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The Injury Update

Fri Oct 27 03:10PM by Neal

The biggest news of the week is that Carlo Cudicini is back in the squad and by all reports (BBC, PhysioRoom.com, etc.) is very likely to start his first match back.  If ever Jose were looking for a way to ease him back into the line-up @SHE certainly qualifies.  Given that there aren't many other options and T-Ho is questionable due to a virus, Carlo seems like the answer.

Tom Huddlestone looks to continue as a defender in midfield as Didier Zakora appears to be out again.

As Jeremy blogged yesterday, Viduka's injury makes Euell an inexpensive option as Yakubu's partner against struggling Man Citeh.

MGP is listed as a "Slight Doubt" so I'd imagine he'll be in there and in for some points against the struggling Hammers.  If you were considering Nonda for this match, it would appear that he is not going to make the line-up.

Bobby Convey is listed as "Very Doubtful" so there's even more reason to stay away from Reading as they journey to Fratton Park where it appears that Johnson and Stefanovich will be back (but not very likely to get clean sheets).

Hoyte will continue on the right side of the Arsenal defence as Eboue remains injured and Lauren further aggrivated his condition meaning he will be out until the New Year.  Hoyte is a great inexpensive option for fantasy managers for the next few weeks.

Finally, Marlon King is out for a second straight week after mysteriously going from healthy on Friday to out on the weekend last week.  This improves the value of Spurs defenders even further as Ashley Young is Watford's only real remaining threat in the attack.

Sadly, there isn't much mention of what Jose is thinking about his midfield where Cole, Robben, Lamps, Ballack, Makelele, and Essien all appear to be healthy.  Other than Lamps, that means a lot of questions...

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  • (1)

    do we think sheva will still get the start? or is jose gonna bench him like that one mysterious quote may have implied...?

    Posted by: pscarlyle on Fri Oct 27 04:53PM | Report abuse
  • (2)

    I hear King has the mysterious but always popular "viral infection." The kissing bandit strikes again.

    Posted by: jon_wolfsthal on Fri Oct 27 05:19PM | Report abuse
  • (3)

    "Watford striker Marlon King is still out of action with a knee injury." Though that doesn't mean he WASN'T kissing Lee Hendrie.

    Posted by: jspitzberg on Fri Oct 27 05:27PM | Report abuse
  • (4)

    what about Francis for Watford?

    Posted by: wonkercdub on Sat Oct 28 02:41AM | Report abuse
  • (5)

    what about francis for watford?

    Posted by: wonkercdub on Sat Oct 28 02:42AM | Report abuse
  • (6)

    shevchenko rested...not even on the bench, hilario in goal....there goes my week

    Posted by: joshtottenham on Sat Oct 28 12:34PM | Report abuse
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