Episodes

  • World Cup 2026 R32: Free Wildcard for the Knockouts

    World Cup 2026 R32: Free Wildcard for the Knockouts
    Jun 28 2026
    Extremely quick turnaround to the knockout stage, and we're all on a free wildcard, so we banged out an episode. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro: Walsh Is Back and We're Back 00:04:37 No Minus Points for Missing Penalties 00:08:14 Conceptualizing the Round of 32 and How to Talk About It 00:11:00 Working Backward from the Quarterfinal Favorites, Starting with Argentina 00:15:09 Qualification Booster and Clean Sheet Shield 00:19:03 Back to the Favorites with England: Jude Will Never Leave Our Team 00:24:29 France and Germany's Side of the Bracket: Three French and Maybe Zero Germans 00:28:20 Butting Heads on Spain 00:35:22 The USA and Not Making Too Many Bets 00:40:22 The Colombians: Lucho and Who 00:43:02 Netherlands and Morocco Quadrant: Trying to Steal a Great Round of 16 Matchup 00:47:09 Ending Quickly with Some Discord Questions: One Last Ride, Comparing the UI to FPL, and Cheap Mids FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #R32 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr
  • World Cup 2026 MD3: A Wildcard Hullabaloo

    World Cup 2026 MD3: A Wildcard Hullabaloo
    Jun 23 2026
    It's just Alon on this episode, running through some MD3 group situations (Disgrace of Gijón) and World Cup Fantasy picks. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and How Our Team Is Doing in Round 2 00:04:37 Starting with Some Questions from Discord: Bounou and Morocco Defense, Scouting Bonus Picks, Ivory Coasters, Premiums for MD3 00:17:19 Third-Place Qualification Chart from Michael Caley of The Double Pivot Podcast 00:21:38 Group by Group Wildcard Thoughts, Starting with Group A: Flirting with a South Korean 00:23:14 Group B: Maybe a Full Avoid or a Sneaky Bosnian Herzegovinian 00:25:42 Group C: Three Morocco and Probably Three Brazil 00:35:11 Group D: The Disgrace of San Francisco 00:40:34 Group E: The Best Ivory Coast Team I've Ever Seen 00:43:58 Group F: How Much Do We Believe in Netherlands and Japan 00:55:01 Group G: Mo Curious and WTF Are Belgium 00:58:21 Group H: Possible Full Avoid Even Though Spain Are Spain 01:02:54 Group I: France and Norway, Bleh, but I'm Interested in Senegal 01:05:27 Group J: The Disgrace of Kansas City 01:09:47 Groups K and L: Haven't Seen’em Play Yet, but Maybe a Congolese Player and Maybe a Croatian Player 01:11:06 Our Tentative MD3 Wildcard Team with Discussions to Be Had FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • World Cup 2026 MD2: What Even Is a Matchday

    World Cup 2026 MD2: What Even Is a Matchday
    Jun 15 2026
    We're halfway through a match and halfway through a matchday, but it's kind of the only time we could pod before Walsh goes on vacation, so here we are vibing with a great tournament so far. Join the FML FPL World Cup Fantasy league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA We're also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Chapters: 00:00:00 Top Chef to Kick Off Our World Cup Fiesta: Top Tier Tear Play 00:02:18 Halfway Through MD1 Recap: This Is Where Team FML FPL Is At 00:10:41 Starting with Questions from Discord: Fun Teams, Triple Defenses, Japan Differentials, and Transfer Targets 00:19:10 Back to Team Alon and Walsh: Who Replaces Montes, Which Attacker Is Out, and Are We Definitely Wildcarding in MD3 00:24:07 Germany Thrashing: Football Terrorist Leroy Sane 00:27:54 Brazil Lineup and Performance: Weird 00:31:37 Shockingly Good from the USA and Other Random Bits and Bobs from MD1 FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    48 mins
  • Fireside Chat with Anthony Dabbundo

    Fireside Chat with Anthony Dabbundo
    Jun 10 2026
    Alon chats again with Anthony Dabbundo and they go group by group through the 2026 World Cup, picking out winners, dark horses, teams they like, teams they dislike, and potential Fantasy World Cup angles. Follow Anthony here: https://x.com/AnthonyDabbundo And check out his work for The Ringer here: https://www.theringer.com/creator/anthony-dabbundo Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro to Anthony and Gambling Disclaimer 00:03:00 World Cup Bets with the Most Value and World Cup Bets with the Most Fun 00:07:53 Starting with the Groups and Their Situations 00:10:24 Group A: Mexico, Czechia, South Korea, and South Africa 00:14:13 Group B: Switzerland, Canada, Bosnia, and Qatar 00:17:52 Group C: Brazil, Morocco, Scotland, and Haiti 00:26:01 Group E: Germany, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, and Curaçao 00:33:41 Group F: Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, and Tunisia 00:37:59 Group G: Belgium, Egypt, Iran, and New Zealand 00:40:53 Group H: Spain, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, and Cape Verde 00:43:13 Group I: France, Norway, Senegal, and Iraq 00:49:31 Group J: Argentina, Austria, Algeria, and Jordan 00:52:41 Group K: Portugal, Colombia, Congo, and Uzbekistan 00:57:20 Group L: England, Croatia, Ghana, and Panama 01:02:40 Group D: USA, Turkey, Paraguay, and Australia FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • World Cup 2026 MD1: Building Team Alon & Walsh

