When it comes to selecting defenders for your Fantasy Premier League team, there are a number of factors to take into account. Defenders get most of their points through keeping clean sheets, but signing those capable of providing a good number of assists and scoring a few goals can help your team no end. Read more... Fantasy Premier League Tips: Defenders originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Friday, August 13th, 2010 at 04:42:54.

Players must select two goalkeepers in their Fantasy Premier League team, although only one can score points in a gameweek. I have always believed it is logical to select one of these two goalkeepers from a club challenging for the title. However, last season only Cech of Chelsea was among the title challenging goalkeepers to finish in the top 12 Fantasy stoppers, but this was primarily due to injuries suffered by Manchester United's Edwin van der Sar and Arsenal's Manuel Almunia.

Sepp Blatter has confirmed that adopting goal-line technology will formally be discussed at FIFA's International Board meeting in October. However, the FIFA President, speaking at the Youth Olympics in Singapore, sounded a note of caution that cameras or microchips are anywhere close to introduction. "It would be a nonsense if we did not reopen the file of technology," said Blatter. "If we have an accurate and simple system then we will implement, but so far we have not had a simple nor an accurate system." This claim flies in the face of Hawkeye's use in tennis for years, documentation backing Cairos, a micro-chip inserted into balls made by Adidas, FIFA's favourite manufacturer, and television replays, as used in ru gby. Blatter once more dismissed video replay as a disruptive intrusion into football, insisting goal-line technology was the only possibility on the agenda. Pressure on the the President to budge is not letting up. Blatter made reference to refereeing mistakes in the tournament he is currently attending, while later that evening Hungary were awarded a goal against England at Wembley that replays showed had not crossed the line. (c) Sean O'Conor & Soccerphile Tags World Cup Pens World Cup Posters World Cup football