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2010-07-19T23:04:00.000+08:00

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FPL Season 10/11 Updates

2010-07-15T00:49:00.002+08:00

Dear readers,

I appreciate your support for the past season. Because of you all I have the motivation to continue writing guides to help you all to achieve fantasy excellence.

Please be patient for the new season's fantasy guides. I will be migrating this site to http://p-fplz.blogspot.com/ with a new pen name of Peacemaker-J. And I am still working with the layout of the new site.

Meanwhile, you can try clicking on the fantasy links in this site to refer to other fantasy guides before I complete the new site. I appreciate if you guys can give me some recommendations on how to improve the guides this season.

Thank you.

Regards,

Peacemaker-J

EPL 2010 Post Season Summary: Part 1

2010-05-22T20:04:00.004+08:00

09/10 EPL season is such a spectacular one. Three teams chasing for first for most of the season, added with four teams who competed crazily for a place in Champions League has guaranteed excitements for every fans all around the world. So now, let's see how the teams and players performed, in reality and fantasy, in several chapters.

Chapter One: The Relegators

Pathetically, the gap between the leaders and the bottom pack is pretty wide this season - only 30 points were earned by Burnley who was in the third spot counting from bottom.

Portsmouth: The Tragedy of Money

Occupying the last place, Portsmouth offered no surprise for us - both their performance and fantasy players. Due to financial problems, they have no choice but to sell players, which dramatically reduced their chances to survive in premier league. A nine-point deduction further destroyed their hopes, and their players didn't show much determination to escape from their fate as well. A FA Cup final was rather a great achievement for them, but due to their relegation, they Europe's dreams were fainted, unfortunately.

With respect to their players, I've never got any Pompey's players to my squad. In fact, none of them worthed a place in my team and perhaps your team as well. Even if they worthed it, they would be your fifth midfielder...

You know there's something wrong when their player of the season was loaned from other club...

Hull City: A Tiger Roaring in Pain

Uhm, a tiger in the wild only needs to learn to attack... and so Hull City were learning it only and suffered the consequences of too much of exposure at their back. Four, five or even six goals by their opponent wasn't something surprising from them.

Well, they've got enough of quality in offence to keep them in the premier league, but unfortunately, those stars like Bullard and Hunt were some fragile players in the team. Hunt was the star in the opening of the fantasy league, but dimmed as the season went on. Bullard, who only featured in the second half of the campaign, was consistently visited by some injuries. Still, we just couldn't forget his trademark Phil Brown's Lecture celebration could we?

One of the best scenes this season.

Burnley: Strong Impression, Weak Results

Well, Burnley is one of my favourite team this season... Striking figures like Eagles, Elliott, Alexander and Jensen, added with an unbelievable early season runs had given me some reasons to admire them.

However, their early season sweet dream didn't last long. They just couldn't stop themselves from conceding and their awful away form - which they only managed to grab an away win on their away game - had sent them back to where they were last season.

Their players were good bargains in early of the season, especially Brian Jensen who made a couple of penalty saves and Alexander Graham, a defender who took the spot kick and often played in a more advance position and also scored 17 twice. Elliott and Eagles were decent fifth midfielders as well.

The most eye-catching top gun of the season in my opinion.

Part two may not come that fast... still stay tuned! =)

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 38

2010-05-12T00:30:00.003+08:00

The Blues storm is back again... under Carlo Ancelotti!

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

ARS 4-0 FUL [2-0]
AST 0-1 BLA [2-0]
BOL 2-1 BIR [1-2]
BUR 4-2 TOT [1-7]
CHE 8-0 WIG [5-0]
EVE 1-0 POR [3-1]
HUL 0-0 LIV [2-4]
MNU 4-0 STO [2-0]
WHU 1-1 MNC [1-2]
WOL 2-1 SUN [2-1]

1 Perfect Score(s).

0 Correct Goal Difference(s).

4 Correct Outcome(s).

5 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

Summary

Chelsea ended their season with another a superb eight-goal demolition which not only claimed them their trophy, but also breaking the record to score 103 goals in a single season in Premier League.

Meanwhile, Manchester United also had a big win by four goals. In fact, they should have scored more if Berbatov didn't become Berbaflop.

Arsenal secured their third after a 4-0 victory over Europa-prioritized Fulham. But since Tottenham were lost to Burnley after holding a two goal lead, the Gunners' victory didn't have much significance.

Aston Villa was sunken by Blackburn at home but unfortunately Liverpool were unable to improve their ranking after being held drawn by Hull City. How bizarre is the season for the Reds.

The best goal of the week came from Bilyaletdinov as he curled in a brilliant shot in 90th minute.

A hat-trick from him to get the golden boot.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 38's One-Gamer

Frank Lampard - 16 pts
He's indeed the safest bet.

The Five-Gamers

Didier Drogba (Gw34-38)
Final Score: 37 pts, 7.4 pts per game
Good final day performance.

Gw 38's Dream Team

Hahnemann[3]

Bale[12] - Evra[7] - Craddock[2]

Lampard(C)[32] - Malouda[6] - Nani[6] - Arteta[4]

Drogba[16] - Rooney[5] - Defoe[2]

Substitutes (in order): Begovic[1] - Dunn[5] - Carr[1] - Ridgewell[0]

My Captain: Lampard

Final Score: 95
Best Possible Score: 98

Starting 11 Value: £93.1m
Total Value: £110.8m

Verdict: Most of the points came from Lampard and Drogba...

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Didier Drogba -16 pts
A hat-trick + the golden boot.

And so the 09/10 FPL season comes to the end. Thank you for your support and it meant a lot for me as this is my debut season. Stay tuned for post season analysis and pre season analysis for the next season!

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 38

2010-05-08T17:14:00.002+08:00

It's the last gameweek of 09/10 FPL season. Give your best and enjoy the world cup coming soon!

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

ARS VS FUL [2-0]

AST VS BLA [2-0]

BOL VS BIR [1-2]

BUR VS TOT [1-7]

CHE VS WIG [5-0]

EVE VS POR [3-1]

HUL VS LIV [2-4]

MNU VS STO [2-0]

WHU VS MNC [1-2]

WOL VS SUN [2-1]

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 38's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Frank Lampard - £13.6m
The motivation to grab title could really bang him a lot of points.

Gw 38's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the gameweek.

Hahnemann

Bale - Evra - Craddock

Lampard(C) - Malouda - Nani - Arteta

Drogba - Rooney - Defoe

Substitutes (in order): Begovic - Dunn - Carr - Ridgewell

My Captain: Lampard

Other Recommended Captains: Drogba, Rooney, Nani

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value: £93.1m

Total Value: £110.8m

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 37

2010-05-06T12:42:00.003+08:00

All showdowns are over BUT the battle for the TITLE!

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

BIR 2-1 BUR [1-1]
MNC 3-1 AST [1-0]
POR 3-1 WOL [1-1]
STO 0-0 EVE [1-1]
TOT 1-0 BOL [4-0]
LIV 0-2 CHE [1-2]
FUL 3-2 WHU [0-1]
SUN 0-1 MNU [1-2]
WIG 2-2 HUL [2-0]
BLA 2-1 ARS [1-1]
FUL 0-1 STO [2-0]
MNC 0-1 TOT [2-1]

0 Perfect Score(s).

2 Correct Goal Difference(s).

3 Correct Outcome(s).

7 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: Another disappointing effort.

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

Summary

Gerrard "presented" Chelsea three points after a bad bad mistake for the skipper which allowed Drogba to score the opener. Aquilani had Liverpool's best chance with a shot on the frame before Drogba's goal. Lampard doubled the lead to make it 2-0.

Manchester United continued to choke the neck of the Blues with a narrow victory against Sunderland. Nani had once again saved his team.

Arsenal continued their gloomy end of the season after another defeat given by Blackburn Rovers.

Stoke City had surprisingly conceded zero goals throughout the double-game-gameweek.

Tottenham had ended the race for fourth after winning Bolton 1-0 and then sending Manchester City to Europa League on City's home ground with the same scoreline. You must be smiling if you were captaining Bale or Gomes last week.

The final showdown @ May 9th.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 36's One-Gamer

Gareth Bale - 14 pts
He's indeed the safest bet.

The Five-Gamers

Samir Nasri (Gw33-37)

Final Score: 15 pts, 2.5 pts per game

Arsenal is rubbish without Fabregas. That's it.

Didier Drogba (Gw34-38) - 21 pts*
Not showy, but was good enough.

*Provisional

Gw 36's Dream Team

Gomes[14]

Bale(C)[28] - Hangeland[2] - Evra[6]

A Johnson[13] - Duff[1] - Etherington[11] - Arteta[3]

Tevez[11] - Defoe[4] - Adebayor[8]

Substitutes (in order): Begovic[14] - Hughes[1] - N'Zogbia[x] - R Johnson[7]

My Captain: Bale

Final Score: 101
Best Possible Score: 107

Starting 11 Value: £80.4m
Total Value: £97.9m

Verdict: Good, but that's just so predictable. Neither disappointing nor impressive.

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Asmir Begovic - 14 pts
There are four 14 pointers this week, but my vote goes to him since he's only a substitute keeper and Stoke have nothing to fight for as compared to Tottenham.

Fantasy Champions League Realizer Award
Tom Huddlestone
Both victory goals in this gameweek double were related to him. Definitely Tottenham's saviour of the season.

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 37

2010-04-30T00:17:00.002+08:00

Have you given up? Say "NO"!

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

BIR VS BUR [1-1]

MNC VS AST [1-0]

POR VS WOL [1-1]

STO VS EVE [1-1]

TOT VS BOL [4-0]

LIV VS CHE [1-2]

FUL VS WHU [0-1]

SUN VS MNU [1-2]

WIG VS HUL [2-0]

BLA VS ARS [1-1]

FUL VS STO [2-0]

MNC VS TOT [2-1]

Fantasy Focus

Analysis of big showdowns this gameweek.

Manchester City vs Aston Villa

Prediction: 1-0

Manchester City will host Aston Villa for a direct showdown which will determine which team STILL has chance to sneak into the Champions League bandwagon.

Managed only to get one point out of last three matches with top three, the Eastlanders has now trapped within the big mess with other fourth place contenders. Should they lose points again, bye~

But City is just far too strong at home so I don't think Aston Villa can take any point from Manchester. Adam Johnson, Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor... if they can't score any goal, they should feel guilty for their expensive price tags.

You can actually get four City players this week if you somehow managed to buy Martin Fulop before his team was updated!

Liverpool vs Chelsea

Prediction: 1-2

The title will automatically be on Chelsea side if they can get all three points from Anfield this Sunday.

Chelsea produced a fearsome bounce back after recording their second 7-0 victory of the season. Take note that they are now the team which scored most goals in Europe this season, even more than Barcelona currently.

