Well, here we are. I\u2019m sure as the season kicked off we all thought the best case scenario was we\u2019d be going into this game needing something from it \u2013 but of course things have worked out a lot better than that, and it\u2019s nice to be going into the season\u2019s final kickings being a keen observer of the issues at either end of the table. That said, there\u2019s still a lot to play for \u2013 for some players it\u2019s a chance to prove to Le Bris and Ghisolfi they\u2019re the solution for next season \u2013 so it should be a good game at the ridiculously named Hill Dickinson Stadium. And, there\u2019s the opportunity to ruin David Moyes\u2019 day, which should never be passed up. So, after last week\u2019s excellent display against Manchester United, will we see an unchanged team, or will Regis make a change or two? Here\u2019s what we think.<\/p>\n
Roefs will be in goal today \u2013 returning to the scene of his penalty heroics earlier in the season!<\/p>\n
Defence: Lutsharel Geertruida, Nordi Mukiele, Omar Alderete, Reinildo<\/p>\n
Geertruida\u2019s selection last week was a real surprise, and it\u2019s a pretty bizarre situation all told, but he was brilliant and deserves to keep his place in the side today. The rest of the defence really picks itself in the absence of Ballard, with Mukiele and Alderete continuing their partnership, and everyone\u2019s favourite player from Mozambique at left back.<\/p>\n
Midfield: Nilson Angulo, Granit Xhaka, Enzo Le Fee, Noah Sadiki, Chemsdine Talbi<\/p>\n
Trai Hume had a mixed game last time out and it wasn\u2019t really his fault \u2013 he was shown lacking in the attacking third, but that\u2019s not his game, and we really need to get more threat out wide. That responsibility could fall to Nilson Angulo, who was at the center of controversy last weekend for an ill-advised but pretty soft arm across Bruno Fernandes\u2019 face, which the Portuguese international used to desperately try and get his opponent sent off. The midfield three picks itself, which is bad news for Habib Diarra, and Talbi should get another chance on the left. A wildcard could be Jimmy Ta Bi, who Le Bris obviously likes and has been on the bench \u2013 in which case Ta Bi would play right and Angulo left.<\/p>\n
Brobbey had another excellent game last weekend, and was just lacking a goal. Hopefully he\u2019ll rectify that for today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Well, here we are. I\u2019m sure as the season kicked off we all thought the best case scenario…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":966431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,9991,12,391,14],"class_list":["post-966430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-headlines","tag-match-previews","tag-news","tag-opinion","tag-top-stories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116589460815028821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/966431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}