Three gameweeks in and still Wenger’s teamsheet dominates our Saturday morning thinking. The form of Gareth Bale, Florent Malouda and Didier Drogba has been great and all but it’s starting to create template Fantasy lineups.

We need some differentials; we need Wayne Rooney, Fernando Torres, Steven Gerrard and the Arsenal pairing of Cesc Fabregas and Robin Van Persie to offer us some form and shake things up. The Gunners pair are not going to give us options from the bench though and once again, with just a few hours to go before Arsenal kick-off at Ewood Park, we wonder whether we’re going to get run the rule of the mercurial pair from the first whistle.

Let’s take a wander with the Saturday morning rags and find out…

Gameweek two is here and the team news is pouring in. The major headline is that Cesc Fabregas remains straining at the leash on the bench, along with Robin Van Persie as Wenger continues to rest the World Cup pairing. Blackpool are spared their brilliance for now at least then. That will come as a major disappointment to all those who backed the pair with the Fantasy Premier League armband today.

Elsewhere, Jon Walters makes his debut for Stoke with Kenwyne Jones ruled out. Jeans, Palacios and Kaboul all come in for the visitors as they look to steer through an injury crisis. Birmingham start with Zigic up front with O’Connor making way. At Goodison meanwhile, David Moyes springs a surprise, relegating Louis Saha to the bench and handing a Premier League debut to Jermaine Beckford. Both Osman and Fellaini drop out with Bilyaletdinov and Heitinga coming into the midfield. Hibbert starts for the injured Neville at right-back. Mick McCarthty is without Fletcher and Van Damme who both miss out for Wolves with injuries, so Elokobi and Doyle return.

At Upton Park Avram Grant rings the changes with Gabbidon, Barrera, Dyer (remember him?) and Piquionne all earning starts with Reid, Kovac, Boa Morte and Tomkins dropping to the bench. Finally at the Hawthorns new signing Peter Odemwingie is thrown straight in for his debut against Sunderland; Olsson also replaces Ibanez at centre-back.

Today’s Dugout Discussion is now open to suck up all your Fantasy Football emotions in real-time.

So Petr Cech is out for a month before a competitive ball has been kicked. The setback is typical of a player haunted by a constant battle with his body which appears to break down with alarming regularity but also sums up the lack of security that Fantasy Managers can find amongst Carlo Ancelotti’s celebrated back five.

That Chelsea defence was second only to United’s in terms of clean sheets last term and will likely be vying with them and perhaps Liverpool, for the same accolade in the coming season. Capitalising on this from a Fantasy perspective is far from easy however given that there are injury or rotation concerns over every leading candidate available…

Carlo Ancelotti keeps faith with the eleven that won at Anfield. Charlie N’Zogbia is back in the frame for visitors Wigan. Antonio Valencia misses out again for United as they wait on Stoke’s arrival at Old Trafford. A jubilant Harry Redknapp has concerns over Heurelho Gomes’ fitness and is set to rest Ledley King for the Turf Moor trip. Matt Jarvis returns to the Wolves squad with Mick McCarthy set to keep changes at a minimum again. Sam Allardyce hints at more changes with an opportunity for Amine Linganzi (me neither) on the cards…

All the tittle-tattle from around the Premier League grounds is being gathered for you and delivered in the Team News section as per usual. With a still a few clubs to reveal their official line, this will continue to be updated tomorrow as we prepare for Sunday’s Fantasy deadline and kick-offs. As always, keep an eye on the Tweets for the fresh stuff.

As yet, there’s still no definitive news on the fitness of Heurelho Gomes going into tonight’s crunchiest of games with Man City. Harry Redknapp confirmed yesterday that Gomes had not returned to training following the groin injury suffered in Saturday’s win over Bolton and indicated that he would leave things to the last minute before assessing his keeper’s availability..

“He didn’t train yesterday (Monday) and he won’t do too much today…We hope he’s fit because he’s important to us. I’m hopeful.”

An insight into the Gomes may come later today, although Redknapp may decide to keep his cards cuddled up to his chest. It’s a similar situation with Ledley King who is also set to be assessed prior to kick-off. King’s long-running knee problems continue to make it difficult for the defender to take part in midweek matches having turned out at the weekend but again, Redknapp seems hopeful…

“I’ll leave it to Ledley. If he feels he’s fit and he’s up for playing, he’ll tell me. If he’s not quite right, he’ll tell me. He knows his body and how his knee is feeling and he will let me know.”

The Spurs boss will likely turn to Sebastien Bassong should King fail to make it, or possibly shift Younes Kaboul to a central role and switch Benoit Assou-Ekotto to right-back. Either way Gareth Bale owners will be waiting anxiously to see if their man lines up on the left of midfield tonight.

It was confirmed yesterday that Verdran Coluka was once again sidelined with his ankle injury and personally, I can see Redknapp starting with the more mobile Assou-Ekotto against the threat of Craig Bellamy, while he’ll also be tempted to recall Wilson Palacios to a midfield role in order to strengthen things in the middle of the park. That would likely see Luka Modric switch to the left in Bale’s position.

Alex Ferguson has announced that Wayne Rooney will return to training today and could be available for the trip to Sunderland this weekend.

The United boss revealed that Rooney has made a recovery from the groin injury sustained in training last Thursday and is set to join a session today in preparation for Sunday’s game.

“We expect Wayne to join us in training and possibly Rio Ferdinand as well…We will see how they do but we have a couple of days. Wayne missed last week’s game against Tottenham to allow the ankle to settle. We don’t have any issues with that now. But groin injuries can be a problem at this time of year when the ground is hard. Hopefully he is okay.”

The news comes off the back of earlier reports stating that the United medical staff had given Rooney an “outside chance” of being available. It will serve as a major revelation to Fantasy Managers, many of whom will have either sold on or contemplated selling Rooney for the season climax…