If Bournemouth didn’t have bad luck, they’d have no luck at all.
Eddie Howe faces a hell of a task to get his team firing after the news that star striker Callum Wilson is going to be out for most of the season – if not all of it.
Wilson has bagged five goals already this season in the league for the newly-promoted Cherries but he suffered a cruel blow at the weekend having ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and is now expected to be out for at least six months.
INJURY UPDATE: #afcb striker Callum Wilson sidelined for minimum of six months: http://t.co/bF1ymR0e3d pic.twitter.com/fZ1q71osHz
— AFC Bournemouth 🍒 (@afcbournemouth) September 29, 2015
Bournemouth are currently three points clear of the drop zone after seven games but the loss of Wilson for potentially the entire season is major.
But if you feel bad for the player or for everyone’s second favourite Premier League team, how do you think Fantasy Football gamers are taking the news?
Wilson came at a bargain £5.5m at the start of the season and racked up 38 points – 33 of which were in his last four games before the injury.
And the news of his lengthy layoff is breaking hearts all over the Fantasy Football world.
Callum Wilson confirmed sidelined for six months, fantasy football managers react.. 😢 pic.twitter.com/4mz4UmjPYZ
— Coral (@Coral) September 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/potts93/status/648805772269371392
Callum Wilson out for 6 months is devastating news to my Fantasy Team 🚑
— Jack Steves (@JackSteves) September 29, 2015
Cal Wilson 6 months out. Fantasy football disaster.
— Lewis Steele (@LewisSteele_) September 29, 2015
Callum Wilson out for 6 months the week after I put him in my fantasy league team. Sorry fella.
— Taylor Payne (@TaylorandPayne) September 29, 2015
Callum Wilson is a hole that cannot be filled by both Bournemouth and the thousands of fantasy teams who have got him on the cheap
— Jack Teague (@JackWTeague) September 29, 2015
Can't believe Callum Wilson is out for 6 months! He's my top point scorer in my fantasy football 😭
— Aaron Sykes (@aaronsykes95) September 29, 2015
Callum Wilson was the most consistent performer in my Fantasy Football team.
Now he's injured.
Get well soon,lad.— My Surname is Khan™ (@ejaz_k) September 29, 2015
I've had Mings, Shaw and Wilson in my fantasy football team this season. Taking suggestions as to who to buy next.
— Thar Barr Superstar (@WildState) September 29, 2015
Callum Wilson out for 6 months 😞hope he has a successful recovery but for now it's time to change my fantasy team #FFF
— Smiv (@smivadee) September 29, 2015
https://twitter.com/RyanMorham_/status/648804777535643649
Bournemouth and fpl players hard done by with that wilson injury
— J (@Matamatically) September 29, 2015
Wilson being out for 6 months is a right kick in the teeth for my FPL
— – (@cgfry) September 29, 2015
Get well soon Fantasy Footballers Callum.
