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Ep. 24 - Saka, Foden, or Son?

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A Son shot is turned into an Areola own goal, then FPL changes the assist decision twice.

Chris and Jace open from Miami. A Forest win, a Chris Wood goal, and a sudden jump in points give the conversation an immediate live-wire feel, even before they get to the actual player debate. The mood shifts fast into the familiar FPL problem of deciding whether the next move should be a premium midfielder, a fixture punt, or a longer play that keeps the bank intact. That is the whole game. Saka sits near the center of the discussion as the hosts compare his case against current squad shapes and the reality that many managers are already loaded up with Haaland, Palmer, and other expensive pieces. Nothing gets settled cleanly. Instead, they keep folding in fixture runs, captaincy windows, and the cost of waiting for the right swing. The talk stays practical. They go back and forth on whether extra free transfers make a Salah route more realistic, especially if a manager can stage the moves over a few gameweeks instead of forcing them all at once. The bank matters. From there they sketch possible downgrades, including a move from Mazraoui to Ait-Nouri, and use that as a way to talk through how much value sits in cheap defenders and low-cost forwards. Wolves come up for a reason. Their fixtures look useful enough that the hosts treat them as a real option rather than a desperation punt. Chelsea and Arsenal also enter the frame. The hosts point to their upcoming fixture swings as the kind of thing that can justify patience now and a bigger move later. City are not ignored. A congested schedule and key absences around the squad make Haaland's outlook part of the wider planning discussion rather than a standalone decision. The episode keeps its feet on the ground. It ends up sounding like two managers working through the same spreadsheet and the same bad luck, which is exactly why FPL listeners will feel at home with it.

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A practical FPL discussion about threemium planning, fixture swings, and timing moves toward Palmer or Salah.

Free Hit stays on a practical problem many managers face: how to move through a threemium setup without boxing themselves in before the next fixture swing. Chris and Jace open on a good Nottingham Forest result, then settle into transfer planning.

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Use this when you want to map a transfer route without locking up your whole squad.

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