Out of current personnel you could play Ayew and Schlupp as wing backs, Olise, Doucoure, Hughes, Eze and Zaha up top or leave out Eze, move Zaha back to midfield and put Edouard up top.

You are absolutely right though, our options are limited as I don’t think any of our current full backs can play in the wide role. Maybe the young left back (forgotten his name), but he looked decent going forward in the small amount of game time he had.

I think LWB is the only position Schlupp may be ok, but no RWB

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

Someone please prove me wrong here, but in recent times, has there been a striker, who was prolific at scoring in the Championship, or indeed lower leagues and could actually do it at the Premier League level?

Glen Murray, Jarod Bowen, Ivan Toney, Callum Wilson, Ollie Watson, Jamie Vardy, Danny ings

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

We also need to bare in mind the endless big money foreign signings who come to the league and flop. The defenders are just getting better and better.

Talk of Freedman stalking him for years. That seems quite a common theme. If he really has been hiding in the hedges with his notebook for so long you would hope that Dougie is convinced of his abilities to step up. We're surely a better bet than Bournemouth given their precarious position.