Hiddink redo för Shearer
Imorgon spelar Chelsea match på ett förmodat kokande St James' Park med Alan Shearer som ny tränare för Magpies. Guus Hiddink vet vad som väntar och ser framemot utmaningen.
Det har inte undgått någon att Alan Shearer har blivit ny manager för Newcastle. Skatorna ligger förnärvarande på nedflyttningsplats och är i akut behov av poäng. Guus Hiddink förväntar sig ett kokande St James Park och en extrem tuff match imorgon.
"You have to respect the decision made by whoever is in charge. There's always a reaction when there's something happening in a club," sa Hiddink till Sky Sports
"It was the same a little bit here. Some people felt they had to make a decision and then you get a reaction, within the club and team. Everyone knows their situation."
"Of course there will be a reaction from the team and from the crowd. So we can expect a tight game and a lot of fighting spirit from our opponents tomorrow."
Hiddink är fullt medveten om Shearers karriär som spelare och vet hur populär han är i Newcastle.
"I respect him very much. I know him as a player,"
"He is quite a personality and will have an influence on the team."
"There will be a hectic atmosphere tomorrow. It forces us to give everything we have."
"I cannot judge whether he will stay longer than eight games, that is not my big problem. But it is always good to have big players making a transition to a manager."
"But he will not play and I will not play. It is not a game between managers."
"The instant input and change in the dressing room will give their players a lot of energy and that is an extra aspect of the game we have to deal with tomorrow."
På skadefronten meddelade Hiddink att Didier Drogba kommer att missa matchen, även Jose Bosingwa finns på skadelistan efter att linkat av planen mot Sverige i veckan.
"Drogba has a problem. We did some exercises where he got injured. There's a little bit of a problem."
"He won't be in the squad tomorrow. We did some shooting practice and he hit the ground with his toe and the reaction was in his ankle."
"Anelka is in. He practises better and better recently, so he's in the squad.
"Bosingwa got a hamstring injury. He won't be available for tomorrow's game. We'll see what he can do up until Wednesday. Carvalho had a little bruise, but he's in the squad."
