Thank god for the wednesday game indeed. It's not easy to get over a derby defeat, but it has to be put into a context. That context for the players is that we didn't get three points, but there are three more on offer here. Cesena did beat Milan, and deservedly so. But their honeymoon period in Serie A is over, with their last win being in early September against a travel sick Lecce. What worries me a bit, is that soon these clubs at the bottom will start to play desperate and become uncomfortable opposition to play against. However, we've been almost impeccable on the road this year against pretty decent teams and need to continue to be here so we don't undo the great work done so far. Milan aside mid week all the rest of the top five are on the road so a win could open a more of a gap against the rest.

We need to take 3 points to home and hope that teams who are following us drop points.

its good that we have a mid-week game and playing against cesena which we need to get 3 points and get a many goals to give us a lift from the week end which is needed

we should absolutely get nothing but 3 points from this game and deliver a beating to cessena. We need to rest our players for the weekend match against Napoli who i think we MUST beat. I would go as far as sitting hernanes in this game as putting in matuzalem/bresciano instead. Give playing time to Cavanda, Gonzales, Garrido (where is this guy), Kozak .. depending on how perform then bring in the big guns if neccessary. I think Cessena fluked against milan and with the draw against the merda. We need to put them in their place wednesday.

Trying to find light on the weekends loss, maybe it will fuel them to try harder and realize their mistakes for the next matches. There is definately a lot to chew on for reja and the team and they need to reflect and regroup.

Napoli will be facing cagliari .. which should be a tougher game for them wednesday. I wouldn't be surprised if they also rest their elite for the weekends match.

I agree, Brocchi should probably be rested for this one, with likely Matuzalem coming in for him. Still, we should play Hernanes here, at least until half time depending upon how the game goes. It's not like we've been playing three games a week all that much and this is a must win one for me.

a good staring line up for this game would be

                Muslera(of course)
Cavanda- Biavi-Radu -Garrido
        Ledesma - Mutezlem
   Zarate   -  Foggia  -   Mauri
                  Rocchi

D:Lich, and Dias could use a break. also would like to see Radu tried out in center (redundant I know) since hes been pretty useless on the left. give Garrido a chance.
M:Hernanes and Brocchi need a break. Mutezlem has been acceptable when he plays. Foggia wasnt half bad when he came in the second half this weekend.
F:Rocchi got a lot of heat for his poor performance this weekend, but I think he deserves another go. the whole team played like shit you cant blame it all on Rocchi.

we really need a win here to bounce back, so maybe we shouldn't make all of those changes, but certainly some change should be made to rest key players for the Napoli game.

If there is a time to rest him, then I accept that it would be better to see him rested against Cesena than Napoli. Nonetheless I find all this talk generally about him needing a break after the games he played in Brazil rather redundant to be honest given that he played only 9 games, and had a month off at the world cup when their league shut down. But, that being said, if he is genuinly tired, which seems distinctly possible given that he seems unable to play 90 minutes, then it would be the right thing to do.

Rocchi for Floccari? Perhaps 45 minutes each with 90 for Zarate to freshen up the forward line. See if Zarate can do something here.