Bobby Zamora is doing his best to make Fulham fans and us fantasy managers forget last season. The much-maligned Bobby Z was the unlikely hero as Fulham became the first Premier League club to take to the field in a competitive match. He scored one and provided two assists, as Hodgson’s side ran out 3-0 [...]
Yesterday’s pre-season events were dominated by Antonio Valencia’s debut for United. He wasted no time in promoting himself in the thoughts of Alex Ferguson, or indeed, us fantasy managers, by firing United’s second goal on 42 minutes in a 2-1 win over Boca Juniors. Earlier, Valencia’s fleet-footed dribbling had earned the free-kick that was sublimely [...]
Tuesday’s warm-ups offered us fantasy managers the chance to assess likely budget talent as Wigan, Bolton, Burnley and Wolves saw action – with varying degrees of success…
The exhaustive round-up of pre-season friendlies ends with a less than manic Monday. Just a couple of games, which saw both Arsenal and Portsmouth cut loose on the goal front. The Gunners slaying Hungarian outfit Szombathely Haladas, while Portsmouth hit six past the might of non-league Eastleigh. Nothing to get carried away about then but [...]
If everyday really was like Sunday then Birmingham are already down, United are already Champions and Tottenham…well they’ve got ideas above their station again. Mmm…maybe there’s something in this? Here’s some notes on Sunday’s pre-season games…
Continuing the round-up of recent friendly fixtures, let’s move on to Saturday’s games which found Man City, Everton, Stoke and Villa all slipping to defeats and thousands disgruntled fans leaving grounds muttering that pre-season friendlies mean nothing…
Distracted with technical tweaking behind the scenes and with so many friendlies taking place over the last few days, I’ve a lot to catch up on. So let’s start working through those notable pre-season games, starting with Friday’s matches…
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