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The 2011 Asian Cup is fast approaching and, although fixtures such as North Korea against Iraq sound more like political hot potatoes than games of football, the tournament will come as a blow to Fantasy Managers as a host of players are plucked away, potentially missing the entire month of January.

A new version of the Members' Season Ticker is now up and running. There is a new version of the next six ticker on the main site and an update to the full ticker in the Members area. The ticker now includes double Gameweek display and a few new exciting features exclusively for our Members to enjoy...

The podcast returns and Mark makes a Bale appeal and gets a Bale refusal and for now is still a custodian to the assist rules of the FPL. Oh, Bales! Still though, he's served his time well having pulled back my precious lead, thanks to his Liverpool defendants. It's a fair Kop Guv. Of course, as with any turn of fortune for Mark, witness a flip side as Granny's miffed makes an unwelcome return for the prosecution...

Seven wins later and we have the final four in the Fantasy Football Scout Cup III, sponsored by ...

187th in the world. Let me just say that again, 187th in the world!! I’m getting a serious ...

We've had a frenzied seven days. Three Gameweeks have passed so quickly that a team’s run of good fixtures may now have transformed into a nightmare schedule, and vice versa of course. Take a breath then, crack out your "Season Ticker", and let’s stroll through the hot and cold spells ahead as we build up to the hectic Christmas programme...

Given that West Ham currently sit rooted to the bottom of the Premier League, it may seem an act of folly to cast an eye over their players, but a run of games for the Hammers that reads (WBA, BLP, liv, WIG, sun, MCY) means they are at least worth considering. With Avram Grant’s side managing just one clean sheet since the start of the season, it’s perhaps wise to steer clear of defensive options, so, instead, we take a look at their front three: Frédéric Piquionne, Carlton Cole and Victor Obinna...

If ever a game summed up a player, surely Sunday's match between West Brom and Manchester City showed us all the two sides of City's prodigious striker Mario Balotelli. The Italian rewarded the faith of his manager with two goals in six minutes in only his second start in the Premier League. Unfortunately for Mancini, Balotelli made the transformation from hero to villain with a straight red card in the second-half for a reckless kick during a tangle with Youssouf Mulumbu.

The fourth round draw for the Fantasy Football Scout Cup III, sponsored by Paddy Power, has been made ...

Having only scored two league goals prior to this season, Alex Song was virtually the last player in the Arsenal team expected to find the net with anything approaching regularity this time round. However, the Gunners man has surpassed all expectations with three goals in the nine games he’s played in already...