Meanwhile, Liverpool has been eliminated from UEFA Europa League due to away goal, which should pretty much hit their confidence. They have also fitness disadvantage compared to Chelsea.

The game should be close, and Liverpool should be giving out their best even if that may mean that Manchester United will surpass their league title record, but Chelsea's physical advantage will outmatch Liverpool's lesser physique. The Blues are just built to be tough.

Has been pretty good recently, but can he stop Chelsea?

Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur

Prediction: 2-1

A very interesting replacement fixture as Manchester City will battle with Tottenham for the Champions League ticket next midweek.

Both sides will play this weekend so they would not have any fitness advantage against each other.

The match will be close, but I will still back City to win this one due to their good home records. Maybe Gareth Bale can lead their team to strike one or two, but I don't think they can score more than City.

On side note, remember to buy full six players from these two teams for games this week.

All hopes on him.

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 37's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Gareth Bale - £5.9m
Not adventurous, but quite a safe bet I believe.

Gw 37's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the gameweek.

Gomes

Bale(C) - Hangeland - Evra

A Johnson - Duff - Etherington - Arteta

Tevez - Defoe - Adebayor

Substitutes (in order): Begovic - Hughes - N'Zogbia - R Johnson

My Captain: Bale

Other Recommended Captains: Tevez, Defoe

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value: £78.3m

Total Value: £98.3m

Fantasy Times

The latest football news to enrich your day.

UEFA Europa League: Fulham Smiles Through, Liverpool Falls

Fulham has entered the first ever Europa League final after succeeded to reverse Hamburg 2-1 at home.

Goals from Davies and Gera has helped the club to record a new page in its history.

Meanwhile, Liverpool has failed to secure a English vs English final after losing to Athletico Madrid due to away goal.

Aquilani has helped the Reds to lead before the break and dragged the game to extra time before Benayoun added another in the first four minutes of ET. However, Diego Forlan once again scored the crucial goal which knocked Liverpool out of the tournament and left them trophyless in this embarrassing season.

A marvelous achievement.

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 36

2010-04-27T23:11:00.002+08:00

So both Manchester United and Chelsea are determined to drag the season to the very last moment!

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

MNU 3-1 TOT [2-1]
BOL 2-2 POR [2-0]
HUL 0-1 SUN [1-1]
WHU 3-2 WIG [2-1]
WOL 1-1 BLA [2-0]
ARS 0-0 MNC [2-2]
AST 1-0 BIR [2-1]
BUR 0-4 LIV [1-1]
EVE 2-1 FUL [2-0]
CHE 7-0 STO [1-0]

0 Perfect Score(s).

3 Correct Goal Difference(s).

3 Correct Outcome(s).

4 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: Average predictions.

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

Summary

Manchester United ended Tottenham's extraordinary form with a 3-1 victory which consists of two penalties.

Chelsea secured yet another seventh heaven victory with Kalou scoring a hat-trick.

Arsenal and Manchester City were both held goalless. This has statistically ended Arsenal's title hope.

Steven Gerrard scored his first brace of the season to send Burnley back to where they were last season. Aquilani deserves some credit for giving up three assists.

A last minute penalty by Milner has ensured Aston Villa to continue to stay on top of Liverpool.

Parker refused to end up draw with Wigan after scoring the winning goal which provided them the edge to stay in the premiership.

Darren Bent's only was enough to give Hull City a lethal blow. Any points lose by the Tigers or any points gain by the Hammers will officially relegate Iain Dowie's team.

Goodbye forever?

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 36's One-Gamer

Tim Cahill - 5 pts
Not the result I'd expected.

The Five-Gamers

Fernando Torres (Gw32-36)

Final Score: 15 pts, 7.5 pts per game

F for Fernando, F for fragile.

Samir Nasri (Gw33-37) - 9 pts*

Finally provided something.

Didier Drogba (Gw34-38) - 14 pts*
Good, but seemed to have lost his leading role since back from his injury.

*Provisional

Gw 36's Dream Team

Cech[6]

Baines[2] - Bale[4] - Craddock[2] - G Cahill[1]

T Cahill(C)[10] - A Young[3] - M Taylor[2] - Arteta[10] - Parker[10]

Tevez[2]

Automatic Substitutions: Parker for Rooney
Substitutes (in order): Hahnemann[4] - Rooney[x] - Bent[9] - Collins[6]

My Captain: T Cahill

Final Score: 52
Best Possible Score: 69

Starting 11 Value: £80.4m
Total Value: £97.9m

Verdict: Poo.

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Salomon Kalou - 24 pts
He scored only 32 points for the past 35 games.

Fantasy Hero of the Week Award
Scott Parker
West Ham is now almost on the bank thanks to his decisive goal.

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 36

2010-04-23T11:44:00.003+08:00

A final push for your fantasy season! Keep fighting!

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

MNU VS TOT [2-1]

BOL VS POR [2-0]

HUL VS SUN [1-1]

WHU VS WIG [2-1]

WOL VS BLA [2-0]

ARS VS MNC [2-2]

AST VS BIR [2-1]

BUR VS LIV [1-1]

EVE VS FUL [2-0]

CHE VS STO [1-0]

Fantasy Focus

Analysis of big showdowns this gameweek.

Manchester United vs Tottenham Hotspur

Prediction: 2-1

Fully armed Tottenham will travel to Old Trafford, aiming to grab full nine points from the three consecutive games with top three.

Gareth Bale had been superb against Arsenal and Chelsea, and with Gary Neville marking him, it won't be too hard for him to complete the hat-trick.

Meanwhile, Wayne Rooney is still so quiet since his return from the injury. He has yet to score a goal for Manchester United.

Nonetheless, Tottenham's away form is pathetic and hence I think United should take a narrow win against them...

Will be on high pressure...

Arsenal vs Manchester City

Prediction: 2-2

Adebayor will return to Emirates Stadium to secure a victory which may take them to Champions League.

The Eastlanders have just suffered another last minute defeat to their derby rivals Manchester United, while the Gunners pathetically conceded three goals in the last ten minutes to hand three points to Wigan.

With injuries troubling the home side, City should be able to win easily, but there's too much of uncertainties, with the return of Van Persie and the ridiculous substitutions of Mancini being the keys in deciding the game.

I think for pride, for revenge, for a lesson to Adebayor, Arsenal should be able to defend their homeground...

Ex-captain back to his "new" hometown.

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 36's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Tim Cahill - £8.2m
Fulham should be giving up this game and preparing for Europa League's second league.

Gw 36's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the gameweek.

Cech

Baines - Bale - Craddock - G Cahill

T Cahill (C) - A Young - M Taylor - Arteta

Tevez - Rooney

Substitutes (in order): Hahnemann - Parker - Bent - Collins

My Captain: T Cahill

Other Recommended Captains: Arteta

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value: £80.4m

Total Value: £97.9m

Fantasy Times

The latest football news to enrich your day.

UEFA Europa League: Looking Good

Fulham managed to secure a goalless draw away at Hamburg while Liverpool lost 0-1 to Torres' former club Athletico Madrid.

The result is fairly good to Fulham but not quite the same for Liverpool.

While the Cottagers only need a victory at home to get into the final, the Reds will need at least two goals to qualify in 90 minutes. This might be too much without Fernando Torres around.

Can England book both place in Hamburg? Or none of them at all?

Scored the only goal of the first leg.

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 35

2010-04-21T14:33:00.003+08:00

Interesting gameweek with City and Chelsea the loser and United and Tottenham the winner. The battles for first and fourth are reignited!

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

MNC 0-1 MNU [4-2]
BIR 0-0 HUL [2-1]
BLA 2-3 EVE [0-1]
FUL 0-0 WOL [1-1]
STO 1-2 BOL [1-0]
SUN 1-1 BUR [1-1]
TOT 2-1 CHE [2-3]
WIG 3-2 ARS [1-2]
POR 1-2 AST [0-2]
LIV 3-0 WHU [1-1]
HUL 0-2 AST [2-1]

1 Perfect Score(s).

2 Correct Goal Difference(s).

1 Correct Outcome(s).

7 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: Unhappy results.

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

Manchester City 0-1 Manchester United

Mancini has sent his team away from Champions League after making two idiotic substitutions to give United the much needed last gasp victory in order to push for the title.

The game was rather stagnant with the Red Devil's brick on the back, which minimized the attack of the home side led by Carlos Tevez.

However, the game has much changed as Mancini withdrawn Adam Johnson at the second half. That move had pretty much given United much relief in defence and they can now focus more on the offence.

But Mancini's just brilliant. He further destroyed his team by changing De Jong who's capable of halting the threat from the middle with a defenceless Stephen Ireland. And that move proved to be fatal as Paul Scholes scored the victory goal just before the whistle blown.

GREAT, Mancini. =)

That goal can possibly make United's extension on his contract a great great bargain.

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Chelsea

Another five star performance by Gareth Bale has allowed Tottenham to pass both round of tough league game with full marks.

Chelsea had never won at White Hart Lane since 2006 and the streak was expected to continue as Tottenham had a brilliant start. The ten million pound signing Bale almost won a penalty for Spurs only to be confirmed it was a clean tackle from Ferreira.

But karma has hit John Terry as the captain who escaped from a hand ball penalty last week was accused to touch the ball with his arm. Jermaine Defoe then stepped up to the spot to give the home side the lead.

Gareth Bale then doubled the lead through a spectacular breakthrough over the slow Paulo Ferreira - who I will never trust - to blast the ball over with his right foot.

Terry then continued his catastrophic day with a suspension in around 60 minutes after conceding two yellows. His sending off eventually put off Chelsea's reversal hopes.

Lampard only managed to give themselves a consolation at stoppage time, but that goal served nothing but to allow Manchester United to close the gap back to one point.

The future of Wales.

The Rest

Aston Villa claimed six points from their double gamer for the first time, while Torres-less Liverpool had an easy win against West Ham to keep the battle for sixth an exciting one.

Wigan made a famous victory to reverse Arsenal's two goal lead in final ten minutes and sent the latter out of the title race.

Cheap keeping.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 35's One-Gamer

Ashley Young - 6 pts
Nothing much offered but the 180 minutes of playing time.

The Five-Gamers

Carlos Tevez (Gw31-35)

Final Score: 51 pts, 8.5 pts per game

Great great performance.

Fernando Torres (Gw32-36) - 15 pts*

His season has ended with a surgery.

Samir Nasri (Gw33-37) - 7 pts*

Finally offered something.

Didier Drogba (Gw34-38) - 7 pts*
Not the Didier Drogba I've expected.

*Provisional

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Matthew Taylor - 15 pts
It's such a long time since we've seen him performing.

