Wholesale changes as reports name Irons team

Slaven Bilic is set to make wholesale changes to the team for tonight’s match against Spurs at Wembley as we bid to advance in the League Cup competition.

We are hearing reports – backed by the X1 named on some Twitter accounts – that the manager is set to make as many as eight changes for a game which many are seeing as the first of two which gives him a chance to remain in his job.

That may or may not be the case as there has been absolutely no official confirmation of such a position but it’s a given that a great deal will rest on tonight’s clash with Spurs and Saturday’s away trip to Selhurst Park.

We have been told that tonight’s team  set to look like this:

(3-4-1-2) Adrian; Rice, Ogbonna, Kouyate; Byram, Noble Fernandes, Cresswell; Lanzini; Ayew, Carroll.

Realistically it looks – if correct – like a team put put in a bid to save what he sees as his first team for the Palace game.