With hindsight, would we have been better going for a 5-3-2 formation against the last 3 teams ? after losing 2 wingers in Murphy and Mendez-Laing to injury , our squad seemed perfect to reverting to playing 5 at the back. I doubt very much if we would have got much out of them games anyway, but I think we would have been a lot harder to beat. Bennett / Cuningham on the left, Paterson / Richards on the right. Im guessing we have not trained this formation in pre season etc.

Whilst the 4-4-2 looked decent against Arsenal, Im not sure it worked well at all against Chelsea or Man City. Lets get back to what we were good at last year. 4-3-3. Hopefully Murphy and Hoilet can play saturday, with Ward up top. Ive been disappointed with Zohore and Madine this year. A midfield of Ralls, Camarasa, Arter. Richards right back. Manga doesn't give us enough going forward and we are weak as it is in that area. Lots of crosses into the box with Camarasa pushing on please Neil.