Gerrard Injury Adds to Hodgson’s Woes

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[sbu_large_image] Injuries

18 November 2010 679 comments

johnfinlay

Steven Gerrard will undergo a scan today to assess the extent of a hamstring injury sustained in England’s 2-1 friendly defeat to France last night at Wembley. Gerrard left the field after 84 minutes with the problem, breaking an agreement between Liverpool and England stating that the midfielder would only play for an hour.

The prognosis is not yet known, although the Daily Telegraph’s Henry Winter has reported through his Twitter account, that Gerrard could be out of action for 4-5 weeks…

The Reds were left fuming after Fabio Capello decided to break their promise by keeping the player on the field. Liverpool’s head of fitness and conditioning Darren Burgess vented his anger on Twitter, although the rant was removed shortly afterwards…

“Unbelievable from all associated with England and English FA with regard to Steven Gerrard’s injury. Completely ignored agreement and past history.”

The Liverpool captain’s possible spell on the sidelines will come as a massive blow for Roy Hodgson’s men and a large proportion of Fantasy Premier League (FPL) Managers, with the player currently boasting 12.9% ownership. Although one of the most expensive players in the FPL game at £11.4 and by no means enjoying his greatest season, Gerrard has managed to notch-up a steady 57 points this so far this term and could leave Fantasy Football Managers with a dilemma.

With the probable absence of Gerrard and Lucas Leiva’s suspension, Liverpool are facing a crisis in midfield for the visit of West Ham on Saturday. This surely means that, along with Raul Meireles, Christian Poulsen will start the game and the likes of Jonjo Shelvey and Jay Spearing could hope for some minutes. With Gerrard being the regular spot-kick taker Fernando Torres, who is also a doubt, will be the likely replacement.

Saturday’s home fixture against West Ham is a must win game for Liverpool, but with doubts hanging over several key first-team regulars (Torres, Joe Cole, Dirk Kuyt and Martin Skrtel) and of course the Gerrard injury, it is already looking a potentially uncomfortable encounter for Roy Hodgson’s side.

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Hoodrat
15 years, 5 months ago
Indeed
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MJ6987
15 years, 5 months ago
Is Chris Brunt really out at the weekend? I can't find anything about it on Google
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1. SuperDorrans
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Yeah, he is.
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  1. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Do do do we have a sourse on this?
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    1. Stefan Kuntz
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Can't find anything after a quick search on newsnow!
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      1. SuperDorrans
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Source: Di Matteo on Albion Player, it's exclusive to the site. Will be on newsnow at some point.
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        Skragnarok
        15 years, 5 months ago
        What's this new snow?
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FPL Daniel
15 years, 5 months ago
Welcome aboard Johnfinlay.
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1. johnfinlay
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Aloha!
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jamsiep
15 years, 5 months ago
hehehehehehehehehehe
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Hotlips
15 years, 5 months ago
gerrard is overrated and overpriced in FPL...never used him b4 and never will..doesnt score high enough regularly enough..il stick to fabregas and lampard, when fit, as my big priced midfleiders..as they are consistent scorers....anybody agree/disagree???
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1. andy85wsm
  15 years, 5 months ago
  He might be slightly expensive for the team he's playing in but when liverpool score it's usually him scoring or assisting.
  
  This news doesn't just have implications for Gerrard owners but also Torres owners.
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  1. PlayPercentage
    15 years, 5 months ago
    I presume a lot of the Gerrard owners will be piling on to VdV or Bale. Cahill is a "blue nose" and Nani is MU.
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  2. Jonah
    15 years, 5 months ago
    As a Torres owner myself, is it too much to hope that he might get a couple of penalties to counter-act the fact that the overall play of the team will undoubtedly be weakened by Gerrard's absence?
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andy85wsm
15 years, 5 months ago
If gerrard is injured for that long I'm quite glad I didn't hit the transfer of Drogba to Torres last week.
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1. FPLord
  15 years, 5 months ago
  I don't see this injury affecting Torres too much. OK Pool will create less, but Torres will be on pens. I won't get him in, but he's still the one I'm most afraid of scoring big.
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  1. Ole Gunnar Kush
    15 years, 5 months ago
    i agree
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Coops
15 years, 5 months ago
Chaps.

On paper and not on form which would you prefer.

Drogba
Tevez
Nani
Walcott

or

Harewood
Rooney
Fabregas
Lampard.

