Fantasy Premier League

Doing a Giggs

Mon Mar 24 04:00PM by Jeremy

Carlos Edwards
Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo and Nani have been ruled out of Portugal's Euro 2008 warm-up with Greece in Duesseldorf, Germany on Wednesday due to injuries, the Portuguese Football Federation said on Monday.

Ronaldo and Nani, who both scored in United's 3-0 win over Liverpool on Sunday, are suffering from leg muscle problems, the federation said on its Web site (www.fpf.pt).

"We proposed to coach (Luiz Felipe Scolari) that the players be released from the squad and he accepted," squad doctor Henrique Jones was quoted as saying. No replacements were named.

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Anyone doubt that both will be fine for the Villa match on Sunday?  Meanwhile Sunderland have KWyne and Carlos Edwards flying home for a T&T friendly against Jamaica before their big match home to WHU.  If they can win against the Hammers, they will have really helped their cause to stay up.  BFAReid or KRich for your weekend's fantasy?

UPDATE:  

Trinidad & Tobago have revealed they will not stop Sunderland duo Carlos Edwards and Kenwyne Jones from facing West Ham at the weekend.The Blacks Cats refused to release the duo for Wednesday night's friendly international against Jamaica on medical grounds.

After Edwards (groin) and Jones (virus) were withdrawn, the club rejected a request from the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation to have their conditions independently verified.

The T&TFF threatened to impose a FIFA sanction that would deny Sunderland use of the pair until five days after the clash in Kingston.

Enforcement of the ruling would have prevented them from featuring in the crucial Premier League showdown against West Ham on Saturday.

But according to FIFA vice-president and T&TFF special adviser Jack Warner, agreement was reached following intervention from Sunderland manager Roy Keane and striker Dwight Yorke.

 

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  • (1)

    I trust BFAReid as a YFF pick about as far as I could throw his pie-loving a**. And what is the appeal of K-Rich, really??? He's not exactly performed consistently (or played regularly for that matter), and you never know which Hammers will show up, so Blunderland could be in for a tough game - one of those scrappy affairs that yield few fantasy points. A match-up I am avoiding personally...

    Posted by: sparta_prague2001 on Mon Mar 24 08:42PM | Report abuse
  • (2)

    how about Gordon?!

    Posted by: jon_wolfsthal on Mon Mar 24 08:57PM | Report abuse
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    (2) Gordon could be a good bet this weekend playing the Hammers at the Stadium of Light. Sunderland are not horrible at home and the Hammers got hammered 4-0 and don't look like they are going to regain their form too soon. Don't expect a 4-0 win for either of them.

    Posted by: zzzeclipse on Tue Mar 25 06:13AM | Report abuse
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    Hey! Don't help Jon. He's beating me.

    Posted by: mikelanglais on Tue Mar 25 05:14PM | Report abuse
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