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game if Southampton turn up with their first XI, and we need to do it without too many first choice players
Ospina
Bellerin Chambers Hayden Monreal
Ox Diaby Flamini Rosicky Podolski
Campbell
might do the trick. Shaky looking at the back, and Monreal may not be available. In which case Gibbs might have to play or Flamini play as a full back. With a strong bench to bail them out in case things aren't going well, we could clinch this.
All valid points otherwise.
Well apart from the reference to clinching it. To me it suggests a sense of importance.
Which might be especially useful with our pitiful excuse of a defence.
We don't need to win this.
This competition should revert to a run-out for kids and squad players.
proposed team selections are all quite strong.
than 4th and nothing, or FA Cup and 5th.
already quite young and inexperienced. If you play a youth team defence you may as well play the whole youth team. There's no point in tiring first team squad players if you're not going to have a decent chance of winning the game.