I'm sitting very comfortably on my fence joining Walt with the horses for courses.
Jose will use a bit of muscle in Sissoko when he wants to beef up the midfield against certain teams.
Or he will choose the experience of Toby when we are needing to sit in deep and on other occassions use Sanchez when we need a bit more pace to deal with things.
Or he'll play 2 CMs alongside NDombele if he is concerned about the defensive side to his game.
Will Bale be regularly fit enough to be a guaranteed starter? But with his quality when fit the manager must find a way of getting him in the team somehow.
It's very tempting to say the Son Kane Bale line up but we don't know how that is going to impact the midfield or our defensive structure that Jose will obviously find important.
Maybe it will have a stronger midfield 2 pair with Lo Celso in order to allow the front 3 to do their thing.
Maybe we'll only see the Hojbjerg, Ndombele, Lo celso, bale, Kane and Son combination when we are chasing a game or maybe playing weaker opposition.
Who knows if Ndombele can continue to earn Jose's trust in his work rate and defensive effort.
Does Jose see Ndombele and Lo Celso as competing for the same spot?
Does Jose still rate Lucas? He seemed almost like he couldn't be dropped under Jose. But has that changes given Lamelas form and the arrival of bale?
Will Jose unlike Poch be able to sub Kane and if not is there any point in Vinicius being in the bench?
So many hypotheticals...
The certs to start when fit have got to be Lloris, Dier, Hojbjerg, Lo Celso, Kane, Son, Bale.
Likely starters most of the time would then be Doherty, Regulion, Sanchez and hopefully Ndombele but likely winks.
Subs; Hart, Toby, Davies, Ndombele, Lamela, Lucas, Vinicius/Sissoko
The unlucky 7: Gazzaniga, Aurier, Tanganga, Sissoko/Vinicius, Gedson, Dele, Bergwijn
Can't make my mind up on if it would be Vinicius or Sissoko on the bench. Probably Sissoko as Kane wouldn't be subbed off for Vinicius if we are chasing a goal.
Luckily for Jose given recent years many of them will be injured at the same time so it will be an easy team to pick!