot-out between the two most in-form players in the league.

And Who the Heck Is Stat?! returns - can Andy now reply with another big score?

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