So, what about midfielders. After all, they are usually the most important choices to be made in your fantasy premier league team. Many seasons have shown that the players who collect the most points in fantasy premier league are almost always midfielders. The reason of course being that they get points for just about anything, 5 points for a goal (that's 1 point more than attackers get.

Marouane Chamakh Rated in: 36 game(s) vs Liverpool: 6 vs Blackpool: 7.5 vs Blackburn: 7 vs Bolton: 7 vs S.C. Braga: 8 vs Sunderland: 7 vs Tottenham: 6.5 vs West Brom: 5 vs Partizan: 7 vs Chelsea: 5.5 vs Birmingham: 6.5 vs Shakhtar: 7.5 vs Manchester City: 7 vs West ...

Liverpool are preparing a swoop for Celtic star Ki Sung-Yeung in the event of a deal for Blackpool midfielder Charlie Adam falling through.
The Reds have attempted to finalize a deal for the Scotland international this week, but with the transfer making slow progress and Tottenham reportedly ready to renew their interest, Kenny Dalglish is preparing to turn his attentions to the 22-year-old South Korean.

This Fernando Torres goal vs Blackpool in January 2011 gave Liverpool the lead against the Tangerines, but the Reds eventually slumped to a 2-1 defeat. This goal was also the first Liverpool goal under Kenny Dalglish in the Premiership. Blackpool vs Liverpool- Bloomfield Road- January 2011. There was a hint of the Torres of the [.

Liverpool will complete the capture of Blackpool captain Charlie Adam this week, it has been claimed.
According to The Mirror, the 25-year-old has returned from holiday early in order to finalize a £9 million transfer to Merseyside, which could be confirmed before the weekend.
Adam had been desperate to force a move to Liverpool during the January transfer window after the Reds had tabled a formal offer, but the Anfield club was unable to reach Blackpool's demands.

The Npower Championship fixtures 2011/2012, like the Premier League fixtures 11/12, will be released on June 17, 2011, Friday, at 9 am UK time. Each team will play a total of 46 games during the 2011/12 Championship season. West Ham United, Blackpool and Birmingham are the new entrants to the Championship 11/12, having been relegated [.

By Chris Wright

If the national press is to be believed (I know, I know...), it looks increasingly likely that Liverpool's gilded pony of pure light, Fernando Torres, will be a Chelsea player by this time tomorrow with £50 million being deposited in the Anfield coffers by way of compensation.

By Ollie Irish

Any room for £35m man Andy Carroll? Er, no...

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10. Sergei Kornilenko - Belarus striker snapped up by Blackpool on loan from Zenit St Petersburg. He's an experienced international who should give 'Pool more punch up front.

We will, of course, deliver our regularly scheduled Fantasy Premier League preview later on this week analyzing the plethora of "double-gameweeks" in store for the likes of Arsenal, Birmingham, Blackpool, Newcastle, Stoke, Tottenham, West Brom, and Wolves. But first, ... Continue reading →

A lot has happened since the sides met on the opening weekend of the Premier League. Liverpool have hit the metaphorical rock-bottom and are now on their way up again. I don't think this is a good time to play the Scousers because they really don't have much to lose, which always makes teams that much more dangerous.

Tottenham vs Blackpool 2011 White Hart Lane- 7/5/2011- 7 May, 2011 Final score:- Tottenham vs Blackpool 1-1 ( Jermain Defoe/ Charlie Adam penalty) A game full of excitement. Gareth Bale suffered a serious looking injury after a foul by Charlie Adam. Spurs captain Michael Dawson conceded a penalty, only for keeper Heurelho Gomes to save [.

Tottenham vs Blackpool 2011 White Hart Lane- 7/5/2011- 7 May, 2011 Final score:- Tottenham vs Blackpool 1-1 ( Jermain Defoe/ Charlie Adam penalty) A game full of excitement. Gareth Bale suffered a serious looking injury after a foul by Charlie Adam. Spurs captain Michael Dawson conceded a penalty, only for keeper Heurelho Gomes to save [.

Hull City vs Blackpool Highlights 2011 0-1 Video Gary Taylor Fletcher goal is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Hull City vs Blackpool Highlights 2011 0-1 Video Gary Taylor Fletcher goal is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Hull vs Blackpool 2011 ( Hull City FC vs Blackpool FC) Championship, 5th August, 2011- KC Stadium, Hull- 19.

