Good lineup, happy to have connolly playing! Lambert and Lallana will shine with him in team, thought we would of switched it round a bit more though after our last game was only friday
We will miss De Ridder on the bench, I'm not sure NA would have started him ahead of Guly but he must surely be carrying an injury to be left out completely.
Shows how thin our squad is when you have Forte wasting a space on the bench - rather give the place to one of youngsters to have a go!
I see no reason to complain about Forte being on the bench, it shows attacking intent, plus none of us have seen training so maybe he has looked sharp. De Ridder is obviously considered too risky defensively away from home.
Doble or Hoskins would be a better attacking option IMO - but maybe for Saturday in the cup would be more realistic?
Why are we playing the diamond? Surely its been well proven it doesnt work yet we keep persisting with it!?