Fantasy Big Gamer Award
Gareth Bale
The only left back in EPL that he have yet to surpass is Patrice Evra.

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 35 (LATE)

2010-04-17T18:46:00.002+08:00

Sorry as I wasn't able to post in time this week. Was on serious WAR before that.

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

MNC VS MNU [4-2]

BIR VS HUL [2-1]

BLA VS EVE [0-1]

FUL VS WOL [1-1]

STO VS BOL [1-0]

SUN VS BUR [1-1]

TOT VS CHE [2-3]

WIG VS ARS [1-2]

POR VS AST [0-2]

LIV VS WHU [1-1]

HUL VS AST [2-1]

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 35's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Ashley Young - £8.5m
Double gamer with steady form.

Gw35's Predicted Stars
Tevez
Lampard
*Dream Team was omitted this week since it has no point due to lateness.

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 34

2010-04-16T18:22:00.003+08:00

Hell's judgement has been casted on Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool as the former two dropped out of the three horse race together while the latter one only need another victory by Manchester City to officially kick them out of the Big Four family...

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

HUL 1-4 BUR [2-0]
WHU 1-0 SUN [1-2]
WOL 0-0 STO [1-1]
BLA 0-0 MNU [0-1]
LIV 0-0 FUL [3-0]
MNC 5-1 BIR [2-0]
CHE 1-0 BOL [4-0]
AST 2-2 EVE [2-1]
WIG 0-0 POR [2-1]
TOT 2-1 ARS [3-4]

0 Perfect Score(s).

0 Correct Goal Difference(s).

2 Correct Outcome(s).

8 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: The results this week are simply stunning. Who'd expect Burnley to take three points away?

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Arsenal

Tottenham ended their 9 year victory drought against Arsenal after a sensational performance by Premier League debutant Danny Rose.

Injury has indeed hurt Arsenal a lot as they couldn't control the game well. Tottenham scored the first goal in as early as 9th minute as 19-year-old Danny Rose fired a volley that can easily enter the top five goal of the season.

The trauma continued for Arsenal as the Belgian defender Vermaelen was injured in the first half.

In second half, superb Gareth Bale scored another goal of Tottenham to extend the lead.

The long injured Dutch - Robin Van Persie - was then subbed on but despite of his ultimate threat to Spurs, it was Bendtner to pull one back for Arsenal at 85th minute.

Still, that goal was meaningless as Tottenham held on to secure a victory which should at least now keep them at fifth, if not better.

Enjoy the goal yourself. Simply fantastic!

The Rest

Rooney-less United once again failed to score any goal as they were held draw by the stubborn Blackburn.

Liverpool had their Champions League hopes all but doomed after Schwarzer performed some five-star acrobatic saves.

Manchester City continued to march forward to send Birmingham five goals which clearly was an big insult to Birmingham's mighty defence in first half of the season.

Burnley got their first away win of the season to give Hull City a heavy 1-4 defeat and thus dragging the relegation battle to the climax.

Aston Villa barely got a draw thanks to an own goal by Phil Jagielka. They will now battle with Liverpool for the slot to qualify for Europa League.

Three bonus points for him.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 34's One-Gamer

Didier Drogba - 5 pts
It was Anelka this week. =(

The Five-Gamers

James Milner (Gw30-34)

Final Score: 22 pts, 3.67 pts per game

Simply disappointing. Ashley Young was a better pick compared to him.

Carlos Tevez (Gw31-35) - 49 pts*

Yet another big bang!

Fernando Torres (Gw32-36) - 15 pts*

Injured unfortunately.

Samir Nasri (Gw33-37) - 3 pts*

Not really productive this week.

Didier Drogba (Gw34-38) - 5 pts*
Quite under my expectations.

*Provisional

Gw 34's Dream Team

Given[2]

Craddock[8] - Zhirkov[8] - G Johnson[6]

Nasri[2] - Nani[3] - N'Zogbia[6] - Malouda[1] - Etherington[3]

Drogba(C)[10] - Tevez[11]

Automatic Substitutions: Etherington for Torres
Substitutes (in order): Sorensen[7] - Huth[6] - Collins[1] - Torres[x]

My Captain: Drogba

Final Score: 60
Best Possible Score: 76

Starting 11 Value: £87.0m
Total Value: £106.7m

Verdict: Bad result.

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Graham Alexander - 17 pts
He took two penalties!

Fantasy Super Debutant Award
Danny Rose
Rocketed an unbelievable goal that sent Arsenal out of title race.

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 34

2010-04-09T20:51:00.002+08:00

You now have five more games to improve your season. All the best!

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

HUL VS BUR [2-0]

WHU VS SUN [1-2]

WOL VS STO [1-1]

BLA VS MNU [0-1]

LIV VS FUL [3-0]

MNC VS BIR [2-0]

CHE VS BOL [4-0]

AST VS EVE [2-1]

WIG VS POR [2-1]

TOT VS ARS [3-4]

Fantasy Focus

Analysis of big showdowns this gameweek.

Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal

Prediction: 3-4

London will be full of sparks this weekend as the Gunners travel to White Hart Lane for a pretty decisive battle.

One fight for the summit while the other fight for European dream. Certainly a game worth to be watched for. Unfortunately though, both sides have a lot of injuries.

So, whose dream will come true? I think none of them. I strongly believe Tottenham will finish below of Liverpool (Liverpool on 5th) after the three games against Top 3. They just don't have the quality to defeat a team of higher class. On the other hand, without Fabregas, Arsenal's firepower is reduced by 50%.

But, the Gunners should have no problem eliminating this derby rival. I reckon them the win, and I reckon Nasri to shine.

Oh yea, Van Persie may be back as well. Scout him.

... has actually second the highest points per game - behind of his teammate Fabregas - in this season's fantasy...

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 34's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Didier Drogba - £12.0m
With Rooney lightspeed recovery, he will have to push harder for the golden boot.

Gw 34's Five-Gamer (Last)

My highly anticipated top pointer of the next five gameweeks.

Didier Drogba - £12.0m
Three home games coming out of last five.

Gw 34's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the gameweek.

Given

Craddock - Zhirkov - G Johnson

Nasri - Nani - N'Zogbia - Malouda

Drogba(C) - Tevez - Torres

Substitutes (in order): Sorensen - Etherington - Huth - Collins

My Captain: Drogba

Other Recommended Captains: Torres

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value: £87.0m

Total Value: £106.7m

Fantasy Times

The latest football news to enrich your day.

UEFA Champions League: NO ENGLAND

After years of domination in the Champions League, Platini's strategy seems to have worked this year - not any single club of England reached the semi-finals of UCL! This is such an irony when compared to two years before where three of the four semi-final slots were occupied by English clubs.

Arsenal's defeat to Barcelona was not a surprise. In fact, their LEAD was. With about 70% of possession even at away, the Spanish giants is just too much for the Gunners. Messi again became the Messiah with four terrific goals, peeling off Arsenal's confidence to the bottom. The England's Barcelona still have much to learn from the pioneer of on ground football.

On the other hand, Ferguson's lost his bet this time as his decision to deploy Rafael costed him a red card, which eventually brought to Manchester United's exit of Champions League. In fact, the manner in which they knocked out can only be described as a shame. They scored two in seven minutes and cushioned a three which was definitely a comfortable lead. But Olic's goal before the half and the harsh booking on Rafael eventually made United unable to roam forward. With such total control, it was not that hard for Robben to strike a wonderful volley and take their team to the next round.

So, it's Barca vs Inter and Bayern vs Lyon on the semis. Can Mourinho make his revenge against Guardiola? Stay tuned for the next round.

Chelsea shouldn't have sold him.

UEFA Europa League: YES ENGLAND

English clubs Fulham and Liverpool continue to shine on the Europa League after both of them qualified for the semi-finals of the competition.

The Reds gave Benfica a big lesson with a 4-1 victory on ground. The most hated Liverpool player by their fans, Lucas Leiva, had earned much positive remarks from the supporters with his brilliant goal in which he dribbled past the keeper before attempting the shot. Besides him, Torres has broken the Anfield record by becoming the first player of the Reds to score a brace on home for four consecutive games. Impressive.

As for Fulham, it was Bobby Zamora's showtime again as he struck in the only goal which secured them the progress to the semis. It is simply a brilliant performance for a small-medium size club like Fulham to go such far in the European competition.

Liverpool vs Athletico Madrid, Fulham vs Hamburg. Hope that both English clubs will meet at the final.

"Now that should shut your bad mouth up!"

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 33

2010-04-07T00:58:00.004+08:00

Manchester City took the spotlight this week with 3 goals in the opening six minutes!

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

MNU 1-2 CHE [1-2]
ARS 1-0 WOL [2-1]
BOL 0-1 AST [1-2]
POR 0-0 BLA [2-1]
STO 2-0 HUL [2-1]
SUN 3-1 TOT [1-2]
BUR 1-6 MNC [0-2]
BIR 1-1 LIV [0-1]
FUL 2-1 WIG [2-1]
EVE 2-2 WHU [2-0]

2 Perfect Score(s).

2 Correct Goal Difference(s).

2 Correct Outcome(s).

4 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: Fine.

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

Manchester United 1-2 Chelsea

The title is very near to Chelsea now after a deserved victory by them against Rooney-less Manchester United.

As expected, Florent Malouda had so much of advantage against Gary Neville and it was no surprise when he jogged towards the corner line before providing an assist to Joe Cole, in which the English tipped it in with his heel.

Both Park Ji Sung and Anelka were then had penalties both denied before the match progressed into the second half.

The Reds then provided ultimate pressure against the Blues, but without Rooney around they lacked of the accuracy needed to find the equaliser.

Didier Drogba then came in and provided the controversial goal with sealed the victory for Blues.

The Ivorian was obviously offside before he shot in a goal which was surprisingly allowed by the referee.

But in just a minute the wonder kid of United last season - Federico Macheda - pulled one goal back although the ball had contacted with his hand before going in.

Nonetheless, the goal did not change the outcome of the game and Chelsea won 2-1, which now put them 2 points ahead of the Red Devils. Malouda was again the hero with 8 fantasy points.

He played one of his better games, but unfortunately he was facing the unstoppable Malouda...

Burnley 1-6 Manchester City

Manchester City was in rampage to present to Burnley six goals in the Saturday encounter last week.

The visitor scored the first goal in as early as three minutes with Adebayor the starter for the big feast of Turf Moor.

Bellamy completed the second easily with no man guarding him after the Welsh received a through ball from Tevez.

Tevez then scored for himself thanks to Jensen's weak save against Adebayor's shot. Again, no one marked him for the rebound. And it was just six minutes after kick-off!

The home side had finally waken up after that, trying several attempts. But still they were too inferior for the multi-billion club and Patrick Vieira headed in a wonderful goal to make it 4-0.

