Diaby To Miss Britannia Trip
Arsene Wenger has confirmed that Abou Diaby will miss Saturday’s trip to Stoke City along with William Gallas and Andrey Arshavin.
“Gallas (calf), Diaby (knee) and Arshavin (hamstring) are all out but Eduardo joins in training tomorrow [Friday] and we will decide after training”
Diaby’s absence will be felt not only by Arsenal but by thousands of recent fantasy investors in the midfielder. Diaby had been in decent form of late and had taken his tally to six goals and three assists for the season with his winner against Liverpool in gameweek 26. Heavy investment for Arsenal’s double fixture in gameweek 22 had seen a price rise to 5.8 in the Fantasy Premier League game, leading to over 8% ownership. Those managers will now be disappointed in a gameweek which already finds us scratching around to replace absent players from Villa, United, West Ham and Hull.
While we are thankful for the early tip-off from Wenger, there’s no confirmation of a return date for Diaby. Earlier this week Wenger referred to Diaby as “coming back” to boost the Gunner’s squad. We can only presume that Diaby will be near contention for gameweek 29′s fixture with Burnley.
Wenger also confirmed that Eduardo will be back in the squad for the Britannia visit. That’s unlikely to trouble many fantasy managers. Bendtner owners should be assured of a start again for the striker with Wenger need his height against Stoke’s set-piece threat.
gera just missed a 1 on 1 with the keeper tut tut
Lucas had a shot on target. Whats going on?
Murphy sent off.
Fulham and Liverpool through now for Everton.
any good mids for the next few weeks
kuyts the only one i can see and that kills me to say it. have fab milner, nzogbia, lee, diaby.
its a struggle. Especially one to keep long term that doesnt miss gw29
Is Diaby worth just getting rid of now or will he be back for GW 29?
anyones guess. But im keeping.
is
Who should i bring in a week early. Collins>Distin or Bikey?
Wanted to wait until next week but need to take the hit to get 11 now Diaby is ruled out.
Are they even the right transfers?!
I need to make some careful changes; can I ask your opinion of the following players over the next 2 gameweeks?
Gerrard
Torres
Baines
Micah Richards
A good everton attacking player (midfield/striker)
Vermaelen
Carragher
Kriogos (Liverpool guy)
Insua
Gerrard yes, torres no yet, baines next week, richards NO, Everton attack next week, Verm YES, Carra YES, The Greek NO, Insua YES
Some advice would help guys…
Hart (Sorensen)
A Hughes, Ivan, Dawson (Dann, Evra)
Lampard, Fab, Eagles, Lee, Nzogbia
Drogba, Jerome (Rooney)
Might not do any transfers this week or might do…
a) GW28 A Hughes > Bikey or other 3.8
GW29 Ivan > Baines, Jerome > Bendtner (4 point hit)
No cash left
b) GW28 Evra > Insua and A Hughes > Alexander or other 4.7 or less (4 point hit)
GW29 Ivan > Baines, Jerome > Bendtner (4 point hit)
Which is best…. leave it alone or go for a) or b)
These transfer mean I can play 11 each week
Im a Liverpool fan and I know Insua will play….. Aurelio is deployed more as a midfielder now in Rafa’s eyes. Injuries to Fabio mean he cannot perform as well at left back anymore