Quite simply forwards need to score. Obviously one guy is. But for Seattle Sounders FC he did not have a regular partner up top. This has led some to think that this means that they need a new player. Still returning forwards scored 13 goals in all competitions adding 10 assists as well. Of course that Montero guy was the star of the bunch with his 17 and 11.

Despite picking up three points following a 5-0 win at Craven Cottage, United fans were left disappointed by the news that Phil Jones had probably broken his cheekbone and would be out for six weeks. He has been brilliant in the centre of our midfield and the idea of having to go a month or more without him in the team was gutting, particularly in light of all the other injuries we currently have.

FC Barcelona booked a place in the final of this year's World Club Championship final against Santos courtesy of an easy 4-0 drubbing of Qatari Club Al Sadd. It was a mismatch from the beginning and the only question was by what margin FC Barcelona will emerge victorious. But the match didn't end up so well for us, with David Villa being substituted midway due to injury.

There was no blood, no bruise, not even a bump. Not a sprain, no strain, no fracture and no break. Yet the injury was scarier than the time I had managed to get a rusty fishing hook nearly through my right thumb. Two weeks later, the symptoms have finally subsided, but the grim possibilities of future problems remain.

"Smalling has a small fracture on his foot," said Ferguson. "I think he'll be out for a month and it's unfortunate that one."

"Smalling Out For A Month" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

How's your luck? Jack Wilshere will be sidelined for up to five months after an op to fix a fracture to his right ankle. Another Arsenal player out injured for a lengthy period. Isn't it time we drafted in some sort of witch doctor to treat our players or perhaps try to lift the curse of the crocked?

Remember all those positive stories earlier in the week about Jack Wilshere and how he would be returning to the line-up ahead of schedule? Well they were wrong!

Arsenal have announced that Wilshere will undergo surgery on his right ankle on Monday morning after scans this week showed that the fracture in his ankle was not responding to rest.

Photo: Paul Rudderow

What: Union at Sporting Kansas City

Where: Livestrong Park, Kansas City, MO

When: 8:30pm ET, Friday September 23, 2011

Why: Because Columbus plays LA on Saturday, so someone else needs to take over first place

TV: FSC

Radio: None

Aurelien Collin bobble head night is a big event in Kansas City, so make sure you are one of the first 10,000 to arrive at Livestrong Park on Friday.

Philadelphia Union starting right back Sheanon Williams will miss tomorrow's game against Sporting Kansas City due to a concussion that the 21-year-old suffered in a 1-0 win over the Columbus Crew.

On the play when Williams may have been concussed, Carlos Valdes received the ball from rookie goalkeeper Zac MacMath, then crossed the ball down the field along the right side.

Manchester United coaching staffs and fans can pretty much breathe a sigh of relief regarding the condition of their Mexican striker, Javier "Chicarito" Hernandez, who picked up an injury against Chelsea on the weekend after the latest reports suggested that the striker isn't suffering from a fracture.

Agger out for weeks as Reds head for south coast

Liverpool are set to be without the services of Daniel Agger for at least six weeks after news that the Danish international broke two ribs on Sunday at White Hart Lane. Kenny Dalglish played the injury down somewhat, telling LFC.

Liverpool's Agger out up to a month with rib injury

Dalglish says it's a fracture but defender's agent says two bones are broken

View the full story here: The Mirror

A news article on 2011-09-20 15:39:32 from: The Mirror

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Houston Dynamo (8-9-11, 35 pts.) vs. Columbus Crew (11-9-7, 40 pts.) Crew Stadium - Columbus, OH - 6:30pm
BROADCAST INFORMATION: KHOU 11.2 (ENG TV) FOX Sports Houston Plus (ENG TV) KPRC 950 (ENG Radio) La Ranchera 850 (SPN Radio)

REFEREE: Chris Penso - MLS Career: 10 games; FC/gm: 23.

Bolton Wanderers skipper Kevin Davies realizes that Manchester United faithful will continue to abuse him following his tackle that has sidelined young midfielder Tom Cleverley for a few weeks.

