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Tactical review: Stan the man
Mon Nov 30 04:08PM
Time for Monday's regular trawl through The Fantasist's weekend 'Choose 'em or Lose 'em?' selections. All in all, it was a weird weekend in the Premier League, but a decent bunch of predictions. A couple of big calls (Wayne Rooney and Junior Stanislas) came off nicely, but Manchester City's never-ending capacity to disappoint came back…More
Mon Oct 16 05:24AM
Dan, I guess this stays in SoCal for another year.J(Inside post? Yes. Forgive me. But it is at least related to fantasy football. Albeit in this case, fantasy soccer. ...More
Mon Oct 16 05:06AM
The Manager is suffering from a bit of a hangover after the international break. He's stuck at his point total from before the players jetted off, but he's not sure if that's because Yahoo! is slow on the updates or just because he didn't earn any points this weekend.This was...More
Fri Oct 13 11:51PM
"Tottenham have been boosted by the return from injury of England winger Aaron Lennon - and he could face Aston Villa on Saturday.The teenager, who underwent a knee operation to repair a damaged cartilage last month, is included in the Spurs squad for the Premiership clash at Villa Park." Wow! ...More
Fri Oct 13 05:53PM
"We've got a couple of bumps and bruises we have to attend to. Hopefully they'll be fit for tomorrow," explained Ferguson ahead of the trip to Wigan. "(Saha's) fine. He had 60 minutes on Wednesday night. He's fit. No problem. Ronaldo is more of a worry...More
Fri Oct 13 04:34PM
Arsenal Just when you thought injuries had settled Wenger's side, there's this: "Given the schedule facing Wenger's jet-lagged stars, Walcott could well be unleashed from the start against the Hornets." Clichy in the squad. Aston Villa Baros to come in for Moore, but doubts over Sorensen & Mellberg. Blackburn Rovers...More
Fri Oct 13 04:05PM
Devastation...Giggs and Heinze...outRenaldo...questionableEboue, Ljungberg, and Baptista...outGallas...questionableKuyt...outAshley Cole...questionableSeol...questionableCahill...seemingly out (jet lag)AJ...questionableI know all of the above leaves me with a lot of issues to solve before tomorrow morning.As far as strikers go, I'm leaning towards choosing between van Persie, Agbonlahor, Helguson, and Berbatov to fill in for Kuyt and I haven't...More
Thu Oct 12 06:39PM
BBC is reporting that "Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has been hit by the news that Freddie Ljungberg, Emmanuel Eboue and Julio Baptista are all facing spells out through injury."In Eboue's case it looks like a month out. So you figure Gallas (who they report is healthy) continues at left back...More
Thu Oct 12 05:00PM
This is a big week here at the blog. We find ourselves here in our new home living right next to the actual game AND we finally get some games that matter again after the two week international break. Now I just have to hope that I stop...More
Thu Oct 12 04:49PM
"Newcastle midfielder Nolberto Solano is looking forward to operating alongside Kieron Dyer as Glenn Roeder's injury problems start to clear up.Solano, 31, could return to action in Sunday's Premiership clash against Bolton at St James' Park after recovering from a hamstring injury."Great. So NUFC will have Solano, Milner, and eventually...More
Thu Oct 12 04:31PM
Watford full-back Jordan Stewart claims the Premiership strugglers will go for broke when they travel to face Arsenal this weekend... "We're not going to go there thinking we're going to get beaten, we're going to go there for a win and that's what we'll try to get," he told the...More