Injuries and Suspensions

Premier League team news - ESPN Soccernet

As it turns out there isn't a lot of really meaningful news to be had:

• Gerrard is suspended for the first of Liverpool's two matches this week but you knew that.
• Wes Brown, John O'Shea, and Fabio are all potential replacements for Rafael who will only miss one of the two matches for ManYoo after being slapped on the wrist as a result of his FA charge rather than having an additional match added to the suspension.  No real reason to go in on any of those options since we really have NO idea which it might be AND if you're right it will only help you for one match.
  
• RSC and Dzeko both look likely to start their matches this week - BD alert only unless you need a cheap option at forward.
• Lamps seems like a pretty major injury doubt with a calf issue he picked up in training.
  

By the way, I clarified my stance on Nani for this week in the comments associated with TWA but probably worth adding them here since I know not everyone reads all the comments.  First off, Nani has been in my line-up (and I hope most of yours) for quite a while as he has continued to perform pretty regularly and as his price has risen steadily.  For everyone who has him at a discount, I fully expect that you will retain him.  For those who are thinking about buying THIS weekend, I'd be a little cautious.  His price is pretty high so you'd be taking on a lot of potential rotation risk.  I don't recommend him as highly as the others I listed in TWA but I can certainly see the logic both from a pure points acquisition standpoint and from a defensive standpoint (if others in my private league have him at a discount I'd better have him for his two-match week where two productive matches could set me back significantly).  I should have made this point in TWA and didn't - my apologies.  Maybe someone should pay me to do this fulltime so I could dedicate more of my time and mental energies to the cause rather than having to think about things like writing proposals and having conference calls related to my day job getting in the way :-)

Enjoy the matches this weekend, and please join us for the Live Chat which will be back and running after a brief hiatus.

Cheers - Neal