However, as a responsible veteran in the sport, Davies has taken full accountability for the incident and refuses to let criticism take away from the fact that his Cleverley's injury was an accident.

By Alan Duffy

What a fine, upstanding young man Kevin Davies is. Following the injury to Manchester United's Tom Cleverley on Saturday, in which the Bolton man was "involved", Davies made sure he cleared the air with the young United starlet.

Houston Dynamo (8-8-11, 35 pts.) vs. Sporting Kansas City (9-8-10, 37 pts.) LIVEStrong Park - Kansas City, KS - 3:00pm
BROADCAST: TeleFutura (SPN TV) KPRC 950 (ENG Radio) La Ranchera (SPN Radio)
REFEREE: Mark Geiger. MLS Career: 84 games; FC/gm: 26.5; Y/gm: 3.

Photo by ISIPhotos.com

Stuart Holden returned to action for the first time in five months on Tuesday with an 80-minute appearance with the Bolton reserves, and while his team suffered a 7-0 thrashing in London, Holden accomplished a very important mission.

He took the field and played.

Stuart Holden's return from a long injury layoff is one giant step closer to completion.

Holden started and played 78 injury-free minutes for Bolton's reserves in Tuesday's 7-0 loss to Fulham in his first game action since suffering a hairline condyle fracture on a tackle from Manchester United defender Jonny Evans in March.

Liverpool has revealed good news on midfielder Raul Meireles, who will only be out for a couple of weeks after hurting his collarbone.
Meireles lasted just 23 minutes of the Reds' 3-1 win at Exeter in the Carling Cup, taking an awkward tumble that led to his substitution. Replacement Andy Carroll came on and scored to add to goals from Luis Suarez and Maxi Rodriguez.

BY ADAM SERRANO

Sean Franklin scored his first career MLS goal as the LA Galaxy dispatched the Columbus Crew, 1-0 in front of a crowd of 24,709 at the Home Depot Center.

The Galaxy may have extended their unbeaten streak to 13 games, but Los Angeles lost David Beckham for their next match against Vancouver Whitecaps due to yellow card accumulation.

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Newcastle top class winger Hatem Ben Arfa has given an interview today to the Newcastle web-site, and he has some interesting things to say. The great Hatem Ben Arfa Newcastle second striker The 24-year-old French International has spent almost nine months recovering form his horrific double fracture of the left leg that he sustained [.

Donovan Ricketts broke his left ulna - one of the two long bones in the forearm - after colliding with the Earthquakes' Khari Stephenson in the 21st minute of Saturday's game in San Jose.

An x-ray taken today confirmed the suspected fracture. The Jamaican international, who had just returned from Gold Cup duty, will have surgery Tuesday in Santa Monica and miss a minimum of four weeks.

Money, money, money... Is it just me, or is there a definite shift in the perceived focus of the club from the Champions League to the bankers league?
I guess that was unavoidable, as, like most European clubs, OL has been hit financially lately. And, among France's leadership to install financial fair play in football, Jean-Michel Aulas can be considered as a good money manager, as shown by his club's financial evolution under his tenure.

ZAKUANI, FERREIRA... NOW MORALES
Sadly Javier Morales has little to celebrate right now.
Bad luck comes in threes, and this has certainly proven true. Major League Soccer has lost three top players in just a few weeks to terrible injuries which could rule them out for the remainder of the 2011 campaign.

As I always say, it is a game of coaches more than teams or players. Mourinho 1-1 tie vs. Barcelona in the La Liga and the victory of Copa del Rey was mainly because of the winning card: Pepe, who used every legal and illegal way to stop Messi, Villa and Xavi.
These videos explain bit of it:
Messi was lucky to not have a fracture leg
Another dirty tackle
At certain point, I thought that Pep will lose the challenge towards Mourinho in the Champion League semi-finals.

