good point. too many decent players for too few starting positions - - i'm not sure i've seen that since sbr
It would seem incredibly harsh on Anita. I think it will come down to who has shown most in pre season. Last season means zip now really.
Rafa has always played 4-2-3-1. He's done it for around 12 years that I've seen, probably longer. What he'll bring is a stability to our identity, with the odd tweak here and there to serve a purpose. Who will play in that 4-2-3-1, I don't know - as has been said we have more strength in depth than I have seen in a looooong time; we've adopted a 2 per position method I think so far. GK: Darlow/Sels/Elliott/Woodman (I mean, not bad at all right!) RB: Janmaat/Mbabu LB: Gamez/Haidara CB: Lascelles/Hanley CB: Mbemba/Dummett CM: Colback/Saivet CM: Hayden/Shelvey RM: Ritchie/Anita CAM: Perez/Diame LM: Aarons/Knockaert CF: Gayle/Mitro/Arma Or summat.