An extra pod from us this week as we inch ever closer to the Gameweek 1 deadline.  We focus exclusively on our drafts, discussing how we’ve got to where we are with just over one week to go before the first deadline – making the case for, and debating, our picks and decisions including potential chips played: will a bench boost be wielded?  Back next week for our final preseason show before the campaign kicks off. Whether you’re new to us or returning this year, please leave a 5-star review and subscribe to our feed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam & Tom are joined by the brilliant FPL Raptor (Ross) as part of our preseason content to discuss some of the psychological pitfalls us FPL managers face during the season – and how to tackle them. We work through 5 key areas taking in many biases and heuristics on our journey, which hopefully will assist you in not falling into these traps throughout the 25/26 season – and beyond! Whether you’re new to us or returning this year, please leave a 5-star review and subscribe to our feed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam & Tom are here for our most popular preseason episode: the price pod 🤑 We give our WGTA take on the pricelist for the 25/26 season, taking in player data, our expectations and how the changes to format have influenced our thoughts on possible selections for our teams 🛡️ I'm sure we missed out lots of players - it's always a tough one getting the entire price list into one pod! - but hopefully this was insightful. Whether you’re new to us or returning this year, please leave a 5-star review and subscribe to our feed! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam & Tom are back, coming in hot on launch day as WGTA returns for year NINE (wtaf!) This episode, we react to the prices and talk through some early takes on what we’ve spotted as we’ve hunted through the list. We give our views on the changes to the game this year, covering defensive contributions (defcons, of course), double chips, the contentious afcon transfer refreshing and the bonus tweaks to ask why FPL towers decided to put these in place. Plus we reveal some very early drafts given all we’ve spoken about. Whether you’re new to us or returning this year, please consider leaving a subscribe to our feed and 5-star review if you enjoyed the pod! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s the final WGTA of the 2024/25 season, and Sam & Tom are in an introspective mood as we look through the 10 mistakes we said we WOULDN’T make at the start of the campaign… and talk through how we – and maybe you – still fell prey to them and how we’re going to try to change that next time. Plus our season long bold claims roundup and our coveted [citation needed] end of season award as we wrap up this year’s shows! And, if you have enjoyed our content this year and haven’t already, subscribe to the feed and leave a 5* review – it means so much to us! Have a lovely break. Back in July! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our penultimate pod of the season, Sam & Tom debate whether we should lean into the games with something on the line or those without any real meaning in order to spike some high scores on what’s always a goal-friendly final gameweek!  Plus a rundown of past last days to see how many goals are normally scored, a final bold claims and a captaincy decision that may run right down to the wire. We’ll be back next week for our season finale, but if this is your last pod – thanks so much for your support this campaign <3 And, if you have enjoyed our content this year and haven’t already, subscribe to the feed and leave a 5* review – it means so much to us! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With just two gameweeks remaining, Sam & Tom consider what's realistic for FPL managers looking to finish the season with a bang as time runs short ⌛ We look at some key differential you could roll the dice on to hopefully end the season on a high 🎲   Plus in the preview, lots of transfer activity, best captains and ANOTHER point in scored in bold claims 🥳   We're coming to the end of the campaign, so if you've enjoyed the show and haven't done so yet, we'd massively appreciate if you’d subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This time, join Sam & Tom on a pod spent - half tongue in cheek! - reflecting on what an "FPL Troll" actually is with many nominations flying around on social media after a difficult weekend for many managers.   Plus in our gameweek 36 preview, lots of movement in the transfer market as people move on from Palace players and captain, again, is arguably another open question.   We're coming to the end of the campaign, so if you've enjoyed the show and haven't done so yet, we'd massively appreciate if you’d subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam and a sad Tom return after Free Hitters leave chipless managers in the dust following a wildly successful weekend for many.   This time round, we preview the end of the season, looking through the roster of Premier League teams to try to work out how motivated they are for the rest of the year through analysing their "beachiness". We do this by asking: what do they have left to play for? Plus the GW35 preview, including a pretty open captaincy conundrum this weekend. If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As the biggest double gameweek of the season comes to its close (live on the pod!), Sam & Tom look ahead to blank gameweek 34 – the moment at which many FPL managers are deploying their Free Hit chip to deal with the absence of many of their players. We supply our “Free Hit Kit” to help you to navigate the picks for the week ahead.   Plus the Gameweek 34 preview returns to its true form, with the knee jerk assisting managers who are not on the free hit (like Tom), best captains, best transfers in and another point on the board in bold claims!   