Well, no matter how you arrange them, keeping this team in the PL with this squad is going to be a monumental task.

I mean come on!!

Kelly as starter? We were signalling on these forums a few months ago how poor Kelly was. If it's not Kelly it's Delaney or Jach, who hasn't been used at all.

An extremely young player at right back (just 1 match in the PL).

Riedewald as a starter.

McArthur as a side midfielder or attacking midfielder (he does well, kuddos to him, but it's not his position, he won't create many chances for others from there).

A striker who doesn't score.

Another 22 year old striker coming from the Denmark league who hasn't yet had a single goal in the PL, forced to play as left wing or a left wingback coming from a lengthy absence. Hmmm...tough choice )

Without Zaha, the only PL quality player is Townsend. Kuddos to Hennessey for having a good period lately too. But if Zaha doesn't come back faster, this team goes down. And with Zaha out in the summer if this happens, it's the end of an era. It won't climb out of the Championship for years to come, until another Zaha is born and makes history. Look at Sunderland or Leeds, you don't just bounce right back in the PL.

The team and bench looks thin but I think Roy will definitely go for experience at the back. We need to over run the midfield and go forward as one to support sorloth. We’ve had no threat going forward so our best bet is PVA, Schlup and Rakip linking up. Townsend as the other outlet with macca. Benteke needs a bolt of lightning up his overpaid ass so drop him for the young hungry Dane. I don’t believe all this we’re going down bull, we just need to find a way without Zaha. For me that’s over run the midfield and find some balance to the match day squad.

Edited by brooky (02 Mar 2018 7.13am)