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A great afternoon of action ahead with six games this afternoon including fantasy favourites United, City and Arsenal. We're expecting big afternoons for City and Arsenal though I am sure Wolves and Pompey will have different ideas: 15:08 Early chances for United and the backlash is definitely on the cards. United have suffered alot of early criticism which is surely an overreaction to losing one game. Similar criticism was levelled at Ferguson's men last year after the opening day draw with Newcastle but the season ended pretty well in the end for them I seem to recall. From a fantasy point of view however, United are definitely the weakest they have ever been. The defense has suffered through injuries but should prove to be a top 3 unit when Vidic and co are fit. The midfield is devoid of any stud prospects with Valencia having the talent but not the price tag (8.5m) to be worth considering right now. The arrival of Owen has cost doubt over the value of Berbatov while Rooney ...

Apologies for the lack of in depth analysis this week, I am working on a few pieces to give you some final tips on the final weekend before the start of the season. In the meantime here are some fantasy relevant snippets from around the league: Van der Sar to miss 8 weeks - Not sure what to do with this one as it isn't clear who will replace the Dutchman until his return. This wasn't helped by the fact that Foster started the game against Valencia , only to be replaced at half time by Kuszczak. Ferguson has previously endorsed Foster as England's number one , and challenged him to take Van der Sar's number one jersey. If I had to pick I would go for Foster but definitely keep an eye on the Community Shield if you are in the market for a 5m 'keeper. Bent joins Sunderland for 10m - Everyone's favourite Twitter fan has finally joined the Mackems which calls into question the value of Frazier Campbell (6m). Jones (7m) and Bent (7m) looks like an appealing strikefo...