The Cottagers came through qualification for the Europa League and are set to play their 15th match of the season when they make the two-mile trip down Fulham Road to take on their west London neighbours at Stamford Bridge. Both managers are set to ring the changes, but Jol feels for a squad like Fulham's, battling on all fronts is just not possible. "I would not say it is one too many if you don't play in Europe, but it is certainly one too many if you play in other competitions," Jol told a news conference. "If you do not have these games in Europe, you can easily play your best team, which is what I did in my first year at Spurs. "The Carling Cup is there for a team outside the top four to win - on the other hand, you play a lot of games in Europe, so that is the only disappointing thing. "But I still feel positive because I have players in the positions, like [Matthew] Briggs at the back and [Zdenek] Grygera, Stephen Kelly, a lot of younger players too, so I don't think that would weaken the team. "Chelsea are also playing a lot of games at the moment so they will probably play different players. "I think we can line up a very good team against Chelsea - if I do not play Bobby Zamora, then I can use Orlando Sa, he has not played yet and has to start somewhere, so you never know." Jol accepts in normal circumstances, the Carling Cup would offer a great prospect of securing silverware. "The Carling Cup is there for teams like Fulham to win," he said. "The FA Cup is won eight out of 10 times by one of the top four sides. "If you are going to win the cup you have to play the best sides at some point, even though it would have been nice to play Chelsea in the final." Fulham head into Wednesday's game on the back of an encouraging 2-2 home draw against big-spending Manchester City, when they fought back from 2-0 down. Jol revealed his team's recovery had even caught chairman Mohamed Al Fayed by surprise. The Cottagers boss quipped: "On Sunday, he left at half-time - so that was a little problem. "He was going to come out, then saw the result on the screen and went home. "But after the game he was happy because when he got home they told him we had a draw, so he could not complain about that!"
