Always Cheating: A Fantasy Premier League Podcast (FPL)

Form players reign supreme in this episode of Always Cheating, but who to get into you FPL squad, and for how long? Before we optimize for Game Week 17, Brandon and Josh weigh in on a high-flying Bournemouth, league-leading Leicester City, and recently-revived Newcastle. And, yes, it may finally be time for us to bury our Chelsea assets in a shoebox in the backyard. Hail Cheaters.

Fire up the Stoke City bandwagon as Game Week 15 made complete converts of the Always Cheating hosts. But which Potter will best fit your FPL needs? And what have we learned, if anything, from Sunday's oddball fixture at St. James' Park? Optimizing for Game Week 16, Brandon and Josh discuss where to go with Liverpool assets, how to reset our thinking with Hazard, and juggling Leicester, Everton, and Spurs.

The head-to-head rivalry between Brandon and Josh is really starting to hit its boiling point, so who was the one left wounded after Game Week 14? Speaking of wounded, we discuss who will replace Alexis Sanchez—and, yeah, we're looking at options beyond Özil and De Bruyne...

Agüero is back! Liverpool is back? Spurs probably haven't gone anywhere, but we'll check on that. So where does that leave United, Arsenal, and Leicester City? Brandon and Josh review all of the happenings from Game Week 13 and then take a look ahead to the clean sheets and captaincies that await us in Game Week 14. Plus we have a Rate My Team and take listener questions.

Before we optimize our FPL squads for Game Week 13, Brandon and Josh reveal the results of the First Annual Always Cheating Awards, 1/3 Season Edition. Our listeners vote on best new players, biggest disappointments, most improbable moments, and which manager is next to be sacked, among others. The hosts take a few listener questions and also relive some moments from last weekend's #BlazerCon event in Brooklyn.

Game Week 12 gave us more Vardy, more Lukaku, and more punching! (Thank you, Rob Elliot, for punching absolutely every ball that comes into your area.) The Always Cheating hosts also discuss everyone's favorite Stoke enigma, Marko Arnautovic; what to do with poor old Dimitri Payet; and the grander FPL philosophy of playing form over fixtures. Be sure to tune in next week for our First Annual One-Third Season Awards.

Game Week 11 gave us plenty of goals (and that beautiful Arouna Koné smile), but there were still some FPL headaches for the Always Cheating hosts. Brandon and Josh get to it by talking about defender rotations, differential strategies, and the impact of filling an Ashley Westwood sized hole on our benches. There's also a new Rate My Team feature and we fire up the Optimizer for a Game Week 12 preview.

Brandon and Josh look back at the Game Week 10 fixtures, giving their FPL assessments of the derby results, Arsenal's continuing form, and Klopp's second consecutive draw. Key transfer targets for both Everton and Manchester United are highlighted, Game Week 11 gets the Optimizer treatment, and our hosts present their first-ever "rate my team" review. Submit your RMT requests to @hailcheaters on Twitter.

Is Wijnaldum's windfall in Game Week 9 enough to convince Brandon and Josh to bring a Newcastle midfielder into their FPL squads? To compare, the Always Cheating hosts try to pinpoint this season's truly essential players. There's a quick review of last weekend's action and then it's into the Optimizer for a look ahead to Game Week 10 and the difficult choices therein.

This international break has been filled with more than just Klopp puns, though 'Kindergarten Klopp' does weigh heavily on our minds...