I’d say we are having the same problem as always, our midfield does not generate enough football for our strikers. During the last game against Toro, if I were Amauri (and we all are glad that I’m not, because I pretty much suck in football) I would have punched in the face to all the players that kept throwing those frontal long passes (specially in the second half) waiting for him and Iaquinta to do some magic there and win the ball against 3 or 4 defenders.

Buffon
Zebina/Grygera Legrottaglie Chiellini Molinaro
Marchionni Marchisio Poulsen Nedved
Del Piero Trezeguet

A few things to note:
1. I hope Legrottaglie is back, cause we need him here.
2. With Chelsea attacking so much on the wings last game, it might even be smart to put Legro as the left CM and Mellberg are the right, with Chiellini on the left wing, plus Molinaro is exhausted as of late.
3. Grygera and Zebina are both great, and it’s a tossup as to who should start. Personally, i might go with Zebina just because hes bigger and stronger than Grygera. Mellberg’s the best of the 3 defensively, and that might even be the best pick, since they attack so much on the wings.
4. The subs i would make would be Amauri in late in the game for Trezeguet, Giovinco in late for Nedved, and either Tiago for Poulsen, or switch up the right backs.

We just can’t get a break with the injuries, can we?

I think to start with a 4-3-3 from the start may seem desperate and could lead to use getting exploited in the wide areas. I would prefer a 4-4-2 or 4-3-1-2. A big question is how sharp is Trezeguet? We need him at his sharpest against Chelsea’s defence.

Should we be worried that Essien will most likely be back?

And Amauri, there’s alot of reasons he could be having problems:
1) Is he pissed at Ranieri for not letting him take part in the Brazil-Italy friendly?
2) Is he unhappy at Juve and wants to go back to Palermo?
3) Is he under too much pressure competing for the top spot now with Trezeguet and is buckling?
4) Is he under way too much pressure with the international situation, trying to impress both Lippi and Dunga and it backfiring because of how much pressure is on him. I mean, the two most successful World Cup teams, and he has a choice. That’s alot of pressure, and that’s what i personally think it is. I think once he gets a call up from one of them, he’s gonna be back on form.

But overall i think they should use Amauri and ADP the most(unless Ranieri would go with my suggestion and use a 4-3-1-2 with Trez and Amauri with ADP behind them a bit), but alternate Trez and Amauri sometimes as the starters, and dont always play ADP, we have Iaquinta too, whose been on outstanding form recently. But I think once the pressure gets off of them (ADP and Amauri), they’ll get back on form and be the best forward line in the Serie A again.

Terrible news, though.