goonerlove
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Henry - play in 1, 2, and 4 (rest against Liverpool)?
Reyes - start in 2 and 3, sub in 1 and 4
Bergkamp - play in 1, 4, sub in 2 and 3 if needed
Ljungberg - play in 1, 2, and 4
Pires - play in 1, 3, and 4, sub in 2 if needed (this is a tough one - you really want him for Chelski)
Campbell - play in 1, 2, rest for 3 and 4 (he is nursing injury and needs a break badly)
Toure - play in 1, 2, and 3, rest for 4
Keown and Cygan are going to be needed for 4 then (other option is to only rest Campbell for one and have Toure/Campbell rotate those 2)
Edu - play in 1, 2, 3, rest for 4
Gilberto - play in 3 and 4, sub in 1, 2 if needed
Ali/Wiltord - could start a game or two or sub as needed to give people a rest
Lauren - not sure who can cover for him other than Toure... could present an issue
Cole - play in 1, 3, 4, rest for 2 (another tough one... hurting against Chelski without Cole and Pires)
Clichy - play in 2, sub or start in 1, 3, and 4 depending on other placements
Viera - play in 1, 2, 4, rest for 3
Who else can we pull to cover defense and/or midfield positions... I just don't see how we can field our strongest team for more than 2 of these matches, with some starters in each of the other 2 matches. The ones I still think are most important are the next 2... If we get a bad result against 'Pool, then we can rethink our lineup against Newcastle, but I think we are going to need to rest some people in this stretch or we could really be in danger of putting people out long-term with injuries.
The good thing is that after our Toon match, there really aren't too many strong opponents (points-wise) left...
Goonerlove
Reyes - start in 2 and 3, sub in 1 and 4
Bergkamp - play in 1, 4, sub in 2 and 3 if needed
Ljungberg - play in 1, 2, and 4
Pires - play in 1, 3, and 4, sub in 2 if needed (this is a tough one - you really want him for Chelski)
Campbell - play in 1, 2, rest for 3 and 4 (he is nursing injury and needs a break badly)
Toure - play in 1, 2, and 3, rest for 4
Keown and Cygan are going to be needed for 4 then (other option is to only rest Campbell for one and have Toure/Campbell rotate those 2)
Edu - play in 1, 2, 3, rest for 4
Gilberto - play in 3 and 4, sub in 1, 2 if needed
Ali/Wiltord - could start a game or two or sub as needed to give people a rest
Lauren - not sure who can cover for him other than Toure... could present an issue
Cole - play in 1, 3, 4, rest for 2 (another tough one... hurting against Chelski without Cole and Pires)
Clichy - play in 2, sub or start in 1, 3, and 4 depending on other placements
Viera - play in 1, 2, 4, rest for 3
Who else can we pull to cover defense and/or midfield positions... I just don't see how we can field our strongest team for more than 2 of these matches, with some starters in each of the other 2 matches. The ones I still think are most important are the next 2... If we get a bad result against 'Pool, then we can rethink our lineup against Newcastle, but I think we are going to need to rest some people in this stretch or we could really be in danger of putting people out long-term with injuries.
The good thing is that after our Toon match, there really aren't too many strong opponents (points-wise) left...
Goonerlove