Manchester United Robin van Persie was supposed to be the one that was injury prone. This is just another lesson for all of us regarding the unpredictability of injuries and how we all tend to put too much stock in the “injury prone” tag. Check out this excellent article on “recency bias” for further [...]
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Chelsea – Reading Recap
August 23rd, 2012
Thomas Hejduk Chelsea Eden Hazard vs. Juan Mata We had Eden Hazard ranked as the #3 midfielder in the Pre-Season Report and it seems that was doing him a disservice. With all due respect to Gareth Bale and David Silva, it is the Belgian midfielder who has been to this point the biggest impact player [...]
EPL Opening Weekend Match Recap – Day 2
August 19th, 2012
Thomas Hejduk Wigan 0 Chelsea 2 Chelsea still looks like an enigma. The Blues jumped all over Wigan and took a 2-0 lead before Sunday morning audiences in America could pour their Bloody Marys. Wigan has lost to Chelsea by scored of 6-0 and 8-0 in recent seasons and it looked like this was going to [...]
Premier League – Opening Day Recap
August 18th, 2012
Thomas Hejduk The first match day of the season is in the books. More unexpected things can happen on opening day in the Premier League than in most other sports so it’s important to pay close attention and make fast roster adjustments before player values change. We’ll take a quick look around the league and provide our [...]
Robin van Persie Transfer Analysis
August 16th, 2012
Thomas Hejduk The blockbuster transfer news broke yesterday and much to the chagrin of Arsenal fans, Robin van Persie completed a £23 million move to Old Trafford and he will be wearing the Italian restaurant tablecloth that is the Manchester United home uniform for the 2012-13 campaign. Arsenal fans are busy throwing up in their [...]
Liverpool State-of-the-Union
August 13th, 2012
Thomas Hejduk In the past 10 days, Liverpool has played both legs of a Europa League contest against Gomel (a club from Belarus) and faced Bayer Leverkusen in a friendly in Anfield. That stretch of matches doesn’t provide a lot in terms of quality opposition, but we can still discern a few things from the performances and [...]
Community Shield Recap
August 12th, 2012
Thomas Hejduk It’s always difficult to analyze the Community Shield because it lies in the grey area between “meaningful match” and “friendly.” We’ll exercise caution and lean more towards “friendly” and approach this with the understanding that it doesn’t mean all that much, but this match was entertaining and chippy so the players didn’t exactly blow it [...]
English Premier League Season Guide
August 7th, 2012
Thomas Hejduk The Inaugural Edition of the Fantasy Insights English Premier League Pre-Season Report is now available! Go to our Webstore now to purchase at introductory pricing of only $13.95!!! With over two decades of fantasy football experience – the American kind – Fantasy Insights has seen the hobby’s popularity grow beyond anyone’s wildest dreams. Every fall [...]




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