Possible rotations which wouldn't
weaken the team significantly... Gab for Per Debuchy for Hector (if Debuchy is alright) Gibbs for Monreal Theo for Rambo (Theo can play as a true RW with Debuchy being restraint in his forward runs) Jack for Santi (Jack to do the Deep Lying role) Welbz for Sanchez (stick to the right... will support Gibbs on his forward runs) Rosicky for Ozil (TR7 is still an effective creator and adds bite to the midfield)
Not exact matches
According to Sky Sports the home
team will be without their captain and best central defender Vincent Kompany, the left back Kolarov and the right back Zabaleta and this
significantly weakens their back line.
Yes they did beat Manchester United at Old Trafford a few weeks ago, but that was a
significantly weakened United
team shorn of Wayne Rooney and the like.
In the long run, I think the criticisms will
significantly weaken the Hockey
Team since their primary strategy is a rather smug dismissal of legitimate criticisms.