My Fantasy Football Team - Part Two, The Right-Back

In the second part of this mini series, I will be writing about the right-back I recruited for my Fantasy Football team. This player isn't a natural full-back, he is better known as a centre-half, but in Fantasy Football as long as he is a defender, it doesn't matter. The 'right-back' that I chose was Fulham's Brede Hangeland.

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International Friendlies – The Talking Points

With the Premier League season kicking into swing last weekend, the international friendlies seem long gone. However, before they disappear into the sunset completely, we take a look at the many points to come out of these games.

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Will Altidore Make The Most Of His Second Chance In The Premier League?

Jozy Altidore has played in the top flight of English football before, but it didn’t quite work out for him last time.

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Premier League Preview - Can Di Canio Get Sunderland Firing?

Sunderland fans have reason to feel optimistic about the season ahead. Paolo Di Canio starts his first full campaign in charge with a host of new signings which will introduce a more exciting style to a team that lacked goals last term.

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Top Five: Last Season's Biggest Transfer Flops

With the Premier League having drawn to a close, we look back at some of the players who promised so much but failed light up the best league in the world this season.

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The Battle For The Best Of The Rest In The Premier League– As Competitive As Ever?

In the upper reaches of the Premier League we have heard constant bemoaning of a lack of talent being available during this window – whilst the quality players who have been on the market have joined the mega bucks elsewhere.

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Telegraph Fantasy Football Preview - Strikers - Part One

With just a week to go we bring you the final piece in our Telegraph Fantasy Football preview – the all-important striker slots, where things are not quite as clear cut as they were in past years.

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Striker Has Premier League Clubs Chasing Him, But Who Should He Choose?

With Matej Vydra seeming to be on his way out of Udinese, a host of Premier League clubs have started to prepare bids for the twenty one year old Czech Republic striker.

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Darren Bent: broken goal machine or out of use?

Darren Bent’s time at Villa Park appears to be coming to an end.  Now 29 years of age, will regular playing time see him back amongst the goals?

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The Transfer Window so Far – Hull City

What they needed?

To find someone confident of Hull City surviving in the Premier League you would probably have quite a search on your hands – with the majority of pundits tipping the Tigers for an instant Championship return.

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Can computer games land you a job in professional football? One man says yes

When 21-year-old student Vugar Huseynzade was offered the assistant manager job at Azerbaijan Premier division side FK Baku, more than several eyebrows were raised at the decision.

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What is going on at Sunderland?

The landscape at Sunderland is changing at quite an alarming rate, with Paolo Di Canio more than putting his own stamp on the club – with the Italian already well on the way to completely overhauling the squad he inherited.

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Eagles aim to keep flying high - Can Palace avoid the drop?

It could be argued that Crystal Palace face the toughest challenge of any newly-promoted team in recent memory of immediately avoiding the drop.

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Italian international to join Sunderland

Sunderland will be preparing the arrival of the Italian international Emanuele Giaccherini from Italian champions Juventus. Will he be up for the challenge in the Barclays Premier League?

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A tactical look at striker options - have we seen the death of the partnership?

Once upon a time, nearly every team in Europe played with two strikers in their line of attack. There were various combinations of player types that could work well together, but most seem to be dying out now as the movement towards a lone striker backed up by three attacking midfielders appears to be gaining favour with managers. I decided to look at some of the most effective, and memorable, striking partnerships from recent times and assess whether we really are witnessing the end of such an era.

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