Etheridge in goal.

A back 5 doesn't convince me (I don't equate more defenders with being better defensively), I thought we were better with a back 4 as it gives us two full backs to support two wide midfielders, so Manga (rb) Morrison Bamba Bennett. Defensively I worry a little about those full backs, though.

3 runners in centre midfield will have a lot of work to do, so Ralls, Grujic (knows more about the game at the higher level) and Paterson. We need legs in the middle, graft. Paterson may not be the greatest in the middle of the park but he'll harass and run all day.

Front 3 of Hoilett, Zohore and Mendez-Laing. Pace as a release valve. Lot of onus on Hoilett and Mendez-Laing to cover the full backs.

Basically, try and stop them playing, hope to hit them with pace on the counter and have a presence at set pieces, where they look vunerable.