Not Again...

Bad news all round:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8591081.stm

United's misery was made complete when Rooney limped off with an ankle injury.

And the England striker's injury could yet prove to be the major story of the night, with the 24-year-old apparently in severe pain after turning over on his ankle in the build-up to Bayern's winner. 

As an England fan, I remember this all too well.

Cheers,
AM

The Blog Cup - Quarter Final Results

Before I reveal the 10 team progressing to the semi finals of The Blog Cup, I'd like to quickly round up Week 28 having not had the chance to post in the past 48 hours.

Sunday began with Blackburn travelling to Burnley, a midday kick-off to prevent the supporters drinking all day & trying to fight each other.

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Week 28 - Saturday

Saturday saw another twist in the title race as Chelsea & Man Utd improved their goal differences dramatically while Arsenal were held at Birmingham. Arsenal are now 4 points (technically 5 with goal difference) behind the leaders & face an uphill battle once again.

Perhaps the most surprising thing was the victories for the top 2 came without Drogba & Rooney respectively - great news for the clubs that they got some rest but terrible news for fantasy managers, especially those with both players.

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Week 28 - My Team

Myhill

Ferreira  Berra  Bale

Arteta  Modric  Bullard  Malouda

Bendtner  Tevez  Torres

I found it quite tough to pick my team this week, especially after news of Pavlyuchenko's tight hamstring ruined the plans for my strike force, but I've settled on a team I'm quite happy with.

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Week 28 - Player Picks

I'm buzzing this morning. Last night was massive for Tottenham as they progressed past Fulham in to the FA Cup semi finals after a scintillating 2nd half fight back, with the added bonus of Man City & Villa dropping points in winnable home games in the Premier League.

On top of this, Week 27 has been the most successful week I've had since I started the blog last July.

A large proportion of the players I recommended did superbly (including all top 10 point scorers for the week, shown above) & for once I actually took my own advice, picked a fair few of them up & ended on 212.5 points as 6 goals last night moved me in to the Top 500 for the first time this season.

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Week 27 - Tuesday

A terrible night for West Ham United & Gianfranco Zola as they crashed to an embarrassing 3-1 home defeat to Wolves in the only Premier League game of the evening.

Hammers fans streamed out of the ground once the 3rd goal went in after just 65 minutes, chants of "You're Not Fit To Wear The Shirt" echoed round the ground & deafening boos greeted the full time whistle. It doesn't get much worse & West Ham are in real trouble.

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Week 27 - Sunday

After an excellent day on Saturday, I was brought back down to earth on Sunday as my four players (Drogba, Malouda, Terry & Adam Johnson) scored just 25 points between them.

All Premier League teams have now played once this week & I find myself on 108.5 points for the week, in 590th position overall. With Warnock, Terry, Milner, Johnson, Malouda, Arteta, Carew & Drogba to go it could still be a monster week so I shouldn't complain.

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Week 27 - Saturday

Another fantastic day of Premiership action brought loads of goals, a great win for Spurs & a lot of points as 7 of the players in my weekly picks post ended up in the top 11 points scorers for the week so far.

The day started at Villa Park as Wolves held Aston Villa to a 2-2 draw, with 2 goals for Carew, an own goal from Milner & 1 for Jody Craddock. Ashley Young grabbed great points but there was big disappointment for those who splashed the cash on Friedel.

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