FULHAM v West Ham: Mark Hughes sweating over Moussa Dembele for derby clash
By Sportsmail Reporter
Last updated at 3:19 PM on 23rd December 2010
Mark Hughes will give a fitness test to Moussa Dembele before deciding whether he will play any part in Fulham's Boxing Day derby clash with fellow relegation strugglers West Ham.
Dembele returned to training this week after spending the last five weeks on the sidelines with an ankle injury.
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Struggling: Dembele (centre) has been sidelined for the past five weeks
Matthew Briggs (calf) is out until next month, while Bobby Zamora (leg) and Philippe Senderos (achilles) should return in February.
Team (from): Schwarzer, Kelly, Salcido, Hughes, Baird, Hangeland, Duff, Dempsey, Murphy, Davies, Gera, Etuhu, A Johnson, E Johnson, Dembele, Stockdale, Pantsil, Kamara, Greening, Dikgacoi.
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Gotta start with The Moooooooooooooose on the bench. I like the same lineup I liked for the Liverpool away match:
---------------------- Schwarzer ------------------------
Paintsil ------ Hughes ----------- Hangeland ------ Salcido
Dempsey ---------- Baird ---------- Murphy ------- Davies
---------------- AJ ---------------- EJ ------------------
--------------Schwarzer------------
Paintsil-----Hughes---Hangeland---- Salcido
---------Baird--------Murphy--------------
Dempsey ---------Gera-------------Davies
--------------------AJ---------------------
Mix it up a bit. A more attacking form of our old 4411.
-Bairdhino and Murphy sitting in front of the defence keeping it solid (both good passers so can enable us to build up from the back)
-Demps, Gera and Davies (and hopefully Dembele for a bit) can pass through (not hoof) balls to AJ.
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