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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Think that home fixture for Egan against Everton is pretty good for at minimum defcons. Hard to see Everton scoring more than two goals (if at all) so he’s basically starting on 4 points before bonus and potential CS points.

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Ajayi 3rd bench most weeks for me. I often want to play him (especially against Everton next GW) but I can never justify dropping anyone else to start him. Looks like the carnage of the international break will solve that problem for me though

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I rarely seek out individual actors, they just happen to pop up in films that sound interesting and I’m pleasantly surprised. Thought she was genuinely great in “The Substance” but watching this makes me question my judgement 😂

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

IMHO, if they deduct points from or relegate City I’m fine with it. Vacating titles has always seemed to me a ridiculous and futile thing to do though. We all saw them win those. Improprieties or not, they were the best team I’ve seen for a generation. You can’t memory hole stuff like that

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

“Possum” has the most disturbing scene I can remember in a long time. “Local Hero” just kind of bored me but was fine, and “Honey Don’t” made me think, ‘I thought I was a Margaret Qualley fan. But am I really?’ Sam Spade and feminism it turns out, really are mutually exclusive #LastFourWatched

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

My financial doping has been equally egregious over the years. I hope FPL considers multiple 7 figure final ranks and and clear managerial incompetence as extenuating circumstances to clear me of all charges

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

You’ve always been one of my favorites James but going back and listening to all 4 of the Being Dad pods, I just have so much love and respect for you and what a genuine human being you are. Enjoy your break. Nobody deserves to play it your way more than you

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Honey Don’t (2025) This wants so hard to be a feminist reboot of Sam Spade. I like feminism, I like Sam Spade. This succeeds at neither. The jokes are flat,and the characters are one dimensional caricatures, all seemingly acting in a different movie at the same time. Other than that, I loved it

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A Desert (2025) The first 40 minutes of this were great. Slow burn psychological horror. The middle act dragged, and the last 20 minutes decided it was going to become surrealist metaphor even though nothing before it even hinted at it. Hate films that aren’t true to the worlds they build.

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Yeah the music is great. Not a bad film at all. Very sweet but I guess devoid of the tension you’d expect from oil execs trying to buy poor villagers land. Everyone is either sweet or personality neutral

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Maybe. I was a vegetarian for a bit when I was younger but never expected the world to accommodate my personal choices by hiding pictures of BBQ from me

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Local Hero (1983) I just didn’t feel much from this. I get it’s kind of an ode/elegy to small town village life and community, but if that life is so great, why does everyone in this film want to take the money and run? Some nice scenery of the Scottish coast but otherwise a bit dull

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think the whole profession of “film critic” has changed in the era of social media. Used to be that someone would not only call on their knowledge of film history but take time to thoughtfully craft a review. Now you just have to pump out content as quickly as possible for the likes and clicks

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I really liked it as an allegory for Vietnam. The soldiers are disenchanted and don’t want to be there and the Louisiana swamps and backwoods are filled with people who linguistically and culturally might as well be from another planet

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Exactly. Doing the same with Bruno and probably Palmer as well if he drops soon. If you’ve decided that you want someone for the long haul, those premium players will almost always go back up in price just as soon as they get their next haul

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

FPL heritage! This made me smile 😃

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Maybe your movie reviews offended someone? 🫢

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Teenage Sex and death at Camp Miasma (2026) Works best when it leans into its campier elements and satire of slasher films. Less so when it gets didactic and ham fisted about sex and gender. Schoenbrun is a fantastic director and this is beautiful to look at but this a common thread in their work

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Already ditched Wissa (despite the fixture against Coventry) for Kostoulas ahead of the price rise. Probably won’t play him much and go 3-5-2

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

45 points and 5pt red arrow down to 2.2m. Team full of PL stars but not FPL stars. Path to winning seems to be get Haaland, Tark, Gross, and a handful of other boring players who only marginally help me but would stop the bleeding. Feels like im not playing the same game as everyone else sometimes

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’ve been looking at King/Garcia for the next 3 as well but have been burned by the promoted teams exceeding expectations. Are Fulham that much better than those 3 teams? I’m genuinely not sure

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m always going on about process over outcomes but even I can’t bring myself to do it this week. Some weeks you just have to admit that your process stunk.