Take into account that VDV, Etherington and Nzogbia are also in the team.
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1. Binman_UK
  15 years, 5 months ago
  A. Although I've got Drogba, Tevez, Nani and Fabregas :).
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RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
15 years, 5 months ago
I havent been on in a couple of days so just looking through the old articles, and reading the one on charlie adam saw this in the write up by jfinlay;

"Reports meanwhile from the local rag in Blackpool suggest that scans on the knee injury...."

If you're gonna use something for a quote and make out that you're serious about Gilks having a knee injury, how you can call that source a rag is f**king retarded.

Whether or not it is a rag is immaterial, the bottom line is unless you're making fun of the story, or casting doubt on it, using the detrimental comment of 'RAG' is retarded when you're using said Rag to back up your reporting.

I am not affiliated with the blackpool Gazette, as most people on here know.

Anyway, f**king retarded comment.
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1. Coops
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Wow, you sound like a proper tool!
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  1. demilovato- From Mexico to …
    15 years, 5 months ago
    +1
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    1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
      15 years, 5 months ago
      whats a proper tool +1, an angle grinder?
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      1. Coops
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Basically it means you're a tit!
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        RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
        15 years, 5 months ago
        god i'd love to be a tit. all soft and nipply, with my own food source....thanks 'Coops'.... (great addition to the nomenclature by the way, and you're witty too, what a guy!)
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        Coops
        15 years, 5 months ago
        hahaha, there you go again!
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2. Mark
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Feedback noted Roy...delivered in your own unique style as always 🙂
  
  Seriously though. We will take that on board.
  
  I do love the idea of you working for the Blackpool Gazette though.
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  1. Drip Doctor
    15 years, 5 months ago
    He would be an epic addition to the scout casts ... just saying 😉
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    1. denial
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Wasn't using the term 'rag' just an idiosyncrasy of the writer though? It's just a phrase lots of writers/journalists use to describe a certain kind of paper.
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  2. andy85wsm
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Although not to do with Fantasy football I keep seeing posts every few hours mentioning the Fifa goal of 2010.
    
    Could we maybe get a poll up like the captain one to see what everyones thoughts are.
    
    I guess it would probably just get in the way though...
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    1. dogtanion
      15 years, 5 months ago
      I have it shortlisted down to 3: Cesc's goal away to Bolton/ Cesc's goal away to Wolves/ Cesc'c goal at home to Spurs
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      1. Gargamel
        15 years, 5 months ago
        None of those goals are on the list!
        
        http://www.fifa.com/ballondor/puskasaward/index.html
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        dogtanion
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Ah ok, best of the rest so! I'd go for Nasri but it scares how much it would go to his already inflated head so I'll go for Gio Van B, purely down to its significance coupled with the fact I hate Uruguay, tripled with the fact he played for Arsenal before!
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        Granville
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Nah Hallenius is tops.
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3. Epic Fail
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Pipe down, fool.
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  1. jamsiep
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Huh? It is a genuine point...
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    1. Epic Fail
      15 years, 5 months ago
      So what? This isn't the BBC website, its FFS. There are plenty of mistakes in most articles on here I could point out, but do I? No, because it's ridiculous and hair splitting.
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      1. Mark
        15 years, 5 months ago
        To be fair Epic..it's all good - Roy is fine to raise this. Perhaps the reference to being "retarded" was a little harsh though.
        
        We want feedback and our writers, in particular John who has just joined us, certainly does. To be fair to him, he actually didn't write the final paragraph. It was added after he had completed the section on Adam's situation.
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        Epic Fail
        15 years, 5 months ago
        The way he went about it is no doubt the main reason why people will get their backs up. You can't go around saying things in that way and expect nice responses. It wouldn't be so bad but he does it all the time. Blatant troll.
        
        I do agree with the underlying point though.
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        RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
        15 years, 5 months ago
        yes, im a blatant troll.... ye blow in.
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        Epic Fail
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Love you too xx
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      2. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
        15 years, 5 months ago
        i like splitting hairs Failure boy, i used to work with microscopes.
        
        I think ill write to Blackpool gazette and ask for an internship, i could do a weekly rag rant online.
        
