Interesting idea though with Sidwell, Kayal and Rosenior making the midfield 3, and feeding to Knocky, Kaz and Hemed. The more I think about it the more I like it.
I agree, Skalak is a pest, but this is a game of 180 mins. Personally I was surprised that Skalak didn't start against Boro, but Hughton may have thought that Murphy is more defensive and thus safer. Who knows what the thought process is over the two games? I'm inclined to think that Kaz should...
Kaz doesn't really have any impact coming on for the last 10-15 mins and he's a little too frantic when he does, so if he were to start, this would be the game to do it. Against Boro they put players tight to Knockeart which will be harder to do if Kaz is also stretching their defence apart on...