Archive for the ‘Injury News’ Category

  1. January
    31

    Crazy times. The midweek deadline stretched our resources to the limit as the teamsheets caused a frenzy around the 7.30 deadline. We remain alive and kicking, though, and our Dugout Discussion chatroom is now open to take us into the action. Hopefully your final tweaks were submitted in time and now you can sit back [...]

  2. Manchester United’s 2-1 win at the Emirates appears to have come at some cost, with Phil Jones reportedly facing “weeks” on the sidelines as just one of several casualties. Jones was forced off after 17 minutes of the Emirates clash with an apparent ankle injury and Sir Alex Ferguson’s post match comments suggest that he [...]

  3. December
    23

    Early reports are suggesting that Rafael Van der Vaart could be out until the New Year with further hamstring problems. The Dutchaman was replaced at half-time in Thursday night’s 1-1 draw with Chelsea with the suggestion that Van der Vaart had aggravated his hamstring once again…

  4. December
    09

    Harry Redknapp’s Friday press conference brought us an array of interesting developments ahead of Tottenham’s trip to Stoke.

  5. December
    09

    Sir Alex Ferguson has this morning ruled Nemanja Vidic out for the season with a knee injury. The United skipper was stretchered off in Wednesday’s Champions League defeat in Basel, with the United boss revealing the full extent of the injury prior to the home clash with Wolves…

  6. December
    07

    Nemanja Vidic has suffered suspected knee ligament damage in tonight’s 2-1 Champions League defeat in Basel. Vidic was stretchered from the proceedings a couple of minutes before half-time to be replaced by Jonny Evans with his team 1-0 down. United have tonight confirmed that they will await scans before offering a prognosis on the injury, [...]

  7. Sir Alex Ferguson has confirmed that Javier Hernandez is expected to be sidelined for the next four weeks with an ankle injury.

Scout Tweets

  1. Knee injury keeps Kompany out for City. Savic starts, along with Kolarov & Johnson. Clichy & Milner make way.

  2. Swansea unchanged for the trip to West Brom http://t.co/09JHz6m1

  3. West Brom bring in Thomas & Reid for Cox & Tamas. Jones & Scharner on bench along with Andrews & Ridgewell http://t.co/rkrwyc3Y

  4. Sunderland bring Meyler in for Campbell as Sessegnon moves to central striking role, supported by Gardner http://t.co/Ct35lZBy

  5. Jerome starts for Stoke alongside Crouch with Jones making way. Etherington misses out. Wilkinson keeps his start http://t.co/D8DjrcLQ

  6. Rodallega & Diame on the bench for Wigan. Di Santo starts once again, McArthur starts, Watson drops to the bench.

  7. Pienaar & Distin come in for Everton. Drenthe and Neville drop out. Jelavic makes the bench at Wigan http://t.co/nh3ki3Ua

  8. Bassong makes his debut for Wolves. O'Hara returns & Stearman starts. Jonsson, Kightly and Berra drop out.

  9. Zamora starts for QPR. Taarabt also comes in for Mackie in midfield http://t.co/0EHuP57r

  10. Drury returns to Norwich lineup with Martin making way. Jackson starts with Holt up front as Morison drops to the bench.

Polls

Who is the best candidate for Fantasy Captain in Gameweek 24?


  • Robin Van Persie (68%, 3,731 Votes)
  • Sergio Aguero (8%, 439 Votes)
  • Demba Ba (4%, 204 Votes)
  • David Silva (3%, 179 Votes)
  • Djibril Cisse (2%, 113 Votes)
  • Gareth Bale (2%, 111 Votes)
  • Bobby Zamora (2%, 103 Votes)
  • Thomas Vermaelen (1%, 78 Votes)
  • Stephane Sessegnon (1%, 61 Votes)
  • Fernando Torres (1%, 48 Votes)
  • Nikica Jelavic (1%, 48 Votes)
  • Edin Dzeko (1%, 48 Votes)
  • Luis Suarez (1%, 36 Votes)
  • Antonio Valencia (1%, 33 Votes)
  • Steve Morison (1%, 32 Votes)
  • Papiss Cisse (1%, 32 Votes)
  • Clint Dempsey (1%, 29 Votes)
  • Jon Walters (0%, 19 Votes)
  • Wayne Rooney (0%, 18 Votes)
  • Ryan Taylor (0%, 15 Votes)
  • Andy Carroll (0%, 14 Votes)
  • Darren Bent (0%, 13 Votes)
  • Theo Walcott (0%, 12 Votes)
  • Juan Mata (0%, 11 Votes)
  • Nani (0%, 11 Votes)
  • Robert Huth (0%, 10 Votes)
  • Frank Lampard (0%, 9 Votes)
  • Steven Gerrard (0%, 8 Votes)
  • Rafael Van der Vaart (0%, 6 Votes)
  • Emmanuel Adeabyor (0%, 6 Votes)
  • Charlie Adam (0%, 5 Votes)
  • Peter Odemwingie (0%, 4 Votes)
  • Daniel Sturridge (1%, 1 Votes)

