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United v City: Three Fantasy Football Strategies

No doubts about which is the biggest game in the Premier League this weekend: Birmingham City vs. Stoke City, obviously. Just kidding. It’s Manchester United versus Manchester City in the more relevant than ever Manchester derby. With United in first and City five points behind in third (and second placed Arsenal hosting Wolves) this game…

The Soccerlens All-Stars Fantasy Football Team. Can You Beat Them?

I’m laying down a challenge. I’ve picked my 11 players for week 11 of the Soccerlens fantasy football game. I’ll be entering the team at the Silver level and competing for the $40 in weekly prize money, but am also challenging you to try and beat me. My team is below, and my reasons for…

The Evolution of Fantasy Football: From Crumpled Tabloids to Online Auctions

Fantasy football is changing. Let me take you all the way back to the ’90s, and my very first venture into fantasy football. The internet as we know it was yet to be invented, and so selecting my team involved a crumpled copy of a well known tabloid newspaper, entering player codes into a premium…

Fantasy Football: Goal Scoring Midfielders and Local Derbies

Every one loves a goal scoring midfielder. Cheslea fans love Frank Lampard, Liverpool fans worship Steven Gerrard, Arsenal fans adore Cesc Fabregas. But goals from midfield are even more important in the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game, because while a striker’s goal is worth three points, a midfielder’s goal is worth four. Eat it strikers. If…

Liam Ridgewell and Samir Nasri Lead the Fantasy Football Team of the Week

Week nine of the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game did not go as planned. My team finished joint fifth, well outside the top three and the prize money. Chelsea’s Ashley Cole and Birmingham’s Ben Foster scored points for clean sheets and Spurs’ midfielder Rafael van der Vaart picked up points for his goal, but Didier Drogba failed…

Fantasy Football: Tevez, Drogba, Berbatov and other Premier League top scorers

Week nine of the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game is approaching. If you want to win some of the week nine prize money, then you need to know which players are likely to score points. Last week we listed the 11 players with the most Premier League assists, this week we’re listing the top scorers. So,…

Fantasy Football: Why Charles N’Zogbia is more important than Tevez, Cahill and Cole combined

There are certain players you can rely on in the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game. Guys you can select for your team and then all but guarantee they won’t let you down. So you just pick those players and win the weekly fantasy football cash prize, right? Wrong. Because chances are that everyone else knows about…

Fantasy Football: Nani and Drogba are the most generous players in the Premier League

The international break is over and so both the Premier League and the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game return to action this weekend. I’m on a roll, having won $25 prize money in week seven, and am all set to win some more in week eight. Hopefully. One thing I’ve learned about the Soccerlens Fantasy Football…

England team to face Montenegro, picked using Fantasy Football

The Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game isn’t just a fun way to compete against other football fans and win some prize money. It’s also the next England manager. Or it could be. I’ve been poking around the fantasy football stats and have selected an England team to face Montenegro based on highest average weekly score in…

10 Unsung Fantasy Football Heroes of the Premier League

We recently listed the best performing fantasy players in the Soccerlens Fantasy Football Game, and the top 10 featured a lot of familiar faces. Chelsea’s Didier Drogba, Manchester United’s Nani, and so on. Not a surprise, and most players know these players will deliver value. For example, Didier Drogba featured in 66% of all teams…