    World Cup 2026 MD1: Building Team Alon & Walsh
    Jun 8 2026
    Three days until go time!!! We sorta tried to keep things relatively on topic, but in reality we're completely all over the place, mostly focused on our combined fantasy team. World Cup Fantasy is live! Join the FML FPL league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA We're also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Chapters: 00:00:00 Vacation Brain: We're Three Days Away from MD1, What the Hell 00:03:31 Questions from Discord Are the Launch Pads, but We Talk About Everything: Goalkeepers, Highest Scoring Teams, Chip Strategy, and Much More 00:39:10 Who Is Locked into Our MD1 Team Right Now (Subject to Change) and Some Chip Planning FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • World Cup 2026: Welcome to World Cup Fantasy

    World Cup 2026: Welcome to World Cup Fantasy
    Jun 2 2026
    Whether you're PFPing (playing for points) or PFVing (playing for vibes), it's time to dive headfirst into World Cup Fantasy. World Cup Fantasy is live! Join the FML FPL league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA We're also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Chapters: 00:00:00 New USA-Style World Cup Theme Music and Welcome to World Cup Fantasy 00:01:01 World Cup Fantasy Rules and Our Interpretations: Scouting Bonus for the Win 00:20:27 Groups, Fixtures, Favorable Matchups, and Scouting Bonus Targets 00:27:18 Premium Picks and Top Teams: Brazil's Vini and Raphinha, Spain and Yamal, and Many More 00:31:54 More Players and Teams We Love, More Players and Teams We Hate, and Early Picks (Subject to Change) FML FPL is a fantasy football podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran fantasy managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full matchday therapy. #WorldCupFantasy #FantasyWorldCup #WCFantasy #WorldCup2026 #MD1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr
  • Post-mortem: Our 25/26 FPL Season Autopsy

    Post-mortem: Our 25/26 FPL Season Autopsy
    May 29 2026
    We’re not good FPL players and we’re not having fun, so something has gone very wrong. Let’s break it down. World Cup Fantasy is live! Join the FML FPL league here: https://play.fifa.com/fantasy/join-league/WQRK6PBA Or just use the code: WQRK6PBA We’re also running a discount from now until the start of the World Cup: 25% off your first month: https://www.patreon.com/1069944/join Alon will be on The FPL Last Resort post-mortem episode on Monday: https://www.youtube.com/@fpllastresort Chapters: 00:00:00 Admin Stuff: Cup Winner, Mug Winners, World Cup Pods, and a Discount 00:03:01 Very Quick GW38 Debrief: Walsh Transferred In Someone Who Didn't Play and Alon Saved His Transfer for Next Season 00:05:38 The Forgotten GW1 Bandwagon: Reijnders and Future GW1 Punts 00:16:10 The Timing of Holding Too Long or Too Short: Bad Process 00:26:07 Are the DefCons in the Room with Us Now: Use Transfers on Midfielders and Forwards Instead 00:51:08 Capping Palmer and Capping Gyok: Pay More Attention 00:52:55 What Is the Purpose of Playing FPL and What Is the Goal of Playing FPL 01:05:48 Our Benches and Our Autosubs: Not Good 01:10:37 FPL Burnout 01:15:55 The Joao Pedro Story: Evolving Our Evaluations and the Moving Target of "Nailed Players" 01:20:47 Bench Boost GW1 01:23:22 Liverpool and Slot: Bad Management and Injuries 01:29:03 How to Deal with New Rule Changes: They Will Be Broken 01:33:54 Nerfing Pen Takers 01:40:21 Rapid Fire Notes and Things to Chew On: MGW, Teams In and Out of Europe, and Carl Rushworth FML FPL is a Fantasy Premier League podcast hosted by Alon and Walsh, two veteran FPL managers riding the weekly highs and lows. Expect brutally honest reactions, fantasy football advice you probably shouldn’t follow, and full Gameweek therapy. #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    1 hr and 54 mins
  • GW38: Skrtel with a Bloody Headwrap - Friday My Life [Patreon Preview]

    GW38: Skrtel with a Bloody Headwrap - Friday My Life [Patreon Preview]
    May 23 2026
    Previewing what FML World Cup will look like, GW38 captaincy, the Man City situation, messy bitch Mo, some other FPL dudes, lifestyles, Attack on Titan… this is what we do. First tenish minutes of the latest Patreon episode. Listen to the full episode at https://www.patreon.com/FMLFPL #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #FPLPodcast #Gameweek38 #GW38 #FantasyFootball Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    12 mins