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Who'd be a Premier League manager?

Funnily enough I started writing this post at the weekend in the wake of Enzo Maresca's departure from Chelsea. In the meantime, Ruben Amorim has also been sack...

Hive FPL GW21 Preview - The do nothing week?

The last of the Christmas/New Year game weeks is upon us and I'm sure that the players, managers and possibly even some in the FPL community (especially those c...

Hive FPL GW20 Preview - Barren run continues for FPL players

We go again! The busy Christmas and New Year period continues with GW20 fixtures taking place across the weekend. GW19 was a tough one for Fantasy managers with...

Hive FPL GW19 Preview - Which players will prosper in 2026?

Welcome back to the Hive FPL. It's a fast turnaround for GW19 as we hit the midway point of the 25/26 season with it all still to play for. GW18 was a tough wee...

Hive FPL GW18 Preview - Do you want chips with that?

Welcome back to Hive FPL for game week 18 of the season! Last week saw some big points scoring for the majority of teams lead in no small part by Haaland's 16 p...

Hive FPL GW16 Preview - The bumper AFCON preview and its impact on the FPL

Welcome back to Hive FPL game week 16! With AFCON set to commence shortly, FPL managers have been given an early Christmas present with their 5 free transfers t...

Hive FPL GW15 Preview - More goals please!

Another very quick turnaround in Hive FPL as we hit our 3rd post of the week.Let's hope GW15 can deliver some of the results that the midweek games did! Fulham ...

Radiohead Live for Three Tune Tuesday

Last week, I ticked off a long-standing bucket list item by seeing Radiohead live at the O2 on the final night of their tour in London. Radiohead play No Surpri...

Hive FPL GW14 Preview - Midweek Madness

It's a busy old week on Hive FPL! No sooner has GW13 completed than we are diving straight into GW14. As predicted, the weekend saw a lot managers using their t...

GW14 Premier League Previews

A very quick turnaround for matches this week as round 14 takes place across Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday! If you made it into Samba Pools for round 14 then gr...

Hive FPL GW13 Preview - Big points ahead with bottom 3 all playing away

Welcome back to the Hive FPL for game week 13 of the season! Let's start this week's preview with a look at how things stand in the Hive leagues themselves... D...

GW13 Premier League Previews and Free Bets with Samba Pools

Here we go then with round 13 of the season which is bound to prove unlucky for some. The results are really not getting any easier to predict as the year conti...

Hive FPL GW12 Preview - Fitness doubts and fixture difficulty provide minefield for FPL managers

Welcome back to week 12 of the Hive FPL! International delays (breaks) are now behind for the next 4 months allowing Premier League teams, players and of course...

GW12 Premier League Previews and Free Bets with Samba Pools

No more international breaks until March - thank God! The season can finally pick up a bit of sustained momentum without the constant interruption of usually me...

Hive FPL GW11 Preview - Return of the rejects and when to free hit

Welcome back to Hive FPL for GW11 of the 25/26 season. There are some truly epic games taking part in the Premier League this week and I'm in a hurry to get thi...

GW11 Premier League Previews and Free Bets with Samba Pools

Round 11 of the Premier League has the makings of a classic. The term '6 pointer' is regularly used to describe games that involve 2 relegation candidates and w...

Hive FPL GW10 Preview - Haaland blanks and which under-performing players are about to come good?

Welcome back to Hive FPL blog for GW10 of the 25/26 season! So it happened! Haaland blanked for GW9 as City once again struggled at Villa Park but who was able ...

Hive FPL GW9 Preview - Which Hive accounts are dominating the FPL this season?

Welcome back to the weekly Hive FPL blog. I started the GW9 preview post by saying that we've now reached a stage of the season where it's worth considering how...

GW9 Premier League Previews and Free Bets with Samba Pools

There's an old adage in English football that says you shouldn't bother looking at the league table until the end of October. Well I guess we better start looki...

Hive FPL GW8 Preview - The rise of the defensive midfielders or a statistical blip?

Welcome back to the Hive FPL for game week 8 of the season! How do you survive international breaks without Premier League football and FPL? I guess you could w...