The FPL Press Conference News Nugget Thread 15/16

[Striker]

Hopefully Robles will play the two away games in DGW37 then!

Everton say that he will. And in games (not FPL obviously) where partial clean sheets are worth points surely Robles will get the last couple of minutes of the last game when Howard is subbed to get his final personal pitch departing cheer from the Goodison faithful.

[Weisenwolf]

Hey good point

[Aldershot Rejects]

Not really managed to keep up with all the press conferences today but it sounds like Guidolin has confirmed that Ashley Williams won't play again this season. Looking forward to seeing what Carroll and Aguero will against a Williams-less defence over the next 2 weeks.

[Moist von Lipwig]

Wenger confirms that Per Mertesacker will not play again this season, which should make Gabriel first choice again.

[liquidfootball2]

http://www.90min.com/posts/3177225-per- ... rce=fotmob

Just as Moist von Lipwig said


Other news is Bilic confirms Adrian is out of the weekend match with a minor training injury

[MoSe]

bad news for Cresswell owners? (i.e. CS chances dented?)

[eastcentral1]

bad news for Cresswell owners? (i.e. CS chances dented?)

But attacking returns still strong...

[liquidfootball2]

Jürgen Klopp: "I've only had a few seconds to think about a line-up for Sunday. There will be a few changes for sure."

JK on @JHenderson: "I could see in his eyes that he thinks he has a chance (of playing in the @EuropaLeague final). Same with @DivockOrigi."

The manager on @IngsDanny: "Danny wants to play. He has trained at highest level. But with all these fit players it makes sense to wait."

Jürgen Klopp: "For me the game on Sunday is quite important. It's not allowed to play below our level in two league games in a row."

JK: "@DanielSturridge is playing at the highest level. It's great news for #LFC and @england."

[liquidfootball2]

Pressers to come

Spurs: 12:30
Manchester City: 12:45
Aston Villa: 13:00
Chelsea: 13:00
Norwich: 13:00
Southampton: 14:00

[Bobby Chopps]

Pressers to come

Spurs: 12:30
Manchester City: 12:45
Aston Villa: 13:00
Chelsea: 13:00
Norwich: 13:00
Southampton: 14:00

How about West Ham?

[liquidfootball2]

This morning

Bilic said Adrian out, Lanzini ok

[liquidfootball2]

Klopp:“We don’t have to rest players on Sunday for the [final] 10 days later.It’s about how the game was yesterday”. https://t.co/UZ770QrdaQ

[cesc408]

Chelsea to field strong team

[math!]

bad news for Cresswell owners? (i.e. CS chances dented?)

Randolph isn't too bad a replacement. He has done well for Ireland. He was our keeper when we beat Germany and that was as a substitute for the injured Given. He played 3 games for WH: shipped 4 against Bournemouth in the 3-4 loss, but then got two CS in the following two games albeit against teams who have since sacked their managers.

[Moist von Lipwig]

This morning

Bilic said Adrian out, Lanzini ok

Adrian is out for the rest of the season and not just for this weekend.

[ctibbits]

Chelsea to field strong team

Why do you say this?

[zerinot]

Chelsea to field strong team

Why do you say this?

this is what i found, regarding lineup vs Sunderland, qoutes from Hiddink:

“Nothing at stake, no silverware, but there is pride and football enjoyment.

“For the teams still fighting against relegation, they deserve us to go for the win.

“I am not in for it to change a lot in the team, after making six or seven players from the academy - that would not be fair.

“No, only the usual ones.

“Given the situation, it is not fair to give serious approach to Spurs game and not the other ones.”

- http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/fo ... s-11294176 source linked by Ffs, but i dont know how reliable.

[Roope]

Klopp:“We don’t have to rest players on Sunday for the [final] 10 days later.It’s about how the game was yesterday”. https://t.co/UZ770QrdaQ

In context, though:

"Klopp admits he is likely to bring in fresh legs when Liverpool return to action against Watford on Sunday.

“As you can imagine, up to now I have only had a few seconds to think about the line-up for Sunday,” he explained. “That’s what we have to do from now on.

