Here’s the brief fantasy premier league line up news for GW 17

Arsenal

• Kosicelny has a good chance of being fit but i expect Mertesacker to continue
• Walcott less certain. Rated 50/50
• Giroud recovered and should lead the attack

Aston Villa

• Vlaar out for 2 weeks.  Herd and Baker may stat with a 3 at the back alongside Clark
• Agbonlahor 50/50
• Bent out with hamstring
• Stevens returns to fight LB position with Bennett

Chelsea – no game

Everton

• Hibbert out with unknown return date.  Coleman should continue
• Mirallas still out with hamstring no return date, expect Naismith to continue
• Neville out no return date with knee injury expect Gibson and Osman as CMs although heitinga may come in for steel in midfield

Fulham

• Diarra unlikely to play.  Expect Baird and Sidwell to continue as CMs
• Ruiz not expected back to 5 Jan.  Expect Berba to continue behind Rodallega

Liverpool

• Enrique rated as %50 .  Likely to be Downing to replace if doesn’t make it or wisdom at RB Johnson to LB.  I think it will be the former

 Man City

• Kompany unlikely to make it.  Nastasic looks certain to start at CB next to Lescott or k Toure
• Kolarov likely to be out so Clichy at LB
• Barry suspended for 1 game.  Milner 50/50 so Garcia should play
• Has to be Tevez and Aguero surely?

Man Utd

• Evans definitely out.  look for Vidic to start along side Ferdy
• Nani Anderson and Kagawa all remain injured so look for Young Valencia Carrick and either SCholes or Cleverly in midfield
• Hopefully Rooney and RVP to start

Norwich  

• Turner back ,Whittaker likely to be fit but I think Turner will go straight back in with R martin to RB.  R Bennet not fit but will provide doubt for Turner next week
• Tetty likely to return to line up

QPR

• Tricky line up to predict with Harry tinkering
• Cesar fit and should come in for Green
• Derry over Granero, Cisse over Mackie, who knows?

Reading

• Morrison out until next week.  Gorkss should start
• Robson Kanu 50/50.  Mcleary likely replacement
• Roberts and Pogrebnyak doubts look for hunt to start with now nailed on Le Fondre

Southampton – no game

Stoke

• Shotton suspended until next week so Wilko will start at RB
• Adam likely to come back in to team at Whiteheads expense

Sunderland

• Bardsley unlikely to play so Gardner likely to move back to RB
• Johnson likely to make it

Swansea

• Vorm not likely to be back until next week.  Tremmel to continue
• Pablo wont make it.  Routledge and dyer to fight out the starting place
• Williams back to start along side Flores at CB.
• Schecter v Graham for striker role

Spurs

• Dawson likely to be fit.  I think Gallas and Caulker likely CBs though
• Bale unlikely to play.
• Defoe and Adebayor to continue up front?  Dempsey on the left if this happens and no Siggy

WBA

• Ridgewell and Foster both 50/50 although Steve Clarke made positive noises.  Myhill and Popov likely starters if they dont
• Yacob also 50/50 which means Morrison could play deeper and Gera starts
• Who knows up front.  Percentages are with  Long

West Ham

• McCartney 50/50 so look for O’brien to start with Demel
• Diame out for 12 weeks so Tomkins may play at CM as previously

Wigan

• Ramis Caldwell and Alcaraz all unlikely to play.  Boyce Piscu and Figueroa likely back 3
• Watson injured but Maloney available.  Di Santo or Gomez likely to play with Maloney back in