BOSS: FINAL MUST BE OUR PRIORITY

	Jimmy Rice 05 May 2007 Rafa Benitez has refused to rule out resting senior players during the last two Premiership fixtures despite concerns it could influence the relegation battle.
Sheffield United manager Neil Warnock believes fellow strugglers Fulham will be handed an advantage in the fight for survival if they face a weakened Liverpool side this weekend. But Benitez today brushed aside those fears – claiming all but a handful of Premiership sides try out new players at this stage of the season. He said: "It's difficult to do the right things by everyone. I'm sure the teams in the middle of the table will try to use some young players, or players who haven't played a lot during the season because it needs to be decided if they get new contracts. "If you play against Watford, and I have a lot of respect for them, but now they are relegated I don't think they'll play with the same players now as three months ago, because they'll be thinking about preparing for the future. "I think it will be similar with a lot of teams. We'll try to do our best, we'll use a good team with senior players, but we will try to use our squad. "We need to think about the final but we also want to finish third. We will do a professional job, but everybody needs to understand that our priority is the final."