This weekend, we have three different tips in store for you; one relates to the team you need to keep an eye out for while the other two identify the players that are poised to deliver big time in the fourth round of fixtures.

For starters, don’t even think twice about picking Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. The Ivory Coast international looks to be in better form than last season, if that is even possible. After all, the 32-year old enjoyed the most productive year of his career last season when he won the Golden Boot award to guide Chelsea to a Premier League double.

This season, not only is he the leading scorer in the Premier League with four goals in three outings, but he also leads with the league with three assists.

While Drogba is a reliable offensive option against a struggling West Ham side, it is imperative that from a defensive standpoint, fantasy players must consider Joe Hart as their goalkeeper of choice. Not only has the youngster convinced the likes of Fabio Capello that he is here to stay, but thus far, only a Darren Bent penalty has gone past him in the Citizens’ goal.

Considering that Roberto Mancini’s side will be at home to Blackburn this weekend, expect Sam Allardyce’s defensive-minded side to face all kinds of problems getting past Hart. As the England international racks up the saves, and ultimately earns a very probable clean sheet, your performance as a fantasy player will also improve proportionally as well.

As far as betting on a team is concerned, one dark horse that not many will be picking this weekend is Wigan Athletic. Roberto Martinez may have led his men to a brave away win over Tottenham but that same weekend, Sunderland overcame Manchester City thanks to the aforementioned penalty scored by Darren Bent.

The pundits are poised to favor the Black Cats in this one but remember, this is a Latics side that is returning home with a lot more confidence than they had before the win at White Hart Lane.

If you pick them to win at home, you can win extremely big. In case they let you down, you will likely still get away without any flak because they are barely fancied by anyone to begin with.

With that being said, hurry up and start building YOUR fantasy team any way you like in the Premiership Talk Fantasy Football Challenge. You cannot pick more than two players from any Premier League team but at the same time, there is no restriction on the quality of the player you choose.

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The preceding article was a guest post by Zain Alvi of Premiership Talk

Asamoah Gyan joined Sunderland for a fee believed to be around £13 million. If the Ghana striker plays like he did at this summer’s World Cup in South Africa, he should prove a decent signing for Steve Bruce.

Eidur Gudjohnsen, Jermaine Pennant, Marc Wilson and Salif Diao all moved to Stoke City. A mixed bunch really with Gudjohnsen no doubt the pick of the four signings for Tony Pulis.

Robinho left Manchester City to sign for Italian giants AC Milan. It is understood that Milan coughed up £22 million for the Brazilian international. In some ways, I’m actually quite sad to see Robinho leave the Premier League.

Birmingham signed a few players today including Aleksandar Hleb on a season-long loan deal from Barcelona. Martin Jiranek also moved to St Andrews from Russian side Spartak Moscow. Birmingham also brought Jean Beausejour in from Mexican side Club America on a very busy day for Aloex McLeish.

Rafael Van Der Vaart’s proposed move to Tottenham remains in the balance this evening but Harry Redknapp is confident the Real Madrid playmaker will make the switch to White Hart Lane.

So that’s it. There were a number of other deals that went through today but they weren’t worthy of a mention on Football Corner unfortunately. Feel free to leave your comments below.

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It seems the Big Four’s dominance is no longer and a Big Six could be referred to from next season.

The Premiership Odds for this season have Man Utd and Chelsea as the main challengers for the title and that is of no surprise, they have won the last six Premiership titles between them.

With the experience, consistency and quality those two teams have it would be a surprise if any other team breaks their monopoly just yet.

Man City’s millions seem to be having an affect on their fortunes, they are single figure odds to win the Premiership but still only fourth favourites behind Arsenal, who have impressed the bookies with the start they have made to the season. Both teams look guaranteed to have a good season but with Arsenal’s over reliance on a couple of their players and Man City likely to need time to gel both sides could represent poor value to finish in the top four (both sides under 1/2 with most bookies).

If Man City and Arsenal offer poor value to finish in the top four then there must be a couple of sides that are overpriced. Spurs broke into the top four last season and seem a big price to do it again at a generous price of 11/4 with several bookies, it is generally considered amongst the bookies that Spurs and Liverpool will battle it out for fifth but Liverpool are expected to win that battle as they are just 2/1 to finish in the top four, and therefore more likely that Spurs. It has to be said, between the two it is actually the Londoners that look a better bet.

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They have played just two games this season but already, Roberto Martinez’s Wigan look doomed.

The 6-0 defeat to Chelsea was to be expected after they were humiliated by Premier League new boys Blackpool on the opening day of the season.

Wigan have a few decent players in the form of James McCarthy and Victor Moses but with Charles N’Zogbia desperate to leave the DW Stadium, I for one believe they lack the quality to survive this season.

It really doesn’t get any easier for Wigan as they travel to Tottenham next weekend and I for one reckon they will be destroyed once again and their odds of 5/6 to be relegated, will be slashed by the bookies.

What do you think? Comments below please.

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Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City and to some extent Liverpool all have a chance this season but in my view, Chelsea are most definitely the team to beat again.

Carlo Ancelotti’s men are unsurprisingly favourites with the bookies to retain their title this season and despite the fact they have failed to add to their squad this summer, I still believe they are good value at 7/4.

