Blackburn PK -160
- insane injury crisis at Pompey with 11 guys out and the FA cup semi just a week away. Rovers are now safe and not particularly strong on the road but Pompey will run out an awful squad. Although Ben Haim is listed in the projected lineup I know he is 100% out
Portsmouth (4-4-2): James; Finnan, Ben Haim, Mokoena, Basinas; Brown, Mullins, Hughes, O’Hara; Piquionne, Kanu.
Blackburn (4-3-3): Brown; Salgado, Jones, Samba, Givet; Dunn, Nzonzi, Olsson; Diouf, Roberts, Pedersen.
Avram Grant assessed Pompey's shattered squad and promised: I'll give the kids a go.
The Blues manager is preparing to give his fringe players a runout against Blackburn tomorrow - a game which could condemn his team to the Championship.
That could include throwing in some youngsters, with his squad decimated by injury.
Grant will have one eye on next weekend's FA Cup semi-final showdown against Spurs at Wembley when he meets Sam Allardyce's Rovers at Fratton Park.
That may pave the way for the likes of Matt Ritchie, Joel Ward or Lenny Sowah to be thrown in, with 11 of Pompey's already stretched squad injured.
Grant admitted he will have little choice but to try different players with his options decimated
- insane injury crisis at Pompey with 11 guys out and the FA cup semi just a week away. Rovers are now safe and not particularly strong on the road but Pompey will run out an awful squad. Although Ben Haim is listed in the projected lineup I know he is 100% out
Portsmouth (4-4-2): James; Finnan, Ben Haim, Mokoena, Basinas; Brown, Mullins, Hughes, O’Hara; Piquionne, Kanu.
Blackburn (4-3-3): Brown; Salgado, Jones, Samba, Givet; Dunn, Nzonzi, Olsson; Diouf, Roberts, Pedersen.
Avram Grant assessed Pompey's shattered squad and promised: I'll give the kids a go.
The Blues manager is preparing to give his fringe players a runout against Blackburn tomorrow - a game which could condemn his team to the Championship.
That could include throwing in some youngsters, with his squad decimated by injury.
Grant will have one eye on next weekend's FA Cup semi-final showdown against Spurs at Wembley when he meets Sam Allardyce's Rovers at Fratton Park.
That may pave the way for the likes of Matt Ritchie, Joel Ward or Lenny Sowah to be thrown in, with 11 of Pompey's already stretched squad injured.
Grant admitted he will have little choice but to try different players with his options decimated
