I would have started with yesterday, and the next game against Brighton, if Ampadu is unfit, then Dave takes his place...
Hazard, Giroud and CHO must be our front 3 midweek. Ruben has to start in midfield. Kante should return. Emerson deserves to come back in for Alonso and I'd be tempted to start christensen.
No doubt this will be miles away from what sarri thinks once we see his team selection.
Kepa
Luiz
Rudiger
Emerson
Zappa
Kante
Barkley
RLC
Higuain
Hazard
CHO
Not going to happen but a lively side.
Fcuk me. Sarri has got it spot on at last.
Was this not obvious after his selection at the weekend?
Ossie didn't think so.
Sarri got it right tonight with those 7 changes.
I'd like to see him stick with that same 11 for west ham.
The team I picked isn’t the team I think Sarri will pick, because it has three at the back and no Jorginho. Sarri wouldn’t do that.
My team also has Hudson-Odoi starting on the left, and Hazard playing a free role up alongside Giroud. Width on the right comes from Zappacosta.
He got it right over the two games, albeit Sunday needed some good fortune and bad officiating. People were losing their shit over the Cardiff team selection but if things go to plan, we've got two games a week now until the end of the season and he's not going to pick the same eleven every game, he has to be thinking of the bigger picture.
He's been slated all season for being predictable, then picked a team on Sunday with players rested, after the international break, and the stick was worse than ever. We've got the six points in four days, so job done.
Expected 6 points, needed 6 points and got 6 points.
Job done indeed.