Hull City vs Blackpool Highlights 2011 0-1 Video Gary Taylor Fletcher goal is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Hull City vs Blackpool Highlights 2011 0-1 Video Gary Taylor Fletcher goal is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Hull vs Blackpool 2011 ( Hull City FC vs Blackpool FC) Championship, 5th August, 2011- KC Stadium, Hull- 19.

Sunday is derby day in the Premier League as huge contests in the Second City, Merseyside and Wear-Tyneside take the spotlight. Birmingham host Aston Villa in a 12pm kick-off, while Sunderland and Newcastle also meet at high noon, and Liverpool welcome Everton across Stanley Park later in the afternoon.

And the season continues. Yet again, there's a lot of action going on in the world but not so much movement in the rankings. Much of the action going on right now is domestic cup action that doesn't factor into the rankings. It can make for some interesting matches, particularly in the later rounds, but it just doesn't affect the WCR Top 25.

Let it never be said that GhostGoal is afraid of tackling the really big issues in football today. Here's Oli Baker ...

English football is almost unrecognisable from 20 years ago. All these changes have been very well documented and argued ad nauseum. One development has been criminally overlooked.

Clubs should be able to field any team they want, in any Premier fixture they want – ON ONE CONDITION.
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No changes in the Bonus Points this week so there aren't any huge moves in the rankings. That may change this week after the Copa Libertadores reaches the semifinal stages and the South American clubs hit the Super Bonus Point stage, but again, that's next week.
This week is a celebration of championships.

The Premier League's relegation battle reaches a climax this weekend as the final day of the season brings Survival Sunday. Five teams at the bottom of the table are fighting to avoid joining West Ham in the Championship next term with Wigan, Blackpool, Birmingham, Blackburn and Wolves all in the mire.

Winning the Premier League was worth more than £15million to Manchester United while West Ham earned a mere £756,000.

The payout that teams get is determined by where they finish in the league. An the difference of a place or two can be worth millions of pounds. Newcastle for example finished 12th the Premier League and received a little over £6.

Winning the Premier League was worth more than £15million to Manchester United while West Ham earned a mere £756,000.

The payout that teams get is determined by where they finish in the league. An the difference of a place or two can be worth millions of pounds. Newcastle for example finished 12th the Premier League and received a little over £6.

Wigan are hardly the most popular of Premier League teams.

Pantomime villains as they survived relegation at the expense of little old Blackpool (or "the people's champions" as Match of the Day's Steve Wilson sickeningly described them), the Latics were seen as the party poopers on Survival Sunday.

As we finish up this past weekend, we also have finished up the season for most of the clubs playing in Europe. As has been the case in the past few weeks, more championships have been decided, e.g., Lille taking home the French Ligue Un title and Porto winning the Taça da Portugal. Much more was decided this past weekend with respect to clubs that are destined for relegation, but we don't publish a Bottom 25 Clubs of the Week, so you can find discussions of those on other sites.

The parallel between the start of the 2010/11 season for Liverpool Football Club was drastic, immense and vast. Starting the season with a new manager who was completely unwanted by the majority of supporters, who were still angry at losing fan favourite Rafael (Rafa) Benitez and having seen club icon Kenny Dalglish been looked over by the clubs decision makers.

With Jonathan Woodgate having left the club, the centre back positions are looking very thin and although we know that Ledley will remain in the ranks for the forthcoming campaign, everybody knows not to expect a full season from him.

With that in mind, the deadwood report turns its attention to Sebastien Bassong and here is another player who seems to split opinion down the middle.

The US bucked the norm, but not the cliche....

This column by TSG's Nick Sindt with support from: John Nyen, Jose Ceniceros, Nathan Gower, Luke Sandblom & Matthew Connors.

The piece was originally conceived due to our Soccer Cliches piece thanks to the contribution of Matt Mathai.

Liverpool has confirmed on their official website that they have agreed a fee with Aston Villa for winger Stewart Downing.
The Anfield side were understood to have had a £15 million offer for the England international turned down earlier this summer but have now come back with an increased bid to land their man.

Charlie Adam admitted that he is very happy to have opened his goal scoring account for Liverpool.
The Reds took on Malaysia in a pre-season friendly that ended 6-3 in favour of Kenny Dalglish's men, with the former Blackpool midfielder opening the scoring after successfully converting a penalty.

