Was just about to post this.
VDV, Kaboul, Defoe, hudd, Lennon, Gallas and sandro were all out injured.
A fully fit bench would be:
Cudicini, Rose, Dawson, Sandro, Kranjcar, Defoe and Saha.
Thats a pretty fudging strong bench if i cant even find space for Sandro or Huddlestone