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Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed The Fantasist tweaked
its Choose 'em or Lose 'em picks on Friday after realising it had advised
managers not to pick Craig Gordon.
Technically a correct call, but somewhat obvious since the Sunderland keeper is out for three months with a ...
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Chelsea
Ashley Cole
Our weekly look at who should be in your Fantasy team this weekend. Four teams play twice this gameweek, so if in doubt stuff your team full of players from Fulham, Blackburn, Everton and Hull City. Elsewhere, Chelsea have a fantastic match-up at home to Wolves so you can't go far wrong ...
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Below The Fantasist gives you a rundown of how the Premier League's international contingent fared during the midweek World Cup play-offs and friendlies. Several of them were involved in France's controversial match with Ireland. The play-off went into extra time, with many stars completing the ...
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France
Netherlands
Paraguay
The Fantasist was not the only one to get excited by Kieran
Gibbs 's potential after Gael Clichy
went down with a back injury.
Arsenal man Gibbs, we said, had until Christmas to prove his
worthiness for an England
call-up.
Well, his window of opportunity has slammed shut following ...
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England
Managers have relatively few selection dilemmas this week concerning players returning from long-haul trips. This Wednesday sees many internationals given the night off, while South Korea and Serbia have been kind enough to stage their friendly at Craven Cottage. The following weekend Premier ...
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Argentina
Nigeria
No main blog today, just a link to the mighty International Watch - a list of every Premier League player who was in action at the weekend, how long they played for and what they got up to.
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We all know it's a good idea to play the match-ups, but how far
can you take the strategy?
Next weekend's fixture list contains one absolute banker - Chelsea v Wolves - top
against second bottom.
What if you tried to cram as
many Chelsea
players as possible into your Fantasy side - would ...
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Chelsea
The Fantasist takes its weekly look at the injury situation in the Premier League. Injury status is of course subject to change, with an international break between now and the next domestic action. ...
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The Fantasist supposes you want to know the fallout from the circus that was Lyon 5-5 Marseille, don't you? Well, Lisandro Lopez (12.56) bagged twice to kickstart his Lyon career, while his crafty team-mate Miralem Pjanic (10.19) scored one and created two more. L'OM's Fabrice Abriel (13.22) ...
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Lyon
During the season our regular feature will detail whose value is rising and falling. UP Heurelho Gomes (GK, Tottenham 11.02) +3.83 The man they call the Octopus is back on form and seven saves, a clean sheet and a penalty save see his value soar this week. Jason Roberts (FW, Blackburn 9.95) ...
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Time for The Fantasist to trawl back through Friday's picks from Choose 'em or Lose 'em and see who came up with the goods. GOALKEEPERS Choose 'em: So, Burnley "simply do not score away from home", eh? Shay Given (7.84) had a rare bad week in goal for Manchester City as his side ...
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England
defender Rio Ferdinand will miss Manchester United's visit to league leaders
Chelsea on Sunday due to a persistent calf injury. Serbian defender Nemanja
Vidic has been passed fit along with midfielder Darren Fletcher.
Chelsea's Deco said a win
would be worth four points to the ...
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Liverpool
Choose 'em : Manchester City
stopper Shay Given (10.85) may be a
touch on the expensive side, but Burnley simply
do not score away from home. Well, that's not strictly true, but nevertheless
their paltry tally of just two goals on their travels this season tells all you
need to know. And yes, ...
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Here's an update of the latest injury news around the Premier League clubs, with West Ham have to deal with the loss of Carlton Cole. Club Week 11 Status Player Injury Arsenal
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Genoa shot stopper Alessio Scarpi (10.96) has been in fine form since taking over from
the injured Marco Amelia (9.23) but with the Grifone's number one (or should
that be 32?) possibly returning for the weekend's home clash with bottom club Siena.,
he could be a better deal. ...
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During the season our regular feature will detail whose value is rising and
falling.
UP
Aruna Dindane (FW, Portsmouth
15.23) +7.88 If you had Dindane, you are a genius, a lucky so-and-so or a
liar. Whichever category you fall into, a massive haul of 45 points made the
Ivorian this ...
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Liverpool
It's time for our regular Monday post-mortem where we evaluate The Fantasist's Choose 'em or Lose 'em picks. Goalkeepers - choose: Edwin van der Sar (12 points) wasn't cheap but he came through with that clean sheet we promised. Shay Given (25 pts) was spectacular for Manchester City, saving a ...
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The North London derby often means goals - and plenty of them - so swiftly confine your Arsenal and Tottenham defenders to the scrapheap and look further afield. Manchester United and Chelsea look prime candidates for guaranteed points. United face swine-flu stricken Blackburn at Old ...
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Burnley's Premier League honeymoon was ended once and for all when goalkeeper Brian 'The Beast' Jensen went down with an ankle injury just 15 minutes into last weekend's match against Wigan. The big Dane was stretchered off, and Wigan also waved goodbye to their 100 per cent home record. It's ...
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The Fantasist will avoid any tired bus analogies and simply say that Real Madrid's Copa del Rey humiliation at minnows Alcorcon on Tuesday was the first of three derbies in quick succession; the next comes when they host Getafe this weekend. With Cristiano Ronaldo (30.67) still out, Esteban ...
