Injuries

The Treatment Table – Gameweek 15

As managers start to utilise the depth of their first-team squads and introduce fresh legs into starting line-ups, the number of injuries was kept fairly minimal over the weekend. Unfortunately for City and Fantasy managers alike, a certain Argentine’s knee problems casts a shadow over plans for the festive period.

Aston Villa
Paul Lambert is sweating over the fitness of midfielder Ashley Westwood, who was stretchered off with a knee injury in yesterday’s win over Leicester. The Villa boss also has concerns over Tom Cleverley, who was replaced midway through the second half with a foot problem.

Leicester
Ritchie De Laet missed the trip to Villa Park due to illness, allowing Danny Simpson his first start at right-back for the Foxes. Top scorer Leonardo Ulloa notched his first goal since Gameweek 5 yesterday but was forced off at the break during the 2-1 loss at Villa due to a calf problem. After the match, Nigel Pearson explained his decision to withdraw the Argentine:

“In the challenge prior to half time he got a heavy knock with a follow-through and he didn’t fully recover from that, so we felt it was still important to still have the work rate out there with Nugent coming on for him.”

Man City
As Fantasy managers know only too well, Sergio Aguero was forced off early against Everton on Saturday evening due to a knee injury. Whilst Manuel Pellegrini has yet to make a statement since Saturday’s post-match briefing, unconfirmed reports last night suggest Aguero could miss the next month – or at least five Gameweeks, to you and me.

Initial reports suggested Fernandinho missed out through injury but further updates indicate the midfielder was simply rested from the squad to face Everton.

Newcastle
Rob Elliott has been ruled out until January with a thigh injury sustained in the weekend win over Chelsea. With first-choice stopper Tim Krul also sidelined, Jak Alnwick is poised for a stint between the sticks. Alan Pardew – who is without the suspended Steven Taylor – has also revealed skipper Fabricio Coloccini is, once again, an early injury doubt. Mehdi Abeid missed out with a recurrence of a toe problem against the Blues.

Stoke
Marc Wilson and Marko Arnautovic missed the Potters’ 3-2 home win over Arsenal with hamstring and groin problems respectively. Marc Muniesa was forced off after sustaining a hamstring injury, with post-match reports suggesting he could be sidelined for 10 days.

West Brom
Georgios Samaras missed the Baggies trip to Hull on Saturday due to illness, the club’s official Twitter feed has confirmed. After the match, Alan Irvine explained the reasons behind a couple of second-half withdrawals:

“I wanted to be as positive as possible with my changes but at half-time we had Stephane Sessegnon struggling with a tight calf and Victor Anichebe still troubled by his groin problem.”

West Ham
Carl Jenkinson is an early weekend worry for the Hammers. After serving up his second assist of the season, the right-back was forced off with a hamstring injury during the 3-1 win over Swansea.

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  1. Jax
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    2-1 Man U

    Fonte 1-0
    Rooney (pen) 1-1
    RVP 2-1

    1. RubeRx
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Im ok with Fonte scoring

  2. ktk_interista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Is Sakho and Downing Westham overkill? They are scoring a lot tbh.

    1. Jax
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      do you think they'll get 4 wins in a row v sunderland?

      1. ktk_interista
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 13 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        I think they will put 3 past Sunderland so yes.

        1. Jax
          • 14 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          3? no chance.

          1. ktk_interista
            • Fantasy Football Scout Member
            • 13 Years
            9 years, 3 months ago

            Sunderland are crap despite some solid displays recently. Against a really good attacking team, they will get beat easily. The 4-1 thrashing by City was not that far back.

      2. tokara
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        do u think oshea or brown can outjump carroll and sakho?

    2. ReddevilboyZ
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      I just replace him with Kun.

    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    A bit of myth-busting.....

    1. Costa is a bad option because he'll be rested over Christmas.

    • Chelsea play Friday-Sunday-Thursday (WHM/sot/tot) and three tricky games at that. This is the same as Sunday-Tuesday-Saturday (which Chelsea don't play, but it doesn't sound so bad like that) and only one day different to Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday.
    • Costa cant play three games in a week? Wrong. He did.. WBA/schalke/sun, which included travelling unlike over Christmas.
    • Mourinho has also stated Costa is over his fitness worries.
    • Plus, it's likely Costa will have only played 6 games between 9 Nov and the first of these fixtures. Well rested, indeed.

    2. Yaya is a bad option because he's on 4 yellow cards.

    • Before his 4th yellow, Yaya had gone 9 Premier League games without a booking.
    • Those 4 bookings have come in hard fixtures (LIV/CHE/EVE and the 1-0 defeat to STO).
    • Even if Yaya received his 5th booking, you have a simple switch to Silva - who should then be fit - and can be used as a pre-WC punt.

    Rant over. Just fed up of seeing both arguments quoted as fact. Costa may get rested, Yaya may get a 5th booking BUT it shouldn’t be treated as fact IMO. 😀

    1. Klopp's Kids
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      BOOM

        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Indeed! 😀

    2. Judeksi
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Nice, btw I just did Kun, Fab -> Costa. Yaya 🙂

      1. Mouldmaster
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        My move exactly, well played hopefully.

    3. Jax
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      How long before Costa gets injured again though?

      1. Judeksi
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Same thing could happen with Rooney too.

        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Mourinho has said he's over his problems. He's had a long, long break. It's possible, but it's like the Yaya yellows... you could be waiting ages for that to happen.

    4. Colonel Shoe 肝池
      • 12 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      yeh agree on 2nd point its a probability thing....... unpredictable at that

    5. walkman666
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      #2 is a specious argument. It is a fact that he has 4 YCs. And it's also a fact that he will get suspended if he gets a fifth yellow card. No one is stating it's a fact that he will get a fifth YC. Folks are just leery of acquiring someone who could be suspended for one infraction.