        The over use of the word retarded was meant to make it sound a little neurotic, smiley face was forgotten though. Apologies.
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4. fastlane
  15 years, 5 months ago
  All newspapers are rags, no need to get all het up about it.
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5. qstormheavyrain
  15 years, 5 months ago
  roy u chattin sh** again
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  1. herman murman
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Roy, i have an image of you in my head of a cross between Gollum and Victor Meldrew, sittin in your dressing gown, in front of your computer, giving off about the world.
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    1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Don't forget the head full of curlers. Oh, and i look like Nora Batty.
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      1. denial
        15 years, 5 months ago
        What's your number? 😉
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        RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
        15 years, 5 months ago
        1890 69 69 69
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        denial
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Well I'm heading to County Mayo tmrw to visit the in-laws. Playing golf at Cairn on Saturday morning. Be there honey.
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        denial
        15 years, 5 months ago
        *Carne
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        RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
        15 years, 5 months ago
        illbe in Cavan at a trad night. meet you halfway so
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      2. herman murman
        15 years, 5 months ago
        very good. the world need people like you or else there would be all sorts of sneaky fekers tryin to get things past us. Keep up the good work!!
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      3. dogtanion
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Cavan? God help you, don't expect anyone to buy you a drink, tight feckers down there
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6. fatboy_jim
  15 years, 5 months ago
  relax brudda, "rag" is not necessarily an insult. It's often just a slang word for newspaper, especially a low circulation local one.
  
  e.g. "yeah I'm a journalist, I write for the local rag, can I buy you a drink?"
  
  You've obviously spotted that the paper in question was being used as a source so contextually it's implied that the author is not putting it down.
  
  Climb down off that pole
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dogtanion
15 years, 5 months ago
Remember when a Lampard/Gerrard midfield was the shit in FPL..08/09 I think, good times
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1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Argh I hate looking at my team after a bad GW. Red arrows are so ugly!
  
  Definitely getting K. Davies in for Piquionne this week, but Lucifer is tempting me to make a sordid 4 pt hit.I can't stand the site of Malouda in my team any more, and want to be in the VdV promised land, but all sensibility says I should keep a hold of Malouda considering this week's fixtures.
  
  The hardships of life in the first world, eh :)!
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  1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Don't know why this post is here...
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    1. dogtanion
      15 years, 5 months ago
      haaha Are you GreenDreams in disguise Are you GreenDreams in disguise!
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      1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
        15 years, 5 months ago
        🙂
        
        How very dare you!
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Bryan Roy
15 years, 5 months ago
Put this here as I put it on the last post, just as a new one got posted!

Thinking of not doing any transfers this week…

Then next week doing

Malouda > De Jong (or any 4.2m)
Odemwingie> Rooney (depending on his situation)

Current Team

Foster (Carson)
A.Cole Coleman Elmo (Simpson Foley)
VDV Bale Malouda Fabregas Nani
Drogba Carroll (Odem)
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1. IAmTheWalrus
  15 years, 5 months ago
  so you're the guy bringing in de jong?
  
  i heard about you...
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  1. Bryan Roy
    15 years, 5 months ago
    ha well doesn't have to be him, could be any 4.2m mid as he is only a sub anyway!
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    1. jamsiep
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Get McArthur.
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2. dogtanion
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Meh..I don't think it's worth suffering De Jong in your team for the "pleasure" of buying Shrek..Nani is sufficient Manc cover in my opinion, they are shit like, remember?!
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3. PlayPercentage
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Why not stay with what you've got? See how it pans out, you've got a great squad.
  Drogba + Malouda have got to start scoring again, surely!
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  1. Bryan Roy
    15 years, 5 months ago
    True, but I've got 30m+ tied up in chelsea players and it's horrid when the don't perform (and Malouda hasn't done for a while)
    
    Just thinking of Rooney early because he might recapture last season form!
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    1. PlayPercentage
      15 years, 5 months ago
      I know, I captained Malouda for the last 3 weeks. I'm going to give him another couple of weeks, though.
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andy85wsm
15 years, 5 months ago
44 - Lionel Messi has scored 44 goals (in 44 La Liga games) since the start of 2009-10, one more than the entire Deportivo team. Clockwork.
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1. jamsiep
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Sounds like Deportivo need Diego Tristan back.
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2. J.A.R.V.I.S
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Didn't Messi get 3 hatricks in a fortnight or something crazy like that?
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SuperDorrans
15 years, 5 months ago
Who would you play out of Arteta or Coleman this week? Coleman is playing well and has the bonus of getting clean sheet points so leaning towards him at the moment.
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1. jamsiep
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Arteta
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  1. SuperDorrans
    15 years, 5 months ago
    or Jaraaaaa?
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  2. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Arteta. They get a clean sheet, you're 3pts down. They concede a couple, you're 1 pt up. But Arteta is more likely to get attacking points or boni.
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    1. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
      15 years, 5 months ago
      There is an interview about injuries with whats-his-face on WBA TV though.
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Attila the Bum
15 years, 5 months ago
Balls to it all. Gilks you are a troublesome little mingemaggot, considering an 8 pointer

Gilks out Gordon in
Bosingwa out Carr (or some other shitter) in
Tevez out Rooney in.

