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Ashton ready for European push West Ham striker Dean Ashton is ready to return to lead the Hammers attack and continue their push for a European place.The England hopeful, said to have emerged as a transfer target for Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan, missed the 1-1 draw at Manchester City because of Read full entry

Sunderland sign right back Phil Bardsley from Manchester United for £2 million. --- Sunderland are now officially a ManYoo reserve side.  But that being said, Bards did well for Villa and for fantasy managers last season.  However, 6.37 may be a bit much for a Sunderland defender. Read full entry

Our "weekly" roundtable discussion picking up on some of the themes from the MMM and Barn(es) Door Watch. Session Start (Jeremy Spitzberg:Neal Thurman): Mon Jan 21 08:31:42 2008 [08:31] Jeremy Spitzberg: hmmm.... [08:31] Jeremy Spitzberg: qemm? [ed note: quien es muy macho?] [08:32] Jeremy Spitzberg: mpet/nelsen or duff/taylor? [08:32] Neal Thurman: interesting [08:32] Jeremy Spitzberg: duff Read full entry

This Monday morning, the Manager has mostly been waiting for the other shoe to drop.And unfortunately for him, the other shoe is the boot of Fernando Torres, one of the best strikers in the league.  It's amazing that almost 50% of teams have Torres in their line-ups.  After all the Read full entry

The King is dead.  Long live the King.  So King Kev is back on Tyneside.  The days of wine and roses are here again.  It's great that his appointment has brought such good feelings to the club and its supporters.  We'll see today if that emotion can be translated into Read full entry

It would appear that the new guys that were confirmed late in the week didn't make it into the system (e.g., Murphy, Ivanovic) so we may all miss out on them at rock bottom prices but obviously you'll want to check in on them frequently for next week (unless one Read full entry

[Updated with all the team news below.]   Well, so much for bringing Nery Castillo into your side - talk about your all-time bad luck.  Welcome to England, your shoulder is broken - see you in six weeks.  Looks like Citeh better hold on to Bianchi and fantasy managers can continue Read full entry

What a week, I managed to get five goals from my midfield and decent performances from my strikers and I still got beaten down in my group because I didn't have Tevez. The only solice I took from the weekend was that I finally got some value out of Read full entry

... easy go.via MatchCast:"Man City substitution: Castillo OFF, Bianchi ON.Shoulder injury for Nery Castillo. Sven's gearing up for a substitution as the stretcher is brought on. The Mexican fell awkwardly after a tough challenge by Neill, and it's an unfortunate end to his home debut. The City faithful give him a hearty round Read full entry