"He picked me again." "Should have picked me though." "Idiot."
So here it is, I'm
putting myself out on the line. More vulnerable than ever. Almost 12 weeks down, 26 to go. While we
still have 70% of the Premier League season remaining, I'm in the midst of my worst "Captaining"
stretch in 5 years, and I'm wondering if anyone else is experiencing a similar misfortune or has in
the past?
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Let's get right to our favorite column of the week -
the Premier League preview.
I. Manchester United @ Chelsea: The biggest match of the Premier League thus far this season
sees Didier Drogba and Wayne Rooney go head-to-head in Sunday's meeting at the top of the table.
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What language is this? The language of beautiful football
Despite his
groin problem, Fernando Torres may feel a bit snubbed after Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti and
midfielder Frank Lampard both claimed yesterday that Didier Drogba is the best striker in the
world.
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Handsy's brain on a Friday night
International breaks and Friday nights, there is
nothing that will make a fantasy Premier League manager twitch faster...
Idle hands are the devil's playground, if I am anywhere near my computer after having an adult
beverage or two there is nothing more tempting than adjusting my fantasy roster.
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Get on that Kevin Doyle trainThis week's
Funny Feeling Friday selection is Wolves' Kevin Doyle (5.4M) who has scored 3
goals in his last 4 games, but is only 3% owned in the Fantasy Premier League. He is - what we may
call - an "against the grain" selection...
Doyle comes cheap, but will continue to go ignored by thousands of fantasy managers as Wolves take
on Aston Villa at home this weekend.
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"Thank you NCNB for picking me twice!" - M. Petrov
Our Funny Feeling Friday
selection this week is Manchester City's winger Martin Petrov. Petrov (I think) is our first ever
repeat Funny Feeling Friday recipient.
Petrov is fit and Robinho is not. The Brazilian is still out for 3 more weeks with a right ankle
problem.
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I named my fish Frank, but he has performed like a piece of sushi
About a week before the start of the Premier League season I purchased a betta fish. It was blue. I
named it Frank. It will surely die within a year, but for now it lives in a bowl and is enjoying
its first Los Angeles summer.
The fish's namesake, Frank Lampard, on the other hand, is not enjoying his London summer so much
thus far - from a fantasy football perspective.
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He looked terrible against Wigan but brilliant against Liverpool.
Go figure.
Is he back to his best?
In a World Cup year you could do much worse than taking a punt on Aston Villa's Ashley Young.
With a price of just 8.3M (down from 8.5M at the start of the season) and favorable fixtures coming
up over the next month, this surely would not be a case of "chasing last week's points.
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Liam Lawrence is our first Funny Feeling Friday for the 2009-2010 Premier League season: basically
an underrated, out of form, or unpopular (in fantasy terms) player who I have a feeling may produce
on the weekend or in the short term.
Lawrence (5.5M) fits the bill for Stoke's week 1 match against Burnley.
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What, me Worry?The best team in England is just getting weaker by the day this summer. Surely, every football fan
expects title holders Manchester United to remain as firm favorites when the Premier League returns
this month, but I'm a bit worried.
News today emerged that Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic will miss the start of the season
with a calf injury.
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From our buddies at In the Stands, this one is for all you lip readers out there. If this reaction
by SAF is any indication, it looks like Nani probably won't be in the running to fill C-Ron's
departed scoring boots this season.
[ via In the Stands ]
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6 foot 6 inch EPL legend Nwanko Kanu is celebrating his 33rd birthday today by signing a new one
year deal to stay at Portsmouth.
Pompey, clearly a club in transition - have lost both strikers Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch to
Tottenham in the past year.
Will Kanu (5.5M in the Fantasy Premier League game) step up and fill the void?
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Sir Alex Ferguson insists Antonio Valencia can be as good as Cristiano Ronaldo. Lofty expectations,
perhaps. But Valencia did score on his debut today in a 2-1 friendly win for United.
Anderson also scored his first goal for the club - it only took him 42 more games than Valencia -
with a beautiful left footed curling free kick, embedded above.
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The (fantasy) Premier League season is less than three weeks away, and with Peter Crouch officially
sealing his move from Portsmouth to Tottenham, Pompey have a striker position up for grabs.
The primary contenders are Kanu (too old), John Utaka (too streaky and probably on his way out),
and David Nugent - who scored a hat trick today in pre-season.
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Chelsea and Inter Milan kick-off in just six hours as Mourinho faces his old club for the first
time.
I'll be at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles scouting out Chelsea's new formation and tactics under
Carlo Ancelotti for fantasy footie purposes and hoping to take in the world class Zlatan
Ibrahimovic before his transfer to Barcelona.
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Mars Attacks Alien
Vincent Kompany
Manchester City defensive midfielder Vincent Kompany is set to miss the start of the upcoming
Premier League season due to foot surgery.
Despite losing the 6 foot 5 in Kompany - who made 34 appearances for City last season, scoring one
goal - The Citizens' management and ownership team is not too fazed - as they are sticking to their
well-publicized plans of pursuing a non-traditional 1-1-8 formation this season.
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Of course, he probably won't win the Golden Boot this year - but here's an interesting analysis
from betting site Chicken Dinner - that has Arsenal's Adebayor the "last man standing" for the
2009-2010 Premier League scoring title.
My money is on one of Torres or Anelka - with Rooney as a dark horse, but at 28 to 1, Adebayor does
offer tons of upside for desperate gamblers.
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