If I had to guess at the starting lineup tonight I would say... Hart Johnson Jagielka Cahill Cole Walcott Wiltshire Gerrard Ox Welbeck Rooney 2nd half he will change Hart for Ruddy Wiltshire for Lampard Rooney for Defoe Walcott or Ox for Zaha I hope I am wrong and he starts or gets a decent amount of time from a sub but think Lambo will come on for Welbeck in 70min.
I cant see him starting, but if Welbeck gets more game time than Lambert then i will be royally pissed off
Hodgson may have been paying lip service to Lambert all week but don't think he'll want to start him, I'm personally just trying to keep my expectations low, as long as he gets on the pitch so he gets his cap, I'm happy, more than 20 minutes would be great. Well prepare yourself to be royally pissed off then I'd say mate!
I'd expect him to feature prominently, but probably from the wing. If he gets more game time as a striker than Rickie, then that would be pretty frustrating.
Okay, prediction time. I think we'll start like this: -----------Rooney Welbeck---Chamberlain---Walcott ------Gerrard---Wilshere Baines--Jagielka--Cahill--Johnson -------------Hart Not a bad looking team, to be fair. Hopefully Lambert and Rooney get a half each and Defoe sits out.
If I were Moyes I'd prefer to give Rooney a run out at the end. Hopefully that means Rickie could start.
I remember those games well. They were pretty much the only live games we saw on TV other than the Cup Final. That Wales team had Ron Davies, Wyn Davis and John Toshack up front. Some forward line that, although maybe a tad one-dimensional.
I'd like to see; Lambert Chamberlain Rooney Walcott Gerrard Wilshere Baines Jagielka Cahill Walker Hart but I doubt that will happen. What time's kick-off btw?
