No big intro today, other than to highlight the fact that Rooney and Chicharito being back probably has us all scrambling to figure out how to align our teams to get as many United players as possible into our line-ups against Norwich.
Showing posts with label Javier Hernandez. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Javier Hernandez. Show all posts
Rooney could miss 'weeks'
Sir Alex Ferguson: Wayne Rooney could miss 'weeks' - ESPN Soccernet
Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that Wayne Rooney could miss "a few weeks" of Manchester United's season.More on these injuries as we find out the details.
United served up a surprise at Stoke on Saturday, as they arrived at the Britannia Stadium without their star man. Ferguson told ESPN after the 1-1 draw that the club had endured a "nightmare" training session on Friday. And it appears Rooney was one of the casualties with a hamstring injury.
"Rooney's is not a serious injury, but it was enough to keep him out today, and I think maybe for a few weeks," Ferguson said.
United lost Jonny Evans in the warm-up, while Javier Hernandez lasted less than 10 minutes before limping off.
Hernandez out for a "few weeks"
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
UPDATE: ManUtd.com is reporting that Welbeck is available for the Red Devils' League Cup match against Leeds United.
Danny Welbeck has revealed he is feeling fit again after returning to training and is ready to make a comeback when called upon by Sir Alex.
The striker started the season in superb form but pulled up with a hamstring problem after scoring in the win against Arsenal at Old Trafford. After making a speedy recovery, the exciting England international is delighted to be pushing for selection again.
"I trained late last week and had a little rest on Sunday before coming back in again on Monday," he told ManUtd.com. "I'm feeling good.
"I don't know the squad yet for Leeds but, if I'm called upon, I'm always prepared to be there as I feel ready. I wouldn't be training if I wasn't."
UPDATE: Seemingly we did indeed over-react. Y!Eurosport reports a statement from Chicharito's agent.
"Nothing, it's just a bump, nothing more," said Eduardo Hernandez. "It looked like (his absence) was longer, they were looking for a fracture, that's why they ran those tests on him. "I expect him to be training without incident on Wednesday."
from The Guardian
"We will have to see what the damage is in the morning but his [Javier Hernández's] leg is very numb and he could be out for a couple of weeks."As Sir Alex says, we'll see. He was pretty critical of his own players, including Wayne Rooney, in the interview and seemed to be reaching a bit to keep the motivation high. I would expect Hernandez to be back sooner rather than later, but we'll see.
The Week Ahead: Part 2 - Player Picks
"Fleet Street says you're shit!" is the new tea cups.
It was interesting reading the reaction to Manchester City's Champions League debut this morning. My take after reading in a few places was that the media as a group were disappointed by City's results. I was at work yesterday and didn't get a chance to watch the match live but after spending some time watching the replay, I was struck by the incongruity between the media reaction I'd read and the match I saw.
I saw a City team that played very well and could easily have scored 3 or 4 goals. They were unlucky to hit the post (flush on one occasion and the inside on another) and not have the ball go in. I will also say that they could easily have conceded more than the one that did go in - there was a crucial goalline clearance after Hart was beaten. Still, if you total the chances that were THIS close to going in for each side, City had a decided advantage and if they had all gone in City would have won comfortably. That this was achieved without the benefit of a true holding midfielder in Nigel de Jong's absence makes it a pretty reasonable Champions League debut against a pretty strong attacking team.
Perhaps the negative reaction in the press was due to the nature of City's impressive early season start in the league. Perhaps the talent available - many with Champions League experience elsewhere - the expectation was dramatically different than say Spurs similar debut last season. Maybe it was the fact that Napoli, regardless of the talent currently on their roster, isn't one of the glamour teams in Europe while people are penciling City into that category due to their assembled talent and the depth of their bank account. Maybe it was concern over the overall quality of City's group. Whatever the reason, I think City will progress to the knock-out stages and gain momentum as the group stage evolves and they become more and more familiar with their new players.
With that relatively brief rant off my chest, we'll move on to the player picks for this week:
Javier Hernandez - The Forgotten Man
UPDATE: I guess the secret is out. Neal has included Chicharito in his Week Ahead Player Picks. Great minds, and all that.
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Word on the street - and by street I mean Twitter - is that Danny Welbeck is going to return to training next week following his hamstring injury. In the meantime, Javier Hernandez is going to start against Bolton Wanderers, at Bolton, and to me looks a good fantasy bet. He's only 10 in the Yahoo! game, and I assume that he'll keep his starting place even if Welbeck recovers quickly. With a lot of good striking options like Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie costing a pretty penny, and uncertainty over some of the cheaper options like Juan Mata and Bryan Ruiz for example, Hernandez good be a value for money pick.
Hernandez Doubt for Season Start
Manchester United's Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez spent Tuesday night in the hospital after suffering a "mild concussion" in training. Now, according to Sir Alex Ferguson, he'll miss matches over the next few weeks.
Although medical staff found no major damage, Ferguson has confirmed the Mexico forward will not play for a couple of weeks, even though he will continue to train and remain on tour.I would expect that he's out of any pre-season match, including next week's
"He got concussion in training and we dealt with that," said Ferguson. "We took him to hospital, he had a scan, it was all clear.
"He is back in the hotel. He is in his room and will be out for a couple of weeks.
While I would expect to see Berbatov step right into the starting role, it would be interesting to see Rooney as a lone forward with blog-favorite Ashley Young (BFAY) playing off him. Young played that role to some mixed success at Villa. That would allow both Nani and Valencia to get on the field in support of the attack. But more importantly, again for fantasy Premier League managers, it would mean that BFAY was +10 for the opening week - a midfielder playing forward and taking set-pieces. I couldn't be more excited!
Over-reaction to the US loss and Chicharito
Why Can't the U.S. Build a Soccer Star - WSJ.com
Funny thing about the emergence of Chicharito for Manchester United and Mexico. Somehow the presence of one exceptional forward has given everyone the impression that the entire US system of player development is broken because, as the above article says, we haven't developed a superstar (which I'm pretty sure is code for dominant goal-scoring forward). The implication is also that Mexico has it all figured out now that they've developed Hernandez and he is starting for one of the top few clubs in the world at a young age. Here's the thing, if you look around the world, no one seems to have figured out the secret to regularly producing exceptional goal-scoring talent. The implication seems to be that there is an assembly line of Chicharito clones ready to invade the football world while the US is turning out players who are barely good enough for MLS. The evidence just doesn't point to this being the case.
Consider...
Rooney set for longer injury lay-off
Premier League - Rooney set for longer injury lay-off - Yahoo! Eurosport
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has confirmed that striker Wayne Rooney's ankle injury is worse than first thought.
Rooney was originally expected to be out of action until the second week of November with the injury, which has restricted him to just six appearances and one goal for his club so far this term.
However, speaking at United's press conference ahead of Saturday's home clash with Tottenham Hotspur, Ferguson revealed that the England striker is set for a longer lay-off, effectively ruling him out of the Manchester derby at Eastlands on November 10.How do you say Little Pea in Spanish?
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