Matt and Nick are back and hit the ground running with chat about Chelsea's double defeat to Brighton and Hove Albion. With Matt living and working in the land of the Seagulls, he admits that he is nervous about wearing his Chelsea threads the next time he heads out for a run. Good job that he finally has his AFC Croydon shirt and the lads do briefly discuss the Rams' 1-0 victory against the mighty Margate Town.

Much more notably, listeners from our last two Free Hit episodes will have been aware that FPL Pod VS Tok now has music beginning and ending the pod and the brother's do give thanks to Shane Speed, aka Sea of Days, for allowing us to use two tracks from his upcoming album Wound Poem. The album is released on the 14th of March on Bandcamp, Spotify and physical release and we fully recommend it. It's a beautiful and epic listen.

We also feature extracts from the following songs off the album: Darkness (00:00 and 12:52), City Shroud (23:58), Hold Me in Your Soul (38:48) and Where Do I Begin (43:22).

You can find Sea of Days music, as well as Shane's monthly radio show Season's Change, via the links below...

https://eardrumbuzzradio.podbean.com/e/seasons-change-new-beginnings-january-2025/

https://seaofdays.bandcamp.com/album/adrift

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0K3bZClDjSfYThtDzd6Rd4

https://shorediverecords.bandcamp.com/album/water-air-eps

Shane's fantastic tunes also lead Matt and Nick to wonder if they can collaborate with Sea of Days to emulate the success of Three Lions. This famous football anthe was, of course, written and sung by Fantasy Football forefathers Baddiel and Skinner and Ian Broudie of the Lightning Seeds. Stay tuned listeners!

We, of course, bring our own unique FPL chat with Team Tok still dominating against lowly Team Pod.

Speaking of FPL, its another Friday deadline listeners. Make sure you complete and save your FPL changes by Friday the 21st of February at 18:30.

You can also interact with us through the following methods and it would be especially great to get your thoughts on this very musical edition of the show...

• FPL League code: jeepsw
• Blue Sky @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• Email - fplpodvstok@gmail.com

Thanks again listeners and, remember, keep it fun and keep it F.P.L!

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This episode of FPL Pod VS Tok: Free Hit sees the lads talk about their experiences of watching the Women's Super League, Champions League and FA Cup and why they think that more people should get out there and watch the likes of Lucy Bronze, Chloe Kelly, Bunny Shaw and Fran Kirby.

Recorded after episode 11 of the main pod, which saw them talk about the WSL clash between Chelsea and Manchester City, this edition of the show could be an interesting one for anthropologists and sociologists as the brothers are taken aback by how defensive they are about their enthusiasm for the women's game. The chaps have been so used to the likes of social media trolls deriding the WSL that, instead of an out and out celebration of why they enjoy these fixtures, they talk about their frustrations relating to the criticisms of women's football as well as the barriers and obstacles that the game has experienced over the decades. This includes the FA's ban on women playing football in 1921. On a more positive note, the theme of this week's episode allows Matt to, finally, share his story about how he touched the ball in a Champions League group game between Chelsea and Ajax.

We'd also like to, again, recommend the We Are Chelsea podcast, which features interviews and chat with the Blue's Women's squad.

We'd very much like to do a more structure episode on this topic in the near future, but will be back to our usual format next week. Speaking of which, the transfer deadlines for FPL as well as FWSL are included below...

Deadline for your FPL changes is Friday the 21st of February at 18:30.

The deadline for your FWSL changes is Sunday the 2nd of March at 11:30. There is a host of international games before then!

You can also interact with us via the following ways...

• FPL League code: jeepsw
• Blue Sky @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• Email - fplpodvstok@gmail.com

And remember, keep it fun and keep it W.S.L!

Bye for now!

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With the FA Cup taking place this weekend, Matt and Nick are having a mini break from our usual format and we are finally airing the second episode of our "Free Hit" series.

This time, the brothers are tackling sports broadcaster, and co-host of the Official FPL Podcast, Julien Lauren's question which is as follows...

“For the first time in Premier League history, six teams are still winless after five matches. Does this say something about the Premier League? Too uneven? Weaker? Does it even matter? I’m not really sure but I find it interesting!”

As you may already be able to tell, this episode was recorded a few game weeks ago on the 1st of October but contains a lot of interesting nuggets when it comes to the our thoughts on the general competitiveness of clubs who are promoted from the Championship to the Premier League.

While we will give this the proper fanfare when the pod returns to it's usual format soon, you will also hear music from our friend and Pod VS Tok listener Shane Speed, aka Sea of Days, who has answered our prayers and kindly allowed us to use extracts from his forthcoming album Wound Poem. We are delighted to have Shane's support and would like to point you to his incredible music and radio show through the links below.

https://shorediverecords.bandcamp.com/album/water-air-eps

https://eardrumbuzzradio.podbean.com/e/seasons-change-new-beginnings-january-2025/

Thanks again listeners and the next deadline for your FPL changes is Friday the 14th at 18:30.

You can also interact with us via the following ways...

• FPL League code: jeepsw
• Blue Sky @fplpodvstok.bsky.social
• Insta @ fplpodvstok2024
• Email - fplpodvstok@gmail.com

And remember, keep it fun and keep it FPL!

Bye for now!

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