So the first of the Semi Finals is upon us, and Alex Neil said in his press conference yesterday that Whittaker, Tettey & Hooper were all returning to training yesterday, the big question is which if any will get straight back in??

Whittaker?  - Well covered by Elliott Bennett last week, you could argue that he deserves to keep his place, but I'm sceptical, Whittaker has done well for Neil at right back this season and I think if he is fit enough he may slot straight back in as he has a bit more physical presence than EB

Tettey?  Pretty sure he will come straight back in and add a bit of extra muscle in a game we know will be tough and our opposition will be up for from the first second, who he leaves out from our performance against Fulham is another matter, Redmond maybe?

Jerome?  Not sure on this one - yes he has the most presence of any of our strikers, but truth be told they're all very good!  For this division we certainly have an embarrassment of riches up front, think this one will be down to our tactical plan

We seem to have come a long way this year and it's nice to have such a strong squad that we could even contemplate such players not getting back in, I guess we will know for sure when the line ups are announced at 11.15 and i'll be straight back here to share them

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