Jurgen the German
Erik Thorstvedt
Maybe not the entire 11 but definitely Kane, Verts, Alderweireld, Dier and Eriksen at the very least.
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Mauricio Pochettino - Sacked
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Maybe not the entire 11 but definitely Kane, Verts, Alderweireld, Dier and Eriksen at the very least.
Lemonade Money
Les Medley
brick OMT
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
And please tell me which Premier League games are so easy that we can rest our best players & still be confident of a win. I don't think that there are any easy games in the PL these days.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
I'd be confident giving players like Wimmer and Njie a start at home to any club outside the big 6. The rest of our squad is capable enough across the board that we can start to integrate these.
We all know from 2011-12 what happens if you just run your best team into the ground - the wheels fall off in February.
We change things around well in all other positions - only CB and CF are we not rotating enough.
Bedfordspurs
Mark Falco
Its actually nothing new in high level sport. They had been doing it in the NFl for example to the length of bringing their own toilet paper
if you want to know about attention to detail you need to read up on David Brailsford and the sky team... unbelievable what they do to gain "small margins" and what sports/technology he will invest in
alekaras
The ITK of IDK
I'm pretty sure the players' fitness levels and fatigue are monitored very closely and Poch knows who is good to play and who isn't. So if you see the entire first team starting in Baku, then it's probably because they're fine and will be fine for Sunday's game.
The reason I would like to see a different team is to give some of the youngsters and reserves some game time. Would love to see Onomah start and CCV make his senior team debut.
The reason I would like to see a different team is to give some of the youngsters and reserves some game time. Would love to see Onomah start and CCV make his senior team debut.
El Guepardo
Rafael Van Der Vaart
I think that's being narrow minded to believe wholly that the reason that we struggled in 2011/12 was the matter of 'running the best team in to the ground'. I think that Redknapp's court case & his demand for attention re the England job, and so his distraction for the second half of the season were more the factors behind our club's lack of form than the players.
That said, I do agree with mixing up the team to keep the players fresh. I just think that we rotate the players when appropriate, rather than just bench a number of players for the same games. I'm sure that in the past we have dropped players for individual games, only to regret just that. So that would be an equally big mistake to make that running the players in to the ground.
Chelsea.
SUIYHA
Scott Parker
If we beat Monaco at home we're guaranteed to qualify, regardless of our result in Baku. If we can't beat Monaco at home then we're clearly not good enough to win the Europa League so we should prioritise finishing in the top 4 - which may well be our last chance of getting into the Champions League via the league given that Chelsea and Liverpool surely won't be this bad again next season and England may lose it's 4th spot.
Given that Liverpool are playing Emirates Marketing Project away next week, if we win our next two league games we could quite conceivably find ourselves seven points and thirteen points respectively ahead of our two main rivals for a top four spot, going into a run of games against West Brom, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, Southampton, Norwich and Watford.
Ergo - fudge the Qarabag game. If we can take anything from it then great, but for the reasons above we should not be risking anyone important for that game. Don't want to see Kane, Dier, Alli, Eriksen, Dembele, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Walker, even Lloris, anywhere near that plane to Azerbaijan. Hopefully Bentaleb and N'Jie will be approaching something resembling match fitness by that point and Townsend has made up his differences with the management.
On another note - just thought I'd point out that Poch has equalled Redknapp's longest unbeaten run as manager, and if we avoid defeat against West Ham, he will have equalled our longest unbeaten run of the Premier League era (12 games, under AVB in the 2012-13 season).
Given that Liverpool are playing Emirates Marketing Project away next week, if we win our next two league games we could quite conceivably find ourselves seven points and thirteen points respectively ahead of our two main rivals for a top four spot, going into a run of games against West Brom, Saudi Sportswashing Machine, Southampton, Norwich and Watford.
Ergo - fudge the Qarabag game. If we can take anything from it then great, but for the reasons above we should not be risking anyone important for that game. Don't want to see Kane, Dier, Alli, Eriksen, Dembele, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Walker, even Lloris, anywhere near that plane to Azerbaijan. Hopefully Bentaleb and N'Jie will be approaching something resembling match fitness by that point and Townsend has made up his differences with the management.
On another note - just thought I'd point out that Poch has equalled Redknapp's longest unbeaten run as manager, and if we avoid defeat against West Ham, he will have equalled our longest unbeaten run of the Premier League era (12 games, under AVB in the 2012-13 season).
milo
Jack L. Jones
Anything can happen in a one off game. So I think that it is wrong to say that we are not good enough to win the competition if we can't beat Monaco at home. If we do not get a result in Azerbaijan, we risk putting pressure on ourselves, which would get worse if we do not get an early goal against Monaco and the crowd start getting nervous.
SUIYHA
Scott Parker
Would be exactly the same in the knock-out stages. What if we've been beaten at the Westfalenstadion and need to beat Dortmund at the Lane to stay in the competition? There will be far tougher tests than Monaco to come if we're to win it. EL group stage games can be quite boring anyway, would be good to have a big European night with something riding on it to look forward to.
milo
Jack L. Jones
The pressure later on in the competition is difficult to avoid but it is stupid to invite pressure where you do not need to.
parklane1
Tony Galvin
I like the way that fans think we should beat teams who they consider to be not as good as us and get all bent out of shape when we fail to do so. One game at a time and the next one is always the important one.
milo
Jack L. Jones
Exactly. How many times do you see the better team knocked out of a cup?
milo
Jack L. Jones
I don't think that the team is sufficiently mature to be able to play for a draw.
Gutter Boy
Tim Sherwood
Why not just nail the first tie, then put our feet up when the job is done? Like serious teams would do
mudshark
Chris Armstrong
I think Pochettino will want three points in Baku to ensure progression at the earliest opportunity, so I don't think he'll be leaving too many key players behind in their carpet slippers. We might see them starting on the bench, and only making an appearance if the situation requires it, but I think a strong squad will travel. It shouldn't be a big issue, if the arrangements are made properly and we plan a two-day stop-over. Anyway, it's only Chelsea
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