Speculation continues to run wild on the extent of the hamstring injury suffered by Cesc Fabregas in yesterday’s 27 minute appearance against Villa. The Arsenal skipper exploded from the bench to win the game, almost single-handed, scoring two goals in the 3-0 win. However, he later limped off having suffered what appeared to be a recurrence of the hamstring injury that had kept him out of the win over Hull.
Fabregas will now undergo a scan with results expected to arrive tomorrow, prior to Arsenal’s first fixture of the gameweek, the trip to Fratton Park on Wednesday. Wenger hopes that his skipper was simply feeling the effects of scar tissue left by the original injury. If that is the case, it’s thought that Fabregas has a chance of facing Portsmouth. The more pessimistic view, already being reported by some sources as fact, is that Fabregas faces at least three weeks on the sidelines and will miss both the Premier League fixtures in gameweek 20, plus the fixtures against Everton and Bolton that follow…
Right now Fabregas owners can only sit and wait on the news from tomorrow’s scan and hope that Fabregas pulls through for at least the second fixture in the gameweek, the home game against Bolton on January 6th. If not, there will be many managers looking to their bench with the auto-sub kicking in.
Despite the injury scare, we’ve seen Fantasy Premier League investment in Fabregas off the back of his Villa points haul; that followed two gameweeks where over 350,000 managers had cleared him from their squad. Tomorrow, we’ll find out just how the trend will continue. Should he be sidelined beyond this gameweek, we’re likely to see huge sales with interest in Gerrard and Lampard inevitably set to increase as a result.
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Rooney, Defoe, Bent and Tevez will all do well for the forseeable future. Nothing in it. Just flip a coin and pick you three.
by stating that, it would be wise to choose the 3 cheapest and upgrade the mid to valencia to cover the manu fixtures
I hope your right, ive got Tevez, Rooney & Bent
If you have rooney. keep him – this is for those that need to get those in
Looking at my squad, I am 8 transfers away from my “dreamteam”.
I guess I’m not the only one to bench Hart for the last 2 games?
Anyone captain Sorensen?…………Me!
that’s a court-marshall offence, Commander
Saw someone in my mini league do this, madness came to mind first up.
Why? did me alright last season with Schwarzer! I had predicted 2 clenies for Stoke!
Oh and he was the form player in my team last week. hey ho. We’ll see what happens in the 2nd instalment of GW20 dum dum daaaahhhh! Gulp.
i did the same – thought it was worth the gamble!
I’ve just noticed my team compared to the top person in the game this week is:
Shawcross for him, Gallas for me
Diaby, Milner for Him, Etherinton & Valencia for me
Defoe for him, Bent for me.
Reckon i could be on for a big haul this week!
Heres to hoping!
Think his mid is better , but your strikers better. Defence we will have to wait and see
Any thoughts on the outcome Villa V Liverpool game later tonight…
Villa are priced at 3.3, the draw is 3.3 and Liverpool are 2.5
This would seem way too short a price for an out of form and unconvincing Liverpool team, esp away, while Villa have good recent home form in thier favour.
3-3 please…Gerrard and Milner hattricks. Thanks.
Lol, only if Dunne gets the three assists for Milner!
Any more news on the Fabregas injury?
Nah, if hes going to miss Portsmouth, Bolton, Everton and Bolton though I think I’m gonig to make a double tranny this week and do -
Drogba –> Tevez
Fabs –> Lampard
Do not fancy him in the next 5 fixtures after the Everton game.
I agree withs fabs > lamps that what im gona do, i think it gona be the time now for lampard to shine, plus he has very favourable fixtures
I do. Arsenal already outplayed Chelsea and lost when they had Drog, Essien, Kalou, Mikel. Now Ars will win easily. liverpol are out of from and Villa they beat only three days ago. Man U would be my only worry. Also Fab is just as good in big games as small games.
That said, i want lamps as well, but could be hard as i want Rooney too!!
I think with the drogs gone, lampard is going to be a must have player
it’s odd even with all his penalties that despite not playing that well (for his standards) and playing in a deeper left hand side of the diamond role that he has still somehow got almost 120 points half way through the season. just imagine if he starts playing well and further forward.
Very true
Hmmm, that kind of answers my post below. Still, I’d prefer Dunn/Modric and use the 6 mill to upgrade to three “big 3″ defenders for example.
Arsenal didn’t outplay Chelsea at all. We had masses of possession, but never looked like doing anything with it.
Having said that, there’s no word on Fabregas as yet (as far as I know), so I’d wait. And I disagree with any transfer that involves getting Lampard in.
I generally agree with you MF, but I (and others) think in the lack of Drogba for the next 4(ish) games Ancelotti might give him a much more “free” role to perhaps play well…. well!
I’m not sure he is worth £12.Xm (whatever he’s at) but may just be worth having, as Apple points out – despite being pretty funkin’ average he’s still amassed a butt load of points – if he can add a few outfield goals to his abundance of penalties then it could get interesting.
I’m not sure his position will change too much to be honest. I can see Ancelotti going with the 4-3-2-1, and Lampard on the left of the ‘3′.
And he’s just ridiculously expensive. You have to remember that last season he, Ronaldo and Gerrard were the only players worth captaining for a majority of the time, so having his points doubled once every 2-3 games justified the price. Now he doesn’t make double figures without a penalty, so if you’re captaining him, you’re placing a lot of hopes in Chelsea winning one. That amount could be put to better use elsewhere.
