Who Would You Start With?

Very interesting to hear you were in Norfolk, Merlin. I spend the past week in Norfolk as well, but in a different country.

Hilario, Brana, Hutch, JT, Bertrand, Romeu, Meireles, Ramires, Malouda, Lukaku, Turnbull.

Meant to say Romeu and Essien in holding and CM....My mistake.

dont see spurs winning against fulham and newcastle will lose against everton. the main issue whether we would be able to win against liverpool. if we win we have a chance to finish 4th albeit spurs draw or lose and we better our GD.

Cech-Hutchinson-Ivanovic-Terry-Cole, Essien-Oriol, Sturridge-Mata-Ramires, Torres

it's a tough question, because of recent slip ups of all three teams above us, 3rd/4th place is still not out the question. if it was i would most certainly play a weakened team tomorrow, but Fulham are doing well and could easily draw with or even beat spurs. Arse and Newcastle have two tough away days at Everton and West Brom respectively, so it's not impossible for us to give up 4th just yet, and because of that, i would throw the reserves out, but i'd still rotate the squad and weaken the team.

Guys we've been blowing chance after chance after chance. Now we have a last one, we should take it. I seriously can't see Tottenham winning against Fulham. Newcastle will lose at Goodison Park as well. Smash Liverpool and get the job done against Blackburn. We could grab third if everything goes well for us! My starting XI : Cech - Bertrand - JT - Brana - Ferreira ; Romeu - Essien - Lampard ; Malouda - Sturridge - Torres.

salzburry...I would rather we focus our energy and mind on one game,a game we have in our own hands the UCL final,than focusing on games in which we need opposition to do us favors.

FECK. Mikel is injured according to the official website. Damn we've got too many suspensions already we can't afford to lose players because of injuries as well. Everybody should be fit for Munich.

FrLamp - Mikel looked fine at the weekend, im sure RDM has simply ruled him out because he knows he's not going to risk him, he will be back for the final.

SameX... The FA Cup Youth Final second leg is Wednesday. Piazon and Chalobah will be starting that. You expect them to start back to back games?

Yea samex u got it wrong this time....The lads have a date with blackburn youths on wednesday....Wouldve loved to see piazon though..And nathan.......Turnbull,brana,bosingwa,terry,betrand,romeu,essien,raul,kalou,studge and lukaku....

@desmond....Oooops it escaped my mind....would love to see piazon and Chalobah tough,,,i like your lineup but i think Rammy will start

My suggested line up against Liverpool tomorrow would be based on trying to win but putting the first priority to getting our best 11 for the May 19 date safe and healthy. With that in mind i would go with the ff; Turnbull in goal, Backline of JT, Ferraira, Brana and Bertrand Midfield of Ramires, Romeu and Miereles. Forwards; Kalou, Lukaku and Sturridge. Subs; Cech, Torres, Bosingwa, Essien, Malouda and lamps

Daily Mail is reporting Cech did not travel with the Squad for Pool tomorrow. Pretty risky if you ask me since there is still top 4 to play for.....

I'm pretty certain when the players were knocking back beer & champers on Saturday night most thought they wouldn't have another important game until Munich. However, with Spurs & Arsenal being so useless, and Newcastle losing to Man City, we really do still have a chance of finishing in the Top 4. Tuesday night is a must win game. I really think Roman should tell RDM if he wants us to go for it tomorrow and play a strong team, or play a weakened team and just put all our eggs in the Munich basket.

Also note that saves made by Cech has kept us in games against Benfica, Barcelona, and more recently Liverpool. I don't see how Turnbull or Hilarious would have made those saves.....

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sport/football/4303022/Roberto-Di-Matteo-has-scrapped-plans-to-rest-key-stars-against-Liverpool-tonight.html

Cech; Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Cole; Essien, Lampard; Torres, Mata, Kalou; Drogba. We have to try with Torres as right winger in a competitive away match as I see him as the best option for replacing Ramires in the UCL final

Turnbull, Fereira, JT, Ivan, Bertrand, Romeu, Essien, Ramires, Sturridge, Torres, Malouda

@KAKU:I do not think Liverpool are going to trouble us much in the league.Therefore,Turnbull can take his oppurtunity.Cech has been playing each and every game.Did he rest at all?No.Let him rest.Even Mata should not play more than 60 minutes.

