Martin O’Neill has confirmed that James Milner is “extremely doubtful” for Villa’s trip to West Ham on Wednesday.
Milner was subbed at half-time in the 1-1 draw at Goodison on Saturday with a calf problem, much to the frustration of many fantasy managers. Now it appears that O’Neill is so pessimistic of Milner’s chances of making Wednesday’s game, it appears he can’t tell us often enough…
“James is extremely doubtful. Having come off in the game at half-time, he is a real doubt…With 15 minutes remaining, I asked if he could see out the half and he said yes. But we were always going to make the change at half-time. He is a major concern – he is highly doubtful.”
This represents pretty disastrous news for those Fantasy Premier League managers who handed him the captaincy for Villa’s double gameweek. Milner returned just two points for these managers at the weekend – his prospects of increasing that on Wednesday seem minimal to say the least. Just in case you missed it…
“He is a real doubt…”
Thanks Martin.

