Good news today that Newcastle expect their controversial midfielder Joey Barton to return from his MCL Knee Ligament injury in mid-January. Joey Barton - back from knee injury in January In fact Newcastle are top of the league on Physioroom.com with 7 injuries. Player Injury [...] Click to continue reading...

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Stuff to read while you watch Rene Higuita add more footage to his Hall of Shame (2:20).... Breaking down football injuries. (SoccerLens) More Thanksgiving Thank Yous. (Unprofessional Foul) Infamous football fan involvement. (Sniffing The Touchline) Prem attendance figures not looking all too wonderful. Click to continue reading...

Some good news today about a player we had almost forgotten about, Mark Viduka, who seems ready to go at his old club Middlesbrough on Saturday. Mark Viduka - likely to return to bench on Saturday It seems that Mark has not been affected by his Achilles injury since returning to training and he is ready to [. Click to continue reading...

Lyon's full-back crisis gets worse. WORSE! Is that even possible? From the OL website:

This afternoon's MRI confirmed a rupture of the anterior cruciate ligament on Anthony Reveillere's left knee. Consequently, his season for Lyon is over.

Reveillere can now hang out in Lyon's very own hospital ward with Mathieu Bodmer, Cesar Delgado, Francois Clerc, Fabio Santos, and Miralem Pjanic.

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It's turning out that Steven Taylor's groin injury, which will keep him out of the Chelsea game tomorrow, is worse than first thought, and has not improved much over the last couple of weeks. Stephen Taylor - groin injury worse than first thought Steven will be visiting a specialist on Monday, to see exactly what the problem [. Click to continue reading...

One of the big successes in the Newcastle side this season has been Argentine center-back Fabricio Coloccini. Fabricio Coloccini - ever present at Newcastle - but bad hair day Fabricio Coloccini played very minute for Deportivo last season in Spain, and has so far played in every minute for Newcastle United this season, and he insists that [. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle's midfielder Jonas Gutierrez started for Argentina last night against Scotland, and created the winning goal for his country. Jonas Gutierrez - laid on Argentine winner after just 8 minutes Diego Maradona celebrated his first match in charge of the Argentina national side with a victory in Scotland last night. Click to continue reading...

It seems like Steven Taylor is losing his battle to be fit for Newcastle United's trip to Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Steven Taylor -unlikely to play on Saturday at Chelsea That's the bad news this morning from the Newcastle camp as Taylor tries to recover from what was initially a slight stomach muscle strain that has kept [. Click to continue reading...

One doesn't have to be exceedingly brilliant to be an agent. Can be just the opposite, in fact. Pretty sure Arjen Robben's agent, Tscheu La Ling, also a long time Ajax player, falls under the latter category. Arjen, more commonly known as Mr. Glass, is currently hurt. Shocking, I know. Not because he's injury prone, [. Click to continue reading...

It's a big blow for Newcastle and the player himself, but Joey Barton will again be on the sidelines at the club, this time for around 8 weeks, with his damaged right knee. Danny Guthrie - big chance for 21 year-old But the good news if that our 21 year-old former Liverpool midfielder Danny Guthrie, is now [. Click to continue reading...

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The worst possible news about Joey Bartons' knee injury he picked up on Saturday, is that he will be out for eight weeks.    Oh no.    Joey Barton - out for up to 8 weeks After being taken off after just 15 minutes on Saturday against Wigan Athletic, Joey Barton has been assessed [...] Click to continue reading...

Good news for Newcastle fans today as Aussie Mark Viduka returned to training, following his extra long lay-off with his Achilles heel injury. Mark Viduka - trained on Friday Mark was training with the lads today, although we need to be a little cautious, as he was back to full training in October, but must have had [. Click to continue reading...

Fabio Capello has talked again about Michael Owen and David Beckham, two former England stalwarts, who are now finding it difficult to get into the England side, under the new Italian manager. Michael Owen - England career not over Fabio has has called both of them wonderful professionals who can still play a role for England [. Click to continue reading...

Bad news today for Newcastle United, in that Nacho Gonzalez, who has been out for several weeks with an Achilles problem, has undergone Achilles surgery and will now be out for four months. Nacho Gonzalez - out until next March Nacho has hardly played for the Newcastle side this season, and we had been wondering just [. Click to continue reading...

Today is a day of rest for the Gunners, and with the injury list beginning to read more and more like a first XI, it's a welcome sight for a team that is already looking weary. All you can do is shake your head and wonder why the boss was so stubborn as to not bolster the squad. I'm not going to squabble about Hleb, Flamini or Gilberto, but the likes of Jack Wilshere and Kieran Gibbs providing depth ahead of the latest CL fixture, it's a growing concern.

