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Well, this is an interesting game. Get a win here and we move within 2 points of Pompey, who occupy 6th place, which currently is the intertoto cup spot. With Portsmouth in the FA Cup final we may well see them resting players, as an FA Cup win would see them into Europe, which would also mean if they finish 6th then 7th place gets intertoto. It'd be a real shame if we missed out on Europe, and the same applies to Villa, Portsmouth and Blackburn. In previous seasons these current points totals would have seen us all into Europe. We've all played well and deserve a reward, but 2 or 3 will miss out.
We drew 0-0 at Fratton Park, at a time when Portsmouth were in some real good form, so it was a good result. Can we build on that against a team with fantastic away form and with a free-scoring Jermain Defoe? We have a few injuries in defence, so will need to get some goals to be comfortable. I'd be interested to see if any of the FA Youth Cup winners are included in this squad, they could give us some defencive depth maybe, or we could see Weiss brought on for excitement. Here's what we could play:
---------------Hart
Sun----Corluka-----Dunne---Garrido
-------Fernandes---Johnson
Ireland--------Elano--------Petrov
-------------Benjani
Subs: Schmeichel, Castillo, Vassell, Mee, Weiss.
We drew 0-0 at Fratton Park, at a time when Portsmouth were in some real good form, so it was a good result. Can we build on that against a team with fantastic away form and with a free-scoring Jermain Defoe? We have a few injuries in defence, so will need to get some goals to be comfortable. I'd be interested to see if any of the FA Youth Cup winners are included in this squad, they could give us some defencive depth maybe, or we could see Weiss brought on for excitement. Here's what we could play:
---------------Hart
Sun----Corluka-----Dunne---Garrido
-------Fernandes---Johnson
Ireland--------Elano--------Petrov
-------------Benjani
Subs: Schmeichel, Castillo, Vassell, Mee, Weiss.