On The Gameweek Review Podcast, reflections on James' Wildcard and it's been some time... but Suj missed the Deadline and he's now stuck with 3 Manchester City assets heading into GW18. All the games reviewed, there were some daft red cards, Villa and Tottenham assets are likely to be particularly popular heading into GW18 and there's an assessment of the Tottenham midfield assets and the likely Villa line-up. Manchester United thwarted an under par Liverpool, Newcastle got back to winning ways and Everton made it 4 wins on the spin without conceding and there's discussion on the team who changed tactics and may have regretted it. And final points for the Gameweek aren't confirmed as yet following the collapse of Tom Lockyer - who thankfully appears to be in a stable condition - and the suspension of Bournemouth's game with Luton. Tomorrow on Planet FPL: Clash of the Correspondents, Tottenham Hotspur v Everton with Ricky Saunders and Sean Norton Today on Patreon: The Patreon Q'N'A and The Unanswered Qs For the full Planet FPL schedule this week, including our offering on Patreon view this post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/content-dec-18th-94863240 Want to become a member of our FPL and SkyFF community and support the Podcast? Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/planetfpl Follow James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlanetFPLPod Follow Suj on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sujanshah Follow Clayton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/claytsAFC Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PlanetFPL Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/planetfpl Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #GW17Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

France are commonly appearing frightening onetime again, England surely hold the talent to wrap up their hold on for a 1st international trophy since 1966, while Portugal are absolutely winging under new trainer Roberto Martinez. Obviously, Spain and Belgium will dream their casualties, too, but what about the hosts, Germany- can Julian Nagelsmann recharge a squad has been in weakening for some time now? Below, thing species and rates the top contenders to triumph at Euro 2024 ahead of the group- stage draw on Saturday, December 2. 10. Netherlands ⇑ A 4- 0 beating in Paris and a 2- 1 loss at home to a Kylian Mbappe- encouraged France have beat home the actuality that this isn't a retro Netherlands side, and cast respectable reservation on whether convincing Ronald Koeman back for a alternate spell as trainer was truly the exact call. At the end of the day, however, qualification was the direct object, and it was realised with one game to spare thanks to a 1- 0 win over Ireland. The Dutch aren't low on strenght- Cody Gakpo was unsettled at the World Cup, Xavi Simons is one of the most supercharged talents to come out of Netherlands in the last 10 years, while captain Virgil van Dijk looks back to individual coming up his talent better. But if you are depending on Wout Weghorst for score, all is certainly not easy, so we'll simply find out in Germany where they are covering to be a third- seed squad- if Koeman's hand are genuinely suitable of combining it with the big giants. 9. Albania ⇑ Arguably the feeling-good short story of the qualification stage, Albania picked up the point they demanded in Moldova to the reach the European Championship finals for the just the 2nd time in their lifetime. What is remarkable is that the Eagles, who are guided by ex Arsenal and Barcelona full- back Sylvinho, were defeat in their 1st game, defeating 1- 0 to Poland. still, they also gained 15 points from a achievable 21, with a sensational 3- 0 rout of Czech Republic the undoubted highlight of a major seven- game unbeaten drift in GroupE. Quietly, while Albania similarly beat Poland at home in the qualifiers, and boast some ethical Serie A players, like as Etrit Berisha, Elseid Hysaj, Berat Gjimshiti and Nedim Bajrami, it would be a huge surprise to see them form the knockout stages in Germany. 8. Turkey ⇑ Turkey's opportunities of passing a third successive Euros showed up in real threat of covering up in steam after a 1- 1 tie with Armenia. still, the judgment to sack Stefan Kuntz as trainer after a 4- 2 friendly defeat to Japan documented a masterstroke, with Vincenzo Montella guiding his new squad to a heavy 1- 0 win over Croatia in Osijek the latter's earliest- ever home beating in a Euro qualifier. Turkey followed that upward with a 4- 0 rout of Latvia that looked them progress through with one game left, as Montella turned the first foreign trainer to qualify the country for a major competition, and a 3- 2 friendly victory over Germany in Berlin has just hardened the uncertainty that Turkey might exactly set in a surprise or two at Euro 2024. 