Losing Sanchez did cost us, but I was a little dismayed at how poorly the players adapted to the substitution. Maybe there was a lack of clarity in instructions from the bench, who knows. They looked better organised when they came back out. Veretout is starting to look like a threat playing where he is, I'd try to not have to move him, but does Remi believe he has other resources to keep him there? I don't know, so it's a good job I'm not him!
If Richards is fit, I'd get him in at right-back. Hutton, for all his admirable enthusiasm, simply cannot cross, and his defensive positioning is costing us regularly. That's the change I'd make, I'll leave the Sanchez conundrum to Garde.
And here's hoping it feels like all our birthdays come later!
Villa win, I feels it.