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

One of the odd quirks of American sports is how much athletes thank God repeatedly in post game interviews after a win. As if God likes the people who believe in him on your team better than the people who do on the other team. Also, dropping F-bombs in said interviews literally seconds later

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Think he’ll mainly tick over nicely. He’ll blank occasionally of course but there will be a pretty steady stream of 5s and 6s and a handful of double digit hauls

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I feel like nearly 5GWs into the season, I have some blind spots I need to address. Namely Pascal Gross and the promoted teams. He won’t keep up this pace but I need to get over not having him because everyone else does. Hull might be good, Ipswich might be ok, and Coventry might not be awful

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Yeah started the season with him and slightly regret losing him on my WC. So many routes to points and the focal point of the Forest attack. Good players are just going to blank sometimes.🤷‍♂️

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Like most, was tempted to bring in MGW this week, Obviously glad I didn’t but if I had, it still would’ve been the right choice. For those that did, he was a good pick before the Coventry fixture, and he’ll be a good pick long after it. Something tells me there will be panic selling of him though

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

9 point green arrow with Isak and 🧢Bruno to play. What a weird week with my Hull GK returning again and a dirty 6 points off the bench from DeCuyper. Was thinking Sangare 1st bench all week after JP news but disengaged so never got it done. My team does best when I’m as far away from it as possible

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I wonder if part of this is trying to bait someone who maybe got pulled off for a mistake or poor play into a headline. You’re tired, irritable, and yes hungry, so you’re far more likely to say something you wouldn’t otherwise. “Exhausted footballer slams manager for early sub!”

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Drunken Angel (1948) It’s Kurosawa directing Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura so you know it’s going to be good going in. Then you realize how incredibly young, nattily attired and handsome a young Mifune looked back in the day. Even when his character is racked with TB, he’s still fire on screen🔥

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My instincts are to make transfers (hits) after two rotten GWs but I look at this team and struggle with who I’d drop. Wissa in a heartbeat if he didn’t have Hull and Coventry in his next two. Seems silly to lose him now when these 2 fixtures were the whole reason for having him in the first place

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Same here sometimes. Life can wreak havoc with your head (and sleep patterns) for sure. Definitely find it’s better to not go anywhere near FPL in those moments. It’s the ultimate mental health wrecking ball

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I don’t think so. There will always be some knuckleheads and people who will compare you to them. It sucks that people do that to you, especially job hunting, but you can only put your best foot forward. You seem like a solid and thoughtful dude and people will see that

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I always feel like when I see this kind of video that nobody is showing the 95％　of kids (of any race) just hanging out with friends chatting, because watching a video of the small percentage of black kids fighting fits into people’s narratives and gets clicks

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Punishment Room (1956) This was a rough watch. Pure dark and unfiltered nihilism from start to finish and one of the darker entries in the large 1950s Japanese sub genre of “Sun Tribe” films about juvenile delinquents. As an Ayako Wakao fan, I hate what Ichikawa Kon does to her here #filmsky

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Woman of Tokyo (1933) Silent film only 44 minutes long but packs a punch thanks to Ozu’s trademark camera angles and symbolism. Great performance as well from Yoshiko Okada. If you’ve never heard about her I urge you to check out her wiki page. She lived an insane, almost unbelievable life.

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nearly doubled my rank to 1.8m and a 17 point red arrow. I remember a time in FPL when 66 points was pretty good but this was all Raya and captaining Isak. Still think the team is good, just need to curb my instincts for having fun and choose boring captains. The Defcon Duds B team win this round

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

No it hasn’t. Nor has my Isak captaincy. But the process I think was good in both cases. Outcomes are always going to have the danger of variance. 🤷‍♂️ Still prefer taking a chance on upside. Part of the fun of the game

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Looking foxy at the back! 🦊

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Pino over Mbeumo is a gamble but a really calculated one I think. I like it 👍

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A lot of people will tell you team value doesn’t matter but particularly in the last half of the season, it really does. Early WC really sets you up well to build it, so well played 👊

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

OR 🌏 990k 👨‍✈️ Isak 🇸🇪 2FT ♻️ Cherki➡️Rogers White➡️Konsa TV➡️ 102.1 🏦 ➡️ 1.5m 🧢 Isak simply because he has the best fixture imo. Chelsea could very well haul against Hull but they’ve shown themselves to be pretty solid so far whereas Fulham have been all over the shop. Good luck all! 👍

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I wonder if Konsa never getting defcon+bonus was more a product of playing in a Villa defense where nobody did. Not saying he’ll always get them but he already got defcon points in his first start. Maybe something to monitor.

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Definitely going with Rogers or Palmer is safer, especially with their ownership. But if you ask me which defense is more likely to concede 3+ goals, it’s probably Fulham right? I’m trying not to let my perception of Hull coming into the season color what I’ve seen with my own eyes so far.

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Trying to not encourage myself to do it

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I’m saying if the choice is Wissa or Szobo I’d play Wissa. Not telling him to do anything :)

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Fpl fail @fplfail.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

When in doubt play the fixtures. Liverpool’s are hit and miss while Newcastle’s look great clean through to GW10

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