....................Given....................
Richards.....Vieira....Kompany.....Lescott (Maybe Touré/Onuoha at RB)
..................de Jong...................
SWP............Ireland.......A Johnson
..............RSC....Adebayor............
Bench:
Taylor,
2 from; Touré/Onuoha/Richards, (Whoever doesnt start at RB)
Bridge,
Barry,
Petrov,
Tévez.
(Bellamy could still make the bench though...)
We need Height at the back against Stoke, those throw ins are hard to deal with. (Yes Vieira can play CB, like Kompany, he's done it before, and he's good there)
Tévez needs a rest and RSC should be fit to start, and he'd be good against such a physical team like Stoke, although RSC and Adebayor could be dodgy, but I'd try it anyway. He needs games.