by Cool Hand Luke » Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:50 pm
I did think that Gerrard looked fucked during the England game, and with only 2 days in between, maybe it would be wise to use some of the players that weren’t over used in the internationals.
Hamann and Zenden didn’t link up with Germany and Holland, so I would include both in the starting line up. I think Cisse, Pongolle and Gerrard would be rarely useful as impact players during the second half.
I know in an ideal world we would put our strongest team out every game, but we don’t live in an ideal world. Even Chelsea are into the whole squad rotation thing, Mournhio realised that his players ran out of steam towards the end of last season and their performance levels dropped.
So during the course of the season lets make use of all the players we have, after all isn’t that one of the reasons for having a strong squad. It is a fine balancing act between resting players and not weakening your team too much, but that’s what the boss gets paid for.
i think yes what about you