For me Barney every day in the CDM spot, he's got the legs and propelled us forward when he had the spot for the 3-5 games before being replaced against Blues (unfairly if I may add).
Steer
De Laet/Chester/Elphick/Hutton
Barney
Adomah/Hourihane/Grealish/Green
Kodjia
Also, if we're playing 3 at the back, you'd have to go Chester/Elphick/Jedi with Hutts as the LWB and either De Laet/Elmo as the RWB.
As far as Whelan goes, I get the job he does, and agree he does it well. Personally, I'd rather play at a faster pace, so the role he plays isn't necessary or effective
Like that line up Yank.... Elphick for Terry, DeLaet for Elmo and Green back in. Not too much change and plenty of legs/energy. Jedi can slot in at CB or DCM when needed and Whelan when we need him.
Don't understand the lack of interest in Whelan. He's come back looking fit and committed. As it's an away game I think one of him and Jedi should be in the side, and I'd play him over Jedi any day. De Laet should play over Elmo. So:
Steer
De Laet Elphick Chester Hutton
Green Hourihane Whelan Grealish Adomah
Kodjia
If it was home I'd play Barney instead of Whelan.
Whelan slows us down too much, if we’re going to away games to grind out the 0-0’s or 0-1’s having one or two chances per game then fair enough, but we have to be going to games to try to win convincingly.
Well that's a matter of opinion I guess , it's very close though , we will need them both anyway with the relentless scheduleWhy exactly? Jedinak is better than whelan in every department.
Clearly a Villa win (yup, off we go again!)
Tickets for this game go on general sale tonight when was the last time that happened
You need a water carrier though and that's either Whelan or Jedinak . At present I'm edging it to whelan