Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️

An FPL podcast by three friends who love the game and all that comes with it | CWC 2nd (2025) | FPL 20k (24/25) | | Listen on Spotify & Apple Podcasts

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Wow. Wow. #CWCFantasy

Hail Mary fell 2 points short.

Genuinely, proud of this effort. Played the game sensibly up until the final & gave it a proper, proper shot.

(I feel worse than what I would have felt coming 200th)

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

10 points. Unfortunately I won’t be twisting my captain. #WCFantasy

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Less than 3 hours to #WCFantasy! Join our mini-league!

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

OR 2nd 🌎 in CWC Fantasy last year, ready for WC Fantasy now!

We’re hosting a mini league again, with cash on the line. 💰

🔥 $50 to the Winner 🔥

To be eligible for our #WCFantasy league prize 
1️⃣ Follow @DontGetFancyFPL 
2️⃣ Retweet this tweet ♻️

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[Fantasy Football Pundit @FantasyFPundit]

World Cup fantasy hub page:

⚽️ Goalscorer odds
🗓️ Fixture difficulty rating
🏆 Chances of winning
❌ Clean sheet odds

Updated ahead of each Matchday!

⬇️

https://t.co/BRfI34ZeKC

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Brief reflection episode on finishing #2 OR in #CWCFantasy, and a look ahead to the #WCFantasy.

Tune in! How is your MD1 team looking for World Cup Fantasy? 👇🏽

Spotify
https://t.co/pEx4g75Pj2

Apple Podcasts
https://t.co/rlYaCvhHLd

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Brief reflection episode on finishing #2 OR in #CWCFantasy, and a look ahead to the #WCFantasy.

Tune in! How is your MD1 team looking for World Cup Fantasy? 👇🏽

Spotify
https://t.co/pEx4g75Pj2

Apple Podcasts
https://t.co/rlYaCvhHLd

[Joaquín Roth @joaquin_roth]

Welcome to my #WCFantasy Preview.

A quick note before we get into it: one of the things I've enjoyed the most over the last few weeks is seeing how much #WCFantasy content is being created.

Data-driven threads, player recommendations, chip discussions, fixture analysis, predicted lineups... all of it.
To me, that's a fantastic sign for the game.

In many ways, it reminds me of where #UCLFantasy could be in the near future. The game has enormous potential and an incredible amount of room to grow. Maybe it never reaches the scale of FPL, but that should absolutely be the horizon. So, thanks to all of the X users out there for the superb type of pieces you’ve put out lately. We had the usual UCL suspects like Bobby and Louis with some incredible graphs and covering every single friendly + many FPL content creators writing some pieces about the WC Fantasy.

With that said, what you're about to read won't be a heavily data-oriented preview.

If you've followed my content throughout the 2025/26 UCL Fantasy season, you'll know the style by now. This is simply my view of the tournament, the teams, the players I rate, the risks I see, and the decisions I'm personally considering.

The goal isn't to tell you what to do. The goal is to give you another perspective so you can make a more informed decision and build your own approach.

In this thread, I’ll cover:

- Some high-level lessons that apply to this game.
- General thoughts on the tournament
- Considered Assets + Potential Differentials?
- Chip Strategy
- Scout Bonus. Is it worth it?

Let's get into it.

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

I was essentially one scouting bonus away from winning Club World Cup Fantasy in this exact format last year.

Short fantasy, get the +2 where you can. #WCFantasy

[Fantasy World Cup @itssonss]

Are we under or overestimating the value of scouting bonus? Take these two 🇳🇴 defenders:

- Ryerson: 7.9% owned, 4.2m, better attacking stats

VS

-Moller Wolfe: 0.7% owned, 4.0m, scouting bonus potential

Which one is the better pick?
#WCFantasy

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

@FPL_PZ Join us!

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

OR 2nd 🌎 in CWC Fantasy last year, ready for WC Fantasy now!

We’re hosting a mini league again, with cash on the line. 💰

🔥 $50 to the Winner 🔥

To be eligible for our #WCFantasy league prize 
1️⃣ Follow @DontGetFancyFPL 
2️⃣ Retweet this tweet ♻️

https://t.co/nzGBjKgpIZ

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

OR 2nd 🌎 in CWC Fantasy last year, ready for WC Fantasy now!

We’re hosting a mini league again, with cash on the line. 💰

🔥 $50 to the Winner 🔥

To be eligible for our #WCFantasy league prize 
1️⃣ Follow @DontGetFancyFPL 
2️⃣ Retweet this tweet ♻️

https://t.co/nzGBjKgpIZ

[elevenify @elevenify]

#FIFAWorldCup MD1 Player Predictions 📊⚽️

Here is another early look at where the goals and assists are likely to come from in the first round of matches.

Just pushed a new update out. All free on the website.

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

OR 2nd 🌎 in CWC Fantasy last year, ready for WC Fantasy now!

We’re hosting a mini league again, with cash on the line. 💰

🔥 $50 to the Winner 🔥

To be eligible for our #WCFantasy league prize 
1️⃣ Follow @DontGetFancyFPL 
2️⃣ Retweet this tweet ♻️

https://t.co/nzGBjKgpIZ

[FPL Fran @FPL__Fran]

This is my stick or twist strategy for WC Fantasy

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Throwback to CWC Fantasy last year, somehow got to 2nd in the world.

Tempted to get on WC Fantasy!
#WCFantasy

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Tiny bit (way too) late with the FPL update, a huge congrats to @maulana_s13 for winning our mini league! #FPL

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Our CWC Mini League was a hit with 500+ teams, now we’re back for the real deal.

This time, there’s cash on the line. 💰

🔥 $50 to the Winner 🔥

To enter:
1️⃣ Follow @DontGetFancyFPL 
2️⃣ Retweet this tweet ♻️

🛑 Entries close after GW1.

#FPL #FPLCommunity

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Throwback to CWC Fantasy last year, somehow got to 2nd in the world.

Tempted to get on WC Fantasy!
#WCFantasy

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Wow. Wow. #CWCFantasy

Hail Mary fell 2 points short.

Genuinely, proud of this effort. Played the game sensibly up until the final & gave it a proper, proper shot.

(I feel worse than what I would have felt coming 200th)

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Anyone on #F1Fantasy here? How’s the team looking?

[Prat Yadav @prattyadav]

Team for #F1Fantasy in Monaco. 🌎 OR 977.

Backing Charles at his home race, hopefully he can bring DOTD & FL home.

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

Not a whole lot to this #FPL season. How was yours?

https://t.co/uKX0NazOPI

[Sertalp B. Çay @sertalpbilal]

We have released a tool to see your #FPL season expectations versus where you actually finished, based on Solio projected points.

[Fantasy Premier League @OfficialFPL]

Elliot Anderson had his best-ever #FPL season in 2025/26 👏

⚽️ 4 goals
🅰️ 5 assists
🧱 52 defensive contribution points
➕ 16 bonus points

[Sertalp B. Çay @sertalpbilal]

We have released a tool to see your #FPL season expectations versus where you actually finished, based on Solio projected points.

[Don’t Get Fancy 🎙️ @DontGetFancyFPL]

That’s it, end of 3rd season for two of us & 11th for one.

Fitting that the best rank turned out to be 111k, far off from last year’s 20k, but we go again next year! #FPL