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Movers and shakers: Clinical Phillips
Tue Feb 09 03:16PM
During the season our regular feature will detail whose value is rising and falling. UPKevin Phillips (FW, Birmingham City, 10.83) +6.32Came off the bench to score a tidy match-winning brace against Wolves.Danny Higginbotham (DF, Stoke City, 12.09) +3.96A goal and a clean sheet against Blackburn.Matthew Etherington (MF, Stoke City, 13.39)…More
Mon Feb 08 04:24PM
The Fantasist would love to review the weekend's action, but unfortunately it can't as points have not been updated.Hugely annoying as this obviously is, console yourselves with the knowledge that the points will be added eventually, and that this is just the start of a very long game week.Otherwise, there's...More
Sat Feb 06 11:13AM
Arsene Wenger knows Arsenal's hopes of staying in this season's Premier League title race will be as good as over if they lose at leaders Chelsea on Sunday. Much was made of his side's crushing 3-1 home defeat by Manchester United last week being the first English match screened in 3D...More
Fri Feb 05 05:16PM
It is a week to steer clear of the usual big names - Arsenal, Villa, Liverpool, Chelsea and Everton all have extremely tough games, mostly against each other.Four teams play three times this match week, and all of them have a pretty kind schedule.People will be jumping all over Manchester...More
Thu Feb 04 04:14PM
All the injury news ahead of a potentially decisive double week in Fantasy. ClubGameweek 22 Status PlayerInjuryArsenalOUTRobin van PersieAnkle Johan DjourouKnee Kieran GibbsFoot QUESTIONABLEFran MeridaAnkle Eduardo da SilvaHamstring Abou DiabyCalfAston VillaOUTNigel Reo-CokerAnkle Stephen WarnockShinQUESTIONABLEJohn CarewKnee Wilfried BoumaToeMark AlbrightonKnockBirminghamOUTLee CarsleyAnkleGarry O'ConnorGroin QUESTIONABLETeemu TainioKnee Stuart ParnabyKnock Kevin PhillipsGroin David MurphyKneeBlackburnQUESTIONABLELars JacobsenThighVince GrellaThighDavid DunnLegBoltonOUTIvan KlasnicAnkle Sean DavisKneeJoey O'BrienKnee QUESTIONABLEGavin McCannThighStuart HoldenThighBurnleyOUTGraham AlexanderCalfSteven CaldwellGroin QUESTIONABLEChristian KalvenesKnock Danny FoxGroin Chris McCannKnee Kevin...More
Wed Feb 03 04:41PM
ITALYSilvio Berlusconi may not like it, but if Mancini (4.56) can recapture the form that saw him star for Roma, rather than that which saw him sidelined at Internazionale, then Milan may have pulled off the move of the January transfer window in Italy. For that price, he could be...More
Tue Feb 02 02:05PM
During the season our regular feature will detail whose value is rising and falling. UPRafael da Silva (DF, Man Utd, 11.78) +3.81Jozy Altidore (FW, Hull, 7.77) +3.35Alex (DF, Chelsea, 10.95) +3.01Emmanuel Adebayor (FW, Man City, 14.02) +2.72Vincent Kompany (MF, Man City, 6.48) +2.71Ji-Sung Park (MF, Man Utd, 7.03) +2.53 Shay Given...More
Mon Feb 01 03:10PM
Last week the Fantasist proffered that the key to success in the weekend's matches lay in picking strong defenders, with decidedly mixed results. Nobody needed to be told that the on-fire Wayne Rooney (now 24.07 in price, gained 16.50 points) would probably score against Arsenal, or that Nicolas Anelka (18.66,...More
Fri Jan 29 04:23PM
It's a two-match gameweek for Fulham, Chelsea, Hull and Portsmouth, a quartet that includes the two meanest home defences and the stingiest away back four, so selecting the correct stoppers is the name of the game this week. GOALKEEPERSChoose 'em: Fulham have the joint-meanest defence at home this season. With...More
Fri Jan 29 09:43AM
ITALY Milan will be itching to get back on track after their defeat to Internazionale last week, and the visit of Livorno will provide the perfect opportunity to restore pride. Ronaldinho (21.52) will be most eager to put things right after he squandered a penalty in that match, and the Brazilian...More