Scouting in Iran because you're looking for an explosive winger...

i wud start- cech,bossingwa, brana, jt,betrand ,mikel, oriol, ramires,mata,sturridge,torres. all in a 4-2-3-1 formation

4-2-3-1- Turnbull-Paulo-Sam-Iva-Ryan-Romeu-Meireles-Sturidge-Malouda-Ramires-Lukaku Sub: Hilario, Terry, Torres, Essien, Cole, Lampard

Blu run why not put Hutchinson and Piazon on the bench for this one??

Hilario now as cech is out of the clash !!!

dont give a feck about hazard anymore! we wont get him anyway! I would play with: Hilario, Paulo, Iva, Terry, Ryan, Ess, Romeu, Rami, Mata, Danny, Torres!

I dont want hazard in that team...Not that my opinion matters to RA...But i read awhile ago that he is a sulker too and acts like a petulant child atimes.....A fantastic player though

Sorry,Ramires instead of Kalou.

Lets not get involved in this hazard talk anymore, he aint coming to us. He is running around dropping clues, enticing fans thinking he is the best thing since sliced bread. He is good ill give him that, but its not like i would loose sleep if we didnt get him.

ARGH the dilemma..... In my eyes there are 11 days of recovery ahead of the big one. IF we beat Liverpool then we're in touching distance of the top 4 and require 2 of the 3 teams ahead of us to get no more than a draw in their last match, which to be fair is very possible. Arsenal have to deal with West Brom during Roy's last match in charge and he'll want to go out on a high. Spurs have Fulham who are always going to be a tough side, plus it's a London derby which makes things quite interesting. Finally Newcastle have to face an in-form Everton team which is always tricky. In a perfect world Arsenal Lose, Spurs lose/draw and Newcastle WIN. That leaves Newcastle 3rd, Us ahead of Spurs in 4th on GD (assuming we win both matches with +3 GD), Spurs 5th and Arsenal 6th (again depending on the goal difference). That would tie up the season in a perfect fashion for me with BOTH Arsenal and Spurs missing out on Champ League, although to be fair out of the two if one had to get in to Europe I'd prefer it to be Arsenal! So why the dilemma?? If we play the full team and someone gets badly injured then we'd be gutted to lose another player for the final. If we don't and lose/draw then we miss out on the chance of making top 4 on the last day (to be clear a draw means we cannot finish top 4). So would I play tonight? Ramires, Meireles, Ivanovic and Terry are all must plays (as it doesn't matter if they get injured as they're out of the final anyway). Cech should be a safe bet in goals. Around them I'd play Bertrand and Paolo along with Mikel/Essien (whichever one ISN'T starting in the final). That's the Def & Mid clear. Up front I'd be putting Kalou/Studge and Torres plus Mata. Mata is the risk for me, but someone I think we need to take a chance on if we want to try to win tonight. So there's my suggestion: Cech; Paolo, Ivan, Terry, Bertrand; Mikel/Essien, Ramires, Meireles; Studge/Kalou, Mata & Torres. Let's hope we can snatch the win again tonight and keep the pressure on the 3 above leading into the last day!

i face the same dilemma bizarre_blue.but if i have to choose,i will take no risk and play 2nd team tonight,as i believe what on RDM's mind right now.we can't afford another player lost for game of the year on may 19th.i believe our 2nd team is not bad at all compare to the 1st,just mata exclusion would effect much though.but we still have a chance against these poor liverpool's side,with the inclusion of terry,iva,ramires and torres.i just hope drogba and torres will have enough time to sharpen their combination because we will need it in Munich..

guys with no ramires on 19th.. who do u think would be our best bet at that position..altho i want torres to play on that pos.. as he doesn track back much i have a feeling RDM will go with malouda .. and that is damn scary !!

Should be a fairly strong team I think. I would choose in 4-3-3: Cech; Bosingwa, Ivanovic, Terry, Bertrand; Essien, Romeu, Meireles; Sturridge, Torres, Kalou.

Funny how the ONLY guy in the team actually trying is a 22-year old Bertrand. What can we learn from this? Hutch in for Ferreira and Lukaku in for anyone. Lack of quality+lack of motivation+lack of play time doesn't make a very good team. And why did we put Torres in the middle of all this? Are we deliberately trying to break the guy?

The Rami machine must play, even though he has really played alot of games.