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Rugby Fantasies #7
Wednesday, 24 Feb, 2010 – 4:21 | Comments Off
Rugby Fantasies #7

I must not make unnecessary changes. I must not make unnecessary changes. I must not make unnecessary changes. I must not make unnecessary changes. I must not make unnecessary changes. I must not make unnecessary changes. I must not make unnecessary changes. I must not make unnecessary changes. I must not make unnecessary changes. I must not make unnecessary changes. I must not make unnecessary changes.

Fantasy Football #7: Captain, my captain!
Monday, 22 Feb, 2010 – 19:07 | 4 Comments
Fantasy Football #7: Captain, my captain!

Gameweek 27 has finally started and I’ve resigned myself to that fact that the FA Cup will continue until after the Premier League ends. I’m beginning to cop on to which matches matter and gameweek …

Fantasy Football #6: WAG-ging my fingers
Saturday, 20 Feb, 2010 – 14:46 | Comments Off
Fantasy Football #6: WAG-ging my fingers

What’s the point of having a team of great footballers if they don’t show an ounce of respect for the women in their lives?

Rugby Fantasies #6
Saturday, 20 Feb, 2010 – 2:05 | 3 Comments
Rugby Fantasies #6

Second! SECOND!

The Wire (Season 1, Episode 13): Sentencing – Warning: Contains Spoilers
Thursday, 18 Feb, 2010 – 23:37 | Comments Off
The Wire (Season 1, Episode 13): Sentencing – Warning: Contains Spoilers

“At the end of thirteen episodes, the reward for the viewer – who has been lured all this way by a well constructed police show – is not the simple gratification of hearing handcuffs click. …

Fantasy Football #5: What’s in a week?
Thursday, 18 Feb, 2010 – 18:19 | Comments Off
Fantasy Football #5: What’s in a week?

My name is Bridget and I’m a stereotype. I like Grey’s Anatomy, feminist literature and painting my nails.

Fantasy Football #4: One Girl, What Cup?
Saturday, 13 Feb, 2010 – 14:34 | Comments Off
Fantasy Football #4: One Girl, What Cup?

I am doing quite well in Fantasy Premier League. I’m over the Giggs breakup; it was awkward at first, but I’ve moved on. Things were tough. Ryan was really upset when he heard that I’d …

Rugby Fantasies #5
Saturday, 13 Feb, 2010 – 13:48 | 2 Comments
Rugby Fantasies #5

It’s for my own good, isn’t that what they say?

The Wire (Season 1, Episode 12): Cleaning Up – Warning: Contains Spoilers
Friday, 12 Feb, 2010 – 18:49 | Comments Off
The Wire (Season 1, Episode 12): Cleaning Up – Warning: Contains Spoilers

“The grand theme here is nothing less than a national existentialism: It is a police story set amid the dysfunction and indifference of an urban department – one that has failed to come to terms …

Rugby Fantasies #4
Wednesday, 10 Feb, 2010 – 14:14 | Comments Off
Rugby Fantasies #4

Vive la France!

Football Fantasy #3: Breaking up is hard to do
Monday, 8 Feb, 2010 – 22:42 | One Comment
Football Fantasy #3: Breaking up is hard to do

“While Google Images show that Milner is really not my type, I really think this is the start of something beautiful…”

Rugby Fantasies #3
Sunday, 7 Feb, 2010 – 0:11 | Comments Off
Rugby Fantasies #3

The dream lies in tatters at the wrong end of the League. But Ireland won…

The Wire (Season 1, Episode 11): The Hunt – Warning: Contains Spoilers
Saturday, 6 Feb, 2010 – 21:05 | Comments Off
The Wire (Season 1, Episode 11): The Hunt – Warning: Contains Spoilers

“There’s a cynical bent to the political implications of the story. But as far as the story itself and the characters, I love these characters. I love the quote-end-quote bad guys, I love the quote-end-quote …

Rugby Fantasies #2
Saturday, 6 Feb, 2010 – 4:36 | Comments Off
Rugby Fantasies #2

After only two days, this team looks nothing like the original…

Rugby Fantasies #1
Thursday, 4 Feb, 2010 – 13:06 | Comments Off
Rugby Fantasies #1

Catriona Laverty opens her Fantasy Rugby diary and finds fifteen men with Big Gay Beards difficult to come by…

Fantasy Football #2: Almost on top
Tuesday, 2 Feb, 2010 – 16:41 | One Comment
Fantasy Football #2: Almost on top

I’m becoming violent and it’s amazing. Fantasy football has turned me into a hooligan.

Fantasy Football #1: A girl’s fantasy with Wayne Rooney
Tuesday, 2 Feb, 2010 – 12:00 | Comments Off
Fantasy Football #1: A girl’s fantasy with Wayne Rooney

Scott Dann because he’s cheap, Fabregas for his pretty name, Crouch for his dancing skills… all topped off with Bridget Fitzsimons’ pink and purple strip as our sportphobic News Editor begins her Fantasy Football endeavours…

Inspiration from Kind Strangers
Tuesday, 26 Jan, 2010 – 23:00 | Comments Off
Inspiration from Kind Strangers

Inspired by an anthology of short stories, Alex Court shares a story of his own…