Fantasy Premier League

Injuries and Suspensions

Fri Jan 25 04:04PM

What a frustrating week. Since Villa and Rovers play on Saturday lockdown happens well in advance of most of the matches. We can learn a little bit from the FA Cup injury reports but who knows what is going to happen between now and when the Premier League matches actually happen. As Jeremy so aptly pointed out, Duff and Owen could both pull hamstrings or tweak their knees coming out of the tunnel at the Emirates on the weekend and be ruled out for the mid-week return.

Looks like Senderos will be available for Arsenal so if you have him for a good price, it looks good for keeping him.

Gareth Barry doesn't look like he's going to make it back for the Rovers match. Not much impact but I'm struggling for something to write here so I'm trying to get everything I can out of the one injury report available.

Looks like Heskey will be back for Wigan by midweek... Ballack is a question mark for Chelsea... Mpenza looks to be back for Citeh and may offer an option if Bianchi does leave... Arbeloa is ruled out of the weekend matches with an injury.

Sorry, I wish there were more to go on, but there really isn't much. Time to pick and pray.

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[Jeremy adds:]

"The Premier League might be (almost) on hold until next midweek, but you have to settle on your line-up by midday Saturday."

And with a glut of FA Cup fixtures muddying the waters further, it promises to be a tough week for Fantasy managers."

So sayeth our "Choose 'em or lose 'em?" columnist.

Not only that, but transfer rumours are starting to hot up meaning players may be on new teams by the time they play on Tues or Wed. Nothing to do but soldier on and make your best guesses. In addition to Neal's pointers above, here are the latest injury, suspension and transfer reports in an ultimately fruitless attempt to inform your decisions.

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What about Timmy Cahill? He's suspended but I've got him on +2.5. He's been playing poorly lately though. Time to send him packing or stay the course? Next game is home to Reading. Hmm...
From bleufaery on Fri Jan 25 04:20PM
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he is suspended? for 5 yellows?
From sockerman04 on Fri Jan 25 04:34PM
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yeah- http://www.evertonfc.com/news/archive/cahill-banne
d.html?utm_source=rss_everton&utm_medium=rss_f
eed&utm_term=CAHILL%20BANNED
From alisonklohk on Fri Jan 25 04:43PM
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DOES ANYONE KNOW IF RICARDO CARVALHO WILL START. LAST WEEK OUR BLOG-HOSTS MENTIONED THAT HE WAS A GOOD BUY. I BOUGHT HIM; HE HAS GONE UP IN VALUE CONSIDERABLY AND NOW I WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY KNEW HE WOULD PLAY FOR SURE.... ANYONE KNOW IF HE IS STARTING OR PLAYING FOR SURE????
TA VERY MUCH
From hemustincrease on Fri Jan 25 04:57PM
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Bianchi already completed his transfer to Lazio on Wed for a season long loan so def drop him. I think he was mentioned in The Week Ahead as well. Sheesh...come on guys keep up!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/
m/man_city/7205324.stm
From cheeriostan on Fri Jan 25 05:08PM
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hey guys any news on KRich? Plz. guys show some mercy. i have him at +6. Last i heard he is out for 3 weeks. Is that certain???
From gautamvw on Fri Jan 25 06:45PM
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re (4) Carvalho is a guaranteed starter when fit and not suspended, at the moment he IS fit and ISN'T suspended, so sure starter. I grabbed him 2 weeks ago when his value dipped to 6.15, I now run a Carvalho, Torres (purchased at 8 units) + 9 team!
From petegoddard11996655 on Fri Jan 25 07:46PM
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hey Jeremy, Neal, what happened to Hawaiian Revolutiojn, he won our private group last year, jeremy was second and I was third, but this year, where is he ??? fantasyblogsport.com?
From petegoddard11996655 on Fri Jan 25 08:30PM
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One of my other games is showing Belletti as suspended until the 31st. Any info regarding this is appreciated. He shows as three yellows in premier games; I know he picked one up in Carling cup this week. Did he have another in cup play somewhere? Do all competitions count toward suspension? Pardon my ignorance. Why wouldn't a suspension apply toward the FA cup match on Saturday?
From dugferd on Fri Jan 25 08:51PM
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KRich is out, 3 weeks, they say. Sorry! I had him, too. Dumped him for Palacios. Hoping to reap same rewards as when I picked up KRich for less than 4 way back when! (Before KRich I rode the Nolan "express" for a few weeks, cheap!) Ballack will be back on my team next week... at 5.8, or so, he is incredibly cheap, if healthy. Cahill also comes back down to a realistic price...
From donegal08 on Fri Jan 25 10:14PM
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cahill, no, his price is not realistic, just look @ the future matchups, see b brm v derb, look at larssen, mcfadden, kapo, get those guys on your radar 4 next wk!
From petegoddard11996655 on Fri Jan 25 10:37PM
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u folks worship jeremy and neal, well, i am beating both them this yr, but that dont mean they dont mean they talk a lot of sense, just mean i more clued up then they are, so i dnt talk no bull sh*t
From petegoddard11996655 on Fri Jan 25 10:40PM
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Krich is out with his thigh strain. Here's a hint... If you are looking for injury news, the most concise source is www.physioroom.com. Look for the link to the EPL table about midpage.
From mikelanglais on Fri Jan 25 10:47PM
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and while i am in a giving mood, here's the cheat sheet for suspensions... http://www.thefa.com/TheFA/Disciplinary/Suspension
Lists/
From mikelanglais on Fri Jan 25 10:48PM
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Anybody else havin problems gettin the home page to open??
From danmorris20 on Fri Jan 25 11:23PM
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nope. the home page is coming up for me. from earlier blog posts it sounds like others had problems recently.
From mikelanglais on Sat Jan 26 12:42AM
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Might I digress a bit, I am watching the Australian women's Final compare Sharapova's body from last year to this year. She has to be on steroids...Take a close look check her shoulders and how she is hitting the balls.....Thank you.....
Soccer;
Why did Barclay allowed Aston Villa and Blackburn to play so early..
From fc_barca_brasil on Sat Jan 26 04:01AM
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(11) Good points... I like Cahill... Larsson may be a more consistent point producer... similar price...
From donegal08 on Sat Jan 26 04:59AM
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Anyone else pick Fernandes from everton? I bought him for 5 something, and now it says there is no price associated with him...hope it gets sorted by wednesday, any ideas why?
From shakanorbs on Sat Jan 26 05:36PM
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#11 - If you are so hot, how about some tips in advance.
Looks like I made the right call on not picking ho-sicky - injured within 10 in the FA match up. if you have hleb or eduardo, you look to be sitting nicely this week.
From jon_wolfsthal on Sat Jan 26 05:49PM
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can anyone please let me know if a defender has to play a certain number of mins before he gets clean sheet points i.e if coming on as a sub thanks
From lennonaa on Sun Jan 27 09:08PM
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no nid even he come out at 93min if the team manage a clean sheet, he will get the cs points
From one_man_team2002 on Mon Jan 28 06:04AM
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re (20) see my post (11) for future matchup tips. re my post (12) apologies, never drink and post guys !!!
From petegoddard11996655 on Mon Jan 28 02:09PM
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Milan Baros +10? Nah....
From krokodil_g on Mon Jan 28 02:47PM
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I can't wait till the transfer window closes and we can return to normal. Baros did absolutely nothing for Villa last year. stay clear of him.
From owen1981 on Mon Jan 28 03:26PM
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