Team against Slavia at Home?

[DC_Boy]

Hi SQ - fair points - and have a great weekend too

TBH I'm not sure how good Anelka is in the air but he might give Zoko problems

one alternative is that if Gilberto can get some time on Thurs playing him at LB and playing Chimbonda central - but we'll know a lot more by ffriday

 

[Mornstar]

alnwitch

ifil, rocha, thud, zokora

tainio, KPB, ohara, rose

bent, peckhart

subs:berby, king, woodgate, chimpo, lennon, malbrank, keane

 

[ChRiStOpHe]

alnwitch

ifil, rocha, thud, zokora

tainio, KPB, ohara, rose

bent, peckhart

subs:berby, king, woodgate, chimpo, lennon, malbrank, keane

:lol:

 

[TheBigMatch]

Field a strong defense. Shut them down fast in case they get any brave ideas from the start. If they got a goal early then it would make it very tricky. They have to score 2 to have a chance of winning. Better to stop them from the start.

Possibly even with King for 45mins + along side Woodgate to give him some match sharpness and an extra lift to the team.

Bent for 90 minutes.

Berbatov to be rested.

Would be tempted to give Robbo a run just in case he's needed on Sunday at some stage.

After that I'm not sure it really matters other than to get safely through to the last 16 of the UEFA Cup.

 

[Berbati]

All key players bar King could play 50-60 min, it won't be bad for their match fitness. I expect Keane to start with Bent and then to be replaced by Berbatov.

 

[nickspurs]

Match fitness is one thing - two matches in four days and a risk of injuries in the first game tends to make me more risk averse.

...But in Juande we trust.

 

[tobi]

Cerny
Gunther
Kaboul
Woodgate
Lee
Lennon
Jenas
Taino
O'Hara
Berba
Bent

 

[ChRiStOpHe]

No Gunter people! He's not registered :up:

 

[tobi]

I'll replace Gunther with Pascal then.

 

[AlexSkree]

The thing is we have to lose by probably two goals to go out and at home we should be able to beat them without king,berbatov,keane,jenas,lennon etc.. Worst case scenario if we let one one in we could make 3 good subs and change the game again..

 

[nightgoat]

Start with as strong a team as possible bar Ledley, so

__________Cerny

_Chimbonda Woody Hudd Lee

Lennon Jenas Tainio Malbranque

_______Keane Berbatov

Then once we've got a goal or two, or at half time take off Berbs, Lennon and Keane, bringing on Bent, O'Hara and probably either Taarabt or Boateng... Maybe start Zokora ahead of Tainio...

 

[Dannyspur]

we need to be careful - we all thought we'd hammer getafe but look what happened.

 

[AlexSkree]

Apparently Drogba is struggling with his hamstring at the moment against olympiakos..Good news

 

[milkman]

Apparently Drogba is struggling with his hamstring at the moment against olympiakos..Good news

great news! i hope loads of chel$ki players get injured. bunch of chavs

 

[BorjeSpurs]

Cerny
Lee Kaboul Zok Chimbonda
Steed Hudd O'hara Taarabt
Keano Bent

We will beat slavia with that team..

but remember we can afford a draw and even losing 0-1..

 

[paul_1979yid]

No sure about us beating them with those two at CB!!!

 

[Bulletspur]

Apparently Drogba is struggling with his hamstring at the moment against olympiakos..Good news

Yeah, and if he doesnt play we will only have to worry about Anelka or Shevchenko :shrug:

 

[Bulletspur]

No sure about us beating them with those two at CB!!!

I see where you are coming from but I think these two will be adequate. I dont personally think that Kaboul is going to play that bad for us as he has in the past when he was thrown in the deep end.

 

[Kendall]

we need to be careful - we all thought we'd hammer getafe but look what happened.

To be fair, that was a disjointed team at the lowest point of confidence, with a load of uncertainty looming over it.

We're light years away from that side.

I would play:

Robinson

Chimbonda Kaboul Woodgate Gilberto(if fit)

Taarabt Huddlestone Zokora O'Hara

Lennon
Bent​

Subs: Cerny, Berbatov, Keane, Jenas, Malbranque, Tainio, Lee

 

[Black]

Steed, Berbatov, and Jenas should be rested and King ain't playing i don't know why people have got him in their the line up, for sure he getting saved for the final we could even rest Woody as well.

Wouldn't even mind seeing Huddlestone and Kaboul at the back, i think Taarabt should get a start don't think Pekhart will play as he played a full 90 yesterday.