Fabs is a must have for the season, but he is certainly not a must have for that nasty run of fixtures. I got rid of him a couple of weeks back and don’t plan to get him back until GW27, home against Sunderland. I feel there are plenty of other midfielders who will outscore Fabregas up until then.
When did Arsenal outplay Chelsea? You were watching a different game to the one I was watching.
Can somebody please highlight the appeal of Lampard, in case I’m missing something? (That sounds bitter/sarcastic but it’s not) One non-penalty goal all season, playing deep, 12.8 million, unspectacular form are his disadvantages.
115 points. Its not that i want him , but feel i can’t not have him!
3rd highest point scorer in FPL at the moment, and his goal scoring opportunities are bound to increase with Drogba missing
If you’ve watched any highlights from the last 2 games, you’ll know how unlucky he was not to have notched up a couple of goals and assists. Now with Drogba gone, he’s on all freekick duties as well. Fat Frank will score big over the next month.
I have watched highlights and yes some good saves denied him points, but you could say that about a lot of players. I am being convinced though, I admit. I can go Arshavin > Lampard this week and it would also solve my captain dilemma.
until gerrard returns to form and fabregas shakes off his hamstring problem reluctantly i’m sticking with lampard.
belletti ballack
cole lampard malouda
anelka
i think this new drogba-less formation would really suit him as it would basically be last season’s formation which he thrived in, even from open play
He’s the third highest points scorer in a season where he so far hasnt being playing to his own high level. He doesnt get injured so he’s the type of player you can buy and forget about as he’ll always earn points steadily. As well as penalties he’ll be on free kick duty with Drogba gone and will likely need to take greater responsilbilty with the African contingent gone. I don’t get why so many people are against having him, only Fabregas and Drogba who’re having an amazing seasons has scored more.
Lamaprd’s very penalty-dependant though. Drogba won all but one of his spot-kicks this season, so I wouldn’t be surprised if those dried up a little.
he’s definitely a guilty pleasure to have. u do feel a bit guilty every penalty he slams away or for his 3 bps yesterday, but it doesn’t stop you celebrating like monty panesar when he does get these points.
right now lampard is very penalty dependant, no doubt about that, and i have also noticed drogba is winning a lot of them this season for frank. but the point i think most people are getting at is that with the new formation lamapard wont need his penalties to score big points. plus with essien injured and drogba gone he’ll be eating those bonus points up like and rooney and dunne love-child
“a rooney and dunne love-child”
*shudders*
Also there is the point that with Essien gone, the team is generally shitter, as we have seen recently. But then again nice fixtures! Agh. I think the deciding factor will be that I hate Chelsea and thus will not sign him.
Very wary of Lampard. Last game he played extremely defensively and I can see that set to continue, especially without Essien and Mikel, and if Ancelotti goes for a triangle formation up front.
He’ll still be the bonus whore though, but I’m not splashing all that cash on him until I know what his role is going to be. Joe Cole on the other hand looks very promising to me…
Joe Cole is shite.
Piquionne and Lampard OR Tevez and £9mill midfielder (Modric/Lennon/J.Cole etc)?
Tevez and Milner
Agree with the Tevez + Mid option, not sure who though. Lennon/Modric, Milner i would go for. Maybe not Modric at the moment though, when he is a sure starter id prefer him.
Agreed Tevez and Milner.
Already got Milner. Want to have some Chelsea attacking points now that Drogba is missing and the obvious choice is Lampard. I could always get Tevez AND Lampard by trading down Torres who isn’t realy firing at the moment
Drog, Torres, Sanli out…Tevez, Lampard, Petrov in..
defo and taylor or bent and milner
Bent and Milner
would it be worth a hit to get them in
No, not sure which order i would transfer them in but if its for GW21 & 22 then id go Defoe to Bent, then Taylor to Milner.
If GW22 & 23 then id do it the other way around.
Thanks think it gona be game week 22 and 23 just got lamps in
Thinking of a 4 point hit in GW22:
Valencia & Gallas OUT
Lampard & Scharner (or another def for less than 4.8, got blackburn & Burnley Def already)
to leave me with:
Sorensen, Hart
Ivanvic, Evra, Nelsen, Alexander, +1
Lampard, Shava, Bowyer, Etherington(will go in GW23), Tuncay
Tevez, Rooney, Bent
Any advice would be great thanks!
good team very similar to mine. What you think of Tuncay as a long term prospect
If he plays, then he is in my team till the end. Very cheap and plays up top. Just gotta hold down his position now.
+1 = Dawson?
Hadn’t thought of Dawson, although wanted a tottenham def in for a while! Good thinking!
Argh too much football has been played over the last few days! I’m itching for more so much so its stopping me from revising!
Anyone think Taylor is going to have a good game tonight?
who the best player i cud get for 5.2 any suggestions
What position? Rest of your team?
collison mos def.
y
5.2 Best Player
Sebastian Larsson for the win.
Hart/sorenson
Evra alexendra ivanovic cahill Dunne
Sanli obertan (need to get rid) Lamps taylor (milner next wk) Dempsey
Rooney Bent Tevez
Looks like Fabs will definitely miss at least the Portsmouth game:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/t.....970531.ece
That’s been a given for days, Baltimora.
I’d seen no reports confirming it though.
i think a homeless man in outer mongolia could have told you that fabregas was out for the pompey game
I won’t bother next time then.
The Reds XI in full is: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Agger, Insua, Benayoun, Lucas, Aquilani, Kuyt, Gerrard, Torres. Subs: Cavalieri, Skrtel, Aurelio, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Ngog, Spearing.
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