Explorez tous les épisodes du podcast Ignore the Template FPL Podcast
| Titre | Date | Durée | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GW11 Planning: Are DMs Worth It? | 07 Nov 2025 | 00:57:29 | |
| GW10 Reactions: The Rot Won't Stop! | 04 Nov 2025 | 00:39:02 | |
| Looking Ahead To GW6: Under the Radar Players | 26 Sep 2025 | 00:38:23 | |
| GW5 Reactions: 2 Good GWs in a row? Blasphemy. | 23 Sep 2025 | 00:37:46 | |
| GW5: Are We Rolling? | 19 Sep 2025 | 00:46:54 | |
| GW4 Reactions: My WC Didn't Suck | 15 Sep 2025 | 00:44:15 | |
| GW4 Planning, WC Active! | 12 Sep 2025 | 00:37:53 | |
| FPL Stats, Airtable Tutorial, And What I Look For In The Data! | 08 Sep 2025 | 00:43:13 | |
| Wild Card GW4 Drafts and More! | 06 Sep 2025 | 00:51:45 | |
| Ranking Every Single Summer Transfer for FPL! | 03 Sep 2025 | 01:08:45 | |
| GW3 Planning: WC, FH, or Transfers? WC and FH Drafts Included! | 29 Aug 2025 | 00:50:21 | |
| GW2 Reactions: Injury Carnage | 26 Aug 2025 | 00:44:49 | |
| GW10: Stop The Rot! | 31 Oct 2025 | 00:36:38 | |
| GW2: Stats, Planning, and My Scout vs. Official FPL Scout! | 22 Aug 2025 | 00:48:32 | |
| Game Week 1 Reactions: The Luckening | 19 Aug 2025 | 00:51:23 | |
GW1 is live, and FPL is BACK. Emphasis on the back, because that weekend was a pain in my backside. In today's episode I will be talking through my main takeaways from every single match from this weekend, how it impacted my team, and my plans moving forward. We also have the results from my scout vs. the official FPL scout competition. Pertinent video to basically 'calma' from Let's Talk FPL's Andy: Link Link to join the mini league: Link Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Final Draft and Final Thoughts Ahead of GW1! | 14 Aug 2025 | 00:53:16 | |
We are finally here ahead of Game Week 1. I walk through my draft in way too much detail to explain/ support my decisions. I discuss my thoughts on different chip strategies, alternative players I considered in my drafts throughout this month, and wrap the pod with my scout picks to beat the official FPL scout! Link to join the mini league: Link Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Full Premier League Predictions and FPL Implications | 12 Aug 2025 | 01:39:39 | |
Today I go through my predictions for every single place in the Premier League this coming season. I explain my decisions (hopefully) backed up my logic, reason, stats, and complete bias. This isn't a typical FPL podcast episode this week, though I think the macro discussion of the EPL is skimped over too much in FPL, so feel free to pass or skip to a section you're interested in using the chapter markers. Link to join the mini league: Link Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Mini League Prizes + Players Who Are Worth The Risk! | 07 Aug 2025 | 01:06:39 | |
The Ignore the Template Mini League is here! And prizes abound. On the podcast today, I detail the grand prize, the weekly prizes and all the things you need to do to be eligible for the prizes (its not much- basically set up an approved way I can send you money). In the main segment of the podcast I sort through the risky players to determine who might be wait and see, and others who might be worth the risk. Link to join the mini league: Link Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Top 5 Value Picks by Position! | 05 Aug 2025 | 01:06:06 | |
Getting closer to that GW1 deadline, I thought it pod-worthy to discuss all of my top 5 value pickes ahead of the 2025-26 FPL season. What does the data say, what is the context, who can improve their value over the course of next season, and who might lose value- all discussed on this week's episode. Link to join the mini league: Link Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| GW1 BB: Pros, Cons, and First Draft for Bench Boost | 28 Jul 2025 | 01:03:27 | |
Today is going to be a deep dive on strategy for Game Week 1. Specifcally, I will be calling out pros and cons, then doing a bit of a thought experiment where I steelman my own arguments for and against the bench boost for GW1. After wading through all the arguments, I give my overall take and then walk through my draft for BB GW1 along with a bunch of alternatives and context supporting my decisions (up to this point- it's all subject to change). Link to join the mini league: Link Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| First Draft, Initial Reactions, and BIG Updates! | 22 Jul 2025 | 00:44:49 | |
The game has finally launched. In this episode I will be reacting to all of the major changes FPL made for the upcoming 2025/26 season. I talk through my first 2 drafts (one of which is a GW1 BB draft), and then I provide some big updates on my end- Airtable spreadsheet improvements, and a new mini league prize. Link to join the mini league: Link Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| RIP FPL? Updates That May Break The Game! | 19 Jul 2025 | 00:43:02 | |