Adebayor then continued the rampage before the break to make it 0-5 for the Clarets.

On the second half heavy rain fell and the game was much harder to be played. Still, City extended their score to six thanks to Adam Johnson's corner which directed to Kompany's head before it went in.

And with the total support of Burnley's fans, the home finally found one back of the net. Stephen Fletcher scored a beautiful goal after being set up by substitute Cork.

But that was all for Burnley and they had no choice but to accept this terrible defeat...

"I think I'll be going back to Coca-Cola League..."

The Rest

Arsenal made a last-gasp victory thanks to Nicklas Bendtner.

Darren Bent scored two but almost cost his team a victory after failing to convert two penalties before securing the score 3-1 against his former club Tottenham Hotspur.

Liverpool were held draw thanks to a ridiculous substitution of Torres in as early as 62nd minute by Rafa Benitez, while Zola's decision to give a holiday to his players looked to be a success as their team grabbed a point against Everton.

Spotlight of the week.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 33's One-Gamer

Carlos Tevez - 12 pts
Another rock solid performance. Bravo!

The Five-Gamers

Nicklas Bendtner (Gw29-33)

Final Score: 27 pts, 5.4 pts per game

You could do much worse for a striker with low price.

James Milner (Gw30-34) - 18 pts*

Not even playing!

Carlos Tevez (Gw31-35) - 38 pts*

Insane!

Fernando Torres (Gw32-36) - 15 pts*

He might have scored one or two if Benitez did not change him off so early.

Samir Nasri (Gw33-37) - 1 pt*

Only played as sub.

*Provisional

Gw 33's Dream Team

Howard[6]

Baines[4] - Hughes[2] - G Johnson[5] - Huth[6]

Nasri[1] - Duff[6] - A Young[9] - Malouda[8]

Tevez(C)[24] - Torres[2]

Substitutes (in order): Sorensen[6] - Collins[8] - Arteta[x] - Zamora[x]

My Captain: Tevez

Final Score: 73
Best Possible Score: 80

Starting 11 Value: £84.5m
Total Value: £103.9m

Verdict: A strong result.

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Adam Johnson - 14 pts
The new Stephen Ireland of Manchester City has shown his true quality.

Fantasy "Two" Award
Darren Bent
Scored two goals and missed two penalties!

Fantasy Dubious Substitution Award
Rafael Benitez
When the players are so desperate to win, he put off their morale by substituting Torres out.

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 33

2010-04-02T15:12:00.003+08:00

Red hot Chelsea visits Rooney-less United! Can the Reds defend themselves at home?

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

MNU VS CHE [1-2]

ARS VS WOL [2-1]

BOL VS AST [1-2]

POR VS BLA [2-1]

STO VS HUL [2-1]

SUN VS TOT [1-2]

BUR VS MNC [0-2]

BIR VS LIV [0-1]

FUL VS WIG [2-1]

EVE VS WHU [2-0]

Fantasy Focus

Analysis of big showdowns this gameweek.

Manchester United vs Chelsea

Prediction: 1-2

The league conquest between these two giants will be pretty much decided on this Saturday at Old Trafford.

Weeks before Chelsea was looking awful and was expected to have a big disadvantage in the title race; weeks after the tides have completely reversed. A total of 12 goals in just two games had pulled Carlo Ancelotti's side back from people's doubts about their capacity to win any trophy this season.

On the other hand, Manchester United has just lost to Bayern Munich 1-2 during Tuesday's European clash. However, Rooney's injury proved to be a much bigger concern for United fans. He will be staying out of the field for 2-3 weeks and this is such a disaster for Ferguson's side, especially when now is the critical period for them to chase for the titles.

Berbatov will not be a strong replacement for Rooney in such crucial games. He is not tough enough mentally.

On the other hand, on form Malouda is expected to rape the old and slow Gary Neville.

I guess this game is pretty much decided already. No Rooney, no victory. Sorry Manchester United.

If United loses, it'll be a much terrible experience to him for watching his club losing yet unable to do anything...

Birmingham City vs Liverpool
Prediction: 0-1

The jinxed Liverpool will travel to St Andrews aiming to get nothing but three points.

Stamina will be a heavy disadvantage for the away side due to their long distance flight to Portugal for an Europa match-up with Benfica, which ended up with a loss.

Birmingham has already been undefeated for 12 games at home and the last game against Arsenal has further shown the strength of the Blues fighting at St Andrews. However, their defence has been shaky since 2010, which is pretty much contrast from the beginning of the season.

The game will be much closer than you think, and I won't be surprised if Liverpool draws or even loses due to their poor away form. Still, the Reds have an edge in this game and if they can play like how they play against Sunderland, victory will be in their hands.

Will he score a red again?

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 33's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Carlos Tevez - £9.2m
Yes, it's the same man again!

Gw 33's Five-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the next five gameweeks.

Samir Nasri - £7.9m

No choice for Wenger but to put him as the direct substitute for captain Cesc. He has already shown us what he is capable to.

Gw 33's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the gameweek.

Howard

Baines - Hughes - G Johnson

Nasri - Arteta - Duff - A Young - Malouda

Tevez(C) - Torres

Substitutes (in order): Sorensen - Zamora - Huth - Collins

My Captain: Tevez

Other Recommended Captains: Nasri

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value: £84.5m

Total Value: £103.9m

Fantasy Times

The latest football news to enrich your day.

UEFA Champions League: Their Legs Injured, Our Hearts Shattered

This week's European showdown has pretty much been cruel to English clubs.

Rooney made a fantastic start for United in Allianz Stadium by firing a goal in less than two minutes from the start, only to be reversed by Bayern for the final score of 1-2 and Rooney himself injured seconds before the game ended.

The England's World Cup hope will be out for 2-3 weeks, which is a bad news for Ferguson but quite a relief for Capello.

Arsenal earned an unbelievable draw after being fallen two goals behind with Gallas and Arshavin both subbed out in the first half with injury. However, it was still a nightmare for the Gunners as Fabregas has to be ruled out for the rest of the season due to damaged fibula.

The Spanish captain was already injured during the game but he had no choice but to continue as Wenger had already wasted two substitute quotas for injured players. Cesc's never giving up spirit ultimately inspired his teammate to comeback from two goals behind despite the game was heavily possessed by Barcelona. He was then found to be unable to stand up after equalising through the spot.

His injury is rather unfortunate for the team as that literally means that Arsenal will not get any trophy again this season. Furthermore, he will be in major doubt for World Cup as well.

Two aces lost in one week... Terrible. =(

UEFA Europa League: Zamora the Hero, Babel the Zero

Zamora scored one and made one to give Fulham a 2-1 victory against Wolfsburg.

Meanwhile, Babel was the culprit for Liverpool after being sent off through his irrational action which caused Liverpool to lose 1-2 through two penalties by Benfica.

Will his form continue on this week's league action?

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 32

2010-04-01T15:41:00.002+08:00

So Arsenal was the one who fell in the gameweek of 32!

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

BIR 1-1 ARS [1-2]
CHE 7-1 AST [2-1]
HUL 2-0 FUL [0-2]
TOT 2-0 POR [4-0]
WHU 0-1 STO [1-1]
WOL 0-0 EVE [2-3]
BOL 0-4 MNU [0-2]
BUR 0-1 BLA [1-2]
LIV 3-0 SUN [3-1]
MNC 3-0 WIG [3-1]

0 Perfect Score(s).

1 Correct Goal Difference(s).

5 Correct Outcome(s).

4 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: Average.

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

Chelsea 7-1 Aston Villa

Chelsea showed us why an injured lion is much more ferocious than usual after a complete devastation of Aston Villa by a score of 7-1.

Frank Lampard, who has recently performing brilliantly apart from Florent Malouda, scored the first goal of the match through a sliding shot from the far post. But Villa gave a positive response and my predicted most threatening Villa players in this match - Young and Carew - combined again to equalise the game through the latter one.

Still, Chelsea regained the lead before the end of first half after Collins fouled Zhirkov within the box. Lampard took the penalty in a powerful manner to make it 2-1.

It was then the complete showdown of Chelsea.

Malouda opened his scoreline of the day before Lampard completed his hat-trick - through the spot and Zhirkov again. Malouda then completed his second with his right foot before substitute Kalou added the sixth goal for Chelsea.

Frank Lampard then ended his day perfectly, firing his fourth and the Blues' seventh, continuing his benchmark of more than 20 goals per season and also, making him the third highest goalscorer for Chelsea with a wonderful figure of 151. He is highest fantasy scorer in one game - a monster of 28 points - since several years ago. Recall that Rooney's 32-pointer this season was made in a gameweek double.

Meanwhile, Malouda has got 50 fantasy points over the past four games - he has only got less than 100 before those four games!

Monster.

The Rest

Arsenal dropped themselves from the leading pack after suffering a draw inflicted by the lucky Birmingham who managed to protect their home unbeaten streak to 12 games. Meanwhile, Dimitar Berbatov played stylishly to ensure a 4-0 victory against Bolton Wanderers.

Wolves continued their fine form to draw Everton 0-0 which will pretty much ensure their survival in the top-flight league.

An overhauling performance by Liverpool saw them crushed Sunderland by three goals thanks to a brilliant double by Fernando Torres.

Meanwhile, a hat-trick show by Tevez enabled Manchester City to defeat Wigan 3-0.

A solid performance by him.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 32's One-Gamer

Carlos Tevez - 16 pts
Ta-da! A free hat for Wigan.

The Five-Gamers

Emiliano Insua (Gw28-32)

Final Score: 11 pts, 2.2 pts per game

Just bad.

Nicklas Bendtner (Gw29-33) - 22 pts*

A bad day for him and his team.

James Milner (Gw30-34) - 18 pts*

His epic silence continues.

Carlos Tevez (Gw31-35) - 26 pts*

Marvellous!

Fernando Torres (Gw32-26) - 13 pts*

Now you know what I meant by highway don't you?

*Provisional

Gw 32's Dream Team

Schwarzer[2]

Bale[12] - Evra[6] - Insua[6] - Craddock[9]

Kranjcar[9] - Etherington[3] - Fabregas[2]

Pavlyuchenko[1] - Torres[13] - Tevez(C)[32]

Substitutes (in order): Sorensen[8] - Hughes[x] - Arteta[x] - Duff[x]

My Captain: Tevez

Final Score: 95
Best Possible Score: 101

Starting 11 Value: £82.7m
Total Value: £102.3m

Verdict: Great, but will be greater if Lampard was there.

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Frank Lampard - 28 pts
He has overtaken Fabregas to claim the top fantasy scorer of the season so far!

Fantasy Late Season Discovery Award
Florent Malouda
Chelsea's left offensive corridor has been fully activated with his presence.

