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Fantasy Football GW38 preview: Santi to shine as the curtain falls?

Submitted by: Fantasy Yirma:  Fantasy Football GW38 preview: Santi to shine as the curtain falls?   Mini-leagues are being furiously checked and the points difference between you and your rivals are being totted up. It’s the final day of the season. Unlike the Premier League this one was always destined to go down to the […]

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Fantasy Football GW37 preview: Walcott to worsen Wigan’s woes?

Submitted by: Fantasy Yirma:  Fantasy Football GW37 preview: Walcott to worsen Wigan’s woes?  With next season already promising to be hugely different given the dramatic developments at Old Trafford this week, cherishing this campaign suddenly looks to be even more important. For Wigan Athletic, that seems to ring true more than loudly than for others. The […]

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Where would each EPL club be without its top scorer?

Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini said the date United really won the Premier League title was 17 August 2012 – the day they signed Robin van Persie from Arsenal. “We wanted Van Persie because we knew he could be an important player,” Mancini admitted . “He has changed their situation, he is the difference between […]

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Real Madrid usurp Manchester United as richest club in the world

Read Madrid have usurped Manchester United as the richest football club on the planet for the first time since Forbes magazine began their rankings in 2004. The Red Devils have sat at the top of the list for nine years in a row but Jose Mourinho’s men are now worth $135 million more (€103m) at […]

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Fantasy Football – Gameweek 33

Our friends over at Fantasy Yirma provide their picks for Gameweek 33. Gameweek 33 Preview: Arsenal pair can offer double delight The business end of the season has already both approached and made its presence felt, and as if that wasn’t ramping up the pressure enough this Gameweek has an added element of complications about it. […]

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Is the Champions League now Bayern’s to lose?

There was a palpable feeling of inevitability as Mario Mandzukic slotted home Bayern Munich’s killer first away goal against Juventus on Wednesday night. They had simply been the best team on the night just as they were eight days earlier at the Allianz Arena, proving worthy 2-0 winners in both legs. And if the oft-used […]

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Why Benítez could yet end up as manager of the year

In the wake of guiding Chelsea past Manchester United and into the FA Cup semi-finals, Rafael Benítez was asked whether he’d like a little recognition for his efforts. “I don’t need credit,” came the deadpan reply. “The players and staff were happy and the fans were pleased. I’m quite happy with that.” Benítez has his […]

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EPL Myths | Arsenal can’t defend? Suarez not big game player? United scoring more?

  In the 21st century the media is more prevalent than ever. There’s the traditional broadsheets of course, but now there are blogs, fanzines, television shows from every country, and pundits. Everybody’s a pundit. Of course in the 21st century information is also more readily accessible than ever before, which means that theoretically, all this conjecture should […]

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Roberto Mancini – An Insightful Interview

The Manchester City manager reveals his future plans – working as a football director and managing England – and talks about transfer targets and his long bike rides around Cheshire. Roberto Mancini is thinking back to his childhood and trying to remember if there was ever a time when he was not quite so obsessed […]

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Fantasy Football – Gameweek 27

Looking for some valuable FPL insight? Our friends over at Fantasy Yirma provide their picks for Gameweek 27. Gameweek 27 preview: Giroud to lift the Gunners’ gloom? Liverpool eventually delivered for Fantasy bosses on their Double Gameweek, but the absences of Luis Suarez, Steven Gerrard and Daniel Sturridge this time around will have those managers looking […]

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