This is the team we’d all have picked…probably

It’s surely the team the vast majority would have picked and I can’t imagine there are many complaints!

As predicted Pedro Obiang and Angelo Ogbonna are back and that will add real strength  to the back four and midfield.

James Tomkins has paid the price for some unforced errors this season but another less than average show from Carl Jenkinson could see him return into the right back assuming Ogbonna performs as well as we expect.

And with Mauro Zarate and Manuel Lanzini making the Argentine connection behind Diafra Sakho through the middle, we look to have plenty of flair.

The dropping of Andy Carroll was  inevitable and Slav bowed to the majority view as he returns to the system he clearly prefers to play.

It’s gonna be tough and bruising but ClaretandHugh is going for a 2-0 win as we look to get things back on track.