3 Games, One Week, What Rotation policy?

[total_football]

Given (1) 10 days to the CL final: (2) Spurs tie one of their 2 remaining games?

Will Le Boss rest Henry/Cesc/ et al? Who's currenly injured and will be out?

[NSadhu]

Not so sure about our rotation policy, since the chances of us now claiming 4th place are slim. We must get 6 pts in the next two games, even if it's out of our hands.

West Ham play Spurs at home next weekend and will definitely rest their key players for the FA Cup final. And if I were to guess, Sheringham will be starting and probably be having a laugh the whole game with his old cunty friends from Seven Sisters, passing them the ball and what not to make sure they hold onto 4th place.

[mixmastermatt]

I am sure every player will get a rest. But we have 10 days between Wigan and Barcalona so that is a big rest. We will see Walcott at some point but Wenger said probably not Vs Sunderland.

[Gooner_for_Life]

I think AW will find the right mix to get the job done. Unfortunately i dont think that West Ham will get the job done for us. I for once this season was really rooting for bolton to stick it to them and help us out by handing the scum a loss. Unfortunately they didnt even pull out a draw. Oh well, hopefully things will work out.

[Rewinder]

West ham have no incentive to even win the next match - I say rest kolo, henry, for portsmouth and wigan, then rest ljunberg, eboue, gilberto, cesc and hleb for a game each - maybe two. Allow sol and, cole if ready, to get the much needed match practice before the big game. Let reyes and pires play out the rest, and have pires on at half time in the final.

Maybe even rest jens, and give almunia a game or two to keep him sharp. Our future depends on this 1 game, so lets make sure the squad is rested, ready and in the best shape possible.

[Rima067]

Henry said he wants to play all of them.

I would like to think we could finish off the matches early and take off cesc and henry.

[wwnyc]

Not so sure about our rotation policy, since the chances of us now claiming 4th place are slim. We must get 6 pts in the next two games, even if it's out of our hands.

West Ham play Spurs at home next weekend and will definitely rest their key players for the FA Cup final. And if I were to guess, Sheringham will be starting and probably be having a laugh the whole game with his old cunty friends from Seven Sisters, passing them the ball and what not to make sure they hold onto 4th place.

bolton def. deserved a goal in the 1st half - it just seems like spurs year (even though we shouldn't even be in this position) - just don't see west ham even putting up a fight next week to get a draw.

at this point, i would rest everyone we think need a rest until the wigan game on the 7th - that would give the team 9 days to rest before THE match for not only the CL title, but a spot in next season's tourney and Henry's future on the line...

[n4100]

West ham have no incentive to even win the next match - I say rest kolo, henry, for portsmouth and wigan, then rest ljunberg, eboue, gilberto, cesc and hleb for a game each - maybe two. Allow sol and, cole if ready, to get the much needed match practice before the big game. Let reyes and pires play out the rest, and have pires on at half time in the final.


I don't think there will be any rest for the Wigan game, and quite frankly, if we take 6 points in the next two, I don't think there should be. Also, it being the last, final, no more, that's all she wrote, fat lady sings match at Highbury, I've a feeling that everyone who's healthy will want to play, and I'd be shocked if Henry wasn't wearing the armband when the teams are led out.

That said, I do think we can rest a few against Sunderland and Citeh.

[Clockend]

The main priority should be to get players coming back from injury sharp (IMO).

So from my point of view, we should give as much game time as possible to Campbell, RvP, Cole and Clichy.

Ljungberg is having blood drained from his foot after every game, so he should feature once at the most. With no Hleb at the moment Bobby should play right wing and then Cole and Clichy should be the combination on the left (probably with Clichy in midfield and Cole at left back).

Campbell and RvP play their usual positions for all of the remaining games.