3 CBs on the bench?! No Cedric or Bertrand, and not sure how the midfield will line up Lots of Qs to be answered
Not sure what the formation is though. 4-3-1-2? 4-4-2 diamond? Hopefully it's not 4-3-3, with Armstrong stuck out wide and Charlie isolated.
Romeu and Hojbjerg does allow Lemina to get further forward, which is where he looks more dynamic and involved in the game (e.g. WBA away last year). Wouldn't be against the idea of the diamond in midfield either
And to be fair, it's Cardiff. We should have the majority of the ball against Cardiff. And when Cardiff do have the ball, it won't be by passing it around their back line. I don't mind Charlie playing in this sort of game.
Interesting team - looks like he’s trying to shore things up first off by protecting the porous defence.