No scum, no Liverpool. Had it been SKy doing it, it would no doubt be the Top 7.
i call this the ossie formation tm
.....................friedel..................................
walker.............king...................dawson
..........parker........modric............
lennon....................................bale
.........defoe...ade........saha.....
Almunia isn't exactly prone to reason. :lol:
VDV just tweeted he won't be involved tomorrow.
VDV just tweeted he won't be involved tomorrow.
No scum, no Liverpool. Had it been SKy doing it, it would no doubt be the Top 7.
How is Kaboul still doubtful, didn't he finish the game against Wigan. Don't recall any problems there whatsoever.
Because danny rose offers so much to our overall play?
I don't think adebayor has been great, perhaps start saha with defoe though.
vdV is a big loss, as we saw against Liverpool. Now Lennon's back we should play as close to normal as possible, using Niko as a #10 (though interchanging with Bale):
---------Friedel
Walker--King--Dawson--BAE
-----Modric---Parker
Lennon---Krancjar<-->Bale
----------Ade
We can't drop Defoe. how does it look to him, droppin him and going with Ade and the 33 year-old Saha upfront? He'd be furious. No, we need to play him. Ade, however, has not been at his best. Still good, just not as effective as he was earlier in the campaign. A week's rest won't go amiss. So I hope we go with Saha and Defoe up front, with Ade coming on at half-time if it isn't working.
Defoe's goals with Ade
Wolves
Liverpool
Saudi Sportswashing Machine (after coming on for VDV)
Fulham (after coming on for VDV)
WBA (a)
Bolton
WBA (h)
VDV's goals with and Ade
Wigan
Arsenal (NOTE: All three played and JD had a major part in the build up to VDVs goal, with Ade assisting)
Saudi Sportswashing Machine (Penalty)
Blackburn (2)
QPR
Swansea
Ade's goals with VDV
Villa (2)
Stoke (Penalty)
Chelsea
Ade's goals with Defoe
Wolves (both scored)
Liverpool (both scored)
WBA (2 goals, and both scored)
Stoke (Penalty: Note, Defoe played 2nd half when penalty was conceded by Modric)
If both are off form, it makes sense to drop VDV.
imo