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Apr 2025
49m 7s

S3 Ep22: Off The Bench: Captain fails as...

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About this episode
It was a big weekend for chips being activated with plenty pushing the button on Assistant Managers and Wildcards ahead of back-to-back Double Gameweeks. However the top five most captained players all blanked 📉😱

So FPL experts Lee Bonfield and Az Phillips take a look at which Doubling teams played well, whether it’s best to reduce the number of Arsenal players you have, and who’s a good candidate for the Triple Captain chip.

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* Aston Villa assets (08m 30s)
* Struggling Man City (16m 02s)
* Palace problems (20m 42s)
* All in on Isak (27m 36s)
* Arsenal conundrum (31m 50s)
* Chelsea consideration (36m 07s)

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