It's either that or seppuku.

Balls.
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1. jamsiep
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Please don't make those transfers, they are awful.
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  1. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Whats the craic with Bosingwa, is he nailed on now you have injuries-a-plenty?
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  2. Attila the Bum
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Oh and awful they may be, but every logical smart transfer I have done has backfired spectacularly, now is the time to be mental.
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Murmuring
15 years, 5 months ago
Been working on a wild card team of which this is the latest version (new players in caps):

Foster, JAASKALEINEN
VIDIC, KOLAROV, KONCHESKY, Coleman, FOLEY
Fabregas, Van de Vaart, NANI, Adam, FERGUSON
GYAN, Carroll, Drogba

Can anyone help me on this please? I'm probably going to take Gordon instead of Foster as they rotate so well with each other all the way to the next Wild Card.
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1. NeedleVor
  15 years, 5 months ago
  How many times today will you be posting this exactly?
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  1. Murmuring
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Useful advice. Cheers.
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Azzy
15 years, 5 months ago
hi is there any other way i can purchase membership because my paypal is currently limited and cannot be used 🙁
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1. Attila the Bum
  15 years, 5 months ago
  If you send me a cheque for £39.99 I'll hook you up.....honest guv 😉
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2. pompeyfan
  15 years, 5 months ago
  You should be able to pay with a credit card, thats what I did, I don't have a paypal account.
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benjscott
15 years, 5 months ago
Who is best to captain this week. Fabs or Nani?????????

cant decide cos nani is bound to do well at home to wigan but fabs has come back to form!!!
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1. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Nani fur mich. Didn't give anyone else too much consideration tbh, it's a no-brainer in my eyes.
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  1. benjscott
    15 years, 5 months ago
    u not think that it will be tight with utd and wigan tho. they havent dun well at all recently and wigan can be a tough team.
    
    fabs on pens and bonus points plus back to form im unsure!!
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2. Jonah
  15 years, 5 months ago
  I am also getting Nani, mostly because I took an 8-point hit to get him and I want it to pay off.
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tosey
15 years, 5 months ago
brunt out is he? hmmm may have to have a rethink
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50 Fent
15 years, 5 months ago
Is Brunt out this GW??
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1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
  15 years, 5 months ago
  good god, wheres this coming from ? I only got him in last week for this game!
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  1. dogtanion
    15 years, 5 months ago
    He looked fine last night, being outplayed by Morrocans, standard really?
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    1. RoysBrotherJohnson- Irish p…
      15 years, 5 months ago
      i cant find anything on the internerd about him being injured, dunno what tosey is on about
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      1. tosey
        15 years, 5 months ago
        http://www.westbrom.com/forum/index.php?topic=66341.0
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  2. tosey
    15 years, 5 months ago
    i noticed super graham dorrans said he is
    
    if hes out then no rooney for me but a different and quite nice plan has already been hatched 🙂
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    1. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Someone posted above, SuperD said he was, but the original post was a bit random so I'm wondering if SuperD was giving it a bit of the old Alonso 14.
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NeedleVor
15 years, 5 months ago
To SuperDorrans or any other WBA fan - In your opinion has Ibanez now secure in his role as a first teamer or will he be under threat when everyone is fit?
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1. SuperDorrans
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Olsson is out until Christmas so until then he's a certain starter at centre back but after that who knows?! I doubt it though, Olsson and Tamas work well together. I'd go with Tamas, he's due a goal also.
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2. Stefan Kuntz
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Tamas and Olsson is the first choice duo. They were performing well pre-injuries as well....
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Blue Teets
15 years, 5 months ago
Everyone’s waiting til after the Brum game it to see if Chelsea are crap.

This is a mistake, last year a full strength Chelsea should have lost the same fixture 1-0 through a Benitez goal wrongly disallowed.