Total Voters: 5,470

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Scout Leagues

  • Sun Dream Team
  • League Name: Fantasy Football Scout
  • PIN: 131684
  • Password: scout1112

Scout Picks

For Gameweek Twenty Four

  • Krul
  • Vermaelen
  • Kompany
  • Huth
  • Silva
  • Morrison
  • Bale
  • Valencia
  • Ba
  • van Persie
  • Agüero
  • Taiwo
  • Donovan
  • Zamora

Recent Comments

  • Dempsey does start! Official team sheet.. https://twitter.com/#!/StanCollymore/status/165841555792465921/photo/1 »
  • Can't? »
  • Very poor decision from the referee to send Huth off.. »
  • Nice, we all need a bit of luck. Got that with Dyer vs Arsenal recently. »
  • Is Dempsey playing today or not, people saying different things? »
  • Come on Scotland! »
  • Was hoping Mancini would build a snowman and put a Kompany shirt on it and play that ahead of Savic #mcfc great tweet… »
  • Mackems getting carried away again! Looking forward to a more competitive derby though :P »
  • +1 huths -2 points is a serious blemish in an otherwise good afternoon thus far »
  • it could be worse Ajay, you could have Cisse Despite that i still outscored my main rival, he has Komps as well. It… »

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Goalkeepers

Player Club Factors
No Change Krul NEW A, Vs
No Change Hart MCI B, Vs
No Change Kenny QPR C, Vs, Rest, £
No Change Mignolet SUN B, £
Up Al-Habsi WIG B, Vs, £
No Change Foster WBA B
No Change Vorm SWA B, VsX, £
Down Hennessey WOL B, Vs
No Change Sørensen STO B, Vs, Rest, £
Up Bogdan BOL C, Rest, £

Defenders

Player Club Factors
No Change Kompany MCI B, Vs
Up Huth STO B, Vs
No Change Simpson NEW B, Vs, £
No Change Riise FUL C, Vs
Up Bardsley SUN B, £
Up Senderos FUL B, Vs, Rest, £
Up Taiwo QPR B, Vs, £
No Change Evans MUN B, VsX, £
No Change Taylor NEW B, Vs, Rest, OoP
Up Rangel SWA B, VsX, £
No Change Clark AVL B, Vs, OoP, £
No Change McAuley WBA B, £
Down Johnson WOL B, £
Up Vermaelen ARS C
Down Enrique LIV B, VsX
Down Assou-Ekotto TOT A, VsX

Midfielders

Player Club Factors
No Change Bale TOT A, VsX
No Change Dempsey FUL A, Vs, OoP
No Change Silva MCI A, Vs
No Change Sessegnon SUN A, £
No Change Valencia MUN A, VsX
No Change Walters STO B, Vs, OoP, £
Up Moses WIG B, Vs, OoP, £
Up McClean SUN A, £
No Change Sinclair SWA B, VsX, £
Up Ben Arfa NEW B, Vs, Rest, OoP
Down Mata CHE C
Up Barton QPR B, Vs
Up Sigurdsson SWA B, VsX, £
No Change Ireland AVL B, Vs, Rest, £
No Change Donovan EVE B, VsX
No Change Morrison WBA B, £
Up Buzsaky QPR B, Vs, Rest, Inj, £
Up Murphy FUL B, Vs

Forwards

Player Club Factors
No Change van Persie ARS B
No Change Agüero MCI C, Vs
Up Ba NEW C, Vs
No Change Zamora QPR B, Vs
Up Dzeko MCI C, Vs, Rest
Up Bent AVL A, Vs
Up Morison NOR B, £
Down Fletcher WOL B, £
No Change Rooney MUN C, VsX, Inj
Down Sturridge CHE C
Down Welbeck MUN A, VsX, Rest, £
No Change Crouch STO B, Vs
No Change Adebayor TOT C, VsX
Up Odemwingie WBA C, Vs, Rest
Up Keane AVL A, Vs, £

Selection Factors

A, B, C Current Form
Vs Favourable Fixtures
VsX Unfavourable Fixtures
Rest Rotation Risk
Inj Injured/Returning from Injury
OoP Out of Position
£ Potential Bargain
Sus Suspended/Near Suspension

Suspension Tightrope

Player Team YC
Lowe BLA 9
Terry CHE 8
Barton QPR 8
Cattermole SUN 8
Song ARS 7
N'Zonzi BLA 7
Meireles CHE 7
Fellaini EVE 7
Huth STO 7
Shawcross STO 7
Caldwell WIG 7
Henry WOL 7
Koscielny ARS 6
Cole CHE 6
Luiz CHE 6
Lucas LIV 6
Barry MCI 6
Naughton NOR 6
Larsson SUN 6
Hunt WOL 6

“I think we needed that. I had good years with Neil Warnock but we were in a bad position.I spoke with the chairman and the situation now has changed. They want to keep me and we're going to have a discussion when we come back.”

Adel Taarabt seems glad to have a new man in charge at Loftus Road