The RVP elbow.....

I've not seen it so could anyone (with a basic knowledge of how these things work) let me know if they think a ban is likely, ta.

No MTIBTYT / 'he's a dirty git' type rubbish please, this isn't "football talk", I only care about it from an FF POV

its down to the ref & his report really.
if he says he's seen it & didn't take action, thats it, no ban.
if he says he didn't see it properly but would've taken action had he, a ban maybe forthcoming

The Fa have announced that the ref did see the incident and didn't consider it warranted action,so no action will be taken by the FA(per TalkTalk)

Anyone heard any news on Etherington? I did'nt see it but sounds like he went off with yet another hamstring injury but not seen any confirmation.

Pulis took him off as a precaution ahead of the MU game,so he should be OK to play http://www.stokecityfc.com/page/NewsDet ... 03,00.html

great news, thanks for that, was going to tinker in the two teams I have him but can now return to sitting on my hands, which in this cold is the best place for them

Passing mention of Wes Brown's medial ligament injury (in a story about Wayne Bridge signing for the Mackems on loan)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16807095.stm

BBC - Senegal duo Demba Ba and Papiss Demba Cisse will not be involved in the squad for Wednesday's Premier League trip to Blackburn.

But will Demba Ba be involved in the squad for Wednesday's premier league trip to Bolton?

You would have thought they could have used one Senegalese forward for each game.

John Terry pleads not guilty and his case is put off until July meaning his is free to play for the rest of the season (when are the European Champs??)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16825874

Walker and VDV use Twitter to try and allay injury speculation...

http://football-talk.co.uk/59056/double ... ury-fears/

@Murf - the trial starts 8 days after the Euro final.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11675/7474707/Spurs-duo-doubtful-for-Reds-clash

lennon and defoe "major doubts" for spurs' monday night game.

This is a report by a fan from Manchester City's training ground, around today's training session. http://www.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/Blog/ind ... -03022012/

It puts some doubt on Vincent Kompany's participation tomorrow:

Anyway the sun was shining as the players came out and everybody present except Vinnie who is still not right with the knee he injured at Everton... Vinnie came out for some work with Carminati to give hope for tomorrow

You can read what you will into it but VK must be a late fitness test at least, IMO.

re above,Kompany said yesterday that he thought he'd be alright http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ds-newsxml

O'Neill waits over Sessegnon fitness

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/ne ... er&BID=165

Early news on Kompany and Nasri is positive

http://www.bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/Blog/ind ... t-08022012

Possible injuries to Razak and Rekik but I doubt anyone in the world has them in their fantasy teams! (unless it's as a low budget non-playing filler to free up funds elsewhere)

Enrique should be fit to play against MU tomorrow http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-n ... ess-latest

Phil Jones won't be ready for Liverpool but will be for Ajax next week http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Featu ... clash.aspx

Some official stuff from the mouth of Arry on various Spurs hobblers, including that VDV is OUT this weekend

http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/spurs/N ... 90212.page?

Anything on Smalling?

Sorry, just read the Phil Jones article.

According to SSN this morning, the following (grouped in match order) won't be playing today for one reason or another:

givet
samba
cisse
young
campbell
helguson

jagielka
coleman
osman
rodwell
terry
ramires

senderos
sidwell
johnson
huth

jones
nani

bendtner

ayala

vdv
ryan taylor
best
cabaye

United are taking a strong 20-man squad to Amsterdam for the Europa League tie against Ajax with Nani, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones all back from injury

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-Featu ... erdam.aspx

News on some FA Cup absentees (not just rested then...)

Spurs
BAE "had a small operation at the start of the week."
Adebayor "did his knee on Friday morning, he twisted it. We thought he might have opened his ligament up, but it's not too bad"
Modric "had an unbelievable temperature. He was really ill."
VDV - still calf problems

Liverpool
Bellamy / Agger "We had a couple of injuries on Friday and Saturday.. We'll have to see how they are but they should be alright [for next weekend], I think."

The weather is warming up as the week goes on, so vdV's soft tissue issues will be less prone to strains\pulls etc

I do wonder with VDV whether his trying to string this out so he is fresh for the Euros.

Daniel Agger - suspected broken rib

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/latest-n ... ury-update

Kyle Walker joins Rooney, Bent and Cleverley in the outbreak of friendlyitis around the England camp

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17167110

Phil Bardsley comes down with MacFriendlyitis and Tomas Rosicky czechs into the clinic too

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/17176148