I'm fairly sure Elia+Krasic would do quite a bit more than Giacch+Pepe.
You think we would have won 10-1 with Elia and Krasic?
I think its great that we use several players, but still keep a favourited eleven to start. This is what Alex Ferguson have done the last 15 years. In that way we can use the players who are most likely to be in form the actual matchdate without using a player who dont understand the system and formation due to lack of playingtime. We have a lot of players who can contribute, so why dont use them?
But I think this is what Conte is gonna do. Maybe put in one or two new faces from the Parma game.
I would guess:
Buffon; Licht, Barzagli, Chiello, Grosso; Krasic, Marchisio, Pirlo, Pepe; Vucinic, Matri (or Capitano for one of them)