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Back with a bang 0

Back with a bang

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Didier Drogba’s spectacular return to the Premiership has left Neil Sherwin no option but to take a four point hit to get the Chelsea man back in his Fantasy Football team. It was simply a sensational comeback. Didier Drogba gunned down Arsenal with a stunning first half display having been absent from the league for [...]

United front 1

United front

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A disatrous gameweek has seen Ruining Football slide down the Fantasy Football standings. This week we’ve invested heavily in Manchester United going to town on Portsmouth at Old Trafford. After a quite horrific gameweek that culminated in just 36 points, desperate measures have been taken to get things back on track. Into the side comes [...]

Double Deutch 0

Double Deutch

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The midweek action centred around damage limitation for Ruining Football with only eight players involved, while Chelsea’s double gameweek means Michael Ballack is an important figure this weekend. The signing of Michael Ballack paid off almost immediately as the German performed well in Chelsea’s comfortable 3-0 win over Birmingham, claiming an assist and a clean [...]

One man show 0

One man show

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Wayne Rooney’s stunning double gameweek was the main factor behind Ruining Football’s move into the top 10,000 for the first time this season. The Manchester United striker was in sublime form with five goals in just two games, and if you didn’t have him as captain then you would have been watching on with envy [...]

Straight swap up top 0

Straight swap up top

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With six teams playing twice this gameweek there are plenty of fantasy football points up for grabs, though Fernando Torres won’t be responsible for any of them. An injury to Liverpool striker Fernando Torres has meant that there was no choice but to use this week’s transfer to get in a replacement. The Spaniard needs [...]

Fixture Freeze 0

Fixture Freeze

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The weather has played havoc with this week’s Premier League fixtures, and left fantasy football managers scrambling to put out a full side. At the time of writing there are only four Premiership games still going ahead after the Wigan v Aston Villa clash was called off this morning. This leaves Ruining Football with a [...]

Concentrating on the league 0

Concentrating on the league

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Dumped out of the Fantasy Cup at the second hurdle, Ruining Football now just have the league to focus on with a double gameweek meaning there are big points up for grabs. The Fantasy Cup is essentially a lottery. That might sound like the bitter musings of someone who just lost to a team 1.5 [...]

Boxing Day bonanza 0

Boxing Day bonanza

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The hectic festive season kicks off this weekend with a full compliment of Premiership fixtures, making it a busy time for fantasy football managers. The Fantasy Cup kicked off last weekend and Ruining Football progressed comfortably 47-34 against English side Buyher Lederhosen, and now take on totalloeb from Malaysia. A decent return of 1o points [...]

Panic on the streets of London 0

Panic on the streets of London

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Cesc Fabregas’ midweek injury has seen almost a quarter of a million managers transfer the Arsenal star out of their fantasy football team. BFP’s Neil Sherwin is not one of them. Ten days. That’s how long Arsenal believe that Cesc Fabregas will be out for following his early departure from Wednesday’s game with Burnley, yet [...]

A walk on the wild side 0

A walk on the wild side

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Despite an excellent gameweek, it’s wildcard time for Ruining Football with the busy Christmas period just around the corner. After some less than satisfactory performances lately we finally picked things up in Gameweek 16 to finish with a good total of 74 points, thanks in large part to a superb return from skipper Didier Drogba. [...]