Fantasy Premier League

What a frustrating five days this is going to be.  Pick your squad, have it locked down on Saturday morning and then hope for the best for the guys you've selected as the weekend's FA Cup matches happen.  Hopefully, there won't be any injuries but chances are that at least...More

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Emmanuel Adebayor has been given an additional one-match ban and fined £7,500 after his behaviour in the Carling Cup final.Adebayor has been found guilty of "reacting aggressively and failing to leave the field of play immediately" after his red card at the Millennium Stadium. ..."Adebayor is currently serving a three-match...More

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A sad midweek for fans of stylish football everywhere.  With the ouster of Barca, Real Madrid, Arsenal, and Lyon from the Champions League there are precious few players left who will be worthy of the hype that yearly surrounds club football's most coveted trophy.  Milan have progressed but they are a shadow...More

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The depressing result was compounded by the news that inspirational Gunners captain Thierry Henry could be out for a month after suffering yet another injury.  ... Arsenal, meanwhile, have yet to reveal the extent of the latest injury setback to afflict Henry, who has today undergone further tests on...More

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Updated: Manchester United striker Louis Saha will be sidelined for four weeks with a hamstring injury, the club announced before the start of their Champions League match against Lille on Wednesday. --- Saha has been sent for a scan after picking up an injury in training on Tuesday...More

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... yet I want one for fantasy football/soccer! ;-) Dear god, this is just a scary, scary item.  A transforming soccer ball, sure. That's an appropriate fantasy trophy. But a real-live, cost you money, have to wear it in public ring? Jostens must be hoping...More

The Manager was out of broadcast range for the weekend and doesn't have much to contribute.  But kudos to Tevez on breaking his duck, and to fantasy managers who took a gamble on him versus red-hot Spurs.  4-3 seems like quite a game and the Manager is sorry he missed...More

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Late winner from midfielder listed as a defender John O'Shea gives Manchester United a 1-nil win at Liverpool and really puts a dent into any hopes Chelsea may have had about retaining the title for the thrid straight year.Scholes was sent off late for fighting, so that may be encouraging...More

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[Updated below with team news. -j] Thanks to everyone for their comments on improvements to the game last week.  We obviously had a lot of agreement on some things that can be done to improve what is already an experience we enjoy. To those who proposed the notion of managers being able to...More

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Wow, what a crap week I had last week...as a pundit, I was rotten and as a fantasy manager, I was bailed out by emerting blog favorite Ryan Taylor and his huge match against Newcastle but still managed to have a mediocre week that saw me fall about 150 places...More

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