As a follow up to my previous blogpost related to the different nationalities represented in the Premier League I thought it might be interesting to slice the data slightly differently. This time I'm going to look at player nationality by club. The data in this article relates to the nationality of players who started matches in the Premier League last season (2010/2011).

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel is happy with the signings made by manager Kenny Dalglish and believes they will make the team stronger next season.
Skrtel has been impressed by what he has seen of new boys Charlie Adam, Jordan Henderson and Stewart Downing so far.
"I must admit these players give us great options," the Slovakian told the club's official website.

By Chris Wright

Today is a bit of a 'down day' in footballing terms, so what better way to fill the void than with another ten-strong random selection of intriguing, nostalgic photos from the Pies archive?

Hundreds of fans pour onto the Estadio Centenario pitch at the final whistle to celebrate Uruguay's 4-2 victory over Argentina in the first ever World Cup Final, 1930

England internationals Stanley Matthews, Stanley Mortensen (both of Blackpool) and George Hardwick (Middlesbrough) take part in the filming of an FA instructional film, 1947

'Der Kaiser' Franz Beckenbauer poses with a NASL ball for a photo in front of the Rockefeller Centre in New York after re-joining the Cosmos for the final year of his playing career, 1983

Huddersfield and Charlton play out their Division One game on a dog of a pitch, 1947

The Italian national side pose with Benito Mussolini (centre) after winning the 1938 World Cup in France

England's Terry Venables limbers up during a training session at Stamford Bridge ahead of a friendly against Belgium, 1964

Aston Villa pose for their pre-season team photoback row, 1971

Referee Alan Robinson finds something or other highly amusing, 1985

Arsenal manager Billy Wright (left) quibbles with referee AJ Sturgeon after the latter had no option but to postpone a match due to the ghostly covering of snow on the Highbury pitch, 1962

Flamboyant rock 'n' rollers Little Richard and Screaming Lord Sutch (along with his parrot) enjoy a kick-about on the Wembley turf ahead of a charity game, 1972

[Photos: PA]

Manchester United's kept their spot at the top of the league, no matter how many times Gary Neville tried to give it away. Macnehster City's even on points after their win over Blackpool, while Arsenal was convincing at a St. Andrews' Stadium that's often inhospitable to visitors.

On this edition of the EPL Talk podcast, myself, Laurence McKenna and Jesse Chula (filling in for the infirm Kartik Krishnaiyer) and talk about the weekend that was in our favorite football league.

We apologise for missing the last three or four rounds of predictions while celebrating the Christmas/ New Year's break, but now were back to guess wrong yet again!

Ronaldinho to Blackburn?... surly not!

TUESDAY

Blackpool v Birmingham Blackpool continue to defy expectations, free-scoring beyond their quota - with ideas above their station.

Wolves vs Liverpool Molineux, Wolverhampton- January 22, 2011 Final score:- Wolves 0-3 Liverpool ( Fernando Torres*2, Raul Meireles) First win for Liverpool under new manager Kenny Dalglish as they grab a hard fought 3-0 away victory against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves vs Liverpool 0-1 ( Fernando Torres goal) Wolves Liverpool 0-2 ( Raul Meireles goal) Wolves [.

Manchester United have the opportunity to go five points clear of Arsenal, if they beat Blackpool at Bloomfield Road tomorrow evening. United have currently played 22 games, compared to Arsenal who...
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January Transfer Window: 5 potential last minute deals is a post from: Just Football

With just over a week remaining of the January transfer window 2011, teams around Europe are busy scrambling around looking for the last big purchase or bargain buy of the season, desperately grabbing onto whatever they can and shoving their fellow shoppers out of the aisle like contestants on Supermarket Sweep.

On a rainy day on the western shore of England, Blackpool put a scare into the Red Devils of Manchester in an entertaining match. In the end, United prevailed as the Tangerines were unable to finish off the League leaders, 2-3.

FORMATIONS: Both teams fielded 4-3-3 formations.

**With no real breaking news on the transfer front and Ed and I feeling as though there's little more to say that hasn't already been said, it seems as though it wouldn't hurt to bump this post on tactics back to the top of the page. It went up while people were already occupied with the initial Torres rumours, and an hour later the Suarez story broke and completely buried it.

Liverpool are believed to be interested in acquiring the services of Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll as a replacement for Fernando Torres, who has been widely reported to be on the verge of joining Chelsea.
According to The Sun, the Reds will move in on the young forward with a £30 million bid and a triple-your-wages offer to prise him away from the clutches of the Tyneside outfit.