by ycsatbjywtbiastkamb » Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:20 pm
going by gerrard`s performance against hull when he came on he could do with a game or two to get the cobwebs out of his system, a good run out today at home against lower league opposition is probably just the preparation he needs for next weeks tough trip to stoke.
with allen out injured gerrard is a shoe in to start next week so he needs some game time after being out for a month.
hendo needs a rest imo, along with the likes of skrtel he`s been an ever present in our team since the first day of the season so i`d let him sit this one out and recharge his batteries for next week.
stoke next week is a huge game, going there is tough enough anyway (as everton recently found out) but it`s become even more vital to us after losing those two 6 pointers to our rivals over the chrimbo, if you are going to lose away to the likes of city, arsenal and chelsea (as we have done) then you have got to go to places like stoke and win if you want to realistically compete with those top sides.
if we play the likes of gerrard, toure and agger who havent had much footy recently we should have too much for these, especially at home.
Anyway the FA cup gives us a good chance of silverware for this year and we cannot let ourselvesbe overturned by Oldham as we were last year. Their manager has changed and the big lad up front has gone and they are near the bottom of Div 1 so I don't see a repeat of last year even with what I expect will be a much changed team for us. I would expect quite a few changes, no need to risk luis by starting him in this game, could try this line up:-
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