If we had one of cabaye or tiote I'd be really confident. It's very tough winning a PL game without your first choice central midfield (we won but didn't deserve to on weds, for instance). I said earlier in the thread, it won't happen, but my preference would be a midfield 2 of Guthrie and jonas, for ball retention purposes. Perch did well on weds but I don't think he's a player you turn to if you want to take the upper hand/initiative. Hope we see team Senegal both start, but I'm sure somehow the unflushable nugget that is shola ameobi will crop up.