Fantasy Premier League

One shot. One goal. One loss.That's my new team name. That's the worst nightmare for your fantasy keeper.  One shot.  One goal.  One loss.  It's happened to me once before - Robbo, of course, when I bet on the Spurs defence.  Which you should never do.  It's such a stomach punch. ...More

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Simply amazing.  Avert your eyes if you're too young or too squeamish.  ---  Kinnear: Which one is Simon Bird? Bird: Me. JK: You're a ****. Bird: Thank you. JK: Which one is **** *******? You are out of order. Absolutely f****** out of order. If you do it again, I am telling...More

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[Updated]Sunderland v. Arsenal - Arsenal's prospects improve with Miller, Bardsley, Leadbitter, Tainio, and KJones all on the sidelines.  Relatively speaking, Arsenal are healthy with Song back in contention.  The big question in this match is who will sit?  With Eboue, Nasri, and Walcott likely fighting for 2 places on the...More

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So, what have we learned so far this season? • Neal can't pick keepers this season so it might make sense to stop reading this feature immediately after the "Defenders" section. Putting names on a dartboard and going with whomever you hit would be a better way to choose.  This year's newly...More

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7. Other caveats, if not rules, include:All things being equal, go with the home team.Never bet on or against Bolton. Unless you do.Scholes is dead to us for fantasy purposes.Avoid Spurs' defence. Just do it. Or don't do it, as the case may be.  ---- Serves me right for not listening...More

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I think this is going to be an interesting week in fantasy football.  And when I say that I mean intersting in the fashion of the old curse that says "may you live in interesting times".  In some ways this is the first weekend of the rest of the season. ...More

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So, with most of the larger clubs having rested some or all of their top players during midweek League Cup action, here are the latest updates and their implications for your line-up.Arteta is back and healthy and should feature as Everton try to get their season back on track in...More

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Venables confirms Toon talks Venables is now considering returning to the North East to help out Newcastle, after previously coming to the aid of their local rivals Middlesbrough."I can confirm I met Newcastle representatives," he told The Sun."Those talks will continue in the morning [Thursday] when, hopefully, I can give them...More

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Wow, what a frustrating morning.  I was about 30 minutes into writing an edition of TWA that I was pretty happy with.  At some point in the process, I hit the wrong button and all of a sudden I'm looking at travel bargains from Yahoo Travel and realizing that I...More

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