When Brian Mullan first made his statements about having done such a tackle many times before it was a "non-apology apology" that seemed disingenuous. Seattle Sounders fans were quick to criticize not just Mullan, but Sigi Schmid for his statements supporting his former player. Today though we learn that Mullan is distraught over the tackle of Steve Zakuani and its resulting double fracture.

Friday evenings double fracture to Steve Zakuani's leg left the Sounders community with a huge loss. His presence is defined as much on the field as off, and as in most major injuries the first priority must be on the injured man, not the team. The 1-0 win felt much more like a loss, but as the loss of Nkufo, this is now a fact.

Newcastle star forward Hatem Ben Arfa has today called for tougher punishments on dangerous tackles. Ben Arfa see I can still do this stuff! Ben Arfa returned to training at Newcastle for the first time since he sustained a double fracture of the left leg after a wild challenge from Manchester City's De [.

Alan Pardew has talked about having Hatem Ben Arfa back in Newcastle tomorrow, and it's exactly six months to the day, since he suffered a double fracture of his left leg at Eastlands. Ben Arfa - Pardew will take no chances with this youngster And as we reported yesterday, Pardew sees the skilled midfielder playing [.

The Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey is continuing his recovery from the double fracture of his leg while away on loan at Cardiff City, but according to Dave Jones he is not yet fit enough to return to the Emirates. The loan deal is only supposed to be for one month, but Jones is already keen [...]

Alan Pardew was interviewed on Sky Sports this afternoon, and he said that Shola Ameobi would travel to Detroit this Thursday, to have his face mask fitted. Shola Ameobi to return to training next week Shola sustained a bad fracture of his cheek bone against Fulham on February 2nd, and had it successfully operated [.

An article by Kirsty Whittaker.

You can follow Kirsty on Twitter @lfckirstylfc and see more excellent articles by her at her blog The Liver Bird

With debt repayments... Haha.

On a more serious matter, despite Chelsea releasing stats on record losses of roughly £70million i believe, it didn't stop old Roman and Co splashing the cash to lure away our number 9 did it.

Maurkice Pouncey had a great rookie season for the Pittsburgh Steelers. A center drafted by the Steelers with the 18th overall selection of the 2010 NFL Draft, he has started every game and was even named to the Pro Bowl. Unfortunately, his rookie season is over. Due to injury, Maurkice Pouncey won't be able to play in the Super Bowl against the Green Bay Packers.

Liverpool goalkeeper Jose Reina reflected the optimistic mood infusing the squad after back-to-back wins by talking about an "exciting time" ahead.
Contrasting victories over Wolves and Fulham have lifted the Reds into seventh in the Barclays Premier League, their highest position all season after the worst start since 1953/54.

AC Milan are facing an injury crisis ahead of their Champions League match with Tottenham Hotspur next month.

Centre-back Alessandro Nesta is doubtful for the first leg after dislocating his left shoulder while Rossoneri coach Massimiliano Allegri also faces an injury headache in midfield.

We had an article out yesterday on Hatem Ben Arfa, and he was quoted as saying the doctors had told him not to rush back from his double fracture of the left leg. Ben Arfa - with Tiote after scoring at Everton what a goal! Now there is news almost to the contrary coming [...]

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Following Liverpool's loss to arch rivals Manchester United, Ryan Babel proceeded join the bandwagon and plunge into the debate via Twitter. Babel is fairly famous for using Twitter as I am sure most Liverpool FC fans are aware, but was he out of order?
Of course, Babel isn't the only player who uses Twitter, many of the QPR players are blasting El Hadj Diouf over the popular site for his unkind words towards Jamie Mackie who suffered a double fracture to his leg for things that he said.

By Chris Wright

QPR striker Jamie Mackie has admonished the behaviour of 'repulsive' Blackburn winger El-Hadji Diouf after the Blackburn winger apparently goaded the stricken striker as he lay prostrate on the turf having just suffered a broken leg (a double fracture, no less) when the two sides met in the FA Cup on Saturday.