        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        But my point is you could have him for 10 games without a yellow. It should make the difference between getting and not getting, yet it's quoted a lot.

        1. RedLightning
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
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          • 13 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          There are only has 4 more GWs before the number of yellows required for a suspension rises from 5 to 10.

          But he still runs a bigger risk of being suspended in the next 4 GWs than alternatives who are currently on less than 4 yellows, and that might cause problems if other players in our squads get rotated in the busy December period.

    6. asquishypotato
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Silva is always my Achilles heel. Love him as a player,but just doesn't not produce th returns.

      Yaya trolled me last year. This year I fancy having him...

    7. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      +42. Right on, brother! 🙂

        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        😀

  3. ktk_interista
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Can they keep it up?

    1. ktk_interista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Reply fail to myself 🙂

      1. Doosra - ☭DeclanMyGenius…
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Onanism? 😉

  4. LewanGOALski
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Potential risers tonight?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      downing, hutton maybe bony

    2. ktk_interista
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Bony, DOwning, Hutton

  5. Canadian Football
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Going to play my WC.....any double risers going forward?

    1. ⭐ Bemba_Da ⭐
      • 13 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      bony possibly hutton and downing too

  6. Ser Football 42
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Forster
    Cresswell, Bertrand, Ivan, Kelly, (Yun)
    Yaya Toure, Sterling, Downing, Sanchez, (Fabregas)
    Bony, Costa, (Zamora)

    Team looks completely different without Aguero

    Any thoughts?

  7. simonb94
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    cattermole/aguero -> silva / dzeko?

  8. copps
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    got lucky with fab not dropping in price last night

    it means i can get hart for fabianski as well if his appeal is denied, i fancy city with those fixtures

    1. John Nerdelbaum
      • 11 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Would you do Hart and Zaba in?

      1. copps
        • 12 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        not double. may keepo the option open for silva/zaba as their fixtures are promising for attack

        1. copps
          • 12 Years
          9 years, 3 months ago

          silva/dzeko i mean

  9. mike_89
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    If I drop Chambers, Azpi or Clichy in?

  10. Dr Dream
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Time for Rooney to sell himself to me...

    1. Camp No No
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      He's too busy buying grannies to himself.

  11. asquishypotato
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Is this madness??

    Aguero, Marney and Ricky Lambert
    To
    Dzeko, Yaya and Agbonlahor

    Would mean playing a 5 man midfield at least until January.

  12. JK - Cønt ⭐
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 12 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    COME ON ROONEY

  13. asquishypotato
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone dropping tonight? What's the new reasonably accurate site we are all using?

    1. Teddy Brewski
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Ivanovic, Aguero, Fab and Lallana dropping tonight.

      Fantasy football fix is usually spot on

      1. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
        • 14 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        I'm waiting until saturday morning this week... Can't afford any more injuries!

  14. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Has it ever been established who takes southampton's pens? Dusan or pelle?

    1. Teddy Brewski
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Or Long

  15. RangerMouse
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Guzan (Elliot)
    Azpilicueta - Yun - Hutton (Moore, N.Taylor)
    Hazard - Sanchez - Downing - Siggy (Boyd)
    Aguero - Costa - Austin

    Who should I change Aguero too? Got 1 FT and 0.2mill, could take a -4 to Upgrade elsewhere?

  16. ktongue
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Anyone keeping Ageuro for the next five games?

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Is he out for that long?!

      1. ktongue
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        There hinting five weeks

  17. simonb94
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    cattermole/aguero -> silva / dzeko?
    too much city?

    1. It’s gonna Ben Mee
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Too much Dzeko

  18. Ron Swansea City
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Hi all! If you were to replace Aguero with a striker who's NOT on this list, who would you choose and why?

    -Costa, Austin, Rooney, Bony, Sakho, Lukaku, Lambert-

    (I'm in a small, Draft Style league, and I'm transferring out Aguero. These seven are taken, at least until New Year's when we all re-draft.)

    1. simonb94
      • 9 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Benteke

    2. WHY ALWAYS MESUT?
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Re-draft at New Years? How does that work haha!

      RvP would be an obvious choice if he isn't taken.

      1. Robe Wan
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 11 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        Same way as this game?

      2. Ron Swansea City
        • 10 Years
        9 years, 3 months ago

        It's a pretty cool system we've been perfecting over the last few seasons. It kinda helps it stay interesting to have everyone re-pick players once we see how the season's going. Thanks for the input.

  19. simonb94
    • 9 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Cause he's a beast

  20. Maximus Bonimus Pointimus
    • 14 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Where is tadic??

    1. Ron Swansea City
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      I have him, but we have him listed as a Mid, and I'm looking for a new striker.

    2. Ron Swansea City
      • 10 Years
      9 years, 3 months ago

      Sorry Maximus, wrote that to you by mistake. Forgive me!!!

  21. Robe Wan
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Is it worth doing the moves now to save 0.3?if someone else gets injured I'm toast

  22. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Pelle playing very well. makes thngs eveen more interesting for that kun replacement.

  23. Total Foot 5 - romario 11
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Aguero:been out all day. any news so far as degree of time were looking out for him out due to knee injury (ligament).? thn

  24. Heels_Over_Head
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    Right then, ship abandoned

  25. flippetyflop
    • 10 Years
    9 years, 3 months ago

    With captaincy choices is it better to go safe rather than sorry?

    Like for this week for example, IMO costa is a safer choice than Eriksen, due to the fact that I think more of the top 10k will go for him before Eriksen, however the benefits of a good Eriksen haul if I make him (c) will be massive.

    Thoughts?