Absentees

Among the big absentees this season are Versace, Moschino, Missoni and even Fendi, which opted to show its men's collection Thursday as part of the Pitti Uomo show in Florence, which traditionally precedes Milan Fashion Week.

Both sides have injury worried to contend with heading into the game with the hosts impacted by nine potential absentees.

Graham Potter will justifiably point to Chelsea’s ill-luck with absentees but the bottom line is this defeat leaves them in the unaccustomed position of 10th, 10 points off the Champions League places.

It is clear that most of the absentees were legislators from the government benches.

There’s a couple of notable absentees on the bench, with Rodrigo Muniz and Isaiah Jones both missing.

Along with their long-term absentees, Howe has to deal with injuries to Miguel Almiron and Tino Livramento who both limped off against last weekend and missed the draw with on Tuesday night.

An INDIA rally in Ranchi saw some conspicuous absentees including Mamata Banerjee, Sitaram Yechury and Rahul Gandhi (ostensibly due to ill health).

A number of home visits were also made during the day to addresses of persistent absentees.

Boro will also have two extra absentees, though not through injury, illness or suspension.

City remain without long-term absentees Rodri and Oscar Bobb.

Club captain Andy Yiadom and striker Sam Smith were the only noticeable absentees, with the likes of Harvey Knibbs, Lewis Wing and Femi Azeez all gaining minutes.

Elsewhere, Hull's other longer-term absentees are progressing well.

He has become the latest centre-back to be added to a growing list of absentees.

However, while the competition promises to showcase Europe’s best talent, several high-profile players will be notable absentees due to many factors ranging from being dropped by their coaches to their nations failing to qualify.

Niall Huggins, Corry Evans and Elliot Embleton are all long-term absentees.

Notable absentees include pacer Nial Smith who picked up an injury recently which forced him out of the recently concluded inter-county.

Not necessarily because we had processes in place already to help get the absentees processed before the polls closed, but definitely, there were municipalities that could have used it,” she said.

Nuno’s cause has not been helped of late by the number of absentees.

On Friday a panel from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that removing Kennedy’s name from the ballot less than six weeks before the election would be too disruptive, what with ballots already being printed up and the absentees mailed out.

Results have been mixed but it is the list of absentees that will be of greatest concern to Erik ten Hag with the opener a fortnight away.