the squad needed and his more conservative, cautious instincts. So he will play Ndiaye and Grealish but that has to be counterbalanced by having Garner and Gana do the donkey work with a
reliable type like KDH in front of them. It's not a bad plan in theory, none of them are bad players - it just isn't clicking at the moment. We are not creating many clear opportunities going forward and often get overrun when not in possession. The lack of support from the full-back positions is not helping the situation.

We were very much trying to protect a point in the second half on Monday night and were fortunate to do so, we can't have a repeat of that at the weekend. I can understand not wanting to totally rip up the plan, one easy tweak to make would be Alcaraz in centre midfield with KDH playing further back - would still give us enough defensive nous in the centre.