If we stick with this three at the back, and the way we leaked like a sieve after we abandoned it suggests we must, then I'd say Fonte and Masuaku play.Doc H Ball wrote:I'm not sure that we have bought/loaned one player in the past 12 months who would be in a starting XI. Arthur maybe, but that's more an indictment of Cresswell's form.
We could have not signed Snodgrass, Feghouli, Nordveit, Tore, Zaza, Calleri, Fonte, Fletcher or Arbeola and
wouldn't have noticed any difference.
I also think Feghouli potentially plays in the front three; his uselessness is defensive diligence rather than attacking intent. He was easily our best attacker today.
I was pleased to see Adrian have a good game, and I expect that must have been the final nail in both Nordtveit and Calleri's tenures at the club.
There were too many big names out today in our front five/six - and anyone who thinks Liverpool would have wrapped Carroll up like they did Calleri is doolally. Likewise Kouyate, Obiang and Noble would have all got amongst them with greater success while Antonio would have given them more of a chasing at times.