The World Cup is in the books and the podcast is back to open the 2026/27 Fantrax season. Gary is away, so Matthew "Alty Jose" TW steps in alongside Tim and Karl with a licence to freewheel. First, a quick post-mortem on a controversial summer: Spain conceding once in eight games, Cape Verde's tournament, and Bellingham finally becoming England's talisman.
Then the transfer catch-up. Spurs are declared winners of the window on the back of Mateus Fernandes and Tonali. Elliot Anderson's £120m move to City splits the panel on whether his output goes up or down. Morgan Rogers lands at Chelsea for the same fee and all three agree his ADP has not caught up. Liverpool, Man United, Brighton, Villa, Newcastle and the rest get worked through, with a draft round attached to almost every name.
The current ADP top 24 is then pulled apart. An underwhelming first round, five picks Karl would not touch, Cole Palmer glaringly missing, and Declan Rice going seventh despite sitting out the first month of the season. Tim also drops his first hot take of the year on who goes down.
Listener leagues are officially announced, including the new placement format and how to get involved.
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