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 32

2010-03-25T15:43:00.005+08:00

A difficult situation for Chelsea - if they lose any points this week, they can say bye bye to EPL trophy and prepare for the next season!

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

BIR VS ARS [1-2]

CHE VS AST [2-1]

HUL VS FUL [0-2]

TOT VS POR [4-0]

WHU VS STO [1-1]

WOL VS EVE [2-3]

BOL VS MNU [0-2]

BUR VS BLA [1-2]

LIV VS SUN [3-1]

MNC VS WIG [3-1]

Fantasy Focus

Analysis of big showdowns this gameweek.

Chelsea vs Aston Villa

Prediction: 2-1

This clash will be one of Chelsea's largest obstacle to lift the league trophy.

The Blues' form have been very shaky recently with only about 50% of victory rate recently. A 5-0 Portsmouth's thrash does not really convince me, since Pompey is a team where most teams can rip off (except for Hull, of course).

However, the Villans are just as good as the host, if not worse. Despite being remain unbeaten in 2010, the double double league fixtures for Aston Villa had only seen them taking 6 points from 12, in which now they have even less chances than Liverpool claiming the fourth spot, judging by fixtures.

Martin O'Neill's wisdom will be very important in deciding the outcome of the game with Milner most probably absent. The Young-Carew duo will again be the biggest threat to pierce Chelsea's defence, especially when Ivanovic is out for a whole month - we all know how inferior Paulo Ferreira is.

Still, with the offensive quality Chelsea has, I think they will get full advantage of Stamford Bridge and take Aston Villa as their prey before they eventually visit to Old Trafford...

He might not be pretty, but his finishing is classy.

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 32's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Carlos Tevez - £9.0m
Wigan should not be a tough test for him.

Gw 32's Five-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the next five gameweeks.

Fernando Torres - £11.3m

A highway for him to score points. We all know how much quality he has.

Gw 32's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the gameweek.

Schwarzer

Bale - Hughes - Evra

Kranjcar - Arteta - Fabregas - Duff

Pavlyuchenko - Torres - Tevez(C)

Substitutes (in order): Sorensen - Etherington - Insua - Craddock

My Captain: Tevez

Other Recommended Captains: Torres, Fabregas, Arteta

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value: £82.7m

Total Value: £102.3m

Fantasy Times

The latest football news to enrich your day.

World Cup 2010: England's Calamity

On the verge of South Africa World Cup, Capello now has more and more reasons to headache:

David Beckham suffered a big injury which will ruled him out from the pitch for half year,
Ashley Cole is still racing with time to get ready for World Cup just in time,
Emile Heskey was injured during the game in midweek,
James Milner has a sore Achilles which the severity is still unknown,
Wayne Rooney, England's biggest hope of getting the World Cup, is limping off the pitch after the game against Liverpool...

More may come, and this is definitely not a good story for Capello...

Hope that Ferguson won't exhaust him... That's impossible though.

FA Cup: Tottenham proceeds

Tottenham defeated Fulham 3-1 to book a place in Wembley for FA Cup semi-finals.

Bobby Zamora opened the scoreline before David Bentley, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Eidur Gudjohnsen completed the comeback victory with one goal each.

Tottenham's next opponent would be Redknapp's former club - the relegating Portsmouth.

He touches the ball and scores again!

The Wild Battle of First and Fourth

Two points separated the first from third - the premier league is still full of excitements till now!

Manchester United is now on the pole officially. With a much better form than Chelsea, they are looking forward to lift the trophy for the fourth time consecutively. They have only left Chelsea (H), Man City (A) and Tottenham (H) of the top seven to fight for, which are obviously much easier than Chelsea's.

The Blues will still need to face Aston Villa (H), Man Utd (A), Tottenham (A) and Liverpool (A) which are on the top half of the table. With three away games out of these four, they are having a big disadvantage compared to the other two. A draw or defeat out from Old Trafford will basically mean that their race is over.

Whereas for the Arsenal who will only need to fight Tottenham (A) and Man City (H), their title hope was quite bright before until Vermaelen was suspended last week. The way where Arsenal endure the three games without him will pretty much decide their fate.

As for the race for fourth, Aston Villa is on the verge of being the first to be knocked out. The game this weekend will decide whether they can stay on track or try again next year.

Liverpool are four points behind Tottenham who played one match less than them. However, the gap might be eventually cancelled with Tottenham's back to back challenge against the top three.

The Reds' fate will be pretty much concluded on the clash with Chelsea, with the prerequisite of getting at least 13 points out of 15 before that.

Meanwhile, Manchester City will have four continuous tough games from April to May - Man Utd (H), Arsenal (A), Aston Villa (H) and Tottenham (H). Despite the toughness of fixtures, three games on home means that they still hold some advantage against their rivals.

How exciting this season has became!

Who will be the hero?

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 31

2010-03-25T14:15:00.003+08:00

I was having an awful gameweek 31 with captain James Milner doing nothing in both games. How about you?

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

AST 2-2 WOL [3-0]
EVE 2-0 BOL [4-0]
POR 3-2 HUL [2-1]
STO 1-2 TOT [0-0]
SUN 3-1 BIR [1-1]
WIG 1-0 BUR [1-0]
ARS 2-0 WHU [3-1]
MNU 2-1 LIV [2-3]
FUL 1-2 MNC [0-1]
BLA 1-1 CHE [1-2]
WHU 1-3 WOL [2-0]
AST 1-1 SUN [2-0]
MNC 0-2 EVE [2-2]
POR 0-5 CHE [1-3]
BLA 2-1 BIR [2-1]

2 Perfect Score(s).

3 Correct Goal Difference(s).

2 Correct Outcome(s).

8 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: Awful.

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

Manchester United 2-1 Liverpool

Manchester United has finally made a revenge after successfully reversed Liverpool 2-1 at Old Trafford.

The Reds is looked to complete the run of victories against United for two consecutive seasons when Fernando Torres headed in an unmarked header in as early as five minutes from the start. However, an unnecessary pull from Javier Mascherano against Antonio Valencia has seen Rooney on the spot in first half, in which he had to score from a rebound after a brilliant save by Pepe Reina.

The game then progressed as Park vs Reina as the South Korean was the one supplying various threatening attempts towards Liverpool's net and it was no surprise when Park Ji Sung headed in a brilliant goal in 59th minute.

The remainder of the game saw Torres missed to perfect chances supplied to him which ultimately cost Liverpool three points and also their chances to get into top four. A strong display by United's defence this time, especially Nemanja Vidic who didn't complete his quadruple of red cards against Liverpool this time.

Final score - Park Ji Sung 1, Reina 0.

The proud of Asia.

Manchester City 0-2 Everton

The Eastlanders have made the chase for fourth much more interesting after dropping full three points to the Toffees.

Despite City's domination in possession, Tim Cahill was the one who scored the first goal of the match.

Tim Howard performed various brilliant saves before Arteta eventually sealed the game 2-0 for them which allowed his team to get closer for Europa League aspirations.

"I'm unstoppable!"

All Games

Aston Villa was the loser of the week managing to only get 2 points from their possible 6.

Chelsea has officially lost their lead after a 1-1 draw with Blackburn, although they have quickly rebounded through a 5-0 demolition of Portsmouth.

Iain Dowie is nothing better than Phil Brown to be successfully reversed by Portsmouth 3-2.

Eidur Gudjohnsen benefited from Pavlyuchenko's injury as he was substituted in for the game and became the crucial factor for Tottenham's victory against Stoke City.

Arsenal achieved a tough victory against West Ham with Vermaelen being sent off and Bendtner being injured.

Wolverhampton is now almost freed from relegation crisis after snatching four points from this crucial gameweek.

Another hero of Tottenham emerged.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 31's One-Gamer

James Milner - 4 pts

He deserved a **** by fantasy managers for his ridiculously poor performance.

The Five-Gamers

Francesc Fabregas (Gw27-31)

Final Score: 42 pts, 10.5 pts per game

A true football master of his class.

Emiliano Insua (Gw28-32) - 6 pts*

Nothing much to be expected.

Nicklas Bendtner (Gw29-33) - 20 pts*

Substituted off due to injury.

James Milner (Gw30-34) - 16 pts*

Poor and poor and poor!

Carlos Tevez (Gw31-35) - 10 pts*

Satisfying.

*Provisional

Gw 31's Dream Team

Howard[14]

Baines[15] - Ivanovic[1] - Collins[3]

Milner(C)[8] - Arteta[22] - Malouda[17] - A Young[12]

Tevez[10] - Drogba[20] - Bendtner[4]

Substitutes (in order): Sorensen[2] - A Johnson[3] - Scharner[1] - Upson[1]

My Captain: Milner

Final Score: 126
Best Possible Score: 144

Starting 11 Value: £82.4m
Total Value: £103.0m

Verdict: Great choice of players, unfortunately the captain was so awful.

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Mikel Arteta - 22 pts
Everton is not the real Everton without him.

Fantasy Derby King Award
Ji Sung Park
The biggest victor of the week with his derby-winning goal.

Fantasy Rotten Apple Award
James Milner
He will score more points if he's a Wolves...

Fantasy Low EQ Award
Fernando Torres
Sorry Nando, but your act to kick the penalty spot is really a bad display to your fans.

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 31

2010-03-19T20:31:00.003+08:00

15 games this week! The most breath taking fantasy weekend which will very much decide how far you will go this season!

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

AST VS WOL [3-0]

EVE VS BOL [4-0]

POR VS HUL [2-1]

STO VS TOT [0-0]

SUN VS BIR [1-1]

WIG VS BUR [1-0]

ARS VS WHU [3-1]

MNU VS LIV [2-3]

FUL VS MNC [0-1]

BLA VS CHE [1-2]

WHU VS WOL [2-0]

AST VS SUN [2-0]

MNC VS EVE [2-2]

POR VS CHE [1-3]

BLA VS BIR [2-1]

Fantasy Focus

Analysis of big showdowns this gameweek.

Manchester United vs Liverpool

Prediction: 2-3

The hottest derby in the world is going to run again this weekend with the title contenders Manchester United the host this time.

Manchester United's form has always been on a red hot run throughout the season, which contrasts Rafa's army's shaky form a lot.

At so, why still predict the Merseysider Reds to shine?

Well, just as my last prediction of Manchester United-Liverpool encounter, spirit takes a big factor in such derbies. Liverpool is now starring as the biggest sentinel of all time, not only protecting their status as the usual top four of the year, but also as the most top flight league title holders of 18 times. These ambitions, when compared to Manchester United ones, can really ignite drive Liverpool much stronger than their biggest derby rivals.

