Who to start on May 19th?!

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

The suspensions make Robbies job easy to play in the final.

Cech

Bosingwa - Luiz - Cahill - Cole

Essien - Mikel - Lampard

Torres - Drogba - Mata

I pick Torres out wide because he does a lot of great work out there and has a lot of pace. He's a big game player like he showed in Euro 2008 and some UCL games against us for Liverpool, plus he's a world cup and european championship winner and with his experience and the fact that the other options are Sturridge, Malouda and Kalou, i'd go with Torres. He cost £50m and needs to play in a game like this. The rest of the team picks itself, but the RW is the hardest choice.

I will hope and expect that Luiz and Cahill will be fit for the game as its in 3 weeks time. I'm nervous already.

Cahill should be fit by than for sure. Luiz is already almost 100% Fit. If Cahill doesn't make it Mikel or Essien can play CB. RW Will definitely be the toughest decision Robbie has to make. We could always play 4-4-2/4-1-2-1-2 as well with Torres and The Drog up front. and Mata in the hole.

[HNKS 508]

Mata has to be in the middle. We will be getting a lot more possession in the final than we did against barca, so we need that creative spark.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

I'd prefer Mata as a CAM as well but than who plays on the LW/LM and RW/RM?

[Jase 43,479]

IF it is 4-2-3-1:

Cech, Bosingwa, Luiz, Cahill, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, Malouda, Mata, Kalou and Drogba

IF it is 4-3-3:

Cech, Bosingwa, Luiz, Cahill, Cole, Mikel, Lampard, Essien, Mata, Kalou and Drogba

Only a difference there is one has Malouda while the other has Essien. Major conundrum for RDM with no Ramires in that midfield and Bosingwa at RB...

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Don't think that Robbie has a lot of decisions to make because his choices are limited by the suspensions. The back five are obvious, if we get an injury there, were screwed. In the middle, for me, Lamps and Mikel have to retain the holding midfielders roles, their performances there is what lifted our season. Mata has to start behind the striker. That leaves our wingers and striker.

Two of Danny, Malouda and Kalou for the wings. Honestly, seeing as this is a cl final, I'd start with Kalou and Flo for their expirience and their ability to track back and defend, while Danny can have a much bigger impact off the bench if we need a goal than the other two.

As for the striker, I think, that Drogba will definitely be on his best game for this one, and we all know that when he really wants to, DD is the best striker in the world in terms of his contribution to the team. Didier starts for me.

[KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607]

Torres showed today why he is more effective coming off the bench.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Cech

Bos - Cahill - Luiz - Cole

Mikel - Lampard

Kalou - Mata - Malouda

Drogba

Pretty much picks itself. We can't play Sturridge or Torres on the wings cause both teams have beast wingers and we can't be taking those chances.

[Kez 2,727]

Cech

Bos - Cahill - Luiz - Cole

Mikel - Lampard

Kalou - Mata - Malouda

Drogba

Pretty much picks itself. We can't play Sturridge or Torres on the wings cause both teams have beast wingers and we can't be taking those chances.

Not as bad as I thought, still have a big chance with that team. Hoping Luiz & Cahill make it & stay fit.

[Jype 6,398]

Cech ; Cole, Luiz, Cahill, Bos ; Lampard, Mikel ; Malouda, Mata, Kalou ; Drogba

There's just no way we can experiment with things like Torres on the wing in a Champions League final so there's really not a lot of options.

Anyone else fancy Kalou to score a lucky tap-in as the winning goal?

[bloody 209]

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Cech- Cole -Luiz -Cahill -Bosingwa -Essien -Mikel -Lampard -Mata- Malouda/Sturridge/Kalou -Drogba.

[Kojo 4,676]

If Essien can get back to himself, just on a bit of a form. Then it will be vital, he is finished definitely. But we need him to play like he did against Napoli, yes that was the game he proved he was finished, but he still played good. He stopped a lot of play.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

For me..

----------Cech-----------

Bos--Luiz-Cahil-Cole

--Lamps-Mikel-Ess--

Mata-Drogba-Malouda

That would be solid. A lot of you want us to play 4-2-3-1 i see, but i think that a central midfield of Mikel and Lampard is not defensive enough for us.

Bayern (and Real, but Bayern got through, which is very good for us imo...) are playing much better football than we do, and we need to close

them out. Not like we did with Barca, but still... we need to work. If Essien could improve more in those two weeks (played good against Arsenal btw..)

he and Malouda should be good enough. Wish we had Ramires, but its still all right.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Cech

Luiz - Bosingwa - Cahill - Cole

Mikel - Essien

Mata - Lampard - Kalou

Drogba

[manpe 10,861]

Cech

Luiz - Bosingwa - Cahill - Cole

Mikel - Essien

Mata - Lampard - Kalou

Drogba

I could agree with that if you changed Bosi's and Luiz's positions. It would be the worst game to start experimenting in.. how much has Luiz played there? How many games has Bosingwa actually started there (not been used as a hole-filler)? And I dread to see Bosingwa dealing with Gomez in air... yes it may have worked against the barca midgets, but Gomez is an animal in air.