So I’d put my house on 0-0 for this one but only question is who to drop Malouda or Drogba… which one will come good and bite u in the ass?
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1. David Davros
  15 years, 5 months ago
  You'd put your house on a 0-0?
  
  Mentalist.
  Classic mistake thinking stats and past meetings dictate future events. Especially since in thsi case it's such a weak extrapolation.
  
  Good luck with that though.
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  1. Blue Teets
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Remember my name and this conversation...
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    1. David Davros
      15 years, 5 months ago
      You're missing the point. Even if it is a 0-0 (which i have never said it won't be), your reasoning is still p*ss poor.
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      1. Blue Teets
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Obviously last years stat isn't the only contributing factor ffs but it shows correlation:-
        
        Chelsea aren't scoring
        
        Brum don't want to score
        
        If it ends 0-0 don't show ur face round here again...
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        David Davros
        15 years, 5 months ago
        lol, are you threatening me?
        
        Let me give you an analogy, since i can tell you're struggling with this.
        
        Let's consider a dialect between John and Fred
        
        John: The next car that comes around the corner will be red, i know this because it's 3 o clock, and red is the first 3 letter colour i thought of.
        
        Fred: That is terrible logic, and doesn't point to a red car coming round the corner next.
        
        *red car comes round the corner*
        
        John: see? i'm right, you better not show your face round here for a while.
        
        Did the red car coming round the corner prove that Fred was wrong, or vindicate John's reasoning? No, it did neither.
        
        Comprendre?
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        David Davros
        15 years, 5 months ago
        *dialogue, balls, there goes my cover.
        
        The point still stands
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        David Davros
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Also, genuine sorry. Being a patronising c**t.
        
        Again the point stands though 😀
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        Blue Teets
        15 years, 5 months ago
        (I'm probably the only one on this board with certainly grad-level philosophy training, so it's remarkable you got into a discussion with me about logic lol.)
        
        1. Thats a dishonest analogy. The time and colour in his mind have no bearing on the car coming but the reasons I gave do have bearing on my prediction.
        
        2. Tott v Ars will probably be a high scoring game, because they are high-scoring teams and usually score lots against each other. Poor reasoning ?
        
        3. There is a high probability Bir v Che will be 0-0 based on current form and past results with largely the same team. Poor reasoning ?
        
        Discussion over my friend.
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        David Davros
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Absolutely.
        I have a first class masters in maths, which i think probably covers more advanced logic than you, and certainly more about probability. Not that that matters since you only need a little common sense to understand what i'm saying.
        
        A quick look on stan james gives odds of a 0-0 at 10-1, that isn't a high probability is it? It's more likely that it won't happen. If you're so sure why don't you put all your money on it?
        
        1. Yes i'll concede it isn't the fairest analogy, but your argument goes way too far the other way and gives too much weight to the fixture last year. Football is far too unpredictable and there are too many variables.
        
        2,3. No, it's a different kind of statement, and i think there is more evidence in those teams respective forms to say that.
        
        By saying something will be 0-0 you're asserting that neither team will score a goal, that immediately removes all but one possible scorelines. Asserting something will have alot of goals is quite different in terms of probabilities - but of course, you already know this?
        
        the most important thing as i'm sure most people here realise is that stats and form can point to something happening but it can so easily go the other way, Arsenal SHOULD have beat WBA and NEW at home, they didn't, why not? etc. etc.
        
        0-0's are ridiculously hard to predict because it only takes one moment out of 90 minutes to balls it all up.
        
        Discussion over, agreed.
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        andy85wsm
        15 years, 5 months ago
        Why, because you predicted one match right?
        
        Does that mean you won't show you face around here if it isn't 1-0.
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2. Pork Pie Sausage Roll
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Brum aren't as solid as last season though.
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  1. Dick_Whitman
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Exactly, Brum were 8 or 9 games unbeaten last year. Not showing that form now.
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andy85wsm
15 years, 5 months ago
If this weeks transfers dont work out I'm going back to the how I played at the start of the season rather than this waiting until Friday/Saturday malarky.

All my transfers done by Monday, sometimes even by Saturday evening!

I was scoring much better back then
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1. Stefan Kuntz
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Not for me to tell you what to do andy, but you have probably been a bit fortunate to avoid any injuries to your team. Early transfers are high risk, obviously it may pay off and you could get lucky to avoid injuries etc etc - but in relality the best way to give you, the best chance of getting it right is to wait till Fri evening.
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  1. andy85wsm
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Yeah of course.
    