7. Hungary ⇑ They may have rather slipped over the finishing range, but there is no rejecting the unbelievable process Hungary have formed since skipping out on the 2022 World Cup. Marco Rossi's men nailed qualification for a third straight European Championship by picturing 2- 2 in Bulgaria thanks to a last- minute own goal from Alex Petkov. Still, star player Dominik Szoboszlai rolled on the manner in his homeland's final group match, with the elegant Liverpool midfielder scoring two times in a 3- 1 victory over Montenegro that put the seal on an unbeaten movement. Hungary surely do not have the hardest team, but home- and- away wins over Serbia proved that they should not be underrated. 6. Austria ⇔ After a hard beginning to life under Ralf Rangnick that contained deportation to the 2nd tier of the Nations League, Austria have grow an entirely dissimilar lookout under the ex Manchester United boss and picked qualification for a third successive Euros in October by beating Azerbaijan 1- 0 thanks to a penalty from Marcel Sabitzer. The Austrians, who are bossed by Real Madrid's David Alaba, purely gained one point from their two matches against Belgium, which suggests that they are doubtful to be title expectants in Germany. still, right now, Rangnick is being cracked up for not only the results he has gained, but the provoking and broad approach he has embraced, which has performed in the fans fallin back in passion with a squad they had raised bored of eyeing under ex boss Franco Foda. 5. Belgium ⇔ Belgium's 2022 World Cup Tournament was a grand tragedy, with star player Kevin De Bruyne causing quite the difference by effectively bouncing some of his squad- mates as too old before the competition started. The unescapable dressing- room divide sported a big part in the Red Devils' humiliating group- standings elimination- as did Romelu Lukaku's weak finishing, in beauty. Still, the Roma striker is fitted and firing again, with Lukaku scoring a history- breaking 14 goals in qualifying. New trainer Domenico Tedesco is also doing a fine job of refreshing the team, with the Belgians unbeaten since he delivered Roberto Martinez after the Qatar tragedy. All effects counted, De Bruyne might truly enjoy returning to the national- squad set- up once he recovers from a long- term hamstring injury. 4. England ⇓ Is football eventually going to come' home'? Well, you clearly wouldn't go against Gareth Southgate's side winning in Germany coming year. They have got the genius and, at this stand, they have also got the skills, having played the final of the last Euros. Qualification was secured with two games to spare after a veritably emotional, come- from- behind palm over Italy at Wembley. still, after concluding their crusade with two dire performances, against Malta and North Macedoinia, and there are still some dubieties, substantially girding the director. Southgate has long been criticised for his felt die-hardism and he is allowed himself that they have not somewhat been at their high performed in 2023, which is reality of a concern given they boast arguably the most exciting crop of attackers in world football. There are also fears that Southgate's clashing picking policy might see in- form players like Raheem Sterling left out of the team for Euro 2024. Still, if England can keep Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane fit, anything feels possible for the Three Lions. 3. Spain ⇑ Enormous credit must go to Luis de la Fuente for the way in which he’s managed Spain’s qualifying movement. Some allies and scholars maintained that the ex Under- 21s trainer demanded the top- level skills to lead the country squad after a shock 2- 0 defeat at Scotland that Rodri and uncounted others didn't take well. still, after picking up the Nations League trophy in June, La Roja also went on a six- game winning band in Group A and accumulated qualification after growing payback over the Scots before winning 1- 0 in Norway. Self-confidence in De la Fuente has now been revived, and while the loss of Gavi to a season- ending injury is a disaster that could have fluently been escaped, Spain will still tour to Germany with an charged young side highlighting budding stars Pedri, Ansu Fati, Alejandro Balde and Lamine Yamal, the brilliant defensive midfielder Rodri and captain Alvaro Morata, who's adoring one of his purple patches up front. 2. Portugal ⇑ Effects could not be covering any more for Portugal after substituting Fernando Santos with Roberto Martinez succeeding a unfortunate World Cup movement that closed with the familiar presence of a frustrated and teary Cristiano Ronaldo bristling down a stadium gallery. Truly, the Seleccao won all 10 of their Euro 2024 qualifiers, scoring 36 goals( Ronaldo and Bruno Fernandes bagged 16 between them) and allowing only twice. Given their capital of attacking appliances, Portugal just have to be counted serious hopefuls to achievement in Germany coming summer. Still, it's worth pointing out that their qualifying group was absolutely awful, while it also remains to be seen if Martinez is honestly fit of delivering in a major competition, given the way in which he blew Belgium's' Golden Generation'. 