Zip Snowflake Royal It's not that hard. The hard bit is keeping it fit, and it's not brilliant in any case.
...............Jaakkola
Yiadom..Ilori..Moore..Obita
....Rinomhota..Ezatolahi
Meite....Bacuna.......Baldock
............Bodvarsson
Has to be close to agreeable.
Well I don’t agree with that line up or formation and won’t be alone in that view. Not much pace going forward in that side. Ilori should be nowhere near the starting line up and Meite really is a centre forward. I quite like Baldock but we need some pace in the side.
But that's my point. Our best line up isn't hard to work out, it's just not very good and never plays together.
Jaakkola - just about best keeper currently. Relatively easy.
Yiadom - has his flaws but clearly the best right back and best right wing back
Obita - clearly best left back and best left wing back pre injury
Moore - clearly the best centre back
Ilori - can be great, can be terrible, but he's competing with McShane (stupid, aging, slow, thuggish), O'Shea (ancient, incredibly slow) and Blackett (error prone and overconfident). I suppose you could argue O'Shea is more reliable but he's not near an in form Ilori these days
Rinomhota - only midfielder to consistently receive near universal praise currently, busy, simple passes and can carry the ball forward
Ezatolahi - no poor games, solid, plays out well
Bacuna - mix of awful and crucial. But far more reliable than Swift, more dangerous than Kelly, better than Edwards or MeyLOLer
Baldock - none of our wingers are playing well and delivering. Baldock presses well from the front and causes problems with his energy when combined with others. Barrow has no work rate and doesn't contribute enough, Aluko is shit, McCleary tries but doesn't deliver, Sims is more cold than hot
Bodvarsson - excellent scoring record
Meite - bullies defenders, did ok on the wing or upfront and excellent scoring record.
I'm genuinely interested in the argument to suggest someone better in our squad for more than one or two of those players.