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Carlos Tevez could make a sensational return to Manchester City to boost their bid for the Premier
League title. The league's best striker last season has been in Argentina for nearly 4 months after
falling out with manager Roberto Mancini ... Continue reading →
West Brom's Peter Odemwingie was last season's Fantasy Premier League surprise star. 15 goals
scored. 9 assists. 28 bonus points. Super. But the Nigerian has only scored 4 goals this season and
had one of the 'misses of the year' ... Continue reading →
Another huge weekend as the race at the top tightens and the England managerial role remains
vacant. Let's focus on club over country for now, though, and preview this week's best potential
fantasy performers... I. Liverpool @ Manchester United: Huge. ... Continue reading →
No news of Vincent Kompany's knee injury until right before kickoff meant fantasy managers were
left frustrated as the City skipper missed out on a clean sheet and 6 fantasy points this past
weekend at home to Fulham. The 6.6M ... Continue reading →
In a thrilling 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge, both Wayne Rooney and Juan Mata put on a show, but the
title could still end up on the blue side of Manchester if Yaya Toure can add some fluidity & ...
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The massive clash at Stamford Bridge this weekend could see Chelsea put out a back-four with two
new starters Ryan Bertrand at LB and Gary Cahill at CB. They could be joined by two of Luiz,
Ivanovic, and/or Bosingwa ... Continue reading →
Thank you very much, Gareth Bale, for your midweek performance, now let's take a look at the
weekend's fixtures and continue with our assault to the top of the Fantasy Premier League table...
With over 2.7 million players, we hope ... Continue reading →
I. Stoke @ Manchester United: Massive injury problems for Sir Alex's men as they look to keep pace
with Manchester City at the top of the table. The latest is an injury to their new #1 goalkeeper
Anders Lindegaard who ... Continue reading →
At the beginning of last season (2010) we highlighted Nani's emergence as a "must have" Fantasy
Premier League option when Antonio Valencia broke his leg in a Champions League game and eventually
missed the majority of the 2010-2011 season. Deja ... Continue reading →
Mario Balotelli faces a potential 4-match ban (3 league games) for a stamp on Scott Parker in
Manchester City's win over Tottenham on Sunday. While that's bad news for City fans, it's super
news for fantasy managers / potential owners ... Continue reading →
Manchester United may have gone up 2-1 through a super performance by winger Antonio Valencia, but
just a few minutes prior another winner on the day was Robin van Persie's 91 year old grandfather,
"opa wim," who was honored after ... Continue reading →
Here's a quick shout out to those of you looking for a budget, 5th midfielder in the Fantasy
Premier League.. a "Funny Feeling Saturday," if you will. A 'sleeper pick' as they say in the
United States... Akos Buzsaky seems ... Continue reading →
2.7 million players play Fantasy Premier League football. 6% of them own Leighton Baines. That's
about 162,000 frustrated owners this evening after Everton (again) failed to keep a clean sheet at
home against inferior opposition drawing 1-1 with Blackburn ... Continue reading →
He has yet to score for Everton in 3 starts for the club this month, but that won't stop us from
selecting American superstar Landon Donovan as our "Funny Feeling Friday," this weekend. Donovan is
owned by just 0.5% of ... Continue reading →
I. Manchester United @ Arsenal: This is just amazing. Arsenal looking for revenge after a
humiliating, fluke, 8-2 defeat at Old Trafford earlier in the season. Manchester City are at home
against Tottenham in a superb Top-4 clash, but Sir ... Continue reading →
Great news for Newcastle fans but dangerous news for Fantasy Premier League managers who own (or
are thinking of acquiring or re-acquiring) Demba Ba when he returns from the African Cup of Nations
in just a few weeks time. Newcastle ... Continue reading →
FA Cup. Carling Cup. And in the meantime, Tottenham making an assault up the Premier League table.
