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agrdavidsfan

Ledley's Knee!
Aug 25, 2005
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Where's that from? SSN said he's doubtful, nothing on Gallas.

Heard it on talksport or 5 live sport

Said out
Gallas,corluka

Doubtful
Bale,Lennon,Sandro(he needs a rest)

Fit
Huddlestone!

Also mentioned or rb crisis and Ekotto playing there if he plays right back il cry just put jj there or recall naughton!
 

sim0n

King of Prussia
Jan 29, 2005
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-----------Gomes-----------
JJ--Daws--Bassong--BAE
Lennon--Hudd--Sandro-Modric
---------Defoe--Pav--------

Subs: Cudicini, BAE, Bale, Rose, VdV, Crouch, Someone else.

:beer:
 

TwoSaintsComeMarching

PIMP-tastic
Jul 26, 2008
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So many injuries, this is the best I can think of:

Gomes
Jenas Dawson Bassong Ekotto
Kranjcar Sandro Modric
Defoe Crouch Pav​

Jenas, Defoe, Ekotto and Pav to provide some form of width. Ekotto and Jenas will really need to push on.
 

Spurger King

can't smile without glue
Jul 22, 2008
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Oh dear..not looking good. Ok, if Corluka, Gallas, Bale and Lennon are all out I'd go with..

Gomes
Jenas Dawson Bassong BAE
VDV Huddlestone Sandro Modric
Kranjcar
Crouch

Almost tempted to go with Bassong at RB and Hudd as a CB. I expect Crouch to start because Pav and/or Defoe will have to play against Madrid.
 

Yid-ol

Just-outside Edinburgh
Jan 16, 2006
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If we have no RB then dont play one, just stick 3 at the back

-----------gomes
----Dawson-Bassong-BAE
Lennon-Huddleston-Modric-Bale
----------------VDV
----------Pav-----Defoe
 

ItsBoris

Well-Known Member
Jan 18, 2011
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Can't Lennon play right back if we have no one else?

Btw, I thought Bale "struggling" during the Madrid game was just time-wasting but I may be wrong.
 

RJ1882

SC Supporter
Aug 28, 2010
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VDV should be dropped - might make more of an impact in last 30 mins of games at the minute as he's doing F all from the start.
We need to go with 2 up top, though thats 2 of 3 very bad choices at the minute.
If we have Sandro and Hudd in middle, and Bale and Lennon are fit, then playing Luka further up field might help, playing off (I cant believe I am sayign this) Pav. Or we play 433 with Lennon and Bale playing off Pav and Modric, Sandro and Hudd in the middle???
 

ItsBoris

Well-Known Member
Jan 18, 2011
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VDV should be dropped - might make more of an impact in last 30 mins of games at the minute as he's doing F all from the start.
We need to go with 2 up top, though thats 2 of 3 very bad choices at the minute.
If we have Sandro and Hudd in middle, and Bale and Lennon are fit, then playing Luka further up field might help, playing off (I cant believe I am sayign this) Pav. Or we play 433 with Lennon and Bale playing off Pav and Modric, Sandro and Hudd in the middle???

I said this earlier but where are the goals going to come from? If we drop VDV, only Bale and Pav have scored more than 3 goals this season, neither has scored more than 1 for every two starts, so realistically we are looking at scoring 1 goal tomorrow with that lineup. Either Bale or Pav will score it.

I know that's not exactly how it works in real life but you have to consider such things. Lennon is the third highest scorer with 3 goals which basically means there's a 1 in 10 chance he scores tomorrow.

We need to put as many players on the field who know how to find the back of the net as we can. That means VDV, Niko, Hudd, and Kaboul all start if fit imo, and Bale moves to LB.
 

guy

SC Supporter
May 31, 2007
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sandro could probably play RB quite comfortably too actually, him and JJ are more than capable. Christ I can see Harry putting BAE there though I really can
 
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