Gomes has decent reflexes and his shot-stopping's alright, the way we'll get goals is from corners and crosses.
We'll need to play with Saha, Cahill and Fellaini getting into the area and forcing him to make his usual errors - for me, Yakubu's not strong enough in the air and could/should be left out for this one.
They've got Modric and now Hutton out, hopefully they'll pick up a couple more injuries away against NEC tonight or at the very least, be made to work hard and not be fully recovered by Sunday.
I can see us nicking this - about time we got a good performance from the boys and bearing in mind that they only beat a poor, 10-man Blackburn side 1-0 (at home no less) whilst we've perhaps had the better of our last couple of matches up until the 18yd box against a resurgent Boro and a dogged Wigan side - hopefully Pienaar playing again will make a massive difference in terms of us creating some better chances.
Baines has to play - Lennon's far too fast for Lescott and for once, Li'l Leighton won't have to worry about being outmuscled and can deliver the crosses we need to unsettle Gomes.
Personally, I'd go with the following - Not likely to happen though.
Howard
Jagielka Lescott Yobo Baines
Castillo
Arteta Fellaini Cahill Pienaar
Saha
2-1 for me : Fellaini & Saha for us, Frazier Campbell off the bench for them.
