Fantasy Premier League

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

The state of our world, well at least of our fantasy teams, tonight: ---  [08:13] Jeremy Spitzberg: Fantasy managers without Cristiano Ronaldo - The man known to his friends as C-Ron racked up an astonishing 44.5 points in our fantasy game after smashing a hat-trick against Newcastle, so if you don't Read full entry

"Fulham midfielder Jimmy Bullard may start in Tuesday's FA Cup third round replay at Bristol Rovers after finally returning to full fitness.Bullard has completed rehabilitation from his career-threatening knee injury, sustained in September 2006, and came on in the second half of Saturday's Premier League match at former club West Ham." --- Now why would Read full entry

"It was the best of matches, it was the worst of matches."Isn't that how you have to start a post if you're going to talk about a tale of two halves?  Of course I'm referring to the Uniteds of Manchester and Newcastle.  A first half that saw Rooney desperate to Read full entry

So after all the build-up we've had the festive period... we've had the opening of the transfer window... the exodus of African players... and then... well, nothing.  The holiday games certainly shook up the standings in our private group (yours too?) rather than giving any one of us a definitive Read full entry