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Frank P

@foxbasebeta.bsky.social
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Policy and research… an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Running, hill walking, FPL, music, cricket, football.

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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
All good things… Lovely to give #SaintEtienne a UK send off for (very likely) the final time…
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#fpl GW5 = 49 points and an OR of 1.3m. Not good, not terrible. Will wildcard at some point in the next 20 days. See you in October!
Definition of a middle of the road FPL team.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#fpl GW5 - not much time as off to see @bobpetesarah.bsky.social do their thing. MGW in for Wirtz. Hoping for a pre-IB push into the top million. Nothing can stop us! (Hopefully) #saintetienne
A team that is, er, hopefully not in a bad way.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Likewise, he’s going for MGW but I see it as a much needed double digit confidence booster for the lad
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#fpl Nice 750k green arrow. Very steady stuff. MGW in for Wirtz the most likely move for GW5 and then it’s all change during the IB... Until next time.
87 of your FPL points please, landlord.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#fpl Bruno out, Palmer (c) in. OR: 2m, WC still due in GW6. The urge for a Calafiori hit has been resisted… May variance be kind to you all this week 😀
Steady as she goes type of team…
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thank you - you’re all kind people. I’ll keep Thomas in and the risk/reward stuff for later in the season…
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Should say i am usually very averse to hits…
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My niche GW4 #fpl dilemma… I have Raya but no other Arsenal defenders. I plan to WC during the international break. I need to play Thomas at home to Brighton. I have the funds… worth a hit for Calafiori (ie does he score 4 points more)?
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#FPL I need to set up for GW3 today as heading away and no access to internet etc until post deadline. Will therefore miss team news et al so playing safe - will likely bring in Hall and Gross for Rodon and Tzolis (Thomas back on the bench). TC will go on the robot. What will be, will be.
A supposed FPL team which will likely red arrow this week. The joys!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
#FPL Approx 5.3m green arrow so no complaints this week. 110 points, upto 2.2m. Some potential issues to address in GW3 include Rodon, Van Hecke and Tzolis. Not ideal, but will ponder some options.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
September’s not so far away…
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Glum Wirtz owner here. When is Szoboszlai getting his #fpl points then?
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Inevitability Hugo Weaving Agent Smith
ALT: Inevitability Hugo Weaving Agent Smith
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
You and me both, brother. There is hope… and then there is madness. That’s a Wirtz pick in a nutshell.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#fpl Rational head - it’s a marathon, not a sprint; variance; in 10 mins it’s all out of my control. FPL head - how do this lot screw me for another 7.5m gameweek rank? Submitted with some residual post GW1 angst. Bruno (c)... ATB everyone!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Davis is wiping out that Utd clean sheet, isn’t he (I have 3rd sub as well)?
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Looks good to go, that.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Indeed, they have got me out of many a FPL rank hole 😀
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
The view on poor early #fpl gameweeks is to ignore rank - and it’s sound advice. One extra small tip I have is to look at the LiveFPL website and keep tabs on how many points you are off the top 100k. I’m 42 off - that can be erased by a couple of good (lucky?) captaincies. Helps keep perspective 😀
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
#FPL I’ve had better opening gameweeks - a rank of 7.5m is hardly ideal - but will keep this lot of point dodgers for GW2. I was never going to bench boost but those wasted points are frustrating. And Wirtz feels like a forced error on my part but hopefully things pick up. Until next time…
Point dodgers of GW1 unite!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#fpl Here we go again. To paraphrase, insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. In that spirit, welcome back Wirtz 😀 Otherwise fairly template. No chips for the foreseeable. Good luck everyone!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Love it, who needs defensive points anyway 😀
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
This is fab. Thank you, Tom
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
More!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that… Welcome back to the Haaland fold 😀
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A warm evening, #fpl back up and running. Pondering the inclusion of Garner in GW1 squad and I get stung by a wasp. There’s probably a message in that. Namely, leave it for a couple of weeks.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Gabriel taking his price rise personally, when it comes to the competition…
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Jon Snow Faces Cavalry in Game of Thrones Battle
ALT: Jon Snow Faces Cavalry in Game of Thrones Battle
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Superb, as ever.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Look forward to watching this (or listening in podcast form) later… my first FPL content of the season 😀
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Following the Football Manager esque ‘let’s change the mentality setting to cautious’ disaster class this evening, my mood is immediately improved by seeing that S4 of Strange New Worlds starts next week. That’s a bonus #SNW
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Oh well, I hope Spain take Argentina to the cleaners (TBF, they would have done that to us)
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It’s now gravitated to Coldcut but that‘s no bad thing…
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Hottest June day on record? What else to do on an evening like this but sit outside, have some Rioja and listen to Spacemen 3.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
@supertrain.bsky.social I reckon this would have worked in the current SNW era… best of both worlds, even.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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Boy Playing Banjo in Country Setting
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Grandmaster Flush
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
That is a fine looking rank history!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
#fpl Pleased to get XI out and finish the season with a green and final rank of (approx) 52k. Delighted as it has been a strange/tough/frustrating slog of a season... variance has been kind to me since GW32. Enjoy the summer!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
#fpl GW38 madness. Bowen comes in for Pedro with my solitary transfer. Have avoided a hit - but it means Mane over Saka. The times we live in! Good luck all!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
It was the campaign where I tagged along with you and Andy J to various bars across London. Good stuff!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Totally unplanned but watched the ‘Miracle of Istanbul’ which then prompted a long overdue listen to the Tears debut (and only) album which came out about a week later. A welcome blast of nostalgia all round.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Sorry , forgot there was a FH for 34
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I was WC32/BB33… no other chips… managed 467 (that has got me from 243k to 71k so pleased with it)
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
#fpl So congrats to Arsenal and all that. But now GW38 could be a real pain to navigate. Until then, a welcome green - with (unlikely) thanks to Mane! OR: 71k
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
#fpl In this season, we take miracles when we can
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
#fpl GW37. Need 3 Arsenal but skint. Raya in, funded by DCL to Mane. Leaves me change for next week as well. A lot of EO etc covered so Mane is my mad (or unwise) bit of fun. Saka (c), 86k. Good luck all!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Did somebody mention rank killer Haaland from last season? Not that I have any form of FPL PTSD… 😀
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
#fpl A red arrow but damage duly limited thanks to DCL and Semenyo… and they may be the ones to go in GW37 (possibly eyeing KDH and Gyokeres) The top 100k mission stays on track… for now.
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Could be coin toss time. I think I’m going JP and DCL. Whatever you do, good luck!
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Frank P @foxbasebeta.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
If in doubt, does EO factor (JP in your case?)
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