1. France ⇔ The highest- placed European squad in the world right now- and with logical reason. France boast a verily ridiculously deep pool of players, a big blend of outrageously supercharged stars and evergreen stagers who have seen, suited and won it all. 1st- selectionNo. 9 Olivier Giroud may be turning on a bit but there are no simply imperfections in this team goalkeeper Mike Maignan is a phenomenon- hand, the defence is so good that William Saliba still is not a unspecified starter, an formerly fearful midfield has been boosted by the emergence of generational genius Warren Zaire- Emery, link- man Antoine Griezmann is in the shape of his life, while Kylian Mbappe is relatively just the most intimidating attacker in world football. Greece may have ruined France's hopes of finalizing with a perfect history in qualifying by holding a important- changed Bleus to a 2- 2 tie in Athens, but after exceeding Netherlands both home and away with impactful alleviation, the 2022 World Cup runners- up are genuinely much the squad to beat at Euro 2024.

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Giants from ManCity, Al-Nassr, Paris-SG and FC Bayern Munich all form their way into the top 10 goalscorers list across world football for the timetable time of 2023. With only a limited months to go until the ending of the year, effects are as tight as at all around the goalscoring list and a limited familiar make an presence in this list. We ’ve cast up every single thing that has been scored across world football in 2023, club and international scores included and have collected a list of the top 10 scores. = 8. Mauro Icardi – 35 goals The revitalization of Icardi in Turkish football has been a joy to see. Following some rough times with PSG, the Argentine forward has looked sharper than ever since making his move to Galatasaray. Unlike utmost of the other forwards on this list, all 35 of Icardi’s goals in 2023 have been at club position as he does n’t get important of a look in at the Argentine national side these days. Anyhow of that, he seems to be loving life in Turkey right now. = 8. Lautaro Martinez – 35 goals A fellow Argentine is coming up as Inter Milan’s Martinez has also smashed in 35 goals during the calendar time so far. The 26- year-old has been in fine form this time and he nowadays leads the race for the Serie A Golden Boot with 13 goals during this season solely. = 8. German Cano – 35 goals While the top goalscorers list of 2023 is dominated by players nowadays playing in Europe, Fluminense Attacker Cano manages to break that trend. The skilled 35- year-old has scored over 280 career goals and he is n’t exposing any signs of decelerating down soon. Cano just hit the peak of his career by winning the Copa Libertadores with Fluminense. Argentina, call him up. 7. Denis Bouanga – 36 goals The former Saint- Etienne winger has been unplayable in MLS this time, scoring a whopping 36 goals across all competitions. We would n’t be surprised if he manages to make the difference in the final also. 6. Santiago Gimenez – 37 goals Since making the switch to Feyenoord in the summer of 2022, Gimenez has been in seriously productive form. He’s truly been linked with the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea of late thanks to his attractive goalscoring comeback. Of the 37 goals Gimenez has performed this year, 35 of them have been at club position while the another two were scored for Mexico. It’s surely just a matter of time before he gets himself a success move. 5. Barnabas Varga – 38 goals previous to last season, Varga had nothing scored further than 15 goals across an whole season. still, the Hungarian forward has been added productive than ever throughout 2023. Varga impressed with Paks last season and addressed to earn a move to Hungarian champs Ferencvarosi TC on the reverse of his productive spell. With 38 goals in 2023 so far, Verga is just a couple of goals down from the top spot. 4. Kylian Mbappe – 47 goals With Lionel Messi and Neymar now out of the picture at PSG, Mbappe is truly much the main man in the French club these days. Arguably the stylish player in the world right now, the 24- year-old has secured 47 goals in 2023 along with supplying plenitude of assists too. Mbappe has now won five successive Ligue 1 Golden Boots and he's now on track to win his sixth. When he’s at his genuinely sporty, not numerous defenders can lay a glove on him. 3. Cristiano Ronaldo – 48 goals He might be playing out in Saudi Arabia these days, but the fact that a 38- year-old Ronaldo is still 2nd- top for top goals scored in 2023 is crazy – it’s truly more unreal knowing he was top spot until recently, too. While maximum footballers are twisting down in their late thirties, CR7 quietly seems hungrier than before. He looks after his fitness better than anyone else in the sport