If Didier Drogba plays like he did last season (the Ivorian scored an impressive 29 Premier League goals), Chelsea should have no problem in the goalscoring department again this season. Frank Lampard will no doubt be key to Chelsea’s success again this season. The England midfielder always seems to score more than the majority of strikers in the Premeir League and the Stamford Bridge faithful will no doubt be hoping he can do that again this time around.

John Terry had his troubles last season but there is no denying his importance at the heart of the Chelsea defence. Talking about Terry, here is a very interesting piece about the former England skipper’s performances for Chelsea after the revelations about his private life.

So now you know what I think, why not tell us who you think will win the Premier League title this season? Comments below please.

The 24-year old has been strongly linked with a move to Barcelona ever since it was reported that the Arsenal captain had told Arsene Wenger that he wanted to leave the Emirates before the World Cup started.

Given Barca’s current financial situation, it now looks as though Fabregas will remain an Arsenal player this season.

With Fabregas in the side, I personally believe Arsenal have a great chance of winning the Premier League title this season and at 6/1 with most bookmakers, I reckon they are a great bet. But who cares what I think. We want to know what you have to say.

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For Blackpool, however, the story could not be more different. The little Lancashire club have never played in the Premiership and have not been in the top flight of English football for nearly forty years. The transition to the Premiership is likely to be a lot trickier for them.

Credit where credit is due though, manager Ian Holloway has done wonders with the club since taking charge in May 2009 and the Tangerine’s surprised many people with a hard fought campaign last season that was enough to get them a place in the play-offs. They beat Cardiff in the final of the play-offs to book their place among the ManU’s and the Chelski’s. They actually finished in sixth place in the Championship but it was enough to get them into the play-offs where they have a unique record of finding success. The club has now managed to battle its way through all three tiers of the League by way of the play-off system.

Blackpool kick-off their campaign with a visit to Wigan’s DW Stadium on the opening Saturday of the season. The online betting odds on them winning are 16/5 and an away victory in their opening match would be the sort of dream start that their fans will be hoping for. The game was due to be played at Bloomfield Road but due to the extensive building works being undertaken the Premier League agreed to the game being switched to Wigan’s ground.

Whether the club can survive in the Premiership is something that only time will tell. Looking at the odds being given by football betting websites it is clear that Blackpool are considered the most likely team to be relegated at the end of the season. 2/7 on is being quoted. Whether the club can defy the odds and retain their Premiership status remains to be seen.

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City has always seemed to do things differently and this summer the club is bucking the trend that most other Premiership clubs are following by going on a massive spending binge. While a lot of clubs have limited their transfer activity over the summer, Manchester’s other team has been flashing the cash in the sort of spending splurge that most clubs could simply not dream of doing. Their latest mega-buck buy is Aleksandar Kolarov who is moving from Lazio to the City of Manchester Stadium for a fifteen million pound fee.

That signing is just the latest in a long list of players who have been added to the City squad this summer. They have already paid out £64 million on Yaya Tour, David Silva, and Jerome Boateng and they are still looking to sign up more players. It looks increasingly likely that by the time the transfer window closes owner Sheikh Mansour’s club will have shattered the previous record held by Roman Abramovich’s Chelsea who spent £90 million back in 2004.

Who will they sign next? One target that Roberto Mancini has firmly in his sights is the Inter Milan striker Mario Balotelli. When he was the manager at Inter Mancini played a key part in the development of the player and City now seem to be on the verge of re-uniting the two at Eastlands. Other targets that the Mancunians are looking at include Aston Villa’s James Milner, and Edin Dzeko of Wolfsburg. The pursuit of Fernando Torres for a reputed £70 million seems to have hit the buffers as the Liverpool player has now indicated he wants to stay at Anfield. However it looks likely that more signings will be finalised in the days ahead.

One of the consequences of the influx of new players will be that some of the playing staff already at the club will have to go. This is because the Premiership has newly-implemented regulations limiting the size of a squad to only 25 players over the age of aged 21. At the time of writing there were 37 players in that category at the club. Not surprisingly there is a lot of speculation about who will be leaving. Some of the likeliest candidates to move on are Craig Bellamy, Robinho, Javier Garrido and Roque Santa Cruz but others will be in the frame too.

The news from the football betting websites is that Mancini’s men are 4/1 to win the Premiership so there is clearly an expectation that the club is going places. What effect will transfer activity on this scale have on the team though? There must be a risk that the changes and upheavals in the squad might have a negative impact on morale. It is clear that Mancini will have his work cut out in the weeks ahead – it is one thing to bring in a bunch of star players en masse but it is quite another to build a cohesive team that will meet the demands of the owner and the fans alike.

This article was written by Totesport for Football Corner.

“I feel we could contend for the title.” said Redknapp. “We have got the players here. We have to aim for it. We could win the championship.”

Redknapp went onto say: “Last year we went in saying we wanted to finish in the top four and if you don’t aim for things, you have no chance.”

I’m curious to know what you Spurs fans and indeed anyone else thinks about this. Are Tottenham really capable of winning the title this season? Comments below please.

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Roberto Mancini has already added a lot of quality to his squad during the summer transfer window with the likes of David Silva and Yaya Toure signing for the club and if you believe what you read in the papers, there are plenty more names who will make the move to Eastlands in the coming weeks.

There is no doubt that City have a squad capable of challenging for the Premier League title in the forthcoming season but do you believe they will win it? I would really appreciate it if you would vote on the poll I have done on FootballQ’s. Cheers.