Premier League Team News - Barclays Premier League - ESPN SoccernetThe news is slow to come in to SoccerNet today but I'm in off-site planning meetings for 2010 as part of my day job so I'm getting a head start of things. Arsenal - I'm not going to repeat the entire injury list because I just don't have the time. Click to continue reading...

How to begin making sense of this week? We start out with the crazy happenings between Ireland and France today - if ever there was a case to be made for instituting replay, this was it. Sadly, the case of the Irish is not likely to be sufficient to make it happen. Until a major team (that draws major crowd and sponsorship support) misses out on the World Cup or Champions League because of a Click to continue reading...

The great entertainers, and the great source of fantasy points over the years. Also, a great source of injury frustration as year after year players come in and disappear into the training room only to reappear briefly and inevitably too early, finding themselves injured all over again.The latest blow is of course Robin van Persie being ruled out for two months with ankle ligament damage. Click to continue reading...

Talking Chelsea and two-gamers with my friend, and fantasy football newbie, Tundra United. After the jump. [14:49] Tundra United: Wait. [14:49] Tundra United: Looking at your lists again... [14:49] Tundra United: did you sell Drogs??? [14:49] Jeremy Spitzberg: waiting [14:49] Jeremy Spitzberg: i haven't saved changes. Click to continue reading...

Yes, no, maybe, no, no, yes, no, yes, maybe, maybe, yesI want nothing more than to break down the injury situation this week in a clear and useful fashion. I'm afraid that I won't be able do it though. There are so many injuries to so many high-profile players - and so many questions hanging around the extent of some of these injuries - that I know I'm going to miss something. Click to continue reading...

The Injury Files: Monday November 16You have to imagine that a lot of high profile managers in the Prem are F U R I O U S to say the least after a spate of injuries to important players that happened in matches that meant exactly nothing in the grander scheme of things.The biggest of the injuries came to RvP and Drogba who likely face 6 and 3 weeks on the shelf respectively. Click to continue reading...

International week, so who knows if anything from this week past will carry over through the break. But just in case, here are some impressions of the - disappointing, for most - week that was, after the jump. I haven't seen Liverpool/Birmingham City so I can't comment on N'Gog's supposed dive. But I can say that DBent was unlucky not to draw a penalty early in the Spurs/Sunderland match, Click to continue reading...

Chelsea's captain John Terry jumps into the arms of team-mat... AFP/Getty Images - Sunday November 8, 06:32 PMRemember, this is a family-friendly site. Click to continue reading...

Here's my squad for the weekend Given, Verm, Heiti, Gibbs, Fab4, MPet, DDunn, BFAR, Drogs, Bellamy, Campbell and here's Jeremy's team for those interested... Given, Verm, Heiti, Gibbs, Emerton, BFAR, DDunn, Collison, RvP, Bellamy, Drogs Looking ahead to next week (OK, two weeks from now since there's another International break coming up next weekend) - Rovers, Fulham, Everton, and Hull are all Click to continue reading...

Premier League Team News - Barclays Premier League - ESPN SoccernetYou can check either the link above or yesterday's The Week Ahead post for a complete listing of those missing through suspension after the Premier League's refs. As I mentioned yesterday, the interesting opportunities that will result from suspensions are O'Shea being a line-up definite and Frazier Campbell deputizing for Click to continue reading...

My apologies to one and all for the lateness of the post. The combination of the deciding game of the World Series last night (the bad guys won) and all-day meetings today have left me scrambling a bit for this column. Now, by scrambling, I don't mean that I'm scrambling for things to write - anyone who has been reading for any length of time will realize that I'm rarely at a loss for words - Click to continue reading...

So, if I want Bellamy for the weekend - which I do - that leaves me 6.03 for a fourth middie or defender. Who to choose? And of course, the caveat here is that whomever I pick will be wrong. The candidates after the jump. De Jong or Kompany - Citeh host Burnley. Kompany performed better last week but with Toure likely to return to the defense, De Jong seems like the more likely starter. Click to continue reading...

Just comments stream today. Diamanti on the bench. Milner injured, but Petrov passed fit. Good luck, all. Click to continue reading...

We won't see Bendtner or Clichy again for a monthvia Sky Sports:Arsenal defender Gael Clichy is facing a month on the sidelines after suffering a suspected stress fracture in his lower back.The left-back is an integral member of Arsene Wenger's first XI but has been forced onto the treatment table after sustaining the injury. Click to continue reading...

Good week for me -- great Saturday then gave most of it back on Sunday. 107 points with five 2-gamers. Not that I'm expecting much from them. More on that after the jump. Cue the Ennio Morricone... The Good RvP (32) I especially love the assist for Cesc's goal where Palacios just passes it against him in the center circle. Click to continue reading...