and it’s no miracle he’s addressed to be the experiment of time. occasionally you exactly require to take a step back and acclaim greatness. = 1. Harry Kane – 49 goals Kane’s appearance from Tottenham this summer sounded necessary and the England captain has n’t came across back since signed for Bayern Munich. The 30- year-old has n’t taken any time to get going as he’s earlier secured 22 goals for the German club. Along with his productive form at club position, Kane continues to perform the goods on the international matches. Nine of his 49 goals in 2023 were delivered for England, while the remaining 40 were added for a mix of Tottenham and Bayern Munich, where he’s absolutely winging. = 1. Erling Haaland – 49 goals The Norwegian goal machine crossed all the blocks of goalscoring records during his debut season in the Premier League and he also formed an necessary part in a historic treble- winning movement. From a goalscoring point of view, Haaland has nearly no faults. The Man City striker has performed 49 goals and counting in 2023 so far, which puts him joint-top with Kane.

During the World cup Qualifiers break, injuries can come off. The crash can remake the line of a season for clubs, and one squad that has cases to fear are Real Madrid because of Vinicius Junior. After stranding Brazil's 2- 1 defeat to Colombia with an injury, additional testing has refereed that the winger has a torn muscle in his thigh. This is an injury that could sideline him for over to three months but will clearly close his involvement for Los Blancos and Brazil for the remains of 2023. With quite the title race underway in La Liga between Girona, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, this is a seismic change to effects as now Madrid will have to manage without ViniJr. just as he was rounding into form for the squad. With six goals and three assists in simply 973 minutes this season, the Brazillian has been electric when on the playground and Los Blancos could be in complication without him for an long period of time. Who could be his replacement? While the only reply is no one, the attacking side has to indicate to someone, and that someone is 20- year-old Jude Bellingham. Nursing a shoulder injury, the Englishman is enjoying one of the sporty debut seasons in Real Madrid history with 13 goals and three assists in all tournaments, but awaiting him to observe this pace would overlook holding for Carlo Ancelotti's men. Bellingham's 13 goals possess come from an awaited goals total of only6.61 in all tournaments and while good strikers can constantly outperform their xG. Still, that is where concern starts to make for Madrid, If Bellingham does decelerate down. Rodrygo is also rounding into form but he is not as effective coming to Joselu as he's coming to Vini.Jr. leading the line. Space and shot selection keeps defenses honest for Rodrygo to do the changeable. Looking at ViniJr.'s shot chart, he takes advised shots in good positions rather of just peppering a keeper from outside the box. Joselu has been a fine finisher but being further of an in- the- box sportsman, he does not bring that position of trouble to keep a defense honest, meaning there will be less space for his teammates. In utmost matches, Real Madrid will still have enough quality to contend but to win the title, they'll have to knock off top six sides which is when they begin to run into issues. How numerous injuries are too numerous? While a squad of Real Madrid's quality are anticipated to contend at the loftiest position indeed with injuries, a look is demanded at their current injury list. Alongiside ViniJr., Thibaut Courtois, Eder Militao, Aurelien Tchouameni, Dani Ceballos, Kepa Arrizabalaga, Arda Guler and Eduardo Camavinga are all sidelined. utmost brigades would struggle with just a many of these guys sidelined but Real Madrid have been suitable to contend with them missing time. It does feel like ViniJr.'s injury is one too numerous for Los Blancos, but let's take a look at their stats with and without the Brazillian in the XI. Looking forward One positive is having formerly cruised through group stage play in Champions League, only La Liga play really matters to Real Madrid for now. Facing Cadiz, Granada, Real Betis, Villarreal and Alaves in their coming five matches, they're ones that Real Madrid should win but these are also clubs that have troubled Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, so they also can not be taken smoothly. The protective worries are where it can get tough as if Real Madrid concede an early thing, it'll be indeed more delicate to come back from it without the Brazilian. Nott facing a true title contender until February in the Madrid derby vs Atletico, if a significant injury was going to be to a member of the team, now is the stylish time for it to be, but the loss of ViniJr. alongside the successes that Ancelotti and Madrid have formerly taken could prove to be too important int he long run.

