Bellamy returns to soften Ashton blow
West Ham got the news they were dreading today when they learned that Dean Ashton would be absent for at least six weeks with the knee injury suffered at Villa at the weekend. Ashton had a scan today which confirmed he had sprained medial knee ligaments. According to the Hammers physio, George Cooper (I’m all for raising the profile of backroom staff), Ashton won’t be expected back until the end of November at least.
‘In the majority of cases it will take up to six weeks for full recovery’. Remarked the magic sponge merchant.
That bitter pill was somewhat sweetened by the news that Craig Bellamy has been passed fit to turn out for Wales in their two forthcoming games against Cyprus and San Marino. With Zamora still out and Carlton Cole and Henri Camara struggling for form, Curbishley will be sweating on Bellamy getting through those games to face Sunderland on October 21st. Cole is likely to lineup alongside him should he emerge unscathed but doesn’t appear to offer value to Fantasy Managers despite his modest price tag.
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2nd game after i buy him and he’s injured. Typical
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i think ashton needs an injury sign next to his name on the column on the the right.
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to add insult to injury, Ashton’s next 5 games were Sunderland(home)Portsmouth(away)Bolton(home)Derby(away)Tottenham(home). These are the best five fixtures you could want for a striker, as all these teams are leaking goals.
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surely this means bellamy has to go in? is he going to be back in time?
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I’m ready for 5-Iron Craig to get his ass on the field and score some goals. The Irons have some winable fixtures coming up.
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I think I might put him in, but should I wait until after the break(in case he gets injured) or do it now, bearing in might Ashton’s value will go down as he’s out for a while
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also, is it worth putting in Upson for a while? Sunderland, Bolton, and Derby find goals hard to come by but Portsmouth and Tottenham are scoring loads. what do you think?
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