The best thing about this game is the Rooney-Torres encounter which can really decide the whole outcome of the game. Rooney is a so complete striker who virtually play in any position upfront. However, he'll have problem getting past Javier Mascherano-the defensive beast, and jumping higher than Sotirios Kyrgiakos to perform his most accurate heading ever, unless Berbatov is performing at his best to draw the attention of Liverpool's defence.

Meanwhile, Torres is proven to be much superior against Vidic-Ferdinand duo, and unless they both performed at their very best, I don't think they can stop him. The Spanish star had already scored four in his last two games, which will give a big sign of fear to Sir Alex Ferguson. Not to be forgotten there's also Gerrard on his back - the deadly duo which had given the Red Devils much trauma during their last several encounters.

With nothing to lose, Liverpool will be much more determined and hence, as a Liverpool and Torres supporter I stand on their side this time. Let's enjoy this game and hope both Rooney and Torres will give us a lot of goals in our fantasy teams.

Hope that he won't become the culprit again...

Manchester City vs Everton

Prediction: 2-2

Champions League chaser Manchester City will host Everton on the replacement fixture taking place next midweek.

The Eastlanders are in a fluctuating form, with only two games won on their last five, while the Merseysiders are on a fine run of form after bouncing back from their early season misery.

I believe both sides will be even-stevens, with plenty of goals coming. Arteta is a must pick for me, while the likes like Carlos Tevez, Adam Johnson and Steven Pienaar are good addition to your squads as well.

So can Manchester City continue to push up to realise their top four aspirations? It's still a big riddle now but we all know that the outcome of this game may really much change their destiny...

Another couple of good displays and he should be on the way to South Africa.

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 31's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

James Milner - £8.4m

With two games on home, I think he will score more than Drogba who's two games away.

Gw 31's Five-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the next five gameweeks.

Carlos Tevez - £8.9m

Some moderate to easy fixtures coming after this gameweek double.

Gw 31's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the gameweek.

Howard

Baines - Ivanovic - Collins

Milner(C) - Arteta - Malouda - A Young

Tevez - Drogba - Bendtner

Substitutes (in order): Sorensen - A Johnson - Scharner - Upson

My Captain: Milner

Other Recommended Captains: Drogba

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value: £82.4m

Total Value: £103.0m

Fantasy Times

The latest football news to enrich your day.

Champions League: Mourinho's Revenge

Jose Mourinho has made a sweet revenge on Roman Abramovich as his side had won Chelsea 1-0 on Stamford Bridge to make it 3-1 in aggregate.

Samuel Eto'o scored the only goal of the match to make sure Inter proceeds to the last eight round of Champions League.

The outcome might be cause Chelsea to collapse, so beware when buying their players.

On the same round we also saw Barcelona easily scored four to take a step further than VfB Stuttgart.

"I should've still been the manager of Chelsea!"

Europa Cup: English Clubs Are Tough

Liverpool and Fulham prove that they are not an easy pie as they punished Lille and Juventus respectively to qualify for the round of last eight of Europa Cup.

Two goals from El Nino and another from Gerrard had saw the Reds recovered from their one goal deficit last week - and also gave Manchester United a big warning. Meanwhile, Fulham's reversal was much more dramatic with Trezeguet scored first to record a 4-1 aggregate for the Italian giants before the Cottagers eventually returned them four goals to win the round of 16.

You simply can't underestimate clubs from the most popular football league in the world...

Our missing on form Torres is back!

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 30

2010-03-18T00:35:00.002+08:00

A week of strikers with many popular picks scoring wild this gameweek!

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

TOT 3-1 BLA [3-0]

BIR 2-2 EVE [1-2]

BOL 4-0 WIG [3-1]

BUR 1-2 WOL [1-1]

CHE 4-1 WHU [2-0]

STO 0-0 AST [1-3]

HUL 1-2 ARS [1-4]

MNU 3-0 FUL [3-0]

SUN 1-1 MNC [2-2]

LIV 4-1 POR [3-0]

WIG 1-2 AST [1-2]

2 Perfect Score(s).

2 Correct Goal Difference(s).

4 Correct Outcome(s).

3 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: Rather brilliant!

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

All Games

Pavlyuchenko, Bendtner, Drogba, Rooney and Torres all performed spectacularly as they led their team for a crucial win respectively.

Bolton easily sunk Wigan 4-0, while an awful Manchester City playing on last weekend saw them luckily equalised Sunderland through wonder kid Adam Johnson on stoppage time.

Other than that, we also saw strong-willed Birmingham drawn Everton after being two goals behind of the Toffees and Burnley trapped further into the swamp of relegation after a defeat by Wolverhampton Wanderers.

While the double gamed Aston Villa only managed to get four out of six, with only one goal by Milner and another by an own goal.

Easily the best player of the week.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 30's One-Gamer

Fernando Torres - 19 pts

A perfect prediction! Unarguably the best this gameweek in both reality and fantasy perspective.

The Five-Gamers

Liam Ridgewell (Gw26-30)

Final Score: 10 pts, 2 pts per game

Birmingham is currently in an awful form of defence.

Francesc Fabregas (Gw27-31) - 32 pts*

Rested due to injury.

Emiliano Insua (Gw28-32) - 4 pts*

Too bad the defence was loose in final minutes.

Nicklas Bendtner (Gw29-33) - 16 pts*

He just can't stop.

James Milner (Gw30-34) - 12 pts*

A great start.

*Provisional

Gw 30's Dream Team

Reina[2]

Insua[2] - Corluka[5] - Collins[8]

Milner[12] - A Young[5] - N'Zogbia[6] - Modric[2]

Bendtner[11] - Torres(C)[38] - Rooney[13]

Substitutes (in order): Jensen[0] - Ivanovic[2] - Scharner[x] - Lee[6]

My Captain: Torres

Final Score: 104
Best Possible Score: 108

Starting 11 Value: £82.0m
Total Value: £102.0m

Verdict: Strong choice of forwards and captain. =)

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Fernando Torres - 19 pts
His assist to Aquilani is such a brilliant masterpiece.

Fantasy Lady Luck Award
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Everytime he performed an awful shot, there's another better chance for him to score.

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 30

2010-03-12T20:45:00.002+08:00

A double double coming for Aston Villa! Have you stock up their players?

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

TOT VS BLA [3-0]

BIR VS EVE [1-2]

BOL VS WIG [3-1]

BUR VS WOL [1-1]

CHE VS WHU [2-0]

STO VS AST [1-3]

HUL VS ARS [1-4]

MNU VS FUL [3-0]

SUN VS MNC [2-2]

LIV VS POR [3-0]

WIG VS AST [1-2]

Fantasy Focus

Analysis of big showdowns this gameweek.

Chelsea vs West Ham United

Prediction: 2-0

Chelsea will look forward to back to the summit for at least several hours when they face their derby rivals West Ham at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

Chelsea has been showing shaky form recently with the recent 2-4 defeat against Manchester City such a humiliating one. A quick rebound of the Blues is very much needed by Carlo Ancelotti.

Despite the Hammers' good history against them, I think Chelsea will have no choice but to win the game if they really want to pursue for the league trophy. Any points slipped from this fixture will be ultimately fatal.

Goalless in three games but that should end this week.

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 30's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Fernando Torres - £11.5m

The wet gunpowder should be dried already.

Gw 30's Five-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the next five gameweeks.

James Milner - £8.2m

Compact fixtures coming for Aston Villa.

Gw 30's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the gameweek.

Reina

Insua- Corluka - Collins

Milner - A Young - N'Zogbia - Modric

Bendtner - Torres(C) - Rooney

Substitutes (in order): Jensen - Ivanovic - Scharner - Lee

My Captain: Torres

Other Recommended Captains: Milner

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value: £82.0m

Total Value: £102.0m

Fantasy Times

The latest football news to enrich your day.

Unavailable.

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 29

2010-03-12T13:18:00.004+08:00

What a week for Arteta!

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

ARS 3-1 BUR [5-0]

WHU 1-2 BOL [2-1]

WOL 0-1 MNU [1-3]

EVE 5-1 HUL [3-0]

WIG 1-0 LIV [0-2]

POR 1-2 BIR [1-1]

SUN 4-0 BOL [1-1]

BUR 1-1 STO [1-0]

0 Perfect Score(s).

0 Correct Goal Difference(s).

3 Correct Outcome(s).

5 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: Disappointing.

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

All Games

Arsenal played a tough game to win Burnley 3-1, with Fabregas having minor injury during the game, while Ferguson's plan to rest Rooney was a success after a narrow win against Wolves.

Arteta made him a perfect day after his five star performance demolished Hull City 5-1. Meanwhile, Everton's derby rival Liverpool has their Champions League hopes greatly dented after a surprising defeat to Wigan.

Darren Bent was the man of Tuesday after scoring three goals passing through Bolton.

The king of Everton.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 28's One-Gamer

Francesc Fabregas - 6 pts

The expected top gun of the gameweek was unfortunately injured during the middle of the game.

The Five-Gamers

Ryan Nelsen (Gw24-28)

Final Score: 7 pts, 2.33 pts per game

Nothing to say.

Liam Ridgewell (Gw26-30) - 9 pts*

A victory without clean sheet.

Francesc Fabregas (Gw27-31) - 32 pts*

His marvel was blocked by an injury.

Emiliano Insua (Gw28-32) - 2 pts*

A bad day for Liverpool.

Nicklas Bendtner (Gw29-33) - 5 pts*

He's fantastic.

*Provisional

Gw 29's Dream Team

Reina[3]

Evra[6]- Vermaelen[2] - Insua[1]

Valencia[3] - Lee[8] - Fabregas(C)[12] - Pienaar[7] - Rodwell[6]

Bendtner[5] - Torres[1]

Substitutes (unused in order): Jensen[4] - Distin[2] - Bikey[1] - Rooney[x]

My Captain: Kuyt

Final Score: 54
Best Possible Score: 62

Starting 11 Value: £88.6m
Total Value: £105.5m

Verdict: Awful score to price ratio.

Fantasy Times
The latest football news to enrich your day.

Champions League: England's Dominance

Arsenal and Manchester United both shown England is still the major force of European football after demolishing Porto 5-0 and AC Milan 4-0 respectively.

Playing at Emirates Stadium, Arsenal was too strong for Porto to defend, which allowed Bendtner to complete his first hat-trick of his professional career and Nasri to complete a world class goal dribbling pass three defenders before an accurate narrow angle shot.

A day after at Old Trafford more than 70,000 of fans witnessed the complete breakdown of AC Milan in front of them. Wayne Rooney scored the first two and showed again his importance to Manchester United, with Park and Fletcher added the other two. The result eventually left Beckham who only got into the pitch at 64th minute with nothing but misery.

On the same matchday we have also seen the multibillion Real Madrid got knocked out by French giant Lyon. How sarcastic.