Jimbo welcomes Charlie Eccleshare, Daniel Storey and more into the pod as Euro qualifying draws to a conclusion. Wales surrender their advantage over Croatia which could be catastrophic for Robert Page as they take on Turkey. Elsewhere, Jorginho missing penalties, Lukaku scoring goals and France beating Gibraltar 14-0. Huge news in the Premier League as Everton are deducted 10 points for breaching profit and sustainability rules. Matt Jones from The Blue Room tells us why he’s not too worried about relegation. Plus Adam Crafton joins us on the one year anniversary of the Qatar World Cup getting underway to discuss what the legacy of that tournament is 12 months on. Produced by Charlie Jones. RUNNING ORDER: • PART 1: Euro qualifying - where we’re at (02.00) • PART 2: Everton’s 10 point deduction with Matt Jones from The Blue Room (21.00) • PART 3: Qatar one year on with Adam Crafton (38.00) • PART 4: Trips to Sweden and Exeter (50.00) SIGN UP TO THE ATHLETIC TODAY FOR £1 A MONTH FOR 12 MONTHS! • theathletic.com/totally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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La Liga will be extremely well represented when the final round of 2024 European Championship qualifiers are played in November. Spain’s squad for their recent matches against Scotland and Norway included 16 La Liga players, many of whom featured in the starting XI. They included Athletic Bilbao goalkeeper Unai Simon, Barcelona midfielder Gavi and Real […]

James is joined by Clayton for a review of the Gameweek 9 weekend that featured Liverpool winning the Merseyside Derby, Manchester City getting back to winning ways, Arsenal escaped from Stamford Bridge with a draw despite a sub par performance, Aston Villa made it eleven home league wins in a row with a 4-1 win against West Ham and the pressure is mounting on Bournemouth and Burnley after disappointing defeats. Many FPL managers will be Wildcarding and there's a Fab 5 to target with Arsenal, Aston Villa, Brighton, Liverpool and West Ham all coming into good fixtures, but are Brighton being overlooked having only picked up 1 point in the last 3...? There's discussion on the weekend's key talking points, the GW10 captaincy looks wide open with Erling Haaland having the Manchester Derby; is Mo Salah the clear frontrunner for the armband? And can James continue to go without the Egyptian King? TICKETS FOR THE PLANET FPL LIVE SHOW OUR NOW ON SALE! Buy your tickets for the event on November 5th here https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/planet-fpl-live-4-tickets-737062452637?aff=ebdsshslack Tomorrow on Planet FPL: The Fan View on Manchester United with Gary Robinson Today on Patreon: The Patreon Q'N'A For the full Planet FPL Schedule this week, including our offering on Patreon view this post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/content-schedule-91477334 Want to become a member of our FPL and SkyFF community and support the Podcast? Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/planetfpl Follow James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlanetFPLPod Follow Suj on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sujanshah Follow Clayton on Twitter: https://twitter.com/claytsAFC Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PlanetFPL Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/planetfpl Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetfpl #FPL #FantasyPremierLeague #GW9Review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices