I'm lining up
Adrian, trent, matip, VVD, Robbo, Fab, Hendo, Thiago, salah, mane, bobby
Bobby is bang out of form, but i think this game with its intensity needs someone of his intelligence to know when to drop deep. jota i don't think is up to speed fully for this game, but i'd definitely bring him on as a sub
Perhaps the midfield was where I struggled the most. With keita now seemingly corona free, I did wonder if he would be the better option; but I think we need 1) hendo bollocking people, 2) Fab patrolling the midfield, ideally to cut channels to DCL, 3) Thiago as our statement signing, and relative unknown quantity. Not the most glamorous (thiago aside), but its not so much workmanlike as our usual 3, and has a deceptive range of passing in its armory
Defence...Jesus the defence. It picks itself doesn't it? Gomez I would start if he didn't have adrian behind him, but he will, so Matip gets the nod. Not slow, good reader of the game, and solid in the air to help with DCL. I'm worried about Trent. He seems massively off form to me, and nowhere near his best. Any and all threats will be down his side i think.
Adrian plays, because I clearly wronged someone in a past life.