by JoeTerp » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:16 pm
Last year against Reading in the Carling Cup Rafa Picked:
5 Jose Reina (G)
5 Daniel Agger (D)
29 Gabriel Paletta (D)
37 Lee Peltier (M)
16 Jermaine Pennant (M)
6 John Arne Riise (M) (M)
22 Mohamed Sissoko (M)
28 Stephen Warnock (M)
32 Boudewijn Zenden (M)
15 Peter Crouch (S)
9 Robbie Fowler (S)
Substitutes
40 David Martin (G)
23 Jamie Carragher (D)
35 Danny Guthrie (D)
45 James Smith (D)
18 Dirk Kuyt (S)
and against Birmingham:
(G) Jerzy Dudek 1
(D) Daniel Agger 5
(D) Gabriel Paletta 29
(D) Lee Peltier 37
(D) Stephen Warnock 28
(M) Mark Gonzalez 11
(M) Jermaine Pennant 16
(M) Mohamed Sissoko 22
(M) Boudewijn Zenden 32
(S) Craig Bellamy 17
(S) Robbie Fowler 9
Substitutes
(G) David Martin 40
(D) Jamie Carragher 23
(D) Danny Guthrie 35
M) Xabi Alonso 14
(S) Dirk Kuyt 18
Precedent seems to point to Itandje in Goal (i think Reina played the first game because Dudek got in a fight in a reserve game.
Maybe Arbeloa could be somewhere in the back line, but I think most on here would like to see Hobbs get a chance at centre half. Insua is the new Paletta I guess (hopefully only in similar in country of origin) Seems like Agger still isn't fit, so maybe Arbeloa and Hobbs in the centre and Darby on the Right and then one of Aurelio (if fit) Insua, or Threlfall (I wonder what has happened to him, dont hear much about him from reserve games)
Leto would seem to be the new gonzalez, but I could see Kewell getting the start, maybe playing one of them on the right, and Momo and Lucas in the middle of the park seems an obvious pick
And 3rd and 4th choice strikers this year seem to be Crouch and Voronin
