There's quite a Europa fest on ITV4 - it seems on ITV4+1 to continue till later - maybe highlights shown again?
Lloris; Walker, Vertonghen, Caulker, Naughton; Sandro, Dembele; Dempsey, Bale, Lennon*; Defoe SUBS: Cudicini, Dawson, Gallas, Huddlestone, Mason, Townsend, Sigurdsson Lennon with the armband tonight - hope Caulker has a good game, too.
WY hopefully it spurs him on to put in a performance....I think he has become very average for a year or so now and does not score anything near enough to be in a 433 line up as an attacker.
I would have considered giving it to Vertonghen, judging by how easily he's slotted in - but it makes more sense to consider that later in the season than within the first half dozen games. The only real negative is the lack of a backup striker on the bench. We could push Dempsey up front and play 442, but that's about it.
Hasn't Gallas been captaining us this season though...? Looking forward to seeing Lloris make his debut tonight, hopefully he can put in a performance and force himself into AVB's plans. Liverpool take the lead as I type
...then they drop most of the team (other than Carragher) and get casually turned over at the weekend!