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  • World Cup 2026 Semis and Final: A Closed Loop System

    World Cup 2026 Semis and Final: A Closed Loop System
    2026/07/14
    Our final World Cup pod is short and sweet, and we have FPL launch around the corner. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and Future Planning: When Will They Launch FPL? 00:01:49 Team FML FPL: Quarterfinal Clean Sheet Shielding to a Million Points 00:03:30 Attacking the Third Place Match: The Deadline for the Final Is Not the Final 00:08:04 Questions from Discord: All-In or Diversifying This Round, Max Cap and Clean Sheet Shield, Messi or Kane 00:21:05 What Are We Doing with Our Team: Wait for the Lineups, Probably Have to Sell Yamal for Cash, TBD the Rest 00:26:50 World Cup Fantasy Parting Words: Looking Forward to FPL 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    33 分
  • World Cup 2026 QF: Our Team Has Gone Airplane Mode

    World Cup 2026 QF: Our Team Has Gone Airplane Mode
    2026/07/08
    Well, the round of death for Fantasy World Cup has arrived, and we do not have enough free transfers to deal with it. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and How We Did in the Round of 16: The Airplanes Have Descended into Team FML FPL 00:03:18 Our Team's Situation: How and When to Use the Clean Sheet Shield 00:08:46 Starting with Questions from Discord: Nyland, USA vs Belgium "Analysis," Messi, Quarterfinal GKs, 15 Playing Players, and Kane vs Haaland 00:27:58 Briefly Going Through the Other Matches We Haven't Talked About Yet, Starting with France vs Morocco 00:30:21 Spain vs Belgium: What's Up with Lamine Yamal? 00:35:11 Awful Argentina vs Classic Switzerland 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 #QF Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    45 分
  • World Cup 2026 R16: Probably the Last Round That the Fantasy Game Is Still Fun

    World Cup 2026 R16: Probably the Last Round That the Fantasy Game Is Still Fun
    2026/07/03
    Working around potential eliminations feels like a minefield from here on out, but we have four transfers to use. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro and How We’re Doing in the Round of 32 So Far: Qualification Bonus Is So Stupid 00:05:26 The Balogun Situation: Cheap Forward Options 00:09:10 What Are We Gonna Do: Reverse Engineering Our Transfers 00:13:40 Canada vs Morocco: Morocco Are All Good Picks 00:17:14 Heavy on France and Heavy on Argentina Is Logical 00:20:48 Clean Sheet Chip Talk: When Is the Best Time to Play It and Why 00:28:04 Germany, by the Way: Klopp In? 00:30:58 Netherlands: Complete Joke, Bye Koeman 00:32:03 Brazil vs Norway and England vs Mexico: Jude Red Incoming 00:38:30 Portugal vs Spain and USA vs Belgium: Portugal Stink and USA Without Balogun 00:44:03 Mbappé vs Olise: One of Them Is the Best Player in the World Right Now 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 #R16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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    55 分
  • World Cup 2026 R32: Free Wildcard for the Knockouts

    World Cup 2026 R32: Free Wildcard for the Knockouts
    2026/06/28
    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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  • World Cup 2026 MD3: A Wildcard Hullabaloo

    World Cup 2026 MD3: A Wildcard Hullabaloo
    2026/06/23
    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 時間 18 分
  • World Cup 2026 MD2: What Even Is a Matchday

    World Cup 2026 MD2: What Even Is a Matchday
    2026/06/15
    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 分
  • Fireside Chat with Anthony Dabbundo

    Fireside Chat with Anthony Dabbundo
    2026/06/10
    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 時間 12 分
  • World Cup 2026 MD1: Building Team Alon & Walsh

    World Cup 2026 MD1: Building Team Alon & Walsh
    2026/06/08
    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 時間 6 分