1) We're unlikely to win ugly under Vieira, and indeed we're likely to drop points undeservedly.
2) We'll continue to try to play football out from the back and be pleasing on the eye.
3) Our central defenders are critical to the passing style, but are not great at defending crosses and set pieces
4) It's unlikely that Luka and Benteke have the required mobility to play Vieira's preferred style
5) We miss Mcarthur and Gallagher as authentic midfield players and I feel we have more control of the game when they feature.
We need to be identifying replacements in the next few months.
6) We need to find a way of accommodating Olise who is very influential even if he only has a few touches of the ball.
This shouldn't necessarily be at the expense of Ayew who gas done nothing to warrant being left out. In fact he'd probably make a better option than Benteke under Vieira as he's more mobile and works harder.

In conclusion a promising start under Vieira.

Never mind the first half, Lessons he needs to learn fast is Wilf is now detrimental to the team he slows the play down and loses possession too much, Benteke is total rubbish, as is Luka and they need to be out of the club as soon as possible, and Olise, Eze and Rak-Sakyi need to play much more Eze and Olise permanent starters

1) We're unlikely to win ugly under Vieira, and indeed we're likely to drop points undeservedly.
2) We'll continue to try to play football out from the back and be pleasing on the eye.
3) Our central defenders are critical to the passing style, but are not great at defending crosses and set pieces
4) It's unlikely that Luka and Benteke have the required mobility to play Vieira's preferred style
5) We miss Mcarthur and Gallagher as authentic midfield players and I feel we have more control of the game when they feature.
We need to be identifying replacements in the next few months.
6) We need to find a way of accommodating Olise who is very influential even if he only has a few touches of the ball.
This shouldn't necessarily be at the expense of Ayew who gas done nothing to warrant being left out. In fact he'd probably make a better option than Benteke under Vieira as he's more mobile and works harder.

In conclusion a promising start under Vieira.

I would say that the first half of the season has exposed our lack of quality cover in midfield.

When everyone is fit and available it's good - ie. Gallagher, Hughes, McArthur and Kouyate and we pull out results.

However Milojoivic, Schlupp and Riedlewald simply don't come up that standard. I still struggle to see what Schlupp's natural position is ?

We will lose Gallagher at the end of the season, and McArthur won't go on for much longer (Especially with his injuries). This is something that needs to be addressed either in January or the summer.