bavlondon wrote:heimdall wrote:bavlondon wrote:Oh dear.
It's ok, we've still got Lucas
If we do end up going out then I really hope this is the last time we will see Lucas playing for us in Europe. He is rubbish and no where near good enough.
No news reports on Stevie just yet. Arsene Wenger was just saying he thinks we can overturn this too. Come on we can do this! If we score early on it will swing the momentum in our favour. Rafa needs to take advantage of no Terry.
The problem though is Gerrard not being able to get into the game.
Yup Gerrard is going to have to work his socks off to get away from Essien.
My guess is that Hiddink will use the same tactic, so since we have mascherano back Alonso can push forward with Gerrard more, Essien will have to come off and mark Alonso from time to time, giving Gerrard some space.
Blackburn recently had a flukey win against Tottenham with a last gasp goal. We have to make sure we score more than one goal because I can see them doing the same and snatching a draw.
If Gerrard is out we should maybe start with Benayoun who is very capable of giving nice through balls for Torres and bring Alonso more central for more control.
What have we normally played in the past without Gerrard but with Torres (discounting the Keane era)?
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