I know it's early, but what do we do? Give some fringe players a chance to show what they can do with a view to them coming into the first team without the baggage of the rest? Or give first team players the chance to play themselves into form?
I'd go back to three at the back for the rest of the season and would start here with the strongest three. Then mix and match from there. So I'd go:
GK: Ruddy
RWB: Hoever
CB: Boly
CB: Coady
CB: Saiss
LWB: Ait-Nouri
CM: Dendoncker
CM: Gibbs-White
CM: Shabani
Free role: Neto
ST: Cutrone
I'd look to get minutes for some of Corbeanu, Perry and Cundle too.
I'd completely rest Silva.
I'd go back to three at the back for the rest of the season and would start here with the strongest three. Then mix and match from there. So I'd go:
GK: Ruddy
RWB: Hoever
CB: Boly
CB: Coady
CB: Saiss
LWB: Ait-Nouri
CM: Dendoncker
CM: Gibbs-White
CM: Shabani
Free role: Neto
ST: Cutrone
I'd look to get minutes for some of Corbeanu, Perry and Cundle too.
I'd completely rest Silva.