Team news for CSKA

Komapny, Dimechelis and Rodwell didn't travel to moscow.

Hart
Zabba, Lezza, Nasty, Clichy
Yaya, Fernandinho
Silva, Nasri
Aguero, Negredo

MP says we shouldn't lose, so he may go a little more defensive than that.

................Hart
Zab....Lezza...Nasty...Kolarov
.......Yaya, Fernandinho
Aguero......Silva.........Nasri
.............Dzeko

Tryin to think about Chelsea at the weekend too, i reckon Richards, Garcia, Negredo and Clichy will be rested for that.

Kompany and Demichelis should be ready for Chelsea, so I wouldn't look at resting anyone except maybe Negredo.

I much prefer us sticking out our best team and see what's left for the weekend.

Topdawg wrote:I much prefer us sticking out our best team and see what's left for the weekend.

So do i Dawg, but it just doesn't tend to happen.

Sounds like the pitch is going to be a shocker so we just need a team to grind out a result for this one.   Main thing is not to lose obviously, a draw won't be a disaster.

................Hart
Zab....Lezza...Nasty...Kolarov
.......Yaya, Fernandinho
Aguero......Jovetic.......Milner
.............Dzeko

Come off it bluey, dropping Silva and Nasri???

Nothing surprises me with MP.

Jovetic is an experienced international and needs games for us, he can play behind Dzeko and Aguero in a position like he did against England.

Milner is the type of player for this game over Nasri IMO......and is fresh.

Keep Silva on the bench if needed.

If the pitch is as bad as they say it could be, lets hope we don't pick up any dodgy injuries.

As I said....who knows what team MP will pick, he's kept us guessing all season....look at Saturday?

I'd accept Jovetic and Dzeko instead of Aguero and Negredo as they should still be able to do a good enough job for us, but I'd like one of Silva or Nasri to provide some quality chances.

Who knows??

I'd leave Silva out of this game, purely because his passing game is dependent on the quality of the turf and if CSKA's is a quagmire then we're probably better off with the stronger players like Milner out there.

I'm not worried about Chelsea.  We just load up against Sideshow Bob and we'll have a bagful...

I am sure I read Moscow's pitch is astroturf

I thought that, however, Fernandhino refers to the pitch state in this:

http://www.mcfc.co.uk/News/Team-news/2013/October/Fernandinho-CSKA-preview