If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom & Sam are in a sombre mood this week after a spectacular gut punch on bench boost in double gameweek 32. It's a space for introspection and healing here: where did it all go wrong!?   Then, it's onto regularly scheduled programming via our double gameweek 33 preview - key players, best transfers, chip talk, captains and bold claims - as we try to get back on track. Featuring a potential surprise pivot from one of us...   If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom & Sam preview the first of a pair of upcoming double gameweeks in FPL - the crowning glory of fantasy in most seasons.   In the show this week, we discuss the debate between the pair - which week is the best to bench boost? And, if you have your triple captain left, do you triple captain for the other? We also - for those on AM especially - pop through a few differentials you might wish to consider for the week ahead. We're chiefly focused on single gameweek picks as we imagine the majority are set for their Palace & Newcastle.   Plus other transfer manoeuvrings, a POINT SCORED IN BOLD CLAIMS, a word (literally) on captaincy and our teams for DGW32.   If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s 2 pods in 3 days for Sam & Tom, as we’re in on Wednesday for what would’ve been our wildcard special… had we not already frantically pressed the buttons a gameweek ahead of schedule in 30!   In the show today, we discuss our thinking behind the strategies we chose, the players we picked and debate if there’s much actual difference between the wildcard setups (beyond the obvious injury replacements) if we waited for a week.   Plus in the best transfers, Gabriel replacements and if Saka is worth jumping on now amongst other things (including a word for those on assistant manager for 31-33), bold claims and examine what – if anything – we’ll be doing for the week ahead in another tight turnaround edition of WGTA.   If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

 After a bit of a break, Tom & Sam are podding again to preview Gameweek 30!   A lot’s happened the gap between pods, with international break injuries (hello Christopher Walter Wood) and FA Cup results giving us a clearer picture of the upcoming doubles and blanks.   And then a Haaland injury happened, and things went berserk.   We discuss this in our GW30 preview, taking in the calendar update, reactions to injuries (should wildcards be wielded?) and best transfers & captains for the midweek games. And do we wildcard? Well, it looks like we both might...   If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A special upload from another show! Recently, as with Tom, Sam was interviewed by Gary at the FPL Have A Beer channel to discuss his FPL journey. This covers how Pricey got into FPL, his start in content creating and time so far as WGTA's cohost. Do give Gary a follow on socials (@FPLHaveABeer) and subscribe to his YouTube! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam and Tom welcome friend of the pod Si aka FPL Analytic aka The Dark Lord of Analytics once more onto WGTA to deep dive into... well, you guessed it!   We take full advantage of the combined international and FA Cup break to talk how analytics has interacted with FPL this season, especially with the format changes. Covering the changes with more rolling, new strategies emerging from the introduction of the Assistant Manager chip, and the ways in which analytically minded managers are faring as we reach the business end of the season, this is a fascinating conversation not to be missed!   If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam & Tom are in to preview the upcoming blank gameweek in FPL. But we start off with a tribute to the FPL 🐐 Mo Salah.   And then we see what course managers are taking to navigate this challenge, by suggesting possible free hit teams and using that as a springboard to discuss approaches and potential differentials ahead of the blank week. Plus the big Haaland vs Wood captain debate.   If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom & Sam return after a weekend off to discuss its aftermath, as events have conspired to mean the "forgotten" Gameweek 28 now contains many decisions for FPL managers - particularly in the forwards. Turns out, Cunha/Mateta means more worries...   Plus an update on the calendar projections and chips following that FA cup weekend, a discussion on if you should triple captain Salah this week, and our plans.   If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review of the pod – it goes a long way Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tom & Sam are pressed into action earlier than they thought this week, with a set of midweek fixtures meaning we’ve got a Sunday night pod to put together squarely to focus on the fixtures less than 48 hours away! This means a shorter pod (we always say this!), starting with a reflection on the Assistant Manager chip with both of ours now spent. Then, the usual preview elements of the Kneejerk, best transfers and captains and bold claims – bookended by our gameweek updates and plans for the week ahead.   If you liked the show, please subscribe and leave a 5* review. It really goes a long way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In a brief respite from the doubles onslaught, Tom & Sam are back to discuss what the future holds for FPL managers’ transfer strategies as blank gameweek 29 looms large in our thoughts. Do we get funneled into picking from a small, similar pool of players? Or are there any advantages to be had in thinking outside of the box?   Plus in our Gameweek 26 preview, Tom gives an analysis of Omar Marmoush's FPL prospects, Assistant Manager last stands, best captains in quite a dreary looking week, bold claims and our teams for the week ahead.   If you liked the show, please like and subscribe it really helps get us out there 💜 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices