Not a criticism of him but we need an outfield player to be captain.
Who's talking to the ref if Juke gets battered ?
Who's putting an arm around Chong when he loses the ball ( again ) ?
Admittedly in yesterday's line up there aren't many candidates but we gotta change this asap.
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"Are you Blues or Villa?" No-one says "Are you the Blues or Villa?".
JE clearly struggling but correct in his assessment that we're shite in the final 3rd.
So choose the best 6 midfielders and attackers and go from there.
Bielek (chang if unfit)
Bacuna
Hannibal
Chong
Khedera
Hogan
I can't see how anyone else has a credible claim to join that list unless someone's injured.
Sort your formation from there, but it looks like 433 to me.
I don't think we can afford to play two up top anymore, particularly with Deeney (our one player who can drop deep) out.
It's got to be one of Hogan or Juke imo. Then you play wide players that suit they're game. Maybe Longelo and Bacuna/ Chong wide for Juke and Khadra and Chong/ Hannibal for Hogan (with Bacuna moved inside)
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It's a red card all day long.