You can temporarily forget King Fab with him around.

Europa Cup: England's Misery

On the contrary of Arsenal and Manchester United, Liverpool and Fulham have both lost their first leg of Europa Cup.

LOSC Lille defeated the Reds at home through a lucky goal by Eden Hazard, while Juventus crushed Fulham in a classy way.

No longer the captain marvel we all know.

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Mikel Arteta - 18 pts
A very delighting performance.

Fantasy Big Bang Award
Darren Bent
Storm after the silence?

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 29

2010-03-05T18:01:00.002+08:00

Eight games only AGAIN with only 14 teams featuring. A massive headache for all.

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

ARS VS BUR [5-0]

WHU VS BOL [2-1]

WOL VS MNU [1-3]

EVE VS HUL [3-0]

WIG VS LIV [0-2]

POR VS BIR [1-1]

SUN VS BOL [1-1]

BUR VS STO [1-0]

Fantasy Focus

Analysis of big showdowns this gameweek.

Arsenal vs Burnley

Prediction: 5-0

Title chaser Arsenal is set to thrash Burnley this Saturday to climb back on top for at least few hours and also continue the journey for their brokeleg teammate Aaron Ramsey.

Based at Emirates, Burnley, the worst visitor ever, will have less than one trillionth of chance to snatch any point here, so you better don't hope anything from them in this game. It'll be no surprise for Fabregas or Bendtner to hat-trick.

Well, personally I think Brian Laws should go and do some analysis on League Championship rather than making unnecessary struggle to win Arsenal. A move like Mick McCarthy during the game against United will be a brilliant one.

"No, you can't stop me~"

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 29's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Francesc Fabregas - £12.1m

An very obvious, ultimately superior pick.

Gw 29's Five-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the next five gameweeks.

Nicklas Bendtner - £6.1m

He's fantastic.

Gw 29's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the gameweek.

Reina

Evra- Vermaelen - Insua

Valencia - Lee - Fabregas(C) - Pienaar

Bendtner - Torres - Rooney

Substitutes (in order): Jensen - Rodwell - Distin - Bikey

My Captain: Fabregas

Other Recommended Captains: Bendtner, Rooney, Torres

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value: £88.6m

Total Value: £105.5m

Note: Due to limited fixtures, I really don't know who should I drop in order to shift down the price. Sorry for the extravagance.

Fantasy Times

The latest football news to enrich your day.

Internationals: Peter Crouch strengthened his hopes to play in World Cup

England's game against Egypt was undoubtedly the most eye-catching game on Earth. On the bright side, Crouch scored a double - something which relieves most of England's fans as the national team is not trapped in Rooney one-man syndrome. On the dark side, Terry is still trapped in his shadow, Ferdinand is still injured and will never be his best anymore, Lescott is not the Lescott we have known in Everton...

Solve the defence, or otherwise World Cup will never be grabbed by you this summer my dear Capello...

The heaven cries with him.

No World Cup For You, Michael

Michael Owen is confirmed to miss the rest of the season - including his faint hopes of World Cup after scans on his hamstring.

After all his bitter effort to squeeze into Capello's squad, an injury snatch every single hope out from him. How melancholic it is.

Meanwhile, Rooney might not be featured in this Saturday's game due to "heavy pitch at Wembley", according to Sir Alex Ferguson. My question is, can he afford to rest him?

Officially a historical player for England.

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 28

2010-03-01T19:56:00.002+08:00

Chelsea got blasted heavily by Manchester City when Manchester United lifted their first cup happily. What a chance the Blues had wasted.

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

CHE 2-4 MNC [1-0]

BIR 1-0 WIG [1-0]

BOL 1-0 WOL [2-1]

BUR 1-2 POR [2-0]

STO 1-3 ARS [0-2]

TOT 2-1 EVE [1-1]

LIV 2-1 BLA [2-0]

SUN 0-0 FUL [1-2]

1 Perfect Score(s).

2 Correct Goal Difference(s).

1 Correct Outcome(s).

4 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: I just couldn't believe how terribly Chelsea lost. =(

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

Chelsea 2-4 Manchester City

It was Chelsea's turn to lose points after a humiliating wipeout by Manchester City.

The game started filled with the scent of gunpowder when Bridge refused to shake his hand with John Terry.

It was Lampard's show at first when he scored to lift the Blues ahead. However, the most marvelous City's hero Carlos Tevez took the game back to the starting point with his goal near the end of the first half before another City's superhero Craig Bellamy took the away side in front after the restart.

Then the Juliano Belletti made a stupid mistake by not only conceding a red card, but also awarding a penalty which was finished by Tevez without much fuss. Ballack then was sent off as well with his second yellow and with the two men advantage, Bellamy converted his second as well.

Lampard then also made his second from the spot at stoppage time but that didn't stop Chelsea from conceding their first home defeat of the season. It must be a sour time for Ancelotti - a lost to his Italian rival coach after a defeat to his Italian rival club.

"I'm sad. Anyone willing to treat me some pizza?"

The Rest

Liverpool couldn't get any closer to their fourth place rivals despite winning Blackburn 2-1 as Tottenham recorded a crucial win against Everton with the same scoreline while Manchester City already stomped Chelsea heavily a day before.

Arsenal made a famous comeback thrill winning Stoke City 3-1 thanks to the leaders in three playing line - Fabregas, Bendtner and Vermaelen.

You really have to love him with his fabulous performance since his return.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gw 28's One-Gamer

Dirk Kuyt - 2 pts

Clearly, Gerrard and Torres combo pushed him aside. Unfortunate.

The Five-Gamers

Didier Drogba (Gw24-28)

Final Score: 38 pts, 7.6 pts per game

A bad final game, but that doesn't erase all his wonderful performances before.

Ryan Nelsen (Gw25-29) - 7 pts*

Have no choice but to rest with his injury.

Liam Ridgewell (Gw26-30) - 7 pts*

Finally a clean sheet for Birmingham and him.

Francesc Fabregas (Gw27-31) - 26 pts*

Stunner!

Emiliano Insua (Gw28-32) - 1 pt*

Too bad he only managed to play due to Aurelio's injury.

*Provisional

Gw 28's Dream Team

Reina[4]

Johnson R[7]- Vermaelen[8] - Insua[1]

Duff[3] - Lee[6] - Fabregas[16] - Kuyt(C)[4]

Bendtner[11] - Drogba[2] - Donovan[1]

Substitutes (unused in order): Hart[6] - Eagles[1] - Bikey[2] - Ridgewell[5]

My Captain: Kuyt

Final Score: 63
Best Possible Score: 69

Starting 11 Value: £81.0m
Total Value: £98.6m

Verdict: Should have done better if correct captain was picked.

Fantasy Times
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League Cup: United's Glory

Congratulations to the Red Devils for successfully recrowned themselves as the League Cup champions.

James Milner opened the scoreline at Wembley Stadium in early minutes. However, the day belonged to United with an equaliser by Michael Owen before substitute Wayne Rooney added the crucial victory goal at 74th minute.

Hence Manchester United has became the first club to lift League Cup title two in a row since Premier League's establishment. And they could only be happier with Chelsea losing their league game a day before...

Might not playing for England this Wednesday with some minor injury.

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Francesc Fabregas - 16 pts
Fantastically the god.

Fantasy Resurgence Award
Fernando Torres
Just one full game and you can already see how much impact he has when he's around.

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 28

2010-02-25T21:34:00.004+08:00

Only eight games this week. Do you need transfers?

Fantasy Predictor

My predictions for games this gameweek.

CHE VS MNC [1-0]

BIR VS WIG [1-0]

BOL VS WOL [2-1]

BUR VS POR [2-0]

STO VS ARS [0-2]

TOT VS EVE [1-1]

LIV VS BLA [2-0]

SUN VS FUL [1-2]

Fantasy Focus

Analysis of big showdowns this gameweek.

Chelsea vs Manchester City

Prediction: 1-0

It's a tough game for Chelsea in their search to extend the lead to four points again as Manchester City will play them at Stamford Bridge this Saturday.

Ancelotti's side had just lost to Inter Milan on UCL, whereas Mancini's army was knocked out of FA Cup.

Tevez is said to be definitely playing this game, and this will be a big factor in deciding the outcome of the game.

But still, they have mere chance at Stamford Bridge. The Lions are inconsistent at away, but at home, it's a totally different story...

Are they invincible?

Tottenham Hotspur vs Everton

Prediction: 1-1

On fire Everton will be looking to crush yet another big club - away from home against Tottenham.

The Toffees have back to back wins against league leaders Chelsea and Manchester United - showing strong offences. Their midfield maestro, Mikel Arteta, is slowly finding back his touches and had already contributed one assist on last game. Not to be forgotten the abundance of talented attackers at Everton such as Louis Saha, Diniyar Bilyaletdinov, Steven Pienaar, the superloan Landon Donovan and much more.

On the other hand, Tottenham has bounced from their dip of form following two straight victories against Wigan and Bolton. Third striker, Roman Pavlyuchenko, has shown fantastic form in these two games and it'll be no surprise if he started the game this Sunday.

It'll be quite an interesting match-up. If Tottenham wins, it'll be a strong foundation for their top four sprint; if Everton wins, they'll be very close to seventh place - the gateway to Europe.

Surely nobody will want a draw, but I think it'll be highly possible.

"Please stay Donovan!"

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gw 28's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Dirk Kuyt - £9.4m

With Liverpool at home and Torres still not good enough in terms of fitness, he's the man.

Gw 28's Five-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the next five gameweeks.

Emiliano Insua - £6.2m

I see clean sheetsss coming...

Gw 28's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the gameweek.

Reina

Johnson R- Vermaelen - Insua

Duff - Lee - Fabregas - Kuyt(C)

Bendtner - Drogba - Donovan

Substitutes (in order): Hart - Eagles - Bikey - Ridgewell

My Captain: Kuyt

Other Recommended Captains: Fabregas, Drogba

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value: £81.0

Total Value: £98.6

Fantasy Times

Europa Cup: Liverpool and Fulham Got Through, Everton Exited

Fulham earned a crucial 1-1 draw to pass through the next round of Europa Cup, meeting the Italian giants Juventus, while a great display from Gerrard, Benayoun and Babel saw Liverpool beating Unirea 3-1 away from home.

Unfortunately, the giant killer Everton failed to get into the round of 16 after a bad 0-3 defeat by Sporting Lisbon.

One interesting thing to note, with only Manchester United and Chelsea the only two top seven Liverpool need to fight for, this is the golden moment to stock in Liverpool players in your fantasy team as most of the key players are recovered from injuries. The same applies to Arsenal, who has only Manchester City and Tottenham to be considered tough on the rest of their league fixtures.

"Praise me!"

