Steve Bruce has announced his intention to contest the red card awarded to Jason Koumas in today’s game against Bolton. Koumas saw red after just 4-minutes for a tackle on Bolton’s Cahill and will now face a three-match ban. However, today’s referee, Steve Tanner, has already agreed to view footage of the challenge as Wigan seek to get it overturned.

That’s significant for fantasy managers because the absence of Koumas could bring Ryan Taylor back into the lineup. Should Taylor get the nod over Kilbane he would be a very decent proposition. He is classed as a defender, and a cheap one at that, but is employed on the left of midfield by Bruce. He will hog Wigan’s set-pieces and with the side on a run of 5 clean sheets in 6, he would represent excellent value.

Any appeal by Wigan would jeopardise the chances of Taylor regaining his place however, so we await news on that one.