1.   Who could blame them when the sheer volume of fixtures means that injuries and suspensions force most clubs to field weakened teams?

2.   The Sonics were fortunate to catch a weakened Utah team.

3.   Yet he stands vigil for those who get lost, and he grows introspective when a weakened team member dies.

4.   Defending champion Borussia Dortmund fields a weakened team for its game in Turkey against Galatasaray, with five regulars missing.

5.   Fiedling a weakened team, the defending champion Americans were eliminated by the Czech Republic.

6.   He said the Czechs are not downhearted at fielding a weakened team.

7.   Injury has forced Tigana to field weakened teams so far.

8.   Italy goes to Croatia despite the airstrikes on neighboring Serbia, Germany hosts Scotland, Denmark receives South Africa and a weakened England team goes to Hungary.

9.   Juventus, which is eliminated from Champions League contention, goes into the game against Arsenal with a severely weakened team.

10.   The one test against England will be followed by two against a likewise weakened Scottish team before the annual tri-nations against New Zealand and South Africa.