“Again, and for sure, we will need the help of the crowd because I don’t know how many more games we’ve had than Watford.

“We will have a few changes for sure and we will try do everything to win this game. We respect this league, we want to have the best position we can get at the end of the season.

“I have made no decision until now so let me see, let me talk to everybody and then we will see. We don’t have to rest players on Sunday for the [final] 10 days later. It’s about how the game was yesterday, it was quite intense how everybody could see, so we need to think about this and not Wednesday week.”

Don't really know what to make of that.

[MoSe]

in part it's sure just the token "we need to think to next game only"

but mostly I read it, as I had figured beforehand,
that he will do some changes on sunday, but the main reason for that it's the tiredness from yesterday semifinal,
and not becasue he wants to "rest someone in advance" of Wednesday Chelsea game, leave alone the final which is in 10 days

of course resting someone, notwithstanding respecting Watford, entails those who'll be rested sunday,
on wednesday will have rested from EL fatigue indeed and be fresh and fit to play, tactical considerations apart
no way I can see ressting someone for both the dgw games (of course he has to pick and choose and drop someone, that's different)

on another note,
when I read quotes from the Klopp presssers with his name shortened as JK, I just can't help but to think "Just Kidding" hehe made me chuckle

[Pirlo's Beard]

“For the teams still fighting against relegation, they deserve us to go for the win.

I'm sure they'd prefer if you didn't.

[cesc408]

Chelsea to field strong team

Why do you say this?

What was said in the news conference this afternoon

[Mav3rick]

FFS are only saying that Williams may be rested by Swansea, not that hes out. I saw the guardian article quoted earlier in here, does anyone have any thoughts/evidence of whether or not Williams is actually going to miss out?

[math!]

FFS are only saying that Williams may be rested by Swansea, not that hes out. I saw the guardian article quoted earlier in here, does anyone have any thoughts/evidence of whether or not Williams is actually going to miss out?

“Ash will not play again this season, he needs a break,” Guidolin said before Swansea’s trip to West Ham on Saturday. “He is tired because he has played a lot of games this season and before.

That's directly from the article. It sounds pretty concrete. Guidolin wants him fresh next season so it makes sense to give him a rest now if he is going to play in the Euros. Swansea are 13th and aren't anywhere close to either 7th or 18th.

[Mav3rick]

Nice one thanks math!

[liquidfootball2]

Williams out must be quite a benefit to Andy Carroll - I imagine a quite a few will be tempted to switch from Payet now.

[ctibbits]

Williams out must be quite a benefit to Andy Carroll - I imagine a quite a few will be tempted to switch from Payet now.

I'm doing just that

[Aldershot Rejects]

FFS are only saying that Williams may be rested by Swansea, not that hes out. I saw the guardian article quoted earlier in here, does anyone have any thoughts/evidence of whether or not Williams is actually going to miss out?

“Ash will not play again this season, he needs a break,” Guidolin said before Swansea’s trip to West Ham on Saturday. “He is tired because he has played a lot of games this season and before.

That's directly from the article. It sounds pretty concrete. Guidolin wants him fresh next season so it makes sense to give him a rest now if he is going to play in the Euros. Swansea are 13th and aren't anywhere close to either 7th or 18th.

It has become somewhat confusing. The Swansea website quote Guidolin as saying this: “Ashley has played well all season and needs a break and might not feature for us this weekend. He is our skipper, our leader and he has been a very important player for us this season.”

[danzku]

Any news on Danny Rose? BB this gw so I need to know if I should ship him out or not

[Stemania]

Not much given away in press conference for Chelsea, though this twitter account (apparently linked to Chelsea TV in some way) seems to rule Costa and Ivanovic out of tomorrow:

‎@chelseayouth
Not in the press conference but Costa out of both games, Ivanovic out of Liverpool, Pedro has a broken nose so has a mask.

Can't confirm legitimacy.

[Mav3rick]

If Costa is out do we imagine any chance of Hazard in a false 9 role?