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Ep. 22 - Cold Palmer & Wildcard Woes

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Erling Haaland is no longer treated as an automatic captain after Newcastle, and Phil Foden is the question.

Chris and Jace spend the opening stretch comparing notes on a Gameweek 6 that never really came together. Both are speaking from inside wildcard regret, which gives the conversation a blunt, slightly tired edge. One host lands on 52 points and points out that doing nothing might have produced a better score. That math hangs over the whole episode. They note that the gameweek average sat at 57, so the week felt underwhelming more than disastrous. Clean sheets were scarce. The big clubs did not give managers the security they were hoping for. City is the main source of frustration. The hosts dig into Foden's absence, Gundogan's role, and the pressure created by De Bruyne being out injured. They also question whether the lineup was too clever for its own good. Newcastle's performance gets credit as a deserved draw rather than a lucky escape. The discussion widens into whether City can keep looking dominant without all of their main creators on the pitch. They argue that the team is not as deep as it should be for a side that gets treated like a certainty. From there they compare City's problems with the way some opponents seem to raise their level for these matchups. The episode does not stay stuck in complaint. Chris and Jace start looking toward Gameweek 7 and the fixtures that might actually matter. They flag a run that includes Villa, United, Chelsea, Forest, and Brighton against Spurs as the kind of slate that invites late tinkering. The closing stretch leans into the familiar FPL temptation to make changes late at night and then hate yourself for it later. They wrap by telling listeners to hold transfers through the international break and come back next week for the Gameweek 7 recap.

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A blunt FPL check-in for managers weighing a wildcard, a captaincy blank, and City's strange look against Newcastle.

Gameweek 6 reads as an honest FPL wobble: both wildcard one chips are in, the return has not matched the gamble, and the captaincy blank leaves the usual round of second-guessing behind. Chris and Jace handle that well by naming the panic before it turns into certainty.

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Your wildcard already feels off, and you want to know if the damage is real.

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