    Too many red arrows, got to change something!
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    1. Stefan Kuntz
      15 years, 5 months ago
      Red arrows can just be bad luck - captaincy choice is key, but its a lottery. Just got to hope you throw your dart in the right place more often than not. I would suggest the best change would be to put as much thought as possible into getting your (c) right, if you feel you need to change anything
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    2. Brian (Not the Messiah)
      15 years, 5 months ago
      we've all had those red arrows cos we're all choosing similar players... its got nothing to do with when you do your transfers...
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David Davros
15 years, 5 months ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaX8NTtkllw&feature=player_embedded

Nani, what a d**k.
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1. dogtanion
  15 years, 5 months ago
  +1 By the way I'd approve of this comment even without any video attachment!
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  1. David Davros
    15 years, 5 months ago
    lol
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2. andy85wsm
  15 years, 5 months ago
  To me it looked like
  
  1) Nani was onside
  
  2) The ball was already in and he wasn't interfering with play anyway
  
  Ronaldo's tantrum is pathetic though.
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  1. David Davros
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Yeah i think Nani was onside too, but really there was no need to get involved even if the goal had stood. In light of the fact it didn't, d*ck is the only word*.
    
    *except maybe bird, i heard that bird is also the word.
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fatboy_jim
15 years, 5 months ago
"Fernando Torres, who is also a doubt, will be the likely replacement."

Torres doesn't appear to be in doubt to me

http://www.fernando9torres.com/index.php?p=4276

this article says he's fully recovered and looked lively against portugal. I'm a bit worried that without Gerrard he won't get as much service to score from.

I had captained Torres this week but maybe Nani is a safer bet. If Ronaldo hasn't had him killed before the weekend that is 🙂
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SuperDorrans
15 years, 5 months ago
Anyone tempted by Fabs captain this week? He always seems to do well against Spurs and most the time it's a high scoring game.
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1. dogtanion
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Either him or Nani
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  1. Bedknobs and Boomsticks
    15 years, 5 months ago
    Leaning towards the guy with the long name. his record at Old Trafford this season is just awesome.
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    1. SuperDorrans
      15 years, 5 months ago
      I haven't picked a decent captain in about 7 weeks. Maybe stupid, but I'll be at the Baggies game whilst Man Utd are playing whilst Arsenal vs Spurs is the early kick off! 😀
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Bigo1
15 years, 5 months ago
Kuyt will be on PK (if fit).
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Blyth Spartans
15 years, 5 months ago
Zubar why do you have to ruin my transfer plan?! Prick!
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Oliver Reed
15 years, 5 months ago
best man u striker for this weekend...?
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1. andy85wsm
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Roooooooooooooooney!
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  1. Oliver Reed
    15 years, 5 months ago
    is roonpig starting. might do torres> rooney. pool will be gash this week..
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Bedknobs and Boomsticks
15 years, 5 months ago
Brunt injury clarification. Thanks SuperD

http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/2010/11/18/gerrard-injury-adds-to-hodgson%e2%80%99s-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-1091701
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Zizou
15 years, 5 months ago
ok based on a load of advise i'm bringing nani in and arteta out, will hold on to malouda for another week anyway, knowing my run of luck malouda will get 1point, and arteta will score and get 3bp's ending with 10pts....

we'll see

anyone care to talk me out of it or go for it
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1. Zizou
  15 years, 5 months ago
  looks like nani will go up in price 2nite
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2. Freshy
  15 years, 5 months ago
  You think Sunderland will follow up their greatest game in recent history and drop one at home to Ev?
  The way this seasons playing out you might be right
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3. J.A.R.V.I.S
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Nani transfer is sound - will get a rise tomorrow night i think and maybe even another if there is a mass exodus on Gerrard
  
  plus I can't see N'zogbia putting in a shift and doubling up on him so should see plenty of the ball on Saturday.
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Mulder
15 years, 5 months ago
Hmmmmm with liverpools problems do i play piquionne? He's also on pens. Between albrighton and piquionne what do y'all think
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1. pompeyfan
  15 years, 5 months ago
  Noble is back so he will be on pens again
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  1. Mulder
    15 years, 5 months ago
    thanks mate didn't know that
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