by ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Wed Dec 18, 2013 8:20 pm
i`d be tempted to start with the team that started against spurs and if we are lucky enough to find ourselves 2 or 3 goals up with half an hour or so to go then make changes.
this game against cardiff is huge, this could see us occupying the top spot over christmas and i recently saw a stat in the paper that said 65% (two thirds) of the teams who are top on christmas day go on to win the title.
in the past these are exactly the types of games and opportunities we have blown, especially under roy evans but under other managers too.
in 08/09 under rafa we beat the likes of chelsea and united home and away (that was the 4-1 at old trafford season) but blew the title around christmas, from mid december to the end of january we played 7 fixtures and our record in those games was W2 D5 L0.
we drew against the likes of hull, stoke and wigan and those run of the mill games cost us the title in a season where we did all the heavy lifting by beating the likes of united, chelsea, everton, city, fulham and villa (who all finished high up the table) away from home.
this isnt the time for experimental line up`s imo.