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 27

2010-02-24T16:09:00.007+08:00

One of the higher average score gameweek. Are you dropping from the pack?

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score predictions. Correct Results are bolded.

Score [Prediction]

EVE 3-1 MNU [1-1]

ARS 2-0 SUN [2-0]

WHU 3-0 HUL [1-0]

WOL 0-2 CHE [1-2]

POR 1-2 STO [2-1]

BLA 3-0 BOL [2-0]

AST 5-2 BUR [3-0]

FUL 2-1 BIR [2-0]

MNC 0-0 LIV [0-1]

WIG 0-3 TOT [0-1]

MNU 3-0 WHU [3-0]

2 Perfect Score(s).

1 Correct Goal Difference(s).

5 Correct Outcome(s).

3 Incorrect Outcome(s).

Verdict: Good prophecy? =P

Fantasy Commentary

Summary of interesting matches this gameweek.

Everton 3-1 Manchester United

Everton had indeed ruined United's hope to climb to the top of the table after giving them a painful 1-3 defeat at home.

Berbatov scored the first goal of the game to give United the lead, but immediately after that Bilyaletdinov equalised and left Everton to dominate the rest of the game.

Two Everton's youngsters - Gosling and Rodwell then added one goal each to give Moyes a sensational back-to-back victory against Chelsea and United.

And now that they are one step closer to Europa League spot, there's a big possibility they can overcome the early season deficits and grab the seventh place...

I think Everton's academy has already outclassed West Ham's.

The Rest

Both Chelsea and Arsenal took the advantage of United's slip down to record 2-0 victory against Wolves and Sunderland respectively.

Aston Villa gave a big lesson to Burnley with a five goal showdown, while Pavlyuchenko's brace gave Tottenham another emphatic victory against Wigan.

Manchester City were boringly held goalless by Liverpool as the race for fourth is still a big question mark.

An important piece of Redknapp suddenly.

Fantasy Report Card

Results of my fantasy line-ups.

Gameweek 27's One-Gamer

Wayne Rooney - 15 pts

Shocked us in his first game, but luckily he found back his touch in his second.

The Five-Gamers

Charles N'Zogbia (Gw23-27)

Final Score: 23 pts, 3.83 pts per game

Not brilliant, but decent.

Didier Drogba (Gw24-28) - 36 pts*

Incredible!

Ryan Nelsen (Gw25-29) - 7 pts*

Unfortunately got injured when Blackburn secured a clean sheet.

Liam Ridgewell (Gw26-30) - 2 pts*

A downturn for Birmingham sadly.

Francesc Fabregas (Gw27-31) - 10 pts*

Great!

*Provisional

Gameweek 27's Dream Team

Van der Sar[1]

Nelsen[1] - Hangeland[2] - Vermaelen[6] - Evra[7]

Milner[13] - Fabregas[10] - Duff[8]

Drogba[13] - Rooney(C)[30] - Diamanti[7]

Substitutes (in order): Green[9] - N'Zogbia[2] - Upson[7] - O'Hara[1]

Final Score: 98
Best Possible Score: 112

My Captain: Rooney
Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value:
£86.2m
Team Value: £106.9m

Verdict: Just nice.

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Champions League: Mourinho's Revenge

Jose Mourinho finally completed his vengeance towards Chelsea after successfully defeating them 2-1 at San Siro.

Diego Milito shocked the visitors after scoring a fine goal in as early as 3rd minute. Kalou made the score fair at 51st minute but it only gave the home side four minutes of worry as Cambiasso scored the winning goal at 55th minute.

The result left Mourinho with a sense of pride; while Ancelotti could not escape the bitter of losing to Inter even he is now coaching at England...

Brilliant.

FA Cup: Trophyless City

Manchester City became the latest club to declare themselves trophyless after being knocked out by Stoke City in extra time.

The replay had also saw Adebayor to be sent off at 82nd minute, which proved to be lethal to City's progress of FA Cup.

Now, the club composed of billions of pounds has to end their trophy hunt in as early as February... How pathetic.

On the contrary, Tottenham and Aston Villa both qualified to the next round of FA Cup thanks to the marvel of Roman Pavlyuchenko and John Carew.

Pity.

Fantasy Awards
A list of credits (embarrassments) to players.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award
Antonio Valencia - 16 pts
Great performance.

Fantasy Emergence Award
Roman Pavlyuchenko
Four goals in two games. Unbelievable.

Pre-Match Analysis: Gameweek 27

2010-02-19T13:25:00.002+08:00

Another gameweek double for our fantasy favourite Wayne Rooney!

Fantasy Predictor

My prediction for matches this week.

EVE VS MNU [1-1]

ARS VS SUN [2-0]

WHU VS HUL [1-0]

WOL VS CHE [1-2]

POR VS STO [2-1]

BLA VS BOL [2-0]

AST VS BUR [3-0]

FUL VS BIR [2-0]

MNC VS LIV [0-1]

WIG VS TOT [0-1]

MNU VS WHU [3-0]

Fantasy Focus

Analysis of big showdowns this week.

Everton vs Manchester United

Prediction: 1-1

Everton will be looking forward to snatch points from United when they clash at Goodison Park this Saturday.

Saha is on a hot streak and should be determined to punish his former club, while Manchester United had just fought their best with AC Milan and is going to battle Aston Villa for the final of League Cup on the coming midweek.

With these factors I think Everton will have a big chance to dent United's league title hope.

Exhausted?

Manchester City vs Liverpool

Prediction: 0-1

Liverpool will find their best chance to secure their fourth place at this Sunday as they visit to Manchester City for a crucial battle for Champions League spot.

The reds had a narrow win against Unirea Urziceni on Europa Cup first leg, while Mancini's battallion had got a goal in final minutes to share a point with Stoke City on the replacement fixture this midweek.

For me, I think experience will be a big factor in such games and hence I back the on form Liverpool.

Welcome to snatch points as well?

Fantasy Line-Ups

My recommendations to boost your fantasy scores.

Gameweek 27's One-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the gameweek.

Wayne Rooney - £12.2m

He's just so tempting with two games on hand.

Gameweek 27's Five-Gamer

My highly anticipated top pointer of the next five gameweeks.

Francesc Fabregas - £11.8m

Grab him fast before his value rises.

Gameweek 27's Dream Team

My favourite squad of the week.

Van der Sar

Nelsen - Hangeland - Vermaelen - Evra

Milner - Fabregas - Duff

Drogba - Rooney(C) - Diamanti

Substitutes (in order): Green - N'Zogbia - Upson - O'Hara

My Captain: Rooney

Other Recommended Captains: Fabregas

Emergency Captain Strategy: Value

Starting 11 Value:

£86.2m

Team Value: £106.9m

Note: I found all the expensive ones in the squad are indispensable. Sorry if you can't afford that.

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Champions League and Europa Cup Round-Up

Manchester United won 3-2 against Milan in a dramatic match-up at San Siro. Rooney was the man of the day with two brilliant header passed into the net before Ronaldinho's opener and Scholes fishy shot. Seedorf grabbed the second for Milan in final moments to make the second leg much more interesting.

Meanwhile, Arsenal lost to Porto 1-2, Real Madrid continued the non-winning streak against Lyon with a 0-1 defeat and Bayern grabbed the advantage to proceed into next round with a 2-1 victory against Fiorentina.

As for Europa Cup, Liverpool defeated Unirea Urziceni 1-0 at home and Fulham won 2-1 against Shaktar Donetsk at home as well.

A disappointing night for him...

Post-Match Analysis: Gameweek 26

2010-02-17T21:43:00.005+08:00

I'll make it a short one as I am busy. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Fantasy Scoresheet

Results of my score prediction.

Final Score [Prediction]

*Correct Outcomes Are Bolded.

MANC 2-0 BOL [2-0]
POR 1-1 SUN [1-2]
WIG 1-1 STO [0-2]
FUL 3-0 BUR [2-0]
ARS 1-0 LIV [1-1]
AST 1-1 MANU [1-1]
WHU 2-0 BIR [1-2]
WOL 1-0 TOT [0-3]
BLA 1-0 HUL [1-0]
EVE 2-1 CHE [0-2]
STO 1-1 MANC [0-1]
WIG 0-0 BOL [2-1]

3 Perfect Result(s)

0 Correct Goal Difference(s)

1 Correct Outcome(s)

8 Incorrect Outcome(s)

Verdict: Nothing much to be complaint about... 3 perfect scores!

Fantasy Commentary

My view towards matches played this week.

All Games

Arsenal is now a step back into the title race after a crucial win against Liverpool who was seven games unbeaten before that. Manchester United dropped two points thanks to Nani's ridiculous two legged tackle but fortunately Chelsea performed badly to lose all three points to Everton with mighty Saha scored both for the Merseysiders.

The race for fourth is still as exciting as before following a unacceptable loss by Tottenham to one of the relegation pack Wolves. Meanwhile, Manchester City was unable to take full advantage of the slipping of all their contenders after with four points taken from six possible.

Fulham got a controversial win against Stoke City, while West Ham got a much needed victory against Birmingham who was unbeatable not long before...

I'll leave it to you for the rest of the games...

The punisher of Chelsea.

Fantasy Report Card
Results of my fantasy line-ups.

GW26's One-Gamer
The highly expected top achiever of the gameweek.

Emmanuel Adebayor - 8 pts
Acceptable.

Five-Gamers

Carlos Tevez (GW22-26)
Final Score: 14 pts
Average Points per Game: 3.5 pts
A rather disappointing result.

Charles N'Zogbia (GW23-27) [21 pts - provisional]
12 points. Good double gamer.

Didier Drogba (GW24-28) [23 pts - provisional]
Satisfactory effort from him.

Ryan Nelsen (GW25-29) [6 pts - provisional]
An okay result.

Liam Ridgewell (GW26-30) [1 pt - provisional]
Acceptable defeat.

GW26's Best Line-Up

My preferred squad of the week.

Given(10)

Shawcross(3) --- Bale(2) --- A Cole(1)

N'Zogbia(12) --- Etherington(7) --- Mascherano(2) --- Petrov M(1)

Drogba(5) --- Rooney(5) --- Adebayor(C)(16)

---Subs (in order): Sorensen(4), Hangeland(6), Duff(6), Nelsen(5)---

Captain: Adebayor

Final Score: 64

Best Possible Score: 81

Team Value: £99.9m

Starting XI Value: £79.3m

Verdict: Incredible bench score again!

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The latest premier league news to enrich your day.

Journalist on leave.

Fantasy Awards
Some rewards and punishments to players who performed and did not perform this week.

Fantasy Top-Gun Award

Paul Scharner (14 pts)
A big surprise.

Fantasy Reaper Award

Louis Saha (11 pts)
A wonderful day for him.