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Mark Burdon

@markburdon.bsky.social
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Dad. Data scientist and #rstats user. Poli sci PhD. Health policy and security. #fpl enthusiast, so recommend to mute #fpl if following for other topics

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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Wildcard locked in! Team is a recipe for bench points but don't think Palmer or Bruno are worth the money. #fpl GW6 🧢 Groß 🌟b£101.3 TV 🏦 0.2m ITB
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Ahead of #fpl GW6, here's how things stand in the Burdemier League: 🥇 Pat GPT (undefeated so far!) 🥈Mikelangelo 🥉Aaaah Semenyo
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The legs of cope well and truly kicked out from under the chair of denial 🪑
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Benchings indeed. 54 points and small green arrow ⬆️ Lots of stats and wildcard drafts for the next few weeks, but probably still going with Haaland, no Bruno.
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#fpl gw5 Starting the wildcard tonight. Brought in MGW and preparing for some benchings (JP? White?)
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Gross and Verbruggen easing the pain, 500k red arrow to 1.4m OR. Gibbs-White likely in for next week ahead of wildcard over the break #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here we go for GW4 in #fpl ! After much deliberation, Palmer in for Bruno. Captaincy on a knife edge between Palmer and Haaland. WC pencilled in for the international break to take out some of the dead wood and look at the trends so far.
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Middling TC result and Tzolis assist saved my otherwise weak GW3 from being a complete washout. 7 point red arrow down to 895k OR. #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Well, picked the wrong captain but having both Haaland and Bruno blunted the impact a lot. Small red arrow down to 556k or 570k depending on if you go by the official app or LiveFPL respectively. Already brought in Cherki for Le Fee and gone DCL down to Walle Egeli #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
#fpl GW2 team Don't feel great about it. Transfer rolled. Decent chance of Bruno to Palmer early doors if Utd are anything but dominant.
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
#fpl GW1 71 points on BB. OR: 462k Holding my knees firmly until after GW2 results.
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Have ripped off your Ballard pick and gone Gvardiol now. Was set on keeping something in the bank but this looks really strong IMO, and can hopefully keep track of price changes to avoid getting priced out of anything.... Plus after BB1 I could strip value from the bench instantly
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Current #fpl draft, with 0.5m itb and a plan for BB1. Sangaré could be Ampadu (defcons), Arsenal defence could change or swap one for Gvardiol
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam or Alice in Chains
They Might Be Giants - John Henry
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Fun little game, ended at 314k. Thanks for nowt Enzo
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
308k rank off the back of wildcard. I missed the deadline in round 3 of the group stages which wrecked me... CS Boost enabled for the semi finals #worldcupfantasy #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Jude. Bellingham.
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Getting better! 416k rank. WC, Max Cap and CS Shield still available #worldcupfantasy
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Not quite there on the substance but the vibes are roughly right
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
#worldcupfantasy team for R32. Still don't know what I'm doing, rank 1.37m.
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Who needs Fable 5 when you have 1-3 in your Xbox library already
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Google have now fixed the "Saturfish" error. However...
Google now thinks January, February and December have "fish" in them
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
That's #fpl done for a while, worse rank than my other two years playing (and no ML wins) but not going to kid myself, I will be back for more next year. Main problems: trusting Salah in early season, trying to go a bit different with chip strategy and transfers, Pep roulette
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
LOL
Harwood-Bellis mocking Middlesbrough with a binoculars gesture (before his team got expelled from the playoffs)
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Me looking at my #fpl rank and mini leagues
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Gw36 boys in #fpl. Gambling on O'Reilly captain for possible upside. Almost done now...
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Booooo
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I seem to be ranked 1.2m in the world for #fpl right now (before revisions). And I'm not rounding. Chat is this real?
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Haven't posted my #fpl team in a while. I took a -8 to get a team I was vaguely happy with for BGW34, green arrow up to 1.25m. Currently finalising my WC for 35.
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
So we reckon Adli gets a 10 minute cameo tomorrow then? #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
So many choices on FH. How does this look? Main ML rival doesn't have any Leeds assets, but struggle to pick DCL over Welbeck. #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
6Pt green arrow up to 1.6m. Making headway in my mini leagues as well. Think I'm at the ranks where actually template picks can still get me small green arrows. Main question now is whether to WC in 32 or 33. I don't have BB (do have FH). Not doing anything until we know more obviously. #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Ekitiké #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
92 points, boosting my OR by 850k 🚀 2.8m -> 1.9m Ekitiké transfer in and captaincy changing my season big time. #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Good afternoon all #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
20k rank rise, 0pt green arrow. Biggest change is the livefpl format #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
One point green arrow 🙃 Arsenal deciding to bottle the league again wasn't factored into my plans when triple captaining the top player for points per game in a DGW against the bottom side. Anyway. 2.8m OR, FH and wildcard to go
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Here we go 😬 TC Gabriel 2.9m rank (after -4) Muñoz and Zubi in for Tarko and Wilson. #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I'm in the north west area of the #fpl community!
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
67pts net, up to 2.8m OR. Not sure what to do for Tuesday
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
#fpl GW25 Rogers in for Saka Raya in for Verbruggen (-4) OR: 3m 🧢 Bruno
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
73 points net, half a million green arrow up to 2.95m, BB down the toilet, -4 likely again next week to get Timber #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
First eleven, 40 points. Bench, 31 points. Dorgu injured so need to take a hit if I want to BB next week. What is this game and why do I play it #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
#fpl Talk me out of Thiago 🧢 Forest usually let one or two in. Ekitike probably scores as well?
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
#fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
GW23. Rubbish week that pretty much reverses 4 GWs of green arrows. 3fts available #fpl
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Familiar
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Mark Burdon @markburdon.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
#fpl gw22 Rolling two free transfers. Not great having to bench Rogers here. Foden probably staying until after Wolves. Plan is to BB next week then save other chips for GW30+
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