Buckle up buttercup, we're covering all of the updates that have come out over the past 24-48 hours that will greatly impact FPL's next season in 2025/26. Hopefully this is the last of the updates FPL provide before the game launches, because there are some serious red flags. There are also some positive changes I like, but tune in to get an overview of the changes, and stick around for my analysis diving into why some of the changes are good, bad, or ugly, and how they can impact the game moving forward. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Rebuilding Newcastle and Aston Villa! | 09 Jul 2025 | 01:10:25 | |
It's another transfer window/offseason special. Today I will be talking through a thought experiment on how to rebuild Newcastle United and Aston Villa. I'll identify problems and propose solutions/ transfers for each club to give my alternate reality of the summer 2025 transfer window ahead of the upcoming season. FPL Content will be back when we get closer to the new season. Subscribe and/or tune in for more offseason FPL content. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| GW9 Planning: Let's Halve Our Rank Again | 23 Oct 2025 | 00:52:18 | |
| Rebuilding Man City and Chelsea! | 04 Jul 2025 | 01:03:46 | |
It's another transfer window/offseason special. Today I will be talking through a thought experiment on how to rebuild Man City and Chelsea. I'll identify problems and propose solutions/ transfers for each club to give my alternate reality of the summer 2025 transfer window ahead of the upcoming season. FPL Content will be back when we get closer to the new season. Subscribe and/or tune in for more offseason FPL content. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Rebuilding Arsenal and Tottenham! | 24 Jun 2025 | 01:08:52 | |
It's another transfer window/offseason special. Today I will be talking through a thought experiment on how to rebuild Arsenal and Tottenham. I'll identify problems and propose solutions/ transfers for each club to give my alternate reality of the summer 2025 transfer window ahead of the upcoming season. FPL Content will be back when we get closer to the new season. Subscribe and/or tune in for more offseason FPL content. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Rebuilding Manchester United and Liverpool FC | 20 Jun 2025 | 01:36:09 | |
This one is going to be different- It's a transfer window/offseason special. Today I will be talking through a thought experiment on how to rebuild Manchester United and Liverpool FC. I'll identify problems and propose solutions/ transfers for each club to give my alternate reality of the summer 2025 transfer window ahead of the upcoming season. FPL Content will be back when we get closer to the new season. Subscribe and/or tune in for more offseason FPL content. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Calculating Target Prices For Every FPL Player 2025/26 | 16 Jun 2025 | 00:55:28 | |
Using a set Value Added Per Million (VAPM) we can calculate the target price of every player who played in the premier league last season. Stay tuned to the reddit/discord post where I will have some bonus players who will be arriving to the EPL such as Wirtz, Frimpong, and Cherki. Subscribe and/or tune in for more offseason FPL content. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| How to Fix FPL! | 09 Jun 2025 | 01:20:16 | |
Buckle up buttercup, we're going to fix FPL in the next hour and twenty minutes. Jokes aside, there are issues the game of FPL faces in regards to gameplay and engagement. On this episode, I will be proposing several ideas that can be used to improved FPL. They are not all pie in the sky, or whacky ideas (though some of them certainly are), on the whole, these are practical, easy to implement changes FPL Towers can do to avoid staying stagnant in the fantasy premier league space. Subscribe and/or tune in for more offseason FPL content. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Full FPL Season Review 2024-2025 | 02 Jun 2025 | 00:57:03 | |
For the final podcast of the season I will do a full review of my teams performance documenting the highlights and lowlights, chip usage, and big red/green arrow swings. Then in the second half of the podcast I review all of the best value added per million (VAPM) players for the 2024-25 season by position and pick my surprise and disappointment of each batch. Finally I wrap the podcast by discussing my plans for offseason content. Subscribe and/or tune in for episodes to be coming after the dust has settled on the FPL season Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Final Game Week of the 2024-25 FPL Season! | 23 May 2025 | 01:14:37 | |
