back four/five can’t change for consistency reasons plus Michael Keane is a donkey
The game was lost due to us being unable to move at pace and through the lines. So having Baningime or Morgs has the holder wouldn’t have made much difference
Davies and Iwobi in front, break the lines and run with with the ball. Kean Richarlison and Walcott as a front 3,playing inside rather than hugging the touch lines and interchanging to drag their defences all over the gaff and exploiting the space for Iwobi and Davies to drive into
Gordon on the bench to give the crowd a boost if he came on
So...
Pickford
Sidibe Mina Holgate Digne
Schneiderlin
Iwobi Davies
Walcott Kean Richarlson
Basically 2 changes, Sigurdsson and Tosun out.
The problem i can see with this side (and ANY other side we put out) is GOALS.
Of those players, only Richarlison has shown he can score goals...
On paper the results look awful (and ARE awful) but who scores the goals?
Secondly...with Davies and either Schneiderlin/Baningime there is really no top level central / defensive midfielder which means that were very easy to break down.
Then of course the weakspot in defence being right back...
I think any manager coming in with the players is going to struggle.
I dont like Zaha but the idea i think was to have him as a focal point up front (as he was for palace last season) and with Doucoure it was to have a goalscoring box to box midfielder.
Put Zaha in place of Walcott and Doucoure for Schneiderlin and we'd be a different beast i think.