Let's get back at it and preview the weekend... I. Arsenal @ Swansea: This is an exciting battle,
as Swansea are in amazing ... Continue reading →
Bolton's star defender Gary Cahill is close to completing a switch to Chelsea and join his
international teammate John Terry in the heart of Andre Villas-Boas' back four. Chelsea have been
far from consistent at the back this season ... Continue reading →
The 2012 African Cup of Nations begins on January 21st in Gabon and Equitorial Guinea, and players
have just reported to their respective international squads for the tournament. The next few
gameweeks in the Premier League will be tough for ... Continue reading →
Manchester United knocked Manchester City out of the FA Cup today with a thrilling 3-2 win in the
3rd Round. Sir Alex Ferguson's men were up 3-0 against a 10-man Manchester City through two Wayne
Rooney goals and a superb ... Continue reading →
The January transfer window is open and the rumors are swirling, but one player who will not be
moving in the upcoming weeks, is Chelsea's Frank Lampard. The legend has scored 9 goals for the
Blues this term but is ... Continue reading →
Happy New Year to all... A guest post today chronicling the last month in the Premier League by
Griggers. Former high school and college soccer star in the United States, he's currently
completing his coaching badges and managing on the ... Continue reading →
Happy New Year. Van der Vaart's hamstring. Scott Parker's knee. Rotation. Rest. It's that time of
the year... Let's take a look at the upcoming Fantasy Premier League gameweek GW 20: our first
"double gameweek" of 2012. I. Liverpool ... Continue reading →
Luis Suarez is suspended as Liverpool take on Newcastle at Anfield today. Andy Carroll is the man
with the massive spotlight on him, and at 9.1M and owned by just 2% of fantasy managers, is a
'funny feeling' contender in ... Continue reading →
Here we go. A disappointing week for many fantasy managers as the leading candidates in the Boxing
Day fixtures failed to produce. Manchester United win 5-0 but neither Wayne Rooney nor Nani
registered a single goal or assist. That's ridiculous. ... Continue reading →
Merry Christmas. Happy Boxing Day. Here are your gameweek 18 picks... I. Blackburn @ Liverpool: I
select this game as the 'game of the week,' not for it's on-the-field potential, but for the media
circus surrounding it off the pitch. ... Continue reading →
A bit of injury news from around the Premier League as we tinker with our teams this holiday
weekend. Phil Jones could play on Boxing Day against Wigan. Manchester United could really use him.
They are in good form, but ... Continue reading →
Ashley Young is set for a spell on the sidelines, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic are both out, and
Phil Jones could join them as well, but Manchester United are still humming along after a 5-0 win
yesterday at Craven ... Continue reading →
Short week. Injuries and rotations taking effect during this busy winter schedule. Fantasy managers
need 13-15 players fit and considered part of the "first team" to get through these next 10 days of
rotation and exhaustion. Here we go... I. ... Continue reading →
Fulham were scoreless last weekend at Swansea losing 2-0 to the newly promoted side, and have just
been knocked out of the Europa League in midweek. Not the best of times... The lack of goalscoring
form is clear, and ... Continue reading →
Everton are bringing back USA star Landon Donovan in January. Nic Anelka is going to China. And
Mario Balotelli is in a fight in training once again. Tons of news around the Premier League, but
as the fixture list gets ... Continue reading →
Manchester United's title chances increased last night after Chelsea beat Manchester City but
decreased this morning after it was announced that Darren Fletcher would miss the rest of the
season with ulcerative colitis. The Manchester United CM has been suffering ... Continue reading
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Daniel Sturridge created 2 goals and Didier Drogba was back to his bullying best as Chelsea handed
Manchester City their first loss of the season yesterday in London. From a fantasy (and real-life)
perspective, these two players couldn't be any ... Continue reading →
All it took was an embarrassing Champions League loss to Basel, and fantasy managers have been
awarded with the ultimate (early) Christmas present the return to form of the 'automatic' fantasy
footie studs Nani and Wayne Rooney. We ... Continue reading →
Besides the fact that the embedded YouTube video above has amazing background music (absolutely
amazing), that's not the only reason we're selecting Sunderland's unheard of striker Ji Dong-Won
as our Funny Feeling Friday this weekend. Hear us out... The 20-year-old wiry ... Continue reading
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Here we go. Back to the Premier League after a busy week in Europe. Wayne Rooney is now suspended
for only 2 Euro 2012 matches (not 3 as originally set) but Manchester United are out of the
Champions League... I. ... Continue reading →
Amazingly, neither Manchester United nor Manchester City qualified for the knockout rounds of the
Champions League. That's good news for fantasy managers, in the long run, as both clubs should put
out their first choice lineups in the league from ... Continue reading →
Brad Guzan is 27 years old, has been in England for nearly 4 years, but has never started a Premier
League game. That's all about to change this weekend as Aston Villa travel to take on Bolton. With
star Shay ... Continue reading →
A bit of what's going on in Butt's Brain today... Didier Drogba with a complete revival yesterday
in Chelsea's 3-0 Champions League win. The aging Ivorian looked fit, ruthless, and back to his
best. What does that mean for his ... Continue reading →
