I think Poch will probably go with: Lloris, Trippier, Toby, Jan, Rose, Dembele, Dier, Eriksen, Alli, Lamela, Kane - Personally I think Son deserves a run in the team because of his great performance last night however even though Lamela has been a bit below par these past couple of weeks his pressing off the ball is probably too important to the team to drop him at the moment. Neither Eriksen or Alli do it nearly as well as he does so if anybody was to be dropped it is more likely to be one of those two.
I am one of Lamela's biggest fan and like most agree that he has not been up to usual standards so should be rested. Stop provoking for an argument when one isn't called for.Seems to be a lot of denial that Lamela needs dropping and there's some grasping around going on about who should be dropped in his place now Son has staked a claim - and Dier seems to have been picked as the victim. Not gonna happen. Dier's quite clearly going to start.
I am one of Lamela's biggest fan and like most agree that he has not been up to usual standards so should be rested. Stop provoking for an argument when one isn't called for.
The 3 behind Kane to swap around
Lloris
Trippier Toby Verts Rose
Dier Carroll
Son Dembele Erikson
Kane
Fair enoughEven though I agree Lamela's not been at his the best the last couple of games he still does well and he always looks like he can make something happen. He is normally always involved if we score or he makes a clever pass etc It always makes me feel more confident when hes on the team sheet. So I personally wouldnt drop him.
Even though I agree Lamela's not been at his the best the last couple of games he still does well and he always looks like he can make something happen. He is normally always involved if we score or he makes a clever pass etc It always makes me feel more confident when hes on the team sheet. So I personally wouldnt drop him.
Some interesting selections for Poch ahead of this. I'm sure he'll swap the full backs because we all know that will happen but I'm sticking with Walker. And providing Son only picked up a slight knock and we took him off as a precaution, he definitely has earned a start after tonight.
Surely we can give Dier a rest here. They havn't scored in five games and we'll dominate the ball. Bolasie is out and that really negates the speed of their counter attack. That said its still an away game and he's formed a very formidable defensive axis with Toby and Jan so I fully expect him to start. Just think this could be a good time to give him a break and we've a lot of games coming up.
Also much prefer Alli in the CM2 as opposed to in behind Kane or alongside him.
Lloris
Walker
Toby
Jan
Rose
Dembele
Alli
Lamela
Eriksen
Son
Kane
Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Davies, Dier, Bentaleb, Carroll, Chadli
Can anyone explain to me why they would drop Alli, bearing in mind he hasn't started any of the "lesser" games recently and will get a rest the following weekend when we play Colchester?
You just know Hennessey is going to have an absolute blinder of a game lolPardew has confirmed Palace will have the same squad that faced City and Hennessey will start in goal despite his recent blunders.
That's great news IMO and we should definitely be starting Son - even more now because he has a real shot on him and we should be looking to test Hennessey as much as possible for obvious reasons.
No one is suggesting he "won't" play, people just giving their preferred choices/opinions. The majority of which are including him, same as you.Not sure why people are suggesting Alli won't play. 0% chance of that happening if he's fit.