FPL Pod: Should You Change Your Assistant Manager in Double Gameweek 25? (Feb 6, 2025)

Kelly Somers, Julien Laurens and Sam Bonfield discuss all the big talking points in Fantasy

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A dramatic lead up to Double Gameweek 24 (DGW24) saw the most chips ever deployed in a single Gameweek in Fantasy Premier League, following the news last Friday of another Double in Gameweek 25.

Kelly Somers and the FPL Pod team review how the chips have worked out so far in DGW24, discuss what move to make next with the Assistant Manager chip and look ahead to the teams to target with a guaranteed fixture in Blank Gameweek 29.

Listen to the FPL Pod

Running order:

- Chip chaos (00m 40s)

- Double Gameweek 25 (12m 40s)

- Assistant Manager thoughts (19m 56s)

- Buying Bournemouth (22m 10s)

- Everton consideration (28m 25s)

- Sidestepping Mbeumo? (31m 13s)

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Podcast presenters

Kelly Somers

Kelly is a presenter and reporter who is a regular face across the Premier League and BBC’s output. For the BBC, she presents a range of shows, including live Women's Super League, the Women’s Football Show and Final Score. She is also their main reporter - having reported at their first ever Premier League live game in 2020, going on to become their England reporter at the last three major tournaments, also assuming the role for Channel 4.

She also presents for Premier League rights holders Optus Sport, having travelled to Australia to front the Women’s World Cup in 2023, and also leads coverage for BBC Radio 5 Live and Amazon Prime.

Kelly is, by her own admission, a football and FPL obsessive - and says the only deadline she has ever missed is following the early birth of her daughter last season! She’s just about forgiven her now - especially as, despite the lack of sleep, she still made the top 100k last season. Her highest finish is inside the top 40k and this season she hopes to beat that, or if not - just beat Juls!

Julien Laurens

Julien is a French football journalist based in London. He reports on the Premier League for RMC Sport, TNT Sports, BBC Radio 5 Live and ESPN.

He is a keen FPL manager who likes to get ahead of the curve by spotting high-performing differentials. Arsenal fan Juls always needs his boy William Saliba and all Paris born and bred players!

Juls watches every minute of football possible to make the most informed Fantasy decisions and help the FPL Pod listeners with their weekly dilemmas. The 2023/24 season saw Juls register his highest ever FPL finish, inside the top 5k!

Sam Bonfield

Sam is an experienced FPL pundit and one half of the popular YouTube channel the https://www.youtube.com/c/fplfamily, with husband Lee.

In her 15 FPL seasons, Sam has developed a keen eye for spotting differentials. However, she prefers making sensible decisions supported by underlying stats and the eye test wherever possible to help her find those all-important green arrows.

Sam also regularly appears on the Premier League Fantasy Show, as well as Sky Sports News, talking all things Fantasy.