Will it be Men against Boys, or will SAF revoke?


By BlueBlood
January 11 2005

Chelsea play their first leg of the Carling Cup Semi-Final against Man Utd at Stamford Bridge tomorrow night, no doubt still shaking in their boots after the scare that Scunthorpe gave them last Saturday.

It will be interesting to see if it will be Men against Boys or will SAF turn against his promise and field his strongest available team, in light of events at Old Trafford against Exeter, does SAF give the players who were in the squad another chance, or does he change it around completely. Only SAF know his priorities.

But after he said on Saturday about Man Utd's performance being the worst Cup performance in his eighteen years, as Man Utd's manager I know what I would do.

Chelsea though don't have these type of problems (at the moment, touching wood). Although JM changed it around dramatically on Saturday with his formation and selection of players, I expect the same dramatic changes to be made for tomorrow's starting line-up.

With Huth, Carvalho, Kezman injured and Robben unavailable through suspension plus Geremi, who it is reported has asked for a move due to limited first team opportunities all out of the squad the predicted line-up as follows:

Cech, Ferreira, Terry, Gallas, Bridge, Makelele, Cole, Lampard, Tiago, Duff, Gudjohnsen.

But after my appalling prediction for the Middlesbrough game and I know that I would have been way out for the Scunthorpe game, what do I know?? LOL.

There will be latest team news, scores, updates posted on the message board tomorrow night from about 7pm. For the second time this season circumstances have prevented me from seeing a Chelsea v Man Utd game live. Oh well, such is life.

 

JOSE'S 32nd (Before Man Utd)

PREMIERSHIP P22 W17 D4 L1 F43 A8 PTS 55

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE P6 W4 D1 L1 F9 A3 PTS 13

CARLING CUP P3 W3 D0 L0 F5 A1 --

FA CUP P1 W1 D0 L0 F3 A1 ..

TOTAL P32 W25 D5 L2 F60 A13 --

v Man Utd (L) W1-0

v Birmingham (L) W1-0

v C Palace (L) W2-0

v Southampton (L) W2-1

v Aston Villa (L) D0-0

v PSG (CL) W3-0

v Spurs (L) D0-0

v Middlesbrough (L) W1-0

v Porto (CL) W3-1

v Liverpool (L) W1-0

v Man City (L) L0-1

v CSKA Moscow (CL) W2-0

v Blackburn Rovers (L) W4-0

v West Ham Utd (CC) W1-0

v WBA (L) W4-1

v CSKA Moscow (CL) W1-0

v Everton (L) W1-0

v Newcastle Utd (CC) W2-0

v Fulham (L) W4-1

v Bolton (L) D2-2

v PSG (CL) D0-0

v Charlton Athletic (L) W4-0

v Fulham (CC) W2-1

v Newcastle Utd (L) W4-0

v Porto (CL) L1-2

v Arsenal (L) D2-2

v Norwich City (L) W4-0

v Aston Villa (L) W1-0

v Portsmouth (L) W2-0

v Liverpool (L) W1-0

v Middlesbrough (L) W2-0

v Scunthorpe Utd (FAC) W3-1