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Newcastle manager Joe Kinnear has welcomed Nicky Butt and Michael Owen back to training this week – but Michael Owen only starts full training today, and will almost certainly not start against Aston Villa. Michael Owen - unlikely to start against Villa Kinnear would just love to have Michael involved on Monday night, but it's looking increasingly [. Click to continue reading...

It's hard to say who's suffered the worst during the previous thirty days: the investors on Wall Street or the footballers at Patriot Place. On September 29th, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 777 points in one day, the largest one-day point loss ever. Equally catastrophic events occurred five days later when Steve Ralston cracked his right fibula, and all but ended his 2008 season. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United are struggling to remain on top for 90 minutes at the moment, which was addressed on RoM after our 1-1 draw with Everton. The general consensus was the reason behind our dropped points was we're missing the creativity and stability that the likes of Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick and Owen Hargreaves can provide us [. Click to continue reading...

It wasn't good news yesterday, when Joe Kinnear said that Michael Owen will miss both tomorrow's game and Tuesday night against WBA, but should be back for Aston Villa the following Monday night, November 3rd at home, which promises to be quite a game. Michael Owen - fit for game a week on Monday Kinnear said today: "I [. Click to continue reading...

Michael Owen has had a second scan on his groin injury, and unfortunately it looks like Saturday's match will come too soon for his involvement.   Michael Owen - out another 10 days again Kinnear talked today about Michael playing on Saturday: "He's got no chance." It's juts a pity we couldn't have sent Michael tot the Munich [. Click to continue reading...

It seems odds on that Joe Kinnear will appoint Nicky Butt as his stand-in captain for Michael Owen tonight, against Manchester City. Nicky Butt - will captain Newcastle tonight Joe Kinnear told the Evening Chronicle today: "Nicky Butt will probably be our captain tonight in the absence of Michael Owen. Click to continue reading...

News today that Manchester City will be without Martin Petrov for Monday's game at Newcastle United, but three players could be back from injury for Newcastle United. Jonas Gutierrez - will Monday come to early for Argentine? The Bulgarian International sustained knee ligament damage on international duty. Click to continue reading...

Monday night's game will be a vital one for Newcastle and it looks like it will be beamed around the world live on TV. Oba Martins - we expect him to start on Monday While we still have Mark Viduka and Alan Smith out injured long term, Martins, Gutierrez and Beye are now back from injury, although [. Click to continue reading...

Is anything more frustrating then playing two shite games against Hull and Sunderland, then going into an international break and having a bunch of you starting eleven get injured? No, there isn't. No Gallas, no Sagna, and no Bendtner for the match tomorrow, not to mention that Cesc has a broken nose and Djourou has a concussion. Click to continue reading...

The Newcastle United captain Michael Owen will be out from seven to ten days after a scan revealed has has picked up a groin strain. Michael Owen - now 50-50 for Sunderland game Owen is now definitely out of Monday's game against Manchester City and is rated only 50-50 for next week's derby clash with Sunderland at [. Click to continue reading...

Joe expects Oba to put some spark into the Newcastle United's season as he nears a return to action from his knee injury. Oba Martins - ready to spark Newcastle's season? The Nigerian has been out since suffering a knee injury during last month's Carling Cup defeat with Spurs, but he is now back in training and [. Click to continue reading...

Habib Beye is ready for next Monday night's game with Manchester City, and the player of the season last year will be warmly welcomed back by the Newcastle faithful. Habib Beye - fit for next Monday After spending two months sidelined with his painful Achilles heel injury, Beye is now fit to play next Monday evening, and [. Click to continue reading...

There is some good news about Mark Viduka today that he does not need an operation on his Achilles, that would have seen him out for 6 months. Mark Viduka - doesn't need operation Now Mark will return to Newcastle on Friday with some good news for Newcastle United, since the prognosis from a specialist over in [. Click to continue reading...

The Sunday Sun is reporting that Oba Martins is set to give Newcastle United a huge boost. Oba Martins - our favorite shot of Oba - yes he just scored The 23 year-old Nigerian striker had been ruled out until mid-November with the knee injury he picked up against Tottenham.  And only last week [. Click to continue reading...

During the pre-season I started to wonder how on earth we were going to pick our strongest XI. With all players available, it was looking as though one of Wayne Rooney, Dimitar Berbatov and Carlos Tevez would have to be dropped, whilst just two players from the group of Owen Hargreaves, Paul Scholes, Michael Carrick, [. Click to continue reading...