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Ten changes for palace....
Finally Palacios playing in his proper position as a 10. Maybe Kevin will get to come in and play on the left tonight as well.
5/11 from our normal starting XI (as well as two others who would've been a regular starting XI), I think that should be strong enough to beat Palace?
We need to sign a RW in Jan if Bobb is going to play every game as he's going to be knackered otherwise. Kevin clearly can't be impressing in training & ESR is probably on his way out if he can't make the cup game squad (unless he's injured). Would potentially call this last chance saloon too for Andersen to show he can do it against a PL standard team otherwise I could see this being his last game for some time if we don't progress. Interested to see how Iwobi does as a #10 with two proper CM's behind him which means his lack of defensive output won't be quite an issue
Palacios through the middle?
I think they've put the players in positional order as they usually do so expect it to be Iwobi in midfield and Palacios on the left, albeit they might swap every so often.
EDIT: FFC app has Palacios as a #10 and Iwobi on the left...
Quote from: Deeping_white on October 28, 2026, 06:43:44 PMWe need to sign a RW in Jan if Bobb is going to play every game as he's going to be knackered otherwise. Kevin clearly can't be impressing in training & ESR is probably on his way out if he can't make the cup game squad (unless he's injured). Would potentially call this last chance saloon too for Andersen to show he can do it against a PL standard team otherwise I could see this being his last game for some time if we don't progress. Interested to see how Iwobi does as a #10 with two proper CM's behind him which means his lack of defensive output won't be quite an issue
Interestingly enough, I feel like Andersen would do fine in our current more defensive, less gung-ho setup. Agree with ESR and Kevin though. Anyone know if ESR is injured?
Charles not in the squad. Must have taken a knock
Quote from: St Eve on October 28, 2026, 06:47:40 PMCharles not in the squad. Must have taken a knock
I think he + Affi are both completely rested which is a sign of their importance that we want them fresh for Villa at the weekend
I would have started Kevin, but hopefully he gets some minutes. As for ESR I don't think we will see him again
Bit disappointed that Affengruber and Charles are missing. AA knows best though.
ESR has a knock apparently.