Talisman Theory is the idea that you should make a beeline to the key man in every team – the Talisman – over other players. You may think: Well, duh. How is that insightful? And you’ve got a point. I’m not here to proclaim that that assertion is, in of itself, worth your time. What I am here to proclaim, though, is that, unlike eternally boring FPL debates (classics such as “should we favour form or fixtures?” or “is luck or skill more important?“) that you’ll see spattered all over social media, Talisman Theory is different because it is provable.  Over the last 3 years (2017/18; 2 ..read more

This summer, we’re offering something different. Here at WGTA, we’ve recorded a trilogy of podcasts – Summer Specials – looking into a specific theme that impacts FPL in depth with well placed guests to provide a unique way of looking all that surrounds fantasy football. The first pod is Behavioural Science and FPL. Join Tom, Anthony and excellent guests Ross Dowsett (aka FPL Raptor) and Simon March on a voyage through the different heuristics, biases and other psychological impacts which affect FPL managers Gameweek to Gameweek in this fantastic episode (which is slightly longer than usual to ..read more

Hello so WE’RE BACK for another season! In this first pod of the 2021/22 season – the fifth year of WGTA! – we have a lot to talk about as we throw off the bit of rust that may have accumulated after an actual summer break. The first half is all about who we are, as a reminder for longer term listeners and information for newer ones, followed by a conversation about certain... Source ..read more

It’s the end of yet another season, and we’re here for a final pod this term to look over the campaign just gone. We begin with our season reviews, our mini league reviews and, a bit of an announcement with regards to next year. There’s also an extensive analysis of what made 2020/21 so unique, featuring a look at why the points totals were so high, bandwagons and if 3-5-2 is the... Source ..read more

This week, Tom and Anthony look ahead to Gameweek 38 by reviewing how prior Last Days have gone to give an understanding of how this might look from an FPL perspective – will there be goals galore? We also pick out 5 last day punts each! We take a final correspondence question on FPL manager form and then move into listener questions for the penultimate time for this season... Source ..read more

This week, Tom and Anthony look ahead to Gameweek 37 after BGW36 as the FPL season draws to an end. After the usual Gameweek Reviews, Market Forces and an update on the ML, this quick turnaround edition is listener centric. We take a correspondence question on fandom – with this summer’s plans lain bare – and then move into listener questions, dealing with on-the-button topics... Source ..read more

This week, Anthony, Nick and Tom are joined by the punner extraordinaire Adam Pritchard (find him @threefivewho on twitter) to do some navel gazing surrounding next year’s pricing structure. Obviously not an exhaustive look at every single player and team, but a breeze through many of the key men in all positions to just speculate on how next year may look. Plus the listener questions. Source ..read more

This week, Anthony, Nick and Tom are joined by the brilliant Lucy Highnett (find her @lucyhighnett on twitter) to discuss the 200 club. We analyse the elite band of players scoring over 200 points per season past and present and assess their performance this season, as well as projecting their performance going forward. Also the correspondence comes from Rishi (@FPLRaccoon) looking at the midfield... Source ..read more

The band’s back together this week as Tom, Nick and Anthony use this pod as a time to pick through the avalanche of correspondents emails we’ve been asked to talk over some key questions that arise in FPL, from captaincy, hit taking to, erm, singing an FPL related adaptation of Spice Girls’ 2 Become 1. Plus the usual listener’s questions on the on-the-button issues... Source ..read more

This week’s quick turnaround pod is a speedy edition featuring Anthony and Tom after what happened in DGW32. Starting with a correspondence on how to deal with the blank in 33 from Ollie Aasht, we then moved on to the key questions growing out of how we deal with things going forward – Liverpool, Leicester and also what we do going forward. Quickfire pod, but we’. Source ..read more