billycopper
Player Valuation: £40m
Experience and fitness could tell tomorrow. Howard, Neville, Baines, Cahill, Fellaini and Hibbert have FA Cup final pedigree with us. Distin won it with Portsmouth. Gibson has won the Carling Cup twice. And Heitinga has played in a World Cup final. Jelavic has won the Scottish League Cup too. So that really only leaves Gueye/Drenthe for us without similar big game experience.
For them it will be a step into the unknown for Jones and Spearing.
They'll have Johnson, Agger and Bellamy coming back from injury. During the Anfield derby in March Coleman had only played 83 minutes in the Premier League since before Christmas, Jags had 140 minutes gametime in the same period, Rodwell had clocked 44 minutes and Vic had 201 minutes under his belt. Hopefully their rustiness will tell on the wide-open Wembley surface.
For them it will be a step into the unknown for Jones and Spearing.
They'll have Johnson, Agger and Bellamy coming back from injury. During the Anfield derby in March Coleman had only played 83 minutes in the Premier League since before Christmas, Jags had 140 minutes gametime in the same period, Rodwell had clocked 44 minutes and Vic had 201 minutes under his belt. Hopefully their rustiness will tell on the wide-open Wembley surface.