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Fantasy Football – Gameweek 15

Our friends over at Fantasy Yirma provide their picks for Gameweek 15. Gameweek 15 preview: The case for the defence – Volume II After our Gameweek 8 focus on some of the men who ply their trade at the back, the case for the defence has been reopened ahead of a weekend which is likely to […]

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Redknapp has a point to prove at QPR

It’s difficult to tell who will be the most relieved party after QPR moved to replace Mark Hughes with Harry Redknapp in the most predictable managerial change of the season. …Redknapp knows that at 65, the opportunity to take over at QPR may be the last top-flight role in his career. He will also feel […]

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Fantasy Football – Gameweek 14

Games are coming thick and fast now with football fans getting an extra treat with action during midweek. Gameweek 14 is already upon us and our friends over at Fantasy Yirma provide their selections. Gameweek 14 preview: Time for some Silva service? The first solely midweek Gameweek of the season could be one to separate the […]

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The Best XI To Have Never Won The Premier League

They were good enough to win the Premiership, but never quite managed it. Here is a list of the greatest XI of players that have never picked up a Premier League winners medal. Newcastle United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Tottenham Hotspur players all feature in the best XI to have never won the Premier […]

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Arsenal sign £150m deal with Emirates

Arsenal have announced a new five-year deal with Emirates worth £150 million. The contract with the international airline, worth £30 million a year, includes shirt sponsorship until the end of the 2018/2019 season, as well as stadium naming rights until 2029. The Emirates brand will also continue appearing on Arsenal’s training kits, while the new […]

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Juan matters more this season

Juan Mata has had a great year, guiding Chelsea towards the club’s first Champions League trophy and scoring the last goal that helped Spain lift this summer’s European Championship. The Spaniard’s contribution to his club was phenomenal last season, during which he scored 12 goals & assisted another 20, in all competitions. In the 2012/13 […]

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Fantasy Football – Gameweek 13

As usual, the good folks at Fantasy Yirma provide their excellent Fantasy Football insight. Here are their picks for Gameweek 13. Gameweek 13 preview: Biting the hand that used to feed him? Running into an ex is never the most comfortable of experiences, but it usually makes you want to prove that you’re doing well for […]

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Pretty football and the Nash equilibrium

Ignore Barcelona. Ignore Spain. Ignore 1982 Brazil, Total Football Holland, and the Invincibles. What if the real footballing lesson about aspiration and beauty lies not in art, but in economics? This I have learned from John Forbes Nash, the Nobel Laureate depicted by Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind. In the movie version, Crowe/Nash advises […]

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The man who can run a game with his chest

The Belgians have taken the Premier League by storm and there is one man in particular who is leading the way – Marouane Fellaini. It can even be argued that the towering midfielder was partially responsible for Manchester United losing the title to Man City last year given the way he almost single-handledly brought Everton […]

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Fantasy Football – Gameweek 12

Our friends over at Fantasy Yirma provide their picks for Gameweek 12. Gameweek 12 preview: Big points for the Little Pea? Did you all enjoy that international break as much as Zlatan Ibrahimovic did? Thought not. Do you want us to get on with the real stuff again then? Thought so. When we left the Premier […]

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