The main topic of discussion today is whether to maintain rank, or chase rank for the final gameweek of the season. I cover strategies to use depending on your situation, and discuss my top 5 fixtures to target on the final day along with the top 10 "safety" picks. Tune in to hear how I did in GW37, and my final transfer plans for GW38. I discuss my plans for the pod on the off-season, and my pitch to hopefully have you all coming back. I really did enjoy my first season podcasting with you all, hope you have a great offseason. Subscribe and/or tune in for episodes to be coming after the dust has settled on the FPL season Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Game Week 37 - Just 2 More Weeks! Final Push | 15 May 2025 | 00:50:28 | |
Covering a variety of in-the-meta topics today of FPL for GW37 and final GW38. Tune in to hear how I did in GW36, and my transfer plans for GW37. Today is a big long ramble because let's be real, so much uncertainty in GW37. Let's roll the dice. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Game Week 36 - Differential, or Play it Safe? | 08 May 2025 | 01:01:49 | |
The main topic of discussion today is whether to play it safely, or to go for more differential picks. I cover strategies to use depending on your situation, and discuss my top 8 safe picks and their alter ego differential picks for Gameweek 36 and beyond. Tune in to hear how I did in GW35, and my transfer plans for GW36. Finally I wrap the pod with a Champions League Special of an 'Anything but FPL' segment. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Finally Not A Chip Week - GW35 | 01 May 2025 | 00:44:23 | |
Now that most of us are back to our old teams, who should we target for the final 4 game weeks? Today I discuss GW35 updates, questions from the Discord server, I review my FH34 performance and look ahead to GW35 and the transfers I have planned. Finally I close with a sneaky, unexpected Anything But FPL segment. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| GW8 Reactions: Green Arrows Are Way Cooler | 21 Oct 2025 | 00:40:44 | |
| Free Hit Game Week 34! | 25 Apr 2025 | 00:58:15 | |
Free Hit for Game Week 34 is all that matters. Just like the FH chip, I am not focusing on last week or next week. It is all about this week and this week we are focusing on the best players who do not blank. I walk through my ideal FH34 team, talk about the optimized algorithm FH34 team, alternative players one might sub in, general FH ideas and strategies, and then I jump into questions from the Discord. Finally I quickly review my GW33 performance because it was a BB to forget, and then edit my FH34 team because in the time it took to record the podcast, I already changed my mind. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Final Double Game Week? | 18 Apr 2025 | 00:45:22 | |
Today is more of a departure from the normal checking on player stats to talk about ideas as a whole and brainstorming how to make this whole ecosystem better. Because let's be real, we have talked these double game weeks to death, all the potential chip strategies, and should already know the players to go for. I discuss my teams awful performance yet again, and look ahead to what I plan on doing for the potential final DGW (spoiler: going to play BB). Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Double Game Week 32, Stop the bleeding | 11 Apr 2025 | 01:02:56 | |
Today let's talk about DGW32. We have to talk about general chip strategy and some player updates so lets get that out of the way before jumping into questions from the discord. I quickly cover my teams performance, another red arrow, follow by a quick update of my plans for DGW32. I thought today would be a short episode, but I just rambled for an hour. Hopefully it was informative. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Wildcard Game Week 31. Get Wilder. | 04 Apr 2025 | 01:09:34 | |
Today let's talk about Wildcard for GW31. A lot of people may be using their WC, or will be transferring in players ahead of the doubles, so I discuss the top 3 players from each team that double in either GW32 or GW33. Before that I chat general chip strategy around this time, then I quickly talk about my teams performance in GW30 (meh), and my WC team for GW31. This is a long episode so I also get to some questions posted on the discord and bring back 'Anything but FPL' for a White Lotus themed segment. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Wildcard Game Week 30. Get Wild. | 31 Mar 2025 | 00:42:56 | |
Today let's talk about Wildcard for GW30. A lot of people may be using their WC, or will be transferring in players ahead of the doubles, so what does the algorithm say when trying to optimize a team? Then I discuss the WC team I would play if I were using my WC Chip. The I talk through my even worse performance in GW 29 and plan for my own GW 30 assuming I don't use my WC. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Free Hit Blank Game Week 29 | 13 Mar 2025 | 00:53:21 | |
