1.   Hamilton has a thigh problem and is expected back this week, but Voskuhl is out with a stress fracture.

2.   More to the point is the absence of UCLA wide receiver J.J. Stokes with a thigh problem.

3.   Which brings us back to the first lady and her thigh problem.

4.   Paul Scholes also missed training with a thigh problem, but Ferguson said he too should play against Nantes.

5.   Effenberg has been sidelined most of the season with a foot injury, then returned recently for three matches before a minor thigh problem sidelined him again.

6.   Fellow striker Robbie Keane had a groin strain, captain Steve Staunton was suffering from a thigh problem and Kevin Kilbane was nursing a bruised ankle.

7.   Juventus striker David Trezeguet withdrew Tuesday, also because of a slight thigh problem.

8.   Mauro Silva has a calf strain and central defender Cesar Martin and midfielder Sergio Gonzalez, both Spanish internationals, have thigh muscle problems.

9.   Olsson did not make any more attempts at the world record because of a thigh problem.

10.   Scholl already has missed several matches because of thigh muscle problems.