This match is a distraction, like the Man City game last season. Let's keep our first choice eleven fresh for Brentford & see what we can with our second eleven.
I would go something like
Wildsmith
Palmer - Loovens - Sasso - Wiggins
Semedo - McGugan - Lopez
Matias - Joao - Sougou
Subs: Price, Lees, Helan, Lee, Wallace, Lavery, Bus
The bastard in the black is Chris Kavanagh from Manchester.
Our record with this clown is:
Nov 14 - WEDNESDAY 2-1 Wigan - 5Y
.......and that's it.
This is only his second season as a FL referee and the only other match that he has refereed featuring a PL club was Aston Villa v Notts County in the previous round of the LC.
I would go something like
Wildsmith
Palmer - Loovens - Sasso - Wiggins
Semedo - McGugan - Lopez
Matias - Joao - Sougou
Subs: Price, Lees, Helan, Lee, Wallace, Lavery, Bus
The bastard in the black is Chris Kavanagh from Manchester.
Our record with this clown is:
Nov 14 - WEDNESDAY 2-1 Wigan - 5Y
.......and that's it.
This is only his second season as a FL referee and the only other match that he has refereed featuring a PL club was Aston Villa v Notts County in the previous round of the LC.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.