Today we have to talk about Blank Game Week 29. A lot of people may be using their Free Hit Chip, or will be transferring in players who don't blank, so what does the algorithm say when trying to optimize a team? I run through 4 optimized teams with different parameters, and then discuss the FH team I would play if I were using my FH Chip. The I talk through my abysmal performance in GW 28 and plan for my own GW 29. Anything but FPL is back this week, and it is a STINKER, so if you like a rant and a moan, tune in, otherwise use chapter markers to skip ahead! Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Injuries, Suspensions, and Blanks Oh My! FA Cup Madness | 07 Mar 2025 | 00:44:02 | |
With all of the chaos to come out of the FA Cup weekend, now we have to plan for all of the fallout. This week's episode I discuss popular transfers out, and who I would bring in based on the stats. I review my GW27 performance again and plan for GW28 with all the new news to come from the FA Cup. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| A Normal Gameweek of FPL? | 28 Feb 2025 | 00:46:20 | |
Today I run through some community questions provided by the Discord Server- feel free to jump into the group chats and ask questions at the link below. Then I covered some nonsense transfers happening in the meta of FPL, review my team's GW27 performance and plan for GW28, and talk about anything but FPL in the 'Anything but FPL' segment. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Gameweek 27 through Blank Gameweek 29 Planning | 24 Feb 2025 | 00:29:27 | |
Today is a short episode becuase I completely did not realize we have midweek fixtures in the premier league this week and I wanted to get something out to you guys and update the data in the spreadsheet. So I quickly highlight a handful of players who have the best fixtures between GW27 and GW29 on paper. Then I review my team's performance and plan for GW27-29 myself. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Final AssMan Pod Ever ;) | 20 Feb 2025 | 01:05:30 | |
Today I discuss what to do with (most people's) final week of the Assistant Manager Chip, a new Q&A segment talking about popular things in the meta, transfers, my gameweek 25 performance, and finally look ahead to GW26. Unforunately I ran out of time to discuss 'Anything But FPL' this week, but it will be a priority next week, I promise. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| GW8 Planning: Finally Making Those Needed Transfers | 17 Oct 2025 | 01:05:54 | |
| Which Chip Was Actually Optimal? | 13 Feb 2025 | 01:04:03 | |
Today I do a bit of a review and analysis of the different chip strategies for Double Game Week 24 and beyond to compare AssMan Slot v. AssMan Moyes v. TC Salah. Then I discuss DGW25 and different options for AM, Aston Villa players to bring in or avoid, and go over what one might do with Trent Alexander-Arnold. Finally, I do a team review, plan for GW25-29 and jump into an 'Anything But FPL' segment that I have been keeping in my back pocket- and it is kind of a bummer of a reason for why I am talking about it now. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Double Game Week 25, Let's Go... Again! | 07 Feb 2025 | 01:03:19 | |
Now that the EFL cup semifinal is settled, and Double Game Week 25 is confirmed, I discuss some of the decisions to be made about the (relatively) newly announced DGW25 honing in Liverpool and Aston Villa assets to consider along with the inevitable Assistant Manager chip conundrum. I also had to talk about Blank Game Week 29 now that we know Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Fulham will not blank. I discussed transfers in the FPL meta and wrapped the pod with 'Anything But FPL' where I had to talk about Kingdom Come: Deliverance. Link to the Discord Server: Link | |||
| Double Game Week 24, Let's Go! | 31 Jan 2025 | 00:59:45 | |
Today I hone in on the upcoming Double GW 24, discuss good players to bring in from GW24-GW29 (when a lot of people myself included plan on deadending their team). Bringing in a new segment to discuss transfers in the FPL community meta, and wrap the pod with 'Anything But FPL' where I didn't even know what I was going to recommend until I got to the section myself. | |||
| More Planning for DGW 24, BGW 29 and Chips! | 23 Jan 2025 | 00:55:57 | |
Today is part 2 on my discussion about planning through blank Game Week 29 (and even peeking ahead to Double GW 33, Blank 34, and Double GW 36). Advice on how to optimize points over these gameweeks using the right chips (Wild Card, Triple Captain, Bench Boost, Freehit, and Assistant Manager) in the right game weeks. Then I use my team as an example to walk through my rough plan through GW 29, discuss my performance in GW22, and wrap the pod with 'Anything But FPL' where I welcome you to my book club. | |||