I would think so. It was a bit worrying seeing Ndidi limping off on Tuesday, but there doesn't appear to be any mention of that so I'd assume he's fine. I think Shakespeare would come under some pretty intense criticism if he started Iheanacho over Okazaki and it didn't clearly work.

Although I'm a big fan of Albrighton and think he is integral, I almost want Mahrez and Gray to start and say to them both 'go on then, fight for a place'. Would be interesting to see what happened next week if Gray did start and outshine Mahrez. Ultimately i always end up feeling with Mahrez, and Gray now, that they are those sort of inverted wingers that never quite work in 442 (unless you have a midfielder like Kante covering their arses and another winger dropping back/and inside to help out as a consequence of this)

Even if/when we get Silva we need to buy some more midfielders.

We'll be starting games with King and Amartey at this rate.

We should be so lucky.

I want us to switch to 3-5-2 and take them by surprise.

Switch to 4-4-2 and bring Okazaki on when they've stopped chasing Chilwell and Albrighton shaped shadows down the wings.

Whoosh.

comment by Jobyfox (U4183)
posted 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Even if/when we get Silva we need to buy some more